Chapter 2

Who's in charge?

I do not own FMA and I want to thank Amaya Night Rain of the Dragon for being my Beta you rule *gives cyber cookie*

(Amanda's view) I stared at April, Lying in a puddle of red blood. I grabbed my cousin by the arm. (Breeze) how could these people do this to April? Breeze and I called out at once.

"NO!" as we collapsed beside April. She took one last look at us before she blacked out completely.

"She's not dead yet." One of the men with an eye patch said. "We can get her through the gate in time it will heal and save her. But we won't get there fast enough if you don't cooperate." I was confused and these people just tried to kill my best friend but if there was any chance of her living I would take it, no matter what the cost.

(Aprils view) I awoke and found myself looking up at something white. I groggily raised my head to see where I was I froze remembering my wound and closed my eyes waiting for the pain to overwhelm me but nothing came. I opened my eyes and looked around. I didn't have the wound. No mark, no scar, no blood. Am I dead? I thought and took a better look around. I recognized where I was and who I was with. I was lying on the ground inside the truth. I was facing the gate and my friends, behind me were the homunculi and to my right was the truth guy.

"Who are you?" Amanda asked

"I'm so glad you asked!" it exclaimed "I am truth, I am the world, I am you, I AM GOD!" the gate flung open and me and my friends were grabbed my small black hands and pulled in I looked back, still numb and groggy as the gate shut behind me, enclosing me in complete darkness.

Lights, pictures, videos, people, speeches, knowledge, alchemy, books, sounds, and so much more flashed in front of me engraving into my brain. I felt like I was going to explode, like the world and all of its wisdom was being poured directly into my mind. After a few seconds I felt like I knew everything about everything. And yet more things poured in new facts I never would have known. Then I saw a light and everything flashed and it was over I was lying on my back. Amanda and Breeze beside me all three of us breathing hard, I glanced over us all no missing limbs which are always a plus. I held my aching head in my hand for a second. I still couldn't understand how any of this was real. But then Breeze and Amanda stirred and I flung myself to the ground beside them.

"Are you okay?" I asked them Amanda's eyes went wide and she stared at me. She sat up quickly and examined me.

"Are you alright?" she asked me her eyes scanning me for the wound. "How is this possible you were run through I-I don't understand." After a second she calmed down and barely above a whisper, she said. "They-they didn't lie, you're alive." Then Breeze sat up and looked around lazily. Her eyes widened in horror and she stared at me.

"What's wrong?" I asked then I looked around for whatever made her scared. My face lit with shock. We were in a room just like Marco's only with two beds but that meant we were prisoners. I scowled in anger.

"What's the matter? Where are we?" Amanda asked I turned to explain the show FMA but the door burst open and some of the homunculi came in.

"Get out of here." I demanded. Amanda kept looking at everything and everyone in confusion. And Envy turned to her and said,

"Come with us and we will explain everything." I was about to protest when I saw Manga Pride glaring at me his shadow flickered dangerously challenging me. I scowled and didn't speak. Amanda didn't move and she said so innocently it was so funny because she really never saw the show.

"But I'm not supposed to go with strangers so why should I go with a weird cross dresser, a pirate, and a fat bald dude?" Breeze and I doubled over laughing. "I don't think it gets any stranger than that." Envy, was glaring at her, the fuhrer stood motion less but drooped some, and gluttony stared mouth gaping at her. Breeze said to me,

"She came up with that and never even saw the show. That just shows they are freaks." I laughed again I had turned chibi and was pounding the floor I was laughing so hard. Then manga pride stepped forward. Amanda hadn't seen him because he was at the wrong angle but he stepped out and said in an adorable kid voice.

"Hi! I'm Selim." I watched as Amanda's face awed because of the kiddy cuteness she was a sucker for it…. but so am I. "My mommy and daddy really want to meet you could you come with us?" I saw Amanda hesitate but when she thought of our options she stood and followed them from the room. Though she will never say it I know she was trying to protect Breeze and one even though we weren't related we were the equivalent of sisters. And she was the oldest. Selim stayed with us and so did Lust two. I leaned back against the wall sitting with my legs crossed and with my arms crossed. This was going to be a long day.

(Amanda's view) I don't know who these people are but if I don't go with them I'm sure something bad would happen. I thought about how the eye patched man didn't hesitate to stab April and I shuddered pushing the idea from my mind. I looked around the hallway we were walking down. It was dark and murky and when I looked up I saw millions of bright red eyes staring at me. My face must have shown my fear because the one with green hair laughed.

"Humans," he muttered to himself.

Then the fat one said. "Don't worry they won't hurt you as long as you are with us." There were about ten people walking beside me but some of them were identical because there were two pirate guys and to weird haired, two fat ones. It was weird. We arrived at our destination and they opened two huge doors. Only to reveal a large almost empty room, but on the far side there was a thrown like chair with thick wires around it. Two people where there a white haired man sat in it and a woman with short dark colored hair stood beside it. The woman smiled warmly to me while the man's face remained expressionless.

"It's nice to meet you Amanda." The woman said. "I am Dante."

"Why am I here?" I asked, "what do you want? Where am I?"

"Calm down." Dante said sweetly, "we simply want to protect you and your friends. We are in a world similar to yours but very different." What was she talking about, another world?

"But if you only want to protect me why did he stab April."

"April." She muttered more to herself as if hearing the name for the first time. She looked at pirate man I was pointing to and said to me.

"I told them to bring you three here unharmed but it was necessary to bring you here to safety."

"Protect us from whom?" I demanded

"The evil Elric brothers of course! They are ruthless villains who don't stop until they get what they want."

"Why are they searching for us?" She paused, thinking about something when the man spoke for the first time.

"The Elric brothers are searching for something that requires the death of lots of people and they have found that they can use you three to do their bidding and help them." This all made sense for a show like what April and Breeze talked about. A show where the good guys are forced to use force to protect the innocent and the bad guys want to kill it makes sense after all they didn't let April die.

"Now," Dante said "It's time for you to answer some of our questions. In your world we have been told this is a show. If you tell us about that show maybe we can find a way to stop the Elric brothers.

"I-I'm sorry." I stuttered" the show was an anime and I never watched it… but April and Breeze did maybe they can help you."

She made a face that was between a glare and a smile and she said. "Thank you, you have helped us already. Now we have to ask you to return to your room. You will have to stay here until it is safe to leave." I nodded in understanding as I walked out of the room I thought about how happy Breeze and April will be to find I get the basic idea of the show.