-1A/N: hey people!

Okay one more thing off the list of what I have to write. All that's left is other oneshots, write a new chapter for Son of Flame, and write a Al/Mei oneshot that was requested by Puppy.

When you look at it like that it seems like a lot more. Sigh. I need a vacation…but on my vacations I still write.

The things I do for you readers.

Now this story has been on my mind for a while and I am glad that I finally have a chance to write it down.

This story will be rated for either hints of child abuse or flashbacks where it actually happened. Now all I have to wonder is that deserving an M rating? For now it will remain a T.

Disclaimer: I own nothing. All of it goes to Arakawa-sensei.

"You have got to be kidding me." Edward said, looking at the Furher President King Bradley.

Bradley took a sip from his cup and said without looking up "I assure you Fullmetal Alchemist that this is no joke. I am being quite serious."

Edward placed his hand over his eyes and asked "How did this happen?"

The Furher pulled a file from his desk and pushed it towards Edward who grasped it, opened it, and began to read the contents. It was written from the soldiers that were there but far enough to not get caught in the transmutation. 'Colonel Mustang and his subordinates were inspecting a ruin that was found which contained some sort of alchemist circles. There was a flash of bright blue light; the light seemed to be associated with the common alchemy light. By the time the soldiers had arrived at the site they were…changed.' Edward sighed and pushed the folder to the side, he then asked "What do we do now?"

"The best thing we can do as of now is to wait for the transmutation to run its course and lost energy. For now I also have many scientists researching on how to reverse it." Bradley said. He stood and motioned for Edward to follow. The two of them walked in silence until they came to Mustangs office and peered inside.

Havoc and Breda were running around screaming. Kain was sitting on the floor crying. Falman was sitting next to Kain trying to comfort him. Riza was shouting for everybody to shut up or else. And Roy, surprisingly, was literally sitting in the corner of the room with his knees drawn to his chest and his arms around them watching everyone silently.

"So what do we do for now?" Edward asked, watching the entire scene with a slight wince.

"They must be controlled and taken care of Fullmetal. The military will provide whatever it is that you will need in order to take care of them." Bradley said starting to turn and go back towards his own office.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a minute here." Edward said going in front of him. "What do you mean whatever I need in order to take care of them?"

Bradley looked Edward straight in the eyes, or in his case eye, and said "You are a part of Mustangs subordinates and the only one who is not changed. You are the second highest command and therefore if something was to happen to Colonel Mustang you would lead his men. And right now, you are needed to look after them."

All of a sudden he smiled and said "I'm sure that you can take care of a few six year olds. You can call for your brother to come and help you as well if need be." Bradley looked at him again once more with that steel look in his eyes and said "I have utmost faith in you to do this. I trust that you will not disappoint me."

Edward seemed to have trouble swallowing something that had gotten stuck in his throat and instead settled for nodding his head.

"Good, then I will leave the rest to you." Bradley said leaving.

Edward looked once at the direction where Bradley had left and once at the door to where the kids from hell were. Once more to Bradley's direction. Once more to the door.

He sighed. 'No problem taking care of a bunch of six years old huh? Yeah right.' he thought to himself before opening the door and entering the room.

The moment he entered the office all of the attention of the five children immediately was directed towards him.

"Who are you?" Jean asked rudely.

"I'm Edward Elric, and I'm going to take care of you guys." he answered.

Jean snorted. "My parents told me to never trust strangers." he said crossing his arms.

"Did your parents tell you to trust the military?" Edward asked.

"Yeah."

"Well I'm part of the military. Therefore you can trust me." Edward said, hoping that he would drop it.

But this was Jean and chances of that were low.

"You?" he said, in disbelief. He looked Edward up and down and finally said "You're too short to be in the military."

Edward bit the inside of his cheek. 'He's just a kid. He's just a kid.'

"Listen to me kid." Edward said kneeling in front of Jean and placed a hand on his head. "Here, you have to listen to what I say got it?"

"Or what?" Jean asked snidely.

"Because if you don't listen to me then I will dangle you out the window with only rope holding you up." Edward said crossing his arms.

Jeans eyes widened slightly before narrowing. "You wouldn't dare."

In response Edward stood up and grabbed Jean by the collar and pulled him towards the window. He ignored Jeans struggles and yelling and brought his two hands together in a clap and placed one hand on the floor and grabbed the rope that he had created.

