Chapter 1: Dad?

"Shit." Tabi hissed as she ran. The gunshot in her shoulder was losing a tun of blood. He was right behind her. She needed to get as far away from him as possible. She saw an old beaten down building so she ran inside and hid behind the open door. She heard him come in and saw him walk into the middle of the room. He turned around and seeing her he smiled evilly.

"So" the man said, "I have you cornered, there is nowhere for you to run now pip squeak."

"Maes, you don't want to do this."

"Of course I do." He said with his shotgun pointed at her.

"I'm your daughter! Aren't you supposed to love me?"

"That didn't stop me from killing your mother now did it?" Just before he shot the gun, Tabi jumped aside then jumped onto her father and wrestled with him for the gun. He pulled the trigger and died as blood oozed out of his corpse. Tabi scrambled off him crying hard.

She got up and started out of the building then tripped landing on her hands and knees. The floor started to glow brightly and she felt like she was being pulled toward the light.

Tabi could hear voices as she she gained consciousness.

"Dad?" She said in confusion as she looked up at her father.

"Hughes, I think shes talking to you," said another man. He had short black hair and black eyes.

"Hey, are you okay?" Her dad said to her.

"AH!" Tabi screamed as terror over took her. She scrambled out of bed and fell to her butt. She scooted back until her back was against the wall. "I killed you." she said pointing up at him. "I thought I-" She whispered to herself.

"Maes, I think you need to go out side." The Black haired man said quietly. Her father left and the other man walked over and crouched down next to her. "Hi, I'm Colonel Roy Mustang." He introduced himself, "When you get back into bed I will explain everything to you."

"Okay," Tabi said staring at the door her father just walked through. Roy helped her up and into her bed.

"You transmuted here from your world to ours. Maes Hughes is not your father but I'm guessing in your would he was." Tabi nodded. " You went through the gate but, I know you don't remember it."

Maes Hughes sat in the hall as he looked at the pictures of his wife Gracia and daughter Elisia and wondered sadly why this girl called him dad and why she was so scared of him. He guessed in the other world he was her father. But if he had been her father why was she so scared of him? He was so loving toward his family here he must have been the same in the other world.

He picked up the backpack that she had on her when she came in and opened the front pocket and found a wallet with a picture of him a beautiful woman and an adorable little girl in it. He flipped it over and read;

Maes, Sue, and Tabi Hughes; 1996; at the airport to Ireland.

He wondered what Ireland was like, but finally decided he didn't much care. He put the picture back and found an ID, It read;

Tabi 'Crystal' Hughes; Detroit MI; Exp: Aug. 24, 2014 BD: Aug. 31, 1991

He put it back and put the wallet away then looked in the big pocket, It looked like she was packed for some type of trip. He did the Backpack back up and sat it down next to him as he saw Riza Hawkeye walking toward him in the hall carrying two mugs of coffee.

"Whats up Hughes?" Hawkeye asked as she handed him a mug and sat down next to him. "You don't look very good."

"Well, the girl we found, she called me dad." he replied then took a sip.

"That must mean in her world you were her father." Hawkeye said.

"Yeah, but she was scared of me." He said.

"Oh,"

Ed and Al sat on the train back to HQ, Mustang wanted them there and Winery was sitting across from them.

"All I want to know is why he wanted me there too." Winery said.

"Well, it obviously has something about your automail." Ed stated.

"Yeah, I guessed that in the first place, but what did colonel Mustang say when he called?" Winery asked.

"He said that someone from another world transmuted here and she needs our help and he needs you to come along. By the way he talked it sounded like she didn't even realize that she had done what she had done."

Tabi sat in Mustang's office facing him behind his desk. She had her backpack on her lap as she looked at him, the nineteen year old waited for him to say something as she pushed up her glasses.

"What happened to you?" Roy asked, "when we found you, you had a wound in your shoulder the size of a soccer ball and you were covered in blood."

"I, watched him kill her, from the stairs. they were fighting again and he pulled out a gun and shot her. bl- blood went everywhere. Then, h- he shot her again, BANG! BANG! BANG!" she was crying so hard that she thought she couldn't go on with the story, but she did anyway. "I listened as he shot her again and again as I packed. I- I climbed out the window and he came looking for me. I h- heard him call out my name as I ran. H- he came after me and shot me as I ran away t-then I hid and he found me and we fought for the gun and h- he pulled the trigger not knowing I had the gun pointed at him a-and then I fell to the the floor and the rest is a blear all I remember is a lot of light." She cried hard as she slid to the floor.

