Griffon's POV

"A ticket is to East City how much?" I asked the teller in disbelief. She repeated the price again.

Oh man, I'm two hundred dollars short. I work my but off for months repairing cars & unclogging drains, then walking for two days to get to a town with a station, just to find out that I can't even afford the damn ticket. "Thank you for your time." I said, & left the window.

I could have used alchemy & hopped the train, but the place was way too crowded for me to do so without everyone freaking out. I moved to leave, but accidentally rammed my head into hard metal.

"Are you okay?" A boy asked.

I looked up to see a suit of armor. "Yeah, my brother says I have a hard head."

"You aren't getting a ticket?" he asked, holding up the two of his own.

"Nah, I'm short a couple hundred bucks." I told him, shaking my head.

The boy probably smiled behind the armor. "I'll buy it for you. You can pay me back when you get the money." He began walking to the window.

"What?" I gasped, following behind him. "But I'm a complete stranger to you. You don't know what kind of person I am; you don't even know my name."

I was way too late, the woman handed him the ticket & he gave it to me. "Okay then, I'm Alphonse Elric. What's your name?"

"Griffon Heights." I told him & stuck out a hand, which he shook. "Nice to meet you, Alphonse."

"Al! What are you doing, the train's about to leave." Another boy called as he ran up to us.

"Come on." Al grabbed my hand again, making me get on the train & give my ticket to the man by the doors.

When we sat down, the other boy sighed in relief. He had golden blond hair & matching eyes. "So, who's this?" he pointed at me.

"This is Griffon." Al introduced me. "I bought her a ticket since she didn't have the money."

The boy mumbled something about being too nice. "I'm Edward Elric."

"You can't be Edward Elric." I gasped. I was trying to make friends with him, so it wouldn't hurt to kiss up. "Edward Elric is supposed to be a shrimp, you're much too tall."

"I think I like this girl." Edward said.

I laughed. These guys were cool already. Al was half a year older than me; Ed was a year older than Al. Their dad abandoned them & their mom died from a sickness. Ed was a state alchemist, which didn't really bother me, & they traveled all over. They learned that my parents were dead - my dad in Ishbal & my mother of an illness - my little sister caught the same disease as my mother & was in the hospital, my brother & I were separated a few months back. Oh, & that I was looking for any family I could. Neither of my parents had written a will, so we took what we could find. I don't have very good luck; most of them were either dead or really disgusted by the thought of a fifteen-almost sixteen-year-old girl trying to find them.

"So, how many people are left?" Ed asked.

I pulled out my mother's old address book & opened it up. "Well, I can't tell. The last family member, a cousin named Trudy, tossed my mom's book in a puddle. Now it's water-logged & I can't read it anymore." I handed the book to Al.

"I think it says 'Ron' or 'Roy.'" He told me.

Edward stretched out on his seat. "We can ask Mustang, he's in the military, maybe he knows."

"Yeah, maybe." I replied. I tucked the book away & started staring at the window.

"It's a long ride. You should try & get a little rest." Al told me after a few minutes, pointing at Ed, who was already asleep.

I yawned, "I guess you're right." I slip down a little lower in my seat & closed my eyes, slowly falling to sleep.

Flannery's POV

My sister Aquanette and I were waiting at the train station for the Elric brothers. My father, the one and only Colonel Roy Mustang wanted us to wait for the Elric brothers and to make sure that they went straight to Headquarters and didn't do anything stupid.

"Where the heck are they?" Aqua asked.

"I don't know they should be here by now" I said looking at my watch.

"Flannery, Aquanette what're you doing here?" Edward Elric and his brother Alphonse who for some strange reason was holding a girl that I've never seen before said walking over to us.

"Our Dad sent us" I said putting one of my hands on my hips.

"To make sure you didn't do anything stupid" Aqua said folding her arms across chest.

"Aww man the Colonel's always messing with me" Edward said rubbing his head.

"Hey Al who's the chick?" Aqua asked.

"This is Griffon I helped pay for her ticket" Al said.

"Aww that's so sweet Alphonse" I said with a small smile. Then Aqua and I did what we always did in that situation. We slapped Edward in the back of the head.

"Ow!" Edward said grabbing the back of his head.

