Al: "Is the Philosopher's Stone really in a desolate city like this? I can't believe that this place was once prosperous with gold."

Ed: "That's all the more reason for them to do research on the Philosopher's Stone."

Al: "What do you mean?"

You: "Now that they can't mine for gold in the mountains, they're trying to transmute gold with the Philosopher's Stone. This place used to produce gold, so no one would suspect anything of it."

Ed: "The idea's adults come up with sicken me."

Man: "Elisa! Everyone, give us a hand!" A girl laid under a steel beam crying. Many men had surrounded her and tried to lift the heavy steel.

Man 2: "Damn, it won't budge!"

Girl: "Dad..."

Father: "Don't worry...I'll help you out."

You: "What's wrong?"

Father: "My daughter is stuck under this." He pointed to the steel. You all looked at each other and rushed over. You ran over to her and looked at the space between her body and the steel.

You: "Just bear it a little longer, okay." You moved your head towards the steel. Ed stood next to you. You both clapped your hands and set it on the steel barge. It glowed a mixture of light blue and violet and it turned on it's side. You looked over and smiled at the girl.

Gravel Earth

Father: "This is great, I didn't know that we had Alchemists in town! You helped us so much." They had brought you to his home and placed a lot of food infront of you, the townsfolk had arrived as well.

Elisa: "Thank you too, armor daddy." You and Ed couldn't stop speeding and Al held his hands up, his armor white with embarrassment

Ed: "No, we're brothers. He's my little brother."

Elisa: "Little brother? Even though he is bigger then you?" This time it was Ed who turned white and Al who couldn't stop snickering.

Al: "Anyway, I'm glad you didn't get hurt, Elisa."

Man: "Elisa!" A handsome man with long black hair, covering his right eye barged in, carrying a basket of lemons. "Is Elisa okay?"

Elisa: "Mr. Belsio!" She went to run to him but her dad grabbed her arm. "Dad?"

Father: "You... How dare you come here! You made Elisa work there. Listen, Elisa. No matter what anyone says, you mustn't help Belsio out." Belsio looked down sadly.

Elisa: "No! Mr. Belsio didn't do anything bad! I asked him to let me help..." She started coughing uncontrollably

Father: "I'm sorry, Elisa. Drink this." She took the glass of water as her father rubbed her back. Belsio set the lemons on the table and walked to the door.

Belsio: "I'm sorry." He looked at you for a minute and shut the door.

Elsia: "Mr. Belsio said that you lemon pie was the best, Dad. And he said that it was a shame that there are few farms left here."

Man: "Once the Philosopher's Stone is completed, the city will prosper again.Once that happens, we can buy fruits as well."

Ed: "The Philosopher's Stone?"

Father: "Yes, yes. You three came to help Mugear with his research, right? His research to create the Philosopher's Stone."

Ed: "What?"

Father: "Mr. Alchemist, please help us create the Philosopher's Stone. We want to regain the city of gold, Xenotime. Please, Mr. Alchemist." People had gathered around you all.

You: "Well it seems things are complicated here, but I guess we'll go meet this Mugear person first."

Man: "By the way, may we hear your names?"

Ed: "Our names? I'm Edward. Edward Elric."

Al: "I'm his little brother, Alphonse. Alphonse Elric."

You: "And I'm Lita. Lita Nitro." They all stared at you in disbelief.

Man: "The Elric Brothers? The State Alchemist?"

Ed: "Yeah." They through you out fast then you could bat a pretty eyelash.

You: "Ow!"

Ed: "What was that for!"

Father: "Shut up! The real Elric Brothers are already here! Come again when you feel like telling us your real names." He pointed to the huge mansion on top of the mountain, and slammed the door.

Ed: "Who the hell is using my name?"

Al: "Brother, are you really going to sneak in?" Ed was peering around the stone wall corner.

You: "Of course!"

Ed: "I'm going to catch the impostors and get the information on the Philosopher's Stone from them." You and the real Elric Brothers ran across the lawn while the two guards marched the other way. Ed looked around the corner to make sure they had not seen you. Ed clapped and set his hand on the wall. Two blondes in the upper window say the flash and looked up from their research.

Little Brother: "Brother, that was..."

Bigger Brother: "a transmutation reaction."

You: "Look, this is all data regarding the Philosopher's Stone." You were standing in a hallway, a book open in your hand.

Al: "Then are they really trying to make a Philosopher's Stone here?"

You: "No doubt about it."

