"That's exactly what I'm counting on asshole." Ed said as he let out a sigh afterwards.

At once a screen popped into existence right in front of Ed with a very concerned looking Celestia and Luna. Both of them began.

"[Edward!?]" In union.

Ed just groaned before replying. "Hey Luna, I really like the realism, it's almost like magic hehe" Ed said before he spat out a little blood in his mouth.

"[Hold on I can heal you up an turn off the pain]" Luna said before Ed replied. "No, don't"

Luna was dumbfounded while Celestia raised an eyebrow. "[I don't understand]" Luna said as she did something on the computer unseen by Ed. "[Why not?]"

Ed just breathed out another sigh trying to dull out the pain. "Just leave the pain on and don't help, I just wanna know some stuff, how well is the processing, how's the map, are the other teams getting captured like me too, and also how many viewers do I have."

Luna did some more stuff on her computer while Celestia stood in the background, she looked like she was going to say something but Luna beat her too it. "[The processing is at 30 percent, the map is running amazingly, no one else is getting captured like this, for some reason they only captured you after you said something to the pirate, and you have about half the viewers watching this event... are you sure about the pain?]" Luna asked one more time concerned.

Ed shook his head. "No, my teacher sure as hell didn't raise no bitch, oh, is anyone else using the real pain setting too?" Ed asked as he began regain his senses.

"[Just one other person, Vinyl Scratch, but we have to let you go, the pirate that left that knife is sending someone to...]" Luna trailed off as Ed got the hint.

"I'll be fine, just uh, try to make sure there aren't any kids watching this okay Luna" Ed said as he looked to Luna on the screen.

Luna nodded as Ed looked to Celestia as she waved bye. Ed just smiled as he screen closed and disappeared.

With them gone Ed let out a big breath of air. He started to focus on waking up because right now he was still very much out of it. The drug was still in him and he needed to wear it off or else he wasn't going anywhere. So he focused on the pain of the knife in his leg. He knew it hurt, he knew his face hurt, but know he needed to know where he was and what he could do. Slowly he started to piece together things, he wasn't standing but actually sitting. His hands were tied and nothing else. His hands were behind a chair making it easy for him to escape. The floor was moving for some reason. A truck? No he had to be on a train or a plane. There's a train on the island, he's probably on the train. Easy escape, No, he has to get his watch back.

His senses came back to him more and more as a bump woke him up as the train seemed to jump for a moment making his knee move and the blade hurt a little more. His sight began work as he saw a metal table, the door more clearly, a metal window nearby the door. That was all that was in the room besides him the chair. He looked again as he saw some stuff on the table, some rope with a hook at the end of it, and a metal pipe. There was some playing cards but it looked like there wasn't a whole set on the table. Eventually his hearing kicked back in fully as he could hear the train moving now, he didn't know why he couldn't hear it more clearly before but then again everything was still kinda muddy so he can't really blame himself. Last but not least his body, he could feel the knife as a whole now as he began to move his arms. He shook his head as if he was trying to wake himself up from sleep as he took in deep breaths to kick start his brain.

He knew what was around him and what he could do now so he began to move. The chair he sat on felt rickety and old. He also wasn't tied down all the way so he easily sat up and stood. The pain wasn't as bad now but it was still there none the less. He went to the table and began to smash the chair against it, hoping it would break soon as he didn't know how much time he had. It only took 4 tries really as it broke almost immediately. With that out of the way he took a deep breath and let it out slowly. He quickly jumped up while coiling his legs and moved his arms in front of him by pulling them out beneath himself. As his feet touched the ground he stepped on a piece of wood broken from the chair and slipped. He fell with a thud as he let out a groan. He laid there for a second before feeling the ground. Someone was coming.

Quickly grabbing the knife and pulling it out while gritting his teeth he began to cut the rope that binded him. He could feel the person walking as the ground shook ever more so slightly. He slowly but surely began too cut the rope as it was almost through but he heard the door open. It took the pirate a second to realize what Ed was doing before he angrily stormed in.

