Envy sighed as he walked through the streets of Lior at midnight. In his preferred form, he stopped to take in his surroundings. Of course he had been here for about a week now and already knew the layout of the town, but he was just so bored.
Envy mumbled curses and said aloud, "Why does it have to be so damned hard to fall asleep?"
Of course he knew why though. He glared at the road in front of him and continued his walk.
Envy had been told not to killl, destroy, mutilate, dissect, torture, gut, or anything similar to the previous, in that order, by Lust, as it might ruin their plans of getting the people to trust that filthy human Cornello...or so she says.
So here was Envy, bored out of his mind, walking down a street in Lior. He just wanted to kill something, anything.
(Switch to 1st POV) ((Envy))
I think a week has been my breaking point.
A week in a desert like place, with people I can't kill, and a priest with a god complex equivalent to Dante's.
"If anyone out there hears me, ANYONE, give me something to do!" I yelled to sky. Yep, its official, I have finally lost any sanity I had left after four hundred and nineteen years.
The I heard soft groan to my right. I look over and see a small girl with dark hair, blue to be exact. Her clothes are riped in a few places. Her skin is ghostly pale and seems to glow in the black night.
She looked like she was trying to recover from being knocked unconcious, but she would never completly emerge.
After five minutes, I decide to take a closer look at her. As I get closer, I hear slight gasps from what I assume is pain judging by the look on her face.
I crouch in front of her, trying to get a better look.
She couldn't be from Lior, no her skin is too pale.
Her clothing was a little odd, but on the subject of odd clothing, well I can't say much.
Her shirt is ripped and exposed her flat stomach. But that isn't what intrigued me. I can make out something red on her white flesh.
Impulsively, I grab the hem of her riped shirt and lift it to the mark over her last few ribs. It is a mark of a dragon swallowing its tail, with another mark in the middle.
I raise my eyebrows.
"If this is real..." I sigh. I pick up the girl so she is in my arms and stand up. She is extremely light. She lets out a louder groan of pain and I wonder momentarily what its cause was.
I shake my head. "I'll let Lust figure it out."
As I walk toward the building Lust, Gluttony, and I had been staying at another thought pops into my mind.
"For anyone who thinks this is funny this is NOT what I meant by something to do!" Yeah...time to question my sanity again.
As I arrive at our 'base,' I hear Gluttony mumbling about being hungry.
"I said no, Gluttony, besides I've been meaning to put you on a diet." Lust replies with a hint of irritation in her voice.
"Lust." She turns towards me as I walk in with the blue haired girl.
"Who is that, Envy?" She asks.
I shrug. "I found her outside in an alley."
"Then why did you bring her here?"
"Can I eat her?"
"No." Lust and I say together.
"Anyway, can you check and see if this is real?" I ask pointing at the Oroboros.
Lust's eyebrows furrowed together but nods. She takes the girl out of my arms and carries her as easily as I had into another room, while Gluttony and I stay and wait.
(3rd Person POV)
Lust had moved the tattered shirt away from the Oroboros and began examining the shape. Once she finishes looking at it, she extends her index finger which became a long blage.
With her finger she ran it lightly across the surface of the girl's Oroboros. The girl's skin separated and slowly dribbled out a little blood. After two minutes the cut began regenerating.
When the cut had fully healed up Lust noted the length of time it took for her regeneration. It was slower than a normal homunculus'.
She heard the girl let out a small groan.
The girl had curled on her side and was gripping her chest where her heart was located.
Something was definitely wrong with the girl. Lust turned her over so she lay on her back and, since she now knew for sure she was a homunculus, cut open her chest. Yes, without the red stones this could be dangerous enough to kill the little Homunculus, but there was no time to retrieve some from Dante...or maybe Envy has some.
She examined the inside of the girl and gasp. More than half of her heart was missing. This was most likely the reason for her slowed regeneration. If she ate a few red stones it may speed the process up a bit.
Her heart looked as if it had been ripped out. Already her slow regeneration was working on closing the gap in her heart and chest.
Lust walked out of the room and rejoined Envy and Gluttony.
"She is definantly a Homunculus." Lust said.
"I thought so," Envy sighed loudly. "Great now I have to go see the bitch even earlier."
Lust decided to tell him about her problem rather than comment on his previous statement. "Her regeneration process is slowed because, well," Lust grimaced. "it looks like something ripped half of her heart out. It's started to heal, but even with red stones she won't be able to revive as quickly as you and I."
Envy's eyes went to the frame of the other door for half a second.
"Envy, do you happen to have any red stones with you?" Lust asked.
"Actually, yeah I do." He reached into a pocket in the shorts of his skort and pulled out a few stones.
"Hopefully with these, she will be out of that state in a few days." Lust said as she went to feed the girl the stones.
