IMPORTANT NOTICE BEFORE YOU READ:

Hi! I'm Elena, nice to meet you, and this is not my first fanfiction. GASP! An experienced writer! Yes, I have been writing both professionally and for fun for over ten years now. Now that we have that out of the way, I am going to mention that this story is going to have a lot of graphic content, whether it be physically, verbally, mentally, or even sexually. If I write this story how I plan to, it's going to contain all four on an intense level. It's going to be a hard read during some chapters. Don't worry, I'll provide warnings before each chapter that would need one.

I had the idea for Dead Aim Alchemist when I was in the 7th grade after I finished watching FMA and FMA Brotherhood. I'm almost a senior in high school now, if that put things into perspective. I roleplayed this out with some of my closest friends, Bradley and Marie-Éve (amazing people, by the way), to see what would and wouldn't work. This, thankfully, made me revise this story a lot so I now have a basic grip on this story.

I was going to write this on my first channel, since I already had the prologue that I had written in 8th grade. Sadly, I forgot the password, and so I have to start fresh with a new account and a new version of the story. I don't mind, as my old writing was atrocious, I probably would have deleted it anyway.

Anyway, there will be two characters in here that I did not create, as they are from a roleplay from me and my old friend, Lacey, whom I don't talk to anymore. However, I did mention to her I planned on writing this fanfiction with her characters and mine, and she said it was fine. (I actually told her this was going to be a published story, and I never promised credit. But, I hate not giving credit to people that deserve it. I think it's wrong, even if they didn't do all that much to deserve it.) These characters are Drake and Taq.

FAIR WARNING FOR LACEY: if you're reading this, don't worry. I didn't change their backstories, but I am changing a lot of things that happened to Isabelle, which will, in turn, change her relationships with these characters and how they interact with her. Taq will basically be the William of this story, with changes, of course, because I realized that having William wouldn't work for this story, and so now he's a character on the shelf until I find another use for him. Alright, you've been warned.

I appreciate constructive criticism and any/all comments and opinions about this story as it progresses. I will try to post regularly but it's not going to be easy, considering how busy I am. I won't promise the best quality (however, I will try), but I will promise that I won't abandon this work until it's done.

Thank you to all who decide to read this, and I can't wait to get started soon!

-Elena