A/N: Ok, some of these chp. are short, yeah i get it. Im working on it...

***Chapter 2***

The Maiden of Darkness

I awoke to people crowding around; they seemed to be trying to help me. I sat up; the woman seemed to be over joyed by my awakening. The people scattered, leaving only the girl. My dream… who was that lady… and more importantly how'd she die so quickly?

"You're awake." She whispered, I was indeed very confused. Everything was animated. Not that it wasn't totally awesome but it's enough to get a girl wondering what the hell she's gotten herself into.

"Where…am I?" I asked my head throbbing in pain, and sweat beaded my palms. My stomach was churning and flipping itself over and over again.

"Tortall." She answered, pressing a cold, wet, cloth against my head. I felt my blood go cold. What the hell? Where am I? I thought, my hand went instinctively to my pocket, inside were the stupid gloves I got. Hm… I thought. I put them on, they looked good… I smiled.

"I have no freakin' idea where that is." I said, placing my hands neatly on my stomach. She raised an eyebrow at me, her blond hair draping her shoulders neatly. Her blue eyes piercing right through my gray ones.

"Well, I don't exactly expect you to. See, just out of the range of Amestris, in the forest, if you search deep enough, you find Tortall. The quaint and ancient city." She smiled; this lady had to be more than thirty years of age. I'm guessing. But when she said Amestris, I knew what it was and I knew I was screwed.

"Oh, cool." I answered, numbly; my head was spinning in circles. I was in Fullmetal Alchemist. This is absolutely insane.

"Um, are you ok?" The woman asked, I snapped my attention back to her. She was looking at me with much concern in her blue eyes.

"Yeah. So um, has anyone-"

"PRINCESS!" A guy erupted, slamming the door open. Princess? Oh shit… don't tell me that this lady is…

"Oh! My, I haven't introduced myself. I'm Princess Thayet." Princess Thayet said bowing, I could barley say anything. But inside my whole brain was screaming: HOLY SHIT ROYALTY BOW IDIOT! BOW TO HER!

"Tanks derp sluurrp." I mumbled out incoherently, I felt so stupid, really Arianna? Really, I'm pretty stupid at times, I mean I was acting like a little girl with a crush.

She giggled. I felt like an idiot. I got up, noticing my clothes were different. (A/N:Bear with me while I describe her outfit, I want you guys to know how her appearance is… she's not a mary sue, I swear. I took like 5 quizzes)

I looked more like a warrior than a sixteen year old girl. I was wearing a red sleeve-less-shirt with the exposer of a section of my back, my jean shorts had been replaced with jet black pants that seemed very much like jeans but stretchy. My shoes were now black boots, reaching my knee.

My brown choppy hair gently complimented the whole outfit very well. I didn't mind my look at all; the princess studied me like an art piece. She snapped her fingers with a small "Ah!" and gave me a beige cloak; though beige isn't really my color… it fit well with the outfit.

"Hm, maybe you are her." The princess said staring at me. I got a cold vibe coming from both of the people in the room. My hand became sweaty; I got this weird look coming from the butler near the door. He bowed and scurried off to who knows where.

"Who princess?" I asked politely. She smiled gently.

"There is a tale, where a maiden of the darkness will save everyone from the sins." Not liking where this is going… I thought. "With her power from the shadow's song, she will be joined by warriors of yellow hair." Dammit. Not good. I thought.

But wait warriors… who is the second warrior? "Together, joining power, they overcome the power of the sins and the light engulfs the maiden of dark and she becomes the maiden of light." Well, this can't be too bad right…? "And quite frankly, that is the maiden's cloak…you're the only one to be able to live while wearing it. Most disintegrate once they slip it on."

"WHAT?" I yelped, the beige cloak was a dead woman's? Oh my god, that's not normal. Thayet chuckled at my sudden yelp of horror.

"Not to worry. Oh…my! I never caught your name young maiden." She said properly. I nearly forgot it for a second.

"My name is Arianna." I answered honestly, taking her hand, and bowing. Well, I'm trying to make a good impression on her so we can become BFFLs ok? Not really, but either way, becoming enemies with the one person who knows your fate in this insane world… not good.

"Ok…Arianna." She said, almost as though trying to get used to the foreign name. "It's beautiful." San said, her face was unreadable and dazed.

"T-Thank you." I stammered. She smiled.

"Come. I must show you the shrine of the Maiden." Thayet said grabbing my arm and leading me out the palace. Once we got out, I was amazed by the city. The structure was beautiful, like a Greek and roman city, people walking around talking to each other.

"Everyone!" Thayet said, I got an instant nervous feeling; I was horrible in front of crowds. Everyone gathered, muttering something's. "This is The Maiden of Darkness." Ripples of murmurs spread throughout the little crowd. My brain fizzed a little bit, everything was happening so fast. I awake and I'm declared a hero. Or, soon to be anyways.

"Really?"

"She doesn't look strong."

"She's so…different."

"Hush!" Thayet said, everyone became silent. "She will be the maiden… She has the tattoos to prove it." She announced. Tattoos? When? I looked on my arms, nothing.

"They're on your back." She whispered. I took the cloak off and examined it, barley able to see it at all. Indeed she was right, tattoos were there. They were black, in the shape of a butterfly; around it was lettering of a language I didn't know. I turned and let them see it. Gasps could be heard everywhere.

"She is her!" A child said in utter amazement. I smiled. Thayet nodded and the crowd separated and went back to their work. She grabbed my arm again and led me down the town. The houses were elegant and old. They were beautiful. We finally got to a certain part of the forest.

"This is it." San breathed. My heart pounded in my chest, I was so nervous… why? I saw the shrine. It was a small black structure; it had a black scarf wrapped around a main dragon in the middle of the shrine. I walked up to it, picking it up; it faintly glowed, not brightly but darkly.

I put it around my neck, I felt power surge through my body. My mind stopped. And I opened my mouth;

"At the end of an artificial paradise,"

"Deep, deep in the bottom of the earth…"

"I am fated to sing prayers…"

"All alone, to make the sins silent,"

"Save the world from harm."

"Gold haired warriors bolt them shut…"

"Let the sins be silenced."

My voice- no not my voice, rang through the shrine, the beads on the scarf were darkly glowing. What the fishezel? Thayet stood there in disbelief, her eyes wide. I felt my knees go weak and bent over, gasping for breath. I sighed out, my black scarf still wrapped around my neck.

"That was incredible." Thayet breathed, still facing the shock of what just happened. I grinned sheepishly and scratched my head. My stomach tied into a series of knots for no reason, I felt panicked and very giddy. I could feel my knees knocking together. Sweat beaded my face, stubbornly, I stood up. Not letting such a small thing make me become weak. In this world I was stronger and better. I surely did miss my mother but this… this is nothing compared to my old life. It's either live or die.

"PRINCESS!" The butler came running in. In my mind I was secretly thinking "WAY TO RUIN A MOMENT DUDE." His face beaded with sweat, nervous tension broke between the three of us my thoughts shifted immediately to "Oh shit.", and she came racing to him, picking up her skirt and her blond hair flying as she ran. I ran to her, the butler was talking to her about something important.

While they spoke, I felt my brain hurt, I didn't fall to the floor but something hit my brain, it was picture of a blond boy in a red jacket. He was smiling and holding the girl in my dream's hand. I looked up to Thayet and the butler, but who were the two from the memory?

Thayet's whispers grew softer and more worried. At last she turned to me in disbelief. Her eyes scared and freaked out.

"There are four people from Amestris here." She said, my eyes widened, shit, no… it cannot be them…

A/N: Cliffies suck...