-Chapter 3- "The Desert City"

Ed-16 Al-14

"Ahhhh…That's soooo much better" The stupid hot sun is about to melt my auto-mail!"

Ed was drinking juice at a local bar while Al watched him. Only a few moments ago Ed and Al found them selves in a town at the eastern edge of a remote region, in the middle of a blazing hot desert.

4 minuets ago…

"Huff…puff…huff…Al! It would have been a lot easier if you had started running around like that. You're made of metal that weighs more than Santa after christmas dinner! It took me forever to dig you out of the sand!"

Ed just kept on yelling and complaining. Blah blah blah. Al just stood their, not knowing what to say as Ed raged on. After about what seemed like 17 years had passed, Ed said something and kicked Al. Al's suit of armor opened up and released 30 pounds of sand his suit collect while buried in it, which now buried Ed.

"Hehe…" ;; Al tip toed away from the sane pile. Ed jumped up and ran after Al. They ran, and ran, and ran. And after that they ran some more. Ed chased his younger brother all over the desert to the next city. Seeing the city Ed ditched Al and ran straight to the entrance. Huff and puffing Ed was while Al was fine as can be. Al looked at his tiny brother while he gasped for air.

"Ni-san? Are you okay?"

"Do I", Ed took a breath, "Look o", Ed took another breath, "Kay to", One more, "Yo…huh?", Ed smelled something and started sniffing. Sniff, sniff, "Brother, you smell that?"

Al looked at him. Ed backed off and started sniffing again. He then heard something and realized what it was.

"Water!" Ed ran toward the smell and sound, "WATER WATER WATER WATER WATER WATER WATER WAAAAAAAATTTTTEEEERRRR!"

Ed saw the fountain and jumped for it. He grabbed a cup that was hooked on to the fountain, then he saw the water…which wasn't water.

"Blood?" Al said behind him, "What is this, some freaky vampire city?"

"No…it's wine."

"Wine?…"

A man grabbed Ed's arm and screamed at him, "You're too young to be drinking from here!"

Which brings us to where we were in the beginning.

"Ahhhh…That's soooo much better" The stupid hot sun is about to melt my auto-mail!"

Ed was drinking juice at a local bar while Al watched him. The bartender looked at him and laughed.

"I'm sorry about yelling at you before, I didn't realize that you two are not from around here. I thought you were just one of those pesky imbeciles trying to drink or get drunk underage. Who are you anyhows?"

Ed looked at him and chuckled, "Have you ever heard of the Fullmetal Alcehmist?"

The bartender looked at him, "So you must be…the…the…"

Ed smiled, "Yup"

The bartender walked up to Al and said, "The great Fullmetal Alchmist!"

"WHAT?", Ed looked around and people started to crowd around Al.

"It's him! The Fullmetal Alchemist!"

Al looked at Ed and said, "Not me, older brother."

A man looked at Ed and said, "You mean that pipsqueak over there?" And at the same time another man said, "Huh, that little 9 year old looking dude?"

Twitch.

Ed grabbed both of them and spun them around while yelling, "WHO ARE YOU CALLING A LITTLE KIDERGARTNER WHO SHOULD BE TAKING A NAP OR BE DRINKING WARM MILK FROM A BOTTLE?"

Ed threw them some where, forcing Al to back away so he wouldn't get hit by one of them. He bumped into a radio in the bar causing it to fall and break.

"Ahhh!" Yelled the bartender, "Not my radio! It's going to start soon!"

Ed and Al had no clue what he was talking about. Al was about to fix it but Ed took the chance to prove himself.

"Don't worry, I can fix it with a little alchemy."

He drew a matrix circle and placed the broken radio pieces in the middle of it. He clapped his hands and placed them on the edge of the circle. "Transmute!" He yelled, and the circle started to light. Then there was a huge bright flash of light, blinding everyone for a moment. When the light cleared the radio was back to it's original from.

Everyone gasped. The bartender looked at him and said, "You can perform miracles to?"

Ed just looked at him and said, "No, that was alchemy. The ability transmute a certain mass to another object with the same mass. In this case, the radio pieces were the same mass as the radio it self. Therefore I could simply restore it back to its former state."

Everyone wowed at him. Ed stood up.

"But what is the miracle you speak of?"

The bartender led him to a seat, "Sit down, and I shall tell you the power of our God."

End of Chapter 3