Bigger Brother: "This is a restricted area." You looked behind you too see an overly hot guy with short blond hair, covering his right eyes, honey eyes and he was tall. He had a little boy behind him, he looked like him except blue eyes.

Al: "Are you two the..."

Ed: "So you've appeared, you impostors!"

You: "Ed, don't be rude."

Ed: "What! He stole our names!"

You: "He's cute." You whispered that sentence.

Ed: "So!" You gave him that 'please' look.

Older Brother: "You must be the real Edward." He pointed to Al.

Ed: "No, no! I'm the real Edward! Me!"

Little Brother: "What? You're the older brother?"

Ed: "Do you have a problem with that!" The little boy hid behind his older brother. You kicked Ed hard in the knee. "What now!"

You: "Must you be so mean? You're scaring him."

Older Brother: "Don't get so steamed up. The guards are going to catch you. So..." He started walking towards you and you looked away from his gaze. "the real little brother wears armor, huh? And their beautiful side kick has ears." He reached out and ran his hands carefully over your metal ears.

Al: "She is not a sidekick."

Ed: "And take your hands off of her!"

Older Brother: "He doesn't look 16 at all."

Al: "Did he do research on us?"

Ed: "What? Do you want to fight?" He looked up from your ears and looked at Ed.

Older Brother: "If you two go home quietly, we won't have to fight. And I'll keep this pretty kitty here with me. Let us be like this for a while. Using your names, I mean."

Ed: "Is that how someone supposed to act when asking for a favor?" Ed lifted his hand and pointed it to the floor. "Sit. Don't look down on me." The older brother lifted up his hands as if shrugging.

Older Brother: "I guess it makes sense that you are disturbed. You're 17 and you're only that tall." Ed had an anime vein and tried to punch him but he moved his head. Ed blinked then tried to punch him again, the older brother just moved his head.

He tried over and over until he grabbed Ed's wrist. "Auto-mail, huh? The real one has had his troubles, eh?"

Ed: "And you seem to have a not-so-well life yourself." Ed high kicked him right in the chin and he fell backwards. Ed ran after him, the fake Ed reached back and jabbed him right in the side of the face.

Older Brother: "Show me a State Alchemists abilities."

Ed: "You better not regret it." He clapped and set his hands on the ground. Spikes appeared from the ground, ready to turn the impostor into a shishcabob.

Older Brother: "That's pretty good. No Transmutation Circle, huh?" He came out from behind a bookcase and performed the same Alchemy as Ed had done.

You: "The impostor doesn't need Transmutation Circles, either?" Ed ran over and tackled you, moving you out of the way of the blast.

Ed: "Do you have the Philosopher's Stone?" He just smirked. Ed growled in return.

Guard: "What was that sound? Over here!"

Later

You all sat on a cliff infront of the mansion.

Ed: "Damn, I'm hurting all over."

Al: "That impostor was strong."

Ed: "It must've been the stone's power."

Al: "Then is the Philosopher's Stone complete?"

Ed: "I'll be sure to find out." He sat up from the rock he was leaning on.

You: "I'm sorry." Ed looked over at you. "I shouldn't have acted like that. He's the enemy."

Ed: "It's okay. You're a teenage girl. I'm not suprised." You looked up at the night sky.

You: "I wonder what their names are. They must have real names."

Al: "Is the elder brother older then you?" Ed slammed his hand into Al's side and he fell over.

Ed: "Don't jump to conclusions bases on height alone." You walked over to Al and helped him up."

With The Impostorss

Little Brother: "Brother, let's stop doing this. What are we going to do if those three tell people the truth?"

Older Brother: "There is no need to worry. No one will believe what the say. Let's hurry and finish this Philosopher's Stone and get out of this city." The littler one was looking at a plant that's leaves were somewhat red.

Little Brother: "Will it really work?"

Older Brother: "I'm not going to let Mugear get famous from Father's life research."

Little Brother: "But..."

Older Brother: "Don't worry! If worse comes to worse I'll at least let you escape."

Little Brother: "Brother, you don't understand... That won't...make me happy." A rather large man in a white lab coat stood next to a fountain that poured red water.

Lust: "Is it okay for you to just stand there?"

Mugear: "You were here?"

Lust: "I've heard the outsiders have come."

Mugear: "Yes, but don't worry. The Elric Brothers have already gotten rid of them."

Lust: "I didn't know about that. Those boys might be the rascals themselves."

Mugear: "What?"

Lust: "Now that it has come to this, the military will find out about the research eventually. You'll have to remove your hands from this soon. Mugear..."

Mugear: "Please don't say that. Let me work on it a little more. Give me some more time. I promise I will complete the Philosopher's Stone."

