OwlCookies: im back with chapter 3! :D you know? I think it's a waste of time, to indent my paragraphs wen it dusnt even show it on fanfiction… oh well

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Alice looked out the window of the train and watched the hills and mountains roll by. Her forehead pressed against the window as she sighed in boredom. She began to bang her head on the window.

"Trains are boring," she groaned.

The train began to rumble causing Alice's head to bang against the window as it vibrated.

"Ow…" she moaned. "Are we there yet?"

It depends, will you complain if I say no?

"Yes."

Then I don't have an answer for you

"This sucks. How can people stay on trains like this for such a long time! It's… It's stupid!"

What's stupid is how you complain a lot.

"Then tell me miss emotionless, how are you not bored?" Alice challenged.

I'm not because your complaints are very entertaining.

Alice huffed and stopped complaining.

Riza began to chuckle softly.

"What are you laughing about?" Alice grumbled.

Nothing. Any humor whatsoever had disappeared from her voice.

Alice was about to complain but bit her lip to stop herself for doing so. "What did the Elric brothers do all day when they were in a train?" she asked instead.

I wouldn't know. I never traveled with them, Riza replied.

"Well, what would you do?"

What I'm doing right now.

"And that would be..?"

Nothing.

"That's it," Alice grumbled in annoyance. "You won the title of the most boring person ever."

Call me dead all you want, but the least you could do is respect the dead.

"Sorry," she grumbled, still annoyed.

"Excuse me miss," a voice said politely.

Alice looked up at the voice and saw the ticket master standing there.

"I'm here to collect your ticket."

"Oh, ok," she mumbled as she reached in her pocket and pulled out the train ticket.

"This is a bit personal but, who were you talking to?"

Alice froze and sweat dropped. "I-I I'm trying to practice my lines for this play my school is going to do. I lost the paper so I'm just trying to recall all the lines I've already memorized."

The ticket master chuckled. "Oh, for a second there, I thought maybe you were mental."

Alice grinned cheesily and laughed along with him. "Yeah… wouldn't that be funny…" When he left, she sweat dropped again.

"I think I saw my life flash in front of my eyes right there," she gawked, still grinning cheesily.

That was a good act, Riza complimented.

"Oh gee thanks."

The train began to rumble roughly now.

"Riza, is something wrong with the train?" Alice whispered quietly for only herself to hear.

I wouldn't know. Why? Is something wrong?

"The train is rumbling. Like, A LOT," she replied.

Trains usually do that, Riza assured.

"No, well it's-" Alice froze. "Riza… if I die, I'm blaming you."

What are you talking about?

Immediately after she said that, giant booms were heard and the train rippled to a halt, toppling over. Everything Alice was just a blur as the train went in circles. Fire blazed in front of her eyes and she heard a scream. It could have been her, or maybe it was someone else. Something hit her head and roaring pain coursed through her whole being. Red dripped down her face and slowly, everything faded into nothing.

….

Ugh… What happened? Alice moaned in great pain. She looked around and realized that she had no control over her body. WHAT THE HECK? WHY CAN'T I MOVE? Alice heard a soft groan. It seemed to have come from her body. What..?

She looked around and realized she must be in a dream.

How did I get here? she asked herself. AND WHY CAN'T I SAY ANYTHING OUTLOUD?

Her body was lying on the ground; a warm feeling of happiness was everywhere.

"Riza!" a voice called sternly.

Suddenly, it hit her. Memories of the train and Riza flashed through her mind. But, how had Riza taken over her body so quickly? Why did she do it? Why was Alice seeing Riza's dream?

"Coming Father!" Riza called back, her happiness hadn't disappeared.

She skipped over to a house that wasn't taken care of very well. Inside, her father was waiting.

"I've completed my research," he told her. "I just need to hide it somewhere safe. Do you think you can help me, Riza?"

Riza looked at him curiously. "Where are you going to hide it, father?" she asked.

"On your back."

What!

The scene switched from that to probably a few years later.

Riza didn't seem too happy. Alice felt like her back was on fire.

Ouch! Why am I affected too?

She was sitting down on the floor, her back facing someone. Alice realized, that behind her, was the colonel.

"Riza?" he asked softly. "Are you ok?" he was frowning in regret. "D-Did I hurt you?"

Tears streamed down Riza's face. "N-No, I'm ok," she choked out despite the great pain.

"Do you want me to stop?"

Riza's head turned around as she looked at him angrily. "I told you to deface my back."

Roy trembled as Riza turned back. He snapped his fingers.

Alice screamed. But Riza, how could she be so strong? She just slightly winced.

"I-I… I burned the important parts to your back…" Roy murmured.

"Thank you…" Riza whispered.

….

