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I got off the train, with my black suitcase in hand; in Central feeling a cool breeze hit my face, blowing my jet-black bangs in my blue-grey eyes. I tucked the loose hair behind my left ear, while looking around for anyone that looked like they knew where Central's headquarters were. I looked around for quite some time before I spotted a short blonde-headed boy, and a large suit of armor. I didn't know what they were saying, nor did I care, but by the looks of it, it looked like they had been coming here for quite sometime, like they knew where they wanted to go and how to get there. I started to walk towards them weaving through the crowd of people. When I reached them they started to walk away.

"Hey, You!" I yelled, trying to get their attention, all the while getting strange looks from everyone around me including the blonde. "Yeah, You, The Short Blonde!" I yelled again. I watched the blonde storm up to me with the armor close behind. As the blonde came closer and more into view, I could see he had the most beautifully exotic golden eyes I had ever seen. His face was kind of on the boyish side, and along with his height, he seemed to look around the age of seven-years-old, but aside from, that his face was contorted to make him seem pissed off by what I said.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PINT-SIZED PIPSQUEAK WHO CAN'T WALK OVER A PEBBLE BECAUSE IT'S TOO BIG?" shouted the blonde at me obviously enraged at my statement.

"Brother, you're making a scene, please stop yelling," the armor told the shrimp.

"No, Alphonse, not until she tells me she's sorry," the blonde said still a little peeved, as he folded his arms and stood there stubbornly with his nose in the air looking the other way.

"Fine, I'm sorry," I started out saying. "That you're so short," I whispered the last bit in his ear making him blush a pretty hue. He must have realized after a while of what I said because the armored person had to hold him back.

"THAT'S IT! LET ME AT HER!" I couldn't help but laugh at his reaction. After a while I stopped laughing and he calmed down, and then I remembered the only reason why I wanted their attention.

"I was wondering, could you tell me how to get to Central Head Quarters?" I could see that the blonde was still pissed at me and wasn't going to answer me so I turned to the armored-guy for help.

"Sure, we'd be glad to, wouldn't we, brother?" the armor said being very polite.

"No we won't, Alphonse. Why should we when she called me shor…shor…shor-"

"You mean 'short'?" I asked innocently, cutting him off before he could finish his sentence.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" he raged.

"Calm down, brother." After the armor got the blonde to calm down again, we started to head towards Central Head Quarters.

"I'm Samantha Mist, by the way, but please call me Sam, I don't like it when people use my full name," I told them as we were walking through some unfamiliar streets.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Alphonse Elric and this is my older brother, Edward," the suit of armor informed.

"Wait…did you say Edward? As in Edward Elric? The Fullmetal alchemist?" I asked as my voice rose more and more with excitement and my eyes lit up like a light bulb on a Christmas tree. I could tell immediately that I had caught the blonde's attention by the way the he had looked up at me with a huge grin on his features.

"Yup, that's me," Edward said seeming proud of himself for being so well-known. A huge grin had suddenly appeared on my features because I was so happy, I couldn't believe that I was walking with the actual Fullmetal alchemist. I was so happy, in fact, that I couldn't restrain myself from kissing him chastely. When I pulled away, I noticed the stunned look on his face and the slight blush that was creeping up his neck and sprinkled on his tanned cheeks. A blush too had appeared on my features as well, realizing what I had done with a horrible feeling in my gut. Why did I always have to do things like this? Why did I have to act before I thought out my actions? Sometimes I just don't understand why I do the things that I do.

"I am sooo sorry. I didn't mean to do that. It just…kind of…happened…" I turned away from them, too embarrassed, too horrified by my actions to face them. I started to walk away, not knowing what I should do in such an awkward situation. The two brothers stood a few yards behind me in pure and utter awe. But the weirdest thing about the unexpected kiss was that I could have sworn that I had felt Edward's tongue try to ask for entrance into my mouth, which in turn made my blush only deepen with embarrassment. Which led me to wonder; why would he try something like that when we had just met? Although, I should talk since I'm the one who started the whole embarrassing charade.

I tried to walk as slowly as I could so that I wouldn't get too far ahead of them; I still needed to find Central's HQ after all. In the distance behind me I could vaguely hear Alphonse ask, "Brother, did she just do what I think she just did?"

