AN:/ In order for the beginning of this chapter to actually make sense, re-read the ending of Chapter 10.

Prepare for a bit more humor and a bit more filler.


Letting a breath out through my nose, I move to stand from the bench. It was getting a bit chilly out, and I Wondered what was taking Ed and Al so long.
The show had timeskips, so anything could happen and I not know it.
I felt a bit vulnerable, but before I could actually work my feelings out, a flash of color entered the side of my sight.

I see that someone was running to me, and I blinked rapidly. I look back to the right for a split second to see if I can evade a full o collision, just as a jolt and a flash of gold and red, I was almost tackled to the ground.

"WE GOT IT!"
I stumble a bit as the blonde moved away. Al hurried behind him, and seemed apologetic. "Sorry about brother. He got a little carried away." At that, I point over to the sparkling Edward and shook my head. "You make it sound like he's three." Al sighed, as Ross and Brosh came rushing up as well.
"Y..You two need to stop running around everywhere.." Brosh wailed, and Ross narrowed her eyes at the two brothers. Ed wilted and Al looked to the side. "Yeah, yeah... We know." I then almost fell over as Ed patted me on the back.
"But we got Suz' here to protect us! So you're not really needed 24/7!" An arrow seemed to fly out of no where and stab Brosh in the head. "not really needed". Poor Brosh.

"So, did you find the girl?" I ask them, since if Ross had any amount of time, she'd start lecturing the two brothers. Ed rolled his eyes. "Of course we did. But.." Edward trailed off, and I raised a brow.
"But she was kind of buried under a pile of books. We had to dig her out of them..." Al continued and I couldn't help but chuckle. "That sounds pretty hilarious."
Al tilted his helmet and shrugged. If he could smile, he definitely would've.
"Yeah... At first, we thought it was a dead end, but she actually has an Eidetic Memory!" I allowed myself to look surprised. "Man, wish I had that. Could remember all the lines." I reference to my Drama class back in my.. Reality.
Al then directed his gaze back to me, as we had begun walking. Ed kept pace beside me, and I was in the middle. Ross stood up front, and Brosh stood in the back. Poor Brosh.
"Oh? Lines? Like, reading stuff?" I then blink at my words, and scratch the back of my neck. "Ah, no.. Well, yeah in a sense. It's acting. I had a class in my school that taught it. How it came to be, from G-.. Another place, and how it slowly evolved into the acting you see today." The two brothers hummed.
OH, hopefully they have this kind of stuff.
"Yeah.. I've heard of that. It's not as common in the East, but it does travel." I then sigh. "It's really... Awesome." I state, trying to find the right word. Al looked over to Ed. "You seem to like it just as much as we like Alchemy."
I nodded excitedly, and jumped in my spot. "You can do all sorts of things. To me, you can be any one you want to be, anything at all. You can be a different person, a different life. It all just comes down to how you see the character you're playing." I say, feeling the same fuzziness I feel every time I talk about my passions.
"Seems interesting. You'll have to try it out for us sometime." Al said with another chuckle. I looked over to Ed, and he was grinning.
"A-Ah, no.. No. I tend to get a little.. Uh, too happy. Bouncy, rude, all over the place. Plus, not so good at.. Memorizing lines." Ed then nudged me and I bonked into Al. "C'mon! When you talk about it like Winry talks about automail, you just have to show us."

My face was puffed up. "Fine! But all I'll do for you is funny voices. Those are the best." I say with a creepy grin, and Ed and Al shivered.
"Brother, why?"
"I didn't think she'd go all crazy on us!"
I elbowed them both, and then winced from Al's armor. "Oh, shut it. Where's the car?" I ask, and Ross turned to face us. "That's what we're trying to find out. It seems the driver parked more than once, and..."
All three of us hunch over.
"We're basically abandoned.."

