There were many emotions he felt. There were many memories he saw. Thoughts ran in and out his mind, making him remember and forget… until nothing was left in his mind. The memories that he had seen of his mother, of his father, of his brother, human transmutation, alchemy… all that was gone. Erased forever from his memory.

His own name was lost to him.

And he didn't know why.

Xxx

"Wake up, Chibi-san," a distant voice called out.

Blinking several times, the young man that was lying on the floor opened his eyes, showing bright golden orbs that were clouded with confusion. He felt no pain as he got up to his knees. He stood up, stretching his muscles. He looked at the man or woman standing in front of him with a smug look on its face.

Crackling with laughter, it flung back its long dark green hair. "I suppose you don't know who I am," it purred. "I am Envy. Now I ask: who are you?"

The young man continued to stare confusedly at him. He blinked, seeing a memory pass and fade. A suit of armor… An automail arm… He looked down at his right arm, but found it flesh and blood. "I saw," he softly said. "I saw an arm… an automail arm."

"The boy with the automail arm is no more. The boy with the name Edward Elric," grinned Envy, "is no more."

"No more…" the young man said. "Then who am I?"

Envy continued to look smug. "Pride."

"Pride," whispered the young man, as if tasting it. He gazed down at his body, noticing that long red tattoos ran across his arms, his legs, his chest… Pride looked back at Envy. "What do I do?"

"Getting clothes on is your first option," Envy laughed. He flung a shirt to Pride that was identical to his, sleeveless and tight fitting, and long black pants that weren't identical to Envy's, which he appeared to be wearing a skirt of some sort.

Pride slowly put the shirt after he had put on his pants over his golden hair. He untied the braid the hair was in and let it fall. He gazed at his hand, accepting the long gloves from Envy. "What do I do?" he repeated.

Envy shrugged. "You stay with us."

"'Us?'"

"Sloth, Wrath, Gluttony, Lust… the seven deadly sins," Envy slowly said, giving a grin again. "Greed was… taken care of…" Envy shrugged and walked out with silent footsteps. "Our first mission…" Envy slightly purred, "Is to go to Central."

"Central?" Pride said, the name sounding familiar to him.

"Yes, Central… you have some 'friends' there… You'll have to pay them a visit… tonight."

"These 'friends…" Pride asked.

Envy interrupted him, speaking in a harsh voice. "They prevent us from living. They try to kill all of us, when all we want is to become human," he ended in a whisper.

"We're not human…?" Pride gasped, and stopped walking. "Then what are we?"

"What everyone hates," Envy said lazily. "Homunculus." He turned to the door that opened slightly and a woman walked through.

She threw her hair back past her shoulders as she walked up to Pride. "This him?" she asked. At Envy's grin and nod, she too grinned. "You did a nice job." She looked Pride straight in the eyes. "What's your name?"

Pride closed his eyes, seeing tons of images come and fade in his mind. He saw a suit of armor… reaching out to him. But he buried it. He knew who he was. "Pride," he declared, opening his eyes, which now revealed dull, possessed golden orbs.

The woman grinned. "Envy. We attack Central tonight, when Roy Mustang is there. He's still weak… easy to attack and kill." She walked out, Envy and Pride following her silently.

Xxx

"Your speech was moving, Colonel," Riza said as she watched Roy come towards her.

"It's all I can do to get the promotion," Roy muttered. He put on his coat. "Drop me off at the graveyard."

"Yes sir," Riza replied softly.

Driving off, Roy had crossed his arms and sighed tiredly. He had just given a speech for the election of a new Fuhrer, and he had seen how people gazed at him. Some people glared at him, thinking that he had been the murderer of the greatest Fuhrer that there ever was. Others thought that Roy was a hero for killing the Fuhrer, who had tricked them all.

"It seems Winry and Alphonse made it here first," Riza said, interrupting Roy's thoughts. True enough, Winry had set down a bundle of flowers on Maes Hughes grave. She was speaking quietly with Alphonse, who was holding himself up with crutches. His legs were still in the process of regaining their nutrition and still didn't have the power to hold him up.