I inwardly shook the feeling of embarrassment away, took a well-deserved deep breath, and turned around with a grin on my features before I hollered at them, like nothing had happened as I saw Edward nod in reply to Alphonse's question, "Hey, aren't you guys going to show me how to get to headquarters?" Alphonse nodded and gave Edward a slight nudge to the shoulder to bring him out of his daze. Alphonse ran up beside me and Edward soon followed after in pursuit as we once again started heading towards HQ. I couldn't help but notice, as we ventured to our destination, that there seemed to be something going on in Edward's mind, like the wheels and gears that existed in his intelligent mind were turning in an effort to think of something. But I dismissed the notion of there being something familiar about these two and focused on the reason why I was really here: to become a state alchemist.

Before I knew it we were standing in front of what looked to be the most important thing to ever exist in this region of Amestris. Its structure was amazing, from the intricate designs all the way down to the marble pillars that stood at the entrance. "This is Central HQ," Alphonse announced, like it hadn't already been obvious that this was the place that I had been wanting to go to for the past five years.

I grinned up at Alphonse happily, like he had been the one who had created such a structure as the one that stood profoundly before me. "Great, now that I'm here," I started before turning to Edward, who had his head bowed like he was in deep thought about something. "Edward?" He looked up at me, his gold eyes blazing with curiosity. "I was wondering, could you introduce me to your superior officer?"

Edward gave me this strange look like I had suddenly grown two heads out of no where or something. "Why would you want to meet him?"

Me, being the dumbass that I am, forgot the reason for which I had come here, but luckily, I had remembered right away and laughed mentally at my own stupidity. "I want to see if I can become a state alchemist like you."

It was silent for a moment before Alphonse finally spoke up. "So, why do you want to become a state alchemist?"

My heart sunk at his question, I had really hoped that no one would ask me that since I had no fake reason as to why I wished to do something that most women today rarely do, but luckily I had quickly thought up a lie to worm my way away from the truth. "I want to help with military investigations and make this world a little more bearable to live in." Well to me it sounded like a good reason and hopefully it was good enough for them as well. I looked at both of them, looked at both of their body languages and looked in their eyes Alphonse seemed to believe me, but Edward was another story. Edward's body language was accusing and his eyes were somehow able to see through the lie, but he said nothing and only tried to act like he believed in what I said.

Edward sighed in what seemed to be in a somewhat defeated way. "Fine, c'mon I'll take you to meet my bastard of a colonel," he said as he started to walk towards the entrance of the building.

A grin appeared on my features as I excitedly followed after the short blonde. But then something caught my attention of what he had said. "What do you mean 'my bastard of a colonel?'?" I asked using my best guy voice that I possibly could.

"You'll find out when you meet him, trust me." I just shrugged my shoulders and didn't pursue the matter any further as we walking into the building to meet his colonel.

We were walking down one of the many corridors that existed in the important building and out of the blue I had noticed that Alphonse wasn't following us anymore. I hadn't noticed that he had wandered off and wondered where exactly he had went. "Edward?" He turned to look at me curiously. "Where'd Alphonse go?"

He looked forward again before saying, "He went to our apartment. He doesn't really like to be around when I'm talking with the colonel."

His mention of his apartment reminded me of another thing that I needed to do once I got off of the train. "That reminds me," I mumbled. "Edward?" He turned to look at me once more. "Do you know a cheap place where I could stay? I don't really know my way around the city yet so it would be a big help if you could tell me."

"You could stay with Al and I, if you wanted."

I was surprised by his offer. I appreciated it, sure, but we had only met each other like an hour ago and I found it kind of overwhelming in a way to see such kindness from someone that I had just met. "No, no I wouldn't want to impose on you guys. Just telling me a place where it's cheap and sturdy enough is good enough for me. I wouldn't want to burden you guys."

"It's alright. I'm sure Al won't mind and I certainly don't mind as well." Edward seemed so much more kinder, more gentler when people weren't making fun of his height.

I weighed the pros and cons of his idea in my head and realized that it would probably be better if I did stay with them "Ok, but remember you offered," I taunted at his lack of knowledge about me.

