Hi guys! I'm back with another story for you all! =D I had this story planned a few months ago but decided to wait a bit so I could update my other stories a bit but I've gotten impatient so I pulled this out of my little black book of story plots so you may read it. However, it is a slight angsty but everyone needs a little bit of angst. XD It is also a slight AU. Well, it breaks off from the first anime around the week before Ed's 16th birthday.

I am attempting to write in 3rd person, so I'm sorry if it sucks. Please tell me if you like this style better! I plan on switching back to 1st person in the next chapter and then on out. Sorry if this turns out weird!

So, I shall now continue on with this new story…..

Gate Of Promises

Chapter 1

"Brother, you don't look too well…..perhaps you should stop by the room to get some rest before turning in your report."

"As much as I'd love to avoid the Colonel Al, I'm doing this now. It's my last report as a 15 year old and I just want to get it in and done with."

The two figures moved through the busy streets of Central with a sluggish pace that was set by the older brother, Edward Elric.

A normally nice kid…..well State Alchemist, that always had a glow in his unusual golden eyes. His hair was normally back in a braid, wearing his leather pants covering a human right leg and an automail left, black tank top, black coat with a high collar with silver trimmings, black combat boots, white gloves covering one human left hand and one automail right, and a silver pocket watch chain dangling from his pocket. This was all in his normal wear, such as he wore now, however things weren't as normal as Edward made them out to be.

Edward's younger brother, Alphonse, was in a suit of armor. However, he couldn't just get out of it whenever he pleased. His soul was bound to it, and had been for the past 5 years. It happened during the forbidden act of bringing the dead back to life using alchemy that he and Edward had done when he was 10 and Edward was 11 leaving him bound to armor so he wouldn't die while Edward lost his left leg and gave up his right arm to attach Al's soul to the armor. However, no one really knew the full extent of what Edward truly gave up that stormy night except for two trusted people back in Risembool who attached automail to his body.

4 years ago, Edward joined the military as a State Alchemist to look for a mythical alchemy amplifier, the Philosopher's Stone, so they could get their bodies back and was dubbed as the Fullmetal Alchemist. However in the past year, Alphonse noticed something was wrong with Ed. He couldn't really place what, but he seemed tired more easily, was more determined to find the stone, was a tad more pale, and disappeared more often than usual. Today was just proving Alphonse's uneasiness as Ed passed up the chance to not see his superior officer who Edward loathed.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm fine Al! Am I not a picture a perfect health at this very moment?"

"No, you aren't brother. You're out of breath and paler than usual, you should go see a doctor."

"Hell no! I'm not going to see one of those quacks! They'll tell me something pointless and try to give me a shot. I am not going, and I'm going to deliver this report to the Colonel and I'll meet you back at the room, okay?"

Alphonse sighed, he wanted to believe his brother but something in his mind was nagging at him but he didn't know what….. "Fine brother, but don't fight with Colonel Mustang."

"I'll fight him if he gives me a reason to fight him. I'll see you later Al."

"Bye brother…."

"Oh wait: Al?"

"Yes?"

"Get rid of the damn cat."

"Heheheheh….. What cat?"

"Just get rid of it." With that, the elder Elric went off to report in his last mission to Colonel Roy Mustang.

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"So Fullmetal, I see you're back in one piece."

"No thanks to the mission you sent me on Colonel." Edward was sitting on the couch situated in Mustang's office while said Colonel was paging through Edward's report.

'Something is off….' Roy thought as he looked at the blonde. He hadn't noticed the first changes in Fullmetal however Lieutenant Hawkeye had commented on how skinny Edward had looked and how he seemed paler than usual. After that, he seemed to pick up more and more things that seemed off about the kid. Today it seemed worse than usual.

"So Fullmetal, it looks like you were a little short on words in your latest report…" Roy drawled. 3.…2.….1.….

"Who're calling so short-" Roy's eyes widened as Edward jerked forward into a coughing fit. He sounded horrible, and the Colonel's eyes narrowed as he saw red on the normally pristine white gloves of his subordinate.

"Fullmetal, you need to get to a doctor." He said as he got up from his chair to get the boy water. Edward was ghostly pale and his eyes looked hollow. It was a chilling thought to not see fire in the normally burning eyes.

"No -cough- way in hell -cough-" Edward fell into another coughing fit as Hawkeye walked into the room.

"Sir?" She exclaimed and Roy looked over and nodded at Edward,

"Help me with him."

It was about 5 minutes before his coughing fit ended and Edward was gasping for air before taking a small sip of water.

"Edward," Roy said, "I'm making this an order: You need to go see a doctor."

"Why the hell do I need to see a doctor?" Edward spat and Roy sent back the blonde boy a glare of his own.

"You're coughing up blood Fullmetal. I'll court marshal you if you don't follow your order!"

"I'm not going you bastard and I don't give a damn if you're going to punish me just for not going to a fucking doctor!" He screamed and Roy's temper was reaching it's boiling point. How could this little twerp refuse to go to the damn doctor and make such a big deal about it. It was obvious he needed to go!

"Are you forgetting about Alphonse just because you're scared of a doctor? How are you going to get your bodies back if you're sitting in jail?"

"I don't know dumb ass, since you're the one who'll send me to jail! Even if I go to the doctor, I'll scare them more than they would scare me and I'd get locked up as well!"

Roy paused a moment before he screamed again, 'He would still get locked up? What the hell does that mean?'

"I'm leaving." Edward said as he got up and slammed the door behind him. Roy looked over to Hawkeye who looked concerned and he sighed before picking up the phone. Something wasn't right here, and he was going to find out what.

So, did that make any sense at all? I hope it did! XD So, this isn't going to be a long story, but I hope you'll all read it and enjoy it! Please review! Thanks guys! =D