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Chapter 5: Initiation

Ed starred at the map in confusion and fear. He was in a totally different world with no knowledge on how to get back. Damn it Truth! he thought. What sick game are you playing? If you are laughing your ass of at my torture I swear I WILL…

"So, this Amestris place, does exist, young boy?" Makarov said, interrupting Ed's thoughts.

"Yea, it was a country that was littered with unneeded bloodshed and war. Our old leader, Führer King Bradley, would lead our country into unnecessary fights, using alchemists like me as weapons of mass destruction, whether they wanted to or not."

"Sounds harsh." Natsu spoke.

"Did you know anyone in that military?" Lucy asked.

Edward pulled put his pocket watch, showing them the symbol on the front. "This is an indication that one was a State Alchemist in the military, given the rank of a Major. I had a name called the Fullmetal Alchemist for… obvious reasons. I made friends, like Major Alex Louis Armstrong the Strong Arm Alchemist, Brigadier General Maes Hughes who was murdered, Riza Hawkeye, and… my bastard of a superior officer, Colonel Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist. I also made enemies, like the Crimson Alchemist Solf J. Kimblee."

"Did you ever kill anyone?" Erza finally spoke.

"Not willingly. Enough interrogating me. I need a way to get back home."

"Well, we could allow you to possibly use our resources… BUT you have to join our guild…"

"Then sign me up Gramps. I joined the military to help out a friend, so how bad can this be?"

"Oh, you think you will just get in? You need to pass a test first."

"Jeez, just like the military. Ok, what do I need to do?"

"Well you say your magic (Ed cringed at the word) is this 'alchemy'. We need to see if this 'alchemy' is any good."

"You doubt alchemy… boy you really don't know what it can do. Follow me."

Ed walked out of the room with the mages in tail. Erza kept a good eye on Ed, readying herself if he tried anything funny. They followed him to the guild hall that was still in shambles from the fight that morning.

"Stand back." Edward commanded. He clapped his hands together and placed his palms on the floor of the guild hall. Blue sparks flew throughout the air. Suddenly, the in pieces guild hall began to almost morph back into what it looked like before Ed showed up. Everyone in Fairy Tail stood in amazement as the guild hall was returned to normal, even looking better than it did earlier that day. This boy can fix things just by putting his palms on the floor. Makarov thought. We can use him to fix the messes in the guild or caused by the guild on missions, meaning less paper work form the magic councel. Not to mention he is seems like a good fighter. Well, we can test that.

"Congratulations, Edward Elric, you passed the first test with flying colors!" Makarov announced.

Natsu, Gray, Happy, and Lucy had shocked looks on their faces. Mirajane just smiled, while Erza just stood there.

Ed, on the other hand, was a bit confused. "FIRST test? You said I needed to pass A test, not TESTS."

"We need to test your combat strength and ability. You will fight one of the guild members tomorrow when you are healed."

"Fine, I guess I will have to kick another person's ass. Who is the victim?"

"Your opponent will be… ERZA SCARLET."

The guild went silent. Everyone had looks of fear and pity for Ed, for Erza was one of the strongest mages in Fairy Tail, and knew VERY well of her strength.

"Man, Edo is SO dead!" Natsu whispered to Gray.

"Oh yea, he is done for." Gray whispered back.

"Fine. It does not matter who I fight. I will win, and I will get back to Al and Winry."

Ed then walked out of the guild into the forest.

"Does he not know what he is getting into?" Lucy asked Natsu.

"Oh yes he does." Erza said, overhearing Lucy. "Though, he is not afraid. He is determined to win, doing whatever it takes to get back to whoever it was he was talking about. He seems like a good fighter, however, he has never seen me fight."

"But you have not seen him fight either." Lucy added.

"All the more reason why this fight is going to be interesting."

After Ed left the guild hall, he walked around town to get a baring of what his surroundings were like. The people he saw seemed nice. The town was busy with movement all around, but it was a peaceful kind of busy. Maybe this place isn't so bad. Ed thought.

"HELP! HELP!" cried out a woman from a distance.

Ed looked over to see a woman who was looking up at a cat who was stuck in a tree. Ed ran over to her and asked if she needed help. However, Ed got a bit sick as he saw the woman's face as she turned around. She looked almost exactly like his mother.

