✦Crystalline Times - Prologue

Edward yawned loudly as he stomps noisily towards Mustang's office with his brother in tow. He was rather excited, actually, but the mission he returned from last night had drained him dry of positive emotions. Physically, though. "Brother, I already told you to sleep instantly last night, didn't?" The echoing voice of Alphonse scolded lightly when he heard his older brother yawn.

Edward grumbled a small "yes" as he scratches his head sheepishly. The blonde was still a bit tired even though he had slept in. And the fact that he was called...a short sized material by a certain Colonel last night when he returned was also a reason he slept a bit later... Just memorizing that already made Edward pissed again.

As always,the blonde kicked open the door, now with new found energy. And it was worth it once hearing an annoyed growl from the 'Bastard Colonel' as Edward 'kindly' dubbed his superior. Mustang massaged his temples and said, "Did you have to kick open the door, Fullmetal? Unless you're size is a hindrance and lower body strength is needed?" Once he spoke the second sentence, the Flame Alchemist smirked, taunting tone etched in his voice.

Que ranting.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING A PINT SIZED MIDGET THAT CAN EVEN BE STEPPED ON BY AN ANT?!" Edward yelled, back to his normal energetic(?) self.

And of course Alphonse held his brother back from having Colonel's head dumped in his personal dumpster. "Lem'me go, Al! He deserves it! Lem'me go!" With his brother thrashing around, Alphonse sighed, exasperated. "Calm down, brother...he didn't mean it like that..."

"Of course he did! He's saying that I'm too small to even open the door!" The older of the brothers hissed. "Yes, Fullmetal, calm down. You do want to know where you'll be needed to go for the stone, yes?" The raven haired man said with a(suddenly) serious tone as his eye brow rose. Hearing those simple words were enough for Edward to calm down and shut up.

Alphonse slowly let go of his brother once he confirmed Edward won't try to murder their superior. Mustang beckoned for them to come in. Edward trudged in and settled on the couch while Alphonse closed the door behind him and stood next to the couch his brother sat. "Well?" The Fullmetal Alchemist inquired impatiently.

"It seems like there's also someone who can phase through almost anything." This piqued Edward's interest. A person who can phase through almost anything? Now that's just ridiculous.

"That someone who saw it is probably delusional or drunk. It's not-" "You're already assigned to investigate, Fullmetal." The golden eyed boy growled and glared icily at the Colonel. The bastard just knew full well in how to push his buttons. He's got no time to investigate superstitions that aren't true, he needs to get his and Al's body back. Well, at least his brother's body.

Edward glared at his superior for a few more minutes, the Colonel not backing down. Until the teen gave in, "Fine. But you owe me big time, bastard!" before standing up and dismissing himself, with Alphonse left to ask for where to go, apologize and close the door behind him.

Mustang only stared anxiously at the door where his subordinate exited. He cared like a father Edward never had.

"Stupid bastard, assigning me on a mission without me knowing..." Edward kept muttering incoherent words as he glared outside the window of the train he and Alphonse boarded. The younger brother stared anxiously as much as an armor could at his pissed off brother. 'I know the only reason he's reluctant to do this mission is because he wants to get our bodies back...but...I'm worried...He hasn't managed to get enough sleep lately and...' Alphonse's worried thoughts were put to a stop as he heard a soft snore from his brother. Focusing on Edward, the soul bounded armor chuckled at his brother's antics. Edward may have matured a whole lot, but he's still a kid.

"Ahh...I'm already hungry..." Edward whined once they got off the train station with his brother. "Why didn't you get breakfast before we left, brother?" Alphonse sighed, his brother is older than him, but it seems some things just don't change. "That bastard pissed me off that I forgotten my breakfast!" Edward yelled, then his stomach grumbled and Edward instantly dropped to the ground. "Ahh! Brother!" "So...hungry..."

Edward sighed contently as he patted his full stomach with his auto mail hand covered with a white glove. "That felt better..." Edward mumbled, taking out a few dollars* out of his pocket and nonchalantly giving it to a random worker of the restaurant. Alphonse sighed. "Don't do that ever again, brother, it scared me." He said, getting up from the chair, followed by Edward who mumbled a soft "sorry".

