PROLOGUE

"Look, Ed!" Al called excitedly. Since they had nothing better to do as they waited on the pompous Mustangs orders, Edward Elric decided to take his little brother(Who was clearly much taller than Ed thanks to the suit of armor his soul was encased in)Alphonse to the museum in Central.

"Yeah, yeah. Big skeletons, big deal! Really, Alphonse, why do dinosaurs amaze you? I mean, sure, they were pretty big but obviously very dumb. I mean, there isn't a single one left that's alive." Ed protested, obviously very angry with his choice to bring Al to this place.

"Come on Ed, you can't say you're not enjoying this. At least your away from the colonel." Al said.

"Yeah, I guess you're right."Ed replied with a long sigh.

"Besides, Ed, look! He's your height and I bet he was just as smart!" Alphonse said pointing to the skeleton of a Velociraptor. Well, at least that's what the sign said.

"WHAT did you say Alphonse?" Ed whispered menacingly.

Al jumped when he realized what he said. "Um... Nothing brother! Nothing at all!" Al said, trembling from fear.

Ed bursted with laughter. "Calm down, Al! No need to worry! I was just kidding!" Ed smirked.

"Right. Hehe..." Al managed a small laugh. A few more minutes passed and Ed decided to finish examining the Velociraptor skeleton and go retrieve Al who looked horrified.

"What's wrong bro?" he asked Al worriedly. Al pointed to an abnormally small skeleton. Ed's never seen one like it, although, he never had much taste in dinosaurs.

"It's nothing." Al said, looking at Ed.

"You sure? You look terrible." Ed looked over Al's shoulder. "Let me guess. It's that." he pointed to a small skeleton, like a tiny Velociraptor. "That's the smallest dinosaur skeleton I've ever seen!" he cried. "It's kinda cute. There's no reason to be afraid of something that small!"

"Well, Ed, little things can happen to be pretty vicious. I mean, look at you. No offence." Al pointed out.

"What do you mean Al? I'm as docile as a kitten!" Ed said, taken aback. Just then a man walked by.

"Hey! It's the FullMetal Alchemist! " he said, looking at Al. Al pointed to Ed. "Oh. Sorry, I didn't expect the FullMetal Alchemist to be so short. He's like one of those little sweet and sour shrimp."

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?" Ed screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Sorry,it didn't mean anything by it! Geeze. Sour yes." he said walking away.

"SCREW YOU ASSHOLE!" Ed called after him making a very rude hand gesture.

"Yeah, docile as a Lion cub." laughed Al under his breath.

"I heard that!" Ed said, looking furious. "Anyway." he said, calming down. We should go get Winry now. She's probably just as bored as I am by now."

"Yeah, you're right. Let's go." said Al, taking a quick glance back at the little skeleton labeled Compsognuthus.

As they were leaving to find Winry, they heard a loud scream coming from the next room. The two of them hurried down the hall, dreading what they would find when they entered. It was worse than they thought. When they entered the room, they saw Winry inside a large skull of some sort of dinosaur, Ed didn't recognize it. "Winry? What the hell are you doing up there?" Ed called. "Get down here!" She looked at Ed and gave him a small smile. Ed could tell it was threatening.

"Tyrannosaurus Rex. 18 feet tall and 42 feet long. It weighed 5 tons and could live to be up to 100 years old AND could eat their own weight in meat every week! They even cared for their offspring instead of leaving them to fend for themselves!" she read from a golden plaque she stole from below. "It's so fascinating isn't it Ed?" she asked, and with a quivering grin,began pounding at the skull with her wrench.

"Winry? What the hell are you doing?" Ed screamed, panicking! "O my god, even my salary won't pay for this damage!" he said dancing around madly, until he felt a sharp pain in the back of his skull and he was out cold. Winry then pulled out another(but more rusted) wrench.

"Winry, please sto-" Al was cut off.

"Not another word tin man or you'll end up like him!" she said pointing to Ed. Without warning, she began jumping up and down on top of the skull. All of a sudden, there was a loud crack and the skull began to fall along with every other bone making up the skeleton, which had pummeled Ed in the back one too many times. "Catch me!" she called jumping off, landing on Ed's back.

"My... Back..." he said, lying on the ground twitching.

"Yay! You're awake! Carry me!" she said.

"Don't count on it. You've caused enough trouble today." Ed replied.

"EXCUSE ME?" a man called from the doorway, obviously VERY angry. "SECURITY!" Of course it was another 2 hours before they gave Ed a chance to tell them that he could fix it, but unfortunately, they got out too late. They missed Mustang's meeting. Not too disappointed, Ed began fussing about getting something to eat. Just as he lost the battle, they noticed a familiar face coming down the street.

"Edward, the Colonel wants to know when you'll be visiting him. It's been over an hour since the appointment. It's very urgent." said a black haired woman, saluting Ed.

"Oh, right. Sorry Lt. Ross. We had a slight problem, but everything's fine now. No need to worry." Ed smiled. Obviously Maria knew it wasn't a slight problem. "Well, we better get moving. Let's go Al, Winry!" He called, running towards Central headquarters.