Hello, fellow fanfictioners! This is my first time writing a story. I know that this first chapter is a bit short but I swear the next one will be longer. I still hope you guys like it. Reviews are greatly appreciated!

Disclaimer: I don't own FMA.


Chapter 1: Pilot

It had been four years since Edward had defeated the Father homunculus and he still wasn't used to not having alchemy. Every time he read a new book about the science, he would feel a bit more useless. Although, he seemed confident at the gate when he gave up his ability, he couldn't help but miss it. Edward had grown to be lonely man, traveling over the west side without his younger brother, Alphonse, or getting to see his childhood friend, Winry. They try to stay in contact as much as they can but in reality, they were all too busy. Edward spend most of his days from train to train, almost every attendant knew him which made it easier for him because they always greeted him with a compartment so he could rest and they always had some extra food so he could regain his strength.

One day, Edward woke up from his nap in the train with a strange feeling, a feeling he didn't have since he last used his alchemy. Maybe it had to do with the dream I just had, he though ignoring whatever it was that he felt. He left his compartment but as soon as he opened the door and stepped out he collided with something, or better yet, with someone. "I am so sorry", said the girl rather frustrated while she tried to gather her bags. "It's all right", Ed knelt down to help her with her things but she just shushed him away. What the hell is her problem?, Ed thought while examining her. She was rather pale, like she hadn't seen the sun for months; her hair was a light shade of brown as well as her eyes. The mysterious girl finally looked up and she was bit taken aback by what she saw: Golden eyes… that can only mean one thing..., she quickly stood up and, to Edward's surprise, held out her hand for him to shake. "I'm sorry for my rude behavior a minute ago. It's just been a rough morning", Ed looked at her hand before standing up. The height difference between them was very noticeable; there could be roughly a foot in difference. He remembered when he used to be that small and everybody use to tease him about the fact so he made a mental note not to mention anything about her height. "It's ok, we all have bad days", Ed said while taking her hand and shaking it lightly while he gave her a small smile. "Well, then, I should get going", she began to walk away when Edward spoke up again: "You didn't tell me your name", he was curious and to be honest, he could use a friend. The girl was taken aback a little bit, no one ever wanted to know who she was, dismissing her as nothing more but a teenage girl with a boring life, "Hannah…. Hannah Caverly", she said while giving him a soft smile. "I'm Edward Elric", Ed said rather confused… he was sure he had heard that last name before. "Nice to meet you, it was nice bumping into you but I should get going now. Have a nice trip", Hannah said while walking down the hall and exciting that part of the train.

Edward watched her until she left and slowly enter his compartment again, he was rather annoyed with himself, that's the most he had talked to someone in a long time and he didn't even get to have a normal conversation with her. When he started to close the door to his compartment he saw a piece of paper stuck at the bottom of the door, he knelt down to get it and what he saw almost made him want to rip the paper apart. Right there, in that piece of paper, was the drawing of the transmutation circle he and his brother had used for human transmutation. This can't be… How?... Wait… This is Hannah's, she can't be thinking-, Ed stopped in mid-thought before dashing down the hallway in the direction that the girl had gone but to his dismay, she was nowhere to be seen. Where the hell did that girl go? She's going to make a big mistake if she does this, he kept running bumping into a few people and briefly saying sorry, he came to a stop when he noticed that only one more train cart was left and it was the one where all the suitcase where place. He opened the door with little hope of finding her. Edward walked along the cart and he heard the door shut, he quickly turn around to see her standing by the door. "What are you doing here?", Hannah asked rather suspiciously while holding her back tightly. "You forgot your paper", Ed said while tossing the paper to her feet, the girl didn't pick it up because the transmutation circle was staring back at her as she looked down, "So, it is you. The famous ex-"fullmetal alchemist", the one that lost his limbs and bonded his brother's soul into a suit of armor", said the girl without looking up. "How do you know all this? If you know the consequences to this taboo then why are you even trying to do it?", Ed said furiously. Hannah finally looked up and she said the only thing she could, "That's for me to know." Ed looked at her surprised; he clenched and unclenched his fists before stalking over to here and gripping her shoulders, "Don't do this. It comes with a great price and you could lose more than what you have lost already, whoever it was!" She kept looking at him, her face determined but for fraction of a second, her expression changed to sympathy for the boy standing in front of her, "If you understand, you woul-" "I would stop you before you made the biggest mistake of your life!" "What do you know?!", Hannah yelled furiously, "You just met me. Why do you even care if I commit the taboo?! You don't lose anything." There was a deep silence; she could see how Edward's face started to get redder from the anger with every word she said. "You're right, I don't know you and I shouldn't care but it doesn't matter if it were you, or a small child, or an old man who could barely walk, I would still try and stop them." there was another pause and Ed spoke up again, "It's all in the bag, isn't it?" Hannah flinched a little and it was enough for Edward to confirm that what he said was right. In a matter of seconds he snatch the bag from here, Hannah started to protest knowing full well what his intentions were. He walked over to the end of the train and threw the bad overboard, "You insensitive jerk! How could you?". Hannah started to yell. She made an attempt to jump after it and Edward just dragged her back inside and held her to the ground while she started to kick and scream to let her go, "It was all I had to bring them back, I promise-", she started to sob uncontrollably and Ed felt a pang of sorrow. He knew how it felt to lose all of his research and feel powerless.