Hi guys... soo it's really late -er- early and I'm sleepy, but I made this new chappie special for you guys. It's longer than last time so this is good! :D but I'm too sleepy (Ed: More like lazy! Weirdo: It's one in the fricken morning! Ed: Still lazy Weirdo: Ass) at the moment to make the full before story thingy I usually do. Yay! Some of Embers messed up family history gets an update! woohoo!

Ember let out an 'oof' for the umpteenth time as Izumi slammed her into the ground once again. Groaning, she stood up once more and took up the fighting position she had been taught. She was wearing a pair of borrowed sweat pants and a long-sleeved top. For once she was almost glad that her hair was short, seeing as she stayed much cooler while working out.

"We'll continue our lesson after lunch," The black haired woman said, walking towards the house and she hadn't even broken a sweat! "And make sure you drink plenty of water so you don't get dehydrated, but don't gulp it down too fast or you'll get sick."

"Almost sounds like you're speaking from experience," Ember panted, every muscle in her body screaming for her to just skip lunch and go straight to a nap in the grass, all except for her stomach.

Izumi smiled as she heard the loud growling coming from the girl's digestive tract. "Too much food will make you sick, too."

Ember flopped on to her bed in the room she and Winry were sharing. She sighed as she heard the various pops in her back as she twisted onto her side and was asleep in an instant. However, it felt almost like a second then she was being shaken awake by a drowsy blonde, and there was light pouring through the window.

Mumbling under her breath, Ember put her arm over her face. "It's not allowed to me morning yet, god damn it."

Her reply was a sleepy laugh and a call from down stairs in the form of Izumi's voice. "Ember, you're lucky I let you sleep this late, get down here and eat your breakfast now!"

"Crap, she's psychic," the brunette mumbled as she threw her clothes on quickly and got to the kitchen as fast as she could without falling down the stairs.

When she got to the table she was met with eggs and bacon with milk. "So you don't hate me entirely after all," Ember sighed as she tucked into her meal.

"Today, we're going to start the more complicated part of your lessons," Izumi said as she watched the girl eat, and good god she could give Ed a run for his money.

"Wait, what?" Ember looked at the woman like she had just grown a second head. "I had my butt handed to me on a silver platter yesterday."

"That's because you're just now learning, and, no, I'm not psychic, you just grumble louder than you think in the mornings," Izumi said as she stood up and made her way towards the doorway and Ember stared at her with her mouth gaping open. These people can be creepy.

"Focus, Ember," Izumi said over the girls shoulder.

They weren't in the yard as they had been before. In order to make sure that no unwanted spectators saw Embers "power" they were now in the basement of the shop, trying to figure out how to make her use it by will. So far, all that had been accomplished was one massive head ache on Embers part, and slight annoyance that she couldn't figure it out on Izumi's.

Massaging her temples Ember sighed, "Look, my brain is fried. Maybe we'll figure it out next time, but right now my head feels like it's about to explode."

"Are you questioning my methods of teaching?" Izumi said dangerously, a black aura forming around her as her grip on Embers shoulder tightened.

"N-no," Ember said quickly. "S-sorry for saying anything!" It was easy to see why Ed and Al were scared as hell of her.

Izumi sighed and looked at the clock on the wall. "You're right. Go get some rest, you're going to get up bright and early tomorrow," She looked at her new pupil and tightened her grip on her shoulder for emphasis on the last sentence.

Ember and Winry sat at their usual spot for their little guitar lessons that they always had when Izumi gave Ember a little time off. Winry was a fast learner; she had already been taught a simplified Spanish folk song called Malagueña, and was now working on a slightly more difficult version of it.

Winry scowled at the instrument in her hands as she was having difficulties with the picking technique Ember was trying to get her to do. "Ember, how do you do this?" She demanded.

"Lots of practice and my Grams was a great teacher," Ember replied, laughing a little at her friends' distress.

"Is your grandmother back home?" Winry asked.

Embers smile faltered a little bit. "She had brain cancer, she was the bravest woman I knew, and she was taken down by a bloody blob of over grown cells," Ember spat almost angrily.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Winry said quietly.

"It's not your fault."

"So where does your family live anyway?" Winry asked innocently.

"Far, far away," Ember replied, then snapping out of a semi-trance she was in she went straight back to the lesson the two were having.

It had been about a month since they had dropped the brothers off on the island and Ember had started to learn how to fight properly. That was why Ember wasn't out practicing with the meat shop's owner this morning like she normally did. Instead, Izumi was out retrieving the two boys. What they didn't expect was a dark haired boy who was practically naked to walk through the doors.

"I'm glad you two are back. We were getting worried about you," Winry said as she stood with her friends.

"We don't die that easy," Ed said.

"What about Madam Kick-Butt? Has the teacher forgiven her students?" Ember asked.

"We went against her teachings, Ember," Al replied.

"She taught us that we were just small pieces of the world, and that everything in the world works in a cycle, a flow," Ed added. "But we were conceited, we thought we could bend the world anyway we wanted. We were young, but that's no excuse. We let her down."

"Yeah, I don't think she'll ever fully forgive us," Al agreed.

The children had finally "won" and Mason was on the ground getting a severe tickle attack from them.

"That's not fair!" Winry suddenly said. "Everybody makes mistakes! Doesn't she know that? I'm gonna tell her what I think!"

The blonde found herself being held back by the two boys she grew up with as they protested her decision. "Al was just joking when he said that! I'm sure she'll forgive us, right Al?"

"Yeah, of course she will."

"So what's your problem with the kid," Ember asked with a slightly amused look on her face as she watched her friends, but something about that boy gave her a bad vibe. Damn it! I knew I should have paid more attention to Sarah when she was ranting about her shows!

"I don't know. I think it's just that Teacher trusts him too much. Too easily."

Yeah... I kinda skipped around alot in this one (Ed: Like I said, lazy Weirdo: I will kick your ass) and when Ed says the thing about the world is a cycle, does anyone else get the Lion King stuck in their head? No? Just me? Ok.

ZOMG! did anyone watch the new Doctor Who (American time- we're a tad behind from the Brittish)? I FRICKEN HATE "To be continued" EPISODES! AND WHY DO I KEEP SEEING STUFF THAT SAYS RIP Roary? HE DIDN'T REALLY DIE, IT WAS A DREAM! And who else gets the feeling that the slightly chubby scientish chick's gonna get herself killed by the lizard people? I'm probably just talking to my self now, but that's ok! And when are whe gonna see Captain Jack again? and how about Jennie? Helloo... Doctor's Daughter, where'd she go?

Oooo... and if you where wondering what Malagueña sounds like you can here a complicated version here. Remember, Winry's a newbie, she wasn't playing this version, it was a simplified version of this: http:/ www . youtube . com / watch?v=1PtQkyMbDbc just take out the spaces, you know the drill.