# 4 The Beginning
Winry is annoyed. For days after the boys had finally come back from training with their master, they have been extremely secretive about something. It was bad enough that all they did when they came home was to gorge themselves on food before rushing off to who knows where, and now, they barely even paid her any attention – instead, sneaking off to 'work on a top secret mission', as Ed had said in glee.
The girl is about to go to bed when a frantic knocking on the front door is heard. Granny Pinako tells her to go on as she herself goes to answer the door. Winry almost does, thinking it is perhaps about Mr. Jones's wife who is due any time soon; but something is tugging at her to stay, a gut feeling telling her desperately that something is wrong. So she lingers at the front hallway, waiting to see if it is indeed the farmer calling for a midwife or…well, she doesn't know what exactly, but it somehow makes her stomach pool with dread as granny pulls the door open.
When the caller is finally revealed, it makes granny drop the pipe in her mouth, and Winry the cup in her hands. At the entrance of their house, is a suit of armor, a good six feet tall, complete with dangerous looking shoulder spikes. The armor starts speaking, its voice sounding hollow, oddly child like and strangely familiar, "Granny, you have to save brother!"
"A-Al?" stutters her grandmother who clearly recognizes the owner of the voice, "Is that you?!" The armor nodded, frantically before saying, "I'll explain later! But brother…" Winry, somewhat stunned by revelation, lets her gaze travel down along with the armor's, sliding slowly to its arms.
It is then she notices that, in the protective arms of what is supposed to be Alphonse, is the convulsing body of Edward's, bloody and missing an arm and a leg.
Alright...Here's the first A/N...
Which I'm gonna use to beg you guys for some feedback...How about this? First and tenth reviewer through will get to choose a prompt title for an omake chapter.
So...Constructive criticism please?
