Hello, hello! How are you guys doing? Fantastically, I hope. Thanks for your reviews, I love reading them. One thing I forgot to mention in the last chapter was that you can ask me anything about the story except for spoilers! My bad, but I am telling you now. I won't delay you any longer, so here you go.

Chaper One: Fight! Alchemist meets Sorceress!

It was raining, cold and down right miserable. The Elric brothers were a long ways away from Amestris, let alone Resembool; Edward lay sleeping in the leaking storage shelter that he and his brother Alphonse had managed to sneak into.

Al pulled the thin cloth Ed was using for a blanket closer around his brother, wishing he had a body of flesh and bone to at least help keep him warm. The brothers would have chosen an inn, but they had no money until they could get back to Amestris or find an odd job.

Ed shivered and curled up in a ball as a noise from above indicated that they were not alone. Remaining very quite and gently rolling Ed over so that he stopped snoring, Al could hear voices if he listened carefully.

"Fifty. That's my final offer." A man's voice, terrified. But of what?

"Fifty? You want fifty? This thing is worth more than your entire life savings, pal. Two grand." This new voice was that of a girl.

"I-I don't think I can buy it from you." Said the man.

"Listen, here, buddy, and listen good. Either you buy it or I tear your shop apart and burn the remains." Threatened the girl's voice.

"All right. I'll take it." The terrified man agreed.

"Good. Gourry, watch him. Make sure he doesn't short change me."

Ed's eyes shot open.

"Uh oh." Al whispered as Ed shot through the storage room trapdoor and into the main shop above.

"Who you calling no bigger than a grain of rice that is so small not even an ant could eat it?!" Ed yelled, pointing at the girl and knocking over the shop owner.

The girl had long ginger hair, big eyes and a bag over her shoulder; she turned around to face him. "Who are you?" She asked as her partner picked up the money the shop owner had dropped in his surprise.

"About to kick your sorry butt!" Before he could do such a thing, Al had managed to climb out of the storage compartment and restrain his brother.

"Sorry about him. You said the 'S' word." He explained.

"'S' word?" The girl asked, eyebrow raised.

"Lina, I think he means short." Gourry noted, sending Ed into another struggling frenzy.

"Yeah. Now that you mention it, he is kinda small." Lina said.

Ed burst through Al's restrictions and pointed at Lina with his prosthetic arm.

"You have no room to talk about size when you're flatter than a board!" He yelled.

Lina began shaking where she stood, fists clenched.

"Care to run that by me again, shorty?" She asked, dropping her bag of goods beside Gourry.

"You heard me. You're flat. You make paper look three dimensional."

Gourry and Al watched as their companions began kicking and punching at every bit of the other they could reach. It was futile to try and stop them.

"Gourry Gabriev. That's Lina Inverse." Gourry said after a while, holding out his hand.

"I'm Alphonse Elric. That's my brother Edward." Al accepted Gourry's handshake with a sigh.

Lina broke away from Ed by forcefully kicking him in the chest, landing on her feet a yard away.

"Fire Ball!"

Ed quickly clapped his hands together and placed them on the ground, creating a wall for him to hide behind just in time, Lina's spell crashing harmlessly into his defense.

"Are you done?" Gourry asked.

"Hang on. What's your name?"

"Edward Elric, the Full Metal Alchemist." Ed said proudly, pointing a thumb at his chest.

"An Alchemist, huh?" Lina inquired.

"Yeah. Got a problem with that?" Ed asked.

"But if you're an Alchemist, you could teach me some Alchemy and I could-" Lina started.

"Sorry. I don't teach Alchemy and you can't turn lead into gold." Ed interrupted.

"Huh? Why not?! Alchemists are rare in these parts! I'd be the most powerful Sorceress in the world!"

"Please don't be mad, Lina. He has his reasons for not teaching you." Al explained.

Lina took up her big bag, placing it on her shoulder.

"Fine. Whatever. I don't care and I don't need you." She said, turning around and leaving with Gourry by her side, the Elric brothers watching them go.

"Hey, Brother?" Al asked, directing his attention to a spot on the floor.

"What?" Answered Ed, who was still staring bitterly at the empty door frame.

"Where did the shop keeper go?" Al asked.

"Probably to report us for breaking and entering. Come on, Al. Let's go find a warmer place to lay low for a little while." Ed said, putting up his hood and heading out into the ice cold rain.

"Coming!" Al said as he quickly drew a circle on the floor, returning it back to its original form.

High above and far away on a tall building stood two individuals, watching what was below. "Target A sighted at three o'clock." A female told her male companion as she stared through a pair of binoculars.

"Target B sighted at twelve o' clock." The male responded.

"Operation Emancipate is go."

Well that's it for this chapter, I hope you guys liked it! Feel free to let me know how I did, I like reading those reviews! Or if you want to go on saying nothing, that's fine too. I'll see you guys next time! Byeeee!