"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked curiously.

"Well, I'm not really a morning person and I'm a very messy person and I'm also very hot-headed," I giggled nervously.

Edward laughed along with me as we rounded a corridor into another hallway. "Ok, I'll be sure to remember that." I was nice to hear his laugh it was cute and boyish just like his outer appearance. But something about him still seemed so familiar to me and I couldn't quite figure out where I had seen him before.

I suddenly realized that Edward had stopped walking and his facial expression had changed from the happy one that had brightened his features just moments before was replaced by a look of disgust that had contorted on his face. I raised a curious eyebrow at him. What was he moping about? "Is there something wrong, Edward?"

"Damn right there's something wrong."

"Well, what is it?" I inquired wondering what was pissing of the alchemist this time.

"We're here," he grumbled as he glared at the door as if it were the reason for his dilemma.

'How bad could this guy be to piss Edward off this much?' I wondered to myself as we walked into the office and found a man with black hair sitting at a desk cluttered with what looked to be all kinds of paper work. I noticed two large black leather couches on either side of a small table. Edward and I walked over to one of the couches and sat down, sitting my luggage beside my feet. The man finally looked up from his papers, noticing our presences his eyes were the deepest oceans of black and his skin was as pale as the moon at night. He looked directly at me with a look in his eyes that made me want to shrink away, but I didn't, I held my ground and acted like nothing was wrong.

"I see you're still as lazy as ever, colonel bastard," Edward said casually.

"And I see you're still as short as ever, Fullmetal," the man said with a smirk and he redirected his gaze towards Edward. I could see out of the corner of my eye that Edward's stance had changed to his more agitated posture.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A BEAN SPROUT MIDGET, YOU BASTARD?" Edward hollered as I tried to hold him back from attacking his colonel. The man just simply laughed at the boy that I was trying to restrain from tackling him.

After his laughter had died down, he recomposed himself and eyed me up and down in a way that sent sickening shivers to race up and down my spine. "Settle down, Fullmetal, and tell me who your pretty friend is," he said snapping me out of my trance with a blush creeping up to my cheeks, but I could sense a sort of anger seeping from Edward and I wondered why we would be angry about his colonel calling me pretty. The man stood up and sat on the couch opposite of us with a slight smirk on his lips seeming to have a taunting look in his eyes that looked as if it were directed towards Edward in a way.

"Colonel bastard, this is Samantha Mist-"

"But please call me Sam, I don't like it when people say my full name," I said cutting Edward off.

Edward waited for a bit before starting again. "Anyway, Sam, this is colonel Roy Mustang."

The man known as Roy stood up and extended his hand and I did the same as well. "It's nice to meet you, Sam," he said with a kind-hearted smile.

"It's nice to meet you too, colonel." I took his hand and bowed, knowing that that's what the polite thing to do. After our exchange of hands, we both sat back down.

"So, Sam, why is it you came here with Fullmetal? It couldn't possibly be that you two are dating, is it?" Edward and I both blushed at the colonel's last comment.

"We just met, you asshole! Of course we're not dating!" Edward angrily chimed in.

Colonel Mustang laughed again before saying, "Good, cause to me, Sam, you look like the kind of young lady that would date a tall, dark, and handsome gentleman, like…me, for instance." He smirked. I blushed at what he had said and I could see that Edward had seemed slightly pissed at what colonel Mustang had said. It made me curious as to why Edward would be angry about that.

I turned my attention back to colonel Mustang. "Actually, I kind of like it when guys are shorter than me," I said I a shy and soft-spoken way. I thought I had seen Edward smiling at what I had said but I wasn't too sure about my deduction.

"Ha, see there are some girls that will go out with short guys!" Edward said overjoyed by what I had said and only proving my suspicion right. I turned to look back at colonel Mustang and noticed that he seemed a bit flustered. It must have been because he was shot down by someone younger than him.

"We're getting off subject here," he said recomposing himself. "So, really, Sam, why are you here with Fullmetal?"

