This chapter is like a Prologue. It's just the back story of three of the characters.
Soundtrack: Welcome to the Black Parade – My Chemical Romance (just their theme song of sorts)
The Beginning of the Beginning – 1906
A car pulled up; blocking Fuhrer Bradley and the three young adults he had just approached from view. When it pulled away, the four were gone.
Riza Hawkeye found herself in an unfamiliar room. There was a full length mirror in the room and she walked over to it. She looked like she usually did but there was a black circlet on her head. She reached up to remove it but she saw the black band about her right wrist. "No… NO!" She punched the mirror and it broke. A slip of yellow parchment caught her eye and she grabbed it.
Maes Hughes sat up. He was at a desk he had never seen before in his life. He looked around. "This isn't home." A piece of yellow parchment had his name on it. He picked it up.
Roy Mustang was looking for a way out. The door was wide open but he didn't trust it. It looked like a trap. The window let him open it. He was on the third story of some castle. He decided to risk the landing. A shock raced through his body from his right wrist. He stared at the black band on it as he landed on his back. The window shut itself. "Ow." A sheet of yellow parchment flew into his face. He removed it.
"Alright," said Riza. "I really don't have a choice."
"I'll play this part," Maes studied the black band on his right wrist.
Roy got up and picked a black circlet off the floor. Once he put it on, he smirked. "I'm the villain now. Just watch out, Bradley. You'll rue the day."