Disclaimer: I don't own FMA, if I did, believe me the anime would not have ended like that.

A/N: This is my first FMA fic and yes it is an AU high school fic and yes it is EdxWin but hopefully its not too cliché. It might have some spoilers for the show, but not too bad because I don't plan on using anything of significance from the end. Oh, and I don't have a beta, I read over the chapter and think I caught everything but it 3AM so I could be wrong. Hope you enjoy.

The Loss of Innocence

Chapter 1: Back to Where I Started From:

After the last boxes had been unloaded the moving van pulled away and the Rockbells were left to unpack all their belonging back into a house they had left over a decade ago.

The Rockbells were traveling doctors; ten years ago they settled down in Risembool for a few years after having their first and only child Winry, but once she was old enough the family was on the move again. Grandmother, parents, and daughter traveled the country and its surrounding areas helping all those in needed. In those ten years Winry had learned a lot a medicine from first hand experiences, but her passion was mechanics, which she gained from her grandmother.

Now, even though Winry loved to travel and help others she still was a 16 years old girl and it's very difficult to keep up friendships when you live in a new place every two weeks. When Winry's family realized how unhappy she was becoming that's when they decided to move back to Risembool, at least until Winry graduated from high school. Risembool had grown in the ten years that they'd been gone, while it was no where near the size of Central, it was no longer the quaint country town where Winry had spent the first 6 years of her life.

Winry finished unpacking all the necessary items she would need tomorrow before getting ready for bed. Tomorrow would be her first day of high school. Ever.

For the first time in her life Winry was up before her alarm clock rang. She was excited, but very nervous, she had never been to school with other people her age before, save for the years she was home schooled with her neighborhood friends.

Winry dressed in her usual fashion when she wasn't working on something mechanical: a white tank top, black mini skirt, and boots. She put her hair up in its customary ponytail that hadn't changed since she was 9 grabbed her backpack and set off for her first day of high school. On her way there she passed by the old Elric's house.

Too bad I won't see them again.

While the van was unloading yesterday Winry took a walk around the old neighborhood hoping to see some familiar faces. She almost cried when she stopped by the Elric's house, or what was left of it, which wasn't much. When she asked passers-by what happened they all said that it burned down about five years ago. When she asked how they all turned away without looking her in the eye. She could only imagine the tragedy that happened there if nobody was willing to talk about it. Ed would have been 11 and Al would have just turned 10. Winry decided to stop by the cemetery over the hill on the way back from school.

Winry tired to hide the map that the administration had given her so she wouldn't stand out too much, but her attempt was in vane. Risembool may have grown but it wasn't anywhere near Central proportions. A new presence was always noticed. But lucky for her most of the students pointed her in the general direction without even being asked.

Her first class of the day made her nervous: chemistry. While she knew the very basics of it she had no clue what they were doing in there and that made her anxious. Winry was proud of herself for making it to her first class on time, but felt awkward when it came where to sit. It took her a few minutes to figure out who exactly the teacher considering that he was a lot younger than she expected. That and she was pretty sure he was sleeping.

Winry slowly walked over to him and tapped him on his shoulder lightly. The dark haired teacher then jumped about ten feet in the air before realizing what happened.

"Sorry," Winry said, hoping that she didn't make her new teacher angry already. She was known for having a bit of a temper and didn't want to reveal that to everyone one too soon.

"It's alright," the teacher replied "You must be the new student."

"Yes, I'm Winry Rockbell."

"Nice to meet you Miss Rockbell. Let me get the seating chart to find where to put you." As he was looking over the chart (Winry was pretty sure he'd lost it) the rest of the class filed in and soon Winry was the only person standing and of course being the new kid it became twice as uncomfortable. Finally the teacher returned.

"There's and opening in group C and group F which one would you prefer?" When Winry replied that she had no preference he placed her in group F which had a girl with short dark hair named Maria and a blond haired guy named Jean, but went by Havoc. When Wriny asked why he went by that Havoc replied "It sounds more manly than Jean. That and it's just pretty kick-ass last name, why waste it?"

About five minutes into class the door opened interrupting the teachers explanation of Reaction-Stoichiometry.

"Stoichiometry is the study and calculation of quantitative relationships of the reactants and produâ–¬"

Only about half the class even turned towards to door, apparently the half that had reacted to the door were surprised that this guy even showed up. He was a little on the short side, maybe about 2 inches shorter than Winry. He had long blond hair that was pulled back into a braid, but the braid didn't keep all of it from falling in his face, but it worked for him. He was also wearing a long red coat and white gloves that Winry thought made him look a little showoffy.

"Why, I don't think I've seen you in over a week Edward. I thought you'd finally left us," the teacher stated sarcastically.

"Roy," The kid smirked, "you should know by now that the reason I find the strength to get up every morning is just to torment you."

"By the end of this year I am going to get you to call me Mr. Mustang."

"Yes, Colonel" giving the teacher a sarcastic salute.

"Since your already up here why don't you inform the class about what law stoichiometry rests upon."

"Stoichiometry rests upon the conservation of mass and the law of definite proportions and the law of multiple proportions. In general, chemical reactions will combine definite ratios of chemicals. Since matter cannot be created or destroyed, the amount of each element must be the same throughout the overall reaction," Edward said in a bored voice before smoothly walking over to group F.

"Who are you and why the hell are you in my seat!" The kid said looking Winry directly in the eye.

Winry's eyes got huge. There had only ever been one person she knew with eyes like his. She put two and two together before screaming "Oh, my God! Edo, you're alive!" she jumped up from her seat and gave him a bone crushing hug. "And shorter than I thought you'd be!"

"Who did you say was so small he could be mistaken for a first grader!" Ed yelled, wondering just who in the hell this girl was.

TBC

A/N: I know, kind of short, but bear with me, k? Got the inspiration for this fic (and the last line) from this fanart pic: http/