Hey guys! I've wanted to write a Broken Angel fanfic for so long, and now I finally know what it's going to be about! If you haven't played FullMetal Alchemist: And the Broken Angel and you haven't gotten past episode 25 of FMA, you may not want to read this. There's spoilers.

The story starts off between episodes 25 and 26 of FMA, which is why it might seem familiar in the beginning because I copied the end of episode 25 to start off my fanfic.

Anyway, I hope you guys like this! Please let me know what you think!

It was the late afternoon, the sky was blue and with every passing minute began to fade to a deep orange. The sun drifted down the sky towards the West horizon slowly and the light slowly and fleetingly disappeared. The ground was rumbling and speeding by beneath a solitary train that sped down the tracks towards the city of Central. Edward Elric, his brother Alphonse, and their friend Winry were three of the passengers on this train sitting together in one booth and chatting about their good friends the Hughes family.

"Mmh. I guess that's what they call a 'Mother's Touch'. I could eat this stuff all day," said the young State Alchemist, who was eating a slice of pie that Gracia had prepared for the three of them.

Winry smiled, thinking fondly of them. "That Mr. and Mrs. Hughes and their cute little daughter, Elysia--that had to be the perfect family."

"Yeah," Al chimed in.

"C'mon," Edward said, "perfect? The guy's nosy and obsessed with his kid! He's annoying!" With that, Edward opened his mouth wide and shoved down almost the rest of the pie, smiling afterwards at the pleasant taste and feeling replenished.

"You like him," Al said tauntingly, "he came to see us all the time."

"Yeah," Edward sighed, "but he's always complaining about how busy he is. I'm telling you, that big goof doesn't make any sense!"

Alphonse sat silent for a moment, then chimed in once more. "Why do you think he cares about us so much, though? Seriously."

"Beats me…" Edward said casually and stared out the window.

Winry looked at him with a slight remorse. "Really, Ed. You'd better tell him thanks when you get back to Central."

As the train passed another platform, Edward continued to look out the train's window. Suddenly, there was a blur that caught Ed's attention. As he looked to the platform, he saw a familiar face. A man smiling affectionately and waving as though to say good-bye. As he looked closer, he realized who the man was. Could it be… Maes Hughes? Was his mind playing tricks on him he wondered? His golden eyes widened in surprise and he blinked with an expression of confusion on his face.

After the train had passed the platform, Edward leaned out the train's window and looked back for a moment, staring in awe and curiosity.

"Ed…?" Winry called to him curiously as he came back inside and sat down.

"Did you see something, Brother?" Al asked.

Edward sat, still staring out the window with his right arm resting on the edge. After a moment, he turned to his brother and replied, "No." Then, he shoved the remainder of the slice of pie into his mouth and gave a broad smile while chewing it down.

The three sat in silence for a while after that. Edward had just finished off the last slice of pie, Winry was either just sitting silently or chatting quietly with Al, and Al didn't speak too much when spoken to. Edward just sat quietly after he finished eating and stared out the window, thinking to himself.

The same thing. It must have been months ago that he and his brother were on a train just like this one heading back to Central. Only this time, they weren't being accompanied by their large but ever-so-excitable military escort Alex Louis Armstrong, but their childhood friend Winry. He was actually glad that Winry was with them, although she could be rather excitable at times as well. They hadn't seen her in a while, and Edward knew that she was always happy when they visited each other. They did get to see each other sometimes, but it was usually just to get his automail repaired. Winry was always a good friend to them, almost like an older sister. She worried a bit too much and sometimes did things that were irrational, but he knew it was just because she was trying to help. Ed tried to make sure she didn't know too much about what they were doing because he knew that she would probably try to stop them or get too worked up.

