A/n: Hi everyone, its Friday so here is the next chapter. This is the last introduction chapter, which means that after this things will begin to heat up. I'd like to say thanks to you for the comments ive been getting, as for the other story I talked about, that will be on a later date, (I will let you know in a author note on a chapter in this story.)

So anywho, here's the next chapter. Its a little boring but i tried to add some interesting stuff. Enjoy!

Chapter 10: Side Story Al's day of school

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

Al pov

Location: Central, Main Street, Middle school

Just like every school day I woke to an empty home. My parents always had to leave early in the morning for work, which left me to a peaceful morning. I would get up, eat some breakfast, or leftovers from the previous night, and then take a shower. I then did a last check on my homework and finally headed off to school. I lived two blocks away from school so I got there pretty early. Before the morning bells the other students would wander about the school grounds. I made my way over to one of the two oak trees in the school yard. My friends and I met there before school to talk and hang. I walked up to the tree and found two of my friends already there. Russell Tringham and his younger brother Fletcher were sitting together looking over their work. Fletcher was my age so that made Russell 12. It had always amazed me how close those two are Russell was very protective of his brother. As I approached they finally noticed me and waved. I waved back before taking a seat in front of them. "Did you have a good weekend?," I asked.

"Our parents took us to the beach, they got some time off from their research," Fletcher said. "What about you, did you do anything fun?"

I slouched a little, "More like interesting, I have a new brother. My dad's sister passed away recently, so her son now lives with us."

Russell frowned, "That must be tough, to lose your mom. Is he nice?"

"Yeah he's nice, different but nice," I replied.

Fletcher leaned forward, "Different how?"

I looked at the ground, "He has a mental disability, and he's about your age." I pointed to Russell. "Though he's older he acts like a small kid. I only just got to know him so it's still hard to interact with him."

"Sounds tough, there used to be a guy who lived next to us, he had a daughter with a mental disability. I think they called it autism or something," Fletcher explained.

"So what happens when your parents are at work?" Russell asked.

"He goes with them, he can't stay alone by himself and he won't be able to go to school." I leaned back on my hands and tilted my head back. It was a nice warm day.

"Hey guys, what's up?"

I looked back to see someone running to us. Rose Thomas. She was wearing a summer dress and had her hair in her usual fashion, red bangs and black ponytail. I sat up and waved, "Hey Rose."

She had a huge smile on her face, and sat next to me. "Hey Al, hey Russell, Fletcher, how was your weekend?" Russell told her about the beach and then I told her of my weekend with Ed. She smiled sadly when I was done. "Sounds like you have a lot of stuff going on."

"Yeah but that's to be expected," I shrugged my shoulders. "Hey how come wrath isn't here yet?" Wrath's real name was Thaniel but we called him Wrath. He had automail and the other students sometimes picked on him, but when they did they felt his wrath, hence the name.

Rose looked over to me, "He's not coming till later, he has to have some maintenance done to his automail."

I nodded in understanding and sat for a while more until the morning bell rang. Everyone got up and headed to their respective home rooms. Mine was with my English teacher Mrs. Paling. I got there and took one of the empty seats in the middle of the room. I sat there for a while till the last morning bell sounded and my teacher came in for attendance. She called out our names and then we sat and talked for a while before first period. None of my friends were in my homeroom so I sat in silence. I was doodling in my notebook when another teacher came in with a student. It was Winry. She saw me and waved before going over to Mrs. Paling and showing her some papers. The other teachers talked for a while before the other teacher left.

Winry walked over and took the empty seat next to me. "One of the teachers was showing me around the school, I have to say it's really nice."

I nodded, "Isn't the other teachers suppose to show you to your classes?" I asked and leaned on my folded arms.

She looked away from me but I still noticed the blush. "Yeah, but I told her that I could manage, and I figured you could help me since well you know"

I felt a slight heat in my cheeks at her statement and looked at the floor. "Ok, I did say on Friday I would so, yeah. If you let me see your schedule I could show you," I said.

She nodded and dug out her schedule and handed it to me. I looked at it and gasped, 'her schedule is the same as mine. I got out mine and compared them, they were the same. The only class we didn't share was sixth period, I took culinary, and she had workshop. I handed her, her schedule, "You have the same classes as me except one."

Winry giggled and took her schedule back, "I guess that simplifies things, and I guess I'll be seeing you a lot in school."

My face felt so hot and I was sure she would tell, but the bell had decided to ring saving me from embarrassment. We grabbed our stuff and went to our first class. It was math, with my teacher Mrs. Valiante. She was a nice teacher and understanding when it came to homework. We got there and I helped Winry introduce her self to the teacher before we took our seats. Soon Russell and Fletcher came in; they also had this class. They sat behind me and Winry and gave her a look of confusion.

"I've never seen you around, you new?" Russell asked.

Winry nodded and held out her hand, "I'm Winry, I moved here on Friday."

Russell took her hand and shook, "I'm Russell and this is my brother Fletcher." He pointed to Fletcher and Winry shook his hand too. "So what brings you to central?"

"Her family moved here with Ed, her Mom is kind of like his personal care taker." I said before she could.

Russell gave me a look that I couldn't put my finger on. He then looked at Winry and smiled. "So how do you like central so far?"

Winry was talking to Russell and Fletcher but I didn't pay attention. I was too busy staring at Russell, Winry might not see it but I did, he was hitting on her, and I didn't like it. 'Wait why do I care, it's not like I like her or anything,' I thought. 'Do I?' The bell rang for class and snapped me out of my thoughts. The class started out as usual, with homework being passed forward and then onto math problems. I finished my work early as usual and when I looked over at Winry she had too. She looked at me and smiled. Finally the teacher signaled five minutes till next period. Ms, Valiante usually allowed us to talk for the last few minutes.

