Hey everyone, this story is about two girls from this dimension crossing over to the FMA dimension through "the gate" Please do not read if you haven't seen the entire series, it won't make any sense if you do, you can try though. Well, enjoy . if you want to see any pics of my character, they're in my profile. Please leave a review.. I never get those.. lol

1: The Arrival

Michelle watched as the minutes slowly passed by. Could it possibly go any slower? It was Friday and she had just finished the big chemistry exam. She hardly even studied for it at all, she knew she had aced it though. Science was never really her favorite or best subject. This year however, it seemed to be so much easier, like it came naturally all of a sudden.

She was eighteen years old, almost nineteen now. She was a little above average height for a female, 5'8" she stood, most girls in her school were around 5'5". She had long blonde hair that was straight near the top and wavy starting at about the shoulder and down. She had emerald green eyes that were wide and alert. Her figure was slender, yet curved. Very feminine, though she usually covered it up with loose fitting clothes. Her hair also consisted of a delicate bead decoration that trailed down her golden locks, adding almost a glittery touch to her.

Finally, the bell rang. Michelle hurriedly gathered her books into her arms and followed the rest of her classmates out into the hallway. She made her exit from the school and made her way to the library to meet her friend Angie.

Edward Elric looked at the Luitenent Colonel with aggravation, "Colonel! There's no way I'm letting this go! I'm not going to just move on like nothing happened!" Roy Mustang glared at Ed with a fiery gaze,"Ed, calm down. The military will move on and so will you!" Edward slammed his fists on the office desk, "How can you just move on? After all we've been through and all we know about the homonculous, how could you even think of moving on!"

"Ed, it's been two and a half years since the incident with the homonculous. Four of them are dead, possibly even six. We only know for sure that Wrath is alive. We don't know what happened to Envy or Gluttony. They haven't been seen or heard from for almost three years. What is there to go on about?" Ed kept his head down, still staring at the desk beneath him, "Well, there's still a chance they may turn up again. I'm not giving up my search that easily!"

"You can, and you will. I'm giving you an order! We're moving on now!"

"Well you can move on without me then!" Ed said, slamming his silver pocketwatch down in front of Roy and storming out of the office.

"Hey Angie!" Michelle called to her friend as she set her stuff down on a nearby table.

Angie was shorter than Michelle in height. She was about 5'4" and also had short hair. Her hair was above shoulder length and a deep maroon color. Her eyes were green as well but had a much darker tint to them.

"Hold on I need to check a book out for first period tomorrow..." She said as Angie stared with annoyance.

"Why?"

Michelle shrugged, "Hell if I know, that's what Mrs. Dominguez said." Michelle replied as she walked into the jungle of books.

She searched through the rows and columns of books. "Ohh! The new Harry Potter book!" She pulled on the book with some difficulty. It seemed to be stuck. She pulled harder and the entire row of books collapsed to the ground.

"Ow!" She exclaimed as quietly as she could. She sighed and began picking up the books and putting them back onto the shelf.

She placed each book back carefully but stopped when she came across a book that read, "Alchemy, Advanced".

"Ooooooo!" Her eyes sparkled with curiosity and wonder. "Fuck Harry Potter! I'm getting this!" She said happily as she stood up and went over to the librarian to check the book out.

"Well Al, guess we're sleepin' outside again tonight.. No one would want an ex State Alchemist staying at their hotel, especially the Elric Brothers right?" Ed said with a slight quiver in his voice. Al looked at his older brother and looked back down again, "You shouldn't worry about it so much brother... you did the right thing today.. But then again... maybe you should have listened to Roy.. I mean it HAS been almost three years now.."

Ed tried to make himself comfortable on the hard ground and frowned at his little brother's last statement, "Oh please Al, not you too. I just want to get some sleep, not hear another lecture ok? Besides, have I ever cared about anything the colonel has ever told me?"

Al looked away sadly, "Ok then brother... it's your choice I guess... but I'm just saying that maybe it'd be better if we moved on and found a different way to get our bodies back.."

"What other way is there Al? Why don't you tell me that!" Ed shouted, getting irritated with the conversation. The two got quiet and the anger in Ed's golden eyes softened, "I'm sorry..." He apologized. Al nodded in acceptance.

"Maybe we should go visit Winry and Pinako..." Al suggested quietly. Ed shrugged, "Yea... I don't know though.. I really don't feel like going over there and just hearing from Winry about how great my automail is..."

"You know brother, I think it's time you got a girlfriend." Al said matter-of-factly. Ed felt his face turn red, "What are you talking about! I don't need a girlfriend! Where'd THAT come from anyway!" He said, still blushing.

"Well, you just turned eighteen. Don't you think it'd be nice? I know I'd like a girlfriend... but no one wants something that looks like me..." Al said sadly.

"Come on Al! Don't be ridiculous! We don't need a girlfriend! All girls want you to do is buy stuff for them anyway!" He said, trying to cheer Al up.

"They're not all like that brother.. I just think you should consider it!" He said to Ed happily. Ed shrugged again, "Let's just get some sleep for now, ok?" Ed said, trying to change the subject. He pulled his red coat over himself and closed his eyes.