Ross then hunched over as well. "Yes. Until we can find him, however." She then turned back to face the front again. "We will find it!"
We were still car-less.
"Uhm... How about you try those voices out while we try and find the vehicle, Suzanne?" I turn to Al, and see the orbs for his eyes squint at me, I knew he was smiling. Returning the gesture, I shrug. "S-..Sure?.. Okay, uh.. Who do you want me to sound like?"
"Hmm... That guy!" Ed points to a bald, buff guy walking along the other side of the street. The guy noticed the sudden attention, and he glared at us, and I stifled a laugh. "Alrighty."
Clearing my throat, I wonder if I can get as deep as I wanted.
"Why am I so bald? Why can't I grow hair?.. Oh, such is life, why... HEY! HEY YOU! You lookin' at me? Hey kid! Don't point! ... That's rude." I had attacked Ed, pointing at him, and he seemed to have turned blue in the face.
"Oh God, he turned into a smurf. No, no.. He's suffocating." I was still using "Bald-Guy" voice, and so Al started shaking. Even Brosh was laughing behind us. "What's your guys' problems?! Quit laughing at me!" I pout, trying to look as irritated as possible.
"I think you broke brother again!" Al said through his fits of laughter.

I was happy. Not that I broke Ed, but that I made everyone laugh. Even Ross was giggling up there.
Grinning wide eyed, Ed seemed to have his own chuckles under control, and took a breath. "Jeez... Not again. Please, not again. That almost killed me."
I reverted back to my original voice, and looked to him. "Aww, why? It was so much fun!"
"You sounded like a man!"
"Wasn't that the point?"
"NO! You legitimately sounded like a-.. " I flicked his forehead, and he blinked a few times.
"I always sound like a guy." I say in the deepest voice I could muster, and he seemed to vibrate in place, before I shrugged at Al, and jogged to Ross.

Edward's laugh from behind me had me skipping. "Heeey Ross!" I said in a chipper tone.
"You shouldn't distract them so much."
"Hey, they laughed, I did my part."
"It's fine to have a few giggles now and then, but right now, they need to focus on the task at hand. You acting like a child is not helping them." I glared at her with another pout. "You laughed too, though."
She turned to me with narrowed eyes.
"Exactly! You've spent your time with the Elric's, and as their bodyguard, I advise you to not spend any more time with them than necessary." She said, her tone stern.
Stepping back a bit, my giddy facade washed away a bit, as irritation settled in it's place.
"You may be able to 'advise' all you want, but it's up to them whether they want me around or not. It sounds like you doubt their cause, and skill." My voice was even, and lowered. Ross looked to Ed.
"Sir, Miss Daniels is to be sent on her way."

Edward paused, his smile fading a bit. "What..? Why?" He then snapped his gaze to me, and I raised my hands in mock surrender, a sheepish smile on my face. "Did you insult her?"
"What?! I would do no such thing! I have manners, unlike SOMEONE." I say, clearly pointing at him. Edward fumed, and Al spoke up before he could rant at me.
"Why does she have to leave?" He questioned, and Ross sighed.
"She is a distraction for the both of you. It's better for her to leave you be, at least until after you've gotten what you need."
She turned to me, and I took the hint to say my piece.

"She's right. I am doing nothing but distracting you. I needed to leave soon anyway." I nod to them in thanks. "I'll see you two soon, kay'?" I call, smiling. Ed frowned, and Al waved as I turned to briskly walk across the street, avoiding a speeding car and reaching the other side.
"Bye Suzanne... " Al called, and I lifted a hand before turning a corner. He didn't sound so happy.
I feel guilty.

I had to get away quick though, before they have to retrieve me. I know what comes next in a few days. Fifteen days, if my antics doesn't add to it.
Sensing another presence, I know it's not Greed this time.

