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This story deals with a gender-swapped Ed.

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Dr. Knox ran into the house the second the car stopped, I pulled open the door to have an arm block me from leaving. I looked down at the arm then up to Mustang.

"There's something you have to know before you go in there." He said with nothing but seriousness in his voice. I pulled the door shut and looked him right in his dark eyes. "You know that Ling took the homunculus with Hawkeye and escaped." I nodded trying to find where he was going with this point. "On the way Ling made Hawkeye stop to pick someone up, it was Lan Fan his bodyguard. She lost her arm and a lot of blood." It felt like someone dropped ice into my stomach, I new why he was telling me about this now, he wanted someone who has been through the experience to help comfort Ling or maybe it was because he didn't want me to have an episode. "Ling seems pretty upset about it according to Hawkeye and Hughes."

"Wait why is Hughes here?" I asked trying to figure out how the father got into this situation.

"It used to be his family's old summer home." Mustang brushed off my question. "Do you have any other questions Ed?" I lightly shook my head and pushed the door open, I pulled myself out into the cold night air. Taking a deep breath I walked into the shack that used to be a summer home. I got to the door and was meet with Hughes gasping for air like he just ran a marathon.

"Oh... hi Edelle." He gasped out he was leaning heavily on the door frame. "That's a lot of blood" I put a comforting hand on his back.

"Not everyone can deal with that." I told the Lt. Colonel. He gave a nod and I walked into the dimly lightened shack. Besides boards creaking every time someone took a step I could also hear Hawkeye and Dr Knox talking and whimpering like a small animal. I walked passed the source of the talking and found Ling sitting right outside of the room, he didn't even move his head he had his eyes fixed on the opposite wall.

"Hey Ed, Hey Al." He sounded like his whole world was crashing down around him. I sat next to him and leaned into his body touching our shoulders against one another.

"How did you know it was us." I asked softly trying to get his mind off of the current situation.

"Don't play dumb I heard Alphonse from outside." At that point I realized that I have gotten used to the sounds out my brothers clanking armour that I don't even hear it any more, I couldn't tell whether or not that was a bad thing. I looked at Ling long and hard, his cuts were bandaged and covered he also had a long black coat that looked like it was too big for him I held back a smile thinking about Hughes. A loud whimper came from the other room and Ling clenched his fist tighter.

"I'm sorry." Looking at the injured teen and his friend.

"Don't be." He shrugged off. That got me mad, twice in one night I was brushed off or dismissed too easily.

"I should be if it wasn't for me-" I felt a hand touch my leg and lightly squeezed it making me stop talking.

"It's not your fault. I told you that we are in the same boat, I came up with the plan. We are helping each other for our own purposes, so don't feel sorry. I knew the price of immortality when I left my country and if I wasn't serious about it I would never have left. But I was still too naive." He took his hand off my lap and ran it through his hair. "Lan Fan knew the cost going in and she understands much more then I do." I put my hand on his lap this time and rubbed his leg up and down trying to sooth him. "How much did it hurt when you lost yours?" He asked. I shook my head.

"If I can't blame myself then you can't either."

"I'm her prince I have to take responsibility for my people." 'wait he's a prince?' I took a breath and looked at the prince whose head was now resting in his hands on his lap.

"It hurt a lot." I started remembering the night. "But I didn't experience the pain of losing them just the blood lose itself, I mean it did, they do hurt my stumps where they used to be, I mean I remember throwing up but I don't remember if it was due to the pain or the shock." I heard Al stand up and leave and a pair of footsteps walking closer to us. "then there was the automail surgery that most fully grown men won't do and the rehabilitation afterwards." I looked to ling and he looked worse then when I started. "But even through all of the pain that I suffered through and the loss I never regretted loosing my limbs. My brother is alive because of this sacrifice and if I was given the choice to do it all over again I wouldn't change anything."

"Why did you do it in the first place?" That question hit me hard, it was such a natural thing for me to do when I didn't it.

