Charlotte closed her book at last. She was finally finished the Fullmetal Alchemist manga. She wanted to reread the series, but it was way too late, it would have to wait for the next day. She set the book back in it's place on her shelf and curled up in her blankets, falling asleep immediately.

…...

Charlotte slid her hand up to her face, feeling the cement beneath her. Wait … cement? Charlotte wondered.

The air and cement felt damp. There was no way she was inside. She blinked and opened her eyes to see a train station. An old fashionedone with trains outside. It was a bit dark, maybe early morning? She lifted herself up on her hands to look around. She was the only one there.

Charlotte stood up and walked out of the station. It was all farmland around her with a few houses splattered across the scene, but it all seemed very familiar. She began walking along the road. She watched her surroundings carefully, as she walked, she came to a cemetary planted on a hill. At the top near the only tree there, was a person. Charlotte figured it would be the only person she may see for a while, so she hiked up the hill.

As she got closer, she figured it was most likely a guy, about her age, though the hair made him look a bit girl-ish as a silouette. He was facing a grave, his head bowed down.

Charlotte stopped a few feet away and said; "Excuse me?"

He jumped in surprise and turned to face her. Charlotte couldn't see his face too well since the rising sun was behind him, it shaded his face.

"Um … where are we?" Charlotte asked.

He cocked his head, questioningly, "Resembool, why?"

"Where's that?"

"Amestris." He said slowly.

"THAT Resembool? Wait … your voice … What's your name?"

"Edward Elric. Why? Do I know you?"

"Oh. My. God. You're Edward Elric? And we're in Amestris? I'm still asleep. I know it." Charlotte reached over and pinched her own arm.

"Did you wake up?"

"Nope. Just started bruising."

"Okay … So why is it so unbelievable to be here?"

"Uh … 'cause I've never been here before."

"So what brings you here?"

"I sleep walk."

"That would explain the pajamas. Where did you come from?"

"I … can't say."

Edward looked at her funnily, "well, it can't have been too far away. Do you need-"

"Nope it's really far away. Trust me."

"Alright then. Do you need a place to stay?"

"Yeah, that would be nice..."

"Okay, good luck!" He turned away and took a step, then twisted his head back with a smile, "Come on." Charlotte smiled and followed him.

"So do you have a name?"

"Yeah, I'm Charlotte."

"Any idea how you walked in your sleep here from a place very far away?"

"No, I actually have no idea how I got here. For all I know, a bunch of people kidnapped me in my sleep and dumped me here."

"Oh."

"But I doubt it."

"Okay. Any other ideas?"

"Nope."

They continued to walk in silence. The sun slowly made it over the trees as as the house Charlotte had seen in pictures and movies so many times appeared right in front of her. Ed ward waltzed onto the porch and Charlotte followed him after looking the place over a few million times, wishing she had her camera. He led her to the dining table and they sat down in the silence.

"Would you like something to eat?" Edward asked.

"No. I'm not hungry." Probably because I'm too excited to actually be here! She thought to herself.

"Okay. Well. My friend and her grandma are still asleep, but they should be up soon. And I think my brother went out for a walk earlier without telling me. But we were planning on going back to Central today. We'll take you and see if we can get you home. Okay?"

"Alright. Thanks." Charlotte sighed, "But you probably won't."

"You're pretty negative."

"Not usually. I'm just saying you probably won't be able to get me home."

"Yeah, and I'm saying you're being negative."

"I said I'm usually not!" At that second the door slammed and Edward jumped up to go talk to who Charlotte assumed was Alphonse. She heard them whispering and a minute later a big suit of armour walked in and Edward trailed in behind.

"Hi, Charlotte. I'm Alphonse."

"Hi, it's nice to meet you." She replied, surprising herself with how calm she was. Alphonse pulled out the chair next to her and sat down. It creaked from the weight of his armour.

"So, are you an alchemist?" Alphonse asked, trying to make conversation.

"I wish..."

"Well, if you want to, then why don't you?"

"Oh … um … I can't really do alchemy where I live."

"Where are you from? You don't look Ishvalan."

"Yeah, I don't live in Ishbal..."

"Where?"

"I. Can't. Say."

"Oh, sorry."

They all heard footsteps and looked over at the doorway. A sleepy Winry stood there in pajamas. "What are you guys doing? You woke me up." She said meanly then spotted Charlotte, "Oh, hi, I didn't see you."

"This is Charlotte. She's going to Central with us."

"Oh, and how do you know her?" Winry asked, waking up.

"Um … I just met her. She needs help getting home so I thought we might be able to help her." Edward said nervously, forming an idea of what would happen next.

"So you won't bring me on your adventures, but you'll bring a complete stranger." Winry said calmly, "Alright." She turned and disappeared. Alphonse and Edward turned to each other, confused, but Winry returned. With a wrench in her hand and before Edward could run, it had connected with his head.

Winry turned and smiled at Charlotte, "Hello. I'm Winry."

"OWW! WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?"

"Hi, it's nice to meet you." Charlotte said politely.

"WINRY! I'M BLEEDING NOW BECAUSE OF YOU! WHY DID YOU DO THAT?"

Winry smiled at Charlotte then turned to Edward, "Because I'm mad at you right now! And you're barely even bleeding, you baby!"

"Yeah, but I'm gonna have a major headache for the next week..." He looked at her angrily, holding his head to stop the bleeding, and they heard more footsteps.

"What are you all doing? You woke me up, you're so loud!" Granny Pinako yelled at the three.

"Good job, Ed." Winry murmured.

"YOU'RE THE ONE THAT THREW A WRENCH AT ME!" Edward yelled at Winry.

