In the dessert camp on the site that used to be Ishbal screaming could be heard for miles. It was the scream of a fifteen year old girl being hit for the millionth time that day by her older brother. Her brother did this because about six months ago he discovered she was an aspiring alchemist. Because of his religious beliefs he couldn't let this go unpunished. But today she had a plan that when her brother took his break from slapping and punching her, she would run and start a better life in central. She always wanted to go there and train to be an alchemist of the state. brother stopped to take a break and she saw her chance to escape. She ran out of her small, one room, tent and into the hot dessert. Her raven, yellow tipped ,hair flew behind her as she ran with her brother a short distance behind her. She ran for what felt like hours and collapsed due to exhaustion. Then she looked up and saw a boy with blonde hair in a braid with eyes as golden as the dessert sun wearing a red trench coat with a black shirt and overcoat and red and black army boots. Trailing behind the boy was a tall suite of feudal style armor. The boy bent down and looked into her crimson colored eyes with his golden one. "Hey, you alright?" He asked with a concerned look on his face. She sat up the best she could and managed to mutter the words "Help me." The blonde boy was confused at first until he saw what she meant when he saw a man who looked about mid twenties round a corner and run towards her with a look in his eyes that looked like those of the countless murderers he had met throughout his three years in the military . The blonde did the unbelievable next. He clapped his hands and touched his left arm and it transformed into a blade.
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The blonde then stepped in front of the girl and her brother to a stop. "Get out of the way pipsqueak!" He yelled at the blonde. "Bad Idea!" the armor yelled. "WHO ARE YOU CALLINGA BEANSPROUT, HALFPINT MIDGET THAT CAN ONLY BE SEN WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS!" yelled the blonde. While he was yelling the girls brother walked past him and right up to the whimpering girl and prepared to punch her when the armor grabbed him and held him in the middle of the air. Then the blonde walked up to the man and took hold of his face and made their eyes meet. "What do you think you're doing to this innocent girl?" "It's none of your business your state scum." he said eying the chain connected to his belt. The blonde punched the man and let the armor drop him to the ground. Then he walked up to the girl and extended his hand to her. She took it and got onto her feet. "I know that it's asking a lot but could you take me with you?" asked the girl as she dusted the sand off of her red tank top and cut- off hip hugger blue jean shorts. "Would you tell me your name first?" he asked her. "It's Ageli" She said. "I'm Edward Elric and the suite of armor is my younger brother Alphonse." He then took hold of her hand and called for Alphonse and they walked into the dessert and towards the nearest town with a train station.