"Well, sir, I want to become a state alchemist," I said somewhat courageously. Colonel mustang seemed slightly taken aback and unsure of what I had told him but as soon as that expression had appeared it disappeared just as quickly and in it's place came his composure.

"So, why is it that you want to become a state alchemist?"

Oh shit! I thought to myself. What did I tell Edward and Alphonse earlier?…Oh! Right that's what! "I want to help the military with all their investigations," I said ambitiously. Once again colonel Mustang seemed slightly stunned by what came forth from my lips, but, just like before, the stunned look had dissipated and his composure had taken it's place.

"Well, I'm sure you'll enjoy it here then," he said encouragingly. I tried my hardest to hold back the squeal of jubilance that wanted to escape me and I managed to do just that.

"Yeah, but after working with this bastard after a while you'll want to kill yourself," Edward mumbled out loud.

"No, Fullmetal, you've got it backwards. After she's worked with you after a while then she'll want to kill herself, or go out on a date with me."

I couldn't help but laugh at their little quarrel until, of course, I herd the last part of it. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on a second, chief, I'm like sixteen and you're, what, fifty?" I almost shrieked, feeling kind of embarrassed.

Edward started busting out laughing as colonel Mustang's face busted out into a brilliant hue of embarrassment and anger from either Edward or me, I couldn't really tell which. But then I realized something that I probably should have realized before. "Wait, colonel Mustang, are you implying that if I make it as a state alchemist that I'll get to work with the Elric brothers?"

"Yes, Sam, that is exactly what I am implying."

I couldn't stop the excited grin that graced my lips to appear. Yes! I get to do missions with Edward and Alphonse! I thought happily.

The next alchemy exam is tomorrow. That means, Fullmetal, that you have to help her study if you really want her to succeed." Edward nodded before he stood up and walked towards colonel Mustang.

"Here's my report, bastard." Edward out reached his hand that was holding the manila folder and gave it over to colonel Mustang.

"Thank you, Fullmetal." Edward simply nodded before he went and sat back down beside me. Before I forget to ask, Sam?" Colonel Mustang turned to look at me with a quizzical look on his features. "Do you have any place to stay? Because if not, you're more than welcome to stay at my place." Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Edward glaring at colonel Mustang again. Does he always glare at him like that? Or did he just not like what colonel Mustang had said? I dismissed Edward's glare and went back to answering colonel Mustang's question.

"I appreciate the offer, but no thank you, Edward and Alphonse already offered for me to stay at their place, but thank you anyway," I said trying to act as thankful as possible without letting him know how creeped out I was by his offer.

A knowing smirk appeared on his lips somehow warning me of a comment that Edward might not like too much. "Well, well. You know what that means then, don't you, Fullmetal?"

"What the hell are you implying now, colonel bastard?"

"I'm not implying anything at all, especially to whatever you're thinking about. What I'm simply saying is you need to be kind and considerate to her, and most importantly…keep it in your pants." I couldn't stop the deep blush that was sprinkled on my cheeks to appear as I looked away from them both and back down at the floor. Edward had gotten up, his face the same shade of red as mine, and stomped over to colonel Mustang. He clenched his fist and was about to send it flying into colonel Mustang's face but I had gotten up before his hand connected with his face and held him back before he did anything stupid.

"Shut up, bastard. I told you I don't know how many damn minutes ago that we just fuckin' met! You stupid bastard!" Colonel Mustang did nothing but chuckle at Edward's behavior. "Sam, before Fullmetal here blows up, you should take him back to his apartment, and I'll see you tomorrow before the state alchemist exam," he told me when he finally stopped laughing.

"Will do, colonel Mustang. Sorry I can't salute. It was very nice to meet you," I hollered after him as I dragged a still ranting Edward out of the office.

"See you tomorrow, Sam. And it was very nice to meet you too," he had yelled back.

Edward and I had been approximately half way down the hallway when I for got that I had left my luggage in colonel Mustang's office. I looked over at Edward with worry racing through me and said, "Edward, I just remembered something." He turned to look at me as I spoke. " I forgot my luggage in colonel Mustang's office. I'm gonna go back and get it. You can go on ahead, I'll meet you back at your apartment, ok?"

