The second chapter of Fight for Memories is now underway! After arriving back in Risembool, Edward and Alphonse don't realize that they are being watched by a mysterious figure. Who could it be, and could it be someone they once knew? Read on, and find out!

Note: the new character you will see in this chapter is NOT an OC. It is a different form of the Homunculus, Pride, that I had help in creating. I know that there was only one homunculus of Pride, but I decided to create a separate version of the sin, Vanity. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story. Thank you.

Edward Elric's screams echoed throughout the home of Winry Rockbell as they were attaching the automail arm back to his nerves. Ed winced in pain as the automail was upon his arm once more. He flexed it, and swung it around in the air a few times.

"Well, at least you're able to fix this again, Winry," he sighed, standing up from the bed. "Thanks." Winry nodded, blushing. Edward looked around the room for Alphonse. The door opened slowly, and the armored head of Al appeared in the doorway.

"You're done, brother?" he asked, moving into the room. The older brother nodded lightly, a smile crossing his face. "I'm surprised that Winry repaired it that fast. I remember when she first did it after you gave your arm to save me." He noticed his brother's blonde hair brush against the armored torso. Shutting the door, Al followed his brother outside.

"Is something wrong, brother?" he asked his older brother once they were outside with Winry's dog, Den. "Was it something I said?"

"I just can't get what happened to the both of us out of my mind," Edward replied, sitting near the wall. "You lost your entire body, and I lost my leg. I gave up my arm to seal you to that armor… And Mom became a Homunculus." He placed his head between his knees, his automail arm crossed over his legs. "So much has happened to us these past few years." As Edward was reflecting on his past, a tall shadow fell over him. He looked up to see a man dressed in the standard State Alchemist uniform. He had an eye patch over his right eye, his graying black hair slicked back. His remaining brown eye looked down at Edward.

"Colonel Mustang told me that you would be here, Fullmetal," he whispered, calling Edward by his State name. "Still trying to find the Philosopher's Stone?" Ed nodded lightly, looking away from Fuhrer King Bradley. "I understand you had your automail fixed. That's good to hear." Alphonse looked over at the Fuhrer, wondering why he had come all this way away from Central just to speak with Edward.

"Excuse me, sir-," he began, but the Fuhrer turned away from them both, beginning to walk down the path away from Risembool. As both Ed and Alphonse were out of earshot, Fuhrer Bradley smiled darkly, placing a hand upon the hilt of a sword.

"I should report this to my master," he muttered. "And tell her about those two boys…" He lifted a hand up to his eye patch, and lifted it, revealing a pure white eye with a strange red mark. This mark had three triangles, with a winged serpent circling around the symbols. "Pity they will have to die so soon before they can ever find the Philosopher's Stone…"

What will happen as Edward and Alphonse head back to Central to report to Roy Mustang? Find out in chapter three, The Colonel and The Shrimp.

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