So a friend and I have been working on this story for awhile and I decided to put it up on Fanfiction for everyone to read our awesome work! Yes, this is a fanfic that's crossed between Fullmetal Alchemist and Star Wars (my two biggest obsessions. XD) So without any further a due, Mr. KliknDIE and I bring you…DadadadaDA! FMA Star wars! 8D YAY!

The story takes place between episodes III and IV. The Death Star has been completed and the Empire reigns over the Galaxy. The rebels begin to assemble after the extinction of the Jedi. Ed and Al are slaves on the planet of Tatooine under the ownership of the Toydarian, Watto. Ed lives with his teacher, Izumi, who is also a slave, and Al was sold to Riza Hawkeye who lives on a small farm out beyond the Dune Sea. Roy Mustang, who is a handyman around Mos Espa (though a useless one,) thinks about joining the Empire. And so our story begins…

Chapter 1: The Two Slaves

It was early in the morning. Hardly anyone was out at the time. Edward Elric looked up at the duel suns and squinted. Today was going to be another grueling hot day. He sighed and looked over at his cart where he collected his parts. Nobody was up at this hour, so he could take his cart out to the Dune Sea and Jundland Wastes to see if he could find any spare parts for his pod. He then averted his eyes to look at the piece of junk sitting in the back of his residence. He'd been working on it for awhile, but it was so busted up, it didn't even look like a pod. Not that it wasn't in good shape. It actually worked quite fine despite its appearance.

Sighing, Ed grabbed a hold of the floating cart and headed on out. He knew Izumi would be mad if she knew he went out to the Dune Sea. After all, the place was dangerous, especially with all the sand people patrolling those areas. Ed took once last glance at the domed residence he lived in to make sure Izumi wasn't up yet, then, without a second though, walked out onto the now quiet streets of Mos Espa and headed toward the Dune Sea.

Far across the desert expanse sat a similar silhouette. The sibling in slavery and in blood to the only other life moving about the flats, Alphonse Elric was always up at such a ridiculous hour for one reason alone.

Being the only neighbor for miles around, Ms. Hawkeye was pretty lenient towards Alphonse's freedom as long as he kept up with the labor demanded of him. He stretched, raising his arms above his head, revealing the dull glimmer of metal just below the skin of his arms.

"I'm a bit late, but I think I can beat Ed to the pit," he whispered to himself. Pulling aside a trap that was leaned against the side of the sand colored building; he mounted a beat up junk land speeder. Alphonse smiled as he mounted the clunky hunk of metal. Looking up at the horizon he kicked the starter and grinned as it cranked to life.

"Let's go!"

Ed stood on the edge of the Dune Sea and grimaced. The suns were getting higher in the sky and it was already starting to get hot. He rubbed a hand across his forehead to wipe away the sweat and sighed. Maybe he should have brought one of the droids along to help with the cart. "Yup…Al's definitely going to get to the pit before me," he mumbled. He then heard a beep behind him and nearly jumped. He quickly spun around to see where the noise had come from and realized it was only his R2 unit, R2-C65.

"Oh! R2, you came to help me?" The little red and white droid let out a couple of whistles as if saying yes. Ed smiled and hooked the cart to the R2 unit. "Let's go then. Al might be waiting for us." The R2 unit beeped and whistled in agreement and followed after his master.

Speeding across the landscape, Al barely made out the familiar figure of a small boy and a ratty old R2 unit tugging a cart.

Grinning, he kicked the speeder into a lower gear, and raced up to meet them. The sand flew about in his wake, and he crouched lower to the bike, the grin growing ever fonder.

Just seconds before a terrible accident, Alphonse ripped the speeder hard to the left and leapt. "Brother!" he shrieked and with his arms outstretched, he tackled Edward into the dusty Tatooine turf, laughing like an Ewok high on deathsticks.

The R2 unit let out a loud yell the same time Ed did as the elder sibling fell to the ground. "Al!! How many times have I told you not to do that!?" he yelled, still trying to get over his surprise.

C65 whistled and let out a few moans as if he'd seen this behavior before and should have expected it.

"You snuck out?" Ed asked, getting up and brushing himself off. He then smiled, happy to see his brother again.

Alphonse's face sank. "I couldn't wait…I had to see you…" he muttered and stood up. "Riza can't be all that mad anyway, I tuned up just about every moisture collector she owned!"

Al acknowledged the droid beside them with a small wave. "Hey, R2! Ed's making you do all the work again?" The little jibe was followed by a nudge to Ed's side. "You're a cruel one, brother."

Ed pouted. "You expect me to carry that thing to the Jundland Wastes all by myself? Besides, R2 offered to help," he said with a wide grin. "By the way, we should get going. I snuck out as well. Izumi doesn't know I left and if she finds out, she's going to be furious," he said and sighed.

Alphonse nodded. "Here, we can put R2 in the cart and hook that up to the back of the speeder." He hesitated then suggested, "Uhm…I'll drive." Removing R2 from the hook up, he got a good grip to lift. "Ready?"

Ed nodded. "On three. One…two…THREE!" he said and lifted. R2 let out a couple of little beeps as the boys lifted him and placed him in the cart, happy that he gets to ride for once and not do any work.

