The homunculus are on the rise in central city and it's up to Colonel Mustang to stop them and protect his team. But when they take someone precious to him, it is his team that will need to protect him from despair. Kind of a AU, I guess as it's set before brotherhood, but might stray from the main plot. Light touches of royai in later chapters. Rated T for blood and mild swearing.

What is beyond Skyloft's maps? When a insatiably curious knight-in-training and his equally curious crimson loftwing consider new possibilities, it leads them on an unauthorised adventure. The instructors are not happy.