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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;"I watched the grass blow in the wind. It had been a few days since I had found that first chimera place in Geob. I was now on a hill looking down at Awrobut. It was nice city, with lovely treeless, hilly land surrounding it. I took in a deep breath. I had always loved the country. It was so peaceful and quite, giving me plenty of time to think. But that meant I was thinking of my family. I felt tears start to form again. Ugh, would I never stop crying every time I thought of them? I held back the tears and took out my mother's music box. I wound it up and listened to the lovely tune. (this is the tune the music box plays- a style="color: #003399; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: #003399;" href=" watch?v=WsmkDMDdj60" rel="nofollow" data-cke-saved-href=" watch?v=WsmkDMDdj60" /watch?v=WsmkDMDdj60/a yes, I realize it's from kingdom hearts. I thought it fit for this music box though. I think it's a sad tune, but beautiful.) I just sat there, listening to it until it finished. I felt the tears flowing. They might as well fall. I just wanted to get them out then be do with crying. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I spun to see Edward there. I quickly wiped away my tears, hoping he hadn't seen them, and said, "Edward? What are you doing here?"/p
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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""Alright. I guess."/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""Al and I loved our mother. She was the nicest woman in Amestris. Our father had left us when we were young. I still remember it and hate him for it to this day. One day, Al and I went into the house and found our mother collapsed on the floor. We quickly went and got our friends, the Rockbells, and they got the doctor. The doctor checked on her but it was too late. She was ill and couldn't be saved. We were sad. A little while later, there was a storm and the river was flooding. A woman and her husband came along and helped us using alchemy. We were amazed. And we had also been researching some hard alchemy, but we didn't know enough from teaching it to ourselves. We weren't able to get any further. So we thought that she could become our teacher and we could finally finish our research. At first, she didn't want to. But she later decided she would. We had a hard test to see if we could make it first. When we passed she started teaching us. It was very hard, but eventually we had learned enough. We came went back home and finished our research. But we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. Late one night we made the transmutation circle and put the ingredients into it. We were ready. Or at least we thought we were. We began and it was going fine. We were so excited. But then everything turned horribly wrong. A big eye appeared in the transmutation circle and black hands came out of it, grabbing us. We started to disappear. We reached for each other and when I had almost grabbed his hand I found myself suddenly I a white room. I looked around and saw a white man with shadows around him. He had no features, he was just white. He told me that he was God, the world, the universe, everyone, the truth, and me. I was really confused and still am. But I do understand some of those names now. A big door opened behind me and there was the eye and black hands again. They dragged me into the door and it closed. Tons of information went into my head and I felt like it was going to explode. Then I thought I saw my mom. I tried grabbing her but then I was outside the door again. I wanted to go back in and learn more but the white man said that I had learned all I could for the price I paid. I was confused until I felt something weird and looked down to see my lower left leg disappearing. Then I was back in our house. My leg hurt a lot and I was screaming in pain. I looked around for Al but could only see his clothes. I then looked for help from the thing we were trying to create. I wish I hadn't looked. That thing wasn't even stronghuman/strong. We had failed. I knew I had to do something for Al, so I dragged myself over to the wall and pulled down a suit of armor. I used my blood to make a symbol in it. Then I used alchemy to try to bring him back. He was all I had left. The price I paid for bringing him back was my right arm. It hurt like heck. I'm sure I screamed again, but I can't remember it. I'd lost a lot of blood. My vision was getting kind of hazy but I saw the armor start moving and heard Al's voice coming from it. He came over to me and I said that I was sorry that I could only get his soul back for my arm. Then I passed out. When I came to I was at the Rockbell's home and I had bandages. Al had carried me there. After that I just sat in a wheel chair for a while, with Al pushing me. Then two people from the military came to the house. They had seen our house and the transmutation circle and were angry. They were Mustang and his 2supnd/sup Lieutenant, Hawkeye. Mustang told me that if I wanted to get our bodies back I would be able to use the military's resources. But first I had to become a state alchemist. I was determined to do so. They left and I decided I wanted to get automail. I got both at the same time and decided I would be done in two years. It was painful but I got through it. Al and I started sparring again and I got back in shape. I also discovered that I could use alchemy just by clapping my hands together, just like our teacher. I then went to central and took the alchemy exams. I passed and earned the title Fullmetal, because of my automail limbs. Ever since Al and I have been looking for a way to get our bodies back. We heard about the Philosophers Stone and are looking for it. That's what we're doing now, though we do have to go on errands for the military sometimes."/p