"Because I love my family more than anything in the world I would do anything for them, and because I was desperate I would have given anything thing if it meant that my little brother would live." I told him the truth not knowing if he really wanted to know some beautiful lie instead. He let out a sad laugh and lifted his head out of his hands.

"Lan Fan and you share so much in common, it's almost scary." He put his head on my shoulder expecting to find comfort and not cold automail. He didn't move his head like I expected him too he just kept it there and somehow my hand ended up holding him closer to me. I took a calming breath and listened to his heart beat for a while not realizing all the other noises in the shack had stopped. The sounds of someone clearing his throat made the prince and I jump I looked up to see Mustang and Hughes standing there. I felt my face get red that made my jacket look pink.

"Lan Fan is asking for you Ed." Mustang said looking right at me, I ducked my head and stood up leaving the two men alone, in the door frame I saw Lan Fan lying pale on the bed I looked at Al and Hawkeye who where also in the room they didn't seem to concerned so I walked in with the purpose of giving her Winston's information it get automail.

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POV ROY

I glared at the young prince knowing that Edelle wouldn't see this or know what happened. I took a breath and walked closer to him.

"First of all I don't think that we were introduced, my name is Colonel Mustang also known as the flame alchemist."

"Ling Yao, 12th son of the emperor in Xing." The young prince introduced himself.

"I'm also Edelle's superior officer. I don't know what intentions you have involving Edelle, but if you end up hurting her in any way I'll come after you." I said the same tone I gave Havoc when he questioned Ed. "I mean it Edelle is young, loyal and rash, she doesn't always think things through because she is to busy focusing on what is happening at the moment, so if you have any intentions of harming her or using just so you can gain immortality leave now, I won't let you hurt her that way." I finished using my Colonel voice something I only used with my subordinates.

"Strange way to treat someone who helped you recently." The prince countered.

"Don't get me wrong I'm thankful for what you did for Ross, but I still mean what I said just now."

"I've never been threatened by a Colonel before." Ling said laughing in a way.

"Trust me you get used to it." Hughes said on my right, I looked at him asking him when with my eyebrows. There was a knock behind us and the three of us jumps all reaching for weapons that weren't present. I saw the noise make, it was Ed she wasn't making eye contact with us but still looked in our direction.

"She's asking for you now Ling." Ed said quietly and the prince stood walking to my major. Hughes grabbed my arm pulling me away from the two teens. I looked at him and he was biting back a laugh.

"What's so funny?" I asked wanting to know what could bring a mature adult to laughter in that conversation.

"Nice way to great the boyfriend Dad." Hughes said. It left me more confused then before.

"What? I'm not her father." I tried to defend myself.

" 'If you end up hurting her in any way I'll come after you.'" He said trying to impersonate me I assumed. "Yeah no, that's something you say to all of your subordinates. I wonder how many of Havoc's girlfriends did you tell that to?"

"Ed's not like Havoc. Edelle is too loyal, even to her own family, she has no regards to her own safety if someone she loves is in danger. She'll get hurt in the end no matter what happens here the only question is when." I said seeing how Ling will break her heart one day and I could've prevented it. We stood in silence for a few seconds with Hughes fidgeting with his sling for a bit, I sighed at that and decided it was time that he pull out for this adventure.

"Remember in the hospital when you said you didn't want to get in too deep." I broke the silence.

"I do because it was less then a week ago! Roy I get stuff is happening and you don't want to be on the sidelines but if you keep going like this you are going to end up in the hospital again or six feet under." I smiled at his concern.

"You know I can't sit on the sidelines Maes." That caused him to look down and play with the sling a little more scoffing at what I said.

"Just remember my warning and I'll see you at the office when you get better, I mean it I'm due back before you are so if you show up before I do I'll drag you back to the hospital myself." He stuck out his left hand to shake I grabbed it and pulled him in closer for a hug be cautious about his right shoulder.

"You know me." I responded.

"That's why I threatened." Maes said having the last word of the conversation.

