"Brother?"

"Yeah, Al? What is it?" Edward sat up from lying on the couch. Al, who was sitting on his bed, looked down at the ground.

"You think it's her, don't you?" He asked. Ed looked at his brother. "You think that-"

"It is her, Al. It has to be!" Ed slumped back onto the couch, listening as rain began to fall. "She was afraid of storms, remember? Well, a storm is coming. If she's afraid, that'll prove it!" Al sighed, a distant crash of thunder sounding in the distance.

Ruby came out wearing her new clothes. "How do I look?" She asked. Ed and Al both stood up. Ed smiled.

"You look great." He said. Thunder sounded, closer this time. Ruby looked out the window, flinching as lightning flashed across the sky. Ed looked at Al, who sighed. Brother, even if this is her, that must mean that, He trailed his thoughts off. He knew he couldn't deny the facts, it had to be her, and he didn't want to bring down his brother after seeing how happy he's been since they found her.
Ruby sat down on the couch, and Ed sat next to her.

"Ruby," Al started. "Do you remember anything from your past?" Ruby looked at her feet, jumping on Ed as thunder sounded over head. She blushed and moved back onto her side of the couch, shaking a little.

"I don't really remember anything much, though you two seemed sort of familiar. But," She trailed off for a moment. Ed put his hand on her shoulder. Ruby continued. "I keep having this dream, about a girl, older then me, Winry was her name. Have you heard of her?" Ruby looked at Ed, who was looking at Al.

"Yeah, she's the one who made these." Ed showed her his left leg and right arm. Ruby gasped.

"They're metal!" She winced as more lightning flashed, then clung to Ed when the power went out. "I'm sorry, I'm just so afraid of storms," Ed put his arm around her.

"It's okay." He said. Ed smiled down at her, and Ruby yawned.

"Brother, I think we should get to bed now." Al said. Ed sighed.

"Yeah, I guess you're right, Al. Hey Ruby, you can take my bed, and I'll-" Ed stopped. Ruby was already asleep. Ed stroked his fingers through her hair before he carried her over to his bed. He laid her down and tucked her in, then took a spare blanket from under the bed. He was about to go over to the couch when he heard Ruby murmur something.

"Good night, Edward Elric," Ed looked at Al, but he was asleep already. We never told her our last name, He thought. That was it, it really, truly had to be her.

Lust stared out at the large moon through an arched window. Footsteps sounded behind her. "Will things be ready by tomorrow, Gluttony?" She asked without looking.

"Envy said things are all ready." Came the reply. Lust smiled.

"Tell Envy that he is to fetch her as soon as they've woken up." She ordered. Gluttony looked at her for a moment.

"I'll tell him." He responded. "Can I grab a snack on the way?" He peered at some people grouped together through the window.

"No." Lust looked at him. "We don't want to draw any more attention to ourselves then necessary."

Al was the first one awake that morning. He sat up, then looked over to Ed's bed and saw Ruby. He walked over to the couch where Ed was and shook him awake. "Brother, wake up." He said.

"Five more minutes," Came the muffled response. Al pulled the blanket off him. Ed sat up. "C'mon Al, it's early,"

"It's nine o'clock." Al stated. Ed opened his eyes. He looked over at his bed.

"How come you woke me up but not her?" He complained.

"Just get up already, Ed!" Came Ruby's voice. She stood up and stretched. "Nice day out, too," She commented, opening the window a crack.

"It sure is," came a voice from outside the window. The three of them looked at the window in bewilderment. Ed's eyes widened as he realized who this was. He stepped in front of Ruby. A figure appeared outside the window, but the sun was too bright to tell who it was. "Now, if the young lady would kindly come with me." He said mockingly, bursting through the window. Ed transmuted his right arm into a sharp blade.

"Back off," Ed warned. The figure laughed.

"Surely you don't think you can kill me, do you?" Ruby looked confused by all this. What did he have to do with her?

"Who are you?" She asked. Ed looked back at her, hoping she wouldn't go with him.

"I'm Envy, but I think the real question is, who are you?" Envy stepped forward. Ruby stayed close behind Edward.

"Don't listen to anything he tells you. Whenever he or the others like him show up, it's usually trouble." Al whispered to Ruby, but Envy still heard him.

"If I recall, you're the ones who decide to interfere with us and start the trouble." Envy taunted. "Now, enough of this, the girl comes with me." At that, he ran to the left side of the room, and Ed chased after him. Envy ran toward Ruby, but Al stood in front of her.

"Keep back!" He said. "I'm warning you!" Envy laughed then ran around Al, but Ed slashed into his arm before he could grab Ruby, who began to cry.

"Stop!" She called. "Stop it!" They all turned and looked at her. Envy took that to his advantage and picked her up, carrying her toward the window. Ed and Al were after him in an instant, but Envy didn't get far before he dropped Ruby, clutching his arm in pain. He looked back at her as he climbed out the window.

"Now that I know what you can do, I won't drop you next time." He said. Ed slashed his arm at him, but instead he hit the wall. Ruby ran over and hugged him.

"Why was that man after me?" She cried. Tears rolled down her cheek, landing on Ed's auto-mail arm. Ed pushed Ruby away.

"What're you trying to do to me!" He yelled. Ruby looked at his arm. It had steam coming off of it.

"I-I'm sorry! I didn't know I could do that," Ruby stopped crying. Ed and Al looked at each other.

"It's OK. If I'd have known, I would have kept you from crying on me." Ed said. He walked over to the phone, his right arm hanging limply from his body. "I'm gonna have to call and see if Winry can make a trip down here to repair this." Ruby looked at him.

"Winry..?" She echoed. Ed had forgotten what Ruby had said, about the dreams. He'd also forgotten who Winry was to her.