Lust: "Hurry up, then. Use whatever means, necessary."

With You

Ed had his head on your lap as you leaned against Al.

You: "You're cheek has swollen up."

Ed: "It's so cold and it feels so good." He had leaned over and set his right cheek on Al's knee. Al laughed.

Al: "I'm glad that my body is useful for you." You heard someone step int he dirt. You looked over to see the man that was in the shop. Belsio, except he had a shovel over his shoulder.

Ed: "You're the man that was in the shop this afternoon."

You: "Belsio."

Belsio: "If you have no place to stay, come to my place."

Al: "Thank you, you saved us." He slid a towel and a bowl of water to Ed.

Belsio: "I can't let children sleep outside."

Ed: "You're not going to ask our names?"

Belsio: "You are the Elric Brothers, right? And their friend, Ms. Nitro."

Al: "Then you believe us?"

Belsio: "No. But I believe that people have reasons. I'm not the one that will be responsible for it. You two will."

Ed: "You don't seem to be interested in the Philosopher's Stone."

Belsio: "The people in this town can't forget how gold gave them wealth. So they are acting exactly the way Mugear wants them to."

Morning

Elisa: "Good morning, Uncle Belsio."

Belsio: "Your father is going to be mad that you came to visit me again."

Elisa: "It's okay. Dad is talking about the gold mine now. He doesn't know."

You: "Good morning." You and the real Elrics walked down the stairs.

Elisa: "So you three are here. That looks so painful. That must be punishment for lying!"

Ed: "We're not the one's who are lying. But they hit me like I'm some child molester."

Elisa: "You are the ones who snuck into Mugear's mansion."

Ed: "Of course! We can't let those impostors go free. Trying to create gold using the Philosopher's Stone is..."

You: "Ed..." You set your hand on his shoulder. Ed looked over to see Elisa looking down sadly.

Ed: "I'm going for a walk."

Al: "Brother."

Belsio: "The big one there."

Al: "Yes?"

Belsio: "Can you go to the pharmacy?"

Al: "Yes."

Belsio: "I want you to get Elisa's medicine. And you need a stupe for your brother too." The younger brother impostor looked into the window of the pharmacy.

Woman: "Hey, that armor person is an impostor"

Woman 2: "Really? I hope he leaves soon. Maybe they are the ones that snuck into Mugear's mansion last night."

Pharmacist: "Hey you! What do you want here?" She was holding up a mop as if she was about to smack someone.

Al: "I came to get some medicine..."

Pharmacist: "We have no medicine that cures liars. Get out!"

Al: "Aw, I can't buy the medicine now."

Little Brother: "Um..."

Al: "You're..."

Little Brother: "I'll buy the medicine for you."

Al: "What?"

Little Brother: "It's Equivalent Exchange... to return the favor for lying." The little boy went in, got the medicine and came out. He handed a white bag to Al. "Here."

Al: "Thank you. We both have trouble with our reckless brothers, don't we?"

Little Brother: "You're not going to get mad?"

Al: "You have your reasons, right?"

Little Brother: "I'm sorry. We needed famous names to help with Mugear's research. The Elric Brother is the only young State Alchemist."

AL: "Do you need the Philosopher's Stone that badly?"

Little Brother: "It's something my father researched his entire life."

Al: "You're father was also an Alchemist?"

Little Brother: "Yes. But...one day he disappeared all of a sudden. So brother is trying to force himself to finish dad's work."

Al: "That's the opposite of my brother. My brother hates our dad. Our dad was to involved in his Alchemy and it made Mom sad. We've seen many different people who have suffered from Alchemy. If your brother is doing something wrong, only you can stop him. You can't let another person do it, or your brother will be hurt. It's been bugging me, but this city has a lot of people who cough, doesn't it?"

Little Brother: "Yeah..."

Al: "I wonder if this is medicine to stop the coughing?"

Little Brother: "That's... Brother." Fake Al looked up to see Fake Ed standing in the alleyway, he turned around and walked out. "I'm sorry, I have to go now."

Al: "Hey, you! What's your name?"

Little Brother: "Fletcher!" Al turned around to see you an Ed running past.

Al: "Brother. What's wrong?"

You: "We found the impostor. The elder brother... Did you see him?"

Al: "What? Yes..."

Ed: "That guy was posing as a good guy by fixing plows and transmuting wheels."

Al: "Well, it's better then doing something bad."

Ed: "I don't like how he's doing it. He's ignoring the principle of Equivalent Exchange. Al, we're going to sneak in again tonight."

