For my first chapter of my first fanfic, I'm surprised that it came out pretty decent. Thank you for the few that did leave a review.
TrunksIzayaBossKadoDRRRotaku: I will try to do better with the spelling mistakes. Spell check can be a jerk at times.
Kazaru13: I will give fare warning in the beginning if I do plan on writing lemon. Not sure if I will. & for the first question I say read on & find out.
killersoda57: thanks for the review. & here is the new chapter.
Chapter 2: The Impossible was Possible?!
"You're a homunculus?!" Ed exclaimed in fear.
"I thought there were no more when we defeated Father!" Al added with a trembling voice.
"Father! HA!" Sin answered as he pulled the spike out of his body, red sparks flying around the afflicted areas, healing him within seconds. "That disgrace of a son I abandoned so long ago? What a pitiful existence he lived."
"Son?" Ed asked. "What do you mean? I though Father was the first homunculus?"
"Well, naïve boy, Father was jealous of me for the powers that I had. One day, he tried to kill me and try to take my powers so he can become God. However, he was NO WHERE NEAR a match for me. I was the one who confined him to that flask, and was supposed to stay in that miserable shell for the rest of eternity."
"Wait, what are you saying?"
"Don't you get it, shortie, I AM THE VERY FIRST HOMUNCULUS, BORN SINCE THE BIRTH OF MAN!"
Ed was too shocked and afraid to even combat with an insult. He could not believe that there was another homunculus alive, and even stronger than father.
"How? How is that even possible?" Ed trembled.
"I don't need to tell you shit, you miserable children," Sin said. "I am growing bored of this pitiful game."
He turned to where Winry and Pinako were standing, who were watching all that happened. He then started to make his way to Winry. Ed filled with a hot rage so strong he could not contain it anymore. "DO NOT TOUCH WINRY!" he screamed as he charged at Sin.
Sin let out a sigh, dodging Ed's attack (which would have hit anyone else) and slamming his foot into Ed's temple. Ed was sent into a tree and fell, conscious, but barely able to move. Ed looked to Al to see if he would go after him but realized Sin trapped Al in what appeared to be a cement mound, only letting his head show.
Sin walked up to the two defenseless ladies. "Winry Rockbell, you will have to come with me."
"Over my dead body you prick!" Pinako answered.
"That can be arranged, old lady," Sin said slyly. With that, he sent a spike from his hand through Pinako. She fell, bleeding from the wound.
"NO! GRANDMA!" Winry screamed. Ed wanted to punch the tree he was by, angered that no one could even stop him from his reign of terror. Sin then picked up Winry by her neck, choking her until she lost consciousness.
"YOU BASTARD!" Ed bawled at the homunculus.
"Don't worry. I did not kill her. I made her merely lose consciousness." Sin answered. "If you ever want to see her again, you will meet me tomorrow in the mountains closest to Yous Well."
Sin laughed manically as he disappeared with Winry. Suddenly, Al was freed from his trap and ran to help Ed. "Don't help me Al, help Pinako!" Ed yelled at his approaching brother.
Al then changed directions and sprinted to Pinako. He assessed the injury she had, which was pretty severe. She lost a lot of blood already. Al had to act quickly in order to save Pinako.
Al drew a symbol on the area where she was hurt. Then, Al clapped his hands and put them on the edge of the circle drawn on Pinako. Using alkahestry, Al was able to heal Pinako before it was too late. Pinako soon gained the strength to speak.
"Damn that monster!" she choked. "He took Winry! That bastard!" Out of all the years the boys knew Pinako, they never saw her as angry and worried as she was.
After a minute of Pinako cursing out the demon that took Winry, Al and her went to Ed to heal him. "Are you ok Ed?"
"I'm ok," Ed answered. Though his face said otherwise. "If only I had my alchemy! I could have stopped him. I could have used alkahestry to heal myself and save Winry. Now he has her and I COULDN'T DO A THING TO STOP HIM! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME AL!"