"You're the one being an idiot!" She yelled back. And Charlotte just sat in the middle of all the yelling, feeling very awkward, and wondering why she ever wanted to come.

"Who's that?" Pinako finally noticed the quiet little brunette she had never seen before sitting at her table.

"Uh, this is Charlotte. We're going to take her to Central to try and get her back home." Alphonse said once all eyes were turned onto Charlotte.

"Charlotte, hmm? Well, you'll want something to eat? Train rides can seem awefully long." Pinako asked, her motherly/grandmotherly instincts kicking in.

"No, I'm fine." Charlotte said, trying to get the attentiong away from her.

"Well, I'll make something for you to eat on the train. Winry, do you have anything she can wear? I don't think it would be approipriate for her to go traipsing around Central in pajamas." Pinako asked as she walked into the kitchen.

"Uh, yeah, I probably have something. Come on." Winry said to Charlotte, motioning for her to follow. Charlotte got a small tour around the house, the parts of it she saw, and she was the one giving the tour, in her mind. Winry walked up to her room and picked out a sun dress she never wore, a jacket and some old, but still in good condition, boots. She looked a little mismatched but it looked better than pajamas. They went back downstairs and the boys already had their bags at the door.

The three went back outside and walked away from the house. They looked back to see Winry, Pinako and Den all on the porch, they waved and continued to the train station.

…...

"So, is there anything you can say about your home?" Alphonse asked. Charlotte knew they didn't want to push her too far, but they had to ask. The train was moving quickly but everything out the window was far away, so it went by slowly, giving Charlotte the chance to memorize it all.

"No, nothing you'll believe." Charlotte said, turning back to the window, and the boys sighed in frustration, "Fine, I'll tell you, but you won't believe me." She told them and they sat in front of her eagerly, waiting to hear, well, Alphonse seemed a little eager. "I'm from a world a LOT different from this. Our technology is a lot more advanced, except automail, we don't have that. But we can't do Alchemy either, as far as I know. Happy?"

"Are you kidding me? That's what you tell us when we're trying to help you?" Edward asked, becoming really frustrated, wondering why he said he'd help her.

"It's the truth, I can't change it," Charlotte shrugged, "That's why I thought I was dreaming. In my world, this entire world is a really big thing to some people. Most people would go crazy if they came here."

"Why didn't you, if it's such a big thing to you too?" Alphonse asked, he seemed to some what believe what Charlotte was saying, which made her glad he was the way he was.

"I'm not the kind of person that would faint if they saw their heroes … or favourite celebrities." Charlotte said.

"What's your world like?"

Charlotte chuckled and looked over at Alphonse, "I wouldn't know where to begin. It's so different from here. The people in my world are kind of stupid, I guess. We've had way too many wars, people are always fighting, and just doing stupid things. They're always killing our planet, even though it's all we have, and if we hurt it enough, we'll die. That's why I like reading, it takes me some where different. There's still stupid people, but it's different. I don't want to think of what they'd be like in my world if there was such thing as Alchemy. I'm glad it doesn't exist there." She sighed at her reality, but was glad to be rid of it for a while.

"So you don't actually want to go home." Edward asked eagerly.

"If it's possible, yes, I would like to go home. I have family, Edward, I can't just leave them."

"You can just call me Ed." He said, obviously trying to change the subject. Charlotte felt guilty about it, she should have thought before she said anything about family.

"Oh, alright then … Ed." She smiled at him, to ease the tension. It took him a minute but he faintly smiled back.

…...

The ride took a while, but Charlotte was entertained by telling Alphonse about her world. Ed mostly just stared out the window, but he was listening and joined in once in a while. Ed and Al brought Charlotte to the Central Headquarters, and Charlotte felt … something she couldn't think of a name for. It was weird, having her favourite fantasy come to life.

They walked through the halls, Charlotte saw quite a few familiar faces, with weirded-out expressions when they saw her staring. Ed brought Al and Charlotte to a door and made them wait outside, they weren't part of the military, so they wouldn't be allowed in, they were lucky to be in the building.

"Do you know who he's talking to?" Charlotte asked Al.

"Yeah, it's Colonel Mustang." Al said, casually.

Charlotte gasped in excitement. Her friends wanted to meet Mustang so bad, they'd never get to, but she might! "Really? Are you serious?"

"Yeah, it says on the door." Al told her and pointed to the plaque on the door.

"Oh, I saw it. I just wasn't sure if I could believe it." Charlotte said, trying to cover up her stupid moment. The door opened and Ed walked out.

"Wait a minute, Ed!" Said a voice inside. Ed sighed and responded.

"What is it?"

"I want to meet your friend."

"Of course he does, the pervert." Ed murmured and turned to Charlotte, "Are you okay with meeting someone? We aren't telling him where you're from."

"Yeah, I'm fine with it." Charlotte said, trying to keep her cool. Ed sighed again and led her into the room.

"This is Charlotte. Charlotte, this is Colonel Mustang," Ed said, being very formal but obviously not enthusiastic, "Alright, we're done let's go."

"Hold on, Edward," Mustang stood up and walked over to the trio, examining Charlotte, "Aren't you a cutie? I think you'd look great in a mini-skirt." Charlotte looked at him judgementally, raised an eyebrow. He was exactly what she expected, but come on, he was basically hitting on a fifteen year old.

He saw her expression, and turned back to his desk, waving them away. "Alright, you're free to go." Edward left the room and waltzed out of the building, glad to be rid of the unpleasantness. Al and Charlotte finally caught up to him outside a block or so away.

"So, big brother, what are we going to do now?" Al asked.

"Well, we could research. Try and find a way back to her world. Hey, maybe we'll come across a new way to get our bodies back." Ed shrugged and continued walked towards the Military library.