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Claimer: I do own Alchemy, and later, Magi.

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Safferon and Lucia!

Note:

Sorry for not making a new chapter sooner, my sibs were hogging the computer… Alchemy's appearance will not be truly revealed until later in the series. Sorry!

Last Time On Clouded Dreams…

"You're making her a State Alchemist?" Hawkeye asked

"If she'll accept." Mustang answered

"What's this? A…Present? For me?" Ed held the small box.

"Yes for you." Alchemy answered for him "Well go ahead, open it."

Ed opened the gift to reveal a beautiful, gleaming chain necklace. "Thanks, this is a really great present!" Ed looked up "Where'd she go?"

"How would you like to be a State Alchemist?" Mustang asked Alchemy

"It would be an honor, sir." Alchemy answered

"Why don't you take your cloak off?" Al asked "It's probably hot under there."

"No!" Alchemy burst out "I mean no thanks. Say, it's getting late, I should go to bed. See ya tomorrow!" Alchemy went into her new home

Al looked discouraged "What did I say?"

"I dunno, Al. But that Alchemy girl is a strange one."

Part One

Hearts Bloom

Ch. 3

The Pink Haired Girl

Late, Late that Night…

Ed didn't sleep very well anymore because of his and Al's horrible past, so he was half awake. He was staring blankly out the window when something caught his eye. It flew by again. It was then that Ed realized it was a person.

He stood up and walked to the window, still half asleep. The person flew directly to Ed this time. It was a girl, who looked around Ed's age, pink hair and grey or green eyes, depending on the light. She seemed to be floating on some sort of cloud, only the people below could have seen that there was a pink transfusion circle sitting under the cloud.

Even though her appearance was that of a. eighteen year old, Ed definitely could see that she had the essence of a child.

The girl flew right up close to Ed's face, only centimeters away. The two could feel each others breath. She stared deeply into Ed's piercing golden eyes. The girl stopped her serious gaze with a few giggles.

She pulled away and threw some sort of powder on Ed's head. The powder immediately made him drowsy. His vision blurred as he watched the pink haired girl wave at him.

She again flew up to him, only this time her face falling behind his ear. Ed's head drooped down to the ledge of his window, his eyes already closing. The last thing he remembered was hearing her whisper in a childish voice in his ear: "Good bye, Edward Elric…"

Ch. 4

Like a Dream

"You met a…Pink haired…Girl, last night?" Al wondered. Ed had told him the events that had taken place the previous night. The two were sitting at a table in the large eating hall. Ed had brought paper, a pencil, and colored pastels.

"Yeah…I…Think so." Ed didn't sound very sure, though. "I remember what she looked like…But I can't describe her out loud…"

Ed pulled the paper, pencil, and color pastels toward him. He began to draw silently. Then, he took the pastels and colored his drawing.

Ed turned the drawing so Al could see it. The drawing was amazing! It was like a color photo of the pink haired girl's head.

"Wow, brother!" Al was looking at the drawing down to each and every detail. "I didn't know you could draw so well."

"Al, you're missing the whole point of the drawing!" Ed told his younger brother

Alchemy snuck up behind the two Elric brothers with two trays of food stacked. She quickly placed the trays on the table and swiped the drawing from Al.

"Wow, nice drawing." She said "She's pretty, who is she? Your girlfriend I presume, Ed?"

"As far as I know, Ed doesn't have a girlfriend." Mustang simply told them

"Colonel Mustang!" Alchemy, her cloak flying, stood straight, like a soldier, and saluted.

"Maybe you should be more like her, Ed." Mustang suggested

"What do you want, Mustang?" Ed said

Mustang was holding an envelope "I'm her to give Alchemy her acceptance papers." Mustang handed Alchemy the envelope and left, mumbling to himself about having too much paperwork to do.

Alchemy simply cast it aside. She took one tray off the other and shoved it to Ed. Alchemy put the drawing of the pink haired girl in between the three of them.

"So, tell me more about this pink haired girl. Who is she? What's she like?"

"Don't you ever take your cloak off?" Ed inquired "Or at least put your hood down?"

"No. And that's not the answers to my questions. About this pink haired girl…"

"I don't even know her." Ed started "She showed up at me and Al's window sill last night. It was like a dream… She acted like a child, more or less, though she looked like she was my age." Ed finished

"You met this girl…On your…Window sill?" Alchemy stated doubtfully

"Like I told you, it seemed like a dream." Ed told them again."