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POV ED

Lan Fan fell asleep quickly after knowing for sure the prince was safe, Ling left just as soon as she was asleep and judging on how fast he was walking he wanted to get revenge. Al and I followed at a slower pace, each one of Al's steps echoing in the hall.

"You know I've forgotten how loud you where." I sad trying to start conversation.

"I'm loud listen to yourself every now and again, you go from ninja to elephant in under a second." My little brother countered, I playfully bumped into him and walked a little faster with a smile on my face. Apparently there was a party happening in the garage, Ling Mustang and Dr Knox were all standing in the doorway.

"Maes Hughes was almost killed by one." Mustang said, I didn't even need context to know that he was talking about the homunculus.

"You said higher levels." Ling said.

"What about it?" Mustang asked.

"King Bradley." Ling answered. It was like a match of ping pong watching the two go back and forth like that. "That guy might be a homunculus." He finished without as much confidence as he started with. The four of us stood in shock looking at the teenage boy. "He had a tattoo on his bad eye, and he chased us with the homunculus." Ling defended the idea that no one else agreed with.

"That's impossible! I mean even if it was someone in his family would have noticed." I said trying to make sense of what was going on. I remembered when Al and I joked about that and now it might actually be true.

"He didn't have the same aura as the other ones, he felt human."

"The book said homunculi can't reproduce and King Bradley has a child." Al pointed out disproving the theory. Mustang said nothing but he was in deep though if you looked close enough you could see the gears in his head turning.

"Selim Bradley was adopted." Knox said. 'That was very convenient information to have.' I thought sarcasticly in my head.

"Ha!" Mustang exclaimed bringing me out of my head. "Monster or human, whatever he is, it now seems much easier to kick the fuhrer off of his throne." He had an evil sound to his voice that I didn't like. "First I have to get information from this homunculus. And if we can get it out we can have his philosopher's stone as well." We all looked to the tied creature. "Maybe I could use it to fix my officer." Mustang said almost under his breath.

"Hey!" Ling yelled hearing what Mustang said. "Lan Fan lost her arm to get him as far as I'm concerned that thing is coming back to Xing with me first thing tomorrow." Ling was determined when he said that, it made me mad.

"Hey we had a deal, and we've been trying to restore our bodies longer then both of you had your problems." I yelled at both of them. "Ling you aren't sneaking away with that."

"That's right, it's going to be hard to smuggle that over the borders." Mustang said trying to be his manipulative self.

"Before this gets worse can I leave now Mustang?" Knox asked.

"No way this might come down to majority vote and I need you hear for that." He said.

"Adults I can't stand them!" Not believing what just happened.

"I should get him, the emperor could die before I get the homunculus to him. Ed I need him for my country." Ling said looking at me with his dark black eyes. For a second I was tempted to give it to him, I mean we could always capture another one right?

"What did I tell you about using her." Mustang snapped me out of my head once more.

"I don't see why you think it's wrong you use people all of the time."

"I've never used her!" The two black haired men where yelling about me?

"Wait both of you have just been using me this whole time?" I asked the two of them stopping the argument.

"Ed I can-" Mustang started but I stopped him. I looked to Ling.

"He's my boss I can understand him but I thought you like me. Has this been a lie from the beginning?" I asked voice getting higher and louder with each word.

"Ed-" Mustang tried again.

"No Mustang don't try to defend him."

"Mustang... Colonel Mustang... Colonel Mustang killed Lust!" The child like voice said from the garage making all of us stop yelling and look at the monster in the room. The wire was stretched to it's limits and and heard the cable snap and all of the oxygen get sucked from the room.

Happy 40 chapters everybody! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has reviewed or read this story. I didn't expect this many people when I started writing it so you guys really surprised me. So thank you guys and I will see you next chapter in the woods Ed v.s. Gluttony. And Sorry for the wait between post, there's nothing to explain it expect I have gotten into a new fandom so it demanded my soul for a little bit. But it's great to be writing this again and hopefully here's to another 40 chapters.