W-Why the heck did I just see all that? Alice gasped. This time instead, it wasn't Riza's dream or who's ever it was. She was in the hospital. Yoohoo! Riza? You there? Wanna reply any time soon? Don't tell me you're in a coma. Hello? Are you awake?

"Sh…ut… uh…p…" Riza groaned softly.

Yeah well… Alice's voice grew softer as she remember that Riza had probably taken more of the impact. Ok… sorry… Why did you do it, Riza? To sacrifice yourself? Instead of me being in an enormous pain, it's you instead.

Riza opened her eyes slightly and used her arms to help herself sit up, wincing in pain the whole time.

"You don't need to know," she replied quietly.

I want to know the reason. After I was…a uhm…

"Yes?"

…a… jerk…

"Consider yourself forgiven," Riza told her.

You saved me to punish yourself for what happened in Ishbal, right? You took my pain as your own so you could suffer. To atone for your sins.

"Deceptive I see."

Geez, that's all. I feel bad now.

"No. That isn't."

Which happens to be…?

"…" she paused.

…Continue…?

"If you died or got hurt, it would take longer for me to see the colonel again," Riza replied. "But that's not the only reason. I protected you, so you could be happy. You wouldn't know true pain. You're too young to know what that is and in fact, you shouldn't know what it is unless you're in the military."

I see… But now you made me feel bad…and jerky… like beef jerky. Only, beef jerky tastes good. Alice muttered.

"It's no trouble," she assured.

No trouble my butt! You're probably hurting more than I am and you're just lying there in a hospital bed! You know how boring that is?

"If you don't accept that I forgave you, I'll make you feel like you're the stupidest person alive," Riza threatened.

UHM...ok…

Riza sighed in relief.

The doctor walked in looking very suspicious. "Why are you talking to yourself?" he asked.

Riza looked at him calmly, and in her boring tone, she replied, "I'm practicing for a play."

The doctor chuckled. "Oh I see, for a second there, I thought you may have brain damage!"

Both Riza and Alice sweat dropped.

You don't know the half of it, Alice muttered.

"I'm amazed thought," the doctor told her, sitting down on a nearby chair. "Despite that huge train accident, you haven't suffered from any permanent damage. And for your concussion, it wasn't even serious! You might even be discharged soon. Consider yourselves lucky!"

Riza's eyes opened wider. "Yourselves? What are you talking about?"

He chuckled and playfully hit his head. "Silly me. Yesterday when I checked on you, I could have sworn I saw two shadows from you. I was probably imagining it."

Softly, Riza chuckled with him.

That's not good. That's REALLY NOT GOOD! Alice exclaimed already panicking.

Don't panic. Riza simply ordered.

"By two shadows, what did you mean?" she asked the doctor.

"You're curious about hallucinations?"

"Oh yes. I find them fun to think about," Riza smiled.

What are you getting at?

Shut up and let me focus.

"I saw one sleeping and the other one trying to wake the first one up. It was funny thought, the sleeping one seemed to be and older and bigger version of the one trying to wake it up," the doctor explained to her.

Riza nodded. "Thank you for telling me."

"You're welcome. I'll be on my way; there have been a lot of patients lately." He got up and left.

"Damn it that's not good," Riza said with her teeth gritted.

You can say that again. How are we going to figure this out? Two shadows, go figure. There are two people inhabiting my body.

"It could have just been a coincidence. But if anyone were to figure that out, they might not have let it go as easily as the doctor had."

I can see your point. So what are we going to do?

"I don't know, Alice."

Can't we ask someone?

"And risk people finding out about us?"

You can't even tell your grandfather?

"No. I can't even tell him."

Alice groaned. This isn't good.

…A Few Days Later…

"Take care of yourself Alice," the doctor commented, then chuckled. "And I hope you get that part you wanted in that play."

Riza smiled and nodded. "Thank you." She walked away.

Can I have my body back?

"Oh yes. I forgot about you."

WHAT?

"I was joking."

Alice huffed. I really don't know when to take you seriously or not. You're just a complete mystery.

Her body began to tingle.

I'm not always serious, you know, Riza told her.

"You could have said that before," Alice groaned.

It doesn't matter now. It was just a joke. Where are we going to go now?

"Well, according to this map," Alice started. She pointed to the giant map that was posted on a wooden board. "We're really close to Central. So I think I can just walk the rest of the way. Maybe, I…" She shook her head. "No, maybe not."

Are you giving up on her?

"No it's just that…" Alice looked down and frowned. "That little spark is starting to die out. I'm doing something else and I'm getting so far away from what I want to do…" she trailed off.

Riza was silent.

Alice put her hands in her pockets and began walking. Soon, her stomach grumbled and she put her hand to it.

"I don't think I remember the last time I ate," she mumbled.

In desperation to get the slightest bit of food, she went to the nearest person, tried to look small and cute, and tugged on the sleeve.

