I woke up with the sun shining way too brightly on my eyes. It's like the sun decided to sneak between the smallest crack between my curtains and aim right for my eyes. I moaned slightly as I moved to get out of bed. Mornings were never my thing. My brother, Johann wasn't a fan either. I remember he slept through five alarm clocks he set and was late for alchemy training one day. Dr. Scott was about ready to kill him.

"Come on, Lilac. Time to go set up." I yawned loudly at my cat.

She spat her tongue out at me and didn't budge. Damn cat.

Slowly I trudged out of my warm cozy bed and got changed and ready. As soon as I put my blonde hair in a messy ponytail, I clapped my hands together and zapped my automail heart to charge it for the month. That was always a bother. But according to the Law of Equivalent Exchange, it was only fair.

Lilac gave me a sad look. Ever since my sin, this was her least favorite part of the month.

"I'm sorry Johann…." I whispered as I clenched my fists walking to the front door.

I opened the door set up my table. I just needed Toshi to come over soon with the potatoes so I could make the soup for those who desperately need it. I patiently waited for over a minute. Yes, that's patient for me since I have none. I then saw the people who depended on me giving me the most painful look. They get their only source of food from me and I am letting them down. Neckar was too poor of a town for everyone to be fed. But Toshi and I promised we would keep the people fed; that's why she was never a second late. Usually, she was here an hour early setting up…. this isn't like her to be late at all. This is bad.

"I'm sorry everyone but Toshi is sick today and I can't run this place by myself. I'm gonna have to close shop today, I'm really sorry!" I said painfully as I darted through the streets of Neckar to Toshi's house.

Lilac followed me through the streets. I passed the bakery, the butcher and almost ran into a fruit stand going up to her house. I was worried sick about Toshi. She was never late.

I finally got her house and was horrified… her white door was busted open and painted with the color of blood. I carefully entered the doorway..

Her living room was destroyed and in ruins. Her lights were flickering on and off. Chills were sent up my spine… I could hear Lilac crying. I turned around to see Lilac at the feet of Toshi. Blood. Blood and tons of blood… Her jugular was cut open and she bled out with dried tears still on her face.

"Well, well, looks like I have guest." A man with a deep maniacal laugh spoke coming from the corner of the room.

"What do you want, bastard? And why did you do this?!" I screamed about ready to use alchemy at any second to avenge Toshi's killer.

"I want blood and lots of it. You see, I'm a doctor. Dr. Willow to be exact. I use to be a doctor here at Neckar but I was dismissed…" He moaned out.

What the hell is going on….

"You may ask why but it's easy. Blood is a very powerful thing and I want to examine all of it. So I used to sneak in patient's rooms and cut their jugulars open to see how they react without the most powerful thing in their body.. However I was caught by Central's soldiers and was sent to Central Prison. However, I'm too smart for that so I got out to my finish my unfinished project…" He gravely smiled…

Hmm.. This isn't good. He wouldn't tell me his life story if he wasn't going to kill me.

I clapped my hands together and all the blood that belonged to Toshi circled around the evil doctor and once I made a dome, I froze the blood. Perks to being a water alchemist. Too bad that the only water I could use was Toshi's blood...

"I don't believe in killing but I do believe in revenge." I scoffed as I tried to clap my hands to send the dome caving in on him but he performed alchemy and blew up the dome. Shards made from the dome flew.

It knocked to me the ground pretty hard and made Lilac pass out. Before I could even scream her name, Dr. Willow used the transmutation circle on his labcoat and made the blood go around me like a cocoon, leaving only my head and neck visible.

"Ah, I see. You're a water alchemist. That's a very good feat. However, I spent years with my project and am the world's only blood alchemist…" He hissed as he was eyeing my neck desirably.

I didn't even want to waste my breath. I can't move my hands to make a transmutation. But I then saw Dr. Willow get kicked in the head by a random person with blonde hair. Talk about good luck, eh?

"Dr. Willow, you're on Central's most wanted. It's our mission to bring you back to Central, you bastard!" He yelled at him.

Dr. Willow looked down at me and then at him and then at the big guy in the armor who accompanied the guy. He let out a chuckle.

"You state alchemists are a bunch of dogs. King Bradley only wants me down because I may become more powerful than him by examining all this blood and having founded blood alchemy. You just are helping the oaf become a coward of knowledge!" He screamed.

"NO! Even if we weren't sent here, we'd still hunt you down. You killed dozens of people. Innocent people who did nothing to deserve being killed for your experiments!" The armor guy yelled with a surprisingly little kid like voice.

The blonde boy charged at the guy with full speed and transmutated a spark in his hands only by clapping! Impossible, only I can do that. I went through hell to get that knowledge. I didn't go after the knowledge but I went through hell to stumble upon it.

"Alchemy with no circles! Impossible! Only I know that!" I screamed in my bloody cocoon.

The armor boy came over and cut me out of the cocoon.

"Are you alright Ms?" He asked ever so politely.

"Yeah, I'm fine. The name isn't Ms. though. It's Ellie, Ellie Dean. And again I'm fine. I'm an alchemist." I said pissed off.

I clapped my hands and transmutated a tidal wave of Toshi's blood around Dr. Willow.

"Didn't he say he was a blood alchemist?! He can throw that back at us!" Blondie yelled at me.

"I know that! Just watch!" I screamed.

I clapped again but I made the blood rip off his labcoat which held his transmutation circle, making him powerless. I made the blood go away from and revealed a scared Dr. Willow without his precious circle.

"Give me that back!" He screamed at blondie since the labcoat landed at his feet.

Blondie smirked and picked up the coat and tore it apart.

"NO!" He screamed.

The armor boy then clapped his hands and made a sphere like prison out soil to keep Dr. Willow incubated. I stood in awe at the power these boys shown. I never met people like me who could transmutate without a circle. I dropped to the floor of exhaustion and confusion. I never used my alchemy and combat training in a real fight.

"Hey, are you ok?" The blonde boy asked me giving me a hand up.

"As fine as I'm gonna be. I mean only used my best friend's blood as a weapon." I spat out.

"What are your names.." I asked still curious of the alchemic abilities.

"I'm Alphonse Elric, the younger brother of Edward Elric here, the Fullmetal Alchemist." The armored boy named Alphonse spoke.

"Shouldn't you be Fullmetal because well you're in metal? And you're a state alchemist? I'm taller than you." asked.

Edward gave me a sour puss face and got up in my face.

"Just because I'm little doesn't mean I'm not the Fullmetal Alchemist! Besides you're only two inches taller!" He roared shaking his fist angrily.

"Yeah, yeah. Still taller." I rolled my eyes.

His grew ten times and was bright red. He was going to blow any second.

"Ellie, you're gonna have to come back to Central with us. We have to add you to the report that Colonel Mustang has to do." Al spoke

That's it, Ed blew.

"What! No! We saved her ass so she doesn't go in the report!" Ed roared

I got annoyed with him so I went up and yanked his ear. Hard.

"Forget, that I tore his coat off. I fought him first." I said cheeky letting go.

Ed let out a yelp on pain afterwards. He rubbed his red ear like a baby.

"Well let's head back to the train to Central then." Al spoke not getting between us.

Ed stuck his tongue out at me and led up front with me trudging in the back. I was conflicted. I'm using this as a chance to leave Neckar for good. To leave all bad memories back home. I wouldn't be shunned by the elders of the town for my sin back when I was ten. People in Central wouldn't know. Only thing is I'm leaving Johann and Toshi's graves and I'm leaving Lilac so no one can trace me to Central. I guess with Heaven comes Hell.