Disclaimer: Gosh I don't own any of this, not even the short rant. Thank TheCatchingLightAlchemist for that one. Seriously I need her in a good mood so she'll update.

"Well, are you gonna tell us how the two of you know each other or do we have to take guesses," Ed said while stuffing food into his mouth by the handful.

Ember gave Ed a glare that would have made a grown man cower and cry for his mother, "First, I'm not gonna tell you anything. I was going to tell you that Riza and I here have known each other for quite some time actually. All my life really, though the past few years might not count, seeing as we haven't seen or heard from one another. Second, how do you eat so much and not grow any taller."

"Who are you calling so short that he can't be near someone when they blow out a birthday cake because he'd be blown away like dandelion seeds! "

"You," Ember stated as if it was common knowledge that everyone but Ed understood.

"I'm barely two inches shorter than you, how can you say I am short!"

Ember looked at him seriously for the first time, "I call you short because you will always be short as long as you blow up like that. You are not only vertically challenged but also have a height complex. I'll make you a deal though, if you can handle me commenting on your height and do not respond with an unspoken metaphor, I will cease from commenting, within your hearing range that is."

"Ember Alixandri Hawkeye, I believe we should get to the matter at hand," Riza stated, not realizing the effect Ember's surname had on the rest of the group assembled.

"HAWKEYE!" Three mouths dropped simultaneously.

Ember rolled her eyes dramatically, "Well, it had to happen sooner or later. Riza and I are sisters, twelve years apart, but still sisters. Roy, get that look off your face you look like someone just told you that fire could be put out with water, and Edward, well, I'm impressed you stopped eating."

Winry could see it. They both had the same hair, styled differently but it was still the same, burning gold color. Ember had Riza's sterness in her face but, somehow, it was different. It seemed like she had some secret sadness deep inside her, yet tried to mask it with light humor. And then there was the obvious difference that Ember was taller than Riza, not to mention more youthful in the way she moved. Yes, it was obvious to Winry, the two were definitely sisters. She tried to lighten the mood, which was at an all-time low, "So… where did you get those tattoos Ember?"

A/N: Soooooooo who out there guessed it and decided not to review. *counting multiple hands* Well then! Hmph! So I realized rereading this chapter and the last one that I was a little caps happy. Sorry, basic exclamation points didn't clarify the inten- *laughing head off* Joking of course, it gets better I promise. So if anyone out there wants age clarification:

Winry, Ed, Ember, Ling, Lan Fan: 20

Al: 19

May: 18

Riza: 32

Roy: 33

Havoc: I'm leaning towards 29ish, if any rabid fangirls want to correct me I will take it but him and May I don't have one myself. Thanks