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Chapter One: The Start of an Alchemist

•Ryuu's P.O.V•

Alchemy is both a philosophy and a practice with an aim of achieving ultimate wisdom as well as immortality, involving the improvement of the alchemist as well as the making of several substances described as possessing unusual properties. "You look at the sky and wonder what's up there. Except what we see are the sun and the moon and the stars. Is there anything else besides that? Who knows? Not me..."

Is it possible to fall in love with alchemy? To be so obsessed with it that you would give anything to it or leave everything you loved behind... That's what my father did! I was only 5 years old and three years later my mother died. There were many reasons to that, many reasons...

"Hey! You thought about sleeping yet?" the window opened and a head popped out. I slide down from the rooftop and jump back inside.

"Oh I apologize! I'll turn the lights off right now" I say walking towards the light switch.

"Try to get some sleep Ryuu" the women said worried. Her name was Cassandra; she had a little daughter named Caitlyn who called me Ri-Ri. Cassandra was the one who took care of me until now,

"Kay" I nod and smile as she walked out of the door. She and her husband owned this inn. This was a really quiet town; we barely have any new comers. So business is always really low!

"Ryuu…" a voice appeared worried; it was Lynn, my childhood friend,

"Yeah, I'm alright. I was just thinking of something." I smiled just so not to make Lynn worried,

"…. Ok then, if there is anything wrong, tell me alright? Since you're studying alchemy, you have to be careful." she said as she walk to the door and turn around me.

"No problem. One day, if I ever run away, you would come with me right?" I asked gently,

"Of course I will…" she smiled too and then closed the door.

I walk over to the window and close it pulling the curtains close. Then I walk over to my desk and close the huge book that remained half opened on the desk. As I did, I quietly whisper to myself, "The philosopher stone" I put the book away under my mattress along with all my other alchemy books. The people in this town all suffered from alchemy one way or another so I had to keep my study and research a secret.

I walk over to the bed slowly. With the thought of what I had read today, "Just remembering all I have learned over the years made me wanting to be a State Alchemist and help the world from despair. I'll be a hero for the people one day, just one day…" I calmly close my eyes as I lay down on the bed and before I knew it I was fast sleep.

I always wish my mom could come back. What's alchemy good for if we can't solve our problems using it?

"Equivalent exchange states that humankind cannot gain anything without giving something of equal value in exchange"

I repeat to myself under my breath again and again as I lay staring at the clouds. Every time I thought about bringing my mom back using human transmutation, I just repeated that quote to myself. There was only one way, and that was with the stone. I suddenly hear a loud cheer down the stairs. I take my book hold it as I jump into my room. I slid the book under my mattress and ran down the stairs and a loud, "Ri-Ri!" Caitlyn squealed as she saw me and hugged me. I hug her too and bring her up to my arm holding her. Lynn guided me to the two newcomers who everyone was crowding around. Caitlyn jumped out of my arms and towards one of the guys. She pointed at him then said.

"Wook (Look) at how cute he is!" she said in her cute voice which I adore.

"Yeah," I chuckle as I walked towards the blonde guy who was around my age, maybe a year younger. "Hi, welcome to Mineral Town" I smile.

"We just wanted a place to stay for the night" the guy in armor said. Caitlyn was now in my arms again pulling on the blonde guys cheek saying "Aww you so cute, you are soooo adorable" those were the exact words that Lynn said to her every morning. Her parents tell me that she looked and talked just like here when she was 4 years old, "Come right this way" I show them the way to the counter as everyone else went to their tables and the noise calmed down.

"So your names are..." I said as I stood behind the counter. "Alphonse Elric and Edward Elric" there was a sudden gasp and everyone turned staring at them. Caitlyn dropped her hand from Edwards's cheek and looked at him with anger, "Alchemists!" A guy said from the back of the room with disgust.

I stare at the people who looked at the Elric brothers like they were killers then back at the brothers who were shocked and didn't know what was going on. I wait eagerly to see what happens next.

Obsession...

Alchemy hovered between worlds. It emerged in a time-between-times, after a Dark Age had brightened but before a Renaissance had dawned. It came from Arab and Greek sources, but it flourished in the West. It lay between faith and philosophy; it still dreamed of heaven, but it focused on the Earth. Alchemy sought abundance in this world for the sake of living men.
Alchemists aimed to transmute base metals into gold. Why gold? Evidently because observation declares that gold is the principle of wealth. A man who has drink may not have food, or he may have these but lack fine clothing, or horses, or mansions, or lands. But a man who has gold may have all these and more. Gold is special; it is not just one kind of wealth among many: it is a means to the rest. Gold is the means to everything that can be bought.
But what is the means to the means? What is the means to gold? Alchemists proposed to use the Philosopher's stone, a mysterious, unknown substance which they believed to have the power to transmute base metals into gold. If they could find the philosopher's stone, gold would become plentiful and (so they thought) wealth would be abundant. Thus, for centuries, alchemists sought the philosopher's stone.
Their quest for the philosopher's stone can be viewed as irrational silliness or the highest idealism. There was no reason to expect such a "stone" to exist, but what alchemists hoped to gain by means of the philosopher's stone is the sum of all human ambition. Transmutation of metals was the least of the stone's supposed powers.

•Elizabeth's P.O.V•

~Flashback~

"Elizabeth! You wanna come over and play with us?" asked Lynn as she stood in front of me. She was a year younger than me. But for some reason she always thought she could play with me and stuff. God I hate her.

