I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist or Brotherhood. But there will be some direct lines from the story.

This story deals with a gender-swapped Ed.

And please feel free to comment and or give suggestion.

Watching Envy shrink down into his regular size disturbing, and that's not going into any details. He pushed us to the doors and lead us to the exit Al and I walked side by side, it was a narrow hallway with pipes and grates on the ceiling. I felt my hand grabbing my mid section due to the cramps that were getting felt like they spreading through my chest. I was really glad that I only own black pants, because if I was right about what is happening I would be mortified. It was silent, which is weird considering that Envy was there and most of the time I couldn't get him to shut up most of the time. At the end of the hall was a door that looked strangely like an elevator door, the homunculus walked to the door and it opened. It was white, and stood pout from the dark hallway that we have been walking in.

"Hey where are you taking us?" I finally broke the silence. He turned back and looked at me, and at that moment I was aware that I was covered in dried blood and sweat.

"Just get in." He walked into the door and I exhaled through my nose, 'Thanks for answering my question.' Both Al and I walked into the spacious elevator that was large enough to fit the three of us without Al crushing us because of his large armour. The floor started to hum as the door shut and I felt the jerk of the elevator carrying us up. I glared at Envy the entire ride but after a while Envy straightened and transformed changing his appearance into one of a solider. I looked away in disgust wondering if that was the face that he wore when he shot the Ishvalan child. After he changed he moved to the doors and Al and I came closer behind him, trying to get a peak of where their lab was underneath. The doors opened and Envy walked out not even hesitating and I saw huge windows overlooking something that looked like central command, then it clicked

"It's central command we where right under it the whole time." Al said voicing my thoughts. I just stood looking out into the sun light that I haven't seen in what felt like days.

"You guys are covered in filth." Envy pointed out the obvious. I gave him a puzzled look.

"So?"

"Just follow me okay." Envy snapped at me and I rolled my eyes but followed the homunculus.

Envy lead us to the men's shower room and stopped in front of it, he crossed his arms and started tapping his foot.

"Well shrimp get in and get clean." I clenched my fist. I could feel my anger rise.

"Are you brain dead Envy? I'm a girl and you know it what's the idea with the men's shower room?" I started loud but finished in an angry whisper.

"Oh so you've given up on keeping it a secret? I could just march you over to the girls one right now but seeing how it's almost lunch I thought every second counted, and the woman's shower is on the other side of the building it would take a while to walk there." He had me, I gave out a frustrated sigh but nodded. I pushed opened the door and started to walk through, I heard Al move closer to me.

"Al can you stand guard and make sure nobody else comes in?" I asked but I wasn't up for any debate, even though his armoured helmet showed no emotions I could still tell that he was hesitant, "You can come in when I'm done okay?" Al backed off at that, curiosity flared up inside of me, 'why is Al so desperate to be in the same room as me? Was it because of the whole getting eaten thing?' I nodded at him and pushed the door open to the shower room. It had the faint smell of cleaning product but knowing this was the men's room I didn't know how clean the room actually was. I kicked my remaining boot off and walked into the shower. I shut the stall door behind me and started to strip, I pulled off my shirt and it fell to the floors with a sickening squelch. I pulled the pants off next the wet leather clinging to my skin making me consider to use alchemy and just cut them off of my body, I got them off and threw them over to the discarded shirt. I was now standing in the stall in nothing but my underwear and I knew Envy was on the other side of that door, and if someone walked in I would be screwed, but the dried blood that clung to my body made me think the risk was worth it. Next came the underwear, I started grabbing at the binding around my chest I finally hooked my hand under the fabric and yanked free my chest from one of the layers. I took a deep breath when it came off and unhooked the bra with ease. Next came the boxers, judging by the cramps that are steadily throbbing in my lower chest I would say it was that time of the month. I pulled them down slowly and saw exactly what I expected. 'Shit, of course it's happening now, it's not like anything important is going on right now!' I screamed at myself I ran my hands threw my hair and took a calming breath. 'That explains why I've been so over emotional.' I knew my emotions went crazy around this time, I just needed to try and stay calm and away from stressful situation. 'Like your life for the past few year?' I mocked myself. I threw the boxers into the pile and turned the hot water on full while I pulled my hair out.

It was the best shower of my life but it also had to be one of the shortest. I had a towel wrapped around my chest covering me like a dress would and a small one that held my hair up. Alphonse was sitting in the corner of the room now and Envy took my clothes to wash them. Al was uncomfortable, I could tell because he was looking everywhere else besides me.

"Al are you alright?" I questioned, he seemed so worried before and now it looked like he's trying to avoid me. He straightened and looked down.

"It's just, that well, sister you're naked." He said shyly.

"Oh." my eyebrows raised and I could feel the blush grow on my cheeks. "Well just ignore it, I'm your sister and covered in a towel. You are good, nothing to worry about, just keep looking at the wall if it makes you uncomfortable." 'That was awkward.' I thought and turned away from Al. "I have big news, huge actually. And it proves that everything we have been doing hasn't been in vain." I walked over and leaned on the sink.

"Well what is it?" Al asked tilting his head towards me.

"I found your body." I smiled as I said that thinking back to the skinny body that my brother was missing.

"REALLY?! You actually found my BODY?!" He sounded so happy I didn't have the heart to shush him and make him quiet.

"I saw it when I was getting out of Gluttony's stomach, I met after passing through the gate." I scuffed the ground with my automail foot and crossed my arms putting pressure on the cramps. "It told me that I couldn't bring him back." I was concerned with his reaction to that bit of information.

