Pinkie Pie was bouncing down Mane Street on her way to Twilight's house. Along her journey, she saw a red earth pony with a blonde mane and two pieces of armor, one on his front right leg, and one on his back left. He was accompanied by a large pony in an entire suit of armor. Pinkie bounced over to the two and started to ramble. "Hello, I'm Pinkie Pie," she started. "I haven't seen you around before. Are you two new? Ohmygosh! If you two are new, that means you don't know anypony, and if you don't know anypony, that means you have no friends, and if you have no friends, that means you must be lonely, and I just hate seeing ponies lonely. Wanna be friends?"
The red pony stared at the hyperactive Pinkie Pie. "Um, sure," he finally said. He whispered to his companion, "Hey, Al. I think she's just your type."
"Hey!" snapped the pony in armor at the other.
"Hey, you two want to meet my friends?" asked Pinkie Pie. "Then you two can have even more friends!"
"Y-you don't even know our names yet," the red pony mentioned.
"Well, what are they?" Pinkie asked. "Wait! Don't tell me! Wait until you meet my friends, then tell me!"
Pinkie showed the two ponies to Twilight's house. Upon arrival, the two ponies noticed five more within the house. "Um… Hi?" said the one in armor.
"Pinkie, who are these two?" Twilight asked.
Pinkie Pie laughed. "I don't know yet," she said. "I told them not to introduce themselves until after I brought them here."
The red looked around. "Um, I'm Edward Elric. This is my little brother Alphonse."
"Well, nice to meet y'all," Applejack said. "I'm Applejack."
"I'm Rainbow Dash, coolest pony in all of Equestria!" Rainbow Dash claimed. Applejack rolled her eyes.
"My name is Rarity," Rarity told them. "I'm a fashion designer."
"I'm Twilight Sparkle," Twilight said.
Al noticed one of the ponies was huddled in a corner, trembling. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Is the armor scaring you?"
Fluttershy nodded. "I'm sorry," he said, gently. "I wish I could take it off."
"What do you mean you wish you could take it off?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Is it stuck? I can fix that."
Al shook his head. "It's not that it's stuck or anything…" he started. "It's just… I am the armor."
All of the ponies were confused. "What do you mean you are the armor?" Twilight asked.
"I lost my body in an incident and Ed bound my soul to the armor at the price of his arm and his leg," Al told them. Edward shook around his auto-mail legs.
Fluttershy gasped. "Oh my," she said. "How much did it hurt? Are you okay? Does it still hurt?"
"Well, not physically considering I can't feel pain anymore," Al said. "But it makes me sad that I can't eat, drink, or sleep."
"Oh, you poor thing," Fluttershy said. "I wish you had your body back."
"I do, too," Al sighed. "Um, what's your name? Finding out would make me a lot happier."
"I'm Fluttershy," she said.
"Wait, he bound your soul to the suit of armor?" Twilight questioned. "How? I've never heard of a spell that could ever do such a thing nor do you have a horn."
"I'll explain it later," Edward said. "Right now, I'm getting pretty hungry. Have anything I can eat?" His stomach began to rumble.
Applejack invited the two to dinner at Sweet Apple Acres. They were served apple slices, salad, and milk. Ed looked at the milk and refused to drink it. "Ugh, I hate milk," he said.
"Come on, Eddie, drink up," Applejack said. "It'll help ya grow big and strong."
"No, I don't want to," he said.
Al laughed. "It's like getting a two year old to eat spinach," he joked.
The next day, Applejack awoke to the sound of metal clanging outside. When she walked out to the acres, she saw Edward and Al fighting. "This'll teach you to call me shrimp!" Ed shouted. He smacked Al with his front auto-mail hoof, knocking him off balance. Edward then stood on his hind legs, clapped his front hooves together, and slammed them against the ground. A pillar of light shot up and an even wider pillar of earth popped up and threw Al into the air. Al slammed into the ground, leaving an indent of his body where he landed.
Applejack's mouth dropped open. 'Earth ponies can't use magic,' she told herself. "How the hay did you do that?" she asked them.
"Oh, hi Applejack," Edward said. Al stood up and waved. "Now, to answer your question, we're alchemists. I'm a rather famous one at that; the Full Metal Alchemist."
"That sounds more like what your brother would be," Applejack stated.
"Why does everybody think that?!" Ed shouted.
"Maybe it's because your brother is made out of metal," Applejack suggested.
"See?" said Al. "That's what I keep telling you. Maybe you can alchemize my soul into your body and vise versa and people will get it right. That and you won't have to drink your milk anymore."
Hearing Al say this, Edward actually pondered as much. "Seems cool, but I like being able to eat and sleep," he replied.
Al sighed. "It was worth a shot," he said.
Not to far from them, Edward heard metallic clanking. The look on Ed's face expressed fear. "Please don't be Barry, please don't be Barry," he repeated to himself. When he turned around he saw a white pony in gold armor with blue Mohawk sticking out of the helmet. Ed sighed. "Oh thank god," he muttered. "Hello, officer. What seems to be the problem?"
"Did I hear you two talking about doing alchemy?" he asked.
"Yeah, why?" Ed started to feel a little suspicious.
"Then I have no choice than to arrest you both," the guard said.
"WAIT, WHAT?!" Al exclaimed. "No, I'm sorry! We didn't know it was illegal! We'll never do it again! Honest!"
"Sorry, but laws are laws," the guard said. He hoofcuffed both of the Elric brothers and had them taken to Canterlot for a meeting with Princess Celestia.