Every time I get to work on one story, another always usurps it. There I was, thinking about chapter five of Our Solemn Hour when this one (started in June) demanded my attention for a revision, a major one. This is a High School AU. A bunch of characters had their ages changed to become younger or older in a few cases. Most of the main characters and a few minor are students, the rest are faculty. I couldn't put them all in here but I am going to use… *counts* 44 characters. Yeesh, that's a lot. Uh, I'll manage somehow. Oh yeah, 42 of the characters are actually from all over the (manga) series and 2 are OCs. One OC is from my long chapter fic Is This the Way It's Supposed to Go? The other will show up in its sequel, which is in progress, it just got usurped… several times….

This is a warning: There will be quite a few pairings in this including an almost cute (but scary) unexpected one. I won't tell you who because that would ruin it. Also, Barry the Chopper (Number 66 form) is in it, so expect Chopper hilarity.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Some characters have only one name so I gave them first/last names. Some are insulting but meant only for the lulz.

Uh… Fem!Ed warning. (Will I ever write a male Ed, you ask? I don't know.) Also, she has her automail but Al is normal.

… Word just autocorrected manga to mango.

Oh, I know that haters gotta hate, but if you've gotta hate on this story, bugger off.

Right – Freeze Ray! I mean story!

The Evening Before

Central Academy of School and Stuff is a really lame name. That was the first thought in the mind of Edwarda Elric as she surveyed the room all 28 students invited were waiting in. Most were eyeing each other warily. Some were chatting and one was already picking on another. She marched over there. "Everybody has a name. You must be stupid if you don't have one. Go home already."

She grabbed the skinny Amestrian boy by his collar and threw him to the floor. He stared up at her with hurt brown eyes. "Leave him alone, racist bastard. He has just as much right to be here as you do."

"Shut your mouth, bitch with freaky automail." He spat at her.

He tried to get up but a boot was planted on his throat. "If I ever come across you bullying somebody again, I'll break you in half like a twig, asshole." The girl had long flowing blonde hair. He nodded, frightened. As soon as she let him up, he bolted. "Olivier Mira Armstrong," she said. "No need to thank me."

"Edwarda Elric," Ed introduced herself.

"I don't have a name but another student is calling me Scar," said the Ishvalan that they helped.

"Who?" Ed asked, unable to help herself.

"Olivier, my sister!" called out a muscular blonde male.

"What have I told you about calling me that, Alex?" Olivier roared. "And don't interrupt! That's very rude! I taught you better than that!"

"Sorry, Sis... Uh… Olivier," whimpered Alex.

"That one right there," Scar directed their attention to a kind looking guy with black hair and light brown eyes behind a pair of glasses. "His name is Maes Hughes."

"I see," said Olivier. She drifted back to her group, two blondes, including the one she had called Alex, and a guy who looked Ishvalan.

Ed wondered if she could speak to this Maes Hughes or if she should say anything else to Scar but the opening of the doors saved her. A man with black hair and an eyepatch was standing there. "Hello, kids. I'm Principal Bradley. Welcome to Central Academy, the country's first private boarding school for the best and the brightest in Amestris and Xing. I'll lead you inside, once inside, the females will sit to the table to the left with your guide for the first week, Ms. Lust. The males will sit to the table to the right with your guide for the first week, Professor Hohenheim." Bradley pretended he didn't hear three students gasp. "You will receive your schedules and after dinner, it's straight to bed."

Alphonse Elric fought the crowd to talk to his sister as Bradley led the students in. "Our father is here?"

"I hope we don't have his class, the bastard," Ed snarled. She backed up as a dark haired muscular guy cut in front of her, bumping into yet another person. "Sorry," she said automatically, not turning around to see who it was.

Once everybody was seated, Bradley got up. "Sit down, eat and keep silent or you'll die. I do hope you like melons."

What the hell is this? Ed stabbed a slice of watermelon as to her left, Olivier grabbed a plate full of cantaloupe. On her right was a serious looking blonde calmly eating more watermelon. He threatens us and feeds us only fruit? We can't speak and where's the damn meat?

The older woman at the end of the table got up and began passing around a stack of papers. Each girl wiped their hands and shifted through each stack to get their schedule. Ed took hers and passed to the girl she didn't know. Shit, P.E. right after breakfast. I do have his class. Shit.

Dinner completely eaten, the girls were led up seven flights of stairs to a stone door. Behind that were more stairs, three flights of them. It was completed in silence. Once Ms. Lust was gone, the 14 girls sighed and plopped down wherever they felt like. "Man," said one loudly. "I feel like I'm in the military. Oh, hi everybody! I'm Rebecca!"

"I'm one of the two seniors," said Olivier, "and the only female one. So that means I'm your Queen. Olivier Mira Armstrong."

The rest exchanged glances. Rebecca kicked off her shoes and socks and put her feet up in the lap of the one Ed had sat next to at dinner. She sighed. "Riza Hawkeye and Becca, get your stinky feet off me."

"Come on, Riza, they hurt."

"I'll make them hurt even more." The feet were quickly withdrawn.

"I'm Izumi," said a dark haired girl with braids.

"Ed Elric," Ed went next. "It's actually Edwarda but I prefer Ed."

"I'm Winry Rockbell," said Winry Rockbell. "I'm also Ed's best friend."

"Riza and I are best pals," said Rebecca.

"I'm Gracia. My boyfriend, Maes, is also here." That was a kind looking girl.

"My name's Rose," said a nervous girl.

"This is my youngest sister, Katherine Elle Armstrong," said Olivier.

"Hi," said Katherine shyly.

"Maria Ross," said another dark haired girl.

"I'm Paninya!" said another girl with automail. "Ed, how did you get your automail?"

Ed scowled. "I don't like to talk about it."

"I'm Mei Chang and I'm from Xing!"

"I'm Lanfan and I'm also from Xing."

"My name is Laura Brown," said a girl in the far back corner. "I'm the adopted daughter of the head of the Villains Guild in East City."

There was an awkward silence following that. "So, I have P.E. first thing in the morning," Rebecca yawned. The rest echoed that they did too. "That's pretty bad, tired exercise."

"It could be worse, your estranged father could be a teacher here." Ed said bitterly.

"Is yours?" Rose asked.

"Yes."

Olivier stood up. "We can discuss Ed's dysfunctional family later. We need to get to sleep sometime."