~Ed's P.O.V~

When Alex and I finished our breakfast we said bye to the Hughes family and left. "Bye Hughes" Alex said giving him a hug. "Please be safe" Hughes said tearing up and hugged her tighter. "H-Hughes…can't…breathe…" she whispered. Hughes let her go and turned towards us. "You better take care of her" he said turning into over protective mode again. "I-I will" I stuttered. "Hey you act like I can't take care of myself" Alex said. "Sissy, come back ok" Elicia said with a sad face. "Aww, I will" Alex said hugging her. "Bye Mrs. Gracia" she said. "Bye dear, come back soon" Gracia said. "Thanks for everything" I said. "Yeah, thanks for your hospitality" Al said. And with that we left. We walked to the train station and bought our tickets. "So where are we going?" Alex asked. "Well we were going to visit our teacher in Dublith to see if she can give us any leads" I said sitting on my seat as we boarded the train. Alex sat in front of me so Al and I would share a seat. "What are you searching for anyway" she said as she closed her eyes and put her hands behind her head. "Were looking for…the philosopher stone" I said the last part quietly. As soon as Alex heard what I said she opened her eyes and they widened. "What! Why are you looking for that?!" she shouted out. "Do you know what it's made out of!" she said in a serious tone. At that she got mine and Al's attention and I shot up straight from my seat. "Yeah…how did you know?" I asked her with a questionable look on my face. She was quiet. "I read and decoded Dr. Marcos research…" Alex said in a low voice. "It's horrible". "Well were not going to take any life's that's for sure" Al said. "We just want to know if our teacher knows anything about it and if she does then maybe she could give us information" I could see anger in Alex's eyes while we talked about the philosopher stone. "Fine, do what you want but if you do something with the philosopher stone…you're on your own…" she said as she looked out the window. This was going to be a long ride to Dublith.

After a while Alex calmed down and fell asleep. Right when she fell asleep I wanted to talk to Al about Alex and her being our sister. "Hey Al, I know that Alex is our real sister" I whispered to him so I wouldn't wake her up. I looked at him and he gasped. "Really! How are you so sure?" Al asked "I don't know" I said shrugging my shoulders. "I guess it's what happened to her 4 years ago" I said. Al tilted his head, well helmet. If he had a real face, he would have a look of confusion right now. "What do you mean brother" Al asked me. "Well, Alex told me that when she was 11 she lost her memory and wondered off into Central. Which means she wasn't originally from Central and that it happened around the same time we last saw her" I said. "But brother how are we going to tell Alex that were her brothers" Al said in a worried tone. Now that I think about it, I never really thought about how we were going to tell her. "I'm not sure Al, plus how is she going to take the news" then I thought about my conversation with Alex before we left Central.

"That's the thing, I lost my memory so I didn't know who my family or friends were" she said with a sad smile.

"When I was 11 years old, 4 years ago, I was wondering around Central until I bumped into Hughes. After that he took me in and Mustang taught me alchemy and that's why I'm here" she said calmly sitting down on a chair putting her hands behind her head.

"Al, when she lost all her memory about her past, that got me thinking, what if when she saw 'the truth' it took all of her knowledge about alchemy taking the memories about her past along with it. Maybe making it her price to pay" I said. "Your right it could happen, but why and how did she go to Central?" he asked. "I guess we'll find out sooner or later" I said as I look over at Alex and I see her squirming a little in her sleep. It looks like she's having a nightmare. I wonder what it is?

~Alex's dream P.O.V~

"Come on Alex" I saw a little boy reach out for my hand but he faded away along with another boy that was slightly taller than him.

Then everything went black. All of a sudden I felt someone grab my cheek. I turned around to see a deformed person. "Why Alex, why couldn't you bring me back" it said. The thing sounded like a woman. 'What's happening? Who are these people?!' I felt so attached to her somehow. 'Did I do this to her? But how could I, I barley know this woman'I thought. I'm so confused! I fell to my knees and crouched into the fetal position. I started crying. "Why is this happening!" I shouted into the darkness. Not expecting a response.

