Author's Note:

I couldn't wait until Tuesday. I am on a role! I still have room to either follow 2003 or 2009. I hope you all like this first chapter. What direction do y'all think I should go?

AlSO it is important to read this chapter because it is a re-write. Originally, I thought Amestris had a different language other than English, but I was mistaken.

Also I changed my OC's name to something I think fits better.

Thank you AnimeandFanficLover for your review and letting me know that!!! I was gonna keep it in, but ultimately I could not see how I could make it work since Amestris actually does have English. And I just scraped my plan and made a better one that makes more sense.

See everyone this is why we have reviews!!! :)

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Chapter 1:

"It's okay, puppy." I said weakly while reaching out. The dog whined and tentatively shuffled forward with its head bowed. But as soon as I touched the animal, a blindling red glow immediately surrounded us. I squeezed my eyes shut and froze. My heart beat faster and I felt my hand shake. After a moment, the glow faded away. Though, I did not immediately open my eyes or move. I waited for anything else to happen.

And then I heard a very soft crying.

Opening my eyes, my breathe caught. The brown and white dog was gone. Laying on its side, panting and dazed, was just a large white dog. But, a few inches to the right was a very young child.

She was naked and curled up in the fetal position with her face hidden from me. Sobs and mummbling came from her prone form.

'Oh my God.' I thought. I pushed myself up and shaked the last traces of dizziness and heaviness off. I finally took note that we were in an allyway and it was raining softly.

"Hey baby, you're okay. Are you hurt? Can you tell me what happened?" I was sitting by the child now and had draped the cloak from my Halloween custome over the little girl. It was not completely dry, but at least she wasn't exposed anymore. A quick glance at the little girl and the ground around her first yeilded no sign blood or injury.

She sniffled and slowly lifted her head to look at me. I gave her an encouraging smile. "Hi, my name is Sophie. What's your name? I'm not going to hurt you. I want to help you. Are you hurt?" I spoke in the same gentle tone I used whenever a new younger came to my current foster home from some tramatic situation.

For a moment, she just looked at me. Her blue eyes simmered with tears. I held out my hand for her to take if she wanted. Growing up in foster care, I saw the effects from a variety of abuse. Some young children did not like physical contact. This little girl could not have been older than five years old and she was all by herself in a stormy allyway at night, naked. None of those elements painted a pretty picture.

As for what happen with the dog and red glow...I could not think of an explanation to tell myself. I tried to push it out of my mind for now.

The little girl reached her hand out to me and made grabbing motions, but seemed reluctant to move. Carefully, I wrapped the cloak around her and pulled the little girl into my lap. She started crying again and latched onto me for comfort by grabbing my corset and burying her face.

I tried to calm her down by speaking softly and patting her back.

While the little girl cried, I used one hand to dig around my purse. 'There it is!' I thought triumphantly when I found my phone.

I glanced at the battery. '100%. Good. No service. Probably the rain. I don't think I need service for an emergency call.'

But absolutely none of my calls would go through. I tried 10 times and move the phone around in the air with zero difference.

I frowned and stuffed the phone back inside my purse.

'Oh now what should I do? I have no idea where I'm at, much less a police station.'

"Hey sweetie, would you know where to find a policeman?"

The little girl sniffled and barely looked up from her little cocoon. "I don't know...I want big brother." More tears whelled up in her eyes.

"Hey there, we'll find him okay? Try and relax. Everything's okay." I assured the little girl. I dug around in my bag until I found my keys. "Isn't this cute?" I asked giving her the fuzzy llama keychain off my keys.

Her face relaxed a little. "It's cute..." She said petting the llama's soft fur. "Here you can hold it. Do you have a name? My name is Sophie."

"Mine is Nina." She responded while completely focused on petting the llama.

"Hi Nina it's nice to meet you. Can you tell me if anything hurts or doesn't feel right?"

She didn't answer for a moment.

"I feel...less bad, but bad. It not as bad if I stay still mostly." She turned to look at me with pleading eyes. "Is Alexander okay?"

"Is Alexander the dog over there?"

"Yeah."

I looked at the dog. It looked utterly exhausted and prone on the ground, but it was breathing. I did not see any blood or injuries either. "I think he will be okay. He is just very tired."

The little girl nodded and laid her head back down on my chest. Her attention returned to the little fuzzy llama. I let her take a few more moments to relax.

"Okay baby, we need to get out of this weather. Do - "

"N-NINA?!"

I jumped at the sudden shout and jerked my head toward the voice.

Again, I was met with a strange sight. At the opening of the ally stood a blond haired boy in a red coat drenched in rainwater. The strange thing was seeing an actual suit of armour towering beside the blond boy.

The blond boy's eyes were wide. The experssion on his face look desperate and sad - like something terrible had happened - but the strongest emotion I saw was complete disbelief. The armor did seemed frozen by how still it stood.

"Big brother Ed?" Nina said softly looking up from the llama.

That got the two moving. Both suddenly rushed toward us. I couldn't help, but tense up (mainly because the armored man was so huge and intimidating AND running right at us).

"Nina! Are you okay? How do you feel? Does anything hurt?" The armored man said reaching out for the little girl.

'Why in the world does his voice sound like that?' I thought to myself. 'That armored body is huge. The person inside should look and sound like a full grown man!'

Nina put her arms out and made the same grabbing motions. "Big brother, big brother." At first, I was worried he would hurt her with all the sharp points on the armor( I also was very wary about what involvement they had in Nina ending up here to begin with). Yet, Nina wanted him more than anything. He even more so natural in all that. Immediately, Nina was calm and content in his arms.

"Nina! I'm so sorry. Are you okay? Does anything hurt?" The blond boy said. I could see on his face so much sadness and guilt.

Alexander seemed to come back to life at that moment. He started whinning softly and attempting to sit up.

"Big brothers, help Alexander please."

"Of course we will. Here Nina let Ed take you so I can carry Alexander."

Nina happily transfered to the other brother. The armored man then walked over and very careful situated the dog in his arms.

"Um, Nina really needs to get out of this weather and those wet clothes. She might catch a cold out here." I said to the blond boy.

He nodded and stared at me in a way that he had so many questions. I did too.

"Big sister come too."

"Of course, Nina don't worry. She is definitely coming with us." Ed answered back. I got a feeling I didn't have a choice.

'Well, going with them is better than sitting out in the rain.'