Okay. This chapter is REALLY short. It's the prologue. It's JUST too long to be a summary and JUST too short to be an actual chapter. So it's a prologue.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist. If I did, Edward would not be called short, Al and Ed would have their bodies back already, Heidrich wouldn't have died in the movie and Winry and Ed would be engaged.
Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of equivalent exchange. The law which the world exists by: when you give, you receive; when you receive, you must give. The law of Equivalent Exchange keeps the world in balance.
But when you lose the one thing that's most important to you, something more precious than your own life…
What do you get back?
Okay, so this is technically my first Fullmetal Alchemist fanfiction. I've written quite a few of them -never finished them...- and I've already started a drabble. But I figured I should actually get around to uploading something worthwhile...I have...only a very small idea of where I want this story to go, so bare with me here. I'm trying something new by actually not writing in a notebook if I can help it and only on the computer. Hopefully that will keep me motivated so I don't feel intimidated by half a notebook of story that I've never tried to type before.
This will...for the most part...be angst. I'll probably write more fluff in my drabbles to have an outlet when I need happy stuff, so I don't ruin this story. BUT. BUT, this story WILL have a happy ending. I don't know how, but I don't believe in writing sad, angsty endings. So it will end on a positive note. ... Hopefully.
Anyway, if anyone bothered to read the AN longer than the actual chapter, thanks! PLEASE review! I live off of reviews...And, depending on how far ahead I type, you reviewers might get a preview of the next chapter! Seriously, I don't care if you just say 'good.' or 'meh', I will be entirely grateful and if I've mentioned a preview in the AN of a chapter, you will get a preview of the next chapter!
But not for chapter one, because that will be up -hopefully- sometime today! n-n