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"THE HAVOCS ARE HERE!" A worker from the orphanage, a young frazzled woman with hair in her face, ran in and motioned for all the boys to stand up. "The Havoc family has arrived. Please, boys, remain on your best behavior, because, although one of you is leaving, the rest of you will have to deal with the headmaster, and I'm sure that's something none of you want."

Roy smiled, he had come to like this girl, as she seemed just as lost as most of the orphans. She had once caught Roy taking a book from the library, but said merely said, "Return it once you're finished, and I won't tell anyone." She winked at him and sent him on his way quickly. She also was very generous when it came to meals and cleaned the sheets so they were soft. She had become like a second mother for most of the orphaned boys.

Roy eyed his arrays, wanting badly to work on them. As the doors opened, a plump woman with blonde hair, a taller man with matching hair color, and a young man with light blonde hair in the front and darker blonde in the back, a strong stature, and a grin on his face stood in the doorway. Judging by the way they were dressed, they looked pretty well off, able to support at least four or five of the orphans easily. Unfortunately, they weren't interested in five new children. They were interested in one boy; a boy to maybe help on the farm and around the house, and to keep their other son company. Personally, Roy was only interested in studying alchemy, but if he could get out of the orphanage and into a house were people would love him and care for him; where he would have money to read quality alchemy books, then he would look strong.

She saw the mother lean over the boy's shoulder to tell him something and he nodded. The boy looked about 16 or 17, but what was for sure was that he was strong, probably from years of working on the farm with his father. He walked into the room further and towards a group of boys away from Roy. While studying the boy, Roy noticed him fingering a small rectangular silver box. He pulled it out completely for just a moment, but in that moment, he realized that he needed to talk to the young Havoc, for he had a lighter. Something that could get sparks going and make his array work… perhaps… perhaps if he showed him his alchemy, he would choose him. After all, that's what had worked for the last person who had become friends with him.

As the blonde boy walked down the line of boys, his eyes were uninterested in the hopeful looking orphans. He walked by Roy, and stopped, looking interested for a moment, as though he saw something deeper than the onyx eyes that were hopeful for being adopted, or the square jaw and the light skin that suggested he was from the north east. No, this boy was seeing something in Roy. Unfortunately, whatever he saw, he shrugged off, and began to walk away. Roy was nervous; he wanted to get that lighter and show him what he could do. He had been studying his arrays enough, and he knew which one he should use, if he could just get one… more… chance…

It was too much to bear, he grabbed the boy by the shoulder and wheeled him around, shouting at him, "If you let me see that lighter, I'll show you why you should adopt me!"

The whole room gasped before going completely silent. The blonde boy looked taken aback and was blushing a little from surprise. Roy was bright red from embarrassment, not sure why he had just done what he had done. Sure that he was going to be rejected, he began to step slowly back into line. "Er… sorry."

But instead of rejecting the alchemist, he retrieved the lighter held it up, letting the light coming in from a window in a west entrance glint against the shiny surface. "This?" He questioned. Roy looked up, bewildered. He swallowed and nodded shakily. The young Havoc smiled, tossing it gently to the bright red Mustang, who caught it with a struggle.

"C-come here, I'll show you." He walked to the place where a white sheet covered the cement ground. He kicked the sheet away from ground and revealed the array with two triangles overlapping to form a diamond in the center. Havoc leaned in, "…what's this?"

Roy smirked, it seemed as though his plan was working, Havoc was definitely interested. "Just watch," he grabbed the lighter with one hand and took a deep breath. If he screwed this up, he'd be lined up and shot by all the staff. He leaned into the array and took one last breath. Flipping the lighter open, he slammed his hands on the ground and concentrated on a candle in front of him, about 60 feet away. For a second, nothing happened, and he let out a sigh of disappointment, but before he could finish, what looked like a bolt of orange-red lightning threw sparks in the air and headed straight for the candle across the room. Concentrating harder, forgetting why he was doing this, who he was trying to impress, he closed his eyes and pictured the candle lighting. After a while, it became quiet and he kept his head to the floor, his eyes clamped shut as tightly as he could. "Oh no," he whispered under the short breaths he was taking, "I messed it u--"

"Oh my god…" Havoc's voice was trembling and Roy raised his head to meet Havoc's eyes, which were overcome by surprise… or was it fear? He raised a hand and pointed across the room at the candle. Roy turned his head to see a small flickering flame upon the wick that had before remained unlit. Roy stared. He had done it. He had controlled fire.

"How did you do that…?" he heard a kid behind him say. Soon the room was crowded with chatter about what had just happened, but then Havoc straightened himself up and shouted, "Mom! Dad!" The whole room became quiet as he walked over to Roy, putting a hand on his shoulder, his body facing away from him. "We're taking him!"

Yay I'm so damn happy, and I wrote it xD I hope you enjoyed it. It was a bit longer than usual. I would have made it longer but I really couldn't think of anything to add in between. If you guys have some suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them, you can either e-mail me or just review. I'll respond then…

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