Chapter 4

(Back Flash)

Alphonse looked over at his brother at breakfast the next mourning; his brother seemed to be staring at Daniel oddly as the master's heir poked at his fried eggs and hash browns. Vlad seemed more or less not concerned that his son wasn't eating what was on his plate.

"Is something wrong Brother?" Al asked.

"Nothings wrong" Edward said

"Oh how did you like the libraries?" Vlad asked. "I wish I had more to offer but the state will only allow me to keep certain research books the more advanced knowledge is at Central Library"

"It was amazing" Ed gasped remembering all those books.

"He probably didn't even sleep last night" Al chuckled, "He probably read all night"

"I like a boy who's thirsting for knowledge" Vlad said, "Now is there anything else you require?"

"No..." Edward said, "Uh Mr. Masters you said that Daniel was your son right?"

"What would make you think otherwise Edward?" Vlad asked and looking over to Daniel who stood up.

"Excuse me I don't feel well" He said and walked off after bowing.

Edward watched as Daniel exited the room, he was looking paler and sickly looking then he did when he opened the door. His eyes then turned back to Al who also got up.

"Oh please I have to apologize for my son" Vlad said, 'He isn't very healthy you see, been sickly since he was a child. Some mornings he just can't seem to keep anything down"

"Have you had the doctors at Central look at him?" Al asked.

"I'm afraid they can't cure him it's one of those things you just have to live with" Vlad sighed, "Now then enough of this. Why don't I give you the research books that I've written so far so you can file up your report"

"Yea I think that's a good idea" Ed said, "We don't wanna waste too much of your time"

"Oh my boy it's no trouble what so ever in fact I should be honored just to have you coming to my estate" Vlad said, 'The sons of Hoinhiem of light"

Edward's eyes then narrowed while if Al had eyes they would widen greatly.

"You knew dad?" Al asked.

"Yes I knew him back in my younger day, a very gifted alchemist" Vlad said, "And his sons have been just as gifted"

"He wasn't great, he was a bastard that's all he ever was" Ed said and stomped off.

"Please forgive brother he's just a little sensitive on the subject" Alphonse said bowing.

Alphonse left the dinning room and went out into the hall. He then looked around and found Edward in one of many studies at a phone.

"Who are you calling brother" Al asked.

"I'm calling Central" Edward said, "Oh yes operator can you connect me to Central Army HQ investigation branch please"

"Why are you calling there?" Al asked.

"Shh I'm on the phone I'll tell you later" Edward said and heard the phone being picked up on the other end.

"Ello Central Headquarters investigation department how may I help you?" The voice asked.

"Hey Hughes is that you?" Ed asked.

"Ed that you, hey I heard you got sent off old man masters place he was creepy in person or just from a distance" Hughes chuckling, 'Oh did I mention Elisa finally started dancing, I swear she's gonna be a dancer the way she moves around like that on those two little feet"

"Hughes" Ed groaned.

"And Gracia is getting even sexier as the days pass I swear she's more of a love goddess now then when she was pregnant" Hughes said, 'I'll have her make you both a dinner when you guys get back to central"

"Sigh" Ed groaned, his kid was cute and all but did he have to brag about his family this you could never get a word in when he went on about it. 'Hughes I need a favor"

"Huh what about?" Hughes asked finally stopping to let Edward get a word in.

"What all did you know about Daniel Masters?" Edward asked.

"Who?" Hughes asked.

"You know Masters kid he's all sick and stuff, but I think something else is going on here" Edward said.

"Ed you have to mistaken Masters doesn't have any kid's" Hughes said. "He's a widower"

"A widower?" Edward asked.

"Yea I thought you knew that by now" Hughes said, "Guys a lonely, scary dude ever since he lost his wife and son in that accident few years back"

"Are you sure?" Ed asked.

"Yea I mean everyone knows about Vlad Masters life, he was a state alchemist who had a loving family and was a great husband apparently but he liked to do all these funny research the state wanted him to do" Hughes said, "One night few years back, a part of his house apparently exploded when he was off doing something at a nearby town. Kid and wife died in the explosion"

Ed then hung up the phone.

"What's wrong brother?" Al asked.

"That kid isn't Daniel Masters" Ed said, "I dunno what he is but he isn't vlad's son. The real Daniel masters and his mom died in an explosion years ago"

"But brother if he isn't Daniel masters then who is he?" Al asked.

"I was hoping you both wouldn't find out" a voice said and they turned to see Vlad standing there. 'But what can I expect from his children"

"What the hell is going on here Master's!" Ed screamed.

"I would ask you the same question I wondered about it for awhile but it wasn't very hard for a great mind like mine to figure out" Vlad said walking closer towards them, "The Full Metal Alchemist what an interesting name, and then I found your walking was a different then a normal persons would be, it dawned on me that you have an automail leg and arm. Then your brother a perfect soul transfer to armor, you both intrigued me so much. So many secrets and unanswered questions"

"What's all this about?" Alphonse asked.