"I can eat you this time!"
Turning to face the gaping mouth of Gluttony, I feel all the hairs on my body stand on end. "NOT AGAIN YOU JERK!" I screeched, and sprint the opposite direction, finding it difficult to maneuver in jeans and a long-sleeved shirt.
Trying not to breathe as hard, as my body would be used to, I travel through alley-ways, hearing the happy giggles of Gluttony behind me.
I am soooo not happy.
Racing faster, I use my arms to propel myself, though I meet a dead end. Unable to skid to a halt in time, I squeeze my eyes shut and run straight towards it.
"Okay, okay.. Okay! OKAY!. Okay... Let's see, I can.." Crouching down, I hope this will work again. Kicking myself off the ground, I am flung upwards, and I roll in a heap on the roof above.
Groaning in pain, I feel several burns and wounds heal with the familiar flash of the Philosopher's Stone. "Oh, ow.. That's hurts.. Ow.."
Uncurling myself, I fall back.
It was quiet.

The sky was darkened so that the stars could be clearly seen, and I fell back, panting.
Though I didn't feel tired at all. If anything, I felt exhilarated.
"Oooh, out of them all. I hate Gluttony the worst." I wince at the idea of being chomped in half, only to heal and get chomped again. "I'd be an endless buffet." I fake a gag, and only continue to stare up at the stars.
Until I could faintly hear the sounds of high-heeled shoes.

Feeling my eyes turn to slits I don't move from my place as my gut rolled in instinct as a figure's shadow enveloped over me.
"..." My face was puffed up. I did not want to talk to her.
Nope. I wasn't going to.
"You are to be with Father by now."
I continue to lay there, on the roof.

Heavy footfalls shook me in my spot, as Gluttony came up to stand beside Lust.
"I didn't get a bite... Not one bite.."
Lust seemed to have patted his head, since his whimpers died down. "I know. Maybe later. Right now, you need to quit moving from place to place and be less conspicuous."
Still seeing as I hadn't moved, she sighed.
"Envy will come for you. He was meant to send you to Father, since you don't know the way yet."
I feel where my heart is located -or my Stone- get's a tug. "Even so, you'll be called to your Creator. In time, you won't need a babysitter. The last thing we need is a weakling, so please try to get your act together."
She already stated I was that. Guess Father told her off. HAH.

"I know you're listening. The mission Father gave you has not changed, you are to be updated of our plans." I stay in my place still, and her heels echoed away as she and Gluttony left.
"Try not to ruin everything like usual, Jealousy."
I growl to myself. I did not ruin everything! That was Envy's fault, not mine last time! Kicking my feet, I cross my arms, before crossing my legs.

Feeling a bit too livid, as well as gathering courage for actually insulting her. I sit up and turn to stick my tongue out where Lust had originally been. "MEH! That is not my name you hag!" I say, even though I knew she wasn't there. Though the temperature seemed to drop

"Who you calling a hag?"
I freeze in place, not bothering to change my current shocked face. "Uh.."
Turning back, I point at the moon. "OH, WOW, WHAT A WONDERFUL NIGHT! IT'S NOT AS POLLUTED, OR CLOUDY EITHER! AH HAH!" I giggle, forced happiness radiating off of me in small bursts of flowers and sparkles.
I hear a grunt of disgust, before a foot connects with the back of my head, sending me face-first off the roof.
"Would you shut it? You're too loud."

Screaming, I flail in place as I descend into the alley, before I let instincts take over and I land in a roll before skidding in a pivot, somehow not splattered on the dirtied ground. All in one piece, I pat myself, making sure I wasn't broken anywhere.
A grin makes it's way to my face ,and I jump up, fist pumping the air. "Yeah! Beat that! I totally nailed that landing!" I dance a bit in place, only to have to duck as another assault is sent my way, this time in the form of a high round-house kick by none other than my own personal babysitter.
"Aye! What the heck-?" I have to trip backwards in order to dodge the next kick aimed at me. "H-hey!" I yelp, before sliding on debris, and falling on my back. Before I could groan in pain, a flash of red is seen through my eyelids, and my eyes snap open, only to see a spear ready to impale me.

