Hey what's going on guys ShadowCat55 here and today I'm working with KittyKattUzumaki to create this story this chapter is basically just explaining how the Ed and Al got to Columbia hope you enjoy.

It was a seemingly normal day for the Elric brothers, without a lead and searching for a philosophers stone. They were just heading back from Liore and Al was already sinking.

"Al, where are you?" Edward shouted, staring out into the abyss of a desert.

"Right here brother! I sunk again, sorry." Al replied, sticking his metal hand out of the sand. This was the third time since leaving the dreaded town and it was getting on Ed's nerves. The elder of the two pulled Alphonse out of the sand and continued to drag himself to the train back to Central. Edward was already complaining about the lecture Mustang was going to give him.

"Midget, still no lead?" He said in his impression of the so called Colonel Bastard, " You've been on this wild goose chase for years now and still have gotten nowhere!" He sighed, it had been years and Ed still hadn't fulfilled his promise to his armour bound brother. A strange haze surrounded the sand in front of the pair, which they walked into, not realising what it truly was. They came out the other side, suddenly walking on cobble streets filled with people. There was no way back from this strange place….

KittyKattUzumaki: Sorry if this is rushed but ShadowCat55 is very demanding when he has low battery….

ShadowCat55 like I said she's helping me create the story I've never watched this so she was writing this chapter but next chapter we'll be a lot of me writing.