Metal Snakes

Chapter 1

Darkangelscars: Alright, this is my first story that randomly came in my head when I was reading the FMA Manga. So, it might be a little strange. Sorry for that. Al, disclaimer please?

Al: Sure! Angel does not own FMA. She only owns her OC.

Specks of rain fell gently to the ground, making a silent dripping sound before dissolving into mere puddles that would become a hassle to avoid for adults, but fun to jump in for children. The sky was a dreary gray, showing no sign of clearing anytime soon. For a normal person, this meant it would be a rainy day and prevent them from going outside. For an alchemist, it meant they would have more things to work with. I'm an alchemist myself, but I really don't need rain to do alchemy since there's plenty of water underground. I do need the weather though. For some alchemy it needs to be sunny, other times it has to be cloudy. Same with day and night.

My name's Claire Serret, the blood alchemist. I don't actually use real blood. I use the water around me and it automatically turns to blood. It's a very useful weapon and I can freeze it and dissolve it. I'm the second youngest state alchemist and I'm second to Edward Elric. He's 15 while I'm 16. Of course it really doesn't matter to me. It matters to Edward though. He always brags about it to me even if his brother, Al, tells him to stop. The only way I can stop him is call him a midget or Roy Mustang comes to talk to us.

Edward committed the major sin of alchemy, human transmutation. He was trying to revive his dead mother but it resulted in him losing his right arm and his left leg. Al has it worse. Al lost his whole body and now his soul is bound to a suit of armour. Ed's trying to find and get the Philosophers Stone so he can restore Al's and his body That's why Ed became an alchemist in the first place.

I became an alchemist to venge my mother and father's deaths. They died in the Ishvallin War from a sudden assault by another alchemist named Kimblee. Kimblee finally was captured and sent to prison. There are rumors of him trying to break out, but I'm sure he wouldn't get far. There's other alchemists around here and then there's King Bradley. He's rumored to be one of the best swordsman around.

The rain finally stopped and what remained was streams of water cascading down the windows and roofs. I sighed and pulled myself out of bed to get ready for another day with Roy. Roy was okay, but he was a lazy ass. He always slept in the archive room where no one would find him. He's a good alchemist though, he snaps his fingers and immediately, fire comes out.

I take a warm shower and change into my normal alchemist clothes and brush my black hair into a loose ponytail. I eat toast and an orange before going to the East Command HQ.

"Finally you've arrived Claire. I've been waiting forever. What takes you so long? Doing your hair?" Roy says. He was waiting for me at the front gate tapping his foot. He was holding a stack of papers which had a bunch of different criminals names.

"No, I was sleeping like you do every single day. Anyway, what's with the names of the criminals? Do I have to kill another breakout?" I said, winking at Roy. I usually have to kill criminals that have escaped from prison instead of just putting them back in jail. It's because they escaped.

"Not exactly. You can kill this one, or capture him. He isn't a breakout either. His name is Isaac McDougall. He was a former State Alchemist that helped in the Ishvallin War. After that, he resigned for some unknown reason. But now, he's back and killing people for some reason. Armstrong and the Elric brothers are helping us capture him too." Roy said, reading off a document. I knew he wouldn't be able to know all those things about one person.

"Were you two buddies or something? Or was he your rival? Either way, I'm going to kill him for betraying us like that." I said with a smirk. No one I know gets away with killing innocent people, especially a traitor like this Isaac dude.

"War buddies. We worked together to bring down an army of Ishvallins. He was known as the freezer because he could freeze water, even the water in his body. It kind of reminds me of you, except he uses regular water." Roy said, sighing. Did he just relate me to a deranged criminal? What an asshole. I'm not some freakish criminal!

"Thanks for relating me to a deranged dude like him. I surely appreciate it. I guess I'll go find the little pipsqueak, Edward. See you later, Roy Boy!" I laughed as I ran to the HQ to find Ed and Al.

"Don't call me Roy Boy!" Roy yelled in anger before stomping off somewhere. I stifled another laugh. Same old Roy...

I stopped running when I reached an oak door. The door had two lions eating the sun. Weird right? That's Roy for you. Ed's is usually in Roy's office reading military and alchemy books. I think he needs his own office since he's here so much.

"Hey little midget! Nice to see you again after 10 hours!" I said as I entered Roy's office. Ed looked up from his book before making that face that he makes when he's about to lose it.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING TINY!? I'M NOT TINY! TINY IS FOR THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T SEE WITHOUT A MAGNIFYING GLASS!" Ed yelled in anger before chasing me around the room. Typical Ed like always. Say he's small and you have a midget on a rampage.

"You. So, did you hear that we're working on this Isaac case together? Or did you just forget?" I said. Ed looked at me with a confused look on his face. Idiot. He never remembers anything.

"Who's this Isaac person? A dead dude? Or is he related to you or Roy?" Ed said. I shook my head and passed him the report. Al walked over and peered over the midget's shoulder to see what was going on.

"Hi Al! What's up? Has Ed hit you yet today?" I said, grinning at Al. If Al had a mouth, he would be smiling.