Kicking my feet up, I actually manage to send The Great Homunculous Envy, a few feet away. He had to dodge, and I scramble to my toes. "Okay, why.. First Gluttony, now you?! What is your deal!" I say, out of breath. This is the most active I've been in months.
He did a 'tch', and only continued to try and stab me through. "What happened to your loud mouth?!" I say, remembering how he spoke before Roy knew he killed Maes. "You talk all the time when you're insulting us!" I yell, as he charged at me.
He was indeed very light on his feet, for someone so freakishly heavy.

Though, that seemed to tick him off.
Because he took this 'fight' more seriously now. Not that it was playful in the first place. It was deadly, but now with the future of more torture in store for me. "OKAY! Sorry! Sorry! It's easy to blabber when you're excited about harming people!" I stick my hands out in a 'Stop STOP PLEASE"
Only for him to slice them off.
"AH OW! DUDE!" I hiss, and wonder what his deal was. I was never going to get to Father at this rate. He kept slicing at me, and luckily I was healing fast enough to dodge the attacks after the successful ones.
He was chuckling, and after another large wound through my shoulder, I felt the familiar tingle in my eyes.
I was getting irritated, but what could I do?
I couldn't attack him, he's better at nearly everything involving combat. The most I could do is kill a bug with a rolled up newspaper!
So unless he turned into a fly, and I there was a vogue magazine somewhere, I was pretty useless in surviving another blow.
"Envy! Can you stop!"
I flailed now, and he shoved me to the ground.

Wincing at anything sharp dug into my back, I felt a blade at my throat. Gulping, I move my head up, and away from the object. Only for a grip to encase my hair, and keep me still.
"The only reason why I'm not repeatedly cutting your head off is because I was ordered not to waste the Stone." He tapped my sternum with the spear he shifted from his arm.
Narrowing my eyes, I then realize I could talk about what Lust told me.
Maybe he could relate?
Worth a shot.
"Lust.. Told me-" I felt a cut lace my throat, and it soon healed. "T-..That because I stem from you.. We have a weird connection- I wasn't sure if I believed her, but-" There was a harsh pull at my hair, and I winced again at being tugged this way and that.
"I don't care what Lust told you. There is no 'connection' between us. I'd never be so weak as to allow human emotions like yours to even come close to affecting me." He dug the blade deeper to my throat, and I felt blood rising to my mouth.
"I..I-I ge..get that.." The blade didn't continue its descent into my throat, it just stayed there. If anything, it was worse than just slicing through it. "B-Bu..But that do-doesn't m...mean I can't feel anger f-from y..you.." My voice was stuttering, and I grew panicked, the taste of blood across my taste-buds. "I-..I feel wh-...What you do.."
He pulled away, and coughs racked my body, as the Stone healed me.
"Let's just go. Father has waited long enough because of you."
I look up to him, and see his back facing me. I was ticked off again.
"Hey! That is not my-"
"Hurry up, brat." He turned to glare at me from the side of his vision, and I swallowed a whimper and got to my feet.
"You're cruel, you know that?" He didn't say a thing to me, as he jumped to the roof above.

... "How the heck am I gonna get up there?" I ask, not sure as to how I can freely jump that height without having a cannibal chasing after me. The spiky haired Homunculous was out of sight, and I put my hands on my hips, tapping my foot. He'd find me gone sooner or later.
A moment of silence from my remark, before a familiar head poked out from the roof. "I could just get Gluttony to chase after you again."
Sensing dread, I forced a laugh.
"Oh! No, no! It's perfectly fine! I was just being stupid."
He rolled his eyes, and again I wondered:.
"You're always incompetent."
Just how he could go from being so terrifying, to something easier to handle?
"Ooh, big words. Me no Comprehendo."
Is he always like this? I've only ever seen his constant 'I HATE HUMANS.' side from the show.
"Just get up here before I disable you."
Shuddering at the threat, I frown at his behavior. "Fine, fine. Don't get your skort in a knot."
Taking a step back, I run forward, before hopping up from a garbage can and landing back on the roof. Though, I tripped on the gutter and face-planted.

