Hey, If your here at chapter 6 that means you must not have been so terrified at the Riza back story to not continue reading…bwa ha ha ha! Back story? Get it? Ah ha I'm an evil person.

Riza: I'll say, that was a terrible pun!

Me: *giggling* Ah ha ha! I'm sorry!

Disclaimer: I don't own the tattooed woman nor the teenager with the automail.

Edward was sulking in his room. Alphonse was polishing his armor and Hawkeye was busy writing a letter. Ed used this opportunity to sneak out. He said he was going to the bathroom and indeed he did. He went in the room and locked the door, then he blasted the window open with alchemy. Ed looked down and saw a sizable drop. He climbed out onto the ledge and shuffled along to the next window. He grabbed the ledge and dropped down to the next level. He continued this process until he found his way to the main roof. Ed looked up at the tower he just came from. He heard a loud crash, which he guessed was Alphonse busting the door open. Ed ran down the roof and jumped off onto the next platform. He ran until he reached the courtyard. He jumped into the fountain. The students around the area started freaking out until they realized that it was just Edward.

"That kid sure knows how to get around." McGonagall was watching from a nearby window.

Ed ran inside the building. Harry, Ron, and Hermione ran after him. The tried to talk while they were running, "Professor Elric! What's going on!", Harry yelled.

Ed continued to run, "Just stretching my automail! Hey if my brother comes by, send him in the wrong direction got that?"

"Your brother?", Ron asked.

"Yeah, the kid in the armor, you'll recognize him!", Ed kicked up the pace and ran faster.

"Professor, about earlier…", Hermione said.

"Forget about it, Granger, I've had bigger problems than people seeing my automail.", Ed continued. He transmuted some quick stepping stones to get up into the rafters. Ed jumped from beam to beam.

"That kid is like an acrobat!", Ron said, stopping to catch his breath.

Ed laughed at Ron's comment. He jumped out of the window and landed in the other courtyard.

Hawkeye and Alphonse were right on Ed's tail. Alphonse was running through the hallway and Riza was running along the roof. She saw Ed jump out the window. "Dammit! Alphonse, there he goes!"

She saw him run inside. She continued the roof route and hoped Ed would get back in the open.

"Hey there, Lieutenant.", Roy Mustang climbed onto the roof.

"Colonel? What are you doing here?", She yelled.

"I came to check up on you and Fullmetal."

"We've only been here a few days!"

"Yes, and I have decided to come and take a break, maybe get a chance to help Ed with his mission and such. I got my paperwork done and everything I swear!"

"Oh Colonel, you know, you should really be more open about these things."

"Alright, I came here make sure you were ok Lieutenant, there's rumors of a killer going around in this magical place, Voldy-something or other."

"You know Ed's not going to be willing to have you here."

"Whatever, we'll have to catch him first."

They ran until they reached the astronomy tower. Hawkeye climbed into the window. When she got inside she saw Ed running up the stairs. She quickly ran after him. When she reached the top He had decided to climb up onto the very top, the roof. She grabbed the edge of the roof and lifted herself up.

"Wait a minute! Lieutenant, don't climb up here, you won't make it!", Ed yelled.

"Try me, Edward.", She continued to climb.

Mustang and Alphonse soon followed her, "Hold it Lieutenant!"

"I'm getting him Sir."

"I know, but the roof! The shingles are coming off!"

Hawkeye looked, indeed the shingle she held on to was about to fall. She scrambled to get to another spot but she was too late. She began to slide off the roof.

"Lieutenant!"

Hawkeye grabbed the edge of the roof as a last resort. The edge began to break due to her weight.

Mustang climbed over the railing that kept people from jumping off. "Lieutenant Hawkeye! Grab my hand!"

Ed came to the edge of the roof, "No! You might pull him off the edge! Come here!"

Hawkeye took the scenario she thought was most fit. She grabbed Edwards left hand.

Mustang began to get wobbly. He grabbed the rail but it began to give way.

"Colonel!" Hawkeye grabbed him before he fell, putting more weight on Ed, who began to fall himself, he grabbed the roof with his right hand.

"Gahh!." Ed yelled in pain "Alphonse! I don't know if my automail can hold us all!

Alphonse looked around frantically for something to transmute. If he used the ground the tower might give way. "What do I do!", Alphonse yelled.

Ed heard a big 'Chink' then a 'Gathump' He looked and saw his automail giving way. "Anything Al just hurry up! Nyahhh!" His automail continued to break down.