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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""Alright, alright. Geez, no need to yell."/p
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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""Brenna, I need to tell you something."/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""What?"/p
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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;"I heard footsteps and stopped talking, turning to see who was there. I sighed in relief to see that it was just Alphonse and Mustang. I stood up and Edward followed suit. When they got close enough I said, "Hi Alphonse, hi Colonel Snap Flame."/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""I already told you not to call me that!" Mustang said as the boys laughed. I smiled. He was too easy to tease./p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""I heard you looked me up. Putting your nose where it isn't wanted, eh? I'm okay with it though, just don't get caught. Anyways, you know that I didn't rob the jewelry shop now, right?" I said./p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;"Mustang sighed and said, "Yeah, I know now. No one with your background would do that kind of thing, especially a kid. Unless it made you go crazy. But I doubt that. You don't act insane."/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment. Now, I should really be going," I said as I took my jacket off and tied it around my waist./p
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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""I know, but it was worth a shot," Mustang said./p
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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""And the people who are making them will know ahead of time and move everything before you get there. What I'm doing is just about the only way they're going to be stopped."/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""But it's very dangerous."/p
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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;"My wings had fully formed so I walked to where the hill went to a steep incline and spread them. I turned back to Edward and, in answer to his last question before we were interrupted, said, "You can tell him."/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;"Then I took off into the sky, relishing the feeling of the wind in my face. This was a nice part of being a chimera. I shook my head. No time for that now. I remembered the next town the maps had indicated and headed in that /br /a/n: I love teasing Mustang like that. totally started it on accident but it was perfect! I was just looking for something that she could call him until she learned his name. turned out well though. anyways, I am going to be trying to get into a routine of updating my stories so hopefully people won't have to wait for chapters for forever. also, the idea for this chapter came from Bloodfang is Scourge on Quotev./p
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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;"I watched the grass blow in the wind. It had been a few days since I had found that first chimera place in Geob. I was now on a hill looking down at Awrobut. It was nice city, with lovely treeless, hilly land surrounding it. I took in a deep breath. I had always loved the country. It was so peaceful and quite, giving me plenty of time to think. But that meant I was thinking of my family. I felt tears start to form again. Ugh, would I never stop crying every time I thought of them? I held back the tears and took out my mother's music box. I wound it up and listened to the lovely tune. (this is the tune the music box plays- a style="color: #003399; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: #003399;" href=" watch?v=WsmkDMDdj60" rel="nofollow" data-cke-saved-href=" watch?v=WsmkDMDdj60" /watch?v=WsmkDMDdj60/a yes, I realize it's from kingdom hearts. I thought it fit for this music box though. I think it's a sad tune, but beautiful.) I just sat there, listening to it until it finished. I felt the tears flowing. They might as well fall. I just wanted to get them out then be do with crying. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I spun to see Edward there. I quickly wiped away my tears, hoping he hadn't seen them, and said, "Edward? What are you doing here?"/p
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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""Al and I loved our mother. She was the nicest woman in Amestris. Our father had left us when we were young. I still remember it and hate him for it to this day. One day, Al and I went into the house and found our mother collapsed on the floor. We quickly went and got our friends, the Rockbells, and they got the doctor. The doctor checked on her but it was too late. She was ill and couldn't be saved. We were sad. A little while later, there was a storm and the river was flooding. A woman and her husband came along and helped us using alchemy. We were amazed. And we had also been researching some hard alchemy, but we didn't know enough from teaching it to ourselves. We weren't able to get any further. So we thought that she could become our teacher and we could finally finish our research. At first, she didn't want to. But she later decided she would. We had a hard test to see if we could make it first. When we passed she started teaching us. It was very hard, but eventually we had learned enough. We came went back home and finished our research. But