NC Ace: -wave- I've been working on the beginning of this story for a LOOOOOOOOOOONG time! Notice that I didn't put any such 'romance' in the genre section. -nod nod- But there may be a little between Ed and Winry! Yup no OC romance here!

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"What's this assignment you want me to do now?" The blonde Fullmetal Alchemist groaned as he sat there along with Al. First Lieutenant Hawkeye replied to him by handing him a portfolio.

"...so we're supposed to go to this town and find out what's going on with those strange explosions." Edward said, skimming throught the file. "Well...come on Al."

"Now hold on a minute, Fullmetal. It won't be just you two. You'll be accomponied by another State Alchemist by the name Paige Raid." The obsidian eyed colonel said from behind a stack of paper.

"So where is this State Alchemist, hm?"

"She was supposed to be here an hour ago, before you two came. I've seen her alchemy. It can be quite useful. She got sent to East a short while after gaining her title, the Illusion Alchemist, and now she's being transferred to Central. The train is going to leave in 20 minutes...not enough time to get Havoc to retrieve her. Yet I do need to brief her on things. I guess I need to go along then." Roy Mustang grumbled with a fake tone of sadness. Outside, Edward grumbled, "You did that to skip the paperwork didn't you?"

"Now Fullmetal, we're supposed to be looking for the Illusion Alchemist."

"How old is she anyway?" Ed questioned.

"No, she did not beat your record. She's fourteen."

"Great job Paige! You ended up back where you started." Sharp eyes stared up at the sky, cursing the weather for being so clear. Collapsing on a nearby bench, a girl of 14 glared at any passerby. She had unusual two toned hair of white bangs and jet black hair. Dressed simply in a sleeveless white shirt, black pants, and a tan coat, she sat straight up, before slunching over again. Shielding her eyes with a gloved hand, she glanced around the train station. "You get transferred from East to Central and now look where you got yourself!"

"How are you expecting us to find this alchemist huh? We don't even know how she looks like!" Ed protested as he and his brother forced themself after Roy Mustang.

"In fact...she looks like that." He replied, pointing to the young alchemist.

"...her?..."

Observing the different people around her, Paige kept an eye out for black or blue uniforms. One finally caught her gaze.

The colonel gestured for her to come to the group as he noticed that she had noticed them.

Paige blinked twice before grabbing her suitcase and dashing over to the boys. Her unruly slouch straightened into a salute as she acknowledged her superior.

"Paige Raid, the Illusion Alchemist, reporting for duty sir. I appologize for being late, due to my bad sense of direction."

"Forgiven. Paige, this is Edward and Alphonse Elric." The colonel said, motioning to Ed and Al.

"Edward Elric? The Fullmetal Alchemist? Wow...now I get why they call you 'Fullmetal'..." She gaped, looking up to Alphonse.

"...uh...I'm not the Fullmetal Alchemist...he is. I'm Alphonse Elric."

" You're...You're the...Fullmetal Alchemist? I thought they said you were 16!"

"I AM 16!"

With the all knowing smile Roy nearly always had on, he added, "Paige, you'll be accomponing the Elrics on a mission. I trust Fullmetal will be briefing you on that." Colonel Mustang handed her three train tickets.

"Uh...yes sir." She mumbled.

"Now to get back before Hawkeye starts shooting..."

As the colonel left, Edward confronted Paige.

"I bet you're another of those body guards Roy keeps sending.." Ed snapped.

Staring at the tickets, Paige finally looked up. "From what I know, I only was transferred. But from what I heard, Colonel Mustang may have something up his sleeve..." She shrugged.

"Well I don't need any bodyguards so you can just go after him." the blonde growled, as he lunged for the tickets. Gripping them high above her head, Paige shot back by saying, "What if I said I have more information than Colonel Mustang let on?"

Briefly jumping for the tickets, Ed simply glared at her. "What is it then?"

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NC Ace: Here's the introduction. I hope you guys don't think it's that bad. But constructive criticism is accepted. The next chapter will be up when I'm not so lazy, and if I get SOME positive feedback.