"You mean to tell us that you drew a picture of a girl that looks more like you took a photo of her, and you're not even sure she really exists?" Alchemy shouted

"What're you shouting at me for?" Ed yelled back "I was half asleep!"

"Well you could at least make sure she's really real before you tell us all this crap for nothing!"

Al seemed to shrink between the two's bickering, keeping silent the whole time.

"I see you two are getting along." Someone said from behind the two. It was Winry. She walked to the other side of the table and sat next to Al.

"Hmph." Alchemy turned the other way, facing away from Ed, and began to pick at her food.

"Listen, Winry, about the birthday party yesterday…" Ed said sadly

"It's okay, Ed." Winry told him "You can't help these kinds of incidents."

"Are you sure?" Ed asked "'Cause I'd really like to make it up to you…"

"Well…There is one thing…" Winry's eyes began to shine with that mechanic's kind of way.

"No." Ed simply said

"But I haven't even asked you yet!" Winry protested "Besides, you said you wanted to make it up to me!"

"I know what you want to do, and that's take apart my State Watch! The answer is no!"

"Aw…" Winry then turned to Alchemy with a pitiful expression.

"Even if I had one, I wouldn't give it to you." Alchemy said coldly. "Wait, why haven't they given me a State Watch? Mustang said I've been accepted."

"He must have forgotten the written test." Al said, finally speaking. "You must have been accepted for the hand-on test. But there is two parts, and the second part is the written test.

"I hear it's pretty hard, and for each person it's different for safety measures."

"I see…" Alchemy said, more to herself than anyone else. "Anyway, Ed, you should eat. Your food's getting cold."

"Oh, thanks." Ed bent over the table to get some soy sauce, the strain pulling the necklace Alchemy had given him out from under his shirt.

The beautiful necklace caught the sun rays that were filtering in. It shined brightly, directly on Winry's face.

"It's gorgeous, Ed," Winry told him with only one eye open. "Wher'd you get it?"

"What, you mean this?" Ed showed the necklace to Winry and then placed it back under his shirt. "Alchemy gave it to me as a birthday gift." Ed got a sly look in his eye "And it's a much better present than a couple spare auto mail parts."

"Ooh! You make me so mad, Edward Elric!" Winry stood up. "I give you a present and you tell me you hate it! Fine!" Winry was gone before anyone could say anything else to her.

"Wow, real stable, that girl." Alchemy stated sarcastically. "So how long you know her?"

"We grew up together in Risenbul." Al answered

"Well at least I know you liked my present. Al, tell me more about this written part of the State Alchemist test."

"There isn't much to say." Ed answered for Al "But you should probably ask Colonel Mustang or someone about it, otherwise you won't be an authorized State Alchemist."

"Someone talking about the State written test?" Maes asked

"Hey, Maes, haven't seen you in a while."

Maes squeezed a chair beside Ed, also pushing him off, right into Alchemy. Alchemy scooted into half a seat and let Ed land beside her. Ed pulled himself back into his own seat.

Maes got up next to Ed's face to whisper something to him. "The buzz around Central is that there's going to be new State Alchemist. They say her name is Alchemy, and she's a Cloak Freak!"

"It's nice to meet you too, Maes." Alchemy said, having over heard Maes.

"You're…Alchemy?" Maes inquired "But most of the other State Alchemists are calling you all these names…They're making fun of you and everything…"

"It would appear I'm not too popular with the other Alchemists." Alchemy smirked, though no one could see it from under her hood's shadow.

"It would appear so." Maes agreed "Anyway, so what's the problem with the State written test?"

"I don't know where or when to take it." Alchemy explained

"Well, I could check it out with Fuhrer Bradly for you." Maes offered

"Would you? That would be great, thanks!" Alchemy exclaimed

"Sure, I'll get you the details before nightfall." Maes told them "But there's one thing I have to ask you."

"What's that?"

"…Have you seen my Daughter?" Maes burst out "Isn't she so cute? This is a picture of her in her mother's sun hat!" Maes shoved picture into Alchemy's face. He flashed them over and over again.

"Maes, will you give it a rest?" Ed shoved the pictures back to him

"Fine, then." Maes said, disappointed "I'll remember to get that information for you, Alchemy." He told her before leaving.

"You two!" Hawkeye shouted "My office, now!"

And that would end this chapter. What does Lieutenant Hawkeye want with Ed and Alchemy?

Next Time On Clouded Dreams:

Ed and Alchemy are asked to become partners as State Alchemists. But Alchemy's not even a State Alchemist yet. But even so, will they accept?