~End of dream~

I felt someone shake me so I could wake up. I look up to see Ed with a worried face. "Alex are you ok?" Ed said. "Yeah, why?" I asked. Then I felt a tear slide down my cheek. 'Was I crying?' I thought. Quickly, I wiped my tears away hoping Ed and Al didn't notice that I was crying. "Were you having a bad dream?" Al asked. I froze when he asked me that. Then I shook it off. "So what if I did it's none of your business" I said as I crossed my arms and looked away. Then I peeked a little sideways to see Al looking down. I felt bad that I snapped at him like that because he was just worried about me. "I'm sorry Al, I just really don't want to talk about it" I said with a small smile. "It's ok I shouldn't of asked" he said. It went awkwardly silent until Ed spoke up. "We're almost there" Ed said looking out the window. I look out the window and see a small city from a far.

We finally arrived in Dublith. 'This place looks so familiar but I don't know why?' I thought. I followed Ed and Al since I didn't know where their teacher lived, obviously. When we got there I was about to knock on the door until Ed and Al started to act really weird. "Oh uh before you go in there we should-" Al started to say until Ed cut in "-go in there first because teacher doesn't really like visitors?!" he said while rubbing the back of his head. "Uh okay?" I said tilting my head a little.

I waited outside for about 15 minutes. While I was waiting outside I heard screaming coming from Ed and Al and yelling from what sounded like an older woman. All of a sudden I heard the door burst open so I turned around and found Ed beaten up and Al's armor dented a little. "Uh guys, you ok?" I asked them. I heard Ed mumble "Not really". I slightly giggled at his reply. Then I saw a woman come out of the house. She looked angry. "Well if it isn't my stupid pupil, I heard you've become the military's dog!" she yelled at Ed, which made me flinch. 'She's scary' I thought. She then notices me and smiles. "Well it's been a long time hasn't it" she says. I gave her a curious look. 'What does she mean, I don't think I've met her before?' I thought. I looked over at Ed and Al and Ed looked worried, but about what? Then I saw a man helping the Elric's up. I think I heard them say his name was Sig. I then heard Ed and Al's teacher coughing a little so I turned around and then I see her coughing up…BLOOD! I never really liked the sight of blood, but I don't know why? I quickly looked away and ran behind Ed. He looked at me over his shoulder and then smiled at me. 'What's he so happy about?'

~Ed's P.O.V~

I noticed that Alex ran behind me after she saw teacher coughing up blood. I remembered when we were kids she was always scared of blood ever since 'that' day. I smiled at her then giggled a little. She's still the same after all these years. "Hey are you making fun of me?" Alex said loudly. "No, no you just remind me of someone that's all" I gave her a nervous smile. It looked like she bought it and then calmed down.

We all went inside teacher's house. She was being so nice to Alex, which explains a lot since Alex was always teacher's favorite because she never got in trouble and always did what she was told. I smirked at how nice teacher was being. I guess teacher saw my smirk and gave me a death glare. I quickly looked away, pretending not to notice. Then I hear Alex ask teacher a question. "Excuse me, but I never really got your name" she asked. I looked over at teacher and she looked straight at me with a 'what did you guys do' face. She then faced Alex and said "My names Izumi your names Alex right" she said trying to keep calm. Alex nodded.

It started to get late so I decided to ask teacher about the philosopher stone tomorrow. She showed all three of us to a room and we all shared it. When teacher left, Alex turned to me. "Hey Ed" she said. "Yeah" I said. "What did Miss Izumi mean by 'It's been a long time' like she knew me or something?" she asked I froze for a second. "Oh well uh… it's because you look like someone we know" I said quickly as I started to panic a little. "Really? Who?" she said. 'Damn it, she's got me'I thought. "You just look like an old friend of ours, that's all" Al said, noticing that I was stuck with trying to come up with an answer. "Oh" she said. 'Yes! She bought it!' I thought. After a while she drifted off to sleep. "Hey brother, when are we gonna tell her?" Al whispered. "Soon Al, soon…" I said before I went to sleep as well.

~Alex's P.O.V~

"Oh" is all I said. 'I guess they don't have to tell me' I thought. I put my arms behind my head so I could see the celling. While I looked at the celling I thought 'Some things are better left un said' Then my eye lids got heavy. I finally closed them and fell asleep.

'Some things are better left un said'