A/N: There is a terrible lack of these stories on this site. So I wrote one. Enjoy!

Chapter 1. The baby.

15-year old Edward Eldric stumbled around the empty parking lot, a blue flash fading behind him. He glanced around the lot and took in his surroundings. He was standing in front of a road, or what resembled one at least. A loud roaring sound came from the left, and Ed barely had time to dodge the sleek black car, for that was what it must be. It was very different then the cars back home.

A wrapper tumbled across the road in the wind and the moon shone upon it eerily.

"Hello?" He called out, not wanting to be caught off guard. What was that? Ed strained and vaguely heard the sound of a door slamming and low laughter. He hurried off in that direction, through the trees that surrounded the large gray square that he was in.

Ed emerged into a small green yard, lit up slightly by soft yellow light coming through the windows on the house. It was a rather squat house, two stories, with one chimney. The disturbing thing was that the house on either side of it looked exactly the same. The only difference was the plethora of toys scattered around the yard he was in and the man who currently occupied it.

This man was round, quite fat, with a huge mustache that resembled that of Major Armstrong back home. Except this man was nothing like the pleasant, overenthusiastic Major Armstrong. No, this man was yelling rapidly at him in a language Ed had never heard before.

"Where am I?" Ed asked in his native Amestrian.

The man's face had turned beat red-partially from anger and partially from the exertion of yelling at Ed.

"Bloody foreigners!" He exclaimed and proceeded to try to kick him off his lawn.

Ed had absolutely no clue what this guy was trying to say, but he could tell, from many wild arm gestures and a shaking fist that he did not want to be anywhere near him. Ed rolled his eyes at the man's flails, but decided to get out of there anyway.

He ran through the spaces between the identical houses,-he didn't want to go back to the road- stomping on the flower beds there as revenge. The fat man, having just realized Ed had moved, glared at him and continued shouting at him in the unfamiliar language.

Ed just grinned and vanished behind the front of the house. The man must have thought he left, because he went back inside, slamming the door loudly behind him.

Ed turned around and was surprised to find identical houses lining the street all the way. It was creepy. He stood on the fat man's front lawn and looked for anything familiar. He sighed. It was official, he had no idea where he was.

A loud cry broke his thoughts and he turned around again to see a wriggling bundle on the fat man's front porch. A baby.

Ed hurried over and stared down at the thing, not quite sure what to do. It was wrapped in blue blankets and there was a letter tucked in the front. The baby wailed flinging black hair around.

Ed picked it up, going from vague memories of when Al was little. He jiggled it a bit, and the baby seemed to have calmed down enough. It yawned and began to drool on Ed's arm.

It was then that Ed noticed the strange scar on the child's forehead. It was shaped like a lightning bolt. How peculiar.

He glanced up at the fat man's house. He should probably put the baby back, but he had an bad feeling that the baby wouldn't be welcome in this house.

Al would want to take the child in. It would be insane, yes. He was only fifteen for Truth's sake! But Al would stubbornly insist on it. He adored cats and baby animals. The thought struck Ed with a sickening blow to his heart. Al. Oh, how he missed Al.

Ed rearranged his face into a determined mask. H e was going to raise this child for Al. Maybe this was why the Gate sent him here. He would learn this weird language; find a job, and a place to live. He was Edward Eldric, the Fullmetal Alchemist. He could surely deal with a baby.

With that thought he set off down the road, still wary of cars, carrying the baby. Tonight he'd find a place to sleep. Tomorrow a translator and food.

A/N: Yah! I'm excited! You excited? Please review! Chapters will be longer in the future.