Hi! Sooo I probably should have written an introduction in the first chapter but I was so excited to upload my first fanfic EVERRR that I forgot haha! My friend used to call me Hikari and then shortened it to Kari-chan so you all can just call me that :D I have been reading fanfics for years and have written a couple myself but was too scared to put them up for public view. But I finally got the courage and decided to post my story and already got 6 comments, 11 followers and 8 favorites! XD That might not be a lot to some people but to me it made my day! Anyway so another thing I wanted to mention was that I'm sorry for the long period wait for the 2nd chapter but I will explain at the end of this chapter why it took me literally forever to publish this. For now though enjoy! Constructive criticism and comments are encouraged since this is my first fanfic!

8:00 o'clock

"Brother! Look at that huge crowd!" Al yelled towards his older brother as he ran ahead pointing at the crowd of people in front of the church.

"Al! Don't run ahead without me!"

"Hurry hurry!"

Al POV

I run up to the back of the crowd and heard my brother come up next to me bent over and breathing heavily.

"Mou, Brother you are really out of shape aren't you." I teased him a bit

"Be quiet!" Haha my brother can be really childish sometimes.

All of a sudden we hear the crowd roar and look to see a group of people walking up to a small stage like platform.

The group members had the same capes on as the one the lady had on in the café so it was hard to make out what they all looked like.

Suddenly they all took of their hoods and an older man whom I'm guessing is the leader stepped forward to the podium set in the upper front of the stage.

"Hey Al isn't that that weird lady?" I follow my brother's gaze and see in the group the very same lady we saw at the café.

"So she was a part of the weird group." My brother concludes.

The crown went wild but as soon as the older man raised his hand everyone went silent.

"Welcome everyone!" The older man's voice boomed.

His voice was strong and commanding.

"I have gathered you all today to explain our beliefs and knowledge in hopes for you all to adapt them as your own. The knowledge we are about to reveal to you has been passed down through generations and is continuously added on to as we learn more and more… Some of you might be wondering what this knowledge is.

"Pfft not really." My brother as usual couldn't hold back his thoughts and whispered to me.

"Shhh keep listening brother." I whispered back.

"Do any of you ever wonder what is beyond the clouds in the sky? What we live on that we call earth is just a miniscule part of the universe. If earth is just one grain of sand in the entire sea, what about the other grains of sand? It is to our beliefs that there are other dimensions just like earth but with different rules, different places, different people and so on."

"Humph I'd like to see some proof if that old man's gonna keep blabbering on…" My brother again whispers.

"I can see some of you don't believe me. Like you young boy." I look up to the old man to see him staring right at us.

"Would you like some proof boy? Why don't you come up and join me on stage and I'll show you the proof you're looking for."

I heard my brother grumble something about being called boy again.

"Hn that's right, I would in fact like some proof if I'm gonna keep listening to your nonsense." I sighed and resisted to urge to facepalm myself.

By now everyone is looking at us so we have to choice but to go up to the stage. My brother stomps his way up to the stage while I follow. We go to the center of the stage where there is a transmutation circle and something lying in the center of it. It looked like knife but sharp on both sides in a triangle like shape with a handle (a kunai).

"What is that? Some kind of knife? Weapon?" My brother questioned.

"This boy is a weapon from the other dimension we've discovered." It was that lady again.

A bunch of ooh's and aaah's were heard from the crowd.

"Humph! Yeah right! It's just some weird shaped dagger. You're going to have to do better than that to get me to believe you." As usual my brother is about as stubborn as a mule.

"Maa aren't you the stubborn one boy. However don't fret for soon we will show you the proof you desire." The way that lady smirked made me shiver. I have a bad feeling about this…

The older man stepped up again and announced to the crowd.

"Now everyone! Thank you for patience. We will now call upon the dimension from which we were able to obtain this foreign object! Before we have only been able to see a short glimpse of this dimension before the door explodes. Our last attempt when the door exploded, this object flew out before everything was destroyed. Now we are confident to be able to hold the door open even longer!"

After all of the people in capes including the lady surrounded the transmutation circle and all bit their thumbs and slammed their hands down. A large electrical wave surrounded them as result of alchemy. After a huge old looking door slowly raised from the circle.

The door looked somewhat familiar but I'm not sure why…

"?! That can't be! That's- no…. it's similar but not exactly the same but still…" I turned to my brother wondering what he was shouting about.

"What are you talking about brother?"

"Look at it closely Al. Doesn't that door look similar to the door from when we met "The Truth"?

"…. You're right! What does that mean brother?"

"I'm not sure Al but it can't be good."

Suddenly the ground started shaking as the door started to slowly creek open. A bright light shown through the door and out of nowhere I felt a push on my back.

"Ah!" I turned around in time to see the older push me towards the door. By now the door had fully opened and there was a weird suction that sucked up right in. The last thing I heard was my brother and my own screams.

Authors note: Here is the reason for the long wait! So I debated for a long time whether to make this before or after Al remembers everything from when he lost his body. At first I was going to make it before because I like to keep Ed stronger than Al but I figured it might be inconvenient later on if Al had to draw a transmutation circle every time he wanted to use Alchemy so I changed it to after. The reason I debated this for so long is because depending on which I chose will change the story and the battles completely so I had to basically plot out the story both ways and figure out which decision had more benefits in the long run. So I hope I didn't make the wrong decision! Because honestly I liked how Ed had the upper hand with that since it kept the whole older brother thing but maybe that's just me.

What do you guys think? Al with or without the knowledge?