[[This is my first attempt at fanfiction so it might stink but I tried. Please review!]]
Ch. 1
"Sorry!" you said, as you bumped right into the person in front of you, paperwork flying everywhere. You scrambled to pick it up apologizing profusely. Two gloved hands appeared in your peripheral vision, picking up the remaining papers. "It's okay." A gruff voice said as the hands put the paper on your stack. You looked up slowly. Your (h/c) hair flying in your face as you saw golden eyes peering down at you. A boy around your age was standing in front of you, he was muscular and handsome with blonde hair and a height just a little bit taller than yours. You both stared at each other for a moment, he seemed familiar somehow. You examined him slowly, he was wearing a black shirt with a long red jacket over it and tight black pants, odd for the middle of summer. You noticed he was also wearing gloves. You suddenly looked up, trying not to seem weird, and caught his gaze. He immediately blushed and looked away. "Do I know you from somewhere?" he asked, still not looking at you. "I-um, I don't know. You seem familiar though." You said, trying desperately to compose a proper sentence. "What's your name?" he asked. "(Name)." His face quickly turned and a flash of recognition shown in his eyes as he looked at you in shock. "Wait, where are you from?" he asked seriously. "Oh, Resem-" you stopped, suddenly you remembered. Children's giggles played through your mind as you remembered your memories in Resembool. You knew who he was. Edward, Edward Elric. HE had ived just down the road from you as kids. Your mothers were great friends and you, Ed, and his younger brother Al were always running around together, playing. You could see yourself running as they chased you through the fields, at first you were laughing but then your laughter turned to tears. "I don't want to run anymore, I'm tired!" You screamed behind you. "If you stop, we'll get you!" Ed said, laughing but then he saw the stricken look on your face and stopped running. "I-I'm sorry, please don't cry, we can play a different game!" he said, walking slowly over to you with a confused Al walking behind him. Then you remembered a memory from when you were a little older, You, Ed, Al, and Winry where walking home from school. "I can't believe that dumb ol' teacher made me sit in the corner again today." Ed said angrily, crossing his arms. "What did you expect, you dummy? You know alchemy isn't allowed at school!" Winry said mater-o-factly. She didn't mean it sound so harsh, Winry was just always that way. Ed gave her a sour look and you smiled. "I thought the toy you made was pretty cool." You said,thinking of Ed's creation. Ed looked over at you and smiled. "See, she gets it!" he said to Winry and she frowned. "Yeah, well that's just because she got in trouble for making something the other day!" WInry said and Ed and you both laughed. Then finally, a dark memory flashed in your mind. Rain poured as you walked down the dirt road, looking around. You walked slowly as you approached him, his back to you. Hiss head was down as he stared at his mother's grave. It had been a while since her passing, but Ed went to see her often. "Ed-" you said gently but he spoke. "It just insn't fair, you know?" he said, and you took a step forward. "First Dad leaves us for Mom to care for us all on her own, then she gets sick!? She never did anything mean to anyone! Then she died and left me and Al all alone! How is it fair!? How!?" he yelled. "Ed, please." You said, tears filling your eyes. "How?" he asked, his voice cracking as he turned to you, tears mixing with the rain on his face. He looked broken. You took a deep breath. "It isn't fair, Ed. It never will be. That's the way life is." "But why!?" he screamed, pounding his fice on the tombstone as lighting flashed in the sky. "I-I don't know. I'm sorry." Ed started sobbing, his body shaking fiercely. You walked slowly up to him, waited a second, then wrapped your arms around him. He was tiff at first but slowly relaxed and sobbed into your shoulder. After a while he whispered "Thank you." So lightly he thought you couldn't hear him but you did. You would never forget it the way his voice sounded so broken, so sad. You snapped back into reality, peering into the eyes that had once been filled with bitter tears. "Ed?" you asked. "Is that really you?" He grinned. "So it is you. I haven't seen you since you moved to central years ago." He said. "Yeah" you said grinning. "So I guess you fulfilled your dream." He said. You laughed. "Nope, I'm not a state alchemist like I always said I'd be. I'm just a loyly secretary working under Roy Mustang. He seemed surprised, "You know that idiot?" he asked. You laughed. "I take it you aren't very fond of him." You said. "You got that right." He said, grinning. "So what are you doing in central anyway?" you asked. "Er, well, actually, I'm a state alchemist." He said, rubbing his head. You always knew Ed was an amazing alchemist but he had gotten your dream? Your own words suddenly popped into you head "Life isn't fair". But then again, wasn't it? Ed had gone through much more heartache. He deserved something good in his life. Suddenly your (e/c) eyes went wide. "Wait, you're the fullmetal alchemist!?" you asked, shocked. "Yeah, how did you know?" he asked. "Because he's the youngest state alchemist ever, it had to be you." You said and he said "Oh". "Wow, that's amazing. I can't believe it." You said, laughing. "So where's Al? I haven't seen him since he was just a little kid, he must be so grown up now!" you said happily. Ed looked uncomfortable for a minute. "He's um, still in Resembool!" he said, rubbing his head and smiling oddly. "What's going on?" you asked suspicious of what he was up to. "What do you mean?" he laughed nervously. "You lied to me, didn't you?" you said, pointing. "What? Never!" he said, still grinning and shaking his hands. "Ed." You said, accusingly. "Well, it was nice seeing you again, bye!" he said, quickly turning. "Ed?" you said, hurt showing in your voice. He slowly turned back towards you, feeling bad. "Okay, I'm sorry. I just, Ed is" he sighed. "it's a long story." He said. "You know I'm a good listener." You said and he gave you a light smile. "Alright, come with me." He said, waving for you to follow him.
[[Not sure if I'll continue or not. Please review, good or bad, I want to know how I'm doing. Thanks!]]