Disclaimer: I do not own FullMetal Alchemist. I just like to torment and control the characters. Bwahaha. And throw new ones in there... -shifty eyes-

Author's Note: Alright, this shall be my first published fanfiction, go easy on me. And I use WordPad. Its the only typing program I have. . Don't hate me for spelling errors and suckiness that is this fic. -fends off with chopsticks- Also, I will eventually get the drawing I made of my character, Marinna up. Until then, please try and use your imagination. Thanks.

Chapter One: Lace, frill, and... auto-mail!

Walking down the familiar road to Resembool, the two Elric brothers and Alex were returning home: to Pinako's house. Edward was in need of getting his auto-mail fixed. He'd suprisingly grew another half an inch. They both knew though, that Winry would be all too happy to see them and try and convince them to stay longer. Pinako would be happy to have Alex around again though. He was good at doing things for her.

Outside of Pinako's house was Winry with her dog, Den. Hearing Alphonse's suit of armor, Winry looked up. Instantly happy, she got sparkles in her eyes and rushed over to greet the three males that had just arrived.

"Edward! Alphonse! You two are back! You haven't been getting into any trouble, have you?" she asked, rasing an eyebrow at them.

Grinning with a light chuckle, Ed put his hands up and said, "Calm down Winry. We're fine."

Squealing like a little schoolgirl, she hopped from one foot to another. "Great!" she said, "Come on inside! Grandma'll want to see you! Oh! And there is someone I want you to meet too!"

Ed got his usual fallen look of 'here we go again' as Winry led them all inside.

When the door opened, Pinako looked up. There was a girl that was with her that looked up as well, a suprised and slightly confused look on her face. A smile came to Pinako's face when she saw the three.

The girl that was with Pinako looked to be around the age of fourteen or fifteen. She had pretty big green and innocent eyes, long flowing black hair that went to the very top of her bottom, and very pale complection. She was very small, a few inches shorter than Edward, and was very slender. About the only thing that wasn't small on her was her chest and eyes. She was dressed in a very frilly and girly outfit. A light blue corset-style one piece dress that went to her knees that puffed out at her hips. Across the torso was criss-crossing light blue ribbon over a white piece of material and lace was along the hem. She also had an apron around her waist that had a single pocket on the front that held a wrench at all times. On her feet were white socks that were folded down and had lace on the end and black Mary-Jane style shoes protected her feet.

Alphonse spotted the girl before Edward did, and he thought she looked very heavenly. Blush came across his cheeks as he looked at the girl, who's face turned from suprised to a happy smile.

"Glad to see you two aren't hurt," Pinako said, looking at the girl that was with her. Edward now noticed her, but he didn't have quiet the reaction Alphonse had.

"This, boys, is Marinna Turner. She's learning how to make auto-mail from me with help from Winry," Pinako told them.

Eye's growing big from suprise, Edward said, "She is learning how to make auto-mail! Isn't there too much frill on her for that?"

Blushing and looking down at her feet, she was embarrassed by Edward's comment.

"Brother!" Alphonse said, looking at him, a slight glare in his eyes. Bowing a little, Alphonse said to Marinna, "It's nice too meet you. I'm Alphonse Elric."

Looking up, Marinna smiled. "Hello Alphonse."

Crossing his arms over his chest, Edward stood there, slightly huffy, he didn't introduce himself or look at Marinna.

"And this is my brother, Edward Elric," Alphonse said for his brother.

"It's nice to meet you Edward," Marinna said, a smile on her face, her eyes closed.

"Don't think you're going to be fixing my auto-mail," Edward said.

"Oh!" she said, suprised. "I'm not good enough to work on such great auto-mail yet," she said, looking at her feet, blushing.

"Edward! Don't talk to Marinna like that! She is great at making auto-mail!" Winry said sternly to Edward.

"She has too much frill," he said again.

"She is going to fix your auto-mail," Pinako said matter-of-factly.

"What!" he asked, suprised at this.

"You heard me," Pinako said, smiling.

"Oh no! I couldn't. I'm not good enough to fix his auto-mail," Marinna said, fully aware that Edward was the FullMetal Alchemist.

"You're ready Marinna," Pinako said.

"But.. He's the FullMetal Alchemist! I couldn't fix /his/ auto-mail!" she said, a bit star struck.

Pinako laughed and Winry butted in. "Oh, don't think of him as that. He's just Ed. The short, pint-sized midget that jumps around."

"Who you calling a short, pint-sized midget!" Edward asked, getting chibi angry at Winry.

Marinna giggled. "He's taller than me though."

Edward stopped and looked at her. He was curious if it was true and he walked over and stood only inches from her, face to face. Marinna blushed lightly while Edward looked down at her. Ruining the moment, Edward grinned with his better-than-you look and said, "Somone finally shorter than me!"

Slightly take back by his behavior, Marinna got a suprised look on her face and backed away from Edward a few steps.

"Well," Edward said, putting his hand behind his head. "I may let you fix my auto-mail then."

"It'll be my honor!" Marinna said enthusastically, quickly bowing, and her hair falling in her face, that wasn't held back by the lacy headband she was wearing that is.

The room was filled with laughter as Marinna acted so formal and akward around Edward. She looked up and chibily put her arm behind her head and even joined in on the laughter. She knew they were laughing with her, and if you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?

"Alright. I'll be around. Find me when you're ready," Edward told Marinna.

Nodding enthusastically, Marinna said, "Okay Edward!"

"Call me Ed," he said, flashing her a smile. And with that, he turned to Alphonse and nodded, like Alphonse would know what he ment, and walked out of the house, his younger brother fallowing him, leaving Alex, Pinako, Winry, and Marinna in the the house.

Blushing, Marinna went back to the table she was sitting at before the boys came in and Winry came and joined her.

"So, you're going to change Ed's automail, huh?" Winry asked, resting her chin in her palms, looking at her.

Nodding, she timidly said, "I guess so."

Grinning, Winry said winking and giving Marinna a peace sign, "Well! We've got a lot of work to do then! I'll have to teach you how to put on new auto-mail."

Still blushing, Marinna nodded. "Yeah. I want to be Ed's number one auto-mail maker," she said, thoughtfully.

Slightly taken back, Winry felt a slight ping of jealousy. A girl she'd known for a little over a year, who she was help train to make auto-mail, was thinking about taking her spot with the brothers. Winry was Edward's auto-mail creator. She always thought of herself as a replacement mother for the two Elric's.

"Oh? Are you sure you could handle the job? I mean, those two are quiet a pair to deal with," Winry said thoughtfully about the two.

Nodding, she replied, "Yes. Pinako has told me all about those two. I just want to take away their hurt..." Thinking of all the stuff Pinako had told her about, her eyes grew somber and sad, always feeling very sorry for the two. She had a great deal of respect and admiration for the two.

Pinako and Alex were busy talking amongest themselves about the safty of the two boys and what they'd been doing while they were away. They didn't hear the talk between Winry and Marinna.

Suprised by this, Winry said, "Well, that'll take a while... You'd have to know them really well..."

More jealousy grew inside Winry as she looked at this girl in lace and frill. How could a girl that had just met the two brothers even attempt to take her place? 'They don't even open up to me that much. How can this little frill even think of having them open up to her? I've know them their whole life for crying out loud!' Winry thought.The two had been through so much, how could one little frill of a girl take away the pain? How could she even understand?

"I'll try," Marinna said, going back to consintrating on the piece of practice auto-mail that sat in front of her. All Winry could do was look at the girl with jealousy.