So this covers a lot and is really long, but I hope it makes up for my lack of updating this in so long!!! ^.^ enjoy.
~Juria Kurosaki-Chan

Ed woke up laying in Roy's bed, shifting his wings and whimpering in pain. He realized his wing, which the boys had broken, was bound again and he remembered what had happened he remembered the boys and what happened while they were there, he remembered Roy's face before he passed out.

Ed looked next to the bed and saw Roy sitting there in a chair. He must've been waiting for Ed to wake up. He looked mad.

Ed whimpered, was the man mad at him? Why was he mad? Ed didn't bite them, didn't fight back! He'd been good! Roy noticed Ed's movements then and turned to face him. His expression didn't change as he looked at Ed.

"The boys said you bit them," he said in a stormy tone.

No he hadn't! He'd been good! He didn't bite them or fight back, he did what Roy said and didn't hurt them! But maybe he did... Some things were still fuzzy in his memory, maybe he did and he just doesn't remember...

Ed knew that Roy had only been keeping Ed with him here out of the kindness of his heart, he knew that if he screwed up something, something like this... Roy would send him away without a second thought.

"You know what this means right?" he asked Ed, "You know I can't keep you if you attack my patients."

Ed knew it... He'd screwed up, he'd ruined this. It was all his fault. He closed his eyes, not wanting to see Roy's angry face anymore.

He trusted Roy so much, trusted him so much that he wanted to show Roy his secret, something humans didn't know about gold dragons. It was a painful process to show this secret, but he was willing to go through the pain for Roy. This man was his Destined, even if he didn't know it. Ed wondered if he would even care that he was if he knew. Ed was almost sure that he probably wouldn't. Now was probably a better time than any other to show Roy his secret. It wasn't like it would matter to him much anyway, since he'd be sent away or become a money source, not a companion, soon anyway.

It would be more painful to do this than other times because of his broken wing. But this was his last chance. He curled up into himself, and the change started. First his legs grew longer, the front set into human arms and hands and the back pair into human legs and feet. His body grew longer into a torso and abdomen. His scales turned to skin and his skin turned from gold to a light tan. His snout grew shorter into a nose and a pair of lips and golden hair grew maybe seven inches long in waves down from his head. Finally his wings melded into his back, disappearing into his skin. The whole process hurt like fire through his veins and he had been vaguely aware of the pained whimpers and whines that turned into pained groans he was making as he changed. When he finished the transformation, he slowly sat up, wincing a little as he did so, and slowly opened his eyes, revealing gold irises with a thin, snake-like pupils.

His eyes flicked up to Roy and what he saw was something he'd kind of already expected, horrified shock. That's what everyone's expression looks like when they saw a gold dragon's secret. Only gold dragons could change, none of the others could.

"Just wanted to show you," Ed mumbled, his voice a little rough from not being used in years. He looked away from Roy's face and down at his lap, pulling a blanket over his lap to cover himself at least a little bit.

"Sparta..."

"Ed," the dragon-boy interrupted, "My name's Ed."

Roy looked at him, a little surprised. "You have a name before me?"

Ed picked at a loose thread on the blanket in his lap.

"I had a mother just like you, my mother named me just like your mom did," he said quietly and quickly. He nervously flicked his eyes to Roy and back down at the blanket again, over and over. Roy's face still held his shocked expression.

"What ARE you?" Roy asked, or more like demanded, the hate in his voice was obvious.

That's another way that people react when a gold dragon shows their secret. They feel like they've been cheated, lied to.

Ed looked away. He shouldn't have done this, this had been a mistake, showing the dark-haired man his secret. He thought Roy would be different from the others. He thought Roy would accept him. That wasn't the case it seemed.

"A dragon," he mumbled, tears were thickening his voice. "A gold dragon to be exact." He fidgeted nervously, "Are you going to kill me?" he asked.

That's what he'd heard, sometimes humans got so scared when a dragon changed that they killed them.

"What?"

"Are you going to kill me?" Ed repeated, "I change back if I die, then you can sell me for my scales,"

"Ed-"

"You'll make a lot of money off them, since gold scales are so rare, you'd be rich." Ed spoke faster, and more nervously as he went on. He wanted to be able to tell Roy all his options before Roy decided what to do with him. None of the options were desirable for Ed, but all were very beneficial for Roy.

"Ed-"

"Or you could keep me and pull of my scales as they grow, they grow back you know, so you'd have a never ending supply of scales to sell, you'd be even richer then."

His voice was shaking as he spoke faster and faster.

"Ed listen to me..."

"You could have me fight at one of those places where they have dragons fight, they have those here right? I'm a good fighter, I could get you a lot of money-"

"ED!"

Edward's head snapped up, startled, at the shout.

"Just stop, I'm not doing any of that!"

