After getting a pair of strong and sturdy black Rugby trainers without the studs on the shoe's soul and saying goodbye to the girls, I started heading for Central Command. If I was going to meet up with Ed and Al again, then I was most likely going to find them at the command center, right?

When I got there, it appeared I wasn't the only one wanting to see Ed and Al.

"Excuse me, I'd like to see Edward and Alphonse Elric." A blonde girl about the same age as Ed said.

She was very pretty with long, lemon blonde hair, peach skin and sky-blue eyes. She was wearing her hair loose and mostly behind her back but there was a long lock of hair on either side of her face and her bangs fell casually from right to left across her forehead in the position of a hawk-wing. She was wearing a pale peachy dress with a brown suit-case in her arms, a white sun-hat and a red jacket.

I sprinted over to her, "Me, too please!"

The receptionist at the desk and the girl looked at me oddly, but the receptionist nodded and went back to her phone. The girl continued to stare at me even after the receptionist told us to go wait in the front and that was when I decided a few introductions were needed.

"I'm Shoko." I told her, smiling, "Who are you?"

"I'm Winry Rockbell, a childhood friend of Ed and Al's." The girl said and narrowed her eyes, "And how do you know the brothers?"

"So you're the infamous Winry Rockbell!" I exclaimed; I could see why Al liked her, she really was pretty, "I'm the older sister of a friend of theirs."

"I see." Winry's eyes narrowed even more, "Can you tell me which friend it is?"

"I'm Nina's big sister!" I giggled.

Her eyes widened, "But Al said in his letters that your name was Celina!"

I grinned, "Celina's my middle name and what I asked Ed and Al to call me while we were living at the Tucker household. Shoko's my real name, but I don't really like it so I don't often introduce myself with it."

"Why did you introduce yourself as Shoko then?" Winry asked.

I chuckled, "Always do with strangers, even when I know they're my friends' friends. But I can tell you're someone I can trust, I can sense it from your aurora."

"My what?" Winry asked.

"Your aurora." I explained, "It's like waves of energy that come off a person and tells people who can read them if the person is good or bad. The waves from you are very positive but have a bit of negativity underneath them; that means you've been through some hard times, but you're still soft of heart and curious of spirit. You're still willing to give the world a chance, even though it's been mean to you and that's a very good mind-set to have, Miss. Winry."

Winry seemed surprised but smiled and turned her head to the sky, as I did as well. We sat in silence as we waited for Ed and Al to arrive; Winry did at least, I was talking to Logan.

"Your aurora? Seriously?" Logan asked, as if questioning my sanity.

"Yes, seriously. What's wrong with it?" I spat back.

"It's so mainstream and so lame."

"You don't know a thing about human culture other than the basics of what not to do when at a table full of food, Logan, you can't really be the one to talk here."

"Shut up, Celina, I'm your elder so listen to me."

"Only in Thylacine years. And didn't you say that the order of birth doesn't actually have any significance with your kind?"

"Only in our family."

"Hypocrite."

"Lame brain."

"Freak."

Winry sighed, snapping me from my thoughts, "How long are they going to keep us waiting?"

I shrugged, "I don't know, Miss. Winry."

She lifted her head and looked over in surprise at something. I also turned my head and saw a pale blue van a little ways away with "Barry's Food Shop" labelled on it. Winry grew excited and ran over to the van leaving her suit-case and jacket behind.

The blonde gasped and smiled while she got a closer look, "It's one of the newly created refrigerated vans!" she placed her fingertips on the car for a moment then started running them over it, astonished, "Central sure does have the latest cars. Amazing! I sure would love to dismantle it."

I felt myself sweat-dropping, "Edward was right, you are a mechanics junkie."

"I'm afraid having it dismantled would put me out of a job for the day."

We turned our heads to see a woman standing by us with long, curly, light brown hair, green eyes that had a coldness to them that only I could see it appeared and peach skin. She was wearing a green dress and had a potato sack in her hand. I distrusted her instantly.

"I'm sorry!" Winry took her hands off the truck, "Is this your truck?"

"That's right," the woman said, opening the door, "this is my food shop's delivery truck."

She threw the sack in and Winry watched in envy and amazement as it entered the machine that had cold air spilling out of it. Actually, watched is the wrong word, stared is more like it. And she had her eyes on me, too. Now I don't like her.

"Is something the matter?" Winry asked when she noticed the woman's eyes on her.

"If you like, would you care to look inside?" The woman offered.

Before I could decline, Winry was practically jumping, "Huh?! I can?! Thanks so much! Come on, Celina-chan!"

Before I could protest, Winry had grabbed my wrist and pulled me inside the truck, making me go 'whoa' as I tried to balance myself again. I tried getting to my feet, but the truck suddenly jerked and I was on my back again.

"Winry, are you okay?" I called in the frozen moving fridge.

She sat up and rubbed her sides, "Yeah, I'm fine, but what's going on?"

I knew something wasn't right, I dang well knew it. The truck wouldn't stop no matter how much noise I made or how much Winry tried to tinker with it; nothing worked. The truck finally stopped and when we got out, I realized instantly that we were at a meat-shop. But before I could say anything, I felt something heavy and blunt slam into the back of my shoulders and I ended up losing consciousness.