Sorry for how short this is, but it's basically just to set the scene.

"Hey, Al, I think I found a lead on the Philosopher's Stone. A merchant I just talked to said that he knew who had it, but that he was very far away and almost impossible to reach." Ed looked happy, but also distraught.

"Did you get the name of the person who had it? Or where he was?" Al asked hopefully.

Ed shook his head. "No, I didn't get a name. I just heard he was powerful, yet he doesn't know alchemy. And he lives in a different world from us." He clenched his fists and bit his lip. "Sorry, I guess that isn't much of a lead." He hung his head. "You'll have to stay like that for a while longer. I'm sorry, Al."

He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up into Al's metal face. "It's fine, big brother. We're a step closer though. There's a way to make a stone without alchemy."

"You're right. Maybe, there's a way to do it without… using souls." He sighed and turned to walk away. "Let's go to this inn up here and see if we can crash there for a night." The brothers walked up the street and knocked on the door. Over the door a sign hung which read, "Rock Town Inn".

"Why are we in this town again Al? I mean, it's called Rock Town and is made up of like, 10 houses, a small store and this dinky inn. It must have like, 2 rooms…" Just then the door opened and a gruff old man stared down at Ed.

"If you're gonna complain, small fry, don't sleep here." Ed smiled a nervous smile and put his hand behind his head.

"Hehe, sorry. How much is it a night?" They talked it over and eventually, the innkeeper let them in and showed them to their room. There were only 3 other rooms in the whole place. They set down their stuff and relaxed for a few hours.

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"Come on, Cyborg, it's my turn! You're gonna erase my high scores, man!" Beast Boy tried to wrestle the remote away from his cyber-kinetic friend.

"No way, grass stain! Back off!" Cyborg paused the game and started fighting with the small, green changeling. Raven just sighed and closed her book.

"You two are hopeless."She walked out of the room and went to her bedroom. Robin followed suit, leaving the other 2 guys to fight it out. They wrestled themselves right out of the living room and down the hallway.

Later that afternoon, Starfire walked into the empty living room to watch some TV. As she settled herself on the couch and turned on the TV, unbeknownst to her, a portal was opening behind her.