"What?" Ed asked him, genuinely confused. Weren't all the ideas that he'd given Roy things that people did with captured dragons? Wasn't he doing the right thing? Letting Roy choose what to do?

"I'm not doing any of that," Roy said, and Edward's reptilian eyes flickered over his face, scanning for any signs of lying. He could be trying to lead Ed into a false sense of security. Humans didn't just have dragons, they made money off them until they weren't any use anymore. Ed was fine with that as long as it was for Roy.

"You don't have to do that." He told Roy.

"What?"

"You don't have to lie and make me think that I'm okay. I know you're going to sell me, or my scales, or you're going to make me fight... Something to get you money. I know I'm not anything but a money maker." he said, he was surprised at the calmness of his voice. On the inside, he felt as if he were falling apart, "I'm okay with it, okay? You don't have to trick me."

His eyes flicked away from Roy's face again and back down at his lap. He waited for Roy's choice, he didn't care, it would all be the same now, he'd just be a way to make money.

"Ed, that's not- I wasn't-" Roy sighed, "Why do you think all this?"

"That's what humans do to dragons. We're an easy way to make a lot of money and an easy way to get rich fast," he said. "I know that's what's going to happen."

He went back to the idea of the dragon fights. He really was a good fighter, he'd make Roy a lot of money in the pit. "I'm really good at fighting. You have dragon fights here right? If you enter me, I'll win, I'm a really good fighter."

"Ed stop..."

He started on another idea then since Roy didn't seem to like that one. "And my scales grow back really fast. You can pull them out and you won't have to wait long to get more, and they're worth a lot because gold scales are so rare."

"Ed-"

"Or you could have me fight and pull out my scales- that'd make you even more money, you'd be really rich then."

"ED STOP IT!"

Ed flinched away from the sudden loudness of Roy's voice. "I'm just trying to help..." he said in a small, quiet voice.

"How do you think this is helping?! You're asking me to pull out your scales?! Enter you into fights?! What is wrong with you?!"

"But you hate me right?" Ed asked.

"What?"

"You hate me because I bit those boys," he elaborated, "I didn't mean to! I don't even remember doing it! I thought I didn't bite them! I thought I I didn't fight back like you told me never to do! I'm sorry! I really am!" He looked up at Roy as the man stood and walked over to him, he stood there, looking down at the blonde, "I don't want you to send me away," Ed said, his voice cracking, "So if I'm useful and good and if I make you money, you'll let me stay... Right?"

He looked up at Roy with desperate eyes, "I'll make you lots of money! My scales are really valuable, and I'll fight in whatever fight you put me it! If I lose you can kick me, it'll be my fault so it's okay! I'll make you a lot of money!" He grabbed onto Roy's shirt, clenching it in his fists, "I'll be good and I'll make you a lot of money," he whispered against Roy's shirt, "I'll be good and I won't bite anyone and I'll make you rich, okay? Just let me stay.. Please don't send me away. Please..."

"Ed," Roy said in a voice that Ed didn't know what to make of, "Did you actually bite the boys?" he asked.

Ed shook his head. "I don't remember..." he admitted, "I don't think I did but my memory's a little fuzzy."

"What do you remember?"

"They came in and you took the mom and the dog to the back. The boys wrapped something around my snout, I don't know what it was, but I couldn't get it off, maybe I'm forgetting a piece there and they tied my mouth shut because I bit them, then they started kicking me and one said, "I wonder how much it takes to break a dragon's wing," and he bent my wing until it broke. I couldn't remember much after that, the pain was blocking everything out, I knew they were kicking me though, I remembered not to attack them though! I swear I remembered and didn't attack them!!! I felt the pressure of the blows." He finished, "I remember your face when you came out and found the boys and I," he whispered softly, "You looked so horrified."

He looked up at Roy, "Was it because I bit them? Had you already had a feeling that I'd done something bad? I'm sorry! I'll make you a lot of money and I won't bite anyone again unless I'm fighting! I'll make you rich, you'll make a lot of money off of me!"

"Oh my God! Ed would you stop with that!?" Roy shook the dragon-boy and startled him into silence, "I'm not putting you into any fights and I'm not pulling out your scales! I know you didn't bite them now, those boys were lying, nothing was your fault."

Ed looked at him with wide eyes.

"But-"

"No buts Ed," he told the blonde, "None of this is your fault."

"Do I get to stay then?" Ed asked hopefully, his eyes lighting up with hope and Roy smiled slightly.

"Of course," he said, and Ed's face split into a wide grin.

"Thank you! Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!!" he cried joyfully and hugged Roy tightly. He thanked any god out there that had decided that something could go right in his life for once.

Roy wrapped his arms around Ed and smiled gently.

This sure was one special dragon...  

So there you have it! Hoped you liked it an hopefully I'll have another chapter up again soon!!!