Mustangs kid chapter 8

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"Hey are you ok?"A voice said.

He groaned feeling nothing but pain. Why did it hurt? Slowly, he blinked open his eyes and looked around. Nobody was there. The pain was slowly fading as he lay there. It was a few minutes later that he began to slowly sit up. Hadn't someone called out to him earlier? Where were they now? Had he imagined it? His shoulder didn't burn anymore, but it still ached.

"Good. Your alive."The voice said again.

Ed jumped, looking around. He remained alone.

"Who said that!".

"I did.".

"Where are you?".

"I don't know."The voice sounded scared "It's dark and it seems like I'm not in control of my movements.".

Ed stopped. He hoped it wasn't true but, it was. The voice was coming from his mind.

"I'm talking to myself! I must be crazy!"He panicked.

"I'm not you. At least I don't think I am. What's your name?"The voice said.

"Edward Mustang."Ed replied.

"We have the same first name!"The voice said surprised.

Suddenly Ed gave a yelp, for a person had appeared right in front of him. It was really close and he realized in shock, it was the boy from before. The boy seemed just as surprised as he did and he backed away immediately.

"Who the hell are you!"Ed backed up against the tree.

The boy said nothing, just glanced at the grave in curiosity.

"I see you found the compartment my soul stones go in.".

"Who are you and what's going on!"Ed said "I've lost it. I've gone insane.".

"No!"The boy said putting up his hands "Your not crazy.".

"I'm talking to myself!"Ed freaked out "You look exactly like me so you must be me-".

He cut himself off. The boy stared at him confused.

"Unless..."Ed began slowly "You said our names are the same. Not are last names though...Are you Edward Elric?".

The boy grinned and nodded.

"Yes."He said.

"But your dead!".

"No."Ed said, looking sadly at his grave "But it would be nice to find peace...for Al to.".

"Wait?"Ed said "Four years ago you asked me to help Al.".

"Yea.".

"Why did you ask me for help?".

"You were born on the day I died.".

"What kind of reason is that?!".

"...".

"Speaking of which, your a lot...different than I expected.".

"How so?".

"Your not angry or hot headed. That's what father described you as.".

"Who's your father?".

"Your former boss, Colonel Roy Mustang.".

"Never heard of him.".

"What?".

The older Ed sighed.

"That soul stone I gave you...There are many of those. After I died, Al called my soul back and bound it to a stone. However, the transmutation shattered the big stone into smaller ones with whole soul transmutation circles on them. Al was crazed with grief and so he took the stones and scattered them, hoping no one would find them so I couldn't die and I could live with him forever. I'm sorry to say, Al went off the deep end and I don't know where he is.".

"Why don't you remember dad?".

"My memories were split up among the stones. I only know my name, what Al did and alchemy.".

Ed nodded.

"So you need help finding the stones so you can regain your memories and rest in peace.".

The older one nodded. Ed bent down and searched around the grave for the pebble he had dropped before the searing pain had hit his shoulder.

"That still doesn't exclaim why I can see you and hear you in my head. Do you know what happened when I dropped the soul stone?".

The older Ed knelt next to him and shook his head.

"You won't find the stone around here. Your an alchemist, I assume, sense you activated the transmutation circle. You dropped the stone and it bounced off my grave and hit your arm. Well, it went into your arm.".

Ed looked down at his arm and rolled his sleeve up. The two stared in shock at the soul binding transmutation circle that stared up at them.

"Does this mean you-"Older Ed said.

"Accidentally bonded your soul to my body. Yes."Ed said "Were two souls now.".

Older Ed sat back and looked downcast and apologetic.

"I'm so sorry."He said upset "I shouldn't have asked for your help and now this happened!".

"It's not your fault."Ed said.

This was getting to weird for him.

"We can just undo it. Right?".

"N-Not until all my soul stones are gathered.".

Ed sighed.

"Well I guess I'm helping you now."He said "I have to go home or father will come looking for me.".

Ed quietly entered his house and crept inside.

"Edward Alexander Mustang!"Roy snapped "Where were you? And don't give me the 'I was at Elisya's' because I already called Hughes.".

"I was taking a walk."Ed said "Your starting to act like mom, dad.".

Roy gave him a insulted look.

"I picked up takeout. Let's eat."He stated.

Dinner was silent. Once he finished, Ed cleared his dishes and retired upstairs. Before he did so, he noticed his father sighed as he glanced at the spot where his mother had sat up until a year ago.

"So..."Edwards voice came from his mind "Who was that?".

Ed jumped before he realized it was Edward and answered.

"My father.".

"The colonial?".

Ed nodded and went to indulge in his usual nighttime studies. Edward sat on the edge of the bed watching as he researched. Soon he was down on the floor, flipping through books.

"Your an alchemist right?".

"Yeah. You are too.".

"Why do you want to learn alchemy?".

"I want to help people.".

Edward studied a book that had many handwritten notes in it. This book seemed vaguely familiar...

"Why are you searching for the philosophers stone?".

"Are you concerned because that's how you died? Searching for the stone.".

"That's how I died?".

"Yeah."

"If I died pursuing it than why are you?".

"My best friend Elisya...About six months ago the doctors told us she has an incurable illness and she'll only live for another five or ten years. I have to find the stone to heal her.".

"I can teach you all I know about alchemy to help you."Edward smiled "You can go off and search for the philosophers stone and we can look for my soul stones along the way.".

"Deal."Ed said as he shook on it.

Ed climbed into bed and turned out the light. There was new hope for Elisya. She would live to see adult hood. He knew it. It was strange having a soul bound to him but he would have to get used to it. There wasn't a way to undo this. The journey hadn't begun quiet yet but he knew it would. Soon.

End. Chapter eight.

Sorry there's so much talk but there will be more action latter. Enjoy. Edward Elric will be known as Edward and Edward Mustang will just be called Ed.