New character alert! This is where it's kind of a spinoff. I have to explain to you who the new character is, so I have to write this. It's longer, so I hope I don't bore you heh heh. Eh. Whatever. Please read and enjoy.

Chapter 3:

For as long as the girl could remember, it had always been herself and her mother. She had grown up in a little town called Geymep (Yes a real town on the map of Amestris. I did some hardcore research. :3) to the West.

Geymep was a small, peaceful, country town. It was filled with meadows and farms, and everywhere you looked there was nature. She and her mother had always done things together. They'd walk the vast, green fields, play in the cold, clear streams, and breathe the fresh air.

The girl's name was Emma, and she was very close to her mother. There was nothing that could ever separate mother an daughter. Nothing. At least, not until the day the girl's mother became very sick.

Emma couldn't do anything but watch as her mother suffered. Her condition worsened, and the doctor's that came to the house periodically couldn't do anything.

The town of Geymep was cheery despite the shadow hanging over Emma's home. Geymep was famous for it's baked goods, and held a fair every year for it. That was where Emma met a man by the name of Hohenheim. Emma, desperate to save her mother's life learned of a strange ability called "alchemy" from him. She begged him to teach her about alchemy so she could save her mother, and he agreed.

Months passed, and as the girl's mother was dying, Emma was gaining knowledge of alchemy. She was one would call a "child prodigy". Even at the age of ten, she was a genius. She could memorize copious amounts of information at a time, and was an expert at strategical planning. Math and memorizing chemical compounds was no problem for her.

Eventually, Hohenheim had to leave. Emma was sad, but she new she had kept him long enough. But tragedy soon after Hohenheim left. The girl's mother died.

Even with all her knowledge of alchemy, she couldn't save her mother. She sat depressed for days in her empty home, where no light would ever shine again.

In her depressed state, something occurred to her. Something buried deep in the back of her mind.

The fundamental rule of alchemy is Equivalent Exchange. You can't get without giving. But parallel to this rule, are two laws. You cannot use alchemy to create gold. And the last, and perhaps the most intriguing. You cannot bring a human back to life. In other words, human transmutation. Upon reaching this thought, the girl smiled. First, she would study as much about alchemy as she could. She would travel across all of Amestris to find her teachers if she had to/Then, she'd get her mother back, no matter what. Even if it meant breaking one of the most important rules of alchemy.

She was going to bring her mother back to life.