"Ok, the apartment complex is to the left of this building and the apartment's number is 67," he informed me before we went our separate ways with me running off to fetch my things and him heading back to the apartment complex. I rushed up and down the many hallways that I had gone through before in order to get to colonel Mustang's office and after awhile of searching and trying to remember what corridors to go down I had finally found myself standing in front of his office door once more. I took a deep breath to calm myself before I knocked on the door and awaited for his permission to enter. I could hear a muffled "Come in," before I opened the door just enough to be able to poke my head through the opening and saw that colonel Mustang was looking up at me.

"I'm so sorry to disturb you, colonel Mustang, but it seems that I accidentally left my things in here. Is it alright if I retrieve them?" I asked a bit bashfully.

"It's quite alright, Sam, and yes you may get your things it's no problem at all," he said with a polite and considerate smile gracing his thin lips. I nodded and smiled back in appreciation to his kindness, before I walked over to get my luggage. I felt a warm breath ghost over the delicate skin of my ear that startled me a little. My eyes grew wide in surprise before I looked up and saw colonel Mustang looking down at me with a look that sent sickening shivers to race up and down my spine. "You know, Sam, you smell very nice. What is that?" He bent forward and took another whiff of my hair. "Lavender?" I couldn't help but start to feel uncomfortable by the look in his eyes and the way his prescience radiated off of him.

"U-Um…c-colonel M-Mustang, What a-are you d-doing?"

"You know, Sam, I didn't quite like that comment that you said earlier about my age," he said totally disregarding my question. "For your information I'm only twenty-nine." With each word that he spoke his voice only seemed to become huskier and huskier. His cold lips kissed my neck sending disgusting shivers to rush through me as well as fear. I freaked out and tried to swing my fist around to hit him but my action was only in vain as he had seen my attack and grabbed onto my hand ceasing my action completely. I struggled to be relinquished from his hold but I couldn't get away, he was too strong for me. His hold on me tighten every time that I tried to escape causing me to feel more and more pain. Tears welled up in my eyes, I didn't want this, I didn't want any of what he was doing to me. It was scary and I desperately wanted to get away from this man.

I suddenly came up with an idea and I stomped on his foot as hard as I possibly could. He released me with a howl of pain as I quickly grabbed my things and rushed out of the office to find the nearest bathroom to calm myself. When I finally did, I hurried inside and locked myself within one of the many stalls that were in there before I opened up my suitcase to find my perfect little pocket-knife beautifully gleaming in the florescent lights.

That little instrument of destruction was so beautiful to me at that moment, it was my perfect sweet release. I couldn't help but think back to all the other times where the hand-crafted blade had helped me with so many dreadful situations. It helped me with all my pain, with all my suffering and sorrow that I had constantly felt throughout the years. And this was one of those times where I dearly needed it's assistance.

I rolled up one of my sleeves revealing the many scars that littered my pale arm. I brought the knife down on my arm and applied the right amount of pressure to it before it drug it across my tarnished skin. The pain that raced through me was liberating and blissful to feel at a time like this. The feeling was of a sweet release that I had been needing for the longest time now. As I watched the crimson blood run and drip down my porcelain skin, the tears wouldn't stop and neither would the sobs that passed my delicate lips.

I've been cutting myself up ever since my mother died six years ago. That's the real reason for my wanting to join the military, to become a slave to the state, to become a dog that's loyal to their master, so that way I could gain information as to where I could find the Philosopher's Stone, so I could bring her back and see her smiling face once more. I don't care what the repercussions might be I only knew of one thing: and that was that my life would be better with my mother back in my life.

I heard foot steps coming closer and I quickly grabbed the towel and wiped up as much of the blood as I could before I wrapped the knife up in that same towel and stowed it away in my suitcase. I'll just have to clean the wound up better when I get to the Elric's apartment, I thought as I hurried out of the restroom and past a blonde woman who looked slightly shocked at me rushing out of there so fast. I ignored her look and hurried to the apartment where I would be staying until I found myself a place to stay by myself.

I had searched for the apartment for what seemed like twenty minutes. When I had finally found it I knocked on the slowly aging door a few times before Alphonse finally opened it. "Hi, Alphonse. Did Edward already tell you that I'm staying with you guys?"

