Full Metal Alchemist (Prologue)
"…Grrr…It's so hot…"
"Well were in a desert, what did you expect? Ice cold air conditioning?"
"…"
"Listen. You're not going to feel any better moping around and hunching."
"What's wrong with hunching?"
"Well for one thing it's not good for your back…and you look smaller that usual…"
Twitch.
"WHO ARE YOU A CALLING ULTRALY SUPER SMALL MIDGET THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO STEP ON HIM BUT YOU CAN'T BECAUSE HE CAN FIT THREW THE CURVES AND ESCAPE THE WRATH OF A SHOE?" Grabs a big rock and ties it to a stick "Al! Get back here!"
"AHHH!" Runs away
"Come back here!"
"No!"
"Then stop!"
"No!"
"Well pick one!"
"I don't want tooooooooo!"
-Chapter One- "The Beginning"
Edward Elric was 8 and Alphonse Elric was 7 years old when they did their first transmission of alchemy. The both of them turned ordinary sand into a doll for their friend Winery. Alchemy is a power which can make things into other things with the same amount of mass as the original object. Which states one of the laws of alchemy. The principle of equivalent Trade. Though it is still only a science, the laws of nature still apply as well. Edward and Alphonse learned that the hard way.
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4 years later…
Al: Brother, wake up.
Ed: Uhhh….ZzZzZz…
Al: Your gonna be late! The test is today!
Ed: ZzZzZz….What time is it?…
Al: 10 AM
Ed: Oh, okay………………………………………………….TEN AM?
Today is the day of the National Alchemy Qualification Test. It begins at 8:30 AM. Ed, of course, is running a little late. Well, hell of a lot late actually. Ed starts funning to the academy Usually you would see people around the age of 18, 19, 20, and up taking the test. Ed is only 12. He is a self-proclaimed genius where he comes from, and is known in many places. This is because of his hard work and determination. Though he does have motivation behind this. It's not like he woke up one day and decided to become a National Alchemist. It all started when Ed and Al were still little. Around 10 and 9 I'd say…You see, their dad left for the army. He was an alchemist to. So they lived with only their mom. One day after picking fruit Ed and Al came home to a devastating site. Their mom had fainted and would not wake up. At the hospital she came to for a brief moment, "You are his children" she said, "I love you both…good by…" And she died.
Ed didn't take this lightly. Nor did Al. At the day of her funeral the two of them both stood over her grave. Ed then thought of something, something that he should never have.
Ed: Let's bring her back…
Al: Huh? How?
Ed: With alchemy. Remember when we read dads journals and studies? There was a recipe for what you would need to create the average adult human being. Remember?
Al: Kinda…but…
Ed: Yeah! It's perfect! It won't fail us!
But first they needed more training. Eventually they found a woman who would teach them. They stayed with her and returned after a month of training. They were ready. So it was set. A plan to restore their mother from the dead back to life. They both went searching for the ingredients needed.
Element
Mass
of element
in a 70-kg person
oxygen
43 kg
carbon
16 kg
hydrogen
7 kg
nitrogen
1.8 kg
calcium
1.0 kg
phosphorus
780 g
potassium
140 g
sulfur
140 g
sodium
100 g
chlorine
95 g
magnesium
19 g
iron
4.2 g
fluorine
2.6 g
zinc
2.3 g
silicon
1.0 g
rubidium
0.68 g
strontium
0.32 g
bromine
0.26 g
lead
0.12 g
copper
72 mg
aluminum
60 mg
cadmium
50 mg
cerium
40 mg
barium
22 mg
iodine
20 mg
tin
20 mg
titanium
20 mg
boron
18 mg
nickel
15 mg
selenium
15 mg
chromium
14 mg
manganese
12 mg
arsenic
7 mg
lithium
7 mg
cesium
6 mg
mercury
6 mg
germanium
5 mg
molybdenum
5 mg
cobalt
3 mg
antimony
2 mg
silver
2 mg
niobium
1.5 mg
zirconium
1 mg
lanthanium
0.8 mg
gallium
0.7 mg
tellurium
0.7 mg
yttrium
0.6 mg
bismuth
0.5 mg
thallium
0.5 mg
indium
0.4 mg
gold
0.2 mg
scandium
0.2 mg
tantalum
0.2 mg
vanadium
0.11 mg
thorium
0.1 mg
uranium
0.1 mg
samarium
50 µg
beryllium
36 µg
tungsten
20 µg
Such a long list did not take a short time. They searched high and low, and worked for the money to but the items that could be bought. It took them nearly a year to complete the list.
"Brother."
"Hmm."
"What if we never get everything we need?"
"Don't worry Al, we'll get everything." Ed put on a really big smile, "We'll find everything and mom will be back and we will all live happily ever after!"
"Yeah!"
The two brothers walked on laughing and talking about how they were going to be a family again.
After that year passed they finally had everything they need and the exact amounts. Ed carefully read his father journals while Al out everything into a big tube and drew a transmission circle around it. They both put their hands on the circle and it began. A bright yellow light flashed around the room.
"Al! It's working! It's really working!"
Al smiled back at him and got back to concentrating on what they were about to accomplish. Then it happened.
"Al! Al!…AAAAALLLLLLLLL!"
Ed was on the ground trying to fight the pain. His leg had been torn off. Al was no where to be found.
"Bastards…They took me leg. And my brother…Al!"
Then he heard something talking. He crawled closer and closer to the sound. is that…"
He thought he had found Al. but it wasn't him. It was the monster he had created. It was his mother's head. But it looked monstrous. Al screamed and tried to get up. He then realized he only had and smashed into the wall knocking down one of his father's armors that he collected. He started crying.
"It was perfect. It wasn't wrong. We were wrong. AL!"
Then he saw the armor. Lying there. And he remembered reading about how one could transmute a soul into something like a body. For example: A suit of armor. He drew a circle inside the armor where the back of the neck would be with his own blood. But he also had to give up something in return; as the law stated. He soaked his finger in blood and drew a circle on his arm, his leg, and on his heart.
"Please...Please give him back. Take what ever you want! Anything!...Even my heart." A few tears went down his cheek, "Just please...GIVE ME BACK MY BROTHER!"
The last thing Ed remembered was the pain of his arm being ripped off and the suit of armor crying his name and picking him up. After that, he blacked out.
The house was now empty except for the creature that stood in the middle of the room.
"Edu...Edwardo...Aru….Alphonse..."