A/N So i finally updated this story. heh heh, sorry for the wait. Thank you very much for all the follows and favourites though. :) Anyway this chapter is really short and i realized i don't actually remember most of what my original plot had been. Hopefully i can speed up the plot in the next few chapters. And many FMA fans will realize i have studiously ignored some aspects of the end of the manga. I'm sure i had some reason to, though i can't remember what. Anyway, enough from me, here is an update, though it is very short.

I don't own any characters or settings from Hunger Games or Fullmetal Alchemist

Ed had never been an early riser so when someone burst in his room at what was undoubtedly an UNGODLY hour he sat up with the death glare already plastered to his face

"The hell do you want?" He snarled

Effie had already left though, leaving Ed to flop out of bed and drag himself to the mirror. It only caught his face, too high to even see his chest.

Ed's scowl deepened even further and he proceeded to yell at the mirror for calling him a 'runt, shrimp, midget' etcetera etcetera.

Ed still did not change his black outfit but threw the coat back on. He'd only taken it off right before he slept last night. He couldn't afford to show his automail, no one in this country had anything of the sort.

Ed slinked into the dining cart and moodily took his seat next to Gilia. She shot him a quick frightened look and then quickly proceeded to eat her breakfast.

Ed glared down at his. His golden eyes slid over to Haymitch's empty seat and he sneakily grabbed the full cup of coffee and downed it in one gulp. That felt a little better.

"You shouldn't drink that" Gilia muttered "it'll stunt your growth"

"SHUT IT YOU!" Ed screamed and slammed the cup down "old wives tale is all it is! I'm still growing!"

Gilia looked startled and turned back to her food, inhaling the last morsels, face pale.

Ed muttered angrily to himself and poked at his own breakfast.

Their mentor shuffled in and sat down, immediately noticing his missing cup. He looked accusingly at Ed, who totally ignored him.

Haymitch groaned lightly at his pounding headache. He really shouldn't drink too much.

He squinted across the table and Ed and Gilia, snorted and set to his own breakfast, but his gaze had lingered on Ed for a moment.

"So what's the plan" Ed said, staring at Haymitch as if he were the colonel.

"stay alive" He muttered, not even meeting the boy's gaze.

"No shit" Ed mumbled and stole Effie's half-empty cup of coffee and downing it before the short woman -shorter than him even- could make a grab for it.

Haymitch snorted "how old are you kids anyway?"

"16"

"14" Gilia mumbled quietly, and Ed's heart panged, god she even Sounded a bit like Alphonse had for all those years when his voice had remained that of the 10-year-old boy he'd been when his body was stolen.

Haymitch sniffed and returned to his food. Ed rolled his eyes and stood.

"Thanks for the assistance sensei" he said the word ironically to insult the man. But of course he got no reaction. No one in this cart even knew what that MEANT.

The train sped through a tunnel, enveloping them all in darkness. Ed couldn't help the quick jolt of fear that ran through him. Even though pride was dead and this complete and undisturbed darkness would mean he would be useless.

Grumbling to himself Ed retired to his room for the remainder of the trip. Finally the train pulled into capitol station. The city was very much like Central, with a few more fragile glass buildings and skyscrapers. War-ridden as Amestris was, Central couldn't afford little 'pretties'.

The people here looked MUCH different though. Crazy. Their makeup was ridiculous, their hair done up in strange styles, some of which were totally bizarre and others which seemed actually kind of... normal, though Ed didn't know what that said about the styles of Amestris. The explosion of colour was disgusting and it made Ed's stomach turn.

Gilia, however, rushed to the window to view the city that had so long been an enigma for her. Haymitch watched Ed as he stood still and observed the area. This boy was different ...

This chapter was unbeta'd so i apologize for any mistakes.