00: Legend

In the beginning, there was God. This God created man, who he gave the power of free will. With this people built cities and life flourished from forth their creations. Man then endeavored the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom and studies the fields of math and science. The combination of these two created the power of alchemy, and alchemist who use the pursuit of science to answer the mysteries of life. A very important law, is that of the law equivalent exchange which states:

Humankind cannot gain anything without giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost.

With this in mind, man eventually came to the conclusion that he can play the power of God. Alchemists attempted the creation of a human. The result of the transmutation experiment, was a failed human. Most of the alchemists were found dead, the rest were never found at all. Around this time man had thought to create law and order within their society, henceforth came the existence of government. This government was based solely on a military to run the country. As one would have guessed the officers within this organization used alchemy to keep law and order within society. They also began to fund their own human transmutation experiments, but all failed miserably and the practice of human transmutation became illegal, but mans ignorance could not leave the creation of life alone. One day, a man said that he had restored life, and of course no one believed him. He left all of findings in the form of a small crimson stone, that was rumored to bypass the law of equivalent trade and give back another's life. Unfortunately around this time a great war, called the Ishbalin war, was on the brink, and amidst the chaos the man was killed. Almost all remnants of his research were wiped out, save the rumors that spread around the country like a wildfire. The blood red rock seemed to fit all of the stories of the mythical philosopher's stone. A stone that was imbued with the power to grant immortality to the wielder by creating something called the elixir of life. Anyway, soon after the man was killed the military caught wind of the stone and sent search teams to find it, but to no avail. The constructed countless research efforts, all of which also failed. Around this time two boys Edward and Alphonse Elric were born. There father was deemed a brilliant scientist and the mother an extraordinarily beautiful women. For an unknown reason, soon after the boys were born, their father, Hohenheim Elric deserted the family. The young boys mother attempted to keep te small family together, but years later she died. The two boys were left to fend for themselves in the world, but missed their mother deeply. They dabbled in the studies of alchemy and then attempted their own, forbidden, human transmutation. Their attempt to play God was a failure to such extremes that young Edward paid the price of losing his right arm and left leg. His brother Alphonse on the other hand, lost his entire body, and in an attempt to keep his brother alive Edward sealed his Alphonse's soul to suit of armor. After this the boys traveled and were trained in the fields of martial arts as well as alchemy. After the completion of their training, the boys caught wind of the philosopher's stone rumor and took to the military, who had now established themselves as State Alchemists. The boys became the youngest officers in the military at age twelve and eleven, because of their extraordinary power to do alchemy without a transmutation circle. From there on out the two young boys traveled the land, via the expense account of the military, in search of the legendary philosopher's stone. Unfortunately the boys have not met without difficulty on their adventures. There are people who despise them for even going in search of the stone and attempt to throw them off the trail. Others even go to the extreme of attempting to kill the brothers. One of these men is that of Sigmund Engel. He was an ordinary man who lived within the same city that the State Alchemists central headquarters was located. He claims that one day, while out traveling home from the city God sent a message to him. God told him to wipe out all who quest for the philosopher's stone. For the power to play God was an almost unforgivable sin. Engel says that the he was a servant of God whose sole destiny was to protect man from the powers of the philosopher's stone. Months later he joined the State Alchemist with secret intent to seek out and kill the Elric's. He was accepted because of his ability to mysteriously perform alchemy without means of a transmutation circle. He describes the ability as gift from God. A few months after joining he was placed under the command of Colonel Roy Mustang, and was dubbed the crescent alchemist, because of the fact he carried around a long metal pole with a sharp crescent moon that sat at an angle atop it. This is his story...

I hope you enjoyed the prequel to my story, The first chapter will be up in a matter of days. Hopefully I build up some sort of fan reply's. Basically "Chapter: 00" was an introduction of my writing style. Hope for some reply's and possibly some good criticism. Well See everyone soon! Also stay tuned for the next chapter. Chapter: 01 No Turning Back. This is Tai signing out! BUSTER WOLF!