Beta: TaintedLetter

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1974 (60 years later)

In a large manor there hummed a young woman with brilliant emerald eyes and curly chocolate brown hair. She hummed as she painted a picture of a greenhouse she once knew, and remembered fond memories of old.

She was Lilliana Von Sovershenstvo, heiress and only granddaughter to the famous alchemist Dware Von Sovershenstvo.

Dware was a genius alchemist and one of only a handful of survivors of the fall of Amestris. The pale haired, golden-eyed man fled to Drachma with only his friend, Kimblee, and sought sanctuary. In exchange for protection and citizenship, Dware and Kimblee passed on Amestris alchemical teachings to their military and within a decade Dware became an integral and famous alchemist. He was nearly above reproach, and had such a powerful charisma about him. Drachma's czar adored him to no end, and it proved highly advantageous for Dware.

The fall of Amestris had shaken the world to its very core. Millions of lives taken in seemingly one night was… terrifying. The blame had been placed squarely on a powerful and dangerous fungi that had rapidly grown in the country. It was, thankfully, still contained in the country, but any unfortunate souls who ventured into Amestris to try and find out what happened were always contaminated and killed. It was believed that the fungus was the reason for the country's downfall.

It's not like anyone could claim otherwise, and the prominent survivors—such as Dware—said it was the fungi which had originated from a testing facility in Briggs.

The other famous survivor from Amestris in Drachma was a talented engineer known as Lacey Lue Lustavious. Her inventions put her on Drachma's high value targets, and when she began to make them weapons far superior than any other nation… She became invaluable.

She and Dware were both powerful figures in the nation. Enough so that the two "families" were sought after by hundreds of potential applicants for marriage.

Although no one was publically accepted into the family until their sudden grandchildren decades later.

Lilliana Von Sovershenstvo, as the prodigal granddaughter of Dware.

And Madson Salem Lustavious as the genius grandson of Lacey.

(While Father and Lust were setting up their ties in Drachma, Humility and Pride had toured Xing for a few decades to acquire unique ingredients for truly… world breaking experiments Humility and Father wanted to perform. They also wanted to study chi, and how the Xingese were able to detect their… less than human traits. It took time to find someone willing to teach them, and in doing so they learned how to repress their signature. A vital skill to hide in plain sight They were only able to finish up their tasks in time for Lust & Father to declare them their "grandchildren" instead of "children.")

The whole country trembled when the two were arranged to be wed, as it meant the unification of two terribly powerful families.

There was a knock at Lilliana's workroom, causing her to pause in her brushstroke and turn her head. She smiled with sweet adoration at her "husband" who quietly entered the room.

In public the two were the ideal couple.

In private the two were genuine best friends with a lethal obsession.

"The czar has officially decided for us to go to war," Madson said, a wicked smile on his face. "We're being called into action."

"Oh my," drawled out a gleefully malicious tone. "He's already wanting to expand Drachma this soon? Grandpapa will be delighted."

"Drachma is already twice the size Amestris was," Madson began, "and he wants it double what it is now. We have quite a lot of work ahead of us."

"It's a good thing we're prepared," she said, setting down her brush and glancing over at two well cared for rapiers that hung proudly on her workroom wall. "It's been ages since I was able to use these again."

"He'd be delighted, I'm sure," he told her, not unkindly.

"Yes," she murmured absently, brushing back her hair. "I suppose we should get packing, then… my dear Pride."

"Yes, Humility," he agreed, shadows stretching out and grinning at her. "It's time to hunt."

He offered his hand, and she accepted, humming a little song to herself.

They so did enjoy hunting.

End.

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And now for some bonuses I wanted to use but fucked up the story too much to do so! :D

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Bonus One:

Following the canonical episodes Emissary of Darkness / Oath in the Tunnel where Pride still had to fight Heinkel the lion chimaera.

Pride resisted the urge to sigh in bored annoyance as Heinkel continued to try his best to destroy his container. With there being zero light available Pride could not manifest his shadows, and so he had little choice but to accept the frantic beatings. Not that it really hurt him, his vessel did not feel pain and the chimera did too little damage to be worried.

He knew the light would become available sooner or later, and he had plenty of time to kill. His main targets couldn't get that far.

The opportunity arose when a couple of idiot humans—an unnecessary repetition, he knew—stumbled upon the attack with a lantner. Pride's shadows came forth and he knocked the lantern free from their grasp and lit the forest afire with it.

"Oh," Pride remarked, now observing that the chimaera attacking him was a lion hybrid. "Hmm. Lucky for you I won't kill you."

"Ehhh?"

"Ellie always wanted a pet cat," he mused. "But they can't be trained enough for me to tolerate their presence. You, though? You'd make a fine pet."

"The hell I will!" the lion chimera roared as Pride's shadows pierced his limbs in non-vital areas.

"Hush, hush, kitty," Pride dismissed, his lips curled back in a taunting smirk. "Your new master will treat you well."

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Bonus Two:

Following the canonical episode of The Return of the Fuhrer & Eternal Leave in which Fuhrer King Bradley has to fight off the Briggs soldiers, Greed, and Fu.

Wrath frowned in irritation upon seeing Greed enter the playing field. He shifted his weight, pulling out a small flat can from the prepared fanny pack he had tied around his waist. He popped open the lid, casually pulling out Elizabeth's handkerchief in his other pocket and dabbing the cloth into the waxy substance inside.

"Whatchya got there, Wrath?" Greed sneered, eyeing Wrath cautiously.

It was smart of no one to attack Wrath while he was preparing this. They were correct to assume he was in no way defenseless and misbelieving he had an opening would only get them killed.

Granted, letting him coat his sword like so was definitely not in their favor.

"My daughter is a touch paranoid when it comes to our safety," Wrath casually answered. "She set up multiple safe houses across Amestris for us to stock up on supplies. Before you quit, you remember what we told you happened to when she caught Envy?"

Greed grimaced.

Wrath smiled darkly, holding up his now toxic sword. "I have all of her toxins and more. One nick and you're dead, Greed."

Wrath almost wanted to howl with laughter as the blood drained away from Greed's face.

Toxins weren't the only thing he had. Blood pills, emergency medicine, grenades… yes, Wrath was well stocked for this mission thanks to Elizabeth.

It was a one way slaughter.

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Bonus Three:

In which the good guys won, Father died, and Pride was forced to start back over with no memories in his original container. This one bummed me out too much and I couldn't get very far.

Katherine Bradley hummed a sweet song as she carefully folded the pie dough. Her daughter, Elizabeth, was wiping flour off the toddler Selim.

"If you keep squirming you're going to have to take a bath," the teenager warned Selim.

"I hate baths," Selim muttered petulantly, his baby face scrunching up in an adorable fashion.

It made Elizabeth squeal in delight and kiss his cute little nose. "Ahh! You're too cute!"

"I'm not cute!" Selim whined. "Sto-o-op!"

"Never, ever," Elizabeth said, causing Katherine to giggle fondly at the two.

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Ta-da! That's it for this one. The weekly update challenge was certainly hard, but I'm so proud of myself for completing this story.

Thank you all who have followed / favorited / reviewed this story! It means a lot to me. :)

My next weekly update story will be Apex Predators - a parody Naruto and Hunter x Hunter crossover for those interested.

Answer: Omnipotent witch so I can cross dimensions into the Pokemon world.

Question: What would you do if you found yourself reborn as an Amestris noble around the same time was Edward & co?

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