Across The World I Will Follow:

Liore

It was morning; Khristie awoke to the sounds of a moving train roaring quickly around her. She slowly raised her head looking around to see if Alphonse and Winry were in the room. She noticed Winry lying down in the corner of the room with her head against her knapsack. Khristie looked towards the window and noticed that they were now in the desert. She stretched and crept her way from her bed. She rose stroking her hair and pulling the knots from her long silver strands. She moved to the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror. She lowered her head and looked at her hands she then raised her head and stood there staring at herself.

What am I? What am I becoming?

She turned on the faucet and cupped her hands to cat the water. She lowered her head and cooled her face in the soothing comfort of the water. She looked back at herself in the mirror and saw the same figure she had seen for the last eight years, yet something was different, after last night she knew something was amiss, the world was changing around her the world was falling in around her. She walked away from the mirror and slipped out of the room and crept to the back of the train she found Alphonse staring out into the barren desert. "Al, how much longer till we get to Liore?"

Alphonse continued to stare out into the desert holding on to the railing watching the grains of sand moving waiting for his brother to show his face. Khristie walked up next to him and stood next to him. "Alphonse," She turned her head down and looked out into the desert. ", so what I did last night was Alchemy?"

Alphonse stood silently gazing out into the sun watching waiting but then he turned to face Khristie. "Yes, last night you preformed a bit of Alchemy, though it was surprisingly powerful for a girl of your age and your status."

Khristie bowed her head and nodded. She looked at the tracks staring at the ground thinking about what she dreamt last night. She then looked up at Alphonse. "Teach me how to do something could you? Something simple? Like making a flower." Alphonse turned and looked at her and laughed he pulled a piece of chalk from his pocket and drew a simple transmutation circle the same one they had used making Winry's doll so many years ago. Khristie looked at Al waiting for instruction. "Okay now place both your hands on the circle after I put the ingredients onto the circle." Al grabbed a clump of sand from the desert as the train was turning. He placed it on the circle and nodded.

Winry was walking to the back of the train and stopped at the door. She watched as Khristie placed her hand on the ground. The air around her began to grow golden as the alchemy was being preformed. The sand began to mold and form and then Winry recognized the transmutation to be the same one that Ed and Al had preformed for her when they were young. The sand twisted and turned until it began to look like a doll. It grew and grew until finally color began to come to it. It then fell to the ground and the world around them turned silent. A raggedy Ann doll sat quietly in the center of the circle. Khristie's eyes were big in excitement. She was squealing. "I did that! I did that! I did that!" she stood there jumping around. Winry snuck in behind and lifted up the doll. "Well she does have quite the talent. It looks just like the one you guys made for me all that time ago."

Alphonse laughed. "Well yeah I thought it'd be appropriate for her to do something that I know a young alchemist can perform." Khristie went to Winry and she handed her the doll. Khristie looked at it and held it close to her. Alphonse turned to look out at the desert and then he pointed. "Winry take a look at this." Winry took Khristie's hand and they walked to the railing. They saw a sand cloud.

"What is it Al?" Khristie spoke looking out into the desert.

"It's brother. He's catching up, he'll be in Liore at the same time we are. We've got to do something Win."

Winry nodded. "I think I've got an Idea we'll run when we get there. We'll have him search the train and the train will leave while they are searching he'll be off to Neuruvia." Winry turned leaving Khristie with Alphonse. She walked back into the train just as an announcement came over the intercom. "20 minutes to Liore! Liore Next Stop Liore!"

A ways behind the train,

The military train was following close behind last night it took them thirty minutes to get around the barrier that had been put in their way, but now they were gaining quickly. Edward Elric was sitting on the ledge of his door with binoculars trying to see how close they were to Liore. "Havoc were gaining, were almost there."

Havoc nodded and he pulled the truck into full throttle. "All engines to full throttle!" he yelled over the radio. "Sir!" The motorcade continued on in its pursuit.

Liore station,

The train pulled up Alphonse, Winry, and Khristie watched as the motorcade pulled ever closer towards them, but they had a plan. Alphonse's hands were near the ground the motorcade got close and then he placed it on a circle. A blue light flashed and a quick gust of sand stopped most of the trucks but the one Ed was in, in their tracks.

Alphonse, Winry and Khristie jumped from the train. Ed following close behind. Winry was the farthest in the front Alphonse was behind her and Khristie was in the back. "Winry!"

Winry looked back at him but kept running, but then Khristie stopped in his path.

"Get out of my way Girl!"

Khristie was standing right next to a large stone monument. She looked at it and then she clapped her hands. "You will not hurt my Sissy!" she then placed her hands on the monument. A large bang erupted from the monument as it grew into a great big fist. It leaned forward and slammed hard down upon Ed's right arm. Ed was shocked his arm shattered to pieces he fell to the ground watching as the fist was drug up into the air and placed back in its place. Alphonse stopped and he stared as Winry turned to discover what had happened.

"Edward!" she dropped the knapsack with the supplies and ran to him. The people in the square watched as she ran to the crippled military man. Ed was lying on the ground staring up at the girl.

Alchemy without a transmutation circle, she's been to the gate.

Winry walked to Ed. "Ed, are you alright." She leaned down and helped him to sit up.

"I guess I've been better." He looked up at her. "Hey Win could you do me a favor?"

She nodded, "No problem Edward it's just going to cost you extra for you know."

He nodded. "Yeah I know." Havoc followed in behind him and had the truck ready to take them somewhere so they could work on the arm. "Okay were all on a schedule so hurry up!" he waved his hands in the air motioning them to get in the truck. Alphonse went and picked up the bag and took Khristie's hand and guided her to the truck. They got in the truck and drove off from the city.