A/N: Everyone, applaud Viki!

On other news, I have decided to make a big giant twist. Check this out. ~~~

I'm taking y'all back in time. Teehee~

I closed my eyes and let out my last, shaky breath. The pain was over. But was it really? I heard my brother screaming, his voice churning in my heart, tearing it to shreds from the inside out. I tried to open my eyes, my mouth at least; but nothing happened. Moments later, I heard sirens getting louder by the second, I heard my heart pounding inside my chest, but there was nothing I could do. No noise I could make that would make Al realize I wasn't gone just yet. Two men with a stretcher entered the warehouse and told Al something inaudible. One knelt down and layed his fingers against my wrist, nodded to the other and rushed me into their car. It took me a moment to realize, Al wasn't there anymore.

They sat me up as carefully as they could once we reached the hospital and, slowly, I felt a tear slip silently down my cheek. "Are you alright?" A lady asked, touching my shoulder gently. "Do you remember your name?" Idly, I opened my eyes and stared into her bright green eyes. Black, wavy hair fell to her shoulders and the paleness of her skin surprised me.

"Edward...Elric." I answered inertly. Obviously, my brain wasn't working as hard as I was begging it to. The lady gave me a soft smile, saying something I didn't quite catch, then walking away. Looking around the room, my eye caught a bay window, showing pouring rain and a dark, cloudy sky. I watched the window prosaicly, my heard caught in my throat and making it hard to swallow. Curiously, I looked down at my stomach and saw a pure, white sheet covering my body. I was obviously wearing some kind of hospital gown, because I saw my clothes on a chair in the corner. Laying my head back against the doughy pillow, I let out a shaky breath which immediately caught in my throat, along with a sharp gasp from the stabbing pain in my gut.

"Mr. Elric?" A doctor walked in, holding a clipboard. "I'm glad your awake."

"I wish I wasn't..." I responded, lifelessly. Listening to the doctor laugh, I turned away and wondered what Al was doing. What day was it?

"You've been asleep for a week. We didn't think you'd make it through. Our best team of doctors wrapped you up." He said, sounding more happy than he should sound when talking to a frustrated patient.

"Where am I?" I asked, acid burning the words before I could stop it. The doctor looked confused and shook his head.

"We found you unconscious with a nasty stomach wound out in Portland. We took you here, to Dorchester, to help you with a better hospital."

I gave him the most utterly confused look I could muster up. "I'm in....wait, what? What year is it?"

"2008. Did you lose your memory to?" He laughed and turned, walking out. My jaw dropped. "I... I.... What?"

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Al reached the school and pushed open the door. A few kids ran down the otherwise deserted hallway towards their small classroom. He smiled softly and looked towards the brick wall with the word "Office" chipped into it. He walked over and slipped quietly inside, sitting down and giving a small smile to the woman with blue eyes and brown, elbow length hair.

"What's your name sir?" She asked, her voice having a tang of sweetness that Al had never heard before. It must have formed from working with children so much, though it didn't bother Al one bit. In fact, it made his smile grow.

"I'm Alphonse Elric." He answered with the same sweetness. Her face twisted into a pained look.

"I'm Miss. Luna. I'm truly sorry for your loss. I heard about from a few parents who were talking in the hallway." She watched as Al frowned and nodded.

"It's... it's alright. He's in a better place. Are you the principal?" Miss. Luna nodded and waved him over to a desk a few feet away from where he was originally sitting. She plopped down on a chair behind the desk and folded her hands, setting them on a stack of paper in front of her.

"I'm going to assume you want to enroll someone into our wonderful school?" She'd obviously been trained to keep that smile, it was starting to get on Al's last nerve.

"Yes. Her name is Shelby...Elric." He smiled and nodded. "She's nine, but she's real mature for her age. She's matured in the past few months."

The lady unclasped her hands and gently pushed a stack of papers in front of him, smiling even brighter than before. "I really love smart children." She said, watching him fill out the papers. "Shelby. What a beautiful name. But you look a bit young to father such an old girl. You look hardly above fourteen!" Miss. Luna watched as he hung his head.

"My brother and I adopted Shelby. Her mother and father died when she was six, and her sister died a few months ago. When my brother died, I was only left with her. My father left when I was a kid, and my mother died a while after. I just want her to go to a good school, with good kids and good teachers."

Miss. Luna nodded and smiled slightly. "I'm truly sorry." She recieved a small smile from him and nodded. It seemed she was forgiven, for now.

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A/N: I hope you enjoyed that. Ed got just the right doctor in Central to get him over here. How sweet, hm? Poor Ed.

REVIEW! I'm going to enter in Ch.5 so if I get none for Ch.4 now, I don't mind so much as I will if I don't get anything for Ch.5.

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OH YEAH! Thanks for mentioning me in your fic Viki! But I don't think my stories are that great. *humble opportunities* xD