Edward's POV

Great, back to hear all about Mustang's beautiful sarcasm. I walk into his office, without knocking, with Al trailing slightly behind me. There's a girl he's staring at. She is very small, but they're just looking at each other, completely zoning out my arrival. Even though he asked me to be here, bastard. She finally turned to me and i got to see her for the first time. She had beautiful purple eyes, with a hint of gold, long red and orange hair with black in it as well, and she was just absolutely gorgeous.

"Is bad a now time?" I stuttered. She started to giggle.

"Do you mean 'is now a bad time?'" She said so sweetly, like an angel. I opened my mouth to say 'yeah' but was interrupted.

"Fullmetal, this is Karliah, she is going to need a trainer and A grade automail. You will be training her in alchemy and fighting, as well as take her to get automail. Understood?" He said perfectly, getting out of his shock and sitting back down.

"Sure boss man, but ummm, why me?"

"You have similar backgrounds, and she's Al's age. Now go, before you ask me questions that Karliah should be answering, rather than me."

-time skip-

We took our seats on the train and I stared at her. What did she do? Commit the Taboo? Is her mom dead? I winced at the sentence. Then I realized, she had both her arms, and she was walking perfectly fine, maybe she just needs better automail?

"Hey babe, wanna sit with me instead of this child?" Some random guy said, winking at Karliah.

"Sorry, I would but he's my teacher, I have orders to stay with him from Colonel Mustang. Plus, I try my best to stay away from assholes like you." She spoke so innocently which made me smile. He went to hit her but within a second, Karliah has a knife to his...down there. "Unless you want that joke gone, i recommend you go fuck yourself promptly after you leave. Now, apologize to my teacher, he's no child. In fact, he's older and taller than me." The guy said a very sarcastic 'sorry' and left to his seat.

"Oh my god! I'm taller than you! Al! Did you hear that!"

"I think the whole train heard you, brother." Al said shaking his head, then looked and Karliah. "Hey, you handled that guy really well, does that usually happen?"

"No, not anymore. I had to live with some bad people a few years back. I eventually ran away and learned to live on my own in life." She looked down depressed, Al sighed and looked down too.

"Hey Karliah, I hope you don't mind me asking, but what happened to you for you to need automail? Also, your arms are both flesh and you were walking just fine earlier, so so where do you need it?" I asked as she jumped back at the question, then sighed and calmed down.

"Story time, gather around kids." She laughed lightly before continuing, "when I was about 11 years old, I died. But my brother, he found me, cold and bleeding out. He could transmute without a circle, and he made a doll, right after I died, he bounded me soul to it. I was alive, but I wasn't. Neither was he, he...he died for me. I killed him. I spent 2 years studying alchemy and human transmutation. Don't think I tired to bring him back. I knew that was impossible by then. But, I did preform the taboo, successfully. And I brought myself back. I'm in my original body, alive again. But I'm still dead inside. I also forgot the research and circle I used to get my body back." Karliah sighed and laughed once more. "So, that's basically why I need automail."

We all stayed quiet for a few minutes before I spoke once more, "where do you need automail?" She acted like she didn't hear me, but I say a slight recoil at the question.

"I need some air, don't wait up. I'll be back in 10." Karliah stood up and walked to the back of the train, very slowly and when she turned away I saw her put her hand on her mouth.

-time skip-

I waited for 20 minutes and Karliah still wasn't back, I walked to the back of the trail only to see nothing but that small platform outside on the caboose. I walk to the edge and stood there for a while, until I heard laughing above me. I smoothly got on the railing to look on top of the roof to see Karliah and that random dude from earlier. She saw me and motioned for me to join them. I sit up there to see the guy shes with, he had jeans and a gray wife-beater tank-top on. He also have a very familiar grin and...purple eyes? How didn't I see them before.

He stuck out his hand to me, "I'm William, sorry I was a dick back there." He seemed kind enough so I shook his hand, which only made his grin larger. with what appeared to be devious. Like i was in his trap or something.

(A/N: the guy is envy if you couldn't tell, just dressed up as some random dude.)

"Edward. Edward Elric."

"Oh yeah, I know. Who doesn't know the Fullmetal Pipsqueak?"

Rather than getting pissed off for once, I came to a realization, and whispered, "Envy?"

He stopped grinning and looked me with a smirk, Envy then pointed a thumb at Karliah and spoke, "Isn't she great? Wouldn't want to scare her off, also, what's with saying 'envy'? You jealous I'm hanging around with your girl?" He playfully spoke before putting an arm around he shoulders, then turning his hand into a blade quietly and started to talking again, " I would never lie to you Karliah, bet you this guy would though, if he says a fib I'm always here for you, babe." He finished, his smirk growing at my anger.

"Hey Karliah, Al is worried about you, plus are stop is up soon, you wanna head back?" Envy's smirk left his face when he noticed that I won the battle. She nodded and turned to Envy.

"Thanks for hanging out with me, William." she said before kissing his cheek. The small jealous fire inside me was fed gasoline when she did that. She got down and it was just me and Envy for a second as he smirked again and gave me double middle fingers.

"I like that human, I think she's gonna be my next little toy, after she realizes how small you are." I was filled with rage, I stood up to punch him, but Karliah yelled for me. And with that I left a satisfied Envy on the roof of the train.

-time skip-

Hey! I hoped you liked it fellas! every friday or so!

-Kat