we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. Late one night we made the transmutation circle and put the ingredients into it. We were ready. Or at least we thought we were. We began and it was going fine. We were so excited. But then everything turned horribly wrong. A big eye appeared in the transmutation circle and black hands came out of it, grabbing us. We started to disappear. We reached for each other and when I had almost grabbed his hand I found myself suddenly I a white room. I looked around and saw a white man with shadows around him. He had no features, he was just white. He told me that he was God, the world, the universe, everyone, the truth, and me. I was really confused and still am. But I do understand some of those names now. A big door opened behind me and there was the eye and black hands again. They dragged me into the door and it closed. Tons of information went into my head and I felt like it was going to explode. Then I thought I saw my mom. I tried grabbing her but then I was outside the door again. I wanted to go back in and learn more but the white man said that I had learned all I could for the price I paid. I was confused until I felt something weird and looked down to see my lower left leg disappearing. Then I was back in our house. My leg hurt a lot and I was screaming in pain. I looked around for Al but could only see his clothes. I then looked for help from the thing we were trying to create. I wish I hadn't looked. That thing wasn't even stronghuman/strong. We had failed. I knew I had to do something for Al, so I dragged myself over to the wall and pulled down a suit of armor. I used my blood to make a symbol in it. Then I used alchemy to try to bring him back. He was all I had left. The price I paid for bringing him back was my right arm. It hurt like heck. I'm sure I screamed again, but I can't remember it. I'd lost a lot of blood. My vision was getting kind of hazy but I saw the armor start moving and heard Al's voice coming from it. He came over to me and I said that I was sorry that I could only get his soul back for my arm. Then I passed out. When I came to I was at the Rockbell's home and I had bandages. Al had carried me there. After that I just sat in a wheel chair for a while, with Al pushing me. Then two people from the military came to the house. They had seen our house and the transmutation circle and were angry. They were Mustang and his 2supnd/sup Lieutenant, Hawkeye. Mustang told me that if I wanted to get our bodies back I would be able to use the military's resources. But first I had to become a state alchemist. I was determined to do so. They left and I decided I wanted to get automail. I got both at the same time and decided I would be done in two years. It was painful but I got through it. Al and I started sparring again and I got back in shape. I also discovered that I could use alchemy just by clapping my hands together, just like our teacher. I then went to central and took the alchemy exams. I passed and earned the title Fullmetal, because of my automail limbs. Ever since Al and I have been looking for a way to get our bodies back. We heard about the Philosophers Stone and are looking for it. That's what we're doing now, though we do have to go on errands for the military sometimes."/p
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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;"I was surprised. I said, "What about your story? It was definitely sadder."/p
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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""Brenna, I need to tell you something."/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""What?"/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""Well, after our second encounter, Mustang wanted to find out more. He did some research and discovered the files talking about you and your family. The weird thing is that they were hard to get to since someone higher up had made it so only a few people could look at them. Mustang is able to get into a lot of stuff he shouldn't though. He told Al and me that he saw your picture and it really was you, just younger. He also told us everything there was to know about that incident. Apparently it was one of many. There were a few blanks though, so now that I've heard your story everything has become clear."/p
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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;"I heard footsteps and stopped talking, turning to see who was there. I sighed in relief to see that it was just Alphonse and Mustang. I stood up and Edward followed suit. When they got close enough I said, "Hi Alphonse, hi Colonel Snap Flame."/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""I already told you not to call me that!" Mustang said as the boys laughed. I smiled. He was too easy to tease./p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""I heard you looked me up. Putting your nose where it isn't wanted, eh? I'm okay with it though, just don't get caught. Anyways, you know that I didn't rob the jewelry shop now, right?" I said./p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;"Mustang sighed and said, "Yeah, I know now. No one with your background would do that kind of thing, especially a kid. Unless it made you go crazy. But I doubt that. You don't act insane."/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment. Now, I should really be going," I said as I took my jacket off and tied it around my waist./p
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p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 24.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;""I know, but it was worth a shot," Mustang said./p
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