(A/N: the end of the chapter's happy, but kinda phony, too. I don't like it much, but that's ok. The stuff coming up should be fun. I have no plan for what's ahead, so it promises to be good! Thx for the reviews. I appreciate them. Enjoy!)

The door slid open and Jessie held her shock in place when she saw two very familiar faces. But Jessie just held out her hand and introduced, "I'm Jessie Mustang. I was just accepted into the State Military as a State Alchemist. I heard two others meeting the Fuhrer were on the train, so I thought I'd come and say 'hi'."

The girl who had opened the door caught on fast and smiled, "I'm Yuki Silver, you can just call me Silver, and this is Isabel Thompson. I'm with the State Alchemist, Isabel's just in the Military."

The three fell into friendly conversation, almost like they had known each other for years before. Jessie was careful not to mention her vague memories about the huge gate and the world she had lived in before, and Silver and Isabel didn't bring it up either. Whether they were Jessie's friends or not, she wasn't going to ask on this train. She didn't know who could be listening in on their conversation, or if they even knew what she would be talking about. It would be best to talk to Roy, first.

As if she was reading Jessie's thoughts, Isabel asked Jessie, "So, how much do you know about the Fuhrer, anyway?"

Jessie, deciding it would be best not to mention he was her father, just said the basics, "He became Fuhrer a few years earlier, after the old Fuhrer, Bradley, was outted as a conspirator. The one now was the one who found out about Bradley and fought him. One of Bradley's soldiers shot the Fuhrer in the eye; not a fond memory of his… he was married to a woman named Riza. She went up the ladder in the Military behind the Fuhrer with the intention of protecting him. They had a kid…" Jessie hesitated, realizing she wasn't paying much attention to what she had been saying, "…who was just recently accepted into the military herself."

"Wow," Silver said quietly, "So the Fuhrer's whole family's in the military. That's amazing. I wonder how everybody else feels about it."

"I hear they're not too happy." Jessie replied, thinking back to Roy's letter to her, "I don't think they like the idea of so many people in the same family with so much power and control."

To Jessie's relief, Isabel shifted subjects now, "Do you know anything about our commander, the FullMetal Alchemist."

"Well, I heard he's worked in the Military for quite a while. He quit a few years ago, but came back after some incident." She shook her head, "That's all I know though."

"How do you know so much about the Fuhrer?" Silver asked curiously.

Before Jessie could reply, the woman who had spoken to Jessie earlier knocked on the door. When Silver opened it, the woman looked over at Jessie, "We're almost there, miss. I thought you'd like to know."

Jessie smiled, "Thank you." The woman nodded and left. Jessie turned back to Silver and Isabel, grateful she didn't have to answer Silver's question, "I'm going to get ready now. I'll see you guys later."

"Bye." Silver and Isabel returned as Jessie left.

By time Jessie had gone through her belongings to become familiar with them all, the train had stopped in Central Station. Although Jessie opened her room stood to leave only moments after the train had stopped, others had made a line, or a throng, to the exit. When Jessie finally got herself into the group and off the train, she found Silver and Isabel had already gotten out and met with the Military members that had gone to get them.

Fuhrer Roy Mustang was a noble man. He stood proud and strong, dressed in military attire; resembling the previous Fuhrer with a patch over his left eye. Next to him stood his assistant and protector, Riza Mustang. Riza's blond hair was pulled tightly into a bun and wore pretty much the same outfit as Roy. She had two gun holsters secured safely to her sides and was standing at strict attention.

The two were talking to Silver and Isabel happily until Roy noticed Jessie. He looked over and smiled at her, "Welcome, Jessie Mustang, the Shadow Alchemist." The formal greeting seemed strange to Jessie, being somehow used to hearing him speaking familiarly to her.

But she replied in the same formal tone, "Thank you, Fuhrer Mustang, for this opportunity you've given me."

Roy laughed and Riza couldn't help but break her emotionless face with a smile. "It's good to see you again, Jess." Riza said, reaching out to hug her. Jessie returned the hug, but felt strange. She couldn't remember what her life was like before the gate, but for some reason, this wasn't it. It was different, and this contact with Riza was almost foreign to her. But what was stranger than this feeling, was the feeling that this was how it was supposed to be; like her whole life had been wrong until the moment she had been pulled through the gate and into this strange world.

Silver seemed to be the first of the two to put the pieces together. She turned to Jessie, "So, you're the Fuhrer's daughter?" Jessie looked to Roy, then nodded.

"Why didn't you just say so?" Isabel asked, eyeing Jessie and Roy.

Jessie shrugged, "I didn't know how many people I should tell. They might think I got in the easy way."

Roy nodded in agreement, "It would be best that you didn't mention this to anybody else, either. I'm not telling you to lie about it, but just avoid the subject. It doesn't need to be a huge secret. I'd just prefer that it wasn't common knowledge."

Nobody could reply before a loud voice spoke up behind them, "So this is the little kid who's supposed to be the newest military prodigy. I gotta admit, Roy, she sure as hell looks a lot like you." Everybody turned to see a short blond boy wearing a huge grin and holding a sandwich he apparently just bought. He eyed Jessie closer then added, "but a lot of her looks like Riza, too. I guess your kid couldn't be as ugly as you are." He laughed obnoxiously and Roy crossed his arms, taking on a cool façade.

"Keep laughing, FullMetal." He said, looking Ed in the eyes, "This kid's going to be under your control from this point on. And I guarantee she will be the one to give you all the trouble you gave me."

Ed sulked and Jessie couldn't help but laugh. Maybe this place would be more fun than her old home, too. She looked over at Silver and Isabel and could almost tell things were only going to be going up from here. As far as she could tell, there was no downside to this place. She had alchemy, her father was in charge of the entire military, and her two closest friends were right beside her for all of this. Silver and Isabel smiled at Jessie; she hoped her friends were thinking the same as her. She was sure this was going to be fun.