Author's Note: I do not own FMA or any of its characters. (Although I'm on the waiting list for Al: P) They rightfully belong to Hiromu Arakawa. This is my first fanfic on so I'm still trying to figure out everything. R&R.

"While Alchemy can be used in many different ways and purposes, it should never be used on humans…" Ed promptly snapped the book shut. He sighed. The pile of books that he read through all said the same thing about human transmutation, Do not attempt. He flung the book to the pile on his right. Ed looked up, "Did you get anything, Al?"

Al closed his book as well and shook his helmet, "Nothing yet." He threw the book at Ed's pile and grabbed another alchemy book from the bookshelf. "But then again Nii-san, we have just covered a small portion of the library's alchemy section-"

"DON'T SAY SMALL!" Ed grabbed a book and hurled it at Al, but the book opened mid-flight and fluttered to the ground in between Ed and Al. Al chuckled at the failed attempt. Ed fumed for a bit then let it go with a sigh. "I just want to find another lead to get our bodies back before the end of this week so Taisa won't be 'forced' to put us in that remedial military training session…with Armstrong…" A few seconds passed and they both shivered from the thought.

Al opened the book he had and read a few lines before he spoke again, "Nii-san, do you think it was such a good idea not to tell Winry or Granny that we're in Resembool. I mean, your automail might need a checkup-"

"My automail's fine!" he replied defensively, "Besides, I don't need another wrench to the head just because your damn neko scratched my left leg."

"Don't blame neko-chan! You unsettled her because you were pulling at her tail."

"It was running off with my silver watch! How else was I going to stop it!" Ed yelled back.

(Al mumbled, "You could've asked me…")

Ed shifted his seating position, as his leg was falling asleep. "Well anyway, let's just keep reading. Who knows, we might find what we need."

Two hours later

Ed was sprawled out on the floor with a book on his face while Al was lying on his stomach reading something. Ed groaned "Al…reading alchemy for 5 hours straight is really not boosting my morale. Al?" He sat up and looked over Al's shoulder to find him reading a cat article in a magazine titled, Is Cat Breeding for You? "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!"

Al jumped 10 ft in the air. "N-n-nii-san, it's not what y-you think. B-besides…" He took the magazine and shoved it through the opening where the head would come through. "I can't read what's inside me."

Ed just stared at him with a disturbed look. "Promise me you won't ever say that again, Al." Ed then got himself up on his feet and began to stretch a little.

"Where are you going?" Al asked as he grabbed another alchemy book.

"I need to move around a bit. If you find anything, holler." With that, Ed walked out of the aisle and into the next one.

A few minutes passed, and then Al heard footsteps moving around in the other aisle. He sighed, "I still have nothing." There was no reply. "Nii-san, are you there?"

There was another pair of footsteps on the other side of the library that was walking towards Al's aisle until an unknown voice called out in the other aisle, "Hey, are you the FullMetal Alchemist?"

The other footsteps stopped, "Yeah. What do you want?"

There was silence for a bit then the deep voice replied, "Well, I'm just surprised how the government allowed a runt to pass the test."

Al sighed, 'Here we go again.' He thought as he grabbed a dictionary.

"I'M NOT A RUNT! I'M NOT A DWARF OR A DUST MITE THAT CANNOT BE SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE!" Ed was tearing down the aisle at this point, with books flying in his wake and the floor pounding.

Al sighed again, 'And the ant hill erupts…' Al had covered his head with the dictionary as it was raining books. When the waterfall stopped, he mechanically got up and began to walk to the end of his aisle so he could calm down Ed. Just then he heard a punch and a body falling on the ground. Al quickened his pace, "Nii-san, don't kill him. I won't always be there for you to clean up your messes." As he turned the corner to the other aisle, he stopped dead in his tracks. "NII-SAN!" Ed was gone! To add to Al's terror, the man's voice at the end of the aisle calmly spoke, "Congratulations dog, you will have a new master."