"Meow" Alphonse held on to the small wet kitten in his arms, cooing at it slightly. He found the poor thing alone in an alley, and there weren't any other cats around. He set the kitten down gently on the ground and clapped his hands. He created a kitten sized pocket inside his coat, then picked up the kitten and gently placed it inside. He ran as fast as he could to the military headquarters, in the hopes of finding somewhere to put the kitten before his exams.

"Alphonse?" He turned to face lieutenant Hawkeye. "It's about time you arrived; I was worried you'd miss the exams."

"Hello miss Hawkeye! Sorry, I got a little side tracked."

"That's alright, but you might want to be on time when you're a state alchemist." Al gave her a sheepish grin. "Come on, the soldiers who'll lead you into the exam are over there. Good luck, Alphonse."

Alphonse clapped his hands together and slammed them on the ground. Blue light shone as a form rose out of the ground. It grew out of the stone floors and took shape into a large stone lion. It sprang from the ground and it was transmuted to look as if were alive, and not s heap of stone. A few officers looked impressed, but most were paying attention to the fact he didn't use a circle.

"Nicely done, Alphonse Elric." Said a man with an eye patch, who was standing in front of him. Al grinned at the praise, even if he wasn't sure who the man who complimented him was, and felt a little too nervous to ask, especially since he seemed important enough for him to have bodyguards. "I'm sure you'll-" He was cut off by the kitten Alphonse had stuffed in his coat, which had poked its face out of and let out a loud and long yowl.

"…It was raining outside." Al attempted to explain, as everyone stared at the kitten, and tried to ignore the badly suppressed laughter of one of the officers in the back.

i am so sorry about the lack of updates, and for the crapness of this one, because school and all. finally got caught up with homework though. and by that i mean the stuff due tomorrow. i am still working on this story, i just noticed how long it's been so i quickly did this. sorry, i didn't have time to do something better, but the next chap is in progress!