As she cried she felt a worm body next to her and she realized that Mustang sat on the floor next to her. He rapped his arms around her as she cried into his uniform jacket.

Roy put his head on Tabi's as she cried, he had never done this before but for some reason he really liked her and didn't want her to cry anymore. He ran his fingers through her long orange hair as he heard her hiccup. He knew that two of the things that didn't help her at all were the missing arm and foreign place she was in.

"It's going to be okay," He whispered into her ear.

she sniffed and looked up at Roy. Her blue-green eyes were pink and puffy from crying. He smiled as he wiped away her tears.

"Oh, I got your coat all w- wet." she hiccuped.

"It's okay," Roy said. "Its just a jacket. Lets get you cleaned up before you meet everyone." He stood up and helped Tabi to her feet, they walked through HQ to a unisex bathroom and went inside.

"Thank you, Colonel." Tabi said as he locked the bathroom door behind them.

"Call, me Roy." He said, "your welcome, by the way." he watched her as she washed her face. Her hair went down most of her feminine body to her butt. She had changed from her hospital clothes into a white tank and a blue-jean-mini-skirt. He couldn't complain. If he hadn't sent Lieutenant Hawkeye to fetch Fullmetal he would have missed this perfect image.

Riza watched as the train pulled into the station as she stood with Armstrong who insisted to come along saying that escorting people had been apart of the Armstrong line for generations and generations to come.

The train stopped and passengers started to get off.

"Lieutenant Hawkeye!" Al called threw the crowd. Riza looked in the direction that Al's voice was coming from.

"Hi!" Ed said. He shook hands with Hawkeye.

"Oh Elric Brothers how wonderful to see you again!" Armstrong said stripping his shirt.

"It's nice to see you too," Ed replied as he was swooped up into a bear hug.

Tabi and Roy sat in Roy's office playing hangman when they heard a knock on the door.

"Come in." Roy said as Tabi realized what the word was.

"Is it Fuhrer?" Tabi asked.

"Yeah," Roy replied, "Oh, Maes, its you. what do you want?"

"Sir, I would like a word with Tabi." He said. Tabi looked between the two men as Roy made up his mind.

"If she wants to go with you." He finally replied. Tabi stood up and handed Roy his glove back. They were playing for it. But in the end she kept winning, and she didn't really want to keep it anyway. "Thanks."

"I'll be right back Roy," Tabi said.

When they were in the hall Hughes looked at Tabi and decided that she was one of his, at least she had his eye sight and his nose.

"Lets go get an ice cream and we can have a nice conversation." He said smiling down at her. They started down the hall. "Look, I understand that you seem to think I'm your father, we look a little alike and we even have the same last name. But what I heard of your father he and I are nothing a like. I mean take my wife and my daughter, I love them so much, I mean look at them who couldn't love some one this cute." Hughes pulled out a picture of his wife and daughter. "Any way," He said putting the picture back into his pocket. "My point is that, the guy that was your father and I are the polar opposite."

"What is happening to me?" Tabi asked he could see the confusion in her eyes.

"Nothing, everything is going to be okay." Hughes rapped his arms around her in a reassuring hug.

"Come in," Roy said as he stared down at the little hung man. The way Tabi drew him it looked like he was trying to keep himself from choking to death.

"Sir, we're back." Riza Hawkeye said as they all entered. "Where is Tabi sir?"

"She went with Hughes, I'm guessing for ice-cream." He replied.

"But I thought she was scared of him,"Hawkeye said.

"After we talked things out she understands that the man that was her father and Hughes are not one in the same. They went out and I hope that they will be here soon."

"Can we get our orders Mustang or what?" Ed asked.

"Okay, Ed, Al you two are going to keep her as a constant companion. Meaning you are going to fallow her around like a dog until we find away to get her back home, if that is what she wants." Roy said, "Winery, I need you to make her an automail arm." They all nodded.

"Sir, what happened to her arm?" Winery asked.

"She was shot with a shotgun her arm had to be amputated at the shoulder." Roy explained.

Tabi walked back into HQ as I blond haired man stopped her and said, "You're cute I've never seen you here before, can we go out for a drink?"

"Havoc, Leave Tabi alone." Hughes said as Tabi blushed.

"I would have said no anyway, Mr. Havoc." Tabi said.

Tabi watched as Hughes knocked on the door.