Just then a loud slap sound echoed across the scarred field in front of the Rockbell house. Pinako landed a perfect slap across Ed's face, leaving a red hand mark on his cheek. "THERE IS NO USE CRYING OVER WHAT HAPPENED." Pinako scolded. "NO ONE EXPECTED THIS TO HAPPEN. INSTEAD OF CRYING LIKE A LITTLE BITCH GO OUT AND SAVE HER!"
Almost instantly, Ed snapped out of his fit. "Thanks Pinako. I needed that." Ed replied. "Al, where did he say we were to meet him?"
"In the mountain closest to Yous Well," Al recited.
"Ok! We need to catch the train now!"
The boys, with Pinako on Al's back, ran towards the station. As they got closer, they noticed that the last train of the night was already pulled in. They ran into the station just in time. Al put Pinako down. "It would be best if you stayed here." Al said to her. "We don't want you to get hurt."
"It's fine. I would probably slow you down." Pinako replied, tears forming in her eyes. "Just... JUST BRING BACK WINRY!"
Ed smiled at Pinako. "We will, you can count on it!"
The boys then piled on the train and got settled in their seats. The train then began to pull out of the station, leaving the hometown that both boys just got back to. Ed looked out the window, thinking about what happened. Al, noticing this, put his hand on Ed's shoulder. "Ed, we will get her back. Don't worry."
"Yea we will," Ed answered, continuing to look out the window. Please be ok Winry, he thought silently to himself.
It was in the afternoon of the day after Sin attacked Ed and his friends when they had finally reached Yous Well. The boys had no idea where Sin could be, so they decided to ask the people in the town for any clues as to where on the mountain.
They went around to the miner citizens, trying to find anything out from the people that they could. However, no one was really giving any good leads. Just as they figured that they would end up with no information, a beggar on the street came up to them.
"You are looking for the demon of Yous Well, aren't you boys?"
"Maybe," Ed said. "What can you tell us?"
"Well, my boys, there is a rumor that he lives on the side of the mountain closest to town, watching his prey that is the townspeople. It is a said that he lives behind a door with a snake eating its own tail."
"That's it brother!" Al said to Ed. "Thank you stranger." He said turning back to the stranger. "Wait, do I know you?"
"NO!" said the stranger.
"Oh… okay" Al said, walking away with his brother. The beggar began to laugh. "Hehe, if the rumors ARE true, those boys will be eaten by the monster. That will be what they deserve for tricking me, former Lieutenant Yoki!"
There was nothing out of the ordinary on the mountains that the boys thought there would be. Then, Al found what appeared to be the mouth of a cave. "Hey brother!" Al said, pointing to the dimly light cave. "You think that this is it?"
"No one lives up hear from what I know of." Ed replied. "We have to assume that it is where Sin has Winry."
Ed began to sprint into the cave when Al called out to Ed. "Brother wait!"
"Why Al?" Ed asked in an annoyed tone? "Why should we wait? WINRY IS IN THERE! We need to go in and save her Al!"
"But brother, it seems a bit weird that the cave is lit. It could be a trap. We need to be careful when dealing with Sin. We do not know how he does things and need to be on the lookout for anything suspicious."
Ed sighed, calming himself down. "I guess you are right Al. Ok, let's go"
The boys walked into the cave slowly to make sure they did not spring any traps. In the cave they saw a few lit torches, which Ed took one just in case it got dark, and a door at the end with an Ouroboros symbol on it. This must be it! Ed thought. Winry better be ok.
They opened the door to see a spiral staircase leading downwards into the mountain. The Elrics looked at each other and then traveled down the staircase. On the walls were the remains of many people who were chained to the wall. The air stunk of rotting flesh, as if the corpses hanging on the wall hung there for decades on end.
They soon reached a door that looked like it lead to a chamber room. The Elrics opened it and made sure no danger was near them. They looked out into the room. There were what appeared to be two levels to the room. There was a hallway circling the top with what appeared to be a ritual alter at the bottom. There was a stairway a little to the right that led to the bottom level. The Elrics reached the bottom of that stairway to see five cages in the middle of the room. In the cages were a few chameras each.
Just then, Ed noticed something on the floor. The locations of the cage were on six corners of an array on the floor. It was part of a design circumscribed in a circle. Ed face made a horrified expression as he and his brother stood in front of the array. Al went to walk forward when Ed grabbed his shoulders and pulled him back.
