Yay, first chapter! I apologize ahead of time for any OOC characters and such. I wrote this chapter on paper first since I wasn't near a computer most of the time, and it seems so much more longer on paper than it does typed! Not even to mention all my spelling mistakes, crappy handwriting, and the works.

Thanks Seengot for reading part of it beforehand, although writing " :3 tacoz are good :)" on the top of one of my pages and a note saying how you're going to rule the world and dye Lelouch's hair blonde was a bit.... unecessary. XD

I don't own Full Metal Alchemist nor the other series that hasn't been introduced yet. This contains foul language and no OCs; it is a cross-over.

The Library Circle

"WHERE THE HELL IS IT?!" Ed yelled, loud enough to make all the nearby people look up from their books and for Ed to receive a stern glance from the librarian.

"What's wrong Brother?" Al asked as he walked back to their table with more maps.

"It's that island Winry told us about. It's not here." Ed banged his fist on the table and grabbed another map. "Maybe she misheard him? Stupid low-life father, right when we need him, he disappears to an island that doesn't fucking exist."

Al sighed. Maybe Winry did mishear, but plenty of illogical things have happened to them over the years, and he was sure the place did exist. He recounted back to two days ago when they returned to the Rockbell place.

The train slowed to a stop and the Elric brothers got off, Al's metal body standing out in the crowd of people while Ed's vertically-challenged stature could hardly be seen. Al grabbed their luggage and walked over to the smaller Elric, whose mechanical arm was in a sling; Scar was spotted in Central again.

As they made it up towards the Rockbell place, Ed murmured and swore under his breath about all the things Winry would do to him. Al wanted to keep his brother's mind off of his impending demise and instead brought up their father. "I can't believe he decided to stay for a while here Brother, maybe we could ask him about the Philosopher's Stone?"

Ed didn't say anything in reply and Al let the subject drop; he knew Ed would bring it up again if he wanted to. They walked in silence for a while, then Ed suddenly said "He'd better tell us what he knows about the Stone."

As they appproached the house, Ed started to walk behind Al; experience had told him a wrench would come their way soon. Al chuckled a bit and as they got closer, the familiar whzz streaked through the air. Considering this is an anime, it's no suprise the wrench somehow missed the younger Elric and collided with the older Elric's face; a perfect shot. Winry has good aim.

"DAMN IT WINRY, NOW WHAT DID I DO?!" Ed yelled at the girl on the balcony.

"YOU BROKE MY PERFECTLY GOOD AUTOMAIL, THAT'S WHAT!" she yelled back. As they screamed an argument with each other, they got closer to the door of the house, which was held open by WInry's grandmother.

"They fight like a married couple" she said towards Al's direction, and lit up.

"WE'RE NOT MARRIED!" they both yelled back in unison. The old woman only laughed and blew out some smoke. Al also tried to hold back a snicker, but failed. "Well" she finally said to break the arguement up, "Winry, why don't you treat your guests properly?"

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Winry was fixing up Ed's arm on the table while her grandmother examined his automail leg. "Looks like you've grown a bit Edward."

"Really? I mean, I know that, but how much?" the alchemist jumped up from his chair. She rolled up the measuring tape. "Nah, I was just yanking your chain, you didn't grow an inch."

"ARE YOU CALLING ME SHORT, I'M NOT SHORT GODDAMNIT!" Ed proceeded to have something similar to a temper tantrum. Everyone ignored him.

Al remembered their father. "Hey Winry, is Hoenheim still around? We want to talk to him." Ed stopped ranting immediatly and sat down, intently listening.

Winry set down a screwdriver she was using. "He left a day ago actually, said there were some people he wanted to visit."

"Did he say, uh, where?" Al asked while Ed twitched in his seat in anger.

"What was it Grandma, Outset Island? Yeah, that sounds about right. Never heard of it though."

Now Ed and Al were in Central's library, unsuccessfully trying to find this Outset place. Ed finally gave up this random search and asked the librarian, who was across the room checking out some kid's books. She didn't even know the library carried maps.

Ed went back to his seat disappointed and noticed that in the time he was gone, Al had went back to the shelves and the map he was looking at earlier rolled back into a cyllinder shape. He unrolled it and found a piece of paper that was not there before. Ed then read it.

Edward and Alphonse,

If you want to get

To Outset,

Meet me in the back

Hall of the library

At 11 tonight.

"Hmph." The message was strangely written and hardly legible, yet this was perhaps the first lead they had towards their father's actual location. Ed ran over to his younger brother, who was looking at the shelves. "Al, stop looking! We're going to the back hall tonight!"

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They stood outside the door to what should be the library's back hall. It was dark out, and seemingly no one else was there. There wasn't even a light coming from the other side of the door.

"Are you sure this is a good idea Brother?" Al asked nervously.

"Can you think of anything better Al? This is strange, but the fact the island isn't on any map is maybe even stranger." Ed looked up at his brother and lightly knocked his fist against the hollow metal. "Besides, aren't we used to strange things by now?"

He then decided that if he was going to enter that room, he had to do it before enough logic convinced him otherwise. Ed opened the door and they walked into the room. There were no windows, so the only light came from the outside where they came in, therefore the room was very dimly-lighted. The room was bare except for markings on the floor, unseen by the brothers.

"Looks like no one is here yet" stated Al. They walked farther into the room until they were on the markings.

Suddenly, a blue light emitted from the lines. "The hell?!" Ed yelled. They were standing in the middle of what turned out to be a very large transmutation circle.

"Brother, look down!" Al said. In the middle of the circle was a large triangle made of three individual triangles that glowed brightly. It turned white and the room momentarily whited out.

Edward and Alphonse Elric walked into the back hall of Central's library at 11:02 at night. When the flash disappeared and the transmutation circle's lights went out moments later, they were gone.