Chapter 1
The Woman with the crystal eyes
"Ed! Come on! Let's go do something" Alphonse wined. They had found a small carnival and decided to kill time and hang around. They had been at the fair for at least 2 hours and had done nothing.
"Fine Alphonse! Just quit wining about it!" Edward Elric stood up and flipped his golden hair back as he pulled it into his ponytail. Al stood up and grabbed Edward's hand and raced off. "Edward lets hit the gypsy stand!" Alphonse's smile was almost too adorable to say no to. "Okay Al," Ed said trying to hide his smile. Ever since Alphonse had gotten his body back Edward had been spending every living moment with his little brother.
When they got to the gypsy stand they noticed people walked past it as if it didn't exist. "Hey," Ed said as he walked up to the gypsy behind the table. "What can you do with your magic powers?" She tilted her head upwards. "You say magic as if you don't believe."
Both Edward and Alphonse smiled. "We're scientists lady. What do you think we believe?" She smirked. "Oh? Give me your hand." Edward looked rather offended that he had just been told what to do by someone he did not know, but as told he put his hand out. The woman grasped his hand in hers. Her hood hid her eyes but it was obvious that they were closed.
She turned his hand over so that Ed's palm was facing up and began to stroke it. Her finger tips grazed his hand as Edward stood still. "I won't bite you if you relax." Ed blushed as he relaxed bit by bit. She grazed his hand again with her finger tips. She finally said something, "Your… your hair is golden. Your eyes….. The same as your hair light gold. You're skin is light tan."
She released his hand. Edward just sat very confused. "What's that prove? Everyone can see my hair and eyes!" The woman stood up. "Oh really? Can blind people see your hair and eyes?" As she said this she pulled down her hood, revealing her very very pale blue eyes. She had hair as white as a cloud with tips as black as coal. Her hair was pulled into a tight bun on the back of her head. Her skin was just as pale as her hair. She wore a khaki peasant skirt and a cape that hid her shirt.
"That still does not prove that magic exists," Alphonse said." You two must be really smart cookies. To tell you the truth it wasn't magic. I am a scientist. I study…………the conversion of things from one substance to another." They both were now confused. Ed finally spoke. "When you say converting one substance to another, do you mean….like alchemy?"
The entire carnival seemed to pause. Nothing, not even the breathing of the people walking by could be heard. "What? What did I do?!" Edward was totally disoriented. He looked at the woman her mouth was wide open and her eyes showed a sign of aggravation. A small group of middle aged men walked up into Edward's face and said, "How dare you speak the forbidden magic here! Grab them all!" As two men mover toward Alphonse three went toward the woman. "Hey you pervert! Keeps your hands off me!" The man in Edward's face looked up. "You again! Long time no see cutie!" He grinned as he walked toward her. "You! You stay away from me! Or I'll have to hurt you!" Edward obviously new she somehow had connections to this guy.
As he mover closer to her she put up her hands as a shield. He grabbed her arms and wrapped his other arm around her waist. "You disgusting freak! Let go of me!" "Hey!" Edward said. "Get your filthy hands off the woman!"
The man turned around. "Shut up! You, kid, have committed a crime!" Edward had officially exploded. "What freaking crime?! Hey mugger over there! Get your hand off my brother and off the girl!" They screamed laughter. "What crime? You spoke of the forbidden magic, both of you! And you were hittin' on my girl!" The woman bit down hard on his hand and he finally let go of her. When she ran out of his arms she fell into Edward's. Her arms were wrapped around his neck as they stumbled backward.
"Run," she whispered in Ed's ear. He looked down at her and saw her serious but scared look. She stood up, "Leave me here, just go," Edward grabbed her hand and called to Alphonse. "Al! Hit it!" All three headed out of the carnival as fast as their feet could carry them. Edward had parked their automobile out in plain sight; they hopped inside and sped away.