"Al don't walk any further!" Ed exclaimed. "The array on the floor is a human transmutation circle!"
"How correct you are, Edward Elric," said a familiar, sinister voice. The lights came on as Sin made himself known. Suddenly, chains snaked their way up to Al, binding his hands and legs and pulling him back to the wall from where they came from. Al was hoisted up, now in a vulnerable position. Ed stood turned to his brother, then turned to Sin to see Winry in a similar position Al was in.
"Sin, let Al and Winry GO!" Ed yelled at the devil that stood before him.
"Or what?" Sin replied sarcastically. "You will throw a hissy fit? You are going to fight me? Are you going to slay me like you did my pathetic, weak son?"
"Leave them out of this! It is obvious you want me. Look, I will do what you want, just let Al and Winry go."
"Oh, well how nice of you to volunteer for the job pipsqueak."
Ed began to charge at Sin. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SMALL –"
"Uh uh uh." Sin said, waving his finger at Ed. "Don't make any rash moves or…" Sin paused, turning his pointer finger into a dagger, slicing into Winry's pale cheek, causing her to bleed. Ed growled, clenching his fists in rage and helplessness.
"Someone could get hurt," Sin finished, manically laughing.
"Fine. Just what is it you want me to do?"
"Nothing too much. I just need you to activate the transmutation circle."
"What? No, I can't! That would not be fair to the people in the cages!"
"But Ed, they are not even human anymore. They are animals that deserve to die."
"Sin, it does not matter if they do not look human, they have human souls. They are still people deep down."
"Well, looks like Winry will die." Sin turned his finger into a dagger. He then turned to Winry.
Ed was thinking faster than he ever did. He did not want to kill those chameras, but he did not want Winry to die. He was having trouble figuring out an answer that would not hurt anyone involed. Sin was inching closer and closer to Winry. It would be a matter of time before she would be stabbed. Shit, Ed thought. I don't know what to do? How can I not hurt anyone? I swore I would never intentionally kill anyone but I do not see any other option.
Just then he realized something: he could not perform alchemy! Even if he went to activate the circle, he would not activate it. Maybe Sin will think something is wrong with the array and then keep Winry and Al alive long enough to figure something out. It was a crazy idea, but what choice did he have?
"FINE! Sin, I will activate it." Ed finally answered.
Sin stopped his forward motion of his dagger to Winry's heart, just inches away from piercing her chest. Sin's sadistic smile appeared on his face. "Good."
Ed got on his knees in front of the array. He clapped his hands together, faking the part of knowing he can perform the transmutation. He then slammed his hands down on the circle, expecting nothing to happen. However, he did not realize Sin's eyes were glowing as a smile formed on his face.
Suddenly, the circle began to glow. Ed's face had fear and confusion written all over it. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" he yelled, his hands stuck on the transmutation circle. "I SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE THIS!"
"You fool, did you think I did not know your inability to perform alchemy?" Sin laughed, his dark aura growing in size. "I knew all along. However, thanks to my powers, I can enhance one's alchemic ability, whether it is very strong or even nonexistent. After all, I am a philosopher stone."
A familiar eye began to open in the transmutation circle. Tentacles began to reach out, taking the cages down inside. Suddenly, tentacles then latched onto Ed. "BROTHER!" Al screamed from the wall to where he was confined.
"My plan worked perfectly! Now, not only will I obtain the last philosopher's stone I need, you shall be sucked in, trapped in the gate forever!"
"NO I WON'T!" Ed yelled rebelliously. He began to sprint away from the center. Though, no matter how hard he tried, he could not get away. He was soon held in the air, right above the center. Then, just like that, he was pulled in, sealed away in the portal that formed. Above where the portal was, a red stone floated down, landing in the homunculus's hand.
Al was speechless at the events that just transpired in front of him. He was too shocked to even cry for his brother. Winry, who was out of it for most of the ordeal, had a horrified expression of defeat running across her face. Tears began to fall down her face along with the blood from her previous cut. There was only one word that could escape her mouth.
"EDWARD!"
End of Chapter 2. Please Review!