If you are sensitive to child abuse and rape, then please do not read this. I do not wish to offend anyone.

Previously on Rebellion:

"Well..it started when I had lived there for a month.."

"Worthless, pathetic, someone should have killed you a long time ago."

Edward was young, just an eleven–year old boy. He was eleven–years old, and had already committed the ultimate taboo. Human transmutation. He was young, and didn't know any better. It wasn't as if he deserved punishment by it. He already got his punishment. Losing his left leg and his brother's entire body. He had sacrificed himself to save his brother, and with the price of his right arm, he managed to bind his soul to a suit of armor.

Edward Elric vowed to get his brother back to his normal body by becoming a State Alchemist and doing immense amounts of research in order to find a way to restore him. His primary goal at the time was to at least pass the test, but after that, he would be after the Philosophers stone.

Edward was currently residing with Shou Tucker, the Sewing Life Alchemist when the worst secret of his life came true. A nightmare that Mother's only wished didn't come true, and when they did, they had no idea of what was going on. No one knew what was happening to Edward, either. Mostly because he didn't have his Mother to protect him.

"Edward, come here." Tucker spoke as he stood in the library. Ed had cooped himself up in there all weekend, trying to soak up any information he could like a sponge. And so far it was working. He made his way over to the blonde man as quickly as he could. After all, he was staying in the man's house, why shouldn't he come to him as soon as he calls? Ed trusted him.

"What is it, Mr. Tucker?" Edward asked as he approached the man. For a moment, Ed thought he did something wrong. That he had read a book he wasn't supposed to or hadn't been making enough progress with his work. He had been studying as hard as he could.

"Edward, you want to become a State Alchemist, yes?" Tucker asked. The young blonde quickly gave a nod, answering the adult with respect. This man had taken him into his home, fed him, allowed him to use the library, and most of all, gave him respect. Edward returned the respect as well. "Well, I think I could help you."

"Really?" Edward asked. No one had offered him help before, save for Al. Though, Alphonse was currently out with Nina since she had been wanting to go to the park. Alphonse, being much more child friendly, had offered to take her to the park that was a couple of blocks over, and Tucker allowed them to do so. If Ed had known why Tucker allowed them to go, he never would have let them go either.

"Yes, Edward, just come with me." Tucker said. He guided Edward through the large house until they went to the basement. It was a large basement, pitch black except for a small puddle of light that Tucker never allowed the kids to go into. There was a reason for this. And if Ed knew the reason he wouldn't have gone with Tucker in the first place.

"Um, Mr. Tucker, what are we doing?" Edward asked. He seemed uncomfortable, though this was natural. He should have listened to that gut that gave him the odd feeling when he first walked in.

"Well, Edward, you said that you wanted to become a State Alchemist. I am going to teach you how to obey your orders like you're supposed to," Tucker said, his kind smile that Ed was so used to seeing gone, and now was replaced by an evil sinister smile that all Mother's cringed at when it looked at their children on the playground. "Stand over there." Tucker ordered, pointing to a small area of light in the basement.

Edward didn't know what else to do. If he obeyed, something terrible could happen. But if he disobeyed, something worse could happen. He stood in confusion for a long moment before he felt a stabbing pain on his head. He had been hit with something hard, and apparently hard enough to make him bleed a bit.

"I said to stand over there, you worthless piece of shit!" Tucker shouted, knocking Edward down to the ground in the process. He kicked him in the stomach before taking a hold of the child's blonde braid and dragging the body to where he had told him to stand. A trickle of blood had come from the younger one's mouth, and Tucker dabbed his fingers on it before bringing it to his nose. He inhaled the scent of the blood before licking it off with his tongue. He enjoyed the coppery taste of the boy's blood. "Stand." he ordered.

When the child hesitated, Tucker kicked him in the stomach again. He was satisfied that something had either broken or hurt like hell. Edward should have listened to him. He deserved it. Those were the thoughts going through the man's head. Ed then forced himself to stand in the spot that he had been dragged to.

"Good boy," Tucker grinned. He had something special in store. He took a hold of Edward's flesh arm and twisted it in ways that a normal person couldn't do without feeling immense pain. When Edward started to scream, Tucker placed a hand over his mouth. "I will gag you," he threatened. That was the moment that Ed bit Tucker's hand to the point of bleeding. "Dammit!" the man shouted. He let go of Edward, pushing him to the ground.

Ed scrambled to get away. He didn't get very far before his braid was pulled and he was once again on the ground. Then there was the sound of people above them.

