I shook my head as I sat up, my hand clutching my head to ease the coming aches. "...What happened?" I asked myself. "The last thing I remember is...there was a turkey in the oven and I noticed there were some dynamite sticks in the meat by possible accident. I tried to correct the problem, but couldn't get to the sticks in time and the turkey exploded right in my hand...I wonder if all the humans were out of the line of fire..." I shook my head again, expelling the distracting thought. "No matter. Where am I now? I don't recognize this place at all."

It was true. If I was still at the manner, the explosion would've blasted me to the garden at the furthest. However, I was sitting in a bench in a city I didn't recognize. Looking around again, I noticed other differences than just the location. There were wagons without horses and a complete change in the common attire. All the clothes seemed to be more sleek and casual, however still fairly nice-looking. Few men wore ties, and even fewer women wore skirts and dresses.

...Where was I?

Suddenly, I felt a summon from my master. I thought he might have some answers, so I followed the call.

When I got there, though, my young master was nowhere in sight. Still, I felt that it was the correct place of the call. Inside, there was a young boy dressed in a black tank top and black pants with red and brown boots. Down his back was long golden hair in a single braid and wide, round golden eyes covered his face. He was presenting a metal right arm to a young woman with widened blue eyes and pale yellow hair tied in a long ponytail, a pale pink bandana tied over her head. On each of her ears was at least four piercings filled with a variation of silver hooped and light violet-blue stud earrings. Her breasts were covered with a strapless black cloth and she had a pale green jump suit with the top half tied around her waist, using the bottom half as a pair of pants. She also had black boots over her feet, and black engineering gloves over her hands with a silver colored wrench in one clenched hand.

The young couple stared at me with questioning widened eyes and tilted heads. "...I'm looking for someone." I admitted. "He's fairly short, fairly short tempered, and is typically a brat." I shielded my own mouth the moment my words reached my ears. I couldn't believe that I called my young master a brat.

The young woman huffed out a sigh. "Edward! What did you do to this man?!"

"Don't look at me! I didn't do anything!" Edward defended himself. "God, Winry! Why do you think that just because he's talking about a short guy with a short temper, that automatically makes it me?!"

I forced a smile. "...I'm sorry, I wasn't specific enough." I confessed. "The young man I'm searching for has a physical disability on his right side."

"Edward!"

"I'm telling you, Winry! It wasn't me!"

I couldn't understand why I was being so vague. I was talking about my young master. Yet, for some reason, I could give no specifics about him. The harder I tried, the more blurry his image was and the more muffled the sound of his voice became in my head. I couldn't even remember his name. All I could remember was what I already told the young couple. Still, I felt that I had to try. I took off my left glove and, after checking to be sure the mark was still there, showed the couple the purple seal. "The boy I'm looking for has this mark on him!" I exclaimed. "I don't know how else to avoid miscommunication!"

Winry looked back at the metal arm attached to Edward's shoulder with a raised brow. "...You mean this?" she asked, forcing the mechanical arm into my view. Sure enough, there was a mark on the back of the silvery metal hand that matched my own.

Edward looked at the mark closer. "What?! I thought that was just a weird transmutation circle! If it's not, then what is it?!"

I smiled. This young man matched my description, so, though I didn't know him, and he obviously didn't know me, I accepted him as my young master. "Allow me to explain." I offered. "The mark on your mechanical hand means that you have a contract with me." I explained. "Now, normally the terms of the contract are simple, your soul in return to assistance in reaching your ultimate goal. However, because I don't recall signing a contract with you, and I do recall you using the term 'transmutation circle'. I'll accept different terms." I ignored his look of shock as I stated the new terms. "In return for assisting you in your goal, you assist me in returning to the young man who has willingly sold his soul to me, the young man I was searching for earlier."

The young blonde shook his head, allowing his braid to smack his face. "...Selling my soul…?" he asked. "...return you home…? ...I don't know…"

"Perhaps I wasn't clear." I huffed with an edge in my voice. "As long as you have that mark on your hand, I can always find you. Though I'm not completely sure, I believe that no matter what you do to that hand or arm, I will still be able to find you. I highly doubt that you were selected at random to bear that mark."

Winry shrugged. "Well, Ed, you are the best alchemist at home, and the youngest State Alchemist. you can figure it out."

"Besides." I took back the young man's attention. "Until both sides of the contract is fulfilled, I must do all you command of me without question."

That seemed to win him over as Edward smirked at me. "...Anything I say, you have to do?" he asked. "Braid Winry's hair!"

"Yes, my Lord." I stated. Just as promised, I followed the command without question.

The young couple stared at me when I was done. "...That was fast…" Edward stated.

"...How's it look?" Winry asked, reaching back and pulling the braid over her shoulder to view my handiwork. "...That's pretty cool."

I gave her a single french braid in her yellow hair all the way down her back. I even took the bandana from her head and tied it loosely around her neck while using the hair tie she used for her ponytail to tie the braid. All this was accomplished in a record time of 18 seconds.

The smile only grew of Edward's face. "So, I say anything, and you have to do it. And in exchange, I just have to open a portal to your home with a transmutation circle?" he asked as I nodded. "That's great! Figuring out that kind of transmutation and what will be a proper payment will take some time, but I'm sure there's something in the library." He then tilted his head at me. "...I don't think I caught your name by the way."

I gave my signature smile as I bowed my head at my new young master. "I am known as Sebastian Michaelis."