I give her a death stare and quickly tears filled her eyes and she ran away. I look over at the adults. They were talking about the new comers, and how they were great alchemists. I take my chalk out of my pocket and walk away from the shade of the tree that I was sitting under over to the pavement. I quickly draw a transmutation circle. A little on though. I still couldn't get the big ones right. I walk over and take a piece of branch that was lying on the ground. I place it in the middle of my circle and put my hands on the circle, as I do a bright light blue glow came from the circle and there it was, a perfect wooden toy horse!

"That was very good" I hear someone say from behind me. I turn around and see a guy with blonde hair.

"You know one of my sons is about your age and I don't think he even knows what alchemy is!" he smiled. I just look at him with no expression. "Well I'd better get going" he said and walked away. He was one of the new comers but he was just visiting so there is nothing to worry about.

I drop the horse on the ground and go back to sit in the shady grass.

'This is the best thing that could have happened to us!' said one of the adults excitedly. They were talking so loud that I could hear them from all the way here, "Mineral town will once again be full of new comers we'll have lots of new people signing into our inns and applying for job." another one yelled even louder.

~End Flashback~

They thought that alchemy could solve all of their problems idiots! They forgot the most important thing: 'equivalent exchange' Lynn's dad was stupid to say yes to them. He should have known better, but then again my dad did the same.

"I just can't believe that I have to sleep outside again! Like is it such a crime to try to fix a broken pencil using alchemy?" I ask complaining to myself pissed.

"These people have issues! They were the same people who loved and adored alchemy 10 years ago. The same people who made my dad leave. The same people who left me all alone."I walk up the hill and sit there looking down at the town, used to be full of joy and people. I yawn and lie back on the grassy hill and watch the sunset thinking this will be the last sunset I'll ever watch in this town because as of tomorrow I'm not going to be here anymore. I give out a long sigh. As I look at the sky I think...it's all over! I'm finally doing it, finally doing something that I wanted to do for a long time. Finally following my dream...and no one can stop me-

"HEY YOU DONT KNOW WHO YOUR DEALING WITH! I'M THE FULL METAL ALCHEMIST! THE HERO OF PEOPLE! RING ANY BELLS?" A boy was yelling down at the inn where Lynn worked. I quickly get up and see a boy and a man in a suit of armor.

"Wait a minute...Full Metal Alchemist. The hero of people? Edward Elric? The Elric brothers? What the hell are they doing here?" I ask myself running down the hill quietly to get a better look.

"NO STINKIN ALCHEMIST IS ALLOWED IN THIS TOWN! You got that? Go tell all the military! Go tell all the dogs! Go tell all your little friends! This town does not and shall not and never will let alchemists enter!" the head of the town was yelling.

"Come on Al, we'll find another place to sleep tonight. Apparently some people don't appreciate us" Edward said walking away to where I was standing.

"Brother?" the armor guy said. "I wonder why they hate alchemists so much..." Edward nodded as they passes by the tree I was hiding behind.

"They're weird!" I say as I walk away from the tree and get in front of them.

They both turned their attention on me. "What do you mean?" asked Edward.

"Something happened, 10 years ago" I say in a bored and lazy tone as I keep walking up the hill to where I was sitting before.

"What happened?" Edward asked as he and his brother followed.

I shrug. "I dunno, I was only 5 back then! But something about the red water and how Lynn's dad and my dad betrayed them or something! Then they were forced to leave town, and they never returned" I explain as I sit down.

"So that's why Mustang sent me here..." He said looking up at the sky thinking. "Who's Lynn? Maybe she'll know something" he looked down at me.

"You met her already. She has light brown hair and she always puts it in a pony tail, she works at the inn." I say looking at him...

Red Water…

This rare naturally-occurring liquid is a component of the Red Stone (Fake Philosopher's Stone). Prolonged exposure to it causes a wasting illness with no known cure besides alchemy.

Effects:

By itself, Red Water has no positive effects. Each round of direct contact with Red Water forces a Fortitude save against DC 12. A failed save results in 1 point of Constitution damage and d2 points of damage; a success inflicts the regular damage but no Constitution damage.
In historical alchemy there is a substance called 'nostoc', or 'alchemical dew', which fell from the heavens and vanished on contact with daylight. Red Water can also be called 'nostoc'.

•The Blood Rose Alchemist and the Mysterious Storm Alchemist•

"So, she'll be finally coming back" mustang smiled to himself,

"What's so funny now?" Hughes asked taking a sip of his beer.

Mustang shook his head "nothing". "I was just thinking of Ed's face when he gets the news" he smiled again.

"What if the girl doesn't get out of the town? What then?" Hughes asked.

"Why do you think I sent Ed over there, Ed being there will definitely get The Blood Rose Alchemist back here where we need her"

There was no respond from Hughes. "Are you even listening?" Mustang asked as a vein popped out but he tried to stay calm. He looks at Hughes who seemed to be talking on the phone so he just waited.

"Huh? What? Ya, ya sure... something about the Blood Rose Alchemist" Hughes said not knowing what the colonel has said.

Mustang shook his head, "Do you even know who that is?"

"Is it a girl? Am I right?" Hughes asked,

"Her name is Elizabeth, she has all the abilities that Ed has and I thought that they would make a great team" Mustang smirked. There was no respond from Hughes again, "Who are you even talking to?" Mustang sighed, and took a sip of his beer. "Ah, there is one more important thing. One of the recruiters has researched various alchemist which we can get help from. They have found a very unusual alchemist; based on his profile they gave him a suitable title just in case if he can become a state alchemist. They named him 'Storm Alchemist'. Apparently, he's in the same town Ed is in. This is like hitting two birds with one stone. If I remember his name, I think it is… Ryuu Toshi," Hughes didn't respond again and again, "Can you at least say yes or something?" Mustang exclaimed in a comedic act.