I felt a foot connect with the back of my head just like before, except he didn't dig my face further into the roof.
"Get up. You're acting like Sloth."
Grumbling to myself, he removed his foot and I got up. "Would you-.. Why?" I slump my shoulder in utter confusion. He was practically friendly compared to how he acted before.
We had started roof hopping, of which I continued to fall back.
"Hurry up! I'll leave you to find your own way."
Flailing in frustration from my perch on the two roofs behind him. "It's not my fault for suddenly being able to jump more than fifty feet in the air! I'm not used to this!" I complain, and almost buried myself alive for voicing my thoughts to him.
He merely scoffed, and waited, albeit impatiently for me to catch up with him.
Maybe he always acted like this, and we just didn't see it in the Manga or show.
"Are you sure you're not bipolar or something?.." I ask after I had managed to stand on the same roof as him. Genuinely curious, I hope he wouldn't attack me again for the question. He raised an eyebrow. "What? No, I'm not. What makes you say that?" He leaned against a small building that seemed to connect to a flight of stairs below. We were probably closer to the Underground passageway, or whatever it was called.
Couldn't we just find a sewer hole and travel that way?
"Well, for one, you stab and torture me when you first see me. When I say something that irks you a little bit, you got ape crap on me." I count on my fingers. "Then, you suddenly mellow out. Like you got tired of assaulting me. You're not as angry, or sadistic." I end with a total of 5 fingers raised. He crossed his arms, and shrugged. "You know why I despise vermin like you."
I face-palmed.
"See? That! You didn't sock me in the gut, or slice any limbs off my body! You just blatantly insulted me with no physical wound!" I grip my skull in frustration. "I don't get you!" I see a tic mark appear above him, and I stare in awe at it, before backing away slightly in terror.
"Would you just shut up?!" I pouted and tiptoed over to him. I was fearing he would randomly attack me. "That's hard to do when you're me... Seriously, why?" He didn't answer, only got up to move away from me.
Hunched over, I feel a bit deflated.
"You know, if Father already gave me a mission, and is going to send me on more, who would you think he's going to partner with me?" I wonder aloud, and he simply jumps to the nearest roof. Blinking, I move over to the edge of the roof I was on, only to see him continue to jump.
"H-Hey! Wait up!" I call, and almost trip again.

It was obvious he'd send Envy with me. More than likely because our powers were similar. Maybe that's why he was bottling up his fury of me.
Well... I'd rather get on his good side, and so far from the time I was in that room, to now.. I don't think I've been doing a good job.

"WOULD YOU SLOW DOWN?!"


Pipes were everywhere. Literally. The floors, ceiling, walls, corners, even in the water.
Though there was a section that wasn't covered in it. Around this area, Envy told me to stay close, or in his exact words,
"Don't walk so slow. As much as I hate to say this, stay near me. The last thing I want Father to deal with is a depleted Stone."
and as I took a couple steps forward to step in place, and he seemed a bit too tense by the proximity we had between each other. It looked like he was withholding all the evilness within himself to just subtle insults every other sentence he spoke to me.
Not sure if he's lightening up, or simply waiting until he can unleash the full extent of his rudeness. "Not that we can't just make more..." Was the next thing he said, with such a horrible smirk on his face. Like he enjoyed seeing me squirm and feel fear. Of course he did.
Though, he's going to have to deal with my human nature for a long time to come. More for him to toy with, I guess.
"You'd just of been for nothing. So in order to let Father's wishes remain, I'll hold back on torturing you."
"For a side-antagonist, you sure know some English." Another tick mark and tenser shoulders, he only walked at a brisker pace, and I had to jog to keep up with him.
"When will you learn to just shut that mouth of yours?" He grumbled, and I couldn't help but laugh. "Do you even know me?" I had caught up with him, as we had turned several corners. I looked up to the ceiling, I knew why he wanted me closer.
There were Chimeras grouped everywhere above us. I remember when Gluttony brought Al and maybe Ed down here. My memories are getting fuzzy, and I can't exactly go to my local library and pick up 1-27 of Fullmetal Alchemist to help fill in the blanks.
"...-'re almost there anyway." At that, I looked side to side as I came back down to reality, and frowned in confusion. "Huh?" I involuntarily mumble, and he sighs. "Nothing. Just keep walking." He didn't even spare me a glance.
What a proper conversation.