Roy slowly walked up to them and didn't say a word when he gazed at the grave. He then turned and looked painfully at the two. "Maes would want to be here right now," his voice was tight. "He helped me get these promotions… and he's not here to see it finished."

Winry nodded. "He may not be here with us," she said sadly, "But he's in our hearts, silently cheering for us."

"How touching," a voice purred.

Roy looked up to see the Homunculus Envy crouching on a top of a gravestone. Envy laughed slightly and stepped off. "You escaped us," he continued. "You killed one of our own."

"It's funny, seeing how you've killed so many humans," Roy growled at him, pulling out his gloves and quickly getting them on. Riza had appeared by his side and had two guns in her hands.

Envy grinned and motioned to the side of him. Lust and Gluttony walked out to either side of him. "It'll be a war, now."

Roy got in front of Alphonse and Winry, motioning for them to get back. He whispered for Winry to go for help. She nodded and turned to run for it, but was stopped by another Homunculus. She gasped when she saw the face. "Trisha?"

"Sloth," the Homunculus corrected.

"Ah ah, this is going to be so easy," Envy laughed. He walked up closer. "Pride has yet to come."

"Pride?" spat Roy. "I killed him."

"That Pride is dead, yes," Envy said lazily. "Pride! Come out!"

Roy squinted against the setting sun, trying to make out the form that was slowly walking out of the shadows. He gasped at the blonde hair, the familiar face.

"BROTHER!" Alphonse shouted, recognizing him first.

Pride walked fully into the sunlight. He gazed silently at the people before him. He lifted his right hand, brandishing a long cleaver that was longer than him.

Alphonse gazed happily at him, but his smile began to fade. He noticed the clothes that he wore… the tattoos on him… his breath caught in his throat. "A… Ouroboros tattoo," he whispered.

"That's right!" Envy laughed. "The boy you called brother is now a homunculi."

"No…" Roy muttered, still aghast.

Winry took a step forward. "That's Ed," she whispered, tears falling down her face.

"Winry…" Roy put a hand on her shoulder. "He's not… He's not Edward anymore."

"Win… Winry…" Pride said slowly, trying to remember why that name sounded familiar. He put his long cleaver in front of him.

"Attack, Pride," Lust called out. "Prove that you are one of us!"

Pride was upon Winry in a second, holding his cleaver to her neck.

Roy cursed at his speed and turned as fast as he could, but Envy came behind Roy and grabbed his arm, twisting it around. Roy felt it snap and his eyes got blurry from the pain. "Not now, Mustang," Envy spat out. "Just watch." Roy growled at him. Riza was in the same position as him, Lust holding her arms.

Pride gazed at the sobbing girl in front of him. His eyes flicked over to where the boy Alphonse stood.

"Edward, don't you understand?" Winry started saying. "That's Alphonse. Your brother."

Pride looked back at her. "I have no memory of a brother," he whispered.

Alphonse tried to walk forward, but Gluttony blocked his path. Sloth stood behind Winry. Sloth folded her arms. "Kill her, Pride."

"Edward! Remember!" Winry screamed out, ducking under the cleaver. Pride gasped as he felt the arms of the girl wrap around him. She started crying into his shirt.

A suit of armor… a metal arm and a leg… the beautiful face of… his mother? The distant form of his father… was it his father? The night that was surrounded in a purple light. A gate. The pain of losing a leg. An arm. Pride gasped, feeling the same exact pain in his own flesh and blood leg and arm. He pushed the girl away from him, dropping his cleaver.

"It hurts!" he shouted and held his head, the pain rushing up. He growled at the girl. "What did you do?"

Winry shook her head, not knowing what to say.

Envy cursed. "Pride!"

"Let go of him," Pride whispered. "Let go of that man."

"Heh," Envy laughed evilly. "You sure didn't last long. I should have known."

Lust shook her head. "Keep him. We still have use for him."

Envy let go of Roy, who gasped in pain. Envy quickly sprang at Pride, kicking him in the face. Pride collapsed to the ground, unconscious. "You'll have to redeem yourself some other time," Envy growled at Pride as he picked him up. He nodded to the other Homunculus, and they were on their way.

Roy, Winry, Alphonse, and Riza were left alone again.