Author's note: I do not own FMA or its characters. I also do not own the song titles.

An Poc Ar Bulle – Last Dance of Childhood

The summer before her sixteenth birthday, Riza and her grandfather spent three weeks in a small town in the western part of Amestris. The town was home to an old school friend of her grandfather's whom they stayed with. Her niece was several years younger than Riza, but the girl went out of her way to make Riza feel welcome with her friends. Aria was a born musician, and music was the common thread in everything she and her friends did. Riza spent those three weeks surrounded by music and learning folk dances. Once she asked Aria what the words to the one song that was played every night meant. The girl laughed and explained the song was the tale of a wild goat chase, like a wild goose chase with more humor. Riza later remembers thinking that maybe this war she was being to was like a wild goat chase, but then that was before she had arrived.