"Ok, it's all set up!" Michelle said cheerfully, looking at her chalk drawing of a transmutation circle on the floor. Angie sweatdropped, "Michelle, this isn't going to work, you know that right?"

Michelle shrugged, "It's not like we have anything else to do right now, let's just have fun." Angie raised an eyebrow and the two clapped their hands together, then touched the circle. Hues of purple, blue, and white began to swirl around them violently.

The two girls stood up in alarm, "Whoa! What the hell is going on?" Angie shouted.

"I don't know!"

"Well you should! You're the one that read the book and made that circle from it!"

"But that's the thing Angie! I made that specific circle up! I just copied the basic structure of it!"

Suddenly, the room turned pitch black. Michelle looked around frantically, "ANGIE?" But there was no answer. "Angie where are you?" She called again.

A blinding light filled the room and a gate appeared in front of Michelle and slowly opened. She heard a familiar voice from inside, "Michelle! Help!" Michelle stared into the darkness, she knew she had to go in and help her best friend. She swallowed her anxiety and stepped into the gate, her heart pounding rapidly. The gate closed behind her.

Tears of fear streamed down her face, "Angie! Where are you?" She repeated shakily. She stepped forward cautiously, not knowing where she was going. A hand reached out and grabbed her shoulder. Michelle froze in horror and turned to see darkness. She began screaming and the hand released her.

"Michelle! It's me! Calm down!" Michelle let out a sigh of relief when she realized it was Angie.

"Sooo... where are we?" Angie asked with obvious fear in her voice.

"I don't know..."

The two girls suddenly blacked out soon after seeing what looked like thousands of eyes that surrounded them.

"Ed! You've grown!" Pinako said after she opened the door to greet them. Ed grinned, "Of course! It's been two years since you last saw me. What did you expect?"

Edward and Alphonse walked into the familiar house they'd known since childhood. Ed had noticed nothing changed, even the scent had been the same. He smiled, maybe him and his brother could finally rest for a couple of days, and not have to worry about all the complications in their lives.

"Ed?" He turned when he heard his name. It was Winry. His childhood friend, she looked pretty much the same since the last time he saw her. She ran up to him and hugged him, "I missed you two so much!"

Ed's eyes widened in surprise, "Winry... aren't you gonna hit me with a wrench or something?"

In the past, whenever Ed had come back to visit, the first thing Winry would do was throw a wrench at him.

Winry shook her head, "Don't be silly." She replied as she walked over to Al to talk with him. Ed had thought about what Al had said to him the previous night about getting a girlfriend. He could never ask Winry though. They were way too close friend-wise. She was like his sister.

He sighed, 'Oh well, guess I'll just have to wait on the whole girlfriend thing.' He thought to himself as he followed Al and Winry into the kitchen.

Angie opened her eyes slowly and stood up hastily. Michelle was still on the ground unconscious. They were outside now and Angie didn't recognize the place at all. It looked like grassy hills for miles except for a single house not to far away from where she was standing. She looked back to her friend and knelt down beside her.

"Michelle? Can you hear me?" She shook her friend slightly but it had no effect. 'Hmmm... maybe someone in that house can help...' She knew she couldn't carry Michelle by herself. She would have to leave her there and hope someone at the house could help.

She looked back once more before running over to the small house. She knocked lightly on the door.

Ed answered it and the girl on the other side who looked to be in major distress. His expression of tiredness turned into one of concern. He knew the look on the girl's face all too well, and no good had ever come from it.

"What's wrong?" He asked immediately.

"Please, can you help me? My friend needs someone to carry her to somewhere safe! She's unconscious!"

Ed's eyes widened, "What happened to her?"

"Look, it's a loooong story! I'll tell you later, but right now please just hurry!" Ed nodded and followed Angie.

The two finally stopped when they reached Michelle. 'Wow... she's pretty...' He thought to himself. Angie smacked the backside of his head.

"HEY! What was that for!"

"Stop staring and do something for crying out loud would ya?"

Ed mentally smacked himself, what was he thinking at a time like this? "Right! Sorry!" He knelt down beside her and noticed she was bleeding on the left side of her head. He tore one of the sleeves off of his red jacket and wrapped it around her forehead to stop the bleeding. He then picked her up gently into his arms and turned to Angie, "Where did you two come from exactly? And who are you?"

"Well, I'll explain the first part later... but my name is Angie, and that's my best friend Michelle." Ed nodded and looked back to the girl in his arms.

"I'm Edward Elric... everyone just calls me Ed though. Well, let's get back to the house and get her to a nice warm bed shall we?" Ed said turning back to the direction of the house.

Roy looked outside to the rain that was pouring to the ground violently outside. He narrowed his eyes. "Riza, have a team dispatched immediately to find Edward Elric. I think he'll want to know about what's going on in Central..."

Riza nodded, "Yes sir!" She left the room to carry out her orders.

Angie sipped her hot chocolate, she had explained the whole story to the Elric brothers, Pinako, and Winry.

"Are you sure that's what happened?" Ed asked her suspiciously. Angie raised an eyebrow in offense, "What are you trying to say? That I'm lying?"