While walking, they(sadly) coincidentally ran into their...teacher...and Sig.

"Sent on another mission, hm, Edward...?" Izumi greeted, rather creepily. Both Alphonse and Edward shrank under Izumi's piercing eyes. "Ye-yeah..." The short teen squeaked out. If there were anyone to scare him who he had a good(?) acquaintance with would be his and Al's teacher...followed by Riza.

Izumi spared another sharp glare at the brother's way before sighing. "Be careful, okay?" Their teacher said softly, eyes now holding a motherly shine for the two. "Ah...sure teacher..." Edward muttered softly, slumping his shoulders slightly, glancing to the right, avoiding eye contact with both Izumi and his brother.

"Yeah, we'll be fine! With your teachings, both me and brother will surely get our body back!" Edward heard his brother's determine reply to Izumi's plead. The blonde quietly winced and clenched his automail hand. He promised Al they were gonna get their bodies back, and it'll happen. He just has to finish this troublesome mission, prove the Colonel that no one can phase through anything, and they're back on track.

"How troublesome, R..d... We became messengers for the Ho...culi and The ..rl, rather boring I must say..." A voice said. Edward's eyes instantly sharpened and searched for the source of the voice once he heard 'Homunculi'. "Well, at least that fat one was a bit fun, ne, ..ki~?" A sing-song childish voice said. 'There!' He thought triumphantly as he spotted a man with curly black hair, wearing...thick glasses, a white long sleeve shirt with suspenders and black pants, a cigarette between his lips talking with a young girl with spiky dark bluish hair, dark blue eyes, wearing a frilly white dress shirt, a red ribbon neatly tied by her neck, short black frilly skirt and black&pink striped stockings swinging a...pink umbrella with a pumpkin on top...?

The two were about to round up to an alleyway and Edward checked back to see his brother, teacher and her husband glancing away from him at something...unimportant. So Edward quickly moved through the crowded streets towards the two mysterious people, muttering soft "sorry"s along the way.

"Ed?!" Alphonse's hollow voice yelled out for his missing brother once he noticed his absence.

The teen was already through the crowd and was shadowing the two people when he heard his brother's desperate calls; he glanced back and muttered a soft "sorry" before continuing with following the raven head and the young girl. They rounded a dark corner, Edward following them quietly. Well, Edward was following them until he rounded the corner saw nothing. No one. Not a single breath but his own. 'They disappeared? No, there has to be an explanation...maybe they noticed me and hid...? Or maybe...-' "Maa, Tyki~ Look~! Someone was trying to tail us~!" Edward snapped out of his assumptions when he heard the voice of the young girl.

The teen clapped his hands and transmuted his right arm into its usual blade, and glanced back, expecting to meet glasses and blue eyed. But instead,

He met two pairs of glaring golden eyes piercing him.

Preview✦

[Allen: Edward here seems to have attracted unwanted attention. And unwanted is rather terrible...]

"Maa, Tyki, don't take all the fun~...How about we send him in my dreamworld and while that we can drop him in our world~? Wouldn't it be more fun to see him suffer along more people, Tyki~?" The grey skinned girl asked her male companion, licking her lollipop casually.

"It would be more fun..." Tyki considered it as he smirked and retracted his Tease.

[Edward: Hmm...This chapter is also when me and Allen meet...and...]

"Huh?" The whitette rolled his eyes at the blonde.

"I asked in whether are you alright?" The silver eyed teen asked again, right arm extended to help the blonde up. "Ah...yeah. I'm fine, absolutely fine..." The golden eyed boy replied, excepting the outstretched hand.

[Edward&Allen: Akumas...]

Edward was abruptly shoved behind Allen, "You can't save it like that, remember?!" The whitette reminded the blonde.

"It's useless!"

An imaginary rock with the word "useless" written on it fell on top of Edward. 'I think I finally understand how he feels, now...' The blonde thought miserably, memorizing the time Riza called Mustang useless...

[Edward&Allen: Next on Crystalline Times - Midst of Dimensions]

[Pitiful Akuma, let your soul be saved!]

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[The preview is slightly different. Due to the fact I mistaken episode 1 and 2 of dgm anime...but it's fixed now...]