"Oh it's really none of your concern" Vlad said and held up his hands revealing a rice with an alchemist symbol on it. "After all you both are never going to my estate I'll say it was a horrible accident, you two tried something with my research as curious children would and it resulted in your deaths"

"Your smart but yer nothing more then a psychopath" Edward said.

'Actually" A voice said and suddenly a person phased through the walls.

Daniel smiled as he looked at them both, his hair was hanging down loosely over his shoulders and he wore a black sleeveless shirt with matching pants. His eyes gazing at them madly and a smirk overcoming his lips.

"None of you are going anywhere"

(End Back Flash)

"What a disaster last night was" Edward groaned, this entire town was a heap of nutcases and somehow they were pulling off this big con, a very real con. "What idiots carry laser guns and fire them in there own house with guests"

Ed sat down in the teacher's lounge which was quickly fixed; he put his suitcase down and groaned as he picked up the newspaper.

"Heard you had some trouble at the Fenton's last night" Lancer said coming over and offering him a cup of coffee.

"Thanks and how did you know?" Ed asked taking the coffee.

"Word of ghost attacks travel fast round this town especially if they result in the Fenton's home" Lancer said.

"Bunch of lunatics" Edward said and looked at the newspaper.

Once more Danny Phantom was on the front page, this time fighting off a bunch of animal like ghosts in the streets. The headline read "Phantom stops Animal Ghosts and saves local ghost hunter"

Well that would explain why Valerie Grey looked as if she was gonna kill while coming out of the building this mourning. He started to think for a moment of the memory he had just thought of and then for some reason his head kept thinking him back to the fenton disaster last night. He then realized he hadn't seen the boy, Danny at all in that time.

He replayed the moment in his mind; first he had met the parents and jazz. Still no brother.

Then Manson and Foley had showed up and gone upstairs.

Then someone screamed and phantom came falling right onto his brother's lap.

Then he remembered back to the way Daniel could phase through objects, his eyes went wide and he leaped from the coach spilling his coffee on the floor and rushed out the door, leaving a bewildered lancer sitting there alone.

"That has to be it!!" Ed gasped running through the hallways, "it's the only logical explanation, somehow Daniel how through the gate to here..."

Danny Fenton meanwhile was being smacked on the arm b y Sam after he fell asleep standing near his locker.

"Gah oh thanks" Danny said yawning.

"I heard about the ghosts last night" Sam said, "God first skulker then animal ghosts and the box ghost"

"I didn't get any sleep at all, maybe 2 hours but that's about it" Danny said and yawned. 'Maybe I should have stayed home and said I was sick"

"Yea you look as if yer gonna just collapse man" Tucker said looking up from his PDA, 'Oh did you remember to study for the test today?"

"Tucker when the hell did I get time to study for a test in-between fighting ghosts, trying to sleep and making sure that idiot teacher and my parents didn't get turned into pelts by skulker?" Danny asked.

"Maybe you should call yer parents and have em come pick you up" Sam said, "Just say yer sick"

"Yea good idea" Danny said and rubbed his eyes then yawned. "If I fall asleep in class again I'm gonna have detention even after I graduate"

That's when they saw Mr. Elric come running through the hallways.

"Wow where's off to in a rush?" Sam asked and suddenly realized the new science teacher was heading over towards him.

Edward stopped and then looked a Daniel; he looked the boy over from top to bottom and got weird looks from the Goth and techno geek. Could he be hiding his symbol over clothes maybe, maybe it was in a place easily hid.

"Uh...what are you doing?" Danny asked and Edward poked em in the arm.

"Weird much?" Sam asked.

"A hem" Ed said realizing people were staring, 'I need to see you in the class about yer failing grades now alone Mr. Fenton"

"Urg" Danny groaned again with his grades, wasn't his fault the smart gene missed a generation.

"Now Mr. Fenton" Al said.

Danny followed Edward into the science room, where he heard Mr. Elric lock the door behind him and lower the curtain on the door window. Something was wrong; his senses were telling him that danger was near.

"I don't know just how you managed to do it" Edward said, 'But it's obvious just who you are"

"Huh...uh I don't know what you mean" Danny said starting to get nerveous and wanting to phase through the floor.

"It was really simple to figure out" Edward said, "At first I thought you just looked like him but somehow you're able to change year appearance and turn into him"

Danny didn't know what to say, could it be that his science teacher knew his secret.

"In this world alchemy is impossible to do, yet you manage still to use yer freaky powers unlike envy who was stuck in the form he chose when he got to this side of the gate"

"Gate what are you talking about?" Danny asked walking backwards.

"I know just what you are, Homunculi" Ed said.

"Huh?" Danny asked, "Hommo what?"

That's when suddenly Danny's ghost sense went off. Without a moment to spare Danny grabbed Edward and smashed him to the floor as the wall was smashed out from the school.

The angry eyes belonging to a huge black dragon came into the class, along with a long mouth containing a set of huge teeth.

"Aragon" Danny gasped.

Wow could it be a new chapter this soon??? Btw a lot of questions are gonna be answered the next chapter like if Edward can do alchemy. So stay tuned and find out.

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