"Yes he did. Come in and I'll show you where you'll be sleeping," he said in a caring voice that didn't really match up with his outer image. I nodded anyway before I walked inside and saw that it wasn't too fancy. There was a couch in the living room, a table and a couple of chairs in the kitchen. There was plenty of dust everywhere, telling me that they must not live here that much. We walked down a small, short hallway and reached a door. "This is your room." He opened the door and there stood Edward doing God knew what.

"Hi, Sam. I was just cleaning up the place for you."

"Thank you, Edward," I said with a smile.

"That door right there," Edward pointed to a door by the bed. "Is your closet, and that door," he pointed to a door that was beside the bedroom door. "Is your bathroom."

I walked over to the bathroom and went inside. "I'll be right out, I have to use the bathroom," I yelled out to them. I turned to look at my surroundings and found the bathroom to be very small. There was a sink, a shower/bathtub, a toilet, and a medicine cabinet. I opened up the medicine cabinet and I saw that it had bandages. I got the bandages out and rolled up my sleeve. The cut had stopped bleeding but there was still blood on my arm. I turned on the faucet and splashed water on the cut. I took the towel out of my suitcase and dried off my arm and then wrapped up my cut with the bandages. I put the knife under the running water and then dried that off too.

"You alright in there, Sam?" I heard Edward call through the door.

"Yeah, I'm almost done in here." I stuck the knife, along with the towel, back in my suitcase before I walked out of the bathroom with my suitcase in hand. I walked over to the bed and sat down. All the while I could feel Edward and Alphonse watching my every move.

"I'm going to make supper. Are you hungry, Sam?" Alphonse asked.

"Yeah I'm starving." My stomach growled confirming my statement.

"Ok I'll be in the kitchen." Alphonse walked out of the room leaving Edward and I alone together.

"Sam?" Edward asked while sitting down with me after a long awkward silence.

"What is it, Edward?"

"Why is it that you really want to join the military?" he asked with a serious glance.

"I already told you," I started with a tad of a nervous laugh-which is probably where I screwed myself over-but I couldn't really help my nervousness, after all, he could be the person that would ruin my chances at fulfilling my goal. "I want to help the military."

"Don't lie to me, Sam. I can see it in your eyes that there's a much different reason for your arrival in Central."

"I swear I'm not lying." His expression was making me more nervous as each minute or second passed. I didn't like the situation I was in, and by the look in his eyes I could tell that I wouldn't get off Scott-free until I told him the truth.

"I won't tell the military the real reason, I promise that whatever secret it is that it will be safe with me." What he said and how he said it was what made me have totally trust in his promise. So I took a deep breath before I told him everything. I told him how when I was 10-years-old that my mother died and that the only way I could bring her back was if I used the Philosopher's Stone, and that when I was young I heard that the military could supply all kinds of information . I told him that I didn't have to use a circle to use alchemy, I found that I could use alchemy without a circle after trying to bring an animal back to life. He had asked me if I had to pay any price for bringing the animal back to life. I told him that I had given up a kidney. I had to go to the hospital after the transmutation and I had gotten some x-rays done and they had found out that I had lost a kidney and they said that I would be fine. "Wow, so you lost your mother too, just like Al and I did," I thought I heard him say under his breath while he looked down at his lap, but I wasn't quite sure.

"What was that, Edward?" He looked back up at me. I could see in his eyes that he was nervous, I wonder why.

"What? Oh, nothing." He looked back down at his lap. It was silent for a while until Edward broke that silence. "Um, well I'm going to be in the kitchen with Al , so you can get yourself situated." He got up and left my now so-called room. I flopped on my back and closed my eyes as I started to feel the calming darkness of sleep over take me.

SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! In later chapters there will be a lemon between Sam and Ed I just need to figure out how to get there. By the way, Sam is actually supposed to be me but that's not my real name because of identity purposes, but the description is what I look like, except I might make my hair how I wish it was. I know it's weird that I'm putting myself in a fanfic but I had the sudden urge to, hell, even my friend says it's weird, but I just don't give a shit. And I mean I'm practically having sex with Ed! How awesome is that? Anyway R&R!