Disclaimer: I do NOT own Fullmetal Alchemist. If I did, the ending to that dumb movie would have never existed in a million years.

A/N: I can't believe it.

Okay, this is ANOTHER EdxWin story that has sort of been floating around in my mind for a while as well. I was gonna wait until I get a good headstart on this before I uploaded this, but...something made me do this.

To tell you the truth, I have NO idea when I'll update this story. I'm already putting too much effort into my first one, Figure of Sheherazade. To those of you who are reading it, I certainly am working on the next chappie, but...it needs work. I will also upload an edit of the previous chappie when I update as well.

About the setting...not much to say. I am not too experienced with this stuff, but I'll just wing it and see what happens.

Now...on to the prologue:P


Prologue: Girl

Tattered and grey.

It was what she felt, what she looked like, and what she was.

"Hey you! Get back to work!"

She looked up as a burly man with thick, gnarled hands stomped over to where she sat near the river. A deep-set scowl was visible on his face as he stared down at her.

"This is no time for dawdling, girl! What do you think you are doing?"

"I was washing up, sir," she replied as she quickly splashed her face with cold water. She rubbed her cheeks to get rid of some of the grime that had settled there.

Her hand was grabbed and she was forcibly jerked upwards to meet his glare.

"Don't take all day to prune yourself, girl."

He pushed her in the direction of the bleak, colorless doors situated above the bank. "Now go! The boss was askin' for you five minutes ago!"

She stumbled a few steps on the steep incline, then caught herself. For a moment, she just stood there with her head bowed, and she clenched her left hand.

"I told you to get going, girl, now GIT!"

She tightened her hand into a fist.

"My name isn't 'girl'. It's Winry," she said softly, too low for the man behind her to hear, before she picked up her feet and stalked towards those dreadful doors.

A/N: And there you have it. Please review and tell me what you think!