"Why can't you be more like him?!" We said.

Edward mumbled something but I couldn't hear it.

"Alright let's get going" I said.

We arrived at Headquarters and walked to my father's office. I gave a couple taps to the door.

"Dad we got the Elric Brothers" Aqua said.

"Alright come in." Dad said with a groan.

We walked inside and Dad was sitting at his desk and Mom was standing next to his desk as usual.

"Thank you girls" Daddy said handing us each five dollars.

"Alphonse, who is that girl?" Mommy asked.

"This is Griffon she rode on the train with us." Alphonse said. "She was very tired and I didn't want to wake her so I carried her."

"You better wake her up" Edward said.

"Oh right. Griffon" Alphonse said moving his arm slightly. Griffon moved slightly before letting out a yawn.

"That was a good nap" Griffon said standing up straight to stretch out her body. She noticed the other people in the room and let out a tiny blush. "Uh hello"

"Griffon this is Colonel Mustang, his wife Lieutenant Hawkeye, and their spawns of satan Flannery and Aquanette" Edward said with a smirk. Aqua and I glared at him before we gave him a punch to both shoulders.

"Ow!" Edward said.

"Nice to meet you sir. Excuse me if I sound weird Colonel but have we met before?" Griffon asked.

"You do look familiar but I can't say I recall" Daddy said trying to think.

"Daddy must be having déjà vu" I said.

"Déjà what?" Aqua asked.

"It means having a feeling that you've been in a situation before" I explained.

"That's stupid why didn't they just call it rewind?" Aqua said with a shrug.

"Oh Aquanette there's so much not right about you" I said rubbing my temples.

"So Griffon where are you staying tonight?" Mommy asked.

"I was thinking I might sneak into a hotel tonight." Griffon said with a shrug.

"You can't sneak into a Hotel here you'll get in trouble" I said with a shrug.

"Well I don't have any money I spent it all on a train ticket here." Griffon said.

"Daddy can Griffon stay with us?" I suggested.

"Well I don't know girls-" Daddy said.

"Pretty please Daddy? She needs a place to stay" Aqua said.

"Well I guess it couldn't hurt" Daddy said with a shrug. Aqua and I gave him a hug.

"You're such a good Daddy. Mwah!" I said kissing his cheek.

"Yea, yea, yea" Daddy said with a smirk.

"C'mon Griffon let's go get some grub" Aqua said grabbing Griffon's wrist.

"Yea you much be hungry from your long trip" I said.

"Yea but I-" Griffon started but Aqua cut her off.

"Cool! Mom, Dad we'll be in the mess hall" Aqua said.

"Okay stay out of trouble" Mommy said.

"Yes ma'am" We both said pulling Griffon out.

Later that day we loaded up Griffon's luggage into our car and drove home to our house here. We had another one Central just in case Mommy and Daddy got stationed there again.

"Home sweet home" Mommy said. "Girls help Griffon get her bags out the car"

"Yes ma'am" Aqua and I said running toward the trunk of the car. We pulled out Griffon's luggage and walked into the house.

"Nice place you have here" Griffon said.

"Thanks. The guest room is upstairs you can stay there tonight. Our room is downstairs if you need us and you're right across the hall from the twins. So make yourself at home" Mommy said.

"Thank you Lieutenant Hawkeye" Griffon said.

"You can call me Riza. C'mon Roy we better get changed. Tell us if you need anything" Mommy said walking away with Daddy.

Griffon's POV

Okay, I love it here with the Mustangs. I swear that name rings a bell. I shrugged off the thought & pulled on my lucky charm, a light brown leather wrist gauntlet with green & red gems, before joining the family downstairs.

"Hi again. Um, is it okay if I go for a little walk?" I asked the Colonel.

He nodded. "Yes, but be careful. You still don't know you're way around East City. You could get lost if you're not careful."

I raised my right hand in a salute. "Thank you, Colonel Mustang for that unnecessary speech, sir. Forgive me my rudeness." I rushed out the door after that, not wanting to get in trouble with the nice family.

"Wait up." The twins called. I turned around just as they closed the door. "We'll go with you."

I shrugged & let them tag along. I grew up here until I was six. I knew this place like the back of my hand. "Oh, wait, they don't know that." I told myself under my breath.