"Brother! Mr. Tucker! We're back!" Alphonse called through the house. He had obviously checked the library and there was no sign of Ed there, and Nina was most likely looking for Tucker in his room or the usual places he spent time in.

"Dammit," Tucker swore under his breath. He let go of Edward quickly. "Stand up and stop holding your arm like that. We didn't do anything in here, understood?" he waited for a long minute before Edward carefully nodded. It was heaven in Tucker's eyes to see this boy so submissive. He was shocked it hadn't taken much longer for Ed to get this way. Though, Edward always hated showing weakness, so it must have been that kicking in.

Edward walked out of the room, dropping his arm that he was holding protectively. It even hurt for his metal arm to touch it. He would have to work hard to hide it. He fixed his hair with his metal arm, wincing as a few strands of hair got caught in the Automail, but he didn't say anything about it. He reached Alphonse rather quickly and noticed Nina was with him.

"Brother! Where were you?" Alphonse asked. He had obviously looked for Edward as soon as he got back.

"Sorry, Al. Mr. Tucker said that he could help me with some of the work I've been doing, so I went with him to learn a few things. It's nothing we don't already know," Edward fibbed mostly. It was true, Tucker did say that he could help him with becoming a State Alchemist. Just not beating him in the process. "I'm feeling kind of tired, so I'm gonna knock out."

"Before dinner?" Alphonse was confused. It wasn't like Edward to skip a meal. Ed was always very eager to eat, and had a stomach that people had nicknamed a 'bottomless pit'. "Are you sick?"

"I'm not sick, I'm fine," Edward said in only half honesty. He wasn't sick, though he wasn't fine either. His arm was in pain–that he refused to show on his face–and he was emotionally going crazy. He couldn't even understand how Tucker–a man who took care of him and that he trusted–could do something like this to him. "I'm going to bed." and there was not another word from the blonde that night.

Edward could reason this in his head. Tucker was probably just stressed. It wouldn't happen again. His assessment was soon, he probably just needed to vent off a little anger, and Ed was right there. At that moment he decided that if Tucker needed to vent this anger, he would allow him. If he wasn't there for him to vent off that anger, he could go after Nina. This man had taken him in, so if he needed to beat Edward a little, he would allow it.

Ed woke in the middle of the night to find that Alphonse wasn't in the room. He was probably in the library studying, Edward thought to himself. Since Al didn't need to sleep, it a good idea to take the time he had free to study. He sat up in bed and looked around the room before noticing a shadowy figure in the darkest area of the room.

"Al? I thought you were in the library." Ed said as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes. Since he had gone to bed so early, he had woken up during the night, which only made sense.

"Guess again." a voice that wasn't Alphonse's spoke in the darkness. Al's voice was childlike and had a hallow ring to it. This was the voice of a grown man. A grown man that seemed too happy about something.

"Mr. Tucker?" he asked the darkness.

"Bingo," Ed could just hear a smirk in the voice. Tucker stepped out of the darkness. When Edward didn't fight or try to call out for Alphonse, the man was pleased. "Aw, were you waiting for me?" he asked. There was no answer from the kid. "Answer me when I'm talking to you." Tucker ordered as he took hold of the boy's flesh arm, in which the blonde winced, though ground his teeth as not to disrupt the silence of the house.

"No, I was not waiting for you." Edward answered in a pained voice. He tried to hide it, though it was no use. Tucker knew how much he was hurting. Ed knew he was most likely in for a world of hurt.

"I wanted to talk to you about our trip in the basement," Tucker said. The silence from Edward cued Tucker to move on. "Tomorrow I want you to come to the basement again. I've arranged a play date for Nina, and I'm going to ask Alphonse to take her. After he leaves, you go there and stand in the same spot that you stood in yesterday. Understood?" a nod came from the blonde and Tucker smiled. He laid Edward back in the bed and made sure to tuck him in tight. He then spoke a sentence in a tone that a Father would say to their children when saying 'sweet dreams'.

"You're a pathetic piece of garbage. No one will ever want you. You're nothing."

I bit short, so I'll try to make the next chapter longer. I think I could have drawn this out much longer as well, but it's done now :) I'm lazy and a procrastinator.

You'll notice that the ending sentences that are normally in Italics will be repeated throughout the story as the flashbacks continue on. Please read and give me a review to tell me what you think! I'll be replying to the anonymous questions at the end of every chapter so that those nice people aren't left out of my replied. Just make sure to write a name that I can call you by and if you ask a question before I post the next chapter I'll make sure to include you! :)

I am so sorry about being late on the update! I meant to post yesterday, but I really had no clue what the date was. Well, I hope you'll enjoy this chapter :)

Next Update: June 11th