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Tragity made them equal, Fate made alchemists, Destiny brought them together....

Chapter 1

With carefull fleeting fingers I unbound myself and set to work getting out. I was shaking so bad I could hardly walk. When I found the door, the handle wouldn't even turn. Fear threatened to swallow me. Tears ran down my cheeks as I sank against the cold wall. What had I done? Only a swipe and he was gone. John, my older brother, gone. Because I got mad. Alchemy was such a pain in the ass. I had only altered a few symbols. Now he was gone and me... I was cursed. I would no longer need an alchemy circle. John was beyond the gate, but I was left with what most people would think of as an enchantment, but in all actuality being able to turn into a fox at will had it problems. It gave me a temper that I never had before. And if I let that anger overwhelm me, I would become mentally unstable, as I was about to find out....

I needed to break something. Anything. The glass vase behind me. With one smooth movement, the blue vase shattered. The one I would always fill with fresh flowers so that when he worked he would have something pretty to look at. Then the picture frame I gave him last Christmas. Next, papers were scattered everywhere. Notes, books, whatever was in my reach. It wasn't until I went to knock a plate to the floor, when I realized how short I was. I looked at myself. Furry paws, long busy tail, copper colored. I was a fox. I jumped onto the table and swiped the plate to the floor. I picked a pen up in my mouth and was about to snap it when I was blinded by light. I stumbled and fell with a dull thud. I picked myself up and backed against a wall. I could make out the silhouette of two figures. Roy and Daddy. Completely forgetting I was still a fox, I ran for my father.

"Daddy!" I went to jump into his arms. He held me at arm's length.

"Jin?" He looked around at the mess I had caused.

"It was an accident. I didn't mean for it to happen! I didn't know!" I was crying now.

"What happened? Jin, where's John? Why are you a fox?"

"She tampered with alchemy. It would seem this is her punishment." Roy's voice was patronizing.

"For what? Jin....?"

"." I wiggled from his grasp.

"Gate?" He didn't know much about alchemy.

"I messed up his symbols and made them say something else. When he went to work, it took him to the other side of the Gate. And I was turned into a fox." Daddy bent down and picked me up again. He looked around again. By the way he was acting I could tell he got the jist of it. Roy followed us, closing the shed door behind us. I had passed out half way there, and he set me on the couch. Apparently it had only been a matter of minutes before I woke up again. I overheard Daddy talking ot Roy.

"Obviously, Roy. Where is my son? What happened to my daughter?"

"Hughes calm down. John is gone. There's no finding him. Jin, I think, should change back in due time."

"Gone as in dead gone?" There was whoop sound. Roy said nothing. Maybe I had missed more than I thought. Suddenly I felt a familiar bolt of energy in my stomach. Soon I was envolped in pink alchemic energy. Before I could even think, I was completely human again. I covered my face with my hands. What had I done? What had I done?

"So why partner with us?" Al asked.

"It wasn't my choice. Hughes made that desion for me. He didn't want me working alone anymore. Not that I don't like your help, don't get me wrong, but I'm very independent and like things done no other way but mine." Jin's voice had a hint of annoyance in it.

"Another way we're alike." Edward said.

"Don't patronize me, Elric." Jin snapped. Edward sat back in his seat.

"I understand. But what you have to realize is that we're here to help you. Trust me I don't want to be paired up with you. So cut us some slack, okay?" It wasn't until after he said this that he probaly worded it very wrongly.

"Excuse me? If you didn't want to be here, why did you come? You could've said no. You didn't have to be with me. The only reason I'm here is because Hughes doesn't want me working alone, not with Scar out on the loose like this. Why are you here anyways? If it's to protect me, thanks, but no thanks. I'm quit capable of taking care of myself." Jin's cold green eyes bore into Edward with a look of utter hatred.

"We didn't have a choice on who to come with. Mustang just told us to meet you at the station. There was no time to question him about you. The day we met Hughes on the train, he made it very clear how special you were to him. I can easily see why he doesn't want you to work alone." Al spoke quietly, but Jin looked up at him. Her brow was furrowed in deep thought. She turned toward Edward again. Her gaze wasn't as fierce, but still, if looks alone could kill.....Edward only rolled his eyes.

"If Mustang had told us we were working with the devil in disguise, I would have worked a way out of it." Edward said causally. Jin's mouth dropped. Edward grinned cockily. Jin's eyes narrowed. Then quick as a flash, she slapped him across the face. Edward blinked several times, trying to clear his vision.

"And had I known that I was going to be paired up with a pompous little pipsqueak, I would've found away to weasel out too." Jin said smugly.

"Smart-ass." Edward said coldly.

"Damn right. I've got a feeling this partnership isn't a onetime thing, so you better get used to doing things my way."

"Unless of course your way is wrong, then we do it my way."

"I'm never wrong."

"There's a first time for everything. And what better ways of finding out that you're wrong then having me rub it in your face?"

"If you even live that long." Jin said through gritted teeth. Al just sat back and listened, prepared to break up a fight if need be.

"Trust me. I'm not planning on going anywhere."

"Alright. Just shut-up and let me enjoy the rest of the trip in peace, please."

"Fine, fine. I'll shut-up now. Look at me being quiet. You won't even know I'm here."

"Just shut- up!" Jin said viciously. Edward immediately shut his mouth. Al glanced causally between them.