Sorry for the confusion if there was any, but Hershey's hair is NOT brown. It's most definitely purple. Also noticed a discrepancy in the first chap when Envy was pretending to be another dude... his hair was supposed to be blonde in that disguise and I accidentally called him a redhead once. XD I only noticed that when I was reading it to my brother so sorry about that! *hits self with shovel*

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As it turned out, Envy walked pretty fast. Wrath had to basically drag Hershey along to keep her from getting left behind, and he was talking a mile a minute to boot. He was playing a game of I Spy (apparently by himself), and pointing at random objects in the forest.

"Hey Envy," Hershey called. "Are we almost there?"

"Don't worry, not too much farther for your weak little human legs."

She sighed. "Can I call you Enchilada? Please?"

"... Why?"

"I give people food names. Wrath here is Cutie Pie slash Watermelon, Ed is Escargot, Al is Alfalfa..."

"Ed," he interrupted. "You mean, as in Edward Elric? You know him?"

"I'll only tell you if you let me call you Enchilada."

"Fine. Now spill."

"Yeah, I know him. Not that well, although my assistant Marzipan is probably dating Alfalfa by now..."

"What's he like?"

"Alfalfa? Oh, he's very sweet, if a bit awkward, but that's mostly because of the metal suit thing..."

"Not that one! Ed!"

"Oh, Escargot." Hershey blinked, scratching her head. "I told you, I don't know him that well. We work in different departments. I mean, we both serve under Colonel Spicy Mustard - but Escargot, he's combat, and I'm espionage. We only see each other... ah, once a week, maybe. If that, I mean."

"I see. So you don't know much about him? Why he joined the dogs of the military?"

"Nah. He seems nice, though." She raised an eyebrow. "Why do you care, Enchilada?"

"Okay, that nickname's already getting bothersome. Stop it."

She pouted. "So I hafta call you Envy?"

"Yeah, that's kinda what I meant by 'stop it'."

"Can I still call you Enchilada if you're not in the room?"

"What...? Yeah, sure, whatever, I don't care."

"Sweet."

"So... no information about the Fullmetal pipsqueak then?"

"Nah, not really." She furrowed her brow. "Hey, wait." She stopped, pointing an accusatory finger at him. "How do you know his title and that he's not tall enough to ride roller coasters?"

"Well, we've met before."

"Then why'd you ask me if I knew anything about him?"

"Because I find your annoying, chirpy voice the most mellifluous sound on the

face of the planet. I'm just bored as hell, alright?"

"Oh ho, the big bad Homunculus gets bored."

"Kiss-chan, carry me!"

Hershey looked down at Wrath, who was happily skipping along, carrying a couple of flowers. "Um... Cutie Pie, you're the one who hauled me all over Amestris a few minutes ago. Shouldn't you be carrying me?"

"But that's wooooork!" Wrath whined. "Will you please carry me, Kiss-chan? I'll give you these pretty flowers I found!" He held them up.

Hershey did a double take and snatched the "flowers" away from Wrath. "Cutie Pie, no! Those aren't flowers!" She tossed the three-leafed plants somewhere to the side. "That's poison ivy!"

Wrath began squirming uncomfortable. "Um, K-Kiss-chan, my arms and hands itch... really bad!" He started raking at his arm and palms viciously, and he wailed as he did so. "Kiss-chan, it itches and it huuuuuuuuurts!"

"So scratch it some more then!" Hershey grabbed his right arm, the one he hadn't dug his little fingernails into and obviously the one that wasn't itchy. "Envy! Come on, we're making a pit stop!"

"What the hell? No!"

"Just come on! Cutie Pie touched poison ivy and it's all over his arm!"

"So?"

"So! If I don't get the toxin washed off, I can't carry him or I'll get it! If I don't carry him, he'll scratch himself raw and just make it worse! Now come on!"

She dragged the screaming Wrath over to a running stream, while Envy followed, getting his hair tangled in some branches along the way. "Calm down, Cutie Pie, calm down," she shushed, pulling Wrath down onto the ground. She looked over at him, a hard shine in her eyes. "I'm going to let go for a minute, but you are not going to scratch, okay?"

He nodded, sobbing. "O-Okay, Kiss-chan."

"I'm trusting you." She let go and cupped her hands to get water. She carefully poured it along Wrath's arm, where a red rash had risen up from the chemical in the poisonous plant.

He shrieked, more tears running down his face. "K-Kiss-chan, it burns!"

"Of course it burns! You scratched it! Now stop screaming. Hold out your hands." She scooped up some more water, shivering slightly at the cold temperature. She slowly distributed that over his palms. "There we go."

Wrath's breath hitched, and he began to cry more, collapsing against her. "It hurts, Kiss-chan, and it still itches!"

"I know, Cutie Pie, I know. You gotta calm down, you're just getting your nerves all worked up, baby. Come on." She wrapped her arms around him, picking him up. "Now, we need a precaution." She walked over to a tree and set him down She jumped and grabbed two big leaves. "Cutie Pie, can you hold one of these in each hand?"

Wrath did as she asked. "W-Will this stop the itching, Kiss-chan?" he whimpered.

"Afraid not, kiddo," she apologized, taking her gloves out of her pocket and putting them on her hands. "I just need to make sure you don't scratch. Now... since this is basic alchemy, it should work even though I'm not doing anything with food..." She clapped, focusing all her energy and thoughts into the transmutation.

When she opened her eyes, she could have cheered. There were now loose, fiber-based gloves around Wrath's hands, created from the leaves. They were plain green with light yellowish lining, as the leaves had been. "Well, not quite the design I was going for... but hey, at least it wasn't fail-chemy this time."

"Impressive," Envy commented, though he didn't sound very impressed at all. He still sounded just as bored as before, when he'd been asking her all the questions about Ed. "I thought your alchemy dealt only with food. Quite a feat to do something that doesn't involve your forte."

"Hey hey, I know basic, non-culinary alchemy. Not enough to actually be useful but... hey, whatever's clever." She reached into her apron and handed Wrath a small sucker. "There we go. That's for being such a good boy, Cutie Pie. Now, come on, honey." She picked him up, situating his cheek against her shoulder as he sucked on the lollipop. "Once we get wherever we're going, we can put some calamine lotion on it. That should help take the itch out."

"Can I take a nap after that?" he sniffled, hugging her tight.

"Of course."

"And can I have ice cream for dinner, Kiss-chan? Please?"

"You'll rot your teeth," Envy muttered.

"Sure, Cutie Pie," Hershey soothed, rubbing Wrath's back. "Whatever you want."

"And you're just encouraging the tooth decay," Envy snorted. "Father's going to gripe to Sloth about the kid's dental bills and it'll be all your fault." He snickered, as if envisioning something. "On second thought, that's going to be a hell of a lotta fun to watch. Go ahead and ruin the brat's teeth."

"Jerk muffin." (1)

"And that better mark the end of our little adventures in the woods," Envy announced, sending a mild glare her way. "Because the house is just up ahead."

(1) JERK MUFFIN. MY PHRASE. XD It's what I call my brother.

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