a/n: Hey guys! So um, I gave up on this other FMA fanfic I wrote (sorry!) because I came up with this idea instead. ALSO! Those people who do not for the life of them enjoy OC fics, STOP NOW.

Thanks ever so much!

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I remember, when I was little, my grandmother would tell me all sorts of tales about a world where the laws of Alchemy triumphed over physics. She would tell me all sorts of crazy stories about monsters and heroes, The military and it's secrets but there was always one person she referred to in particular, how he would do anything to restore something he lost, the adventures he and his brother shared were ones that kept me entertained for hours, I'd always wanted to be just like him. Just like the Full metal Alchemist.

It's been at least 1 year since my grandmother has passed away, but today's the day to look forwards to a brighter and better year, as I officially turn 16 today.
"Hey Charlie!" Alex yelled as he ran to catch up with me. "Happy birthday!" He pulled out a rather large card smothered in countless goofy images of me most of which I'm not even looking at the camera, sort of mid-speech ridiculous look.
"Oh hey!" I laughed "Thanks man!" We exchanged wide grins and made our way into school. The Seniors looked at us with the usual we're better than you sneer, we ignored it, we had better things to do.

"Charlie!" Tahnee and Leah shouted as they ran toward Alex and me, they had massive grins and wrapped boxes. "Happy birthday!" They hugged me at the same time, but they were squeezing so hard I was going pretty purple.
"Guys…I…need to… breathe!" I panted as they released me I stumbled a bit, trying to regain my senses. These girls are not to be crossed; both have the strength of an anaconda I swear. Leah took tahnee's box and handed them both to me and said:
"NOW BOW DOWN AND OPEN THEM!"
Everyone stopped as a moment of 'what the-?' swept across everybody's minds, only to be broken by my muffled laughter. I'm not gonna lie, my laugh is incredibly evil, it's just effortless. So then because my laugh is just so outrageous, other people laugh at me, which makes me laugh more just resulting in pure noise. We were all laughing for so long that our school bell eventually shut us up.

"Where's Al?" I asked, I noticed that he wasn't here, which was unusual as he's hardly ever sick.
"Dunno, but hey! We have Science now! Cheer up!" Alex grinned with perfect teeth.
"Yeah of course, it's your favourite subject. You're good at it. I don't even know how I'm in the top class with you, must've gotten my name mixed up with someone else." I shoved his shoulder as we made our way to the science lab. When we crossed over the school bridge, there was an ill air to the atmosphere, almost as if it were about to rip apart, forcing people to hurry across the bridge.
"Hey, Charlie is it just me or is there something not quite right with this bridge?" Alex looked around, then glanced at his feet. "It feels as if it's gonna crumble away from beneath me."
"It's not just you. I feel it too." I looked to his left and saw what I thought was a disembodied eye. It was wide open and an unusual colour. I froze, something about it could paralyse an army with fear.

"Dude? What's up? You're seriously freaking me out." Alex cautiously shifted his bright blue eyes to his side, then flipping around to see nothing. "You need an eye exam." He laughed
"no… I think I need to go to a mental hospital." I laughed "But everybody tells me that daily"
We then quietly walked to our classroom and that image of the eye kept making me panic.

As our science class began, waves of panic and nausea got more violent and more frequent. I wasn't exactly sure what was going on, but it was getting worse.
"Boys, pay attention, you have to get this right. If you spill any of this acid onto your skin, it will burn a hole straight through." Our teacher said as he carefully poured the green acid into a beaker full of Copper carbonate. As he continued talking, I began seeing all sorts of black arms protruding from shadows, and knew something was coming and that it wasn't good. "Okay now it's your turn. Get into your designated groups."

I remember I was with Alex and 2 others, but since they were wusses when it came to dangerous chemicals I did it for them. It was then, when I was pouring the acid that numerous black hands began scratching at my right hand, causing a fierce burning sensation.
"What the f-!" I yelled and dropped the powerful acid all over the hand they were scratching at.
"Charlie!" The teacher yelled at me. He ran over, my head began to spin like crazy causing me to lose my balance and collapse to the floor, an Incredible Tearing feeling was eating at my hand removing layer after layer of skin. Nausea swept over me, forcing me to be sick numerous times until a sharp spark lighted on my hand and the burning stopped… I was still dizzy and constantly being sick, but when I looked at my hand a strange birthmark appeared, it looked like a serpent devouring it's own tail.

"Outoboros…?" I whispered as the darkness swept over me.

That's it for chappie number 1!

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