"Hey what do you think you're doing-" The pirates sentence trailed of as he slipped on one of the legs of the chair. The pirate hit the ground with a thud as Ed's rope snapped and his hands arm were free to move. With great swiftness Ed brought the knife up and struck it down into the pirates chest. The Pirate shook for a second before becoming completely still, leaving Ed to nothing but the train hitting the tracks. Ed sighed before pulling out the knife only to find it wouldn't come out. He stood up slowly as he put a foot on the mans chest besides the knife and began to pull only to feel it snap and break off immediately. Ed just stared at the broken knife only having a centimeter of blade left as the whole thing was basically gone. It was just a stick with a small pointy end. Ed smoothly struck the rest of the blade off by hitting it on the table making the blade break and become dull ended.

"Whatever, I'll just beat you with this stick in my hand, shitty pirate and his shitty knife, I'll show him, calling me a kid, asshole, just watch" Ed mumbled to himself as he stuck the useless knife in his pocket, grabbed the medal pipe, and attached the rope to his side. He then exited the room shutting the door silently as he entered a hallway filled with explosives, guns, and a bunch of other neat little military grade goodies. Ed just smiled as he knew how he was gonna piss of his new pirate friend Thomas. Speaking of friends.

Ed brought up the coms and activated them. "Hey are you girls still alive?" He asked actually wondering if they even were still in the battle royale.

"[Edward is that you!?]" He heard Rarity say as the screens opened up and he saw everyone.

"Yeah it's me, and it looks like you guys found each other" He said happy that they were together as a team.

"[Ed where have you been it's already 2 hours into the royale and we haven't heard from you, we thought you got eliminated.]" Twilight said as she was covered in mud but somehow her katana was still clean.

"It's not important were I am, But all you need to know is that I'm back, I was captured by the pirates but I've managed to break free but I'm not out of here yet" He said as he began to look around to see what he needed in the current car he was in.

"[Well what do you want us to do, we all decided to head towards the scary looking mountain in the middle and see if we can score some eliminations before the game ends and someone finds the treasure]" Twilight said as Ed grabbed a holster for the gun he would find next.

"Wait, so is there an objective this time?" Ed asked as he found a case full of pistols and silencers.

"[Apparently there's lost treasure, but some of the pirates we hid from said there a lost city or something]" Pinkie said making Ed pause for a second but quickly resuming his task.

"[So whats the plan Ed?]" Asked Applejack as Ed started pouring gasoline he found all over in the car.

"Well, assuming that my intuition is correct, keep heading towards the scary looking mountain that looks like death, I'll meet you girls there" Ed said as he grabbed another holster and started feeling it with magazines and one grenade.

"[It says on the map you're... outside the island?]" Fluttershy said as Ed lifted his head at that comment and went to the car door and opened it.

A gust of wind blew into the train as he covered his eyes from the blinding sun, eventually his eyes settled and he saw that he was out on a ocean path around the outside of the island. The train tracks were built so that they could run through smoothly without having to worry about rock slides, or safety hazards that you would run into in land. But out in the sea the only thing you need to worry about is the weather and tide. And both were perfect right now.

"Yeah it seems like the train tracks were built out through the ocean to get around the island faster, probably because there so much terrain they built this because it would be easier." Ed said as he went back inside and saw a radio near the lamp he was gonna use the light the fire.

"[Wait, so you're on a train? You're probably gonna beat us to the mountain if you stay on it]" Rainbow Dash said as he lit the lamp then threw it to the ground.

"Not likely" He said as he closed the door and looked for the mechanism to decouple the cars.

"[Why do you say that?]" Twilight asked.

"Probably because there's gonna be a lot of traffic in the way" Ed said as he pulled a lever unlocking the car.

"Just tell me if you hear this" He said as he turned around the next car and climbed the nearby ladder on the right side of the car door.

"[What are we-]" Ed didn't even get a chance to climb up on top of the train before the care he detached exploded. He held on to the ladder as the sudden explosion shook his whole body and almost made him fall off the ladder. Thankfully the car had moved away enough to the point were Ed wasn't caught in the blast.

"[Dammit Ed! What did you do!?]" Luna chimed in as she opened in on another screen.

"You weren't watching?" Ed asked as he resumed climbing up to the top.

"[I was putting you're camera feed on the big screen in the lobby, you have more than half the company's attention now]" Luna said as a number popped up next to her screen.

There was about 9,000 people watching Ed right now, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed that he slipped and almost fell.