"Excuse me miss," she squeaked. "Can you please spare a little bit of food for me?" Alice looked so small and innocent.

The woman turned around. She too looked hungry. But she nodded and gave her a piece of bread. "In return for this, will you do something for me?"

Alice nodded. "Of course."

In her arms was a small boy. "Can you please take care of my son? My time is nearing and I'm afraid that when I die, he'll be abandoned."

Her eyes opened wide in shock as she nodded again and took the little boy. "What's his name?"

"His name is Andrew. Please take care of him, as if he were your little brother," the woman begged.

Alice nodded. "I will. I'll make sure he grows up to be a great person."

The woman collapsed, her mouth twitched to a smile. Alice looked down horrified.

"Miss!" Alice gasped.

She reached out with an arm and touched Alice's arm. "Thank you… Alice…" The woman then died.

"H-How did you know my name?" Alice whispered, baffled.

Little Andrew tugged on Alice's sleeve. "Alice, did mummy go to hell?"

"What? Of course not!"

He tugged harder. "But she killed lotsa people inna war. She killed lotsa people."

"What do you mean? Why did she kill people?" Alice asked.

"Shesa soldier. She killed losta people inna war," Andrew replied.

"What war?"

"Da Ishbal war."

Riza's silence broke. What?

"W-What's your mommy's name?"

"Daniela Clarke."

Captain Clarke? Riza gasped. They said she died in the war! How is that possible?

"Did she kill a lot of Ishbalans?"

"Yeah. But she also killed losta soldiers n animals n stuff."

"C…C'mon Andrew. Let's go," Alice told the boy, tugging his arm distractedly.

As they continued to walk, Andrew kept babbling on and on about all the horrors his mother did.

"Mummy said that the military didn't like her. She saids that they made her go bye and bye and lied that she died. Mummy hid here instead where refugees always hide. She killed lotsa people. She killed generals too. But mummy said she liked to kill the new soldiers. Mummy said there was this soldier who looked like you. Mummy said she almost killed that soldier. Mummy said she wanted to kill you. Mummy knows who you are. Mummy likes to kill people."

"Andrew!" Alice trembled. "How does your mother know me?"

Andrew looked up at her, his gray eyes clouded and emotionless. "Mummy said that she finally got to kill Riza Hawkeye. Mummy said that she made Roy Mustang do human transmutation. Mummy said that. Mummy said that she killed your mummy and daddy. Mummy said that back then, she used to look like a boy. Mummy saids so. Mummy said she took me from a different mummy and daddy. Mummy saids she took me away from you."

You never told me you knew him.

I didn't think it mattered.

It matters now.

You didn't tell me everything either. I know you didn't. Why should I?

That murderer took him! Now she's dead, EVERYTHING matters now.

You don't care.

What are you talking about?

You're more concerned about what you want to do. You don't care that I want to see Tiffany.

You know that's not true!

Alice ignored everything Riza said.

Alice! Listen to me!

"What else did your mother say?" Alice asked.

"Mummy saids that she knows about you and Riza Hawkeye. Mummy saids that she knows where Tiffany is. Mummy knows everything. Mummy saids so," Andrew continued.

"Where is Tiffany?"

"Mummy saids that she was in Central City. Mummy saids that Tiffany doesn't like you. Mummy saids that if you want Tiffany to like you, you have to kill Tiffany's fake mummy and daddy. Mummy saids that if you want revenge, you have to kill the bad people. Mummy saids that."

Don't listen to him Alice! He's trying to get you to kill people! Don't be a murderer!

"Mummy saids that she knows Riza is being a meanie to you. Mummy saids that she knows Riza is using you. Mummy saids that she knows Riza doesn't care about what happens to you. Mummy knows what she saids."

Alice! You know that' s not true! He's trying to pry at your inner weakness! Don't give in to it!

"Mummy saids that."

"Take me to Tiffany."

"Mummy saids that."

"Where is Tiffany?"

"Mummy saids that."

"Where is Tiffany?"

"Mummy saids that."

"TELL ME DAMN IT! WHERE THE HELL IS TIFFANY?" Alice screamed.

"Mummy tolds you. Tiffany is in Central City. Mummy saids so. Wasn't you listening?"

Alice, calm down.

You want me to calm down? Who are YOU to tell me what to do?

Her body began to tingle.

Don't you dare.

Alice, I need to get you away from him. He's messing with your mind.

Riza walked straight away from Andrew.

"Mummy tolds Alice to treat me like a brother. Riza is interfering with what Mummy saids. Andrew doesn't like that," Andrew called to Riza.

"Tch." Riza looked back slightly and saw Andrew standing there, his eyes seemed to be glowing red. "Go away."

