(Bree's POV)

When I finally come to, something warm caresses my cheeks and neck. There was rustling above me and birds chirping somewhere off to my right. Hey, there aren't supposed to be birds in the gym. And, it's supposed to be snowing outside why would it be so warm?

Cautiously, I open my eyes. Different hues of greens sparkle overhead, the sun poking in between them to rest on my body. Grass pricks my arms and neck from under me as a breeze plays with my hair. Dimly, I stare at the tree canopy for a while as I try to fit the pieces together.

I'm sure I was at a pep rally at my school. It was snowing today and I got announced for spring sports. The power went out for some reason or another when I sat with the band. Then...

Oh, that's right. The gate swallowed me and I saw the Truth just a moment ago, who put some weird stuff inside my body for some reason or another. So that means I must be in Amestris right now…

I bolt up from my laying position, wildly look about myself. I just saw the Truth and I'm in Amestris.

But hold up, I don't actually know I'm in Amestris. That could've been some crazy dream I had. I could still be in a dream for all that I know. I have to find a town or city, just to confirm it. I'll see what I need to do from there.

With shaky legs, I stand to take a better look around. These are the things that I have confirmed. One, I'm in a forest. Mountains peaks peek out in between the trees and it seems like it slopes down into a valley. Two, there are no roads or pathways for me to follow. But there was more than enough space in between the trees so I can make my own path to where ever I decide to go. Three, I don't have anything but the clothes on my back. Which aren't precisely my hiking wardrobe preference. And four, I'm really hungry. The gnawing in my stomach was starting to get on my nerves.

Alright, if I start heading down, there might be a town or something in the valley. If not, valleys sometimes have rivers that I can follow. And with water comes people. Either way, I can't be that far away from a town… Can I? Great, now the monster of doubt is trying to give me a reality check.

Come on Bree, think positive! I plaster a smile on my face and start to skip down towards the valley, trying to act optimistic. Things could be worst…I could've been in the scorching desert. I HATE the heat. And deserts come with snakes. Gross. So, I should be happy I woke up in a forest like this. It's my favorite terrain to be in! There we go Bree, now we're on a joyful roll! But, again, the monster bares it's fangs towards me.

What if there is no one down there? It snarls. My skipping slows down to a walk.

And you have to walk mile after mile just to find someone to help you? My smile slips to a concern frown.

And even if you get that far, you don't know what's out here, or what could happen before you reach civilization. My heart rate speeds up till it was the only thing I could hear. With frantic eyes, I look around myself again for who knows what. I take in the scenery, expecting to see a flash of something running. Or a snarl. Or smell something feral.

There's probably cougars and bears out here, maybe even wolves. I know how to defend myself against them, all I have to really find is a heavy duty stick. I wish I had some sort of knife or maybe a gun. That would make me feel a lot better. Oh! There's a stick!

I scurry over to the base of a tree, the leaves crunching under my tennis shoes. I snatch up my prize, seeing it was a little too short for my tastes. Oh well, it's better than nothing. If I see a better stick, then I'll just trade it out.

And with that happy thought, I continue my journey downhill.

(3rd POV)

Pryely was a nice, quiet town in the western region of Amestris. But was more in the North, condemning the townsmen to the biting winds in the winter time. But in the other three seasons, it was a wonderful place. The town being located in a valley gave you a panorama view of the snowcapped mountains, surrounding the town in a memorizing way. People from all over Amestris come up for vacation and to taste the sweet air. I guess you can say it was a resort town of sorts that had nice hotels and cute gift shops.

But lately, it hasn't been the perfect vacation place for a few months.

"Did you hear about Gary Mortenson? Found him dead at the boulder field on Norcross Mountain!" a lady in her mid-thirties exclaims to her woman companion, who in return gasps.

"Oh dear! Was it an accident or…" the second woman trails off, not wanting to confront this topic in public. Especially on the ever so busy main street!

"It has to be him! Gary had a knife wound to his chest! Poor dear, I wonder how his wife is holding up…"

"Isn't Camille expecting her fourth right now?"

"Yes she is, must be hard on the poor dear without Gary. We should go visit her, Monica,"

"Of course! I say we head over their right now to help out with her children. You know how wild those kids can get!" And with that, the two woman dash off to the newly widows house. What the two woman didn't realize was that a certain pair of ears was eavesdropping on their conversation.

In a renowned café on Main Street, very close to where the banter was held, was a State Alchemist having a rather large lunch with his companion. Half way into biting his sandwich, he stopped to listen to the two ladies and the rumor that has been going around. He has been hearing this particular one ever since he came into town that morning, waiting for the connecting train to get him back to Central. It was said that a sadistic man was living on Norcross Mountain, killing anyone that he's sees.