"Can you get my cat out of the tree. He is always getting stuck up there and I can't get him down."

Ed smiled a bit and nodded. He walked up to the tree and began climbing it with ease. Within minutes, Ed was at the top of the tree, grabbing the cat. If only Al was here, he would love this. Ed thought to himself.

When he got down, the woman smothered Ed with hugs and kisses, thanking him for his help. Ed began to tear up a bit, wishing it was his actual mother holding him and not a look-alike.

"No one has EVER helped me. Here, follow me, I own a shop right here with all sorts of good. You can have one thing in there of your choice for free."

Ed followed the woman in her shop. It was a bit small but it had some interesting objects. There was some cards, a magic ball, and even some keys with weird symbols on them. However, Ed's eye was caught on something in the glass display at the register. "Hey, those gloves, what are they made of?"

"Oh those, those are ignition cloth gloves that fire mages uses sometimes. However, they are not so popular..."

"I will take them!" Ed said immediately.

"Oh, so you are a fire mage, am I right."

Ed once again cringed at mage. "No, but these will come in handy. Do you sew?"

"Yea, and I am pretty good at it, too."

"Can you sew something in red on the top of both of them?"

"Yea, I can sew almost anything you want."

Ed began to draw something on a piece of paper he grabbed that was next to him. He showed the lady who then studied the drawing. "Something specific. Any reasons?" the woman asked.

"Na, just thought it looks cool." Ed said. He did not feel like explaining alchemy again.

"Ok no problem." The woman took the drawing and the gloves to the back of her room. Within minutes, she came out and handed them to Ed, with the design perfectly sewed on.

"Thanks." Ed said as he left.

"Take care!" she replied.

Ed looked at the gloves he recently received. His smile was big with joy. Colonel bastard thinks he is SO cool with his ignition cloth gloves and his fire alchemy. Next time I see him, oh is he in for a surprise.

Ed then began to remember the woman who helped him and how she resembles his mother. He began to feel sad and had tears in his eyes again.

"Where did Ed go?" Natsu asked.

"I think he left for town or something." Lucy replied.

"We should go find him."

"NATSU! There is a thing called personal space."

"But he has been gone a long time. We need to find him, right Happy?"

"Aye." answered Happy.

"I will join as well." Gray said, following the two mages and cat.

They walked out of the guild and followed the path to town. As they got to the fork in the road that split to either the town or the forest by the guild, they just barely spotted Ed walking into the forest. They raced after him trying to find where he was hiding. They soon found him in front of what appeared to be a tombstone. "Trisha Elric, 1878 – 1904." Lucy read.

"Who is that?" Gray asked.

"Don't know, but must be someone important."

Just then, Lucy noticed Natsu reaching Edward. She wanted to stop him but was too late.

"Hey, Ed, stop being sad. We need to talk."

"What do you want, asshole." Ed replied somberly. "Seems you brought friends too." He looked into the bush that Gray, Lucy and Happy were hiding in. They all came out into view.

"If you are going to fight Erza, then you need to get past me first." Natsu challenged.

"Natsu, he still needs to –"

"Ok then, let's go." Ed accepted.

"Wha–"

"Just let it happen." Gray interrupted.

Ed and Natsu walked away from each other, turned back to face each other. "I have been waiting for this, ever since you came by." Natsu said, igniting his fists. "I am getting all fired up!"

"Yea yea." Ed replied, still with a gloomy look on his face. He clapped his hands and transmuted his automail arm into his signature blade. The familiar feeling of the blade attached to his arm made Ed feel a little bit better, but not much.

After a minute of preparation, the two fighters charged. Fists were flying and a quick pace that was hard to keep up with. Ed did a back flip away from Natsu. "Fire Dragon's Roar" screamed Natsu as flames shot towards Ed.

Ed slipped on his new gloves. The symbol on them began to glow. Ed dodged the flamethrower like attach and snapped his fingers, sending his flame at Natsu. However, instead of moving, Natsu began to swallow the flames.

"That was pretty cool! Being able to snap your fingers and fire flames!" Natsu commented.

WHAT? HOW CAN HE EAT FIRE?! Ed thought to himself. What is he?

"Thanks for the meal." Natsu said cockily. "I am all fired up now."