He didn't sound as bitchy now. He was a lot more mellowed out, and a part of me was happy he wasn't continuously killing me. I knew it wouldn't last, though. He'd probably get angry over something I said, or when something wouldn't go his way, or humans wouldn't make sense to him and he'd get all confused and angry.
"Why are you so angry.. Wait- no, I know why. Why aren't you angry now?" I ask.
I know I've been questioning a lot, and I also know I'm treading on thin ice. Thinning, I should say.
"And don't run off or give me the silent treatment."

That's just what he did.

We were still traveling underground, and don't ask me how we got her because it was all a blur.
I had managed to get him pissed off again, so he chased me in the general direction of where it was 'safest to enter underground'. In order not to get impaled for the second time that day, I hurried along and wound up here.
He killed two birds with one stone.
Not sure if that's a really horrible pun or something I can relate to. "Envy, just say something! When you stop talking it's freaky." I wail, and only get a smack on the top of my head.
"Would you.. Just.." He face-palmed, and gripped onto the top of my head and I yelped.
"Listen. I am only dealing with you until Father sends you back where ever you were." I deadpan. "You have made this clear several times." I mutter, and he shakes me like a rag doll. "ONLY BECAUSE YOU KEEP FORGETTING WHERE YOU STAND, YOU MORON!"
Feeling a bit sick to my stomach, I swat at him to stop. "IS THAT THE ONLY INSULT YOU HAVE?! TRY SOMETHING ELSE, COS' IT'S NOT WORKING!" I yell back, and he hisses at me. I hiss back, and before we could get into a full blown cat fight, the sound of heels clacking halts us, though Envy was still as ready to strangle me as before.

"Would you two stop bickering and get to Father already? Envy, I expected you'd ignore her whines." It was Lust, without a Gluttony. At that note, I shuddered. He could be lurking somewhere... Envy huffed, and moved away, walking over to where Lust stood in front of us.
She had apparently come from Father.
"It gets too annoying. I thought if I shut her up, we'd get there faster."
I was being talking about and ignored like I wasn't even there.
"Even so. Father sent me to check out a few officers sticking their nose where it doesn't belong."
At that, I tune everything out.

Maes Hughes wasn't dead, and if anything by the time that runs here, there is no "Timeskips". No short cuts, it is how it feels. I have five days before Ed and Al get the notes. Five days with them. I squint at Lust and Envy, not wanting to spend my freetime frolicking through blood and body parts.
"Let's go. Father is still waiting."
I was pushed forward, and I flail a bit before hurrying along. Envy carried on the same pace, and the retreating footsteps of Lust told me she was leaving to carry out her own plans.

Before long, I stood back in the semi-familiar main room of Father. The large chair surrounded by more pipes, and the cords and tubes connected to flasks of varying shapes to his right.
"Oh, this place just got a ton more creepy than the last time I visited." I whisper to myself, and Envy elbowed me in the stomach. I leaned over, clutching my abdomen as he snickered to himself at my slow reflexes.