"Mummy saids that Riza is pestering. Mummy saids that she can't let Riza go to Roy. Mummys saids she wants to kill Riza for good." Andrew reached behind him and pulled out a knife. "Mummy saids you has to die."

Riza's eyes opened wide. "You're going to hurt the girl."

"Mummy doesn't care. Mummy wants Riza dead. Mummy wanted the alchemy but Riza or Riza's daddy wouldn't give it to mummy. Riza must pay."

Little Andrew charged at Riza, knife in hand. When he got close enough, he tried stabbing her. Trying to dodge it, Riza accidentally tripped. She was on the ground while blood thirsty Andrew was ready with a knife.

"Damn it, I need a gun!" she hissed.

You're going to kill him? You monster! Alice growled.

"Alice! What are you talking about! I'm saving your life!"

I don't need saving!

Riza felt a tingling sensation. "Damn it!"

Alice! What are you doing?

Andrew licked his lips. "Mummys saids shes happy that Alice made Riza mad. Mummys saids that Andrew still needs to kill Riza." He raised his knife.

Alice stood up and did the first thing that came to mind. Run.

"Mummy saids that Alice can't run forever."

Alice you idiot! What are you doing!

"Shut up! I don't need you!"

Alice felt that familiar tingling feeling on her legs. She stopped running. "Damn it! Let go of me!" Alice looked down at her shadow and saw Riza grabbing onto her legs so they wouldn't move.

No! You don't understand what you're doing! Andrew is trying to play with your head! Toying with your mind!

"He may be doing that, but he's right when he said that you don't care about Tiffany!" Alice growled.

You know that's not true! Being a part of you, I understand fully! But maybe it's YOU who doesn't understand. This goes all the back to when Tiffany was taken away! Ms. Barnes wasn't being selfish! She was only thinking about Tiffany's happiness! She WANTED Tiffany to be adopted so she would know the joy of having parents! You were the selfish one, you thought about just the two of you! You knew the joy of having parents. Tiffany never did! Take a good look at yourself before you continue! You're desperate, angry, you want revenge, but is this the Alice that Tiffany remembers? I don't think so. Pull yourself out of this madness! I can only but help you.

Alice stopped and collapsed to her knees and cried.

Riza sighed in relief. Let me help you.

Alice nodded. She then felt the tingling feeling.

Riza turned around and faced Andrew.

"Mummy saids that she's angry. Mummy saids that she's very angry. Mummy saids that Riza has to die."

Andrew held out the knife and tried stabbing Riza. She quickly dodged and grabbed his arm to immobilize the weapon.

"Who are you, really?" Riza asked.

He chuckled softly. Then it became louder and more menacing. "I am Andrew of course! Did you not listen to what I said earlier? Are you def Hawkeye?"

"Why are you doing this?"

Andrew laughed some more. "Why? Simply because, I enjoy watching you worms die."

"Are you a… homunculus?" Riza asked cautiously.

He laughed. "The name's Malice, Hawkeye. Nice to meet you. And my mother she isn't a homunculus like me. She's just a mere and weak human. But I must give her credit, killing all those people."

Riza stayed silent but held his arm in a more firm grasp.

"Cat got your tongue?" Malice snorted. "Or are you think of many more ways to kill me? I'm positive you'll enjoy slicing my own knife across my throat just as Clarke had to you. Wouldn't you? Just like you shot all those people in Ishbal! You'll have great fun wont yo-"

"No," Riza simply replied. "I'm not going to kill you with cold blood. I'm not going to do that."

"Oh? Then how do you plan to dispose of me? No matter how many times you take my weapon, I will always get another one."

"If you so desperately want me to kill you, give me a gun."

Malice laughed evilly as a gun appeared in his free hand. Riza took it and pointed to his head.

"I'm not going kill you for revenge. I'm killing you to protect others. So you can't hurt other people."

Riza pulled the trigged. Malice laughed harder as his own blood splattered the ground.

"Doesn't it feel great to be killing someone as monstrous as me?"

She kept firing at him until finally he collapsed on the ground and started to disappear.

Malice chuckled as he took his last breath. "I wish you two a terrible life," he chuckled. And he disappeared completely…

Riza wiped any finger prints from the gun and then dropped it.

"Are you ok, Alice?" she asked.

Yeah… Alice murmured in response.

"Do you want your body back?"

I'm not in the mood…

"Not in the mood to use your body?" Riza chuckled lightly, trying to lift Alice's mood. "That's funny.

Alice made no comment.

She began to walk away to the direction of Central City. Sunset was nearing. The sky, a shade of blood red, purple, and gold.

"It seems now, that who we thought was a male murderer, turned out to be female," Riza murmured.

What other surprises await us? Alice sighed.

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OwlCookies: haha tht was a total twist huh! Ok… yea… I don't have much to say anymore but…. Uhm… review? Plz? :3 pretty plz?