"[Woah there's really that much people watching right now!?]" Rarity asked as Ed huffed.

"Look that's fine and all, just give me the damn option to see were the camera is at and how many viewers I got, so can I go now cuz you're all gonna get me killed if I don't start moving" Ed said as his team nodded and closed the coms, then Luna nodded as well ending her screen too. That just left Ed to raise himself up and- oh he slipped. Quickly falling down he hit his stomach with a "uff" and proceeded to fall down backwards. But suddenly something pulled him back and he landed safely on his feet somehow, he blinked before looking up and seeing the rope and hook attached to the top of the ladder.

He chuckled. "It's a good thing it was attached to my sid-" A loud creaking noise could be heard as the top of the ladder broke and fell down pulling him off backwards and into the water.

"brlrShitbrlbr!" He yelled as his body started bumping into the tracks as the train speed barely kept him afloat. The tracks disappeared below him as the train was turning left slowly and the ladder pushed him right side off the tracks as it angled to the right now. Ed had caught a small break as his body was surfing through the water. He tried grabbing hold of the rope but couldn't quite seem to get it as water kept going in his face and he was angled weirdly due to the rope being on his side. Thankfully he grabbed a hold of it and pulled with all his might to set him self straight. As he did the train was becoming straight again and the ladder was pulled to the middle again just in time for Ed to straighten himself out and start bumping the tracks again less awkwardly this time. He sighed as he was grateful for catching a break.

It was short lived when the car door open and a pirate holding a pistol came through and almost fell into the ocean along side Ed. The Pirate looked at Ed and smirked as he raised his pistol and began to shoot. Luckily for Ed the train was moving right suddenly causing a bump and Ed's only line of hope, the ladder, to swerve to he left along with Ed. The ladder hit the pirate's legs and he fell onto the ladder while dropping his gun. Ed smirked as he reached for his pistol with his free hand and found it still there. Quickly pulling it out of his holster he aimed it at the pirate who recovered only too see Ed pointing a pistol at him. Wasting no time he pulled the trigger only too hear nothing come out. The gun was jammed or water clogged or whatever, it didn't work and he was pretty sure he was screwed now. The pirate smiled now as he laughed at Ed. Ed grunted as he flung the useless pistol at the pirate hitting him in the head.

Pirate stunned for a quick sec he began too pull himself towards the broken ladder. The pirate saw this and noticed the hook that was attached to the rope holding Ed and started going down the ladder, or across it in this case. Ed saw the pirate moving and tried to shake the ladder by moving the rope side to side, he moved it a little but the pirate was still climbing down. Ed only had a couple seconds before he was about to be stranded in the ocean and had to think fast. He suddenly remembered the grenade he had and fished around his belt for it. He quickly found it and brought it too his face pulling the pin and spitting it out to whistle. The pirate stopped moving and looked to Ed as he saw the grenade and quickly shit his pants. Ed slowed time down with his eyes as he aimed it towards the open car door. The grenade left his hand as he perfectly arched it past the pirates head. The pirate turned his head looking back and then forward seeing Ed quickly duck his head under water before the explosion went off sending the poor pirate flying out.

Ed resurfaced for air just in time to see a pistol fall towards him. He quickly caught it with a open hand and saw other things falling down around him.

"I must have blown the roof up" Ed thought as he put the pistol in his mouth and began climbing again. With no pirate trying to kill him now he slowly but surely made his way up to the ladder just in time for the car in front of him to derail off it's track. As he pulled himself up on the ladder he saw the entire car go off it's track and on the left side of the track just barely skidding along. The whole train won't derail but he knew who ever was in the next car up would probably decouple the one he was on. Ed pulled himself until he could properly stand, then when he could he took a few steps till he could make a jump and he did. He entered through the car door and took a breather as he saw no one else there in that part of the train. He felt the rope still on his side as he turned his body seeing it was now loose. He chuckled as he rolled it up quickly and attached it to his side. With that scene out of the way Ed spat the pistol out of his mouth and jogged through the blown up car seeing the roof open from the explosion and some bodies toasted and unrecognizable as well.

He got to the end of the car to see two pirates trying to decouple the cars as the lever was stuck, probably from the derailing car as we speak. One of the pirates looked up and saw Ed, he was reaching for his gun when Ed shot him in the leg making him fall to the platform just barely off the edge, the other stood up too see Ed point the barrel in his face.