*Three days later*
Envy is laid back on a chair, waiting for Lust to tell him that it was time to go back to the bitch. The kid had apparently woken up an hour ago. Right now Lust is talking to her, like she has been for the past hour.
(First POV) Blue-haired Girl.
I can't believe it. I had woken up from my unconscious state of mind only an hour ago, and found myself in a small, dimly lit room. I remembered my talk with the Truth, and what happened right before that, but the strange thing is, I can't remember anything before crawling out of bed that morning.
Then, I felt it. A searing pain in my chest. It ached but not nearly as bad as it had when I was pulled through the Gate.
Speaking of the Gate, did I actually go through? Or, could this be the Truth's sick little way of torturing me. The previous is the most likely, but...I can't say that rules out the latter.
I begin to adjust to the pain in my chest minute by minute. I can't say it's entirely comfortable though.
I hear a creak of a door and turn toward it, wincing slightly at the throbbing in my chest.
I see a tall, dark-haired woman in a dark green dress. It is quite revealing, but it looks good on her. Her eyes are purple, just like mine...that's odd. I don't recall ever seeing another purple-eyed person around where I live...where do I live again?
I rack my brain for the memory but no matter how hard I try I can't recall it.
I remember everything I learned, like math, anime, science, tecktonik dancing, and my laptop.
But, I don't remember faces, poeple, places...its all a haze.
Then as I resume examining the woman my eyes widen at the symbol on her chest. It is an Ororboros. But that means she is Lust. Could I really be in Amestris. No this has to be some kind of dream...but you can't feel pain in dreams and I am in a lot of pain.
She sees my eyes and asks, "What's wrong?"
"The mark on your chest, I've seen it before. I can't remember where." I say.
"My name is Lust. The mark on my chest is an Oroboros. It is a mark that appears on all Homunculi, artificial humans created when a person fails a human transmutation. You probably recognize it because you have one of your own."
Did I hear her right. I have an Oroboros. Then, I remembered. My birthmark. It is shaped like an Oroboros. Of course, how could I have forgotten. That's why it had seemed familiar. Wow, I really should start changing somewhere other than the floor.
"So does that mean?"
"Yes, You are a Homunculus."
"What's my name?" I ask her, desperate for something to trigger my memories.
"I do not know. Our master will give you one. As soon as our talk is over you and Envy will be traveling there. Unfortunately, since you cannot run to Central in your current state, Envy will probably have to carry you most of the way."
I realize I need her to tell me all about Homunculus so that I won't automatically know everything.
"Who is Envy?" I ask.
And so she spent the rest the hour telling me everything about each Homunculus, explaining their different abilities.
"So," I say after abosorbing all of the information I had just required. "where are we?"
"In a city called Lior. We have a mission here."
I nod. Lust hands me the last of the red stones she has with her. I take them from her and munch on the.
"Now, I think you need to tell me what happened to you."
"I remember talking to something that called itself the Truth..."
I begin to recite what happened to me.
"Somebody? Anyone? Please!"
"Hello young one."
"W-who are you?"
"Ah so you do not remember then. That is quite interesting indeed."
"What are you talking about? I just want out!"
"I am the Truth."
"Can you let me out? Please!"
"That is quite a rude introduction, don't you think. No name to call you by? Though I suppose all of your kind abandon them anyway."
"Wait...I-I..."
"Yes your are correct in your thinking."
"B-but it can't be. I-i must be dreaming. Yes that is it."
"No child this is no dream. It seems your first visit through here caused you to loose all memories of your previous life."
"First time...I've been here before? Wait! Previous life, but I haven't died!"
"Really now. That's not what I remember and unlike you I have an excellent memory. But I believe that we have talked enough now. It's time for you to go back to where you belong."
"No! Wait, please tell me what's going on."
"Find your mother. Or maybe your younger brother when he finally makes it out. Or maybe the one who houses all of your kind. It's your choice really."
"But I don't have a mother or a brother!"
"You did have a mother, although now you are not quite her daughter. You have a younger brother but he is, how should I say, tied up."
"I don't understand!"
"You will."
I finish by telling her about it stealing my heart.
"Hmmm... that is quite an interesting story."
I hear a loud crash from the other room, shortly followed by muffled curses.
"I think we've kept Envy waiting long enough. It's time for you to meet our master." She smiles and gives me her hand.
I return the smile and allow her to pull me up. The red stones I had earlier mad the pain in my chest even less dull.
Whatever is coming...I'm ready for it.
End Chapter...
TADA! I wrote you guys an extra long chapter after I finished the adjustments. The poll I mentioned is still a possibility. Happy almost Fourth of July.
Oh, how the pyromaniac loves fireworks.
The tecktonik dancing part is gonna come in at a later chapter to throw in a little humor XD and also because I'm learning how and I think it will be fun to write about.