"Brother, it's not very polite to eavesdrop." His companion scolds him, barely fitting into the patio chairs set up outside of the café. His brother grunts at him before taking a bite out of his sandwich.

"I've been hearing that same rumor ever since we got here, Al. What if it's not a rumor?" Edward replies after swallowing, his appetite diminishing the more his thoughts turn to this topic. If there was a man out there in the mountain side, what would his reasons be for killing the townspeople? It's a pretty friendly community, and there's no real military groups that come this way. They're far from the border of Drachma, so they're sheltered from the conflict there. Then what is it?

"Should we call up the military to take a look around?" Al asks, shifting his armor to look at said mountainside. He could spot out the rocky area the woman were talking about. It was almost like a scar that ran vertically down the face of it, seeing the grey clashing with the green.

"We don't even know if this rumor's true. Let's take a look around for ourselves, then we can determine if we can catch him or if we do need to call them up for backup." Edward finishes up his sandwich in large bites, setting the money on the table before standing up.

"You just don't want to call Coronel Mustang to ask for help." Al says, a little too smug for Ed's tastes. Even if said boy flinches at his brothers words.

"Th-that's not the reason!" Edward stutters, his ears turning red. "C-come on, I want to look around before it gets dark," He struts down the street, heading for Norcross mountain in the near distance.

"Whatever you say," Al shrugs with an accomplished tone, grabbing his brother's suitcase and following after him.

(Bree's POV)

You know, with nothing to do but walk gives you a lot of time for thought to fly into your head. My head is too full of thoughts at the moment and I'm almost positive that it's going to explode any second. I'm almost begging myself to stop to do something else. Anything to get these thoughts out of my head.

I suspected it was around noon when I started walking, now I think it's sometime in the late afternoon. I haven't seen any opening in the tree's so that I could get a good look down the basin, and I'm too scared to climb one. I don't feel like I've moved much at all, and now my tongue is getting dry and obnoxious with how thirsty I was. I've seen a few streams, but I've learned my lesson to not drink mountain water without a purifier. Giardia is not a fun sickness to get.

Anyway, back on topic. Walking a long distance alone leads to thoughts you might not want to think about at the moment. For example, thinking about your parents and the idea that you may never see them again. Not fun to think about. Or being stuck in a world that will maybe be destroyed by homunculi in the near future. Also, not a fun one.

But there were more pleasant things to think about. Like fangirling a little bit at the real chance of meeting Edward and Alphonse Elric…maybe. There's also a real chance of not meeting them, which is a sobering thought. I've also been thinking about this new matter in my body, seeing that some of my noticeable veins now have a blackish tint to them. Hypothesizing that my blood could now be black, I immediately think of the zombies in World War Z. But I shake that ridiculous thought away, seeing that I'm not hungering for brains or anything.

But, that's not really important at the moment. The important thing is to find people, because where there is people there will be food. And right now I'm dying for some pineapple pizza. Which, by the way, does belong on pizza.

A flash of light brings me out of my food fantasizing, making me jump back. Looking to my right, I see a break in the trees. Without a second thought, I run over towards it at the thought of seeing the valley clearly. As I near the break, I see grey boulders and a lot of rocks. Looks like a land slide happened here a few years ago, seeing plant life growing in between the cracks. I scramble up a boulder and take my first real look at the valley.

The first thing that pops into my head is green. Everywhere I look, the earth is green save for the snow on the top of the mountains. Looking down the valley, I see something that almost makes me burst out into tears. A town! From where I was, it was maybe the size of my fist so that means I was maybe a few miles away. If I hurry, I could get into town before nightfall! All I have to do is follow this gorge down and badda bing, badda boom! I'm home free!

"Alright!" I fist bump the air above me. Grinning from ear to ear, I go to make my way off the boulder when something shines in my face again. Squinting, I look towards the artificial light.

In the cover of shadows at the tree's edge, I make out the silhouette of a man. It was hard to make out any distinguishable features, but the light was reflecting off of something in his hand. Maybe he's a hunter? Or a local? Either way, the aura he was giving off sends shivers down my spine. I smile awkwardly at him, and hurry off down the boulder.

"You're here to kill me, aren't you?" I hear him ask in a deep husky tone, perplexed by the question. Kill him? I don't even know this guy, much less want to kill him.

"E-excuse me?" I ask, stopping in my tracks. Ok, this is starting to get freaky. I should just turn the other cheek and head down as fast as I can.

"Just like those Ishvalan scum, you're here to silence old Benjamin Flakler. But that's not going to happen." He steps out from the shadows, revealing himself to me.

