((A/N This FF was originally just a casual role-playing chat between me and my friend, but I decided to transform it into a FanFiction the best I could. Now, I'm not the best writer, in fact I'm probably not even considered a GOOD writer, but I'm on here to try and improve with people's feedback. Now, there will be many Original Characters in this story. These chapters are short, but they will make up for that by having at least 50 chapters. This prologue is especially short because it originally did not exist in the chat. I made this up so things would make a little more sense. And since there are OC's you'll discover their personalities as you progress through the story. Other than that, Enjoy!))

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"Cara!" a frantic voice called from across the street.

The young girl turned to see her friend Ash bounding towards her. She had a look on her face that usually meant someone was going to get beat.

"What happened?"

Ash stopped in front of her; bent over, trying to catch her breath.

"Umm, you ok?"

She looked up; an incredibly sarcastic, and slightly accusing look on her face.

"You know I never run"

Cara was a little taken aback by her gruff reply. She rubbed the back of her head, clearly not sure how to respond. Her friend was obviously in no mood for stupid questions.

Ash took a deep, steadying breath and stood back up. She had an apologetic look on her face.
"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to be so rude."

Cara looked at her fellow alchemist-in-training and smiled.
"S'ok, I could tell you're upset. So what happened?"

The anger on the other girl's face returned, strong as ever.
"Those jerks over there just said the most...just...UGH!! I won't even repeat it!"
She turned to stare down the road and around the corner.

"Well if YOU won't repeat something, it must have been pretty bad."

Ash turned from where she was staring and gave Cara her classic 'Ya think?!' look.

Cara knew that look all too well. She usually only saved it for Roy, Envy, and Ed.
Then it struck her;
"Edward!"

Her friend gave her a confused, and slightly surprised look from her friend's sudden outburst. Cara knew this meant Ash had no clue what she had in mind.

"You could go ask Ed to go and 'teach them a lesson'."

She looked doubtful.

"I don't think Ed's just going to beat on some guys he has nothing against."

A sly little smile spread across the younger alchemist's face.
"So trick him into doing it."

Ash suddenly looked a little uncomfortable at the thought of doing that to the alchemist she admired so much. She took her arms and crossed them in front of her, furrowing her eyebrows in contemplation.
"I don't really want to trick him though..."

Cara mimicked her friend's position and raised an eyebrow disbelievingly.
"That's never stopped you before."

Ash gave her a sidelong glance. Her all-too-familiar smug grin spread across her lips.
"True."
She uncrossed her arms and rested one hand on her hip.
"So, any idea where he is?"

"Last I saw, he and Al were headed for the outskirts of Central."

"Alright, we can start there."

The two teenage alchemists turned from the busyness that was Central HQ and set off to hunt down the Elrics.
Little did they know that an old acquaintance was planning on tagging along.

*sigh*
"I wonder if Silence is around..."
The mysterious figure glanced around.
"Hmm, I sense she's also on the outskirts of the city. Not surprising, she never was too fond of the busyness and the noise."
The shadowed person took a deep breath as if exasperated.
"Well, no use waiting for her."

And with that, the street was once again empty.