A/N: I'm updating more 'cause it's summer! I practically do nothing so I have plenty of time! Anyway, here's the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmetal alchemist or Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood.

Previously in What Hurt's the most:

Ed shuddered again before leaning into Roy more. He couldn't find it in him to really be concerned about Al and despite the magma, which went up to his midsection when he was lying down, he felt cold. So very cold... so very tired.

"Ed?" Roy asked as the golden eyed dragon laid his head down on the edge of the rock, he could barely reach it, and sighed out deeply.

"So cold... so tired." The smaller dragon muttered, in unknowingly perfect speech. Ed's dark scales didn't bring any warmth and it only seemed to get colder as time went on. He was tired, too tired to stay awake.

"Ed? Edward!" He could distantly hear Roy's voice but he couldn't see the other. All he could see was darkness.

'Hm... My eyes must be closed...' he distantly thought. Somewhere deep in his mind, he could feel panic but he only wanted sleep.

Chapter 7:

Roy seemed to be calm and collected yet on the inside he was freaking out. 'What do I do?' he thought, his eyes roving over the smaller dragon's body. He felt like a lecherous pervert when his eyes neared Ed's lower regions and he was suddenly glad that it was covered with magma.

Ed was shivering. It was almost impossible for a dragon to shiver.

Ed had said he was cold... but how? Roy racked his brain for a solution as he nudged Ed farther into the magma. He balanced Ed's head on a wing so that it wouldn't splash into the magma and he breathed a sigh of relief, smoke emitting from his snout, as the blonde's shivering stopped. The farther he pushed him, the higher the magma rose and soon enough it was almost to Ed's wings.

He went closer to the blonde and curled up around him. It was amazing at how small Ed was. Roy gave a sad chuckle at the thought, if he had vocalized it when Ed was awake the blonde would freak out.

They lied together for a while longer before Ed's shivering started again. The magma's effect was wearing off. Roy didn't know what to do and he couldn't think of any causes for the young dragon's illness.

'Illness!' Roy suddenly thought. When his parents had been alive they had taught him the four ways you could kill a dragon:

1. Another dragon.

2. A wish to die.

3. Special swords that had long been destroyed.

4. The coldness.

The coldness was what was known as the dragon sickness. It was extremely deadly and had wiped out most of the race. And now Ed might have it.

Roy's eyes widened at the thought and his heart skipped a beat. If Ed had the coldness, then he might die. Roy couldn't even stand the thought of the hot tempered blonde dying it was unthinkable.

He needed heat. It was simple. The cure for the coldness was heat. Roy breathed a sigh of relief at the thought, he was a fire elemental. Getting heat would be easy.

But Roy would have to get Ed out of the magma and that would be a feat, in itself. Even if the black scaled, golden eyed, dragon was small it would be difficult to move him without injuring him. He needed to get Ed in his human form.

Roy growled, a deep husky sound that reverberated around the room, Ed had just transformed so he wouldn't be able to go into a human form yet.

"Roy!" He heard a shout, it was Al. He growled, he didn't have time for this; Ed didn't have time for this. But if he didn't stop Al then he could wander down and die from the heat in the tunnels, all of them were above normal temperatures. Normally Roy wouldn't care about the kid's death but he didn't want Al to stumble upon some of Roy's secrets or treasures. Roy dunked Ed completely under the magma, knowing that dragons could breathe it in. He got out of the pool of lava and changing into a human, he ran up the tunnels.

"What?" Roy's voice was cold causing Al to flinch when he heard it. The shorter boy shifted and repeatedly fidgeted under Roy's harsh glare.

"I-um… was wondering if I could ever become a dragon or something like that so I can stay with Ed…" Al fidgeted and uncomfortably looked at the ground.

Roy's gaze softened somewhat, "If your mate was one you could become one. Now go back to where I left you."

Roy ran back to the tunnels, his mind spinning. It was true, if your true mate was a dragon then you could become one too... and that might be what would save Ed. A light blush went across Roy's cheeks and he stumbled over a rock. He would have to mate with Ed.

They were already bonded even if the bond was ignored but to mate with Ed would include sex and Ed was in no condition to do it with Roy. But there was a temporary mating bond that they could do. It would strengthen the one they already had and make it so that Roy could force Ed to get better with dragon magic.

Roy entered the magma room, transforming into a dragon and dived into the magma. He pulled Ed out by a claw and somehow got under the smaller dragon, carrying him to a different tunnel. Hay was strewn across the floor and it was extremely dark. He gently put the smaller dragon down and lied next to him.

He closed his eyes and focused on the bond that they have, sending heat through it. It was easier because Roy had a natural affinity towards flames but it was still difficult to force it into Ed's system. Any other dragon would probably get the sickness from the attempt but Roy's affinity made it so he was practically the embodiment of heat and thus immune to the sickness. So if he forced enough of his affinity through Ed the blonde would either get cured or die. He was hoping for the former.

Relief flooded through him when one of Ed's eyes slowly opened. It was missing the fire of the human Ed though. A small dragon smile appeared on the blonde's face at the sight of the other male.

A/N: Ending it here 'cause I'm going on vacation. Sorry it's short but I wanted to update before I left so yeah... Review please!