Chapter Two: Strange Happenings in Amestris

Ed and Al got on a train to Central. After Ed ate some food he leaned on the window and said "Wake me up when we get to Central" He yawned as he got into a comfortable position. Then he wiped away the tears produced by the yawn and fell asleep.

The train skidded to a stop with a loud screech. Al stood and woke up his brother. The two stepped off the train, Ed still yawning. With a huge stretch Ed stepped forward. Suddenly a huge hand set itself on Ed's shoulder making his knees buckle. "Edward you shall come with me to the HQ" said the booming voice of Major Armstrong.

"Hello Major" said Al in a kind voice. The Major was so huge he was even taller than Al's suit of armor, which was almost 8 feet tall. "Hello Alphonse. Come the Colonel is expecting you both." The Major said with a sparkle. The two boys followed Major Armstrong to a car. They all got in and the car and headed to Central Command.

When they got there they walked to the Colonel's office. Before they walked in they met Lt. Hawkeye who was coming from the other way with a huge stack of paper work that was so tall you could barely see her face. She stopped in front of the Colonel's door seeing Ed and Al. She smiled and said "Hello boys are you here you see the Colonel?" with a sweet smile.

Ed had a sweat drop and said "Yeah. Ah do you need help with that Lt.?" "It would be appreciative" she said with a grateful smile as Ed and Al each grabbed part of the stack. The Lt. opened the door and let the boys in. They all put the paper work on the Colonel's desk. The room was full of paper work and the Colonel's desk was so full of paper work you couldn't even tell it was a desk any more.

Then without warning Colonel Mustang stepped out from behind his desk giving Ed and Al heart attacks. Lt. Hawkeye didn't even flinch however her eyes betrayed a glint of amusement from Ed and Al's reaction. Mustang looked at Ed and Al like they were crazy and asked "What's so scary?" Ed got angry at the Colonel and yelled "WHAT DO YOU EXSPECT! HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW YOU WERE BEHIND THAT MOUNTAN OF PAPER WORK!"

Al, Lt. Hawkeye, and Colonel Mustang got sweat drops. When Mustang regained his senses he retorted by saying "of course you couldn't see me your so short you wouldn't be able to tell if there wasn't any paper work there at all." "WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PIP-SQUEAK SO SHORT AN ANT COULDN'T SEE HIM WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS!" Ed yelled waving his fists in the air trying to hit Mustang while Al held him back by the collar.

Mustang had a smug look on his face but his eyes said he was dying of laughter on the inside. Lt. Hawkeye still had a sweat drop. After a few minutes Al managed to calm Ed down, Hawkeye sighed and Mustang laughed. Then Mustang said "Now that you calmed down time for the briefing on why I called you here." Ed was still angry but that sentence caught him off guard. He was expecting another short comment. He looked up at Mustang and said "Go on" Looking with curiosity he walked over to a chair.

Then he put the paper work that was on the seat on the ground and sat down. "Well there have been strange lights coming from an ally way in Dublith near the bar where Greed and his band of Chamera were hiding out." Mustang spoke. His own curiosity being shown by the way he spoke. "So you want me to check it out?" Ed asked.

"Yes I need you to figure out who is causing the lights to appear and why." Mustang said firmly. "Since you said who I'm guessing you think it might be light from a transmutic reaction?" Ed asked. "I'm almost positive" Mustang said confidently but still timidly. Ed thought about it for a while. Then he decided that the Colonel must be right. Then Ed started cursing at himself for not being the one who thought of it. "Well then Al we should go catch a train to Dublith so we can check this out." Ed said standing up. With a quick stretch he walked over to the door with Al at his heels. Then they walked out the door.

When they walked out the door of the Command Center they heard someone yell "Hey Ed, Al wait" The brothers turned to see Lt. Hawkeye rushing towards them. When she caught up she straitened up and said "The Colonel forgot to tell you something" Then she bent down to whisper "Look out for Homunculi and be careful" she straightened up, saluted, and then smiled. Ed did the same and said "Thanks see ya." He dropped his arm out of the salute and grinned. "Tell the Colonel not to worry if we see any of them we'll kick their asses for him." Ed said with a smirk. Then he turned toward the train station. Lt. Hawkeye turned and walked back to the Command Center.

Ed and Al arrived in Dublith around 6:00pm. When they got off the train Ed said "Erg I'm starving. . ." "Well we could go to see teacher and see if she has something you can eat?" Al suggested. "T-t-t-teacher. . ." Ed stuttered. Then he shivered. "How about we go to a hotel instead?" Ed asked still shaking. Then Al thought about their teacher and their last visit and then said "Your right brother a hotel would be better." The two left and went to the nearest hotel. Ed went right to the dining hall for dinner while Al went to the room, because Al didn't have a body he could no longer eat or sleep so Ed was used to having a dinner alone.

After eating Ed went up to the room and he laid on the couch with his hands behind his head and he yawned. "How was dinner brother?" Al asked. Ed rubbed his eyes and answered "It was pretty good. Ahhh I'm so full." He closed his eyes trying to remember the last time he had a descent meal in a hotel. Then he opened his eyes giving up the attempt.

"Sounds like it was good." Al said longing for a body that would let him eat so he could try some. "Well, it definitely paled in comparison to Granny and Winry's cooking but for a hotel diner it was pretty good." Ed grinned then he closed his eyes and started thinking about Winry and his grin got wider. Al noticed his brother's smirk and said with a giggle "So you thinking about Winry aren't you?"

Ed got bright red and bolted up right. "AM NOT!" he yelled. However Al knew the goofy smile on his face was the one he always got when thinking of Winry. Al giggled at his brother every time this happened however before he could this time they both heard a large bang. Ed's face went from bright red to paper white in seconds and his eyes got wide.

The brothers ran towards the noise Ed's face white with worry. When they got there they realized the noise had brought them to the ally way that Mustang told them to investigate and not only that, there was a boy with jet black hair laying on the ground his body was smoking a little. Other than that he looked fine except his round glasses were cracked.

"I think I heard something over there brother." Al said pointing towards another ally way not far from where they stood. "Go check it out while I see if this dude is ok." Ed said. Then Al ran towards the other ally while Ed ran towards the boy on the ground. Ed looked at him and noticed his clothes were way too big for him. Ed took his glasses off his face and laid them on the ground in front of him. Then Ed clapped his hands together and put them down on glasses. Blue light came from the ground where Ed's hands were.

When the light died the glasses were fixed. Ed placed the glasses back on his face and yelled "WAKE UP!" in his ear. He slowly opens his eyes to see Ed glaring at him like he was going to kill him. "Finally you wake up gosh we ran out of the hotel so fast I forgot to grab my coat I'm freezing" Ed yelled at the boy. He sat up quickly and his eyes got wide.

Then he asked "W-w-who are y-you?" Ed glared at the boy and said "WHO AM I? LAST TIME I CHECKED IT WAS COMMEN CURTICY T- AHHH" before Ed could finish a woman with a white jacket and sandals with blue shorts that went a little past her knees. The sign for alchemy tattooed in blue on her upper left chest. She had kicked Ed across the ally.

"EDWARD HOW HARD IS IT FOR YOU TO BE QUIET!" she yelled at Ed. Ed was sitting on the ground shaking. Then he managed to say "S-s-sorry teacher" Ed was wide eyed and shaking with fright. The boy sat there petrified. He was inches from the woman with his green eyes wide. He was afraid that she would hit him as well. Suddenly a huge suit of armor showed up carrying a red haired boy and a bushy brown haired girl as well as . . . the boy passed out at the sight of Al. . . .

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