Authors Note:This is the first time I have done a first speaker with Aru, and especially with him as a 6 year old child. I tried to make it sound like the perspective of at child so young who lived with his Mom and elder brother alone in a valley village. I dunno, it was all rather confusing to me at first, but I hope that this turns out how I planned it to. I thank all of you guys taking the time to read my Fanfics! Oh, and I'm sorry for you Winry x Ed haters. I just put little bits in the chapters now and again, so it's not common. Eheh...;; -sweatdrop-


Chapter 1: Us

"Ha-ha! You'll never catch me!" I chuckled out softly, running my little legs as quick as they could go.

"I'll get you!!!" yelled out a familiar voice of another child--a boy--yelling back at him.

We ran through a field, wide as the eye could see. Butterflies floated above the glades of grass that softly blew in the soft breeze. The sky was an inky blue, and many poofy white clouds were drifting without gravity pulling them down above our heads. It was really surprising to me why they hadn't fallen to the earth like every time I tried to jump into the air. My feet were magnetised to the ground!!

Hello. My name is Alphonse; Alphonse Elric. But you can just call me Al. Every one else does. I am 6 years old, and I live with my Mom and older Brother, Edward in a little valley village known as Risembul. He's older than me by one year, and somewhat shorter…but you never want to tell him that. He can get so mad that his head nearly explodes into pieces! It's probably because he doesn't like to drink milk, and Mom has always told us that milk makes our bones grow big and strong. Anyways, I was born and raised here in Risembul with only my Mom. I don't even remember my Dad…he left us when I was just born and Ed was 1 years old. I've grown up to learn the fact that brother doesn't like him very much, because every time we mention him Mom gets sad.

"Got you!!" was all I heard when I was finally tackled to the hard ground, but it didn't hurt. It actually felt rather soft because once I opened my eyes I found out that we were actually in a pile of dirt. I was ready to surrender by now. The sun was nearing it's time to set and Mom would be calling us in soon. But we always took forever getting inside cause we always wanted to stay out a bit longer. But this time, we were going to stay out and watch the stars come into the sky!

"Okay, okay! You got me, brother.." I huffed, glancing over my shoulder briefly to see the wide grin spread across Ed's face like butter on toast. (Mm…toast is good.)

"I surrender.." I mumbled lowly, returning the light grin. Though, it was more of a fake grin that anything.

"I'm getting faster, Al. I can't wait to tell Mom!" the scratchy voice of my eldest brother croaked as he lifted himself off my back and to his feet before helping me to mine.

"Thanks."

"No problem. Anything for my little bro!…And speaking of which…you're really dirty, Al." Ed's amber eyes shifted slightly, taking an upwards and downwards glance at my now dirt coloured clothes. Taking a short second to look at myself, I gave a light chuckle and shot my eyes back up to meet with his giant amber orbs. "Yeah, I am aren't I?!" It was then that my brother had a sudden outburst of laughter, and I couldn't help but join him. It was pretty funny after all. I was soaked with dirt!

"C'mon, Al, we should get you cleaned up before Mom finds out." Ed had suddenly lowered his tone, and grabbed my arm in the process of his talking. At this, I grinned and nodded at the exact same time. I couldn't go outside late at night being all dirty cause then the dirt would make me cold.

Leading me inside our little family home, we took off our shoes at the entrance and quickly dashing off down the hallway. Mom spent most of her time in the backyard tending to the garden or doing laundry, but she could see through the window to the entrance and see us if she wanted to. She wasn't there now, so this was our moment to dash without getting caught. Ed led me into our shared bedroom and quietly shut the door. Our room was pretty spacious for just the two of us. Though we rarely made a mess, unless Ed was too lazy to clean up after himself. Our beds were on separate sides of the walls surrounding our room. Brother's was the closest to the doorway, and mine was by the window. You could tell too…Ed didn't make his bed this morning..(-.-;;)

I took my time walking over to my dresser, and when I had gotten there I had to remember which drawer had my shirts and which one had my pants and shorts. I had always gotten the drawers mixed up, and when Mom went to put my clothes away she'd find shorts in the midst of a pile of shirts. When I had finally decided which one was which (Turns out I got them mixed up…again..), I pulled out what was needed from each drawer before parting from the dresser to get changed. When I turned around, I found Ed pulling out his own set of clothes. It seemed like we were both changing into our Pyjamas. Grinning softly, I set my own pair on the corner of my neatly made bed and sat down comfortably.

"Ah, crap..!" I heard Ed curse to himself. He usually got like that when he couldn't reach the top drawer…hehe…him and his shortness…it has always stopped him from getting to his goals. Finally when he managed to pull out what he was looking for, he shut the drawer furiously and wandered over to his bed and plopped down onto the open sheets.

"We'd better hurry, Al. The sun looks like it's about to set. The sky is already turning pink." Ed murmured, glancing out the window. And I shortly followed afterwards.

"Yeah. We don't wanna miss those stars!"

I sat up prompt on my knees, grabbing a hold of my pyjamas and sat back against my pillow. Gosh I loved that pillow…it was so cushy and always made me fall asleep easily and right away.

I glanced over to brother, who was already shirtless. He was always in a hurry when getting changed that it was unreal! He was like…a mini super-hero that could dress so fast that the changing of colors would make your head would spin in so many circles to make you dizzy!! Or…maybe that was just me. Who knows? I yanked my dirt covered shirt from my body and tossed it into my laundry bucket that was wide open. (Mom got tired of our dirty laundry sitting in a corner so she got both of us a laundry bucket. I was starting to get annoyed with the smell of feces and other gross things in our room anyway, so I guess you could say Mom saved us from dying of gross smells.)

When we were both done changing ourselves (Ed being done long before me…), we quickly ran back outside just in time to catch the sky turning a beautiful orangey colour. Now if only Winry will show up this time! Every time we plan something like this, she claims that she's busy helping Aunt Pinako make auto-mail. For quite some time now we've spent the time outside with ourselves, but I found that fine. I just wondered if Brother did too..

"Al! Ed! Heeyyy!" came our names from a distance. Edward had glance over, and I yet again shortly followed. It was Winry! As she ran towards us her light blonde strands of hair flew from side to side each time she lopped on one of her small legs.

"Winry!" We both cried as the girl approached us and stopped immediately. "Hey, I'm sorry. I was able to get out this time only because Aunt Pinako said she didn't need me to help her tonight." she grinned foolishly. I watched the grin on Ed's face grow even bigger than it was before, and I couldn't help but chuckle. At least we were able to spend one night with her..it was better than nothing I suppose.

Laying down in the grass upon the hill near our house, we chatted amongst ourselves humbly. Winry talked about auto-mail, and Brother just rambled on about nothing. I listened. There wasn't much to talk about..and I really wasn't the talking type. I glanced up to the now darkening sky, it's colour had changed from bright orange to a lightish dark blue. It was then that I spotted something bright, twinkling in the night sky.

"Hey, a star!" I pointed my index finger to the sky, and immediately the other two silenced themselves with a light gasp.

"Make a wish, Al!" Winry spoke out, clasping her hands together with glee.

And that was what I did.

Putting my hands together, I closed my brown eyes and drowned myself in my silence, wishing for something that maybe would come true for me. Something..that would be a dream come true.