"So what classes do you have?" Russell asked Winry.

She looked back at him, "The same as Al here except workshop for sixth period."

Russell grinned, "Hey me too, I guess I'll be seeing you there." He put his stuff away.

Winry nodded and also put her stuff away. "So what class is next?" She said to me.

"History with Mr. Fenlon," I said. The bell rang and we got up.

"I'll see you later," Russell said and took off. Fletcher also said goodbye and took off after his brother.

"You have some nice friends, you are lucky." She said as we walked in the hall.

"Yeah, Fletcher is a great friend and Russell can be a pain but you learn to deal with it." I said; Winry chuckled.

We got to our next class, my friend Rose was already waiting in the back. We walked over and took a seat near her. "Hey Rose, this is Winry she's new to central."

They shook hands and I told her why she was here. Winry and Rose talked for the last few minutes before class started. They seemed to hit it off really well. Class started and Mr. Fenlon talked about the movie we had watched Friday, then we took some notes on the history of Creta, which is what we were studying this week. This class is always boring; we take notes, study them and then take a test. The teacher was cool though, he only tested us on the most important stuff and he was a prankster. Last week he shrink wrapped the class doorway so we couldn't get in. The bell rang signaling the end of class and everyone packed their stuff.

Rose, Winry and me walked together to the gym which was our third period. Winry didn't have gym clothes so she sat out for the day and Rose sat with her. I was doing the stretches my teacher Coach Knight told us to do. Russell and Fletcher were with me. We did some running and then played dodge ball my favorite game. My team won and got cookies for winning.

When gym ended, Winry and I headed for our fourth period class, English. Mrs. Paling was the best teacher ever; she was nice, and funny. We took some seats in the front and were joined by Fletcher; Wrath had this class but he must still be getting maintenance done. For English we learned some new words and then read a small book. Lunch was during fourth period and my class had the third shift. We went to the lunch room and I got pizza. Winry also got pizza while Fletcher got a sandwich. After lunch we went back to class till next period. Art class was next with my teacher Mrs. Walsh, she is a pretty good teacher but strict. We did some painting during class, and learned about the colors.

Eventually it was sixth period and I showed Winry where her class was before heading off to mine. I had cooking with Fletcher who was my class partner. Rose was also in cooking, but had her own partner. Today we made cookies, and they tasted great. 'I wonder how Winry is doing in her class,' I thought during class. I didn't understand why I cared, but I couldn't help but feel dare I say jealous of Russell at the moment.

It was finally last period, which was Science for me. I had Mrs. Polewarczyk, Russell and Wrath is in my class as well. I got to the class room and saw Russell and Winry sitting together; I almost glared at Russell but held back as I took a seat with them. "How was workshop?" I asked.

"Good, the teacher was nice and the other students as well." She said. "I was put in the mechanics group; I told the teacher that I help my parents build automail: he asked who my parents were and he went nuts. I think he was an old customer of my grandma's."

All my jealousy vanished after she said that. Workshop was made of two groups, the mechanics and woodworks. Russell was in woodworks which meant he was separated from Winry. 'Why am I so relieved?'

"Hey guys, glad I made it today."

I turned around and saw Wrath sitting in front of me. I smiled, "Yeah thought you wouldn't make it."

He turned in his seat to us and gave a huge grin. "Yeah, I needed a quick tune up and my Mom was looking for some new mechanics for my arm." He held out his arm to show off the new work. I was going to say something when a deafening shriek cut me off.

Winry launched out of her seat and grabbed Wraths arm; her eyes were sparkling in awe. "This arm is so cool," She said and began to ramble on about the arm with big words I didn't understand. "Who is your mechanic, this is absolutely amazing." She looked into Wrath's stunned face.

Wrath recovered quickly and grinned, "Cool isn't it, the original make up was made by a guy in Rush Valley, maybe you heard of him."

Winry's face lights up brightly, "You don't mean Dominic LeCoulte, he's the best ever."

"Yep, he's the one, you know a lot about automail, who are you?" Wrath asked.

Winry finally let go of Wraths arm, she held out her hand. "I'm Winry Rockbell, my family just moved here."

Wrath shook her hand and smiled, "My Mom was talking to your Dad this morning at the hospital, and your grandma is my new mechanic. I needed one since I moved here." He leaned in his chair, "So why did you move here?"

I explained the situation to him for her about Ed and why she's involved. Class started soon after and we did our work the teacher gave us. When class ended and school was over we walked out together.

"So you work in automail as well," Wrath was talking with Winry. "If so, maybe you can work on my arm." He gave her a smile.

Winry smiled, "Maybe."

Wrath chuckled and then said bye to us, Russell and Fletcher had also said their farewells and the three of them walked off to their homes. Winry, Rose and I headed home ourselves. Rose also said her goodbyes along the way and it was just me and Winry.

"Did you have fun?" I asked her.

She nodded and stopped in front of my house. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow."

I nodded and waved good bye as she went home. I walked up the front steps of my house and sighed. A small smile crept onto my face. 'I can't wait for tomorrow.'

Soooooooo, yeah, that was the chapter, a little on the boring side. Also, I incorperated some stuff from the first series, like Wrath. No he is not a homunculus and if anyone wishes to know. His parents are Izumi, and Sig, (I will introduce them later with a little side stuff) This is basically the last intro chapter, from here on there is going to be stuff you should pay attention to. No I will not make you learn, this isn't school. Beside the plot stuff look out for the filler chaps that you gave me ideas to, I already have some done and are ready to be viewed by you. Also I'm feeling very awesome today and I might update twice this week. Maybe Tuesday. . . . . . O-O Ok you got me, yes there will be a update Tuesday as well as Friday.

Till then, Antihero is out :D