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Sveta woke up abruptly.

That dream kept coming back, no matter what she did.

She looked up and noticed that the campsite was under a dome of ice.

She stood up. Who was that other warrior, she thought.

She heard a voice very close by.

"Don't... go..."

She looked at where the voice came from.

Matthew was lying no more than a foot away from her, a hand reaching in Sveta's direction.

She wondered what Matthew was dreaming, but shook her head.

Her curiosity eventually got the better of her and she placed a hand on Matthew's forehead.

Matthew's eyes opened at the touch.

Sveta gasped and pulled her hand back quickly.

"Were you going to read my mind, Sveta?" Matthew asked her.

"I am sorry," Sveta replied, her ears drooping.

"As long as it's you, I don't really mind anymore," Matthew said, "because I trust you."

"It is nice to know that you trust me," Sveta said, her ears perked back up but went right back down, "However, that does not excuse the fact that I was about to invade-"

Matthew had put up his hand to stop her. "I said it's okay," he said, "If anyone knows all my secrets, I'd rather it be you."

They heard, what sounded like, glass breaking.

Karis and Abito woke up from the sound.

"Sorry for scaring you guys!" Rief panted as he let his dome of ice melt.

There was someone hanging from his right shoulder. He had blonde hair and wore a red cloak with a strange insignia, a black cross with, what seemed to be a serpent coiled around it.

"I found him when I was searching the forest for some herbs," Rief continued as he laid the unconscious person near the middle of the camp.

Sveta noticed the person's right hand, it seemed to be made of metal, a blade extended from the wrist.

"I have seen him before!" Sveta said out loud.

Everyone looked at her with surprise.

"How have you seen him before?" Matthew said as Sveta walked towards the mystery person.

She sat next to him and moved her hand over his face.

His eyes opened. "Chimera!" he yelled the second he saw Sveta.

"He must be hallucinating," Rief said, "Sveta looks nothing like a chimera."

He jumped up and into a battle stance. "Are all of you chimeras? Where's Winry?"

Confused, Matthew walked up to the person.

He slashed his bladed arm at Matthew.

As if he was made of lightning, Matthew picked up his Umbra Sword and cut his arm clean off.

Matthew was surprised he didn't see any blood.

The person looked panicked now, "Dammit!" he yelled at no one, "Winry's gonna kill me!"

Matthew put his sword down and calmly walked towards him.

"Stay back!" the stranger yelled.

"I only attacked because you came at me!" Matthew yelled back.

Matthew looked over to Rief. "Is it possible to have his arm reattached?" he asked him.

Rief was holding the person's arm and pulled the sleeve off. "I'm afraid not," he said, "It's made of metal."

Seeing everyone's expressions the person asked, "None of you have heard of automail?"

"You must not be from Angara or Gondowan," Matthew said, crossing his arms, "My name's Matthew, by the way."

Everyone except Sveta, who was lost in thought, also introduced themselves.

"My name is Edward, Edward Elric, but everyone just calls me Ed," the stranger said, "I'm a State Alchemist with the Amestrian Military."

Ed looked at Sveta. "What's the chimera's name?" he asked Matthew.

"Her name is Sveta," Matthew said, "and she isn't a chimera!"

Ed looked at Matthew with confusion.

Matthew continued, "A chimera is a beast with three heads and a serpent for a tail, and usually with wings."

He looked over towards Sveta. "Sveta," he called, remembering her earlier comment.

"Yes, Matthew?" she answered.

"How have you seen Ed before?" Matthew asked her.

"Those nightmares I've been having," Sveta answered.

"Would you be willing to use your Spirit Sense?" Matthew asked.

Sveta nodded and walked towards Ed.

"Wait, Sveta!" Karis said, "Let me. My father said that I should use my abilities when it's necessary."

Sveta nodded.

Karis walked up to Ed and placed her hand on his forehead.

"What's she doing?" Ed almost yelled.

After two minutes Karis removed her hand.

"He isn't from Weyard," She said, "He came through a some kind of rift little more than three weeks ago, the same day your Psynergy was sealed, Matthew. Him and his brother split up to search for a girl, who was also pulled through that rift."

"H-how did you-" Ed started but was interrupted.

"I can read minds!" Karis stated, "However, I only recently gained the ability, so I couldn't go any further than that."

Karis looked at Matthew, "Apparantly a chimera from his world is the combination of two or more living things, caused by alchemy, like when Blados and Chalis combined with Volechek."

Matthew looked at Ed. "Okay," he said, "What exactly happened? And don't bother lying because we have two mind readers."

"Okay!" Ed said loudly, "I'll tell you everything!"

Anixia kicked Tyrell in the side.

"OW!" he yelled, "What the hell was that for?"

"Your comment to me before you took your watch!" Anixia yelled back.

"Well it's true!" Tyrell yelled in response.

"Dammit, you two!" Eoleo yelled.

He was beyond enraged now. "I've had to deal with this bullshit for the past three weeks!" he continued. "Just fuck and get it over with!"

Even though she was expecting him to say those words, Himi was still surprised, because Eoleo always tried to hold his tongue when around her since she was 'too young.'

"You didn't have to be so blunt, Eoleo," Amiti said to the pirate, who was now tearing apart a freshly cooked herring.

"Maybe not," Eoleo said once he swallowed down a few mouthfuls, "but I'm sick of their constant bickering. Those two are fighting more than a damned cobra and mongoose."

"I agree," James said.