"So it's out there… Yes! Yes! What a relief, I'm so glad it didn't rot or anything." He sounded so happy and content. I just thought of the bones I could clearly see under his skin.

"Yup. We're another step closer to our goal."

"Wait to pass through the gate! What was the cost?" He turned around and looked at me expecting that something obvious would be missing. "Ed are you okay you look like you are going to be sick.

"Al I'm fine"

"Are you? You look like you are going to throw up."

"Oh my God Al just forget it, it's nothing unnatural." I said in a tone that let him know the conversation was over.

"Oh…OH! I'm sorry I didn't know um are you going to be okay?" I could tell he would have been blushing if he could.

"It was the Philosopher's stone inside of Envy." I changed the conversation quickly shutting down the previous one.

"The stone! You mean you used the lives of people?" Al judged.

"Apparently Envy's stone was made by gathering the souls of the people of Xerxes." I defended "They had no bodies or minds to return to, they were just energy waiting to be consumed."

"That's… Logically that may be true but..."

"The success of human transmutation of oneself has been proven. If you have the philosopher's stone you can pass through the gate without payment." I started drying off my hair and took off the small towel that was wrapped around it. "Now we just need to figure a way to pull your body out of there."

"But that energy you're talking about, it's originally-" His voice was caught between judgement and concern.

"We don't have time to worry about that. We gotta get it out off there fast."

"And you're okay with that?! I'm-"

"You haven't seen that body!" I yelled for the first time really looking at my little brother and trying to imagine his really body there. "And if you had seen that shrivelled up form you wouldn't waist a day…" My volume died down as I saw a little black and white cat like animal climb up on to Al's shoulders. "Why is that black and white cat here?" Al stood and tossed a pair of underwear at me

"Just hurry up and put some underwear on." I grabbed them and walked back into the shower stall for some privacy, there were only the bottoms but I assumed Envy was going to be bring the rest back with him.

"You had these the whole time and you didn't tell me?"

"Don't be mad but that girl is inside of me." I felt panicked, there was someone else in the room and she was here the whole time and I've been in nothing but a towel.

"WHAT THE HELL AL!" I yelled and ducked under the shower stall wall, trying the hide in the small area. The door opened and I looked over the edge, Envy walked back into the room holding my clothes.

"What's going on in here?" he asked as he walked in.

"Nothing, just I slipped on a bar of soap." It was rushed and sounded fake but he seemed to accept it. He tossed the clothes at me and turned to shut the door while saying.

"Just hurry up and get dress alright, people are going to start to question why this bathroom is closed off." The door shut and I tossed a bar of soap that I found in the stall at it. It hit the floor in a deformed way and Al just looked at it. I opened the door to pick up the clothes and made eye contact with Al.

"This conversation isn't over." and with that I pulled my pants on not realizing how light the pants were when they where covered in blood. There was only three other pieces of clothing a t-shirt a button up and a jacket. "Shit, Al get Envy back in here" I said while checking the pockets. Envy re-entered the room looking confused. "Where is it?" I asked

"Where's what?" He played dumb, there was a cruel smile on his face.

"My bra you lizard want-to-be. Remember you owe me I got you out of there." I glared at him and he shrugged his shoulders and reached into his pockets and pulled it out.

"You're no fun." He said tossing it to me.

"And you can leave my boots beside the door on your way out." I replied, he shut the door and I quickly pulled the bra on hooking it up in the back. "What an ass-hole." I muttered and dressed myself the rest of the way, the binder was missing but I could slouch and the clothes were baggy enough that unless you were looking at them you couldn't tell.

FMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFM

Envy was walking us through the hallway just far enough that he could keep us in sight but not in hearing range.

"Al what are we going to do about the bean girl?" I whispered to him.

"What ever we do we have to do it soon, she's injured and needs to see a doctor." 'Of course she does,'

"Where do we take her?" I thought that it might be to supisious if we took her to the hospital that Brosh and Ross took me.

"To doctor Knox's place?" I ran my hand threw my hair and sighed in frustration.

"We have to try to not cause trouble for anybody." I started to braid my hair now that it was drier then before. Envy stopped at to doors that reached the ceiling. They were dark wood and had the Amestris symbol carved into them. 'Who could Wrath be?' I asked myself

"Now it's up to Wrath to figure out what to do with you guys." He gestrued to the door and pulled it open "Get in."

I took a calming breath and lead the way in. When I saw who was sitting in the room I was shocked, both Hughes and Colonel Mustang where sitting at a round table with two free spots. Mustang looked pissed beyond all recognition his arms and legs were crossed. There was a man pouring tea and he looked nervous I stepped farther in and saw someone I would never believe was there, the Fuhrer, I knew the other two men weren't Wrath that left the leader of the country.

"Colonel?" I asked walking up to the empty seat to his left.

"Hey, Fullmetal." He calmly said.

"Please do sit down." The Fuhrer said and I pulled the chair beside Mustang out and sat in it leaving Al sitting closer the Wrath and Hughes on the other side of Mustang. I felt another wave of cramps hit me and I crossed my arms and pressed down on them. This was going to be the worse meeting of my life.

Hi Guys! So I guess you thought this story was dead and to be honest I put this on the farthest back burner that I have, but now that I'm on winter break and back into anime(I had a fall out after finishing Attack on Titan) I thought I should update again. So while I'm here Happy Holidays! And Hopefully I'll be seeing you guys again soon!