"Come in," came Roy's Voice. They walked in and Tabi saw a large suit of armor, a boy with long blond hair, a girl with a wrench in her hand and the pretty blond women from earlier.

"Sir, why is that door closed all the time lately?" Hughes asked.

"I don't really know for sure." Roy replied.

"Hi, I'm Ed Elric and this is my brother Al." The blond boy said indicating the guy in the armor.

"Hi," Al said in a metallic sounding voice.

"Hi, I'm Winery." the girl with the wrench said. "Its very nice to meet you."

"It's nice to finally meet you Tabi Hughes! I heard of you tragic story! Its so horrible to know that one such as yourself has gone through such a troublesome ordeal! I Alex Louis Armstrong Promise to never let that happen to you ever again!" Said a man who had scooped Tabi up into a shirtless bear hug.

"Dad can you get him off of me?" Tabi said in a wheeze.

"Armstrong, your crushing her." Hughes stated. He let her go and she felt that she could breath again.

"Okay, Tabi your job is to go with the Elric brothers and Winery. Winery will give you a new arm and Elric brothers will keep you safe."

"What about dad?" Tabi asked.

"Tabi I can't go with you." Hughes said, "I have things here I need to do okay?"

"Okay,"

After everyone left, Roy and Hughes sat down and looked at each other for a second.

"So shes calling you dad now?"Roy asked.

"Yeah, she is, she told me that she doesn't want to go home because she likes it here better, apparently her life in her world was horrible for her and she finds this place to be better. She likes the fact that I look just like her father but is way nicer."Hughes recited

"That's okay." Roy said, "I think she belongs here. She taught me this game, its called hangman. Its fun."

"Sir, you seem a bit attached to her, what happened?"

"Its nothing, She just reminds me of someone that's all." Roy lied.

Ed sat across from Tabi on the train, as he watched her sketch him. She was really good. She only had his out line done but it looked just like him. She took out a little bag from her backpack and pulled out a pen and started to trace the lines that she made with the pencil. He wondered how long it took her to become such a great artist.

"About eight years." She replied as though she had read his mind. "I draw Manga, Its a type of animation."

"How did you know I-"

"Wanted to know how long I've been drawing? Its the first question asked with people who are interested in my art." Tabi said starting to color him in.

"Okay,"

"Whats your story?" Tabi asked as she showed him the finished drawing.

"-You can call me truth" the black figure said.

"What am I doing here?"Tabi asked,

"You have done alchemy to go to another world, so you have to go through the gate." Truth said, you already gave me your exchange."

"What was that?"

"You gave me a full body." The black figure turned into her father.

"You killed me! why would you do that to your own father!"

They were at home and her mother was standing before her bleeding from the shrapnel.

"You could have stopped him, you could have pushed him away. Why didn't you? don't you love me?" Tabi's mother said as she faded away.

Tabi woke up screaming, and Al was the first on the scene.

"Are you okay Tabi?" Al said as he walked in. Tabi cried as she sat up.

"Yes," she whispered.

Ed walked in as Tabi rapped her arm around her legs.

"Tabi, whats going on?" Ed asked as he sat next to her on her bed.

"Bad dream." Tabi whispered. Al left shutting the door behind him. "I dreamed about the gate and about truth and my mom and dad and it was horrible."

"Well, Everything is okay now right?" Tabi nodded then Ed stood up and held out his hand. "Its lucky for you that its breakfast time." Ed said as he helped Tabi to her feet. "Winery is working on your arm already so you should have it soon. And Grannie is making my automail longer to fit my growing body, so we are both stuck with wooden arms and leg."

"I have to get dressed you know" Tabi said as she watched Ed blush.

"Okay, I'll be right out side." Ed said as he left.

Ed shut the door behind him and looked over at his brother who was looking at the door.

"Brother, when are we going to tell her?"

"About the blood seal? When she is ready." Ed said.

As Al stood up Tabi opened her bedroom door making Al's helmet fall to the floor revealing that there was no body inside.

"What the? where's his body?" Tabi asked as she looked into the suit of armor. "Hey whats that?" Tabi said pointing at the blood seal. "Hey that kind of looks like Alchemy! Is that a blood seal? Oh my god, you put his soul into a suit of armor!"

"Wait!" Ed said pulling Tabi out of Al's armor. "You can do Alchemy in your world?"

"No, but we know of it." Tabi said, "We have lots of books about it and how it works."

"Really?" Ed said, "Lets talk about it over breakfast."