Chapter 4: State Alchemist

"Ed why do you have to be so mean?" Al asked his brother. Ed finally calmed down after knocking poor Harry out. He looked at his brother with his gold eyes still flickering with the last traces of wrath. Ed always got that way whenever someone commented about his height. Since he was young he hated to be called short.

He watched as Al picked up Harry and set him on the bed. Ed was still angry about being called short but then he thought "Well I should cut him some slack, he really seems confused." After Ed thought that he felt bad that he just knocked him out. He frowned and said "Al I'm gonna go check on the other people we found in the alleys." Al nodded and he sat down, and then said "Okay brother I'll wait for him to wake up." Ed nodded and walked out of the room.

Ed walked down the hall and stood in front of the door labeled "Rehabilitation Room # 202" He took a deep breath trying to brace himself for short comments that would stab his pride. He didn't want to hit someone who was still recuperating. Plus he was paying for it literally so too many injuries wouldn't be good for money he was saving for future auto-mail repairing and his own injuries caused by his endless recklessness. He opened the door and quickly regretted it.

Ed dodged a chair that was thrown out of the room. He grinded his teeth and was getting more furious by the second. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" Ed yelled at the boys. He was almost steaming he was so angry. "DO THESE IDOTS HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THIS IS GONNA COST?" Ed thought with a scowl on his face.

The boy with bleach blonde hair looked at Ed with disgust and said "What's it to you? You're just a muggle." Ed wished he could beat the boy for saying that but he didn't even know what it meant. Ed glared at the boy with bleached blonde hair with hatred. "Don't mind that git mate. He needs his ass kicked and a reality check." said the boy with pure red hair.

Ed looked at him. Then took a shaky breath and spoke as calmly as he could "Well I'm paying for your hospital bills so if you have enough energy to beat each other then check out of the hospital before so I don't have to pay for your mess." Ed was red with fury. His fist was white because he was clenching it so tightly.

"Sorry mate I'm Ron, Ron Weasley" the red head said with an extended hand. Ed blinked he was surprised at how quickly Ron's anger turned into kindness. "I'm Edward, Edward Elric but people normally call me Ed." Ed said shaking Ron's hand. The boy with the bleached hair said "You really are a blood traitor Weasley"

Ron turned and glared at the boy and turned back and said "That git over there is called Draco, Draco Malfoy" Ron turned to Draco with his eyes narrowed. "Well Weasley looks like you found someone even shorter than you then Harry." Draco said with a smirk. That comment stabbed Ed's pride more than Mustangs normal side comments.

Ed completely forgot he was trying to keep his cool and said "WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PIP-SQUEAK SO SMALL HE CAN'T BE SEEN WITH A MAGNIFIYING GLASS!" Ed started flailing his fists punching Draco in the chest and face. Next thing that happened was Lt. Havoc appeared out of know where and pulled Ed off of Draco.

Then he put him in a lock. Ed was trying to get loose but failed. He admitted defeat by kicking at Draco while Havoc was holding him back. Draco fell to his knees with his eyes wide. He was shaking from head to foot. Ron was flabbergasted. His eyes wide and mouth agape. "That pip-squeak could do THAT?" Ron thought with amazement.

When Ed finally calmed down Havoc took Draco out of the room to avoid Ed beating him to a bloody pulp. So Ed and Ron were left alone in the hospital room. Ed walked over to a chair they had smashed and clapped his hands and laid them on the smashed chair. With a bright flash of blue light the chair was as good as new.

Ron jumped with amazement and asked "How come you can use spells?" Ed raised an eyebrow and asked "What are you talking about?" Ron recovered himself by asking "Uhhh… I mean how did you do that?" While pointing at the chair Ron looked up at Ed who followed his finger to the chair. "So you're not from here either huh? I used alchemy." Ed said with a smile and he stood straight.

Pride gleaming in his gold eyes. Ron didn't look as impressed as most people were he actually looked even more confused. Ed's expression, which was a prideful grin, quickly turned into an annoyed scowl. "You don't even know about alchemy?" Ed asked with a grown and he began to explain.

When Ed finished his explanation Ron sat there with his mouth agape. Ed looked at him waiting for a reply however all Ron could manage was "You're a STATE Alchemist?" Ed heard many voice cracks in the sentence but ignored them. Ed stood up straight and grinned. The pride gleam in his eyes was returning.

"Yup I joined the military when I was 12 years old. I was and still am the youngest State Alchemist." Ed said with pride. "Yeah and the most arrogant one too." Roy Mustang said as he walked into the room with Lt. Hawkeye close behind. He was still wearing his military uniform and Lt. Hawkeye was as well. Ed's prideful expression yet again turned into an annoyed scowl "What are you doing here Colonel?" Ed asked in an annoyed voice.

"Well I hear you beat up this boy Fullmetal." Mustang said motioning to Draco. Ed got worried and scratched his head and then said "Maybe I did and maybe I didn't." Ed was avoiding eye contact with Mustang, however he made eye contact with Hawkeye whose eyes were saying "Tell the truth or I'll shoot you" and Ed frowned.

"Fine I did." Ed said thinking "Man Lt. why couldn't you side with me for once" Hawkeye always sided with the Colonel in situations like this and no one could ever say no to Hawkeye especially the Colonel. Sadly she rarely sides with Ed when it's him against the Colonel. Mustang narrowed his eyes "You were supposed to be investigating the ally not beating civilians to a pulp" Mustang said firmly.

Ed flinched. "Oh come on Colonel I didn't kill him" Ed mumbled the last bit of the sentence. "No however you might have if Havoc didn't come when he did." Mustang was firm and in his voice Ed could tell he was about to blow his top. When Mustang blows his top something bursts into flames literally. Ed started to get nervous so he again avoided Mustang's eyes and being extra careful not to look at Hawkeye either.

"Ummmmm . . ." Ed said racking his brain trying to find a way to change the subject. "Well what about you. You put your own life on the line to fight Scar and it was RAINING! You put your own assistant at risk because SHE saved YOUR butt." Ed said. That did it. Roy glared at Ed grinding his teeth. He took his right hand out of his pocket. His hand had a glove in it with a red transmutation circle printed on the back.

Mustang lifted the gloved hand so it was about level with Ed's eyes. Then he snapped his fingers. Red sparks bounced off the gloved hand and as quickly as they had appeared they turned to flames and exploded. Ed was blasted backwards and his body was smoking. He had black scorch marks on his face and where his auto-mail touched his skin was practically burning that part of his shoulder and thigh. Ed lifted his head a little and opened his gold eyes, which seemed to glow because of his black face, his vision was blurred and he was having difficulty keeping his eyes open and Ed fainted.

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