Natsu's flames around his fist grew in intensity. Ed was in trouble.

"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Natsu shouted. Ed slammed his palms to the floor, creating a solid wall to protect himself from the fire just in time. However, Natsu punched through and nearly hit Ed, who dodged and backed up from Ed.

"I have had enough of this." Ed finally said.

"We are just getting started." Natsu replied cockily.

"No because I am ending it." Ed's symbol on his gloves began to glow. Suddenly, Natsu's flames on his fists disappeared. "What? How did my flames vanish? I am generating magic flames that I should control. What happened?"

"You can't fully use your power if you don't understand it." Ed replied. "Yea, you're using your 'magic' to generate the flames, but they need oxygen to burn. Take away the oxygen by the source and the flames are extinguished. And also,"

Natsu began to choke on the lack of oxygen in the air around him. "I can use this same thing to choke you out."

Natsu tried to fight back, but it was no use. Natsu soon passed out, allowing Ed to return the oxygen back to the air around Natsu. "DID YOU KILL HIM?" Lucy screamed at Ed.

"No, I only took away the oxygen in the air for only enough time to make him pass out. I do not kill."

"But you did not need to be that harsh." Lucy scolded.

"He needs to learn life is not all fun and games. There are cruel things in life that WILL come by." And with that, Ed walked away.

Lucy could not help but notice the pain in Ed's eyes as he said that. Lucy caught something in her eye that was shining in her eyes. It was Ed's pocket watch. "Hey Ed, you forgot your…"

Ed was gone.

"Hey, is that his pocket watch?" Gray asked.

"Yea, he must have dropped it during the fight." Happy said.

"It is sealed shut. I wonder if he is hiding something?" Lucy wondered.

"So much for personal space." Happy said.

"Well," Gray said, taking the watch. He made what looked like a lock pick made of ice. He began poking the watch until he opened it. "Now we will know." He handed the watch to Lucy.

Lucy then looked at the watch and noticed something scratched in it. " 'Don't forget. 3 October 11.' "

"What does that mean?" said Natsu, who was finally getting up.

"I am unsure. But whatever it is, he is hiding something and we NEED to figure it out."

Ed was walking around town trying to find a place to stay. He did a few odd jobs here and there throughout the day after his fight with Natsu. He felt a bit bad for going so hard on him, so he thought doing some jobs to make money to buy a place to stay would help take his mind of things. Which it did.

He bought a little house by the river. Ed looked down the street to see Lucy and her friends walking in a building right by him. They live right here? Shit, they better not notice me.

Just as that thought flew through his head. Lucy turned and saw him. She, followed by the two other boys and the cat began to go towards his direction. CRAP! Ed thought.

He ran into his house locking the door. Please don't come here. Please don't come here.

After a minute of silence, Ed let out a sigh of relief. They are gone. He went to look at the time on his pocket watch and realized he lost it. FUCK! HOW DID I LOSE IT!

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Ed swung to door open to see Lucy, Natsu, Gray and Happy standing there.

"God damn it." Ed said aloud. "Leave me alone." He went to close the door only to be stopped by Natsu. "Hey, wait a minute."

"What do you want?" Ed asked nastily.

"We found this after you left." Lucy said. She held out his pocket watch.

"Thanks, now leave." Ed took the watch and began to close the door, only to be stopped by both Gray and Natsu.

"We saw what it said inside. We know he had no right to pry but you should not have to hide anything from us." Lucy said. "We are all in the same guild, we are family. We should trust each other. I know that date you have scratched in there is important. October third, year eleven. What does that mean?"

Ed stood there for a minute. There was something about Lucy that reminded him about Al. He could not turn down Al.

"You guys really want to know all about me, do you?"

"We will share with you all about us. We are family and should get to know each other better. Plus it will be better than thinking of your fight with Erza tomorrow."

"I disagree, but I see that I will not be able to sway you. I am warning you. What you will hear is pretty gruesome."

"We can handle it, right." Natsu said confidently.

"Aye." replied Happy.

Ed sighed. He began to feel a bit uneasy about telling these new "friends" of his about his life after he just met them today, but another part of him felt good.

"Fine. Come in and have a seat."

End of Chapter 5. Please review!