Disclaimer: I don't own FMA... *dies a bloody death*

It's already been five days. Wow! Time passed very quickly! But I've kept myself busy, helping Gracia with meals, watching Hughes, and practicing and studying alchemy. It was nice, like I was living a somewhat normal life, getting into a schedule of events for the day. And now, it was already time to go back to Central Headquarters! Yay!

I approached Central Headquarters, marching in. I quickly maneuvered into the said meeting room, surprising myself I actually remembered it. I knocked on the door before opening it and striding into the room.

The two other men where there, and I swiftly went to stand beside them as we saluted a general that walked into the room.

"I have come to inform you that your superiors have your information," He said, "They have your state watches, information, and other necessary data. You will report back to your superiors at the start of next week, but until then, you should stay in Central unless notified otherwise. Understood?" The general said. All of us saluted.

"Yes sir! Understood sir!"

For another hour or two the general went over our responsibilities as state alchemists, and blah. It's was boring, but I survived. I had worked my ass of for this, after all. I wasn't going to let a dull lecture bore me out of it.

I finally escaped Headquarters, sprinting to Hughes home, occasionally stopping to rest. I had been getting better at finding my way around, although most of the time I still got lost.

"Hello?" I knocked on the door. Gracia let me in, and Elicia attacked me with a hug.

"Sissy!" She called sweetly, with an angelic smile, "Lets play now!" And so, Elicia and I played for a while, maybe an hour or so, until the door opened.

Gracia, Elicia and I have already had dinner, but Gracia and I had made Maes his share and saved it in the refrigerator.

I was in the living room, re reading one of my alchemy books for the tenth time, when Hughes walked in. I looked up as he glanced at me while taking his coat off.

"How was work?" I asked, as Hughes sat on the couch opposite me after taking his shoes off.

"The Elric brothers are here." Hughes told me. I turned sheet white. Oh yeah. I should have remembered they came! Three days ago there was this big commotion of the first branch of the library burning down. I should have remembered sooner! But that also meant a lot of the Hummonculi were in Central. The Fuhrer aka Wrath, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, and even Father was somewhere underneath Central! The thought gave me the shivers. This is bad, this is bad, this is very very bad...

"Did they hear the first branch burned down?"

"Yep. But guess what?"

"What?"

"I have a new co worker! Her name is Sheska. She's incredible! She used to work in the first branch, and she's read all the military files stored in there, so with her photographic memory, she can copy down the information we lost in the fire!" Hughes exclaimed. I went even paler. This was bad. Even worse than I thought. They have Dr. Marcoh's research . They were decoding it. And soon they'd go to laboratory five. There they'd meet the hummonculi. Barry would mess with Alphonse. They'd go to a hospital.

"Let me guess," I said, "The Elric brothers found out about Sheska?" Hughes looked at me strangely.

"Yeah... How did you know?"

"Just guessing," I shrugged. Hughes sighed, then looked back at me.

"So what did you do at your meeting?" Hughes asked. I growled.

"It was so boring!" I drawled, "Rules and stuff. Also," I continued on a more serious note, "I have to report to Colonel Mustang in six days. But I'd like to stay in Central to check up on the Elric brothers. I haven't seen them since the whole Scar incident back in East City," I said. Hughes nodded.

"Your welcome to stay here until you leave." He said smiling.

"Thank you so much! Thank you for all you've done for me!" I grinned. Hughes shooed me off.

"You can visit the Elrics tomorrow, its too late now. Now, go to bed. You don't need to study for any more tests right now." I laughed at Hughes statement, getting up and shutting my book.

"Alright," I said, "Goodnight, Maes." Hughes nodded.

"Goodnight." Hughes said with a small wave, his face unusually sober.

Oh hell, was I nervous for tomorrow. Who knows if the Elric brothers have already found out the truth? I was worried sick, though. They had become important to me in the short time I actually got to know them. I only now realized it. They had changed me, went through experiences with me that I will never forget as long as I live.

They would most certainly want to know how I saw the gate. I couldn't tell them I was from the other side of the gate. They would hate me. They would hate me for lying to them. But, at the same time, I couldn't stand to lie to them anymore. So, what was I going to do?

That was when I decided. I wasn't going to be a coward anymore. I was going to face up to this, and no matter how much pain it brought me, I wasn't going to run away.

I was going to fight.

Hey guys! I seriously love this story! I'm so happy, I have so much in store! Especially in a part coming up soon. It's going to be the best! I can't wait… Hehehe, some drama coming up! But I'm kinda sorry, theres not much humor right now, but I try to make it as funny as possible. But, as I've said

FMA is literally a tragedy show. I decided I'm going to follow the storyline for the most part, but I will change a few things :3

I will put all the humor when things smooth out a little, but I will make sure this is worthy to be called funny! Ha, I'm spazzing about this, I know. But sorry for the short chapter. There wasn't a lot to put in here. But I promise, when she meets the Elric brothers once again, it'll be a long chapter. Wow, felt like an eternity since we last heard from the Elric brothers. But here they are again! And, if you haven't watched FMA brotherhood, I advise you watch it. It's better than the original and you'll get where I'm at in the anime. Ok?

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