"She's telling the truth.. that's exactly what happened.." The group turned to the speaker. It was Michelle, she had finally gained consciousness.

Angie jumped up happily, relieved to see her friend was ok. "Michelle! When did you get up?"

Before she could answer, Ed interrupted, "Michelle, was it? Can I please talk to you alone? There are some things I'd like to ask you..."

The room became quiet and they all turned their attention to Michelle. Angie stood up suddenly, "Wait a minute! What could you possibly have to say to her that I can't hear!"

"I just want to hear Michelle's side of the story without any interruptions, this is important if what you say is true." Ed replied calmly and turned back to Michelle, still waiting for her answer.

She nodded silently and Ed spoke again, "Al, while I'm gone, explain everything to Angie would ya?" Michelle followed Ed to a room away from the others. She sat down and they looked at eachother for a second and looked away again. An awkward silence filled the air.

"Um.. who are you? If I'm going to be interrogated I'd like to know the name of the interrogator." Michelle said, breaking the silence. Edward looked at her with aggravation, "Look miss, this isn't an interrogation!"

"Well, since I heard you all talking in there, I heard you're with the military and all, I just thought it was. And my name is Michelle, not miss."

"I'm not in the military anymore! I resigned just a couple of days ago, they just don't know that yet. Only me and my brother Al know."

Michelle nodded and looked away. Ed sighed and sat down next to her, "Ok, my name is Edward Elric, please just call me Ed. Sorry I yelled, I've just been really stressed lately..."

"It's ok don't worry about it, where are we though?" She asked him, sounding somewhat scared.

"Well, from what Angie told me, it sounds like you two came from another dimension... which is why I have to ask you, how exactly did you manage to get here?"

"Well.. me and Angie checked a book out from the library about alchemy. We brought it over to my house and I read some of it.. I found some cool drawings in there called transmutation circles, and I was bored so I wanted to see if it would actually work. So I drew one out and it did.. I honestly didn't think anything would happen... a gate appeared before me and I heard Angie inside... I had no choice but to go in and find her.. when we finally did find eachother we blacked out.. and ended up here.." Michelle explained, with a shaky voice.

"That's impossible! Alchemy was never developed in your dimension! Where did you really come from?" 'It just isn't possible! I've been to her dimension first hand! I know alchemy doesn't work over there!' He thought to himself.

Michelle stood up irritated, "I don't care what you believe shorty! That's what happened! And I'll be damned if you think I'm gonna sit here and be accused of lying anymore! I don't even know you! I don't know anything about this dimension either! So excuse me, but I think I'll be on my way now!"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SMALL THAT YOU'D NEED BINOCULARS TO SEE ME FROM A YARD AWAY!" Ed shouted angrily. Michelle just stared at him, "What the hell are you talking about?"

"I'll have you know I've grown quite a bit!" Ed said, steaming. Al suddenly burst through the door, "Oh no! Did you insult his height Michelle?"

"I guess.. but who cares, he's calling me a liar! Which is worse?"

Ed calmed down, "I'm sorry if it sounds like I'm calling you a liar... that's not what I'm trying to do at all... it's just.. a long story..." He finished sadly.

"Well... I wanna know." Michelle said with curiosity. Angie walked in and sat down.

"Al already told me.." She said. Michelle noticed Angie was quite saddened from the story.

Ed took Michelle's hand, "Please have a seat... Maybe I can tell you about us... hopefully this won't all seem so weird to you anymore."

Michelle felt herself turn red as he held her hand. She noticed his hand had a strange texture to it though. She couldn't see because it was gloved, but his hand just felt so strange.

"Umm.. Ed.. I hope you don't think I'm rude when I ask.. but is there something wrong with your hand? It seems.. strange somehow.." She brought her other hand over to the one holding hers and touched it with both.

"Go ahead and take the glove off..." He replied in almost a whisper. Michelle swallowed the lump in her throat and Angie and Al just watched. She slowly pulled his glove off and her eyes widened in surprise.

"M... Metal?"

Ed nodded and took his red coat off, followed by his black shirt, revealing that his entire right arm had been replaced by automail.

"You... you lost you're arm? How?" She asked.

"Not just my arm.. I also lost my left leg.. And my brother Al over there lost his entire body. That suit of armor you see over there, it's just his soul attached to it.."

She looked over to Al and he waved nervously, "Holy crap! How's that possible?"

"Alot is possible with alchemy, you see, over here alchemy is a very powerful tool.." He once again took the blonde girl's hand and sat her down. He began to explain the long story to her from the beginning, not leaving out a single detail.

Riza and Havoc entered the Colonel's office. Riza stepped forward, "Colonel sir, our team could not locate either of the Elric brothers.

"Well you aren't looking hard enough then. Dispatch another team and check Risenbool this time. You didn't check there did you?"

Havoc and Riza both shook their heads, "Those weren't our orders sir." Havoc said in reply. "Well I'm giving you the order now. Go!"

They saluted Roy and left in a mannerly fashion. Another soldier entered the room, "Hello there Roy. Long time no see."

Roy turned and smiled, "Nice to see you're back with us Hughes."