"Want to live?" Ed asked quickly.

"Yes" He said.

"Throw you and you friends guns out into the ocean and start calling for help" Ed responded waving his gun downwards.

The pirate did as he said as he got to his knees and took his and his friend weapon and tossed it into the sea. Ed just smiled as he shot the air around the mans head. "Start screaming for help" And with that said he did as Ed began to move to the next car finding no one at all in the one he was in. He sensed a group coming as he exited his car and saw another ladder on the next car. He sighed as he quickly climbed it but just enough so he would be above the car door. It suddenly opened and a pirate came out cautiously until he heard the sound of a pirate friend screaming help.

"Oh shit guys, one of ours needs help, come on!" He said as he rushed down into the next car. More followed suit as Ed just waited patiently, about 10 went into the next car and when he sensed no more he dropped to the floor quickly pulling the lever, this one had no problem as the cars just decoupled like that. Ed smiled as the car behind him started to slow down and no one noticed a thing. He just nodded to himself and entered the next car as this one was empty as well. This car had all the food and rum in it from what Ed could see. He spotted a map of the train as he saw it only had 7 cars. He was in the 4th car and the next one over was the bed room from what it looked like. He grabbed a random solid cap and a vest, setting his pistol in his pants and putting on the clothes he gathered as he grabbed some rum as well.

As he approached the exit to the car he saw someone from the next open up the door and come outside, he spotted Ed but Ed quickly met the man outside as he shoved a bottle into his face and said. "Damn false alarm someone wanted to blow fire out there mouth" As he handed the man the rum put an hand on his arm. "Get some breakfast Steve and drink some rum" He said as he moved past him.

The pirate was confused as he was pushed aside by Ed. "My names France?" He said confused.

Ed shut the door and saw all the pirates who were getting dressed and up and were ready in this car with all the sleeping beds hanging here and there. They all looked at him as he said. "Oi it's not alarm but we gotta a major problem, France is trying to drink all 4 bottles of rum by emself in the mess, and he said one of you told em he could do it." They all paused as one got up and said. "Wait I thought we had just one left"

Ed just opened the car door to reveal France taking a swig of the drink he handed him. Ed didn't need to do anything else as someone pushed him out of the way and a few men went into the mess bar to get the bottle from France, Others were yelling as a small crowd had piled up to get the rum. Ed just moved through it keeping his head down as he aimed to the next car. As he got to the door he saw it was already open and a man was laying outside asleep. Ed put put the cap on his head and took off the vest putting it onto the pirate laying down. He turned his head to Ed as he nodded to him. "Thanks my boi"

"No problem my man" And with that Ed pulled the lever to decouple the cars as the man went back to sleep not even knowing what he had done. He watched as the car slowly drifted away with it's inhabitants completely unaware.

"Damn, I guess fighting pirates and being among them for some many years made me accustomed to how they think." Ed somberly said as he watched the car slowly moving now. He shrugged as he turned around and faced the new car, he remembered this one is the captains car, the one over is the engine room. Ed pulled the pistol out as he slowly pressed against the door, he didn't know what to expect as he put his sense up and blinked. He opened the room casually as he saw Thomas on the radio facing the complete opposite way of him. He just smiled as he had big headphones on and was talking through an old radio microphone to someone. Ed just chuckled to himself as he shook his head. Ed looked around the room with a dumb smile on his face as he saw his watch on the table nearby. He walked towards it and picked it up, casually turning to Thomas as he didn't even know he was there. Ed just reattached the chain to his belt and pocketed the watch, though he felt another item in his pocket. He fished it out replacing it with the watch, he held it in from of himself and smiled.

"Jeez Thomas, I have you're shitty broken knife in my hand, you're completely unaware I'm right behind you, I just can't bash you on the head with this, it's just too good". Ed said as he face palmed and laughed. He lifted his hand away and sighed peacefully until he saw a black marker and smiled like a bastard.

5 Minutes Later

Thomas was still talking to his boss as they were discussing possibly areas to check. It was only until a someone tapped him on the shoulder that he turned around. He huffed as he said "Hold on Sir" taking off the headphones as he turned to whoever was bothering him. Only too see that it was the conductor.

