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IDO NOT OWN FAIRY TAIL OR FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST

"You need to awaken, young one,"

The voice filled Edward's conscious as he tried to move. His limbs felt as if they weighed like tons, and his chest ached as he attempted to breathe. He wanted to speech, yet no words seemed to come. What is this? Where am I? Fuzzy thoughts filled his mind, his focus slowly ebbing away.

"You must listen to me. You make others worry by staying in the darkness."

As the words were spoken, he felt hands grab at his limbs, pulling his down deeper into the abyss. The blonde couldn't muster any strength to fight.

As he as dragged deeper, a warm, pink light began to glow above him. It seemed welcoming, and he tried to reach toward it. He no longer wanted to be in this unknown place

"Fight it, young Alchemist!"

It took what seemed all of his effort for Edward to open his eyes. His vision came into focus on a pastel colored ceiling, the color swarming his pupils. A groggy moan came from his lips as he attempted to sit up, but dizziness filled his head. He felt a hard structure against his chest, pushing him back down onto the soft and welcoming mattress he had been laying on. The alchemist turned his head a little too sharply, his vision turning into a jumble of colors to where he thought a person was. He closed his eyes, his head engulfed by a pillow as he tried to make the pain he was experiencing disappear. This has never happened before when I have tried through the gate before. Damn Truth. I swear he had something to do with this.

"We had Wendy, our healer, take a look at you, but she said that nothing seemed to be wrong with you." A gentle voice spoke, which surprising relaxed Edward. It reminded him of Alphonse's voice somewhat, the one from his original body that is. "It must have been some trip then for you to be out for sixteen hours, huh?"

"Yeah, it sure was…" he agreed quietly, sighing into the side of his pillow. Wait…What? Sixteen hours? Edward shot up once more, ignoring the pain and dizziness, though he had to grab the edges of the bed he was on to make sure he didn't topple over. His eyes painfully focused at the worried boy in front of him who had instinctively moved when he bolted upward. His striking pink hair was almost too much for the blond to look at, so he focused on his emerald green eyes instead. They were massive and swirled with so much emotion that drove Edward to another wave of dizziness. He fell forward, and of course the other was fully prepared to catch him.

"Up you go," he said in a cheerful voice, lifting his weight onto the bed once more, though he seemed to strain doing it. Ed noticed a crutch next to the bedside, and it wasn't for him.

"Are you injured?" He asked quickly, wanting to get a bit of information out of the other, though he was interested in him.

"A bit, yeah," he sighed, rubbing his head sheepishly. "It's just something that happened earlier, nothing to worry about." He looked down at his lap with a sad look in his eyes, but it slowly disappeared as his mood changed in a second. "So what's your name? Why did you appear out of nowhere? Where are you from? Do you know where Gray-,"

He was about to bombard the blonde with even more when he was stopped by another voice. "Natsu. Wendy wishes to see you in the other room."

Both of them looked to the door where a short, older man stood, his stature as strong as could be. Edward felt shivers down his spine. His voice sounds…so familiar. Natsu immediately stood, and almost fell, and quickly wobbled out of the room.

Edward's eyes followed him as he made his way to the seat that the Dragon Slayer once occupied. Once he sat down, he breathed a heavy sigh, giving the young boy a weary look before fully relaxing in his chair.

"You caused quite a stir coming through that portal, you know." He said almost casually, like this was a normal conversation he would have over coffee. "It nearly scared the living day out of our guild members, not to mention one of our own disappeared in the process."

Edward's thoughts swirled at the information. Disappearing person? That must have been the other that was in the gate. The shirtless man. He remembered the name Gray coming from the pinked haired boy's lips.

The man's expression suddenly changed from somewhat aloof to serious. "We don't take lightly when our family is taken. If Gray is put into any sort of danger, I hope you know that you will be the first to pay, Young Alchemist."

His head suddenly ached as the voice became clear. The voice that had dominated his mind. The voice that had pulled him from the everlasting darkness. He held his head in his hands, white light burning behind his eyes as he felt a hand softly rub his shoulder. As the pain turned into a dull throb, he slowly breathed in, calming his thoughts.

"Your…Gray is in good hands. I promise. I personally can account for the people he has been left with, and they will take good care of him. You have my word."

At that moment, the old man's grim stature turned into a bright smile. "Is that so? Well, that is good to hear. You seem like an honest boy, and Natsu seems to have taken a liking to you, and he doesn't do that often." He jumped off the stool, walking across the room to the doorway. "I forgot to introduce myself. "My name is Makarov Dreyar and I am the current master the guild Fairy Tail, which you are currently staying in. When you are feeling up to it, you can come get a hot meal." With that he left the room, leaving Edward to his thoughts.

I hope you enjoyed this. I get the next chapter written as soon as possible, but finals are coming up and a lot of events so I'll do it in any of my free time. As well, I'm resurrecting my fic The Unknown, so if any of you follow that as well, then you can wait for that as well.