Alright, I have recently got into FMA a couple of months back and finally decided to write this story. I am excited to start this story. FMA has become one of my favorite animes of all time.

Disclaimer: FMA doesn't belong to me, I only own my OCs.

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I didn't know how I got here. My mind was a complete blank. A blur. I couldn't remember a thing. I felt…emotionless to say the least. Like I had no past, or had nothing to return to.

I was in a bed and the room looked like the house was built from good structure and support. There was a table to the left of me. The room was cleaned and was spotless. The room was pretty much barren except with the rocking chair to the far of the right in a corner.

I heard a soft knock on the door as a woman walked in. Her bright blue eyes stared into my own as she stared at me, raising her eyebrows at me, "Oh thank goodness she's awake." The dark brown haired woman approached me, her blue eyes, staring into my eyes, "Are you alright? My husband and my sons found you unconscious on the road."

"…I'm." I stammered, hesitating, trying to find the right words to say, "I'm fine. Thank you…who are you?"

The woman smiled at me, "My name's Ellen, what's yours?" she asked.

"Uhh…" I hesitated, again trying to think about what to say. I was struggling to find out what exactly my name was. Finally, the name Natalie popped into my thoughts, "It's-It's Natalie."

The woman, Ellen stared at me. Which sort of made me nervous, "You don't seem like you're from around here, sweetie."

"No," I replied, almost instantly, "I'm from America, I live in a small town off the outskirts of Chicago."

I could only remember my name and location and now, my potential age.

"America?" Ellen wondered, as if she never even heard of it. The girl winced, and tilted her head, "That's a funny way of saying Amestris."

I frowned at that. The voices in my head began to stir up again; I tried to remember what happened after I left my house that day. This seemed like a lot of information to take in. I knew I wasn't the age I was when I left, that's for sure. I was supposed to be…what? I hesitated once again, as if zoning out, but I was actually focusing. The age? What age was I before I came here?

I grew annoyed and frustrated and stop trying to figure it out. It was a blur to me. I still couldn't remember it.

I bolted out of the room, walking past Ellen as I walked into a small living room. I clutched my hand onto the table, hyperventilating slightly. Why was I having this feeling? What was it? Was it…panic? Fear? Anger? I couldn't explain it.

"Are you sure you're alright, Natalie?" Ellen asked me.

I nodded, "I…think so…"

Wait, now I remember what age I am supposed to be at; sixteen going on seventeen. Except, I look like I am six years younger than what I am supposed to be. This didn't seem right at all.

So, the only memories of myself I knew was my age, hometown, and my name.

There was someone behind Ellen now. It was a man, who looked to be the same age as Ellen. He had tan skin. He also had spiked up short, black hair.

"Good to see you're awake." The man greeted me, "I am Ellen's husband Matthew. Nice to meet you…" his voice trailed off, waiting for me to respond.

"I'm-I'm Natalie Trawick. Thank you for your hospitality, I really appreciate it." I bowed slightly, trying to be polite and be less shy. My mind, for some reason, got mad that I was shy. I didn't understand why exactly.

"You were out for almost two whole days. Are you feeling alright?" Matthew asked me.

"I'm…fine." I swallowed my spit in my mouth, taking a deep breath, trying to relax myself.

Matthew pulled up a chair and reversed it do the back was facing, "He sat down and crossed his arms resting them on the back of the chair. "How'd it happen? How come you got the wounds you'd had?"

I looked down at the floor, "I…don't know. All I remember is going out one day on a bike ride. It had to be a Sunday. My memory is a bit blurry."

"Just how injured was I?" I asked him.

"You had many scratches on your body and one of your ribs was bruised." Matthew answered, "Fortunately, Ellen is a former nurse and fixed your wounds here."

That felt like an understatement.

"Listen," Matthew began his lecture, narrowing his dark brown eyes at me; "You're not going to make any progress just by sulking in this bed. You have a better chance to regain your memories if you work hard."

I nodded in agreement, "I understand. But how?" I looked down on the ground, seeing an old book. I picked it up and stared at it, "Introduction to Alchemy?" I read, resting the book on my lap.

The word 'alchemy' perked my interest in my mind instantly. As if I was dying to know what this alchemy was.

"It's something I was interested in when I was younger." Matthew stated, "My boys wanted to learn, but they got interested in learning how to sword fight. They've been learning for about a year now."

"Sword skills? Alchemy?" I rose to my feet, "Matthew, is it ok, if I could look into both?"

