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chapter 1

XXXXXXX Edwards POV XXXXXXXXX

'it's not my fault' I thought to myself repeatedly

'it's not my fault, it's not my fault, IT'S NOT MY FAULT' no matter how many times I chanted those four simple words inside my mind, I couldn't stop the wave of guilt that was threatening to drown me. I couldn't save the man i had just killed.

,My thoughts switch to my mother who was lying motionlessly on the ground of my child home. I began to sprint towards her, with every step i toke memory of the events leading towards this moment flashed through my mind.

one day ago (9;00am)

"mom, when will dad come home" my little brother, Alphonse asked

"soon, Al " our mother answered grimly. her moment of contemplating sadness was short lived due our mother attacking Alphonse with tickles. "don't worry about daddy, he'll be home soon" she said after her tickle attack with staged cheerfulness.

However, I was also starting to worry. Our dad, who was believed to be a 'travailing scientist' by the inhabitants of our home town, would sometimes go on mandatory 'work trips'. Unknown to the towns people, the real necessity of these 'work trips' was the collecting of 'food' for our family, witch was wrapped in the pretty lie of research and funding. To any one who happened to walk by my family, they wouldn't think much of us. Most humans wouldn't be able comprehend, much less detect that my family and I are ghouls. As ghouls, we can not digest normal food the way humans can. Doing so would ruin our health, the only exception being coffee for reasons unknown to me. As ghouls, we can only eat humans, hence our fathers 'work trips'.

In all of Resembool (our home town) there was only one person who knew about are not so little secret, Pinako Rockbell. She was a family friend of ours who lived with only grand daughter, Winry Rockbell who's my brother and mys closest friend.

latter that after non (11;30am)

"mom,who are those guys wearing white coats?" i had ask my mother as she, Alphonse and I walked down the calm and peaceful streets of Resembool. On the street across from our stood three men in white coats, all holding business cases. one of the men had short sandy blond hair witch almost resembled Al's, the second man had mud brown hair pulled back in to a bun, both men seamed to be somewhere in there late twenty's. I also noticed that there was some thing strange about the third man; he appeared to be a middle aged man with long white hair and some what wrinkled face. What was even more strange was that one of his eyes was larger then the other and he carried an insane look in his eyes. The old man,who I dubbed as ' Crazy Gramps' due to the fact that I had no idea what his name was, stared at me with crazy and questioning eyes.

"Oh, would you look at the time" our mother cried."Looks like its getting late, time to head back home" she declared as we started on our way back home.Neither Al or I questioned why our mother deemed 11:30am late, we just wanted to escape the intense glare of the three men. As we retreated I could still feel, Crazy Gramps staring bullets into my mind. When we were half way home and no one was in ear shoot our mother chose to speak.

"Edward, Alphonse." at hearing our mother use our full first names instead of 'Ed and Al' we gave our mother our undivided "I need you to listen carefully"

"Is this about the men in the white coats?" Al asked timidly

"Yes, those men work for a company known as the CCG but are more commonly known as doves" our mother started to explain. "the doves main goal is to create a ghoul free world, in order to do this they..."

"They kill our kind?" I offered bluntly, causing Al to gasp

"Yes" our mother answered weakly, she obviously didn't want to tell her nine and ten year old sons the horrific truth of the 'men in white coats' but knew that keeping her sons blissfully ignorant would be equivalent to putting them in danger.

"the might not look dangerous but every one of them is deadly and cunning, never trust a dove." mother warned us

"w-what makes them dangerous?" Al shuddered

"the doves know more about ghouls then most ghouls know about their self's, there very well trained in combat as well. Also; those business cases they carry are actually... very powerful weapons" mother whispered the last part out.

"w-what are t-the weapons" I whispered

"remember when I told you what a Kagune, and why you don't have one yet?" mother asked

"Yes" Al and I said simultaneously

"well, when a dove...kills a ghoul, they take there Kagune and turn it into a weapon"mother explained grimly. Then she said a little cheerfully, "that's why all ghouls have masks, to protect our identity from the doves".

Mother looked down at us, "how would you boys like to get your first masks?" she asked

"really?" Al and I asked excitedly despite the horrible information we had just obtained

"I'll give you two a few days to think about what you want your masks to look like, then we'll find the nearest shop in the city" mother promised. "Before we go home boys, I have to stop by the Rockbells. You can play with Winry while were there but i still want you boys to keep are little secret from her, for now"

With that we left to go see are best friend. Little did we know that we were being fallowed.

Al and I shot out of bed as a deafening scream filled the air. "Alphonse wait here!" I ordered as I dashed down the stairs.

when I had finally reached my destination I had wished that I hadn't. my legs suddenly refused to move as I stood where I was, not comprehending what I saw. my mother lay on the ground in a pool of blood, above her stood the dove with the mud brown hair tied in a bun, with a triumphant/absolutely bad shit insane look in his eyes. he slowly looked towards me flashing a crocodile grin. in his hand was a Kagune that resembled a sword, with blood dripping from the tip.

"well,well,well looks like some one couldn't wait to join the party" he hissed at me."Oh, don't worry, I haven't forgotten about your brother either, but since your mother was soooo uncooperative i might as well persuade you brats to tell me where your father is".He added

The man took five steeps towards me, when I finally snapped. I let out a glass breaking scream and what happened next was a bluer.

Current moment (12;00pm)

I soon found myself sitting next to my mother, holding her hand as she lye dying on the though I didn't want to admit it, I knew that she didn't have much time left.

"m-mom, h-hold on I-I'll get you help"I sobbed

Mother smiled weakly at me."E-Ed, my little M-Man g-g-get yo-your little br-bro-ther o-t of he-re and ru-n" she choked out as blood started to excape from her mouth.

NO! NO,I'M NOT LEAVING YOU HERE!" I shouted

"br-brother?" I heard Al's voice from behind me calling out timidly

"E-Edw-rd, Alp-nse. I-I love y-you m-more th-n y-you co-ld ever k-know.P-please t-ke care o- ech-other" mother whispered before finally letting her eyes close and her hand go limp in her sons ,she spoke no more.

"br-brother" Al looked up at me tears in is eyes " brother brother...

xxxxx 3rd person xxxxx

"brother, brother..." the youngest Elric brother, who's fourteen years old could be seen shaking his year older brother awake... or trying to. The older Elric practically jumped out of bed with surprise, checking his surroundings for any possible danger before realizing that he's awake.

"you were dreaming about that night again, weren't you?" the youngest brother asked

"Yeah, I was, Al" the eldest brother confirmed

the youngest brother now dubbed as Al, handed his brother, Edward his mask. "Are you ready?"Al asked

PK2000: hope you guy's liked the first chapter. please review and comment to let me know what you want to see next and/or what i could have done better. Also I plan on writing other stories, so please check them out. Until next time :)