"What is it!?" Thomas asked as he wondered why in the hell the conductor was bothering him.

"What do you mean sir, I was told you wanted to speak to me, that you wanted to talk about, this" The conductor said as he brought up a wooden piece of stick.

Thomas scoffed. "Why the hell would I- wait that's my part of my knife.

Suddenly the car shook and the sound of the train engine *CHOO-CHOOOOOOED*. Thomas eyes widened as he turned and ran to the next car. He bursted through the car door only to find the front of the train leaving with the man with golden blonde hair smiling and waving.

"Behind you!" Edward yelled all the while laughing happily.

The conductor and Thomas turned to see writing on the wall next to the car door.

"Dear Thomas and Friends

I have stolen you're tank engine and will now find the treasure by myself, thanks for the train, I will name him Thomas, and he will help me find the lost city. Unlike you regular Thomas, Fuck You.

Sincerely Edward Elric

P.S. You're knife is shit

Back to Ed

Ed just kept laughing as he moved around jolly as can be. He slapped his knee, held his stomach, he just laughed like he hadn't in a good while. He kept laughing until eventually his laughter started dying down. Little by little until all he had was a smile on his face. He let out a contempt sigh as he stared at the ocean while leaning on the railing.

"I missed this place- huh?" He felt some water hit his cheek. He sniffed as he wiped his cheek feeling the water on his knuckle.

"That's weird, it's not raining" Ed said as he looked up and saw the bright sunny sky. Another drop of water hit his face again as it dribbled down his cheek. He was confused as he saw no rain falling from the sky. He cleared his throat as he went to the engine and put it to a full stop. It slowly came to a stop in within seconds as Ed went to the railing and held it with both hands.

"Luna!" He called out.

A couple seconds later the screen popped up and she looked confused and sorta sad. "Yes Ed?"

"Is their something wrong with the Simulator, there's water falling down by I don't see a cloud or any rain in sight" Ed said as he sniffed again and cleared his throat.

She sat in silence until her screen closed suddenly leaving Ed alone. Ed just blinked as he felt more water hit his face. He flung around quickly to see what was causing it but found nothing there. The ocean was calm, not a cloud in sight. No sudden movements around him. He didn't know what was happening as he went back to the railing and clutched it hard this time. His breathing was coming down heavier, so heavy he could hear it, he felt more water come down his cheek as this time as he laughed.

He stood up straight and took out his gun, he eyed it below him as he stared down at it. Water fell down and hit it, he didn't understand why.

He set it down behind him as he turned back towards the ocean and looked out at it. He wondered what was happening right now, he wondered and wondered. Then a screen popped open and showed a familiar face.

"Hey there Ed I heard you were down"

Ed's eyes widened as he cracked a smile on his wet face. "Dammit, you had to wait till something was happening to come and see me huh"

"You know me Edward, always butting it on being important emotional stuff"

Ed chuckled. "Yeah I guess... is it okay for us to talk like this with people listening"

"It's alright, I had you're boss mute it, I'm all ears Elric"

Ed deadpanned faster then he could stop time and said. "I thought you were dead"

"..."

Ed just stared at the familiar face with no emotion.

"I'm sorry Ed-"

Ed cut in suddenly. "You were like a Father to me Hughes... when you died so did my innocence, it's what made me who I am today"

"... I'm sorry I couldn't come find you sooner"

Ed chuckled. "It's okay old buddy, just don't tell the big guy I said that alright"

"Yeah... I"ll have to tell him you cried like a little baby for him and that you always saw him as a father instead!"

"Guh- Well at least I don't start hitting people, and seeing where it takes me like someone I know." Ed said while yelling back.

"Oh Yeah!"

"Yeah!" Ed yelled angry.

"Bratty little midget!"

"Four Eyed Freak!" Ed yelled again.

"..."

Ed gritted his teeth in silence until both parties smiled.

"See you around sprout"

"See you around Maes" Ed said as the screen blinked away.

Ed couldn't fell any water on his face anymore as he brought a hand up and wiped it clean with his knuckle. He stayed there still for a moment before turning around and grabbing his gun. He moved the to lever and pushed it half speed as the train began to move again. He chuckled to himself as he shook his head. "Still nice and insane"

The train picked up and was at a constant speed when he turned to the railing as if looking at someone.