Alphonse transmuted his feet to the ground on the ledge. "Colonel Mustang grab my arm!"

Mustang did so and held tight.

Al yelled up at Ed. "Brother! Let go of the roof!"

"Are you crazy Al?"

"I've got the Colonel! If you hold on you can let go and not fall!"

"If I die Al, I'm gonna kill you!", Ed let go of the roof and swung into the outer wall of the tower bellow. He hit with a thump and yelped in pain.

"Edward climb up!", Mustang ordered him.

"I can't! My automail had too much strain put on it, it won't move!", Ed yelled back up at him.

"I can do it!", Alphonse said. He pulled Mustang and the others up like a rope.

Mustang climbed over the rail and turned. He put his arms around Hawkeye's waist and lifted her up over the rail. They both turned and helped Edward get over.

"Thanks Al." Ed said.

Alphonse restored his feet to normal and came back over the rail. "We gotta get you to the nurse Ed!"

"Yeah Yeah Al. Colonel what are you doing here?"

"Why to help you out on your mission. Got a problem, Fullmetal?"

"Yeah, you put the extra strain on my automail. Now I gotta go call Winry! You hear that! I gotta call that gearhead to come fix my arm and that won't even happen before I get a wrench to my head!" Ed stormed off with Alphonse.

"Oh my!", Madame Pomfry exclaimed. "What on earth? What happened to your arm, it-it's made of metal!"

"Yeah, I noticed. Do you think you can fix it?", he asked.

"I don't know, it's more of a machinery thing, not medical, you might want to go straight to Professor Dumbledore for that."

Edward sighed, "Alright." He put his jacket back on and headed to the Headmaster's office.

"What's wrong Professor?", Hermione said, passing by.

"My metal arm, it's broken. I'm gonna go see if Dumbledore can fix it before I go call my mechanic."

"Oh, ok.", She said.

"Fullmetal!", Colonel Mustang walked up, "What are you doing?"

"Trying to get my arm fixed if you didn't notice!"

"I mean, why are you here when you should be in the nurse's office!…Why hello there miss! I'm Colonel Roy Mustang of the Amestrian military. How are the alchemy lessons going? Is Fullmetal working you all too hard?" He said, turning to Hermione.

"N-No… the lessons are okay. I really have to get going…..", Hermione turned to leave but turned back, "Wait, did you just call Professor Elric 'Fullmetal'?"

"Ummmm yeah I did, why?", Mustang did his surprised/innocent face.

"Just curious.", She continued to walk down the hall.

Edward made his way up to Dumbledore's office.

Dumbledore sighed, "I can try Mr. Elric but I'm not sure magic is going to work on such a device."

"Please just try, I don't want Winry coming down here.", Ed whined.

"Winry?", he asked

"My mechanic. She's going to get mad that I broke my arm and I don't need another wrench in my head."

"Okay. I'll do my best, Reparo.", he pointed his wand at Ed's arm and a swirl of magic came from it. The magical essence flooded the machine and a few seconds later, the automail began to pop and crackle from the attempted repair. The magic was rejected and the arm started to fall apart completely.

"AAAH! It's supposed to repair my arm not destroy it further!", Ed panicked.

"I'm sorry, you'll just have to call your mechanic Edward."

"Yeah, do you have a phone or something?" Ed sighed.

Dumbledore slid a phone over to him.

Ed proceeded to call the Rockbells.

"Hello?"

"Hey there, Winry."

So there, cliffhanger! Now you have to read more! I decided that it would be soooo much better if the Colonel came in. To let you all know, I'm not a big Winry person. She hits my precious Edward with wrenches! So I wanted a chapter that kinda has some fun and that's with Ed escaping, but I wanted some Royai too (Can't get enough!) I'm ready to get back to teaching and what nots but I need some Edcentric bits. I think a library scene.. ha…Ed will be so preoccupied looking for a way to get Al's body back. He won't even acknowledge anyone else's presence. Maybe a fight or two, some Ed/Harry/Ron/Hermione bonding. Yeah… OMG Sacred Star of Milos tomorrow! YAY YAY YAY! I actually made an Ed shirt for when I went to Breaking Dawn. The front says "Team Edward (Elric)" and the back says "Who needs sparkles when you can have nice, shiny, automail?" Then I drew a chibi Ed under the text. I'm so wearing that! P.S. Every time you don't review, Ed breaks his arm and has to call that awful gearhead of a mechanic and I don't want this to become a Winry fic! Think of Ed…and ME!