The thirty two year old man nodded, "I think it would be beneficial to you learning more about yourself. Not to mention it could help you fend for yourself."

I smiled, "I think it's a good idea to. I am interested in both sword fighting and alchemy. They seem…interesting."

"I am sure you would get along with the boys, Natalie." Matthew stated, putting a hand on my shoulder.

I smiled at him. I was dead set on this. Learning alchemy and learning sword fighting. Seemed fun, or so I thought.

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Turns out, it was harder than I thought. Over the next few years, I worked very hard to get strength down as a fighter and alchemist, but the results over the few years was well worth it.

I had bonded with Ellen and Matthew's sons, Andrew and Nathan over the few years. Nathan was two years younger than me. While Andrew was a year older than me. Nathan was kind of shy and sweet, but could injury you if you ticked him off. Andrew was kind of arrogant and stubborn with all the talk he says. He always claimed that he was the best of the three of us, but I never let it bother me. The three of us were similar to each other yet so different. Nathan and Andrew were also my sparing partners and we would always try to have fun all the time when we were learning sword fighting. A year after I started learning alchemy, the boys wanted to learn it as well. So, I started teaching them what I had learned in the period of the year that I had been learning, which wasn't much, but beneficial to the simple terms of alchemy. Turns out, the boys were getting alchemy down faster than I was over a few years and I was totally jealous. It wasn't my fault I was a slow learner though. I still managed to be pretty good at alchemy in my opinion, so I was satisfied.

Now, I was almost seventeen years old and ready to travel. I knew I was strong enough now to leave Rush Valley and travel and also possibly find my memories and find a way to get home.

I had talked to Matthew and Ellen and told them what I was going to do. They looked a little sad when I told them I wanted to travel, but were happy about my determination on finding my lost memories, wherever they maybe inside my mind. I had to go find my family and everyone I once knew.

I started packing my stuff as I saw Nathan and Andrew in the doorway.

"Mom and dad told us you were leaving to go travel in search of figuring out a way to get your old memories back." Nathan stated, looking down. He looked really sad. As if he wasn't ready to say goodbye to me.

I smiled, ruffling his dark brown hair, "Don't worry, I'll come back and visit, I promise."

"Hey Nat." Andrew began, "Don't you dare come back being stronger than me." He joked, pointing his thumb to himself, "One day, when I am older, I am going to become a State Alchemist."

Andrew had been talking about becoming a State Alchemist since word got around about someone becoming a State Alchemist at the age of twelve. Which was almost three years ago when that boy became a State Alchemist. Andrew, looked up to Edward Elric, who was the Fullmetal Alchemist everyone was talking about.

I snickered and laughed at Andrew's joke, "Don't let your ego corrupt you." I joked as Andrew laughed with me.

"Sure, I will. When you get back here, I'll still be stronger than you!" Andrew smirked, looking smug.

I laughed, "Alright then. We'll see."

About twenty minutes later, the family that had token me in when I was ten. The family, I called my own now due to what kindness they have shown for me, were at the train station.

"So, where are you going first?" Andrew asked me excitedly, tugging on my arm.

"I think I am going to head to Central first. Learn a bit more about alchemy while trying to journey out to find some answers of my past." I shrugged, smiling.

"We wish you the best of luck Natalie." Matthew smiled.

"You're more than welcome to come home and visit us anytime." Ellen smiled.

I gave them a wave before walking towards the train door, but stopped before I could walk into the train, turn "I owe you guys so much. One day, I am going to make it up to you."

I bowed before running inside the train, giving the person by the door my ticket before sitting by a window of the train.

I could feel the train starting to move as I waved to Ellen, Matthew, Nathan, and Andrew until I could no longer see them, and leaned back on my seat, staring at the meadow and lively landscape as the wind blow through my brown hair.

I suddenly felt sick to my stomach. I was really nervous. Central was a giant city and I knew no one there. I was only a sixteen year old girl. What could I do in a giant city like Central? I didn't even know my way around the place.

I guess I can try to find a place where I can get a map when I get there. I was praising the Lord that I saved up a ton of money to travel doing a bunch of jobs in Rush Valley. Since Rush Valley was home to a bunch of automail shops, I learned how to build some things, but sadly nothing about automail. I wanted to learn so much about it, but sometimes, I was too busy with learning alchemy and learning how to fight. Rush Valley barely had any alchemists. So Nathan, Andrew, and I had to go to a small area not that far from Rush Valley for training instead.

I guess now I just stay hopeful and maybe get some answers when I get to Central.