Eoleo grabbed another fish from near the fire and handed it to Himi. "Sorry 'bout that," he said to her.

Himi took the fish. "It is alright," she said before taking a bite, "Although not THAT foul, I have heard my father use... improper language on occasion."

Amiti, wanting to change the subject, asked, "How is your back doing, Himi? You know, that wound you received from Dullahan."

"Do you wish to see it?" She teased, already knowing the answer.

Eoleo rolled his eyes, "Real smooth, princess!"

Himi bonked the pirate lightly on the head with her staff.

Eoleo pushed the staff away.

He then looked around and noticed that Tyrell and Anixia were going at it again. "Dammit!" he yelled as he stood up and walked towards them, "Am I gonna have to separate you two?"

"I'm still waiting for your answer, Amiti," Himi said to the Ayuthian Prince.

"No, no, no, no!" he said, flustered, "I was merely concern-"

He was interrupted by rustling sound in the nearby bushes.

Himi focused her Psynergy into the bushes. "WILD GROWTH!" she chanted.

The bushes grew rapidly and carried with them, a large man in a suit of armor.

The man cried out in surprise, although his voice sounded like it belonged to a child.

After three minutes of struggling, the helmet of his armor fell to the ground.

To everyone's surprise, even Himi's, the armor was empty.

"Oh no!" the armor cried out, "My head fell off!"

Himi walked towards the suit of armor, picked up his 'head', and climbed just enough to put it back where it belonged.

"Thank you," the suit said to her.

"Why are you helping that thing, Himi?" Amiti called out, "It could be a minion of Dullahan!"

Himi glared at the prince. "That was over six months ago, and you know that Dullahan is not evil!" she said, "If he was, why did he warp us back to Eoleo's ship instead of killing us?"

Amiti just stood there.

"He is a guardian that was tasked with guarding the tablet that would allow us to summon the goddess, Iris! We could not defeat him, which meant that we were not worthy of summoning her!"

Amiti still stood there, mouth agape, sword on the ground.

Himi looked back to the armor as she willed the bush to release him.

"I do not think you are from this world," she said, "My Third Eye cannot tell me anything about you. My name is Himi."

She pointed to Amiti. "He is Amiti."

She pointed to James. "He is James."

She then pointed to the three that seemed to be fighting. "The woman is Anixia, the younger man is Tyrell, and the older man is Eoleo."

"My name is Alphonse Elric," the armor responded, "but everyone calls me Al."

"How are you like that, Alphonse?" Himi asked.

"My brother and I committed a taboo of Alchemy," Al said, looking down, "My brother lost his leg and I lost my whole body, and then he lost his arm to bind my soul to this armor."

"So you're an Adept!" Eoleo said as he approached.

Behind him were Anixia and Tyrell, both with soot on their faces and arms.

"What's an Adept?" Al replied.

"So, this piece of junk is an Adept?" Anixia spat.

"I'm not a piece of junk!" Al yelled at her.

"Shut up and sit down, Proxian!" Eoleo yelled at Anixia.

She sat down but continued to glare at Al.

Al looked back at Eoleo. "About my question." he said.

Himi spoke instead. "An Adept is someone that has power over the elements. The main source of power comes from, what is known as Psynergy. Psynergy allows an Adept to bend the elements that are of his or her affinity.

So far the elements that are known by everyone are, Venus, the element of Earth, Mars, the element of Fire, Jupiter, the Element of Air, and Mercury, the element of Water. There are also two elements that are not commonly known, Sol, the element of Light, and Luna, the element of Darkness.

There are also multiple sub-elements. Examples include Metal, which is a combination of Venus and Mars, Lightning, which is a combination of Jupiter and Venus, and even Chaos, a combination of Sol and Luna. The easiest and most common way a sub-element is made is by using Djinn.

A Djinni is a creature that is made entirely of Psynergy. There are Djinn from each element.

If an Adept befriends a Djinni, that adepts power would increase. With multiple Djinn an Adept would gain more power than ever. However, anything can be bad if used in excess. If an Adept were to have more Djinn than they could handle he or she could die. Lastly Djinn do not like to be set to only one Adept if there are more than one of them traveling together. This is because they do not want their Adept friends to be hurt."

Al was absorbed by the new knowledge he was receiving.

"That is everything that is necessary to understand what an Adept is and how they control the elements," Himi finished.

"And I thought you were using Alchemy," Al said to Himi.

"One could call Psynergy a form of Alchemy and be correct," Himi said.

Al began drawing a circle in the soil. "I see," he said.

"A circle-based Psynergy?" Amiti queried.

Once Al finished the circle, he clapped each hand onto it.

Sparks flew into the air as the hilt of a sword rose from the ground, and at the same time a crater began to form and grow deeper as more of the sword rose.

As soon as the sword was finished the sparks stopped and the sword fell to the side.

"That's how I've always used Alchemy," Al said as he picked up the sword and examined it closely.

"May see it?" James asked, gesturing at the sword.

Al handed it to him.

James walked a few yards away and gave it a few test swings and returned with a grin.

"This a perfectly crafted blade," he said, handing the sword back to Al.

But Al pushed it back. "You should keep it," he said.

"So how did you get here?" Tyrell asked.

"It's a long story, but I'll tell you if you're willing to listen," Al said.

Everyone except Anixia, who only looked away and stuck her nose in the air, nodded.

Author's Notes

Yup, the Elric Brothers have shown up.

A treat for the FMA fans and they'll be here for the whole story.

I'm a big fan myself.

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