A/N - As a before thought, I just want to let you all know that I got most of my alchemy statistics and data information from Harry Potter, FMA and the Internet. But because it is a mixture, this story will not flow perfectly with everyone else's concepts of the Art of Alchemy. So please enjoy, and should I be WAY off, inform me please and give me the corrections...but also allow me some creative writing leeway. Thank you. Enjoy...
-Dublith, The Curtis House-
"We need to recreate Flamel's array and cancel out his protection? He was the strongest alchemist ever to live! This is not gonna be easy! Considering he died attempting this!"
Roy pointed out. He, Izumi, Armstrong, Edward and Alphonse stood around Izumi's kitchen counter staring at the open book.
"True, but he was also just one man attempting this. If we can get all skilled alchemist involved..."
Ed began.
"No, we don't want to harm any more lived. What if we get some alchemist who are not that skilled, they will not be strong enough."
Izumi added.
"Yes, but there should be a way to tell the skilled from the non-skilled."
Armstrong put in. They all thought about it.
"Teacher... what about state and national alchemists. They all had to pass a tough exam. They are skilled."
Al spoke up from the corner of the room.
"I'm not a state alchemist and I'm skilled. Same with you Al. There are many alchemist who are skilled and not state alchemists. How do we tell them apart?"
Izumi walked away from the counter and looked at the clock on the wall. It was already noon time. Just then, another scream was head outside as a red flash of light cut in front of the windows. All ran outside and looked around. Riza and Havoc looked like they were tossed into the side of Izumi's house and Sig was flat on the ground. A bunch of others were scattered about like they were all dodging something.
Roy ran over to Riza and Havoc while Izumi ran out to Sig.
"Are you all right?"
"Yes, I'm fine."
Sig slowly sat up and began to stand. Just then, another red light cut across the land and everyone ducked down again. When the lights stopped, everyone looked up. Slowly, they began to stand. A few towns people were starting to panic and looked like they were packing to move. Izumi ran out to them.
"Listen, moving will not protect you. This is happening everywhere. The best thing is to stay put."
"Look what is happening. People are disappearing in this town. Staying here is not safe."
"Moving about carelessly isn't safe either."
Izumi pleaded with her neighbors. They all sighed. Izumi, out of all the stress and recent action, broke down into a fit of bloody coughs.
"Izumi!"
Sig stood up off the ground and ran over to her.
"I'm... fine..."
She coughed a few more times and allowed Sig to help her to her feet. As she stood, the coughing stopped. Some blood remained at the corners of her mouth. She spit once to remove the remaining blood in her mouth.
"Staying put is safer right now yes, but standing around doing nothing is not the smart thing to do right now."
Izumi slowly turned around and with everyone else, saw Dante. She walked over to Izumi and smiled.
"Now, we need to gather all skilled alchemists and we need to band together to end this mess."
"How'd you know..."
Izumi asked as Sig lifted her into his arms.
"I just know."
Soon, the alchemist from town and a few surrounding ton were gathered around Izumi's house. Izumi was inside sitting down with Ed, Al, Armstrong and Roy. Sig approached and handed her a glass of water and a cloth to clean her face with. She drank some of the water and then dipped the cloth into it and began to wash the blood off her mouth. Just then, Riza entered the house.
"The alchemists from the local towns have arrived. Skilled alchemists from Northern City, Western City, Eastern City and Southern City are all gathering in Central City with all the state and national alchemists."
Izumi slowly stood up and staggered outside. What she needed to do was rest, but her stubbornness kept her going. She stepped outside and surveyed the area. There were about fifty alchemist standing around. A few children were there as well. No older then ten or eleven. Izumi smiled at the thought. The children wanted to help but there was no way they were strong enough. She approached the group and stood in the middle.
"This is no ordinary task of alchemy. We need all alchemist who are skilled in all types of arrays. Alchemist who are strong enough to hold a transmutation longer then a few seconds and alchemist who are healthy enough to uphold the pressure."
The crowd erupted into whispers and soon about twenty or so people left wishing people the best of luck. thankfully, all the children left as well. Dante then arrived and walked next to Izumi. She whispered something to her and then they both reentered the house. Izumi opened the book and flipped through the pages quickly. She has yet to read the whole book, only skimmed it.
"Here..."
Izumi pointed to a sketched map of the whole on one of the pages. Marked in black ink were all the small arrays Flamel drew across the planet. Then directly in the center drawn in red ink was the center and final array that needed to be recreated. They studied the array and finally figured out where it was."
"No..."
Roy whispered to himself with a look of terror on his face. The location was the same spot the great Ishbal Rebellion took place. It was a large desert area with high rocky cliffs.
"This is where we need to go. This is where we can end this. Gather the alchemist and let head out..."
Izumi said while pointing with her finger to the spot on the map.
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