"Okay, okay. I'll listen." Jean said quickly eyeing the rope in Eds hands.

Edward took a deep breath. Five minutes in and he could already tell who would cause him the most troubles, Jean and Breda, and who would help him the most, Riza.

He looked at each child in turn; it amazed him at how…young they looked.

'Of course they would look young' he berated himself. "Their six years old."

He licked his upper lip in thought to himself. What would kids want? To go to the park? Eat something? What?

He was so deep in thought that he didn't notice that Jean and Breda had ran out the door until he looked up and saw them run out.

He swore under his breath and turned to the remaining four kids, well three were in front of him since Roy was still in the corner though he no longer had his arms around his knees and he was staring at Ed from his place on the floor, who were looking up at him.

"Okay I need to go and get those other two. You guys can come with me. Just behave." he said looking at them.

The nodded but just to be sure.

"Riza," he said, looking at the lone girl who straightened up and stared at Ed with determined eyes.

"Riza, you will be the guard. You will help me make sure that everyone will behave and listen to me. You will tell me if they misbehave or not got it?" he asked the girl.

She nodded her head and asked "Can I hit them?"

"Sure." Ed replied shrugging.

Riza grinned and followed Edward as he led the kids out. He stopped at the doorway and counted slightly to himself as each child passed him and he placed a hand on their shoulders.

"One." there went Riza. "Two." a still sniffling Kain. "Three." a bored looking Falman. "Four…four?" his hand grasped air. He looked down, then next to him.

'Riza went. Kain did as well as Falman so who…oh. Of course.' he nearly groaned out loud. Figures Mustang would give him a hard time. He was just surprised that Mustang hadn't joined in with Jean and Breda. Speaking of which where was he?

Ed scanned the room. Furniture, plants, desk but no child.

Edward did groan out loud this time. Jean and Breda were somewhere in the building and he couldn't find Mustang. At least the other three were waiting for him outside the office.

He turned his body towards the door and gave the room one final look over before…wait. Since when did the side of couches have feet?

Sure enough he saw a pair of feet in sneakers stretched out.

He walked to the couch and leaned over the side and was met with a mop of shoulder length black hair.

Then he sat down next to a surprised Roy and spread his legs in front of him like Mustang was doing.

He allowed a few silent seconds to pass by before he said "You know when I said 'You guys can come with me' I meant you too." as he stared at the wall. He saw from the corner of his eye Roy look down at the ground.

Edward then turned to look straight into Roys fear filled eyes, why was the kid so afraid anyway?, and said "Well I don't know about you but as much as I would love to stay here all day I gotta take care of you guys. So come on." before standing up and offering a hand to Roy.

After a moments hesitation Roy took the hand and stood up. Edward saw Roys eyes go to the rope he had put on his side.

"Are you afraid of this kid?" Edward asked tapping the rope with a finger. Roy said nothing but continued to stare at the rope. "I won't use this on you Roy…as long as you behave of course."

Roys eyes met his for a moment before he said quietly "I'll behave."

Edward eyebrows rose slightly "Huh didn't think you spoke."

Roy looked at the ground again and followed Edward out towards the door.

Edward looked back and saw Roy walking stiffly, but it was oddly familiar.

'He doesn't walk like that.' Edward thought to himself. 'Where have I seen it before?'

He placed a hand on Roys shoulder. Edward felt Roy flinch violently when he did and looked up at Edward. Surprisingly, at least to him concern laced through him. "Are you okay Roy?" he asked him.

Roy nodded quickly. Edward would've believed him had Roy not been shaking like a damn leaf and his pupils dilated in fear.

Before he could say or do anything else Roy had walked away from him and stood next to Falman and looked at the ground.

Edward shook his head. Kids, it would be a long, long, long, time before he would have any.

Edward smiled at the other kids reassuringly and motioned for them to follow him. Sounds of children in a room about three doors from them reached his ears.

"Survey says." he murmured as he opened the door. Thankfully it was just another office and the person who it was assigned to seemed to have finished and gotten rid of important documents.

Unfortunately however Jean and Breda seemed to find this place their new playground and were having a blast in destroying it.

