"Alphonse…"

"Who's Alphonse?"

Ed nearly fell unconscious again. So the golden-eyed one wasn't Alphonse. Dammit.

"Who the hell are you?" he said, rubbing his aching head.

"Me?" the brown-haired girl crossed her arms.

"Do you see anyone else in this room?" Ed said, starting to get even more pissed.

"Well, I'm Amber if you have to know", she looked at him with her suspicious and now angry gold coloured eyes, the eyes that weren't so different from…

"I'm Edward", Ed said simply. "Edward Elric."

"Edward Elric… I've heard that name somewhere. You're the youngest state alchemist, right?"

Edward slipped a surprised "yes", and then asked how she knew who he was.

"Heh, you're kinda famous among the alchemists."

Ed blushed slightly before asking:

"So you're from Amestris?"

"No", Amber answered, looking away.

"Then how do you know about alchemy?" Edward asked with narrowed eyes.

"Look, I saved your life, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, alright." Ed hadn't liked this girl from the beginning. Now he hated her.

She just stood there and looked at him with that superior look. Who does she think she is? Ed thought angrily.

"Any more questions?" the girl smiled, but Edward knew it was a fake one.

"Yeah. Which world are we in?"

"Which one do you think? Since I'm not from Amestris, and I don't think you would be able to come to any other world, you're still in London."

Ed sighed. Oh great, he thought. He hadn't made any progress at all. Now, he was back on level one.

"Why did you wanna open the gate anyway? I don't even think it's possible." Amber sat down on a couch nearby. They were still in Edward's house, Ed lying on the bed in his room.

"I came to this world, didn't I? I'm from Amestris, and I've been in this lousy world a couple of months already", Ed said with a low voice. He didn't even know why he was telling her this; it wasn't like it was going to help or anything.

"Well, you shouldn't complain", she snorted. "If it wasn't for me, you would be dead now."

"Yeah, yeah, so you've said that now." Ed sighed.

They stayed quite for a while, and then Amber got up from the chair and walked to the door.

"What are you doing?" Edward asked with a shocked voice.

"There's no reason for me to stay, is it?" she continued walking out of the room, leaving Ed on the couch behind her. He watched her disappear in the doorway.

"Wait!" he suddenly heard himself say. The footsteps stopped, and Amber appeared in front of him once again.

"Um…I…" Ed stuttered. Why was he blushing? He didn't use to blush, but now he felt how his whole face went red.

"Yes?" the brown-haired girl smiled, her arms crossed.

"Just stay, okay?"

Her smile widened, and she walked up to him. Closer and closer until she stood just a couple of decimetres away.

"Why do you want me to stay?"

Ed pouted, like he used to do when he was little.

"I just assume you know a bit about alchemy", he looked into her eyes as she nodded. "And I want to get to the other side of the gate."

Amber didn't seem surprised, but she had a certain skill of not showing her feelings.

"As I said before, I don't think it's possible", was the only thing she said. Then she kept quiet again, waiting for Ed's answer. He just frowned and looked noticeable unhappy.

"I just wanna go home, you know? I've been here too long and now… I'm really starting to get bored." Edward sighed and sank deeper into the couch before he stood up and watched the light brown-haired girl in front of him. Amber shrugged and then smiled briefly.

"I guess we could try."