He was wearing a tattered and torn military uniform, most of the button missing and having old stains. It was an Amerstian uniform, also confirming that being in Amestris was a big possibility. His hair was unruly and dark, seeing the sheen of grease reflecting in the sun. And his eyes were bloodshot, wildly looking around and always landing back on me. He only had one shoe.

"Uh, sir, um I- I'm not here to…" I try to get out, slowly backing away from him. But with every step I take, he takes two more.

"They probably thought to send a helpless looking little girl, seeing the man yesterday failed at his mission. But they can't pull one over Ben," he chuckles, still looking at me with fever bright eyes. Sweat trickles down my temple, seeing Ben holding a few knifes in his hand. Probably for throwing. I have to get away from him, get to the town that will hopefully have police there or someone to help.

I turn suddenly, to bolt away from the man and down the rocky slope. But with just my luck, my foot slips on a loose foothold and gravity takes hold of me. I fall to the ground, catching myself on my hands as the rocks collide with my legs and hips painfully. Hearing moving rocks, I look up to see Ben lunge at me, knife in hand ready to dig itself into my skin and laughing like crazy. I do the first thing that comes to my mind.

I scream.

(3rd POV)

Edward and Alphonse were trudging up the mountain slope, Edward slouching as he climbed. The slope was making Ed's calf's hurt and was panting like a dog. The two have been walking for a few hours now, and they were just reaching their destination.

"Wow, this took longer than I thought it would," Al speaks his thoughts out loud, looking around himself. He was swept away in the beauty of the scenery, and wanted to drink all of it in before they have to get back on their train in the morning. And this is one of the few reasons why he kind of appreciated his armored body. He didn't get tired or out of breath when he did physical exercise. This allowed him to pay attention to things he couldn't if he was in a human body.

"Yeah," Ed grumbles, glancing at his younger brother who was looking around himself like a kid in a sweets shop. Even though Edward was the one to suggest this hike, he was now regretting it. If this is just a crazy rumor, I'm going to be ticked. He thinks, looking up the slope to see they were only a few yards away from their destination. "Hey there it is!" Ed points to the grey rocks, a small wave a relief washing over him.

"What do you want to do now Brother? The landslide covered a lot of area,"

"Let's find the spot where that guy was killed. Maybe we'll get some leads," Ed responds, reaching the rocky patch and starting to climb around the boulders.

"Sounds like a plan," Alphonse agrees as he follows his brother. It only takes them a few minutes to find the murder sight. It was hard to miss, considering how much blood has seeped into the rocks. To Edward, It looked like the victim was laying down when he was killed. There was no loose rocks or sharp edges that he could've died from, so the jabbering ladies where probably speaking the truth about the knife wound.

Ed was circling around the scene, trying to find any clues as to where the murderer went. Alphonse was farther ahead of him, Edward barley able to find his brother in the sea of grey. Alphonse can take care of himself, Ed reassures himself, looking back to the crime scene.

"Brother!" Alphonse calls, making Ed jump. Or maybe not. Edward rushes towards Al's voice, hoping that nothing has happened to his little brother. But upon arrival, Alphonse was alright and Ed gives a small sigh of relief. "Look at what I found!" Edward looks at his brothers outstretch hands, looking at the object.

"A shoe?" Edward asks no one in particular, looking at the brown mass. You could barely call it a shoe anymore, seeing the sole flapping off at the bottom and all the tears in it.

"I found it wedge in between a few rocks, whoever owned this was trying to get away fast if they just left it behind." Al says, turning it over in his hands.

"Ok…" Edward wanted hard facts, not just presumptions. "Al, that shoe could've been here for years. I don't think it's going to help in-." Edward was cut off by a high pitch scream bouncing off the rocks, startling the brothers. It was a girl, a terrified one at that. And it was close. The brothers look at each other for a moment before nodding and running up the slope.

"Do you think it's the murderer?" Al asks, letting Ed run in front of him on the narrow pathways.

"Maybe!" Ed response, looking back at his brother while rounding a corner. Out of nowhere something slams into Ed hard, making him twist and fall. Alphonse, alarmed, slides to a stop and looks over to his fallen brother to see what had happened.

Laying side by side with Edwards arm draped over her waist, was a girl.

A/N: Sorry it took so long guys! It was kinda hard to figure out how I was going to introduce the Elric brothers. And Marching Band started up for me so I don't have much free time on my hands.

But anyways, how is it? Did I portray the Elrics correctly? Its always scary for me to try to write someone else's fictional characters because I'm afraid that I'll do it wrong. Is this interesting in any way? I really wanted to try to come up with a small original plot/ storyline. It was really fun!

Please comment something in the magical box below and have a great week this week with whatever you guys do with your lives! :)