"Where are you going?" Flannery asked.

"Either a library or PRO – public records office – to find something about my family." I informed her. "I've been trying to find a family member that will actually help take care of me now that my parents are dead & my brother is missing."

Aqua looked at Flannery. "Why does that sound so familiar?"

"Shut up Aqua." Flannery hissed quickly, "Have you been having any luck?"

I turned a corner, into an ally, & started climbing up a fire escape ladder. "In a way, my cousin, Trudy, is the only one that's still alive so far. She threw my mom's old address book in the water & it got destroyed." I turned back & motioned for the twins to follow. "Come on, it's much quicker to get places when you travel across the rooftops."

Aqua shrugged & started up the ladder, pulling Flannery over with her. "Sounds good to me."

"That doesn't seem too safe." Flannery began.

"Momentai, Flannery." I told her, looking down from the rooftop.

Flannery sighed & began climbing. "What does that mean?" she asked.

"My dad used to say that it means 'take it easy.' He would tell us that before he went to work. The last time he said that was just before the Ishbalan war." I told her. I was comfortable talking about my parents; I couldn't have gotten better parents than them in my eyes. "He said, 'Momentai, little ones, I'll be back before you know it.'"

"Jump." Aqua called, jumping from one roof to another.

I pointed at the ice blonde. "Why does she do that whenever she jumps?"

Flannery shrugged, "She does the same thing with yo-yos." I held my arm in front of her to make her stop. "What?"

"We're on the PRO's rooftop; get your sister & meet me inside." I jumped down, thinking, 'Tuck & roll.'

"Can I help you young lady?" An elderly man said from behind a desk.

I smiled at him & walked up to the desk. "I'm looking for some records on my family."

"Give me a last name & the type of record you're looking for. I'll see what I can do." He answered, giving me a warm smile.

"The the name is Heights, first name Ulysses. I'm trying to find his wedding record." I told him.

He turned & walked back to the rows of filing cabinets at the back wall. He flipped through the folders until he pulled out a manila envelope. "Here you go young lady, I'll need it back when you're done."

"Thank you." I turned & waited for the twins, who came in a few minutes later. "I got my parents' wedding certificate." I opened the envelope & pulled out the paper. "I just need to get my mom's maiden name & I can ask for birth records under that name. Then I match up the parents & see they're still alive."

"That's a pretty good idea." Flannery told me.

"A long idea," Aqua agreed, "but a good one."

I turned back to the man after slipping the record back into the envelope. "Could I please see the birth records for the name Mustang in the past thirty years?"

The man returned the wedding records & began shuffling through the documents. "I'm sorry; someone took those documents to Central."

My head connected with the wooden desk & I ran my hands messily through my auburn hair. "Oh, that can't be!"

"Little girl, if you want, I can request for someone to send me copies of them. It'll take me a few days." He admitted. I looked up at him.

"Really? You would do that?" I asked in shock.

He slid a pencil & notepad in front of me. "Just right down your name, number, & documents you want & I'll get them as right quick as I can."

"Thank you, sir." I replied, writing down my name & documents. I turned to Flannery, "Uh, I'm staying at your house, so I need you to write down the number."

"Right, I almost forgot." Flannery stepped up & wrote the number down.

"I'll call to place the request right now." The man informed us & picked up the phone at his side. "I'll call you the minute I get them."

"Thank you, sir. Goodbye." I called as I ran out. "Come on."

Aqua's POV

Griffon seemed so happy that she was getting those records, but the name still freaked me out. "Hey, Flannery?" I asked.

"Yeah?" she answered.

"Do you think daddy is related to Griffon?" I wondered. "The names are way too alike to be a coincidence."

"And we don't believe in coincidences, do we Aquanette?" She reminded me.

I raised my fist in the air. "Hell no, we don't. So what do we do?"

"Uh, library, remember?" Flannery said.

Griffon motioned for us to hurry up. "Come on, before it closes." She yelled.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot for a little bit." I rubbed the back of my head & raced to catch up with Griffon.

While we waited for Griffon to look for whatever she was trying to find, I picked up a stray book. Not normally my thing, but the title sounded interesting: Eating Churros While Playing an Exploding Guitar.

