Author Note: Here's my first attempt at a fanfic.
Disclaimer: FMA and its characters belong to Hiromu Arakawa.
Prologue
It was cold in Central today but not because of the weather but because of the ice that was slowly covering Central. The person behind this was the Freezing Alchemist Isaac McDougal. He hoped to destroy Central by creating several arrays that would together form a giant transmutation circle then by using his water-based alchemy he would cover the city in ice. The military of course wasn't sitting by and letting him do this. The military had sent out some of its best state alchemists to take care of this rogue, the Strong-arm Alchemist Major Armstrong, the Flame Alchemist Colonel Mustang and the famous Fullmetal Alchemist Edward Elric.
At that moment Edward Elric and his brother Alphonse were in pursuit of McDougal while Major Armstrong and Colonel Mustang took care of the arrays. McDougal was hard to get close to for he could either freeze his opponents or create intense steam to ward them off. Edward was getting tired of this chase; he wanted to punch this guy's lights out for calling him a runt.
The chase led them to running on top of the ice after the guy who kept spouting that he was saving this country. That didn't make any sense to Edward and his brother; how could freezing the capital save the country? The ice was close to Central headquarters, which was the center of the city; soon the city would be submerged in ice.
What the hell was taking the colonel and major so long? They needed to destroy one of the arrays now! Edward thought, completely pissed.
"Brother look!" Alphonse yelled to his big brother pointing at something at the foot of the ice ramp. Edward looked and saw a hooded figure walking towards where two pieces of ice were about to connect. McDougal saw the figure too and laughed as the man placed himself between the two pieces of ice.
It's useless. No one can stop my ice, McDougal thought confidently.
The figure raised his arms catching the two pieces of ice with his gloved hands and, to everyone's surprise, stopping them. The ice was still trying to connect but the figure was too strong. It was at that moment that the Major destroyed one of the arrays causing the ice to crumble and collapse. McDougal and the Elric brothers fell to the floor. McDougal fell right at the figure's feet while Edward and his brother fell a few feet away with Alphonse landing on top of Edward causing him to curse and cry out in pain. McDougal stared up at the figure in disbelief.
He stopped his ice…but how? No human could be that strong.
The figure pulled a gun out and aimed it right at McDougal who was too shocked to resist. Edward began struggling from underneath his brother trying to stop what was about to happen next. Colonel Mustang and his men showed up just as the trigger was pulled. McDougal fell at the figure's feet…dead.
Everyone stared at the man in shock as he started walking away. Lieutenant Hawkeye quickly came to her senses and aimed her gun at the man. She demanded that he not move. The man didn't heed her warning and continued walking so she fired. The bullet never reached its target. The man had evaded the bullet and disappeared into the shadows of a nearby alleyway. Everyone stared in disbelief where the man had once stood. No human should be fast enough to evade a bullet nor should they be strong enough to stop McDougal's ice. Not even Major Armstrong was that strong.
"Brother…that was…" Alphonse said hesitantly to his brother once he was removed from under him.
"Yeah…he was the one from Reole." Edward said staring into the shadows of the alleyway. Both thought back to their first encounter with the hooded figure and the time he helped one of their friends.
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