Changed the first chapter but it's not really necessary to go back and re-read it.

I don't own FMAB or DP.

Chapter 2: First Morning

He was in a white, ominous room, if you could call it a room. He didn't know how he got there, but he wanted out. The only exits were two large floating stone doors with intricate designs. But before he could even choose a door, tendrils of black arms shot out at him from both doors. He screamed in agony as the tendrils started to literally tear him apart, each side battling for their prize. As he suffered, a white figure as white as the room floated upside-down in front of him, grinning a mad grin. It said something but its voice was blocked off from his own screams of pain. It was more painful than anything that he'd ever endured. It was as if his soul was being ripped apart from his body, as well as being ripped in two. The pain was endless. When it was finally over, the tendrils that had his half retreated through the door, suffocating him and engulfing him in a sea of black. Everything hurt. But all he could do was scream.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

Gracia nearly toppled off her seat from the scream. The boy on the couch had shot up from his sleep and was sweating and breathing heavily. She went to calm him down. "Sh! It's alright! Everything's alright."

The boy was now fully awake from his nightmare. "Wh-where am I?"

"You're in my house. My husband found you in the street late last night and brought you home."

"The street?"

"Yes. Are you alright? You weren't in the best condition when we found you."

"Y-yeah. I'm okay…"

"That's a relief. What were you doing out in the storm last night? You could have gotten hypothermia for all you know!"

"I…!" He paused. "I… don't remember… I-I don't remember anything! Why can't I remember anything?" He clutched his head, starting to panic.

"Sh!" Gracia laid him back down on the couch. "You probably have amnesia. I'm going to call the doctor, okay?" She waited for him to nod before getting up to the phone.

"Amnesia huh…" the boy stared blankly at his hands. However, two little ponytails caught the corner of his eye. He looked at them dance before a little girl popped her head out. "My name's Elicia!" she said excitedly. "What's yours?"

"Danny." The boy was surprised that he was able to recall his name without hesitating. 'I guess I at least remember my name… That's better than nothing.'

"That's a funny name!" she giggled. She was stopped from the rumbling of her stomach. She looked down at her belly and glanced at her mom still talking on the phone.

"Are you hungry, Elicia?" She quickly whipped her head to Danny and nodded. He smiled and got up from the couch. "Let's go get us some breakfast then."

"Yay!" Elicia jumped up and started to run to the kitchen.

Gracia, meanwhile, had just called the doctor. She wasn't sure if the white haired boy would do well in public eyes, so she had requested a home visit. The doctor would come by in a few hours. She glanced at the clock and dialed her husband.

"Hiii, Honeey!" Maes cooed over the phone. She hated when he made such a show but she loved him anyway.

"Maes, I called the doctor. He said he'd be here around noon." She heard him readjust his seat on the other end.

"I'll try to be there on my lunch break."

"Maes. At the rate you're going, you're going to lose that job of yours."

"I love you too, Honey! See ya then!"

She heard the click of him hanging up on her. She put the phone in its place and sighed. 'What am I going to do with that man?'

She turned and walked back to the couch. Only to find it empty. She searched around the room but couldn't find her guest anywhere.

"Hello?" she called, but there was no answer. She was getting worried. What if the boy had planned everything from the start? Just played around with their kindness? If he did, what was he after?

"Elicia? Where are you?" Still, no reply. She started to panic and checked all over the house. She even checked outside to see if he'd run off down the streets. When Gracia finally came back, she was starting to cry out of worry. Her only concern became the safety of her child. She quickly started to think of places she hadn't checked yet. A smell wafted through the air. 'The kitchen!'

She ran into the kitchen and found Elicia sitting at the table stuffing her face with scrambled eggs.

"Hi, Mommy! Danny makes really good scrambled eggs!" Elicia smiled innocently. Her mother gave an exhausted sigh of relief and dropped herself in the kitchen chair. She glanced up when she heard a clang of a plate placed on the table. Danny was wearing her husband's pink "Kiss the Cook" apron and holding a spatula. He scratched the back of his head.

"I-I'm sorry if we scared you. Elicia said she was hungry and you were busy on the phone, so I thought I could…make breakfast?" He opened one eye to see what her reaction would be. He certainly hadn't expected Gracia to burst out laughing.

"Ha ha, you are a sweet kid, aren't you?" She asked wiping away her tears.

"I-I guess?" He was still shocked from her reaction.

"I just wasn't expecting the boy I took care of last night to make breakfast for me the next morning."

"I-It's just scrambled eggs… Nothing special. It's the only thing I can cook."

"Mommy! Eat your breakfast before it gets cold!" Elicia scolded her mother after eating the last of her eggs. She jumped out of her chair, thanked Danny for breakfast, and ran out to play.

Gracia took a bite of the scrambled eggs. "It's very delicious for someone who 'can't cook,'" she smiled. Danny smiled back as if passing some unspoken test. "Although, I would keep a close watch to what I was cooking."

"Huh? AH!" He whipped around, realizing that he was burning the eggs. He grabbed the pan and dropped it from the burn it gave him. He clutched his hand and ran it under cold water.

"Are you okay? Let me see it," Gracia exclaimed. Danny held out his hand to show her. "It's pretty bad. Does it still hurt?"

"I can live with it." He shut the water off and picked up the pan, with gloves this time. He turned off the stove and flipped the burnt eggs onto a plate.

"You don't have to eat that. I can make you another one."

"If I don't eat it, then it'll just be thrown away. And then this burn will be for nothing." He showed off his burn and smiled.

I'm so bad at ending chapters...

Paego - Unfortunately, Ed and Al won't come in for a while. But they are in here.

Animanga-smile14 - It's supposed to be like that. You only know what Danny knows.

The-Sponge-Who-Could-Fly - This will NOT be a crack fic, don't worry about that.