This is the first fanfic that I wrote down and finished so I wanted to see what the public thinks. It's a real short one but it's suppose to take place over one episode and so here's the fanfic!

I don't own Fullmetal but if you think I do then you go ahead and think that but the only way I would own it is if I bought it off of eBay…

Al and Ed were walking in to a new town that they were passing through when they heard voices yell at them off in the distance.

"Please, move out of my way!" They heard the voice of a young woman yell at them desperately.

"No, stop her, don't let here through!" There was a group of boys chasing her. Ed stood in the middle of the path with his arms spread out and Al doing the same behind him.

"Sorry but I can't let you pass through." Ed said in his usual manner.

"I'm very sorry but you leave me no choice then." She ran fast at them and when she was close enough she did a handspring on Ed's head and jumped over Al and continued to run.

"I'm very sorry about that!" She called and continued to run. Ed stood there with his head swashed and groaned.

"Wow, brother did you see that! She jumped right over us!" Al said looking back at were he last saw her.

"Yeah, no kidding." He rubbed his head.

"But she went right over me, I mean, right over me and look how tall I am!"

"Are you trying to say something about me being a short pip squeak!" He yelled at the top of his lungs, smoke coming from his head.

Th others that were chasing the girl stopped patting in front of them.

"Hey...did...you see... a girl...with a basket run by here? She has her brown hair up in two clips, brown eyes and wore a gray quarter length shirt and dark blue jeans. " They boy in the front asked.

"Why do you want to know?"

"She swindled us!"

"What do you mean?"

"Well she came by to buy herbs from us but didn't have enough since we just increase our prices. So we made her a deal that if she beat us in a game of rock, paper, scissors, that she would pay us what she had. But when I was one win away she used bomb and blew up my scissors!" Ed and Al just stared at them as they stood up straight.

"So have you seen her?"

"Sorry, can't say I have." They sighed and left back to were they came from (that's right they went to their mama's!). When they were out of sight Ed turned and looked at a large tree.

"You can come out now." And the girl came out blushing slightly.

"Thank you very much. I was sure that you would have told on me because of what I did to you. Oh, and I'm also sorry for what I did to you."

"No problem but is what they say true?"

"I'm afraid so."

"Why would you do such a thing?"

"How about I explain at my house over a nice hot meal free of charge?"

"Well, sure. That would be great."

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They were back at the girl's house that was small and cozy, but it had a lot of rooms and a long table with a single white rose. They all sat down and Ed, being the only one eating was stuffing his face because a good free meal was rare.

"You see this town is not far from the city."

"Yeah, that's were we're heading." Al said.

"I thought so. Many people come through here on their way to the city but they don't stay very long at all. This town is a poor one but we are know for taking care of the sick. Ever since I was born my mom would use our house for taking in people who were at deaths door and she would make them as good as new. I was so impressed with it and I always was at her side. My father use to come home every day and cook for the people staying. That was my whole life and when my mother said I was going to have a younger sibling I was the happiest person in the world. It was a few years after my younger brother was born that my father left us to become a state alchemist because of how bad the crime was getting. Even if they were known as heartless lap dogs, but he was there for the people. My mom received many letters from him almost everyday, but then it was every month, and soon twice a year. I mostly took care of my brother while my mom worked her magic but she had started to become weaker everyday and soon didn't have the strength to get out of bed. I tried to take my mothers' place but I couldn't handle it and I didn't know a third of what she did. Then people stop coming and we had no money to eat. We sat there wasting away and soon my mother died. I studied medicine everyday and to our luck people started to come again. That's the way it's been for about seven years now."

"So how old were you when your mother died?" Al asked solemnly.

"About eight years old." She said looking down at her lap. There was a silence.

"As of late my brother has fallen ill, I found him lying on the floor and now he can't get out of bed. There is said to be a herb that can help ease his pain so that's when I left for a while to go get it. I find it harder everyday to leave my house because I want to make sure my brother is comfortable. I can't stand to see him this, he's so young and was full of life. He could even do alchemy. He always said he wanted to become a sate alchemist when he grew up so he could see our father. Little did he or my mom know..."

"Know what?" Ed asked.

"That years before my mom even became sick we received a letter from the militia. It was an official letter saying my father had been killed. All his personal items were to be returned to us and his ashes as well. I didn't have the heart to tell my mom so I hide everything. They never found out. "Where's your brother know?" Ed asked.

"He's in his room, come, you can meet him." They stood up and walked to a door down the hallway and slowly opened the door.

"Matt?" She poked her head inside of a room that was little by candles.

"Yes?" A voice answered very weakly.

She opened the door and the all walked into the room.

"I brought some people here to meet you. And guess what, one of them is a state alchemist."

"How did you know?" Ed asked.

"I saw your pocket watch and figured it out from there. And you are a suit of armor. I could tell because you didn't eat."

She turned from them and walked over to her brother and changed the cloth on his head. Listen I got the herb but it won't last very long. Are you feeling any pain?" She was holding his hand and stroking his hair while sitting on his bed.

"Yes, but I'm okay. You want to introduce me?"

"Sure, the one in the suit of armor is Al and the state alchemist is Ed. You guys this is my brother Matt." They walked closer when they saw how young he was.

"Listen, I'm going to go and prepare the herb, and cheek on the other patient now so you can talk to him but if he's looking tried and is having a hard time talking let him rest." She rushed out of the room but then poked her head back in as an after thought.

"Oh and if it's not to much trouble can you change the cloth on his head if it gets to dry? Thanks!"

"That's my sister for you, always in a rush." Matt laughed slightly. But then he started to cough. The boys sat down on the chairs next to his bed. There was also a small table with another lone white rose.

"So you guys are alchemist huh? That's cool, I was able to do a little alchemy myself before, but now I have trouble even raising my hand. But aren't you a little young to be a state 'lap dog'? That's what people call you anyway isn't?"

"Not really, I don't go by the normal standards for the state so the people see me differently."

"Wow, a light for the people. Hope in the dark..." he trailed off looking out the dark window.

"You know my sister is really great. Ever since daddy left and mommy got sick, she's done everything to keep us going and now she's only got me. And I don't know how much longer she'll even have that."

"What are you talking about, you'll get better soon!" Al said leaning forward.

"I heard what the doctor said and even though sis says I'll get better, my times almost up. I hear her crying at night, when she sits in the kitchen and looks at a photo of all of us and she won't stop for hours."

Ed was silent and changed the cloth on Matt's head.

"Hey what's your sisters name anyway, she never told us, did she brother?" Al said at the uncomfortable silence.

"Come to think of it she didn't."

"Oh, her name is Trisha." I'll end chapter one here, hope it wasn't boring!