Melita sat on the bed as the door to her room closed. She looked up to find the man standing there.

"Well, how did it go?"

"What do you expect?" Melita asked him, "How long do I have to do this for?"

"For as long as it takes, or until one of them dies." He said.

"I thought you were suppose to be in Liore. What are you doing here?" Melita asked him.

"I was actually on my way there. I had to business to finish up with Wrath. I don't understand why you're annoyed with having to do stuff. But then again, you are Sloth." The man was hit in the face with a pillow.

"Hurry up and go. Make sure no one sees you." Melita gave him a scary look.

"Ho oh… Fine." The man opened the door and left.

Melita sighed and laid on the bed. How do the Elrics feel about become acquainted with her? How can she become friends with them? Slowly, Melita fell asleep.

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"Mm…" Melita woke up to a knock. She slumped up. There was another knock. Melita looked outside. It was already the afternoon.

"Melita?" A voice called. Melita dragged herself out of bed to open it. When she did, a suit of armor awaited her on the other side, "Sorry did I wake you?"

Alphonse. "No, no. What's up?"

"We got back pretty late from East Command. Ed's already eating down at the cafe. Do you want to go?" Alphonse asked.

"Sure." Melita smiled.

Edward was already inhaling his food when Melita and Alphonse found him. He showed no mercy, not even hesitated.

"Slow down, Edward." Melita chuckled.

"Oh, hey." He looked up to find her sitting down with Alphonse.

"How did everything go?" Melita asked.

"You could say it went well," Edward said, "For sending us on a wild goose chase, the Colonel is setting us up with an bioalchemist."

"Bioalchemist?" She's never heard anything like it before.

"Yeah, he's an alchemist that experiments with life. Apparently he's been able to create a chimera that could talk."

"As in the human language?!" Melita was quite surprised, "Wait… isn't that taboo? Tampering with lives?"

"Well, not exactly." Alphonse explained, "Alchemists have 3 taboos, one of which is to not perform human transmutation. In other words, you're not allowed to create a human life, or in some cases revive it."

"I see." Melita responded, "Then it's okay to tamper with the lives of animals…"

"Are you against that sort of thing?"

"Not exactly. I find it cruel, but it's for the purpose of science." Melita said.

"Well, we'll be gone all day tomorrow, so…"

"Don't worry about me." Melita assured them, "I'll just take a look around. You do whatever you need to do, don't let me get in the way."

"If you say so."

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The next morning, the two left the inn and left Melita on her own. She sat in her room. She opened up her case and pulled out a piece of wood.

"This is boring… I wish I could've gone with them… Heh, but they've only just met me…" She set the piece of wood on the floor right in front of her. She clapped her hands and set them on the wood. Electrical sparks flew and the piece of wood turned into a little dog. She held it up. She leaned back on the bed and looked at it, "Maybe I should've told them I'm an alchemist… Then they could've let me tag along… Or maybe it's only state alchemist approved… If I was in Central, I could've asked Wrath about that… Maybe it'll get me closer…"

She heard a dog bark outside. She looked over to find a clear blue sky waiting for her.

"Maybe I should just walk around like I said I would…"

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Outside, Melita came upon various small shops. Many of which were bakeries.

"Maybe this wasn't such a bad idea after all." She hummed as she walked into one shop.

In the end, she bought more than she could eat. It was already sunset. She walked back to the inn hoping to find the brothers in their room.

When she knocked on the door, there was no answer. She knocked again and someone answered it. It was Alphonse.

"Oh, Melita."

"Hey, Alphonse. Did you just get back?"

"Yeah."

"Where's, Edward?" Melita asked.

"He's, uh, well…" Alphonse let her in. Edward was lying face down on the bed.

"Hey, Ed, Melita's here."

He only groaned.

"What happened to him?" Melita set the bag of treats on the coffee table and proceeded towards him.

"We kinda read to the blind." Alphonse said. Melita poked him. He only groaned.

"I know what might fix him." Melita grabbed her bag of goodies and held it up, "Ta da!"

They waited and waited. Slowly, Edward lifted up his head and turned to look at them.

"What's in the bag?"

"Glad you asked!" She tossed it to him, "Why don't you find out for yourself?"

Edward carefully caught it. He sat up and looked inside the bag, "Wooah!"

Alphonse took a peek. Inside the bag were a bunch of pastries.

"Where'd you get all these?"

"If there's one thing East City is good for is it's bakeries. I went to about 5 different ones." Melita told them, "You can have the bag."

Edward stuffed one into his mouth, "Woah! These are amazing!"

"So, how did your day go?" Melita sat down.

"We met the bioalchemist. His name is Shou Tucker. He has a little daughter named Mina and a big white dog named Alexander." Alphonse said, "And he had so many rows and rows of alchemy books."

"Did you see any chimeras?"

"Yeah, a whole room full of them!" Edward said.

"And that's not the least bit disturbing?" Melita asked.

"Not really." Melita just looked at them.

"I guess it must be disgusting for girls." Edward munched on a round pastry.

"…" Melita just turned around, "I'm going to bed."

The boys stared at her back as she disappeared behind the door.

"What was that about…?"

Truth was, Melita was fully aware of how gruesome chimeras can be. She pretty much grew up with some of them… until they were killed…

Melita had lost her appetite as she was reminded of those horrid creatures. There was a knock at the door.

"Always…" Melita frowned.

"Uh, Miss Luvenia?" Miss? Luvenia? It certainly wasn't the Elrics because they weren't that formal… Melita got up and opened the door. There was a young woman there, "You have a phone call."

"Phone call?"

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"Hey, it's me." Melita held the phone up to her ear at the front desk, "We have a little request."

"Do I have a choice?" Melita asked.

"Glad you asked! No." Melita frowned, "We have a certain commander heading over to East HQ. I would like you to give our man a warm greeting. Oh, and introduce him to the Bioalchemist while you're at it."

"I don't understand why I have to do these things. If you ask me, these are unnecessary tasks…" Melita answered, but she lowered her voice, "Anyway, isn't this a little too open, Envy…? Calling me here, out of all places… Especially when those two are around. They can come down any minute now."

"I know, I know." Envy replied, "I just had to get this too you. I know you tend to do your work best at night."

"Fine. Just be more careful next time, you fool."

Melita hung up.

"Hey, what are you doing down here?" Melita jumped as she heard the voice of the oldest sibling. She turned around to find Edward standing there.

"Just had a call from a friend."

"Well, are you going to eat?"

"N-no… I don't have much of an appetite… Well, g'night…" Melita swiftly walked back to her room.

"… Good night?" Edward was a little confused.

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The moon was high in the sky. There were a few clouds hanging around.

A large man dressed in a blue military suit was walking down a hallway. It was dimly lit. He entered an office. There he found a shade of a person sitting on the desk. Melita.

"I welcome you, Brigadier General." She said. The room was dark. The only light that lit the room was the moonlight. Her eyes seemed as if they gave off a red glow, "I assume you're well."

"What do you want?" The large man who was decorated with a dark mustache asked.

"I'm not in pursue of anything. I'm just hoping your journey here was well?" The man didn't say anything, "I hope you are aware that assessment day is coming up soon. I've heard that the Sewing Life Alchemist shows some potential, wouldn't you agree?"

She only gave off a smirk. The man did not seem to be bothered by this young adolescent.

"That was once, long ago. Since then, nothing good has come from him."

"Then… How will this year fair?" She asked him.

"I don't expect much. After this, he will no longer be a state alchemist."

"Not even gonna give him a chance, are you?"

The man didn't respond. She slipped off the desk and walked past him.

Melita walked down the empty hall, "Just a mediocre alchemist…"