"Hi Claire! Oh nothing much. Ed got angry at Roy and took his anger out on me. He wounded up hurting his foot and then started yelling at me before he hit me and hurt his hand." Al laughed causing Ed to glare at him.

I flopped on the couch across from where Ed was sitting and closed my eyes. Roy's office was warm, almost like you were sitting by a fire on a cold winter day. The office smelled like pine trees with a hint of apples. I bet Roy eats apples in here. I wish it wasn't so hot in his office though! You can't even open up the windows half of the time because they stick together. Roy's windows are right next to each other unfortunately. Stupid person who put the windows in.

"The freezer, huh? I didn't know you had a long-lost twin! Maybe he looks like you!" Ed said suddenly, waking me up out of my peaceful mode and into my annoyed mode. I sighed before starting my screaming session.

"THAT'S THE SECOND TIME TODAY SOMEONE HAS SAID THAT THAT CRIMINAL AND ME ARE RELATED! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU PIPSQUEAK!" I screamed before getting Ed angry for being called pipsqueak.

I clasped my hand onto his mouth so he wouldn't start yelling even louder than me and scare Al away. Al sighed and pulled out a kitten from his armor. What in the world is a kitten doing in Al's armor? I guess the world will never know. Ed started stomping and tried punching me and while I thrust my other hand out to block his punches.

"You two calm down! You're scaring Mr. Whiskers! He doesn't like fights. Isn't that right Mr. Whiskers?" Al said, making Ed and me give him a strange look. Al can be weird at times.

I let go of Ed and pulled out a map. The map had all the major streets and buildings in East City, which would be handy for tracking this criminal down. I circled the latest crime scene and decided to head over there. I signaled Ed and Al to follow me to the crime scene so they wouldn't get lost. Watch, they're probably still going to get lost and it'll be my job to find them. Lucky me.

The crime scene was the usual. Yellow tape around the bodies that are still being inspected, dried blood splattered on the ground, nosy people trying to eavesdrop and little clues that no one notices. Except me. I can find clues anywhere.

"Ed, can you go ask the officers if you can take a look at the body? Al you can come with me while Ed's looking at the body for any clues on this guy's whereabouts." I said grabbing Al's arm before he could protest.

I showed my pocket watch to the officers and slipped under the tape. I ran my finger through the blood to see when the person was killed. Dry. That means this Isaac guy could be anywhere by now. There was a few pieces of ice lying around which would be how the person was killed. Wait, he probably made a trail of ice. That means, we could find him and kill him!

"Al! See this ice? If we find pieces of it, we're on the right track. So, let's go get Ed and look for more." I said, showing the ice to Al. He nodded and we went off to get Ed.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN TOO TINY TO BE AN ALCHEMIST!? THIS POCKET WATCH IS MY PROOF! IF YOU DON'T LET ME PASS I'LL REPORT YOU TO ROY!" Ed yelled on another rampage.

"Calm down brother. Claire has found a way to find this guy. These officers are just doing their job. Let's just go brother." Al said putting his hand on Ed's shoulder. Ed sighed and nodded. At least he listens to someone.

"Come on Edward. We don't want you to make a scene. Remember what happened last time?" I said before remembering that day.

-Flashback-

It was winter of last year and it was almost nighttime. I was working on another case with Ed and Al and decided to tease Ed. I quickly came up with what I was going to say and smirked. This would be so good.

"Tiny midget pipsqueak! Over here!" I called to Ed who flinched before stomping over to me.

"What, bloody woman?" Ed said with a glare on his face. I grinned.

"Those men over there called you short. You can go teach them a lesson." I said. Ed ran over to the men and started punching them. Little did he know that they were Armstrong and Roy...

"Edward Elric! Why are you hurting a poor man like me? Don't you know who you're messing with? Armstrong said. Ed gulped before a loud snap was heard.

"Do that again Fullmetal and you're fired." Roy said, creating a large wall of fire.

I grinned. That's what he gets for calling me bloody lady. Of course, Ed will try to injure me. But it's not going to happen unless I'm sleeping. I'm so going to lock my doors tonight in case Ed comes to kill me. Al looks at me before stifling a laugh. Even Al's laughing at Ed. That was so much fun.

"YOU IDIOT GIRL! NEVER DO THAT AGAIN TO THE FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST! YOU HEAR ME?" Ed yelled. I pretended to not hear Ed and started humming. I peered at Ed and saw that his face was red as a tomato. Even better. Let's try teasing him again.

"What do you want Mr. Midget? Some help getting taller? One thing, drink your milk!" I teased. Ed stomped over to me yet again.

"You, You! I swear I'll show you someday! THE FULLMETAL WILL PREVAIL!" Ed said triumphantly. What an idiot.

-End of Flashback-

"It was all your fault Claire! I didn't start yelling until you said Armstrong and Roy called me short. Which I think they actually did do... Forget it! The Fullmetal Alchemist will prevail in the end!" Ed said. I bobbed him on the head.

"Good luck with that." I said walking away. Maybe someday, he will prevail. But right now, he's still a midget.

A/N: I'm going to kind of follow the episodes but add in stuff. Next chap will have Isaac Mcdougall against Ed and Al and also, Envy will appear as someone but not in his normal form.