Chapter 1: Meet Yuki
A/N: This story is in Alphonse's POV. I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist or any of its characters except for my OC, Yuki! Enjoy!
The philosopher's stone. In order to perform anything in alchemy, something of equal value must be lost. Brother and I know this rule, obey it, we'll make sure every other alchemist obeys it too.
The year was 1913 and it was a peaceful day in uptown central. I, Alphonse Elric, age 14 along with my older …um shorter brother Edward Elric, age 15 were in a meeting the Central Command Center for State Alchemists. I'm sure you've heard of us, or at least my brother. He was known as the Fullmetal Alchemist. The Fuhrer paced the floor as he talked with Colonel Roy Mustang. Edward was bored out of his mind and pissed off as usual.
"Colonel Mustang is such an ass!" he yelled.
"Brother! You're too loud!" I whispered.
"So what! I'm bored with sitting here and waiting for the damn Fuhrer to talk about something useful instead of talking to King Kiss Up!" he yelled louder.
"Well, the meeting is almost over. Be patient," I reassured him.
"Fullmetal, you're going to downtown central," he replied.
"Why?" Edward asked, annoyed.
"Scar has been spotted there. You're supposed to watch for anything suspicious,"
Edward clenched his hand into a fist. He hated Scar and Scar hated him. Not just Edward though. Scar despised all State Alchemist because one started the Ishvalian War and murdered his brother. Edward hates Scar because he thought alchemy was a sin against God. Yet he used alchemy anyway and called everyone else who used it, sinners.
"Lt. Ross will meet you two there," said Roy.
"Okay. Come on Al, we have a train to catch," said Edward.
We left the Central Command Center and made it on to the train. As soon as the train left the station, Edward was fast asleep. I saw little kids staring at my metal suit. I worried if I scared them. I waved to a little girl who was sitting with her parents.
"Look mommy! Isn't it cute?" she waved at me and smiles. I guess I don't scare her.
The train stopped at a new station and I spotted Lt. Ross while looking out the window.
"Brother, wake up. We're in downtown central," I informed Edward.
Edward yawned and looks out the window. He rubbed his eyes.
"That didn't take long huh Al."
"Nope," I handed him is red coat.
We exited the train and find Lt. Ross saluting us. Lt. Ross was a friend of ours. She was almost like our mother although Edward never wanted to admit it. When she was not working, she called us by our names. When she was working, everything she said ended with sir.
"Nice to see you sir. Did you have a safe trip here?"she asked as she looked at Edward's blond hair. There were strands sticking out everywhere.
"Well, I slept all the way here, but yeah I guess so," Edward grinned.
"Let's go get you two something to eat and then I'll find you two a place to stay while you're on lookout,"
We looked around for a restaurant when suddenly, I heard someone crying.
"Hey brother, did you hear that?" I asked.
"Hear what, Al?"
"That sound. It sounded like someone crying,"
Edward, Lt. Ross and I followed the sound. It was a little girl crying in a dark alley. She looked so miserable. Edward walked up to her.
"Hey, what's wrong little girl?" he asked looking puzzled.
"I can't find my father. We were out for a walk when I saw a stray dog. I followed it, but it ran off. Now, I don't know where my dad is!" she sniffled.
"Do you remember where you were when you saw the dog?" Edward helped her stand up.
"I think I was by a flower shop. I remember dad was buying a flower pot," she sobbed.
"Don't worry little girl! We'll help you find your dad," Edward walked her out of the ally and she stopped crying.
The girl followed us while Lt. Ross asked her some questions. She stared at me in wonder.
"What's your name sweetheart?" Lt. Ross asked.
"My name is Yuki. Yuki Haruhara My father's name is Kyo Haruhara. Lt. Ross took her hand as we crossed the street.
"My name is Lt. Ross, this is Edward, and this is Alphonse," she pointed at each one of us.
"Hi! It's very nice to meet you!" I looked at her. Her mouth dropped.
"You can talk, Alphonse?"
"Of course, Yuki. By the way, you can call me Al."
"Ok. Al, where are we going?" she asks.
"To a police station. We're going to help you find your dad!"
"Thank you so much Lt. Ross, Edward, and Al!" she hugged us all.
"You're welcome Yuki," Edward blushed.
We finally found a small police station and saw a man almost in tears talking to an officer. Yuki grabbed my hand and ran to him.
"Dad!" she cried.
"Yuki, where have you been? I have been looking for you everywhere!" he exclaimed.
"I'm sorry dad. I was so caught up in following a stray dog that I got lost," Yuki looked down at the floor.
"You have to be careful Yuki! You could have gotten hurt or even killed!" he picked Yuki up.
"I'm okay thanks to my new friends!" she whistled to Edward and Lt. Ross.
"This is Edward, Lt. Ross…" Edward and Lt. Ross waved.
"And this is Alphonse. He likes it when people call him Al."
"It's very nice to meet you sir," he looked at me in amazement. I wonder if he's amazed that I can talk or that I'm in a metal suit. Maybe both.
"Hello to all of you! Thank you so much for bringing my little Yuki back to me," he kissed Yuki on the cheek.
"It was no trouble at all. We're just glad to help," I explained.
He paused for a moment and looked at Yuki, then at us.
"As a thank you, do you have any place to stay tonight?"
"As a matter of fact, we don't,"
"Well, how about we all go get some ramen noodles and you three can spend the night at our house," Yuki nodded in agreement with her father.
"Did you say ramen noodles and a place to stay? Thank you so much and we accept, we accept, WE ACCEPT!" Edward put on a very large grin.
As we all know, the best way to make Edward agree to anything is to include ramen noodles.
"Great! Let's go then!" the man put Yuki on his shoulders as we left the police station.
We left the police station very happy. Yuki had her father back and we received free ramen noodles! Although, something seems off about Yuki's dad. Maybe I'm just thinking too hard. Yeah, that's it! Thinking too hard.
A/N: This is the first chapter. I will upload more as soon as I can. Please remember, this is my first fanfic and it lacks plot. ^_^'' Please review! : 3