A/N: Welcome to TSSA! Just so you know, a majority of these beginning chapters are currently being rewritten on levels that range from fixing-the-way-it-sounds to OMFG-MUST-FIX!-HOW-DID-PEOPLE-GET-BEYOND-THIS-TWO-YEARS-AGO-SDFHLADJFHLADSFHJ!? Chapter 1 just so happens to fall in the latter category ._.

These chapters and the next chapter (the real chapter 44) are scheduled to be uploaded by TSSA's second birthday (aka-April 10th. I need the time to get it all, so meh. You'll survive those of you that manage to get past these horrible chapters.)

Please bear in mind the rewrite as you read this. My writing has gotten so much better in the past two years, I promise you ;_;

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The sun burned my skin with every step I took, the heat draining me of any energy I had left. My arms were tired from carrying my suitcase and my legs felt like mush. I wanted so badly to collapse on the ground and fall asleep where ever I landed, but I couldn't.

'Snap out of it Myra,' I thought to myself as I slapped my cheek. 'You've come too far to fall now.'

I continued walking down the busy streets of Central. The State Alchemist exams were this week and I had to get there as soon as I could.

My eyes grew wide once I'd caught sight of Central Command.

'There it is,' I thought, a smile touching my lips.

As my legs finally gave, I fell to the grass in a heap. The world began to spin as I looked up at the sky. When my vision faded, I didn't fight it. At this point I was too exhausted to even care about why I'd come here.

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The Elric brothers were sitting on the steps of the Central Command Center, bored out of their minds.

"Hey brother," Alphonse Elric said to his older brother Edward.

"What is it?" Ed asked, glancing up at Al.

"I think there's a girl over there. She's in the grassy area under a tree."

Ed looked around the suit of armor that was his younger brother and over at the girl. "She's obviously not from around here. Notice the suitcase?" he pointed out.

Al continued to look at her. He looked slightly to the left, and sure enough next to the girl was a dark brown suitcase. "I wonder why she fell asleep under a tree," he thought out loud. "There are plenty of inns she could have gone to instead."

Ed shrugged his shoulders and leaned back on the steps, closing his eyes as he relaxed. He wasn't particularly interested in her. "Beats me. Some people are just weird like that."

Al continued looking at her. "I don't think that's the case. Maybe we should go see why she's over there."

Ed opened one eye and raised an eyebrow. "Why should we care?"

"It's not like we have anything better to do right now," Al stated.

Silently admitting defeat, Ed sighed and stood up from where he sat.

The two brothers walked up to the girl. She really was asleep.

The girl sheepishly rolled over onto her back. Her mouth moved slightly before she started speaking.

"No brother. It's not going to work," she mumbled, her words barely audible.

"What is she dreaming about?" Al asked, not expecting an answer.

"Shh," Ed hushed, his attention now pulled to the girl.

The two boys watched her as she started up again. "I'm telling you, it won't work."

They continued watching her, half intrigued and half confused.

"Brother, no!" She woke up mid-scream. When she saw the boys staring at her, she screamed again.

"What the hell do you want from me!?" she yelled, sitting up. Her violet eyes were wide with anger and panic.

"We saw you up here and wanted to know what you were doing," Al explained as they backed away from her, hands up in surrender.

"I was sleeping!" she shouted, stating the obvious. She seethed in anger as her hands clenched into fists.

"Well yeah, we knew that," Ed said bluntly.

The girl's eye twitched as she clapped her hands and touched the ground. A spear rose up and she armed herself with it. "Make one more smart ass comment and you're toast, bub. I'm warning you, I've never lost a fight."

They looked at her with shocked faces when she transmuted. Her forehead furrowed in confusion at their reactions.

"What the hell is wrong with the two you?" she questioned as her grip on the weapon loosened.

"How did you do that?" Ed asked her, answering her question with another question.

Her eyebrow rose at his reaction. "It's alchemy you idiot," she said matter-of-factly, her grip on the spear tightening once again. Her facial expression grew hard once more as she jabbed it in Ed's direction. "Now answer my questions. What do you want?"

"Would you put that thing down!? You'll hurt someone!" he said, his hands still up.

"Not until you answer me." She lowered the spear but didn't drop it.

"We wanted to know if you needed help," he said, putting his hands down.

Her forehead furrowed when he said this. "What do I look like to you guys, a damsel in distress?"

"Not at all," Ed remarked flatly. His doing so only irritated her more.

The girl's eyes narrowed as she spoke. "What the hell do you want anyway blondie? I'm flat broke at the moment, so if you were planning on robbing me good luck with that."

Ed folded his arms over his chest. "How about you answer some questions? To start off, you saw the Truth, didn't you?" he questioned.

Her eyes grew wide before gritting her teeth. Her eyes narrowed and she lowered the spear slightly.

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These morons were really starting to get on my nerves. It was one of those times where you just had to look at someone and know you wouldn't like them. It was more the blonde I didn't like than the guy in armor right now. I hadn't seen his face, so I couldn't get a good read on him.

The air around me only felt more uncomfortable the moment the blonde had asked me the question about Truth.

"What the hell are you talking about?" I asked, playing dumb to the question.

The blonde glared at me. "You know exactly what I'm talking about. It's the reason you can do alchemy without a transmutation circle."

"How do you know so much about it, pipsqueak?" I questioned in return.

Saying this seemed to hit a nerve. He spazzed out and screamed, "WHO YOU CALLIN' PIPSQUEAK!? I'M STILL GROWING AND I'M TALLER THAN YOU! WHAT RIGHT DO YOU HAVE TO CALL ME THAT!?"

Completely confused at this point, I watched as the guy in armor tried to calm him down.

"You're not that much taller than me," I retorted once he finished. "And geez, are you always this high strung?"

He didn't bother answering my question. After he cooled his head a bit he asked again. "You saw the Truth, didn't you? What did you do?"

His face was demanding. The tight grip I had on my spear loosened slightly as I gritted my teeth.

Regretting how soft I could be, I caved.

A/N: If you read the first Author's Note you'll notice the rewrite. Chapter 1 is the first thing to be revised. It fixes the way the characters interact with each other and makes the reactions a little more realistic. I was in the 8th grade when I first started this, and I'm shamed by this first bunch of chapters (cue the Tamaki emo corner)

It'll be better soon! I promise! But for those of you who didn't like this... I apologize for wasting your time and hope you have a nice life. Totally sincere right there btw ^_^;