Okee Dokee, no, don't own him, but love to write about him! A lot of this chappie will be a conversation about the past lives of the three sisters, especially Caitlin. Enjoy!

Here we go again...

Ed and Caitlin walked slightly behind Al, both shivering from the cold on the way to the train. Al, of course, was unaffected. Caitlin had just finished singing for the second time, and left the Elrics amazed once again. "Look!" Al said, pointing ahead. "The station's right there." The three bought tickets, and, jumping on to the thankfully warm train, picked one seat. Al sat next to Ed, Caitlin once again across from them.

Ed leaned against the wall. As he was closing his eyes, Caitlin spoke.

"Umm," she said quietly, "I don't know if this will do any good, but 'Caitlin' isn't my real name."

"Oh yeah?" the older brother asked. He opened one eye to look at her. "Then what is it?"

"Hisui."

Jade, he thought. And Ruri means lapis lazuli. They're both stones. Hmm...

He closed his eye again, resting them from the harsh, dry winds from outside. Edward though back to the conversation on the way to the station.

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"Shouldn't we bring your sister?" Ed asked. "Ruri did have two, didn't she?"

"No," Caitlin said slowly. "I was adopted. My adoption parents don't like me much, so they won't care if I'm gone. Heh. I knew she looked familiar, and her name was, too, but I had no idea that she was my sister!"

"Oh..." Al tried changing the subject. "Do you and Ruri have anything else in common?"

"Besides being almost identical," Ed added with a frown, remembering once again the day by the locker rooms.

"Well," she began. "Before our parents were killed, Ruri, our other sister, and I would almost... well... It's hard to explain, really."

"Go on."

"We could almost tell if the other was in danger. Sometimes we could tell what number the others were thinking."

"I've read about that somewhere," Al said helpfully. "It's common amongst very close siblings."

Ed was silent as she continued. "And we each had our talents that we were pretty good at. I remember Ruri's was drawing."

"Yeah," Ed said, laughing dryly. "Her artwork's pretty good."

Caitlin actually gasped. "She let you see her sketchbook? She wouldn't even let me see it!"

"No, she didn't let me see it," he said. "She threw it at me. It hurt..."

She smiled. "Let me guess, you saw her in a towel or something?" He nodded. "Anyway, Hers was drawing. The other sister's was dancing. She was very flexible. I always envied that..."

"What's your talent, Caitlin?" Al asked.

"Mine?" She laughed. "Oh, mine was singing!" She smiled.

Ed looked over at her. "Was?"

Caitlin looked down slowly. "One day at chior," she whipered, "Two girls were mad because I got the lead Soprano part. They thought it would be funny to put me in pain for it." Ed and Al stopped walking and looked at her, surprised. "One got three boys to meet her outside the chior room. When I came out, the boys restrained me while those bitches poured hot oil down my throat."

"That's horrible!" Al exclaimed.

"Yes, and I couldn't talk for a month. Of course, it couldn't have been to hot, because those disgusting freaks would have been charges for murder or something. I have been taking voice lessons from Talia, my adoption sister, ever since. She's wonderful, the only one who likes me in the family."

Ed continued walking. "Can you sing again?"

"Yes, but definately not as well."

Al skipped ahead to Ed and asked happily, "Will you sing us a song?"

"What?" Caitlin looked emarassed. "Well..."

"Come on, It couldn't hurt, could it?"

"Yeah, come on, Caitlin."

"Alright," she said reluctantly. "But you have to swear not to laugh!" After the boys agreed, Caitlin hummed a single note, and began. Her tune was very smooth, a flowing, harmonious sound. Ed and Al had to stop again in amazement to watch her. Caitlin's voice floated up and down through the crisp winter air, weaving a tale of emotions. (A/N: I will put the lyrics at the end of this chapter.) As she softened and ended the wonderful song, she opened her eyes and smiled. Laughing at the boys' expressions, she continued the walk to the station. The boys clapped slowly, smiling widely.

"That was amazing!" Al told her excitedly.

"Wow. That was pretty cool," Ed agreed.

"Thank you!" She did a small bow and stood agian.

"By the way..." Ed broke the happy mood.

"Yes?"

"It... it might help if we knew what happened to your parents." Ed almost forced the words out, knowing it might hurt her.

Caitlin's glowing face paled and hardened like stone. "I was only a little girl when it happened, so I won't know much..."

"Please." Ed looked at her, trying to give her some comfort. But she didn't want comfort.

"My parents were great people," she said quietly. "Father was often gone, away on business. Mother would always play with us. She would tell us to go pick flowers, and then she would make small halos out of them and place them on our heads. She would teach us how to bake cakes, and if we weren't feeling well, we couldn't go to school.

"Father built a miniature playground for the three of us. Mother would push us on the swings. If it was snowing, she and Father would help us make snowmen." Caitlin smiled sadly. "Once, I actually got lost under the snow. I was there for an hour until they found me. I helped by singing, so they could follow my voice. Hmm..." She closed her eyes, seemingly lost in memories.

The Elrics were silent for a moment to give her time. "Caitlin?"

"Hmm? Oh, yes, the night they... they died... Well, men came into our house. Three of them. Two gaurded the house. The other came in... He was an alchemist. He used the walls and bound my sisters and me to them, one of us on each wall. Then he got my parents to stand by the other one by holding a gun to Ruri's head. Binding them too..." Her voice was choked and tears were welling in unfocused eyes. It took a while for her to continue.

"He forced us to watch while he tourtured our parents... It was horrible." She quickly wiped her eyes and looked at them.

"I'm so sorry to hear that," Al whispered, voice full of sympathy.

"Thank you. After they were killed, the man beat us, then put us in separate bags. All three men took us to different cities, but never let us know where the others were. That's why we didn't come looking for eachother. We would get lost even further."

She looked up to the grey sky, a snowflake landing on her nose. Hands in her pockets, she began to sing the same song again.

Al walked ahead slightly. After the song ended, Al exclaimed, "Look the station's right there."

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Ed had fallen asleep on the softly rocking train wall. Caitlin was looking out of the window, watching passing fields of white. Al was reading. As the young girl though back on her chilldhood, one question passed through her mind.

Who is my other sister?


That's it for this chapter. I hope you guys liked it! I'll try updating a lot more often from now on. Thanks so much for all the reviews!

Ruri out!

Oh, wait, here are the lyrics! I made them up to go with the story, I hope you like them!

Winter pain

White little tear drops falling from the sky.
Memories come back, don't let them die.

Thorny ends on the roses black,
Thrust upon their blood attack.

And when the Sapphire wings descend,
Sisters' journey comes to end.

For when the eyes of Jade meet,
The Onyx halo will tell the feat.

Don't forget this tale of truth,
For those at loss within their youth.

For when these three white tears descend,
Sisters' journey comes to end.