"Envy." Father calls, not turning his head to face the Homunculous. He steps forward, with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face.
"Jealousy."
I blink, and because of my halt, the high and mighty dwarf in the flask turns his gaze to me, and repeats. "Jealousy."
I blink again, before hurrying up to stand beside Envy, and out of the corner of my eye he gives me a disapproving look before Father continues on.
"Everything is going well with the Elric's I assume?" He asks, and I pause, before nodding. "A-Ah, yes! Yeah, they.. Trust me.. A lot." I say, though with question. He hums at my words, then turns to Envy.
"You have mistreated your partner, from what I am told." I notice he tenses, and I frown. "In order for the plans to run smoothly, you must learn to get along with her. Two shapeshifters can be chaotic or useful, but it depends on how well the two work together. Surely you know this already."
He nods. "Yes, I do."
"Then you also remember what I told you before?"
"Yes."
"Good. You may leave, but you must train her correctly."
I wasn't sure whether him restraining Envy from hurting me more than necessary was a good or bad thing.
"Understood."
With few words, he turned a abruptly left.

Leaving me alone with the main evil of FMA. I mentally freak out, sweat dripping down the back of my neck. Why didn't he let me leave with Envy?!

"Jealousy, you must have questions."
OH SHIT HE'S TALKING TO ME.
"Yeah, I.. Have a lot, so.." He simply closed his eyes. "Only three may be answered." I look to the ground, and shrug. Three is better than one. "Uh.."
I rack my brain for anything question worthy, and I gasp.
"Oh! Lust said.. That me and Envy have a connection because... Jealousy is like Envy, but isn't. What does that connection affect?" I mumble out, trying to phrase it right. If I have ever learned anything for any Genie ever, is to be VERY specific.
"Hm. Firstly, because you are Jealousy, the emotions that emit from it are heightened for you. So you can sense it specifically in others. Now, for Envy's case, because of this connection, you can feel only the envy he himself feels. You can see it, and you can read that part of him. His envy, is yours."
I nod. I realize now that than anger I felt before wasn't mind, but Envy's.
Though.. What created that sin?
"As well as vice versa for him. He can feel the jealousy you feel, but only that. What causes it, is unknown to him because its from you."
I nod again, and he waits for the second question.
"You're being very... Definitive." I mumble. He doesn't say a thing, and I slump a bit. "Am I going to be partnered with Envy?" I ask. "Yes. Since with your abilities you can work well together." I hum in response to his answer, and tap my foot.

"Will I disintegrate into nothing if my Philosopher's Stone gets destroyed?" I ask the final question, and he is silent.
For a moment, I feel eyes on me, and I turn to see nothing in the darkness circling the area. Is Pride here or something?
"...That, I am not sure." He seemed pretty casual about not knowing something, and my pounding heart didn't relax. So, will I die, or not?"

I guess that was a sign for me to leave, because the back of my collar was yanked hard, as I was dragged away from the large room.

I held in a few words, and struggled, only to get bonked on the head. "Ow!" I held my skull in a tender way, and hear a huff.
Oh, I know who that is.
"We're training now." I hear Envy order, and I am once again pulled him, and shoved forward. We were in a separate room, and I wondered how my feet hadn't burned off from how fast he had dragged me. "N-Now?.." I ask, hesitant.
He nods, and I tilt my head. "H..How?..."
"Well, firstly you need to learn to control your shifting. So you won't do it willy nilly." I snuffled a laugh with a cough, and more tick marks throbbed on his head. "Show me the extent of your abilities, then we'll work from there."
He wasn't as a bad of a teacher as I thought.

His patience wasn't much to laugh at, though..

"Again!"
"Again what?!"
"The form you just took! Try that one again, and this time shift faster!"
I stood frozen to the spot, and tried to concentrate, but with the fear of having an irritated Envy at my heels did not help. "G-Got it."
His hands were on his hips, and he looked ready to smack me.
He sighed.
"We are getting no where like this. Just.. do what you want to do, and I'll see if the speed increases." I gulp, and cross my arms.

