When Ed woke up he was upside down hanging from a tree by his boots ten feet up from the ground "truth you bastard at least put me on the ground, now where am I?" Ed grabbed the branch that had caught his boots and flipped down to the ground "well I'm in the woods, that bastard could of at least given me a map"

Ed had been walking for about an hour now it was midmorning and he was butt lost "god dammit I have no idea where I'm going, what I'm doing, or why I'm here" he was so preoccupied with his thoughts he hadn't noticed he had walked into a strawberry patch, a strawberry patch that was in use, he heard a bow being tout. He stopped dead and turned around very slowly to see a guy and a girl holding bows pointed directly at him they both had black hair, olive skin, and grey eyes, both were wearing slightly raggedy clothes, probably brother and sister.

"Hello" Ed was nervous; if they were a good shot then he'd be dead. The girl spoke first "who are you"

"I'm Edward" the boy spoke next, his bow still pointed at Ed's chest "I've never seen you in district 12 before where are you from"

Eds brain was on overdrive trying to find a way out, sure he could use alchemy but truth said it would be a bad idea 'ok district12 means there separated in at least 12 other places, they don't seem to get many visitors or they wouldn't be this hostile I'll just play it safe'

"I'm from 12 to" their bows didn't lessen in fact they seemed to tighten. The girl spoke "don't lie, your clothes are too nice and you look as healthy as ever, plus we've never seen you before"

'shit I thought those were just outdoor clothes' Ed just put his hands in his pockets and yawned to the surprise of the 2 "I'm just dressing fancy for the event" there bows went slack a little, they relaxed a little, barely noticeable 'good guess'

"That still doesn't explain why we haven't seen you before"

"I try to keep a low profile stick to my house"

"Why are you outside the fence in those clothes then, you could be executed if they catch you." The boy's face was angry but not at Edward 'executed where the hell did truth send me' "I just wanted to pick some strawberry's in case I got hungry, I'm on my way back right now actually" the two seemed to whisper to each other something about a capital spy. the girl spoke again while also putting her bow down and her arrow away, they were obviously still suspicious but they didn't seem to care "fine but don't come back here again this is our strawberry patch" Ed put his hands up defensively "okay I won't come back here again"

He walked past the two, the boy still had his bow at his side, the arrow still notched in case he needed it. After about five steps away Ed turned around "before I go what are your names and which way was the fence again I seem to have got myself turned around" this made them suspicious again but they didn't act on it "my name is Gale Hawthorne" gale put his bow away "I'm Katniss Everdeen and just keep heading straight that way" Ed gave them a nod and kept walking 'so they weren't siblings'

"I don't know Katniss he just seemed…off to me" Gale turned to Katniss who was next to him picking strawberry's "his hair, his clothes, did you see his eyes? they were too nice, to vibrant, he looked like he didn't belong here" Gale looked at her in contemplation Katniss just looked at him and sighed "I'm sure it's nothing, why would the capitol send a spy to 12 in the middle of the woods, wearing nice clothes, without a map, who is so young, on the day of the reaping, I mean he looked like he couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag" she turned back to the strawberry's. Gale sighed and turned back to what he was doing "I suppose even the capitol isn't that dumb."

Ed had finally made it to the fence and what from what he can see and smell, it seemed like a mining town and a very poor one at that, the buildings were in shambles and there was coal dust everywhere Ed checked his watch "noon, well better get in" he walked down the fence a ways before he found a hole he could fit through. He shimmied in almost ripping his jacket along with it "okay first things first time for some food" he walked down the streets looking for any place to eat.

What he came across wasn't what he would expect for a food joint, he happened to see some guys in white uniforms go in to what appeared to be an abandoned coal storage warehouse turned market which he overheard was named the hob. 'Well it isn't the Ritz but it would do' Ed tapped a guy in a white uniform, he had really red hair "were can I get some food" he pointed to an old scraggly woman stirring some sort of soup. Ed thanked the man and walked over to the woman "hi can I get something to eat"

The woman had a slightly weary voice when she spoke "well, a new face, I've never seen you around here before, new to the hob, you sit down and let me take care of you" she pulled out a bowl and poured the…interesting looking soup. "Thanks… um what's in this" Ed asked it while taking a spoonful and examining it "oh it's just beef" Ed shrugged and dug in.

After ten minutes Ed was done eating the soup truth be told he wasn't really paying attention to the food more to the happenings around him. The two he had met in the woods earlier had come in and had been trading what they got with every one they even went up to greasy sae, Ed learned her name after chatting for a bit, and traded her some fish, they didn't even give him a passing glance.

"Hey sae I'm done how much do I owe you" Ed handed her the bowl

"Oh it's on the house, think of it as good luck" Ed was slightly confused at this remark 'good luck for what?' "Thanks see you later" he gave her a wave and walked out the door.

He continued walking around for an hour seeing if there was a reason he was here, only to come across a gathering in the middle of town the decorations were very festive the mood was very grim as if people were waiting to die 'what's going on here' before he could get an answer he was shoved from behind "hey you get in line" a uniformed officer pushed him into a line of other kids "wait what are yo-"

"Name?"

"What?"

"Name!"

"Edward Elric" the man wrote Eds name on a card

"Age"

"17"

"Second row from the front" he pointed to a group of kids that were surprised to see him. Ed, confused at what was going on, walked to them and stood in line. He was about to ask the kid next to him what was going on but an old tall, balding man started talking, he was telling the history of panam and Ed was very interested disasters, floods, fires, storms, droughts, war. It was all hard to take in, then how a capitol was raised from the ground with 13 districts surrounding it, there was peace and prosperity but then, there was a rebellion the districts stared fighting the capitol and that the 13 district was completely destroyed. When a peace treaty was signed they made something called the hunger games to remind them of what had happened, to remind them not to do it again. They took 2 tributes, one boy, one girl and made them… fight to the death 'the hell kind of place is this, they can't do that to their citizens and how has central not informed us of this, something's not right.

Ed was deep in thought, he was confused and very angry, was he supposed to help these people, compete in the games, incite a rebellion or gather information and take it back and get help from mustang 'dammit I need more information'. The mayor continued talking listing the 2 tributes that had one, only one was alive. His name was Haymitch Abernathy and he was very drunk spewing nonsense he seemed confused and tried to give a very funny looking lady with very pale skin, scary pink hair, wearing a green suit, a hug which she barely got away from. The mayor introduced her as Effie trinket, she was too happy for what was going on. "Happy hunger games and may the odds be ever in your favour" her hair shifted to the left, it was obviously a wig. A slight movement caught Eds eye it was that guy he had met earlier, Gale, he was smiling at someone behind him Ed turned slightly to see the girl, Katniss right behind him, she had a frown, it was understandable.

Effie goes up to a large glass bowl that must have thousands of pieces of paper 'that's how they see who goes, chance' Ed was aghast at what was going on how could they decide who live and who dies using chance. Effie continues "ladies first" she reaches in and digs her hand in the bowl and pulls one out you can hear everyone take in a breath

"Primrose Everdeen" Ed recognizes the last name, it was Katniss's sister. He turned to see a Katniss sway about to collapses he grabs her arm trying to steady Katniss before she hits the ground. she starts to panic, erratic breathing and she's pale Ed turns to see where everyone is looking also steadying Katniss at the same time and he sees her, the young girl walking up to the stage, her hands clenched, scared as hell

Ed didn't know why; but she reminded him of "Nina".

Oooooooohhhhh cliff hanger ya so you guys catch any little funny details like the "beef".