Ohkay!! First ever Fullmetal Alchemist fic! Woo! So, who'd like to do the honors?

Lucielle: I'm narrating this chappie. I will! :3

Lucielle: ArdenAnam doesn't own Fullmetal alchemist or any of it's characters or content. However, the town of Kloviss, me, and Luke belong to her. Another character's coming up, but she belongs to ArdenAnam's bestest best buddy.

Soooooo…. ON WITH THE FIC!!

My name is Lucielle. No last name. I'm 14, blonde with light green eyes, and pretty average for my age (in most ways). But I'll bore you with the facts later. First, I'll tell you just what happened on that night at the edge of town…

It's nighttime.

I bet you're wondering just exactly why I'm wandering the streets of Kloviss (that's my town) at night, huh? It's cold and a little lonely walking down that last street that will get me to my destination. At least the street lamps give plenty of light. You can see Kloviss from the forest, even! I rub my jacketed arms a bit & pull my bandanna tighter before letting my hair drop from its usual ponytail. I'm going to need all the warmth I can get.

Oh! Hey! Didn't answer the question, now did I? Well, it's cuzza my job. I work at a clinic to make ends meet, and since we can't always afford fancy-smancy brand medicines (I don't know how Luke seems to sometimes get them anyway, sometimes…), we grow some. And they actually work pretty well, especially for weak people who can't handle the strong stuff. 'Cept there's only one problem….

Since we live in a city-like town, there're no backyards or anything in the business district. It's all buildings & roads. It's business on the bottom floor, and on the side of the building in the alleyways are stairways that go up to the second floor, where the homes are. Usually two-bedrooms or so. And a third floor usually. (although there are some buildings without a third floor for some of the poorer people)

Because of this, most gardens (if anyone actually bothers to keep one) are out by the crop fields. Which I have finally gotten to. If you stand in the middle of the dirt road, and look out to the road that goes on and on and on…. Before disappearing into the forest in the horizon. So many memories from that forest….

Ah! I need to get the herbs so I can go back home! Don't want Luke to worry about me!

The garden is about ten yards from the very last building on this side of town. Stepping out from the lights of the town, it's immediately immensely colder and darker & alone-er….

Don't think of that! Get her herbs, and leave!!...

… is just what I'm thinking when the strangest sound breaks my thoughts.

Clankclankclankclankclankclankclankclankclankclankclankclankclankclankclankclank

I stand up slowly and look out at the road. My instincts are saying 'hide and watch from the shadows to ensure safety'. So I'm about to dive down into the tall grasses of the fields and use the cover of darkness when

"Hey! You there!! Help us! Please!!"

So much for that plan.

Ok. Next. These people seem to need help. However, I'm a young girl and they might try to trick me and kidnap me with these words. But he doesn't sound very old… maybe my age…? But what is that clanking noise? Automail running? I step back towards the town, ready to run at a moment's notice. I still can't see them.

"Yes? What's wrong?" Don't seem too into it. It could be a trap. And then I can make out the basic shape of whoever it is. Very, very big.

"My brother!! He needs help!" the whoever-it-is said, running closer. Now I can see him more clearly. He IS big! And shiny too. Automail? No, no. Too much shiny, although it's not really all that shiny. Heh. Shiny. That's a funny word and—no! Stay on track!!

It's armor. That's what the clanking was. He's about five yards away, and getting closer. But where's that brother of his? Out in the woods? I'll have to get Luke for that. I can't go in there alone with a stranger. But then I see the red coat in his arms, and the face of someone in pain…

All of a sudden, my instincts take over again. GET THAT KID TO SAFETY. (maternal instincts I guess)

"Oh, shiz!! Oh, man oh man oh man, what happened??" I ask, running over to the Mr. Armor-man. "I don't know! We're heading for town and all of a sudden he collapses!! He tried to get up again, but he just fell over again! I think he's really hurt!" the armor replies.

I look back to the kid. "Hey, can you hear me? Can you tell me what's hurting?" No response. I turn back up to the armor's face when what sounds more like a mumble comes from the boy. " m'stomach………" Ohkay. That helps with the situation a lot.

I turn back up to the armor. "Did you two pass through a town where he could have gotten sick? Did he display symptoms before he collapsed?" He didn't know of the first question, but mentioned that his brother had been less talkative than usual and didn't seem to want to walk much, but did anyway. Aaaahhh…… the reckless type. Just like my brother….

"Did you two get in a fight?" A small pause. "Uhm… well… maybe. He gets into fights a lot. But he wins just about all of them, so I doubt that." I shake my head. "Just because he wins them," I say, "doesn't mean that he didn't get hurt during the fight. Trust me, I have a younger brother too. He's crazy."

The armor looked down at his brother, then back to me, with a pleading look in his eyes. I don't get it. "Wait, he's the older brother? But you're HUGE and he's so much smaller than you!"

Then, all hell broke loose.

"WHO'REYOUCALLINGTOOSHORTTOWININAFIGHTAGAINSTANAMEOBAHUH? I'LLPOUNDYOUINTOPASTE!!" The kid screamed at me, sitting straight up in his brother's arms and jumping out to face me. He was in a freakin' fighting stance!!

Right after the breaking loose of hell, however, the kid doubled over and fell down again. "Owowowowowoowwwwwdammitdammitdammit…."

"Big Brother! Oh, man, you really shouldn't have done that! Are you o—"

Then, the second weirdest noise of the day (night). I looked at the boy being helped up by his armor-clad younger brother.

"…………..Exactly when did you last eat?"

Wooo! First chapter! Two & a half pages on Microsoft Words! Woo! ………… I promise they'll get bigger. Don't ask me why I stopped there. Just did.

Ohkay, I'm going to see if I can get this fic done before Halloween, because it's actually a prologue to another story. But I probably won't. Whatev.

Soo…. REVIEWS ARE LUV! PLZ REVIEW!! No, seriously. Please, take the time to make my day a little happier, please.

Lucielle: that Ed kid is weird.

Ed: HEY!!

Al: Be nice.

Luke: wooo! I'm a mysterious character shrouded in shadows!!

Lucielle: you're coming in next chapter.

Luke: darn. Oh, wait, I mean, YES!!

Ohkay, ppl. If you want a pic of any of my characters, I'll gladly supply it! If you want a comic…. I'll gladly think about it and more often that not will try and make it! And more often than not will fail at it! But ask anyway! :3

LP