"Let's go, guys." Griffon waved & walked out the door.

Flannery set down the book she had picked up & I tossed mine in my seat. "Any luck?" Flannery asked.

"I found this book on my family's history," She began.

"That's good." Flannery stated.

Griffon began to walk faster. "No, I just got my hopes up. A bunch of pages were torn out." She seemed really upset.

"We're sorry, Griffon, but you'll have those birth records in a few days." Flannery said, trying to comfort her.

"And our parents will let you stay longer if you need to." I told her, she only speed up even more. "What did I say?"

"Griffon, slow down, you'll run into someone." Flannery called, trying to catch up with her. I just followed behind her.

"No, I won't. I know how to get through these streets." Griffon yelled back, turning into an alley way. "I just need to visit someone, okay?"

On the other side of the alley was a hospital that I've never seen before. "Hello, hello. Who are you?" A kinda squeaky voice asked from the wall. "Aren't you pretty girls, you must have a lovely mother & a very handsome father. Is he a state alchemist?"

Flannery & I turned to look at each other, just before the voice's owner stepped out of the shadows. He was ugly & disgusting, with wrinkled skin, long fingernails, a bald head & a…tail? He was a chimera, I was sure of it.

"I want to send him a little message." The chimera said, lunging at Flannery before either of us had a chance to react.

Griffon did react fast enough; she pushed Flannery out of the way as quick as the chimera had struck. Griffon clapped her hands twice, & with a bright flash of light, she had large claws jutting out of her skin. She slammed her hands into the chimera's stomach & twisted her arm, making the sharp nails cut deeper into his skin.

In other words, she saved my sister by using a type of human transmutation.

"How did you do that?" Flannery asked. She stood up & watched as Griffon clapped her hands twice to revert them to normal.

"Un-Uh, Colonel Mustang can't find out about it." She said in reply. "I already know what would happen if the military knew." She grabbed the back of the chimera's shirt & dragged him across the street. She wiped her hands off on the front of her shirt & walked through the doors of the hospital.

"Let's go." I pulled Flannery across the street, keeping our distance from the cringing chimera. We followed Griffon through the hospital until she walked into a room.

We opened the door a little & peaked through the crack. "Hey, Meg." We heard Griffon say sweetly.

"Gigi?" A weak voice asked. There were a couple coughs before she continued. "What are you doing here?"

We moved to see better through the crack. Griffon was sitting in a seat next to a hospital bed. The girl in the bed was very young & pale, with light orange hair & hazel eyes. "I just wanted to come & see you, aren't I allowed to talk to my own sister? You 'n' I are the only ones left now. Freddie's been missing for a few months."

"If you want to ask something, go ahead & ask." The girl interrupted.

Griffon smiled softly. "Megan, our mom's brother, what was his name?"

"Is that all?" Megan asked; Griffon nodded. "It's Roy, if I remember right, it's Uncle Roy."

"Roy." We told each other. That just makes the chances of our daddy being Griffon's uncle even bigger.

"Ahem." A voice cleared his throat behind us. "If you want to listen to them, I really don't mind. I do, however, need to get inside to give the little one her medicine."

"Sorry," We mumbled, moving away from the door.

The boy standing there had blonde hair & green streaks with red-brown eyes. True to his words, he held a prescription bottle & plastic cup filled with water. "Thanks, I won't be long." He swung the door open all the way. "Knock-knock, Meggie. Time for your medicine."

We stuck our heads into the doorway to continue watching. "Who are you?" Griffon wondered.

The boy handed Megan the cup & opened the lid, letting two of the pills slide into his palm before giving them to the girl, too. "I'm Thatch Lesser, a volunteer here at the hospital."

"I'm Griffon Heights, an older sibling of your patient. Don't you just love her?" Griffon told him, ruffling her sister's hair.

"Yeah, she's really sweet." Thatch agreed. "You live here?"

"Nah, & speaking of which, I have to get going. Bye, Meg." Griffon kissed Megan's forehead & headed for the door. "See you around, Thatch."

We ran back to the lobby & waited for Griffon to walk back out. "Let's get home before we worry your parents." We nodded & lead the way back home.