Edward thought back for a moment about the last time he had been on a train to Central with his brother and Armstrong. They were sitting quietly when suddenly, there was an announcement on the PA. The train had been taken over by some new communist-socialite-terrorist group. He was convinced that someone had put a curse on him and Al, because they always seem to board trains that get hijacked. After beating down the bad guys, Edward had climbed onto the roof with his brother and they faced off with the group's leader. What was his name…? Ed wondered. Genz Bresslau… yeah, that was it. Some freak with an automail arm and a Mohawk bigger than his ego. He tried to lead a team of criminals and defamed ex-military troops to Heissgart in order to help Professor Wilhelm Eiselstein with his research. Apparently they were calling for criminals from all over to go there. Edward's thoughts got derailed as he remembered Professor Eiselstein. He was an old friend of Izumi's who lived in Heissgart with his daughter Selene. Selene was about Ed and Al's age when they met her. It must've been years ago, though. It was while they were staying with their teacher after training on Yock Island. Selene was a very anti-social girl… or perhaps she was just shy. But when Ed and Al had come to visit the Professor a few months ago in New Heissgart, they were reluctant to find out she had died. In her place was her supposed 'younger sister' Armony.

… Armony… Edward thought back on his adventures with the red-headed girl. She was spunky, rowdy, immature, loud, and annoying… but still. Ed couldn't help but feel he had lost a big part of himself when she had died. After all, she was his apprentice. He taught her everything she knew about Alchemy. Her father wouldn't let her learn it, and Edward thought at the time that it was just because he was strict and she wasn't very good at it. But later he had realized that it was because of the Philosopher's Catalyst.

Armony was a chimera of sorts. When the Professor was working in his laboratory, Selene had joined him in hopes of helping. Unfortunately, she had been caught in a rebound and was bound to the Philosopher's Catalyst, which mutated her into a different person. This is how Armony was born.

Armony had grown up believing that she was Selene's younger sister. She even had memories of playing with her. Armony would visit Selene's grave periodically and leave an Etherflower there for her in respect. However, she didn't know that the grave was barren, for Selene no longer existed.

"Brother…?" came Al's gentle voice.

Ed was torn from his thoughts and turned sharply to look at Al and Winry who seemed concerned about him.

"Are you alright?" Al asked.

"… Yeah. I'm fine, just thinking…" he responded. For some reason, he felt Al knew what he was thinking about.

"Edward…" Winry said, staring at him solemnly for a moment. She knew that Ed probably wouldn't say what was on his mind, so she abandoned her anxiety and turned away. She stared off at the distance, losing herself in her own thoughts just as Ed had done.

After another moment passed by, the train shook slightly. The ride was going less smooth, as though there was something wrong with the conductor in the front car. All of the passengers turned their attention away from what they were doing as a loud screeching sound came over the PA system. Many covered their ears and winced from the sound. After a few seconds of the microphone crackling, a man's voice began to announce.

"Attention passengers: this train has now been taken over by the Marlux Liberal Federation. You are officially now our hostages."

Winry gasped slightly, nervous like all the other passengers of this terrifying news.

Edward just sighed and crossed his arms nonchalantly. He whined in an annoyed matter, "Oh man, again?! I can't believe it, every time we're on a train it gets hijacked!"

The man's voice came over the PA again. "Everyone just stay seated and don't try anything funny! If you try and stop us, we'll derail this whole train!"

Alphonse chuckled slightly and hunched over timidly. "Brother… I think you were right. Someone must have put a curse on us."

Edward rose to his feet and stretched a bit, groaning as though he had just awoken from a nap. "Well," he said, "I guess we'd better go see what this is all about…"

His brother nodded. "Right," Al said and rose to his feet as well.

"Huh!" Winry looked at the two of them in surprise. "Wait a minute, you're just gonna go up there after what he just said?!"

Edward laughed a little and grinned at her. "Winry," he said reassuringly, "you've gotta be kidding me! These guys are all alike, just a bunch of cowards who are willing to do anything to get what they need. Trust us, we'll be fine."

Winry glowered at the two of them for a moment, hoping to change their minds. After a short, silent moment, she realized that her efforts were to no avail. "Alright, fine," she said with a sigh. "Just be careful…"

The other passengers stared as the two Elrics began to head to the next car. They began to mutter skeptically to each other, worried if the terrorists would really follow up on derailing the train.

So that is the end of chapter 1. Please tell me what you think, I'd love to know!! And no flaming because you will be reported. :D