I. Hate. Writers. Block. Its that simple. I have writers block, it takes me forever to write, I get anxious and upset. Sorry for the long wait. Also sorry if this chapter sucks. I'm trying to get better, but I'm slowly recovering from the writers block. The dreaded, horrible, unforgiving writers block..

Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist.

Chapter 4

~Tara's POV~

"Oh God, oh God, oh God, no, no, no..."

Tara was freaking out. She refused to open her eyes again. "I'm going insane, I'm going insane, I'm not in a hospital, I don't feel like I just got ran over by a truck, and Alphonse Elric is not standing a few steps away from my bed.." She tried to imagine her own room at home, where only drawings of the Elric brothers existed. She tried to imagine the sky blue walls, the overflowing bookshelf in the corner, her computer desk. After attempting to convince herself that this was all a dream, she opened her eyes again.

The walls weren't the usual sky blue color she was used to. Instead, they were white. Where her bookshelf should have been were now various supplies and tools that would be used in a hospital. And most shocking of all, where the computer would have been, stood Alphonse Elric, staring at Tara. She jumped and let out a startled squeak as he spoke. "Are you alright?"

Wow, his voice sounds exactly like the anime! Suddenly desperate to not unveil how scared she was, she nodded. "Yeah, I'm fi-"

A sudden coughing fit cut off her statement. She tried to tame the coughs, but they just came on stronger. Tara struggled to breathe, and felt something warm on her sleeve. She looked down, her vision blurring. She saw little red dots forming with each cough she let out. Her mind went blank. Dimly, she heard someone rush out, calling for a doctor. What is this! Help.. Tara kept coughing. Gradually, they ceased. Her lungs greedily took in air. Then Tara's eyes rolled back, and her head hit the pillow as she gave way to unconsciousness once more.

Tara heard voices. They both sounded very familiar, too familiar. Without opening her eyes, she rolled over onto her back and listened to them.

"Its not like we can just leave her here, Brother."

"I know that. But we really need to get out of here soon, the colonel will be on my back for sure."

"Lets just stay until we figure out what this is about!"

Tara felt her heart stop. Those voices.. She opened her eyes just a small amount, so that she could see, but the others didn't see that she was awake. An extremely familiar boy with long golden hair tied in a braid was talking to a huge suit of armor. Realization hit Tara like a blow across the face. It wasn't a dream.. Her mind whirled with shock and confusion. I did see Alphonse earlier, before I passed out. I'm in a hospital. I'm in Amestris.. But why? How? She pushed the thoughts to the back of her head and listened to the boys converse.

It felt like hours before the blond haired boy Tara knew as Edward Elric noticed she was awake. When she met his eyes, she sat up very slowly. Ed walked towards her, and Tara instinctively narrowed her eyes, watching his every move. Afraid of angering him by accident, Tara kept quiet as Ed sat down on the edge of her bed. Instead, she observed him. He was taller than she had expected, but she still overtook him in height. He wore the red jacket and white gloves, along with the black shirt and pants that she had seen him in so much before in the anime. Tara cringed, however, when she saw his eyes. They were a light golden color. They showed fierce determination. When they bore into her scared brown eyes, she turned away.

Her eyes landed on Alphonse. He was also much taller than she had expected him to be. His armor looked like it did in the anime as well, but Tara thought it looked shinier and more of a silver color than gray. His eyes were glowing, just like in the anime as well. Alphonse waved and gave a small greeting of, "Hey," and Tara smiled.

Ed cleared his throat, and Tara turned back to him. She looked down at her hands nervously as he spoke to her. "What's your name? Who are you?"

Tara's voice shook with nervousness. "Ta-Tara Rishimane." Idiot! Her conscious scolded her. This is Edward Elric you're talking to! Make a good impression!

Ed raised an eyebrow, but kept going. "Alright.. Where are you from?"

Uh oh.. Tara gulped. Should I tell him? No.. It would probably cause trouble.. but it'll cause trouble later if they find out.. No. I cant tell them. "I..I-I-I.." Idiot! Her conscious hissed. Stop stumbling! "I'm not from here!" No duh. Tara mentally slapped herself for being stupid.

Ed smirked. "Well obviously."

Tara mumbled, "Shut up," under her breath. Ed made no sign that he had heard her. Instead, he leaned closer, to check for anything that would make her suspicious. Tara searched frantically for something to say. Much to her annoyance, her mind went blank. Come on, genius, think! Here you are in Amestris, talking to two of your favorite all time anime characters, and you stutter and go mute! Get it together, say something! "Ah," Tara let out as a startled squeak, "Where am I?"

Alphonse answered her, "You're in a small town near Resembool. We found you unconscious in the desert."

"Oh.. so that's where Truth dumped me.." Tara thought aloud quietly. How am I going to get home? Let alone survive in this world..

"What!"

Oh snap. Tara looked up to see that Ed had shot upright and was staring at her in shock. Red alert, Red alert! "Uh.. Who what?"

Ed stared at her, his eyes narrowing. "You just said something about someone dumping you in the desert." He exaggerated the "something". "Who were you talking about?"

Tara shook her head in attempt to fake that she hadn't. "No, I didn't."

"Yes, you did! What happened?"

"Brother," Al cautioned, "It could be personal.."

Tara cursed to herself. What could she say? What was she going to do? Her mind whirled as it searched for lies automatically. She was so used to lying, it was almost natural. She had tried to break herself of the habit, but it just came. So she did what she did best in these situations. She lied. She didn't want to, not to the Elrics, but it just came naturally. So she did. She told a half lie. "Yes," she sighed. "I did see the Truth." But she needed a reason. So she again came up and said the first thing that came to her mind. "I performed the taboo."

What a massive lie there. Hows that gonna play out? You'll have to wait and find out! Read and review, sorry again if this chapter ultimatly failed.