Edward froze for a moment before yelling "Enough!" the tone and sound of his voice was enough for Jean and Breda to freeze where they were: Jean in the process of ripping the cushions from the couches and Breda had been pulling the books from their shelves and throwing them in random directions.

"That is enough you two!" Edward yelled. "Weren't you ever taught any manners? You will put this room back the way it was before right now!"

Jean and Breda looked at each other before bursting into laughter. Edwards eyes narrowed and he felt his hand go into a fist. That is it.

He had told them, he had warned them and still they didn't listen.

He walked briskly forward and took the rope from his waist. Before they even knew what he was going both of the were tied up and he was pulling them towards the window.

He ignored their protests and opened the window. He stuck his head out and with some difficulty, namely Jean and Breda trying to escape, clapped his hands and placed one hand on the outside wall. Two holes erupted from the wall and then Edward lifted the rope that he had in his hand swiftly tied it through, and then he did the same with Jean on the other rope and mercilessly pushed them out the window to dangle out of it.

He ignored their screams as he turned to the remaining kids who stared at him with what seemed to be close to fear.

"What?" he asked slightly amused. "I told them if they didn't behave then I would do that." he motioned with his head towards the window.

Roy, Kain, and Falman were all looking up at him fearfully but as for Riza she was looking up at him with something else.

Admiration?

"Now then." Edward said sticking his head out the window to look at the two screaming boys. "Are you two going to behave now?"

"No!" they said together.

Edward sighed. Was he that stubborn when he was six? After looking around and down for a few moment he smiled to himself.

He pulled his head out from the window and looked at Riza. "Riza, can you come here for a moment?" he beckoned her.

Riza obediently walked over to him and he lifted her so that she could also look out the window. As she passed his face he whispered "Play along." to which she nodded and smiled to.

"My, isn't it high up here? How high up are we Riza?" he asked loudly looking at the young girl.

She adopted a semi-thoughtful look on her face, looked down, and said in a playful tone "I think we are about…one, two, three, four stories up."

"Four stories huh?" Edward said pursing his lips. "That's high up. Imagine if someone should fall from here." he said, noticing from the corner of his eye Jean and Breda freeze.

Riza nodded. "If someone should fall then I think they'll become a pancake."

Edward then proceeded to poke the knot of rope where it was connected to the building. "And I don't know if I made this knot tight enough." true to his word with each poke of his finger the knot became more and more loose.

Jean and Breda started to go down fast enough for them to start to panic but slow enough for Edward to be able to catch them incase they fell.

"Poor Jean and Breda, we hardly knew them." Riza said, bowing her head.

"They were so young, it's so sad." Edward said nodding.

"We're still here and alive!" they heard Breda yell from the window.

"I could almost hear their voices in the wind." Edward said, as if he didn't hear them.

Riza nodded wistfully but the effect was ruined slightly by the smile on her face.

Edward saw the rope start to give out some more and was ready to clap his hands to make sure that those two boys won't really fall to the ground when he heard them scream "All right! We'll behave! We'll behave!"

Smiling in victory Edward quickly grabbed onto the ropes and pulled them into the room.

Once he had untied them from the ropes they immediately hid behind Kain, Roy and Falman who had been standing there watching

the whole thing.

'This is going to be a very long time.' Edward thought to himself wearily. Someone grabbing his hand snapped him out of his thoughts, looking down he saw Riza had grabbed a hold of his left hand and was holding on tightly and was smiling up at him.

Edward smiled back at her which caused a slight blush to go onto her face. 'A very long time indeed.'

And that's the end of this chapter.

Incase you guys didn't see or I'm not that good of a writer little Riza is starting to obtain a little crush on Ed.

Now all you Riza/Edward fans out there this is not what you think. Adult Riza does not have any feelings towards Edward beside motherly. Well that's my opinion anyway. But I'm sure that it has all happened to little girls everywhere. They all have had crushes on the older bad boy; I think it's happened to me not sure.

But besides that I think I'll have some EdxWin in here as well, and during that time a jealous Riza.

Oh yeah! And some Parental Edward/Roy. Yeah you read that right. Edward being like a father/older brother towards Roy.

I already have some of Roy's childhood planned out so unless I ask please don't leave me any tips on that, any other tips are appreciated however. Amd I put in a little hint to the abuse there already, try to spot it.

I don't really have that much left to say except leave a review!

This is Phoenix-Fire Power over and out.