"I'll.. Say it out loud, kay'?" I call through closed eyes. He didn't reply, so I bit the inside of my lip. "... Red eyes." Red lighting danced, and I hoped it was quick enough. Envy had told me that if you didn't shift in time, you could blow the entire mission.
"Black hair. Tall. Lean. Tail coat, purple vest." The rest was tiny details that I had to nail in my head.
Opening my eyes, I looked down at myself, and almost fell over at the sudden height difference.
"Waah.. Okay.. Too tall. Whew, way too tall."
I then suddenly got an idea.

Envy was deep in thought, so I walked up to him. He wasn't screeching at me like I was a rodent -which in his mind, I was- I took that as a sign he was distracted.
I shifted from my own form, to his.
"... I really do like your fashion sense, I still can't figure out why." I say, and he blinks a few times, before a lot more tick marks etch onto his forehead. "Y-You! Stop! Why the hell are you shifting into me?! Change back!" He ordered, and I simply smirked in triumph.
"Na ah! Though I can't tell if you're a boy or girl..." I pat 'my' chest, and tilt my head. "I mean, jeez, this top is tight~" I try to pinch it but it was worse than thin leggings. "Stop it now, you brat!"
"What happened to pathetic worm? Oooh! Did I upgrade?"
"You ARE a pathetic worm! An idiotic one! Change. Back!"
"Why? I'm not doing anything wrong."

He seemed to vibrate in place like Edward did when he was holding in his laughter.
I reach over to casually poke his shoulder, only for him to grip my wrist. I need to quit forgetting he hates my guts!
"You wanna play that game? FINE!" With a flash, he was shifting into someone else, and before I knew it, I was looking into the eyes of.. Well, me.
He put a hand on his hip.
"Oh.. So that's what I look like."
He dropped my hand, and I shook it to regain the feeling in it. "I didn't know I looked so homeless." He seemed to enjoy that insult to myself, because he did a weird exhale through his nose, like when someone 'lol's at something funny they see.
"Well, I don't know how you get your hair like this... It's crazy..." I pat at the spikey-ness, and he took mild offense to that, so he started making fun of my hair.
"You're one to talk! You look like a shrub!" I gasp, and mock a faint. "Oh, how you wound me so!" I stifle a snicker, and he grows more tick marks. "Seriously! Shrub!" I then glare at him. "Stop, palmtree."
He crossed his arms, glaring daggers at me.
"We are getting no where with your training."
I hummed. "True. Wanna try voices? I suck at mimicking people." He raised a brow, but lifted his hands up as if to say, 'Eh, why not?'
"Sure."

That's how we got into an argument on who was better at sounding like Edward when he ranted.

"You sound nothing like him!"
"Yes I do! Sure, it's a bit girly, but I'm pretty sure he still hasn't gone through puberty yet."
"He's 15."
"Stalker."
"Okay, I will not deny that."
Leaning away from him, I give him a grossed out look, and he rolled his eyes. "Such a innocent little squirt you are.."
"What happened to brat?!"
"Pathetic worm, brat, squirt. There's no difference. You're just a weakling."
"I will get better, then I can insult you back and not worry about getting impaled!"
The side of his mouth twitches, and the clacks of Lust's heels turned our gazes to the entrance of the room.

"Glad to see you two getting along." She stated, this time Gluttony was with her.
Because of those words, Envy punched me square in the jaw, sending me backwards. "AHG!"
"Getting along? What are you talking about Lust?"

Twitching in a heap as the two conversed, I groaned.
Sure, even though he wasn't as hostile after Father ordered him not to harm me too much..

He was till a jerk.
A rude, insensitive, tantrum-throwing jerk.

And I had to deal with him every day.

Great.


AN:/ Okay, Envy was a bit OOC in the last bit, but I hope you understand that because of the connection he and OC-chan hold, he is naturally able to relax as she shares the sin he bares.
It's weird, I know.
That's also why he gets all those tick marks, because he is a confused Envy, therefore a very withheld angry Envy.
This will be better explained as OC-chan thinks more about it. :D

Thanks for reading!