Ed wiped his brow again and hoped on the speeder. "So, Al. Think that I could enter the upcoming pod race?" he asked and frowned a bit. "Think Watto would let me?"

Alphonse mumbled, "He'd let you do a lot of things, Ed, if you'd just learn to behave…" He mounted the speeder bike and kicked her to life. "You know…I think Watto's more afraid of what would happen if you did win…He already lost one slave that way, remember?"

Ed frowned. He had heard stories about Anakin Skywalker, the slave who had won his freedom and went off to become a Jedi. He had dreamed that someday that would happen to him too. He doubted it though. He looked up, seeing the Jundland Wastes approaching. "Hey, I see a sand crawler," Ed said, changing the subject then pouted. "If the Jawas are here, then that means we might not find much."

Meanwhile, a land speeder pulled up to Ms. Hawkeye's residence. A tall figure hopped out as the door was still jammed.

"Got to get that damned thing fixed…" he muttered, dark hair peeking out from behind his hood. When he raised his head to survey the land scape, he sighed and dusted off his trousers. "Anyone home?"

Riza Hawkeye woke up, cursing herself for not getting up earlier. "I'm coming!" she said, quickly getting dressed and went to answer the door. "Oh! Mr. Mustang!" she said and smiled. "What brings you out here so early?" she asked, stepping back inside and motioning for Roy to come in.

"Thanks…" Roy ducked inside and pulled his hood from his face. A bit of stubble lingered under his chin, possibly missed due to a hurried exit from his own home. "I'm here to talk about a few…uh…matters…I think we may have a problem…"

He sat down on a sandy step and tried to gather his thoughts. "Uh…you may want to have a seat as well." Oddly enough, he avoided looking at her. "It's…pretty big…"

Riza was about to fix him something to drink, but stopped and sat down, worried about the seriousness in his tone. "What is it? Is it about Alphonse?" she asked, then realized she hadn't seen Al around. "Where is that boy anyway?"

Roy tried not to chuckle, but a grunt escaped his lips in spite of his efforts. "No…No, it's not Alphonse. Though, I doubt he'd ever be a problem…He's a good kid…"

Looking up, he stared her right in the eyes. "Riza…I may be heading out…and joining the Empire…" Somber as his tone was, there was the slightest ring of hesitation. "I've been turning it over in my head for a long time…and…I wanted to know what you'd think."

Riza's eyes grew wide from what her dear friend had just said. "The Empire…?" she asked and frowned. She was never one of those people who supported the Empire. She then looked back into Roy's eyes. "Roy, are you sure about this? You don't have to turn to their side because they rule the galaxy now you know. I for one am not someone who supports them exactly."

Roy looked at Riza and smiled. "I had a feeling you'd say that…" He held her gaze for a moment before turning his face away from as he tried to hide the oncoming rush of pink to his cheeks. He steadied himself and looked to the stove. "Have you eaten?" What he meant to say was 'Would you like to go out and eat?' but he'd never be able to bring himself to do that.

Riza shook her head. "No. I just woke up," she said and let out a small laugh. "If I knew you were coming, I would've gotten up earlier," she said, brushing a strand of hair out of her face. It was a bit messier than usual.

Roy's courage began poking at his insides, his stomach beginning a round of flip-flops. "Uh..ahem…uh..well…Miss…Hawkeye…Would you accompany me…to…" he faltered, "…accompany me to breakfast?"

Riza looked up at Roy and smiled. "Well, I guess it couldn't hurt. Sure, why not?" she said and stood up. "I'll just tell Alphonse I'll be out for a little while."

Roy smiled, and mentally leapt for joy. "I'll…just wait right here for you…" he offered, but found his voice fading. Roy eyed her figure as she walked away, but chiding himself and looked away. 'Don't be such an animal…' he scolded himself and folded his arms. 'Yes she's lovely, but she deserves not to be ogled at…'

Riza came back into the kitchen a few minutes later, her eyes filled with worry and anger. "Alphonse isn't in his room. And I can't find him anywhere else. He must've left to go meet Edward again," she said and shook her head. "I told him not to go out alone!" It get's dangerous out there," she said and sighed, looking up at Roy with a look of apology. "I'm sorry, but we're going to have to do breakfast some other time. I need to go out and find Al."

"Uh…well…might I assist you?" Roy offered and rose to his feet. "My land speeder can get us around a lot faster than a swoop bike…: He hoped his efforts just to be near her wouldn't be in vain.

Riza nodded to Roy and smiled. "Thanks. I appreciate you taking the time off your hands to help me," she said, pulling on a sandy colored poncho. She then took out her tracker, looking for Al's signal. "He's near the Jundland Wastes."

Roy's expression dropped to a glower. "That's dangerous territory…What are they doing there?" he asked and quickly escorted Riza out the door. He hoped they weren't too late.

End chapter 1

Well, there you guys go n.n What do you think? Sorry, I know there was a lot of RoyxRiza moments in there. Don't worry, you'll see more Ed and Al in the next chapter XD Please review it and tell me and my friend who helped me write this story what you think!