Al: "What? But it's only been a day since we first snuck in."

Ed: "That's why."

Break

Fletcher: "Brother... I want to talk about something." There was no reply. Fletcher felt like he was on the verge of tears as he watched his brother concentrate so much on his work.

Break

Ed: "We're going with the mole strategy today."

You: "Mole Strategy?" He clapped and created a tunnel in the ground. Ed got in first then you then Al.

Ed: "Okay, we should've reached the bottom of the building by now."

Al: "Are you sure?"

Ed: "We'll end up somewhere anyway." He created a hole at the top of the tunnel. "Yeah!" You jumped into the room, red water ran through the fountain and down the mine.

You: "This could be...the water that's the source of the red stone."

Al: "The red stone?"

You: "I read a book in Central City. It's a compound very similar to the Philosopher's Stone. And it's a stone that can be created with red water."

Al: "So they can create the Philosopher's Stone with this water?"

You: "But it wont be the exact same thing. I heard that an Alchemist named Nash Tringham? He was working on it. But it didn't go well." You began to cough and Ed covered his mouth. "All of a sudden, my body feels..." And you fainted. Al caught you.

Al: "Lita!" Ed grabbed the bandana off of your head and wrapped it around his mouth.

Fletcher: "This way!"

Ed: "Who is it?"

Fletcher: "Me! Hurry!" No matter what Ed put over his mouth the intoxicating scent still met his nostrils and he soon collapsed as his stopped moving.

Break

Ed stirred and opened his eyes slowly. His vision cleared and he saw Al and the impostor, the younger brother.

Al: "Brother, are you okay?"

Ed: "Huh, where am I? Why are you here?"

Fletcher: "I'm sorry."

Ed: "What? Why are you crying?"

Al: "If you know something Fletcher, please tell us. You don't like doing this either, right?" Ed's yelling woke you up and you opened your eyes. You head was resting on Fletcher's lap.

You: "Good morning?"

Al: "Don't worry, Lita. He's okay. Go ahead Fletcher." You noticed he looked sad.

Fletcher: "The red water is very dangerous to humans. But we need to create the red stone."

You: "Are the people coughing because of it?" Tears began to fall down Fletcher's face.

Fletcher: "I'm sorry... I'm sorry." You sat up and reached over, taking Fletcher in your arms. You stroked his hair as he continued to cry.

Ed: "Geez, this thing is terrible." Edward stood up from his sitting position. "I'll get rid of it."

Older Brother: "I won't let you. The red stone has grown this big." The elder brother stood by the door with a stone as big as two quarters in his hand. "Father sacrificed himself for this. His sacrifice would have been for nothing if the research did not succeed."

Ed: "What about that worthless stone?" The elder impostor grabbed onto a near by lamp and it turned into a sword. "That sword is also a fake, right? It'll break along with your stone." Ed transmuted his arm into a sword as he ran towards the impostor. The elder brother blocked the blow and Ed continued to push. A chunk came out of the sword and Ed smirked. "Mine is real."

Older Brother: "Damn it..." He kneed Ed in the stomach, while said Alchemist flipped backwards. The Stone Wielder pressed his hand against the door and a hose came out of the door.

Ed: "What?"

Older Brother: "This is the red water.If you get soaked, you're done for. Fainting isn't the only thing you'll be doing."

Ed: "Bring it on." Ed turned his arm into a shield as the elder brother turned the hose one. Red water splashed onto Ed's shield and it's defense was minimal. In other words, it wouldn't last long. You still had Fletcher as you shouted.

You: "Ed, don't be so reckless!"

Older Brother: "Just as your girlfriends said... Go home!" You groaned. Ed was going to flip out, it was the same effect when someone called him short. He hated when people assumed you were boyfriend and girlfriend from the way you acted.

Ed: "I refuse, and she is not my girlfriend. I won't lose to a guy who is blindly chasing his father's dream!" The elder impostor growled and turned the water on full blast. It was getting harder and harder to block it. The residue had fallen to floor and Ed fell on the water. Fletcher tore out of your embrace and he pushed Ed out of the way, slamming into the red water himself. He was in pain and you could see that. You ran over to him.

Al: "Fletcher!" You picked him up and set his head on your lap.

You: "Fletcher, get a hold of yourself."

Fletcher: "Brother, Dad did research on the red water to make people happy, remember. But we're doing is making the people in the city suffer. You know that, Brother. Who cares about fame? Dad... Dad won't be happy with this!" There was a police whistle and you all looked at the door in horror.