"Thanks you two" He said as he bowed.

He waited for a second until two screens popped open showing Celestia and Luna both with thumbs up and smiling softly. Ed returned the smile as the screens flashed away. He turned to the front of the train as he went to the conductor seat. Only to get a message of some type in front of them. He blinked before opening it and a screen popping up revealing a good friend.

"Hi my name is Derpy! Can you help me find my Team!?" She asked as Ed titled his head.

"I don't know where you are but sure I'll come get you, where are you at?" He asked.

"I'm uh near a beach, I saw that you're com was nearby so I called you first" She said kind of embarrassed for some reason.

"Wait how did you get my com?"

"Oh I kinda break the simulator sometimes and I can call random people, my team doesn't want me calling anyone though, but this is different, I got separated and I have to find them fast or they'll get mad at me" She said in a sad tone.

"I understand Derpy, I'm actually on a train, tell me if you can hear this" Ed pulled the *CHOOOO-CHOOOO* line in hopes of the woman hearing it.

"Yes, Yes I hear it, I also see you, and the boats that are following you too." She said causing Ed to quickly flip around and see the boats behind him gaining on him.

"Oh that's not good, okay Derpy I'm pretty close right?" Ed asked as he looked back to land seeing it come up close.

"Yes I'm right by the train track, why?" She asked.

"I"m gonna slow down for a second and I'm gonna pick you up okay, be ready to go" He said getting a "Okay!" From Derpy.

He leaned off the side of the train as he saw derpy on the left side of the track waving. Land was just withing reach as he went back to the controls and slowed the train down as they were about to hit land. He went back to the open side and reached his hand out.

"Derppyyyy!" He yelled extended his hand towards her.

She reached her hand out as well as he came up to her. Bullets could be heard suddenly whizzing by and hitting the train from behind. Derpy yelled "oh no" as she saw the boats coming up fast, Thankfully she still had her hand out as Ed grabbed her pulled her up fast using all his strength, he dropped her behind the cover and flung himself towards the controls pushing the lever to full speed. The engine roared as it came to life and started to pick up speed. Ed's instinct kicked in as his upgraded eye kicked in and saw a bullet coming towards his face, he lifted his gun towards his face as he barely caught the bullet. As the sea faded away and lush green came in they couldn't hear the bullets anyway more. Ed let out a breath he didn't know he held in and took a couple breaths before dropping his hand down from his face with the bullet impacted gun in his hand. He reached out and put the speed to medium as he went to sit by Derpy.

He took a seat next to the smiling Derpy as she spoke. "Thank you Miss-" He held a hand up silencing her.

"It's Mr., I'm a guy , I know I have long hair and I may be... short... but I'm a guy, okay Ditzy" He said, remembring his first meeting with mare back in Equestria.

"Oh... okay! But uh, I never told you my real name" She said causing Ed to flinch.

"Oh sorry, uh, special eyes" Ed said as he flashed his eyes blue for a second causing Derpy to blink in surprise.

"Woah... so you can see people's real name, that's soooo cool" The lovable woman said causing Ed to smile.

"Yeah... I feel as though you're friends call you Derpy, are we friends Derpy?" Ed asked causing the girl to blush suddenly.

"Uh... I don't have any boy... friends..." Derpy said shyly.

"Well then Derpy, I guess I'm your first boy friend" Ed said with a bright smile.

Derpy just turned a shade a red as she suddenly turned cross eyed.

Ed blinked as he saw that, he totally forgot about the eyes thing. She saw that he noticed it though and looked away.

"My eyes are weird, aren't they..." Derpy trailed off as she probably thought ill of herself.

Ed chuckled. "Not not really I have a friend who's just as cute as you who's actually cross'eyed as well, if doesn't bother me at all, I don't really notice it and I think it's pretty cool.

Derpy slowly turned her head. "You think I'm cute... and my eyes are cool?" She asked.

Ed just nodded. "Yes I do." And smiled as well.

If derpy could add stars in her eyes she would have a million in them. She looked at Ed as he smiled at her and thought only one thing.

"Please be single"

Author's Note

Holy Moly, another full chapter? Must be my birthday.