Da da da daaa! Behold my pretties, an update! I am sorry for the brevity, and the tardiness, but ya know.

To my lovely nameless reviewer. Thank you so much! I am so glad you like this story, and if you would like to PM me an e-mail, gaia, ect I would be happy to send you a note when I update (that doesn't sound creepy does it? I don't mean it to be!) Thank you for soothing my fears that Jessi is acting sueish and that Ed and Al are OOC. (I put her thought he litmus test anyways. She got a 20 a good way away from sue!)

One more note from me. I have started re-writing this as a slight AU. The only real things I have changed is the age of the brothers when their mom dies and Ed becomes a state alchemist. Let me know if you would like that version instead. Oh and I would love a beta if anyone is interested!

3 Kat

*Edit* I went back and fixed the "Wall 'O Text" I'm working on the other chapters too. I want to get the first three chapters as close to perfect as I can get before I work on chapter four. I will probably delete the A/N chapter too. I know those bug me...However I'm working on getting chapter four up today if at all possible... ~Kat

Al glanced at the clock; it was time to go wake up his brother, lovely. Ed was not a morning person. Sighing, Al stood and walked over to the bedroom door. Opening it he was shocked at what he saw, but couldn't help but giggle. His brother was laying next to Jessi his arm around her protectively. Al knew the pair liked each other, even if they were too dense to notice themselves. Al walked over to the sleeping pair and gently shook his brother's arm. "Brother, wake up! We're going to miss the train to Liore."

"Go away Al…" Ed mumbled tightening his grip on Jessi and burying his face in her hair, causing Al to giggle.

"Brother, we can't miss this train." When Edward refused to wake, Al decided to try the girl.

"Jessi, it's time for you and Brother to wake up. We're going to miss our train if we don't leave soon." Stirring, Jessi rubbed her eyes.

"Ok Al, I'm awake." Jessi tried to move, but Ed's arm restrained her. Turning in the embrace to face him, Jessi giggled before gently poking his forehead.

"Wake up sleepy." Ed opened his eyes and promptly fell off the bed, startled by the close proximity of Jessi. Leaning over the edge of the bed Jessi looked down at him.

"You Ok?"

Rubbing his head Edward sat up. "Yea...Hey Al, just what time is it?" Al, knowing why his brother needed to know the time sighed.

"We have twenty minutes now Brother."

"WHAT!" Mumbling curses Ed jumped up and started getting dressed. Jessi looked at the two boys.

"Um, am I missing something?"

"We have twenty minutes to get to the train station. I suggest you get dressed." Ed called over his shoulder as he ran to get all his notes off the desk in the living area.

"Well damn." Jessi followed suit and ran around trying to get ready and help the brothers get everything together to leave. Finally dressed and packed the three ran to the train station and found their train with minutes to spare. Ed sighed as he sank into his seat.

"Thank God. We made it." As the train started moving Ed began to make notes in the small leather book he always had with him. Not wanting to bother him Jessi decided to ask her question to Al.

"Al, Just where are we going?"

"Liore," the armor answered, "the train will take us part of the way there, but then we'll have to cross the desert on foot if we can't find a car."

"Joy." Jessi muttered, sighing. The train ride was long and boring, the only thing note worthy was when Jessi fell asleep on Ed's shoulder. The scene had caused Al to giggle, knowing full well that Ed would punch anyone else who tried that.

It had been a long and boring train ride. Jessi did, however, finish the alchemy book Al had given her; the brothers promised to help her find a new one once they reached Central again. Crossing the desert had taken awhile, but the trio did eventually make it to the desert city. As they sat down at a bar to get something to drink, a radio broadcast started.

"What is this?" Jessi mused. Ed shrugged.

"Dunno, don't care."

"A religious broadcast?" Al wondered aloud just as the radio boomed I am the Emissary of the Sun god…

"What the heck is that?" Ed looked at his two companions.

"I was going to ask the same of you. I haven't seen you around here before, are you street performers?" Jessi banged her head against the counter, Al rubbed the back of his head –er- helmet, and Ed choked on his drink.

"I don't think so pops! Do I look like a clown to you?"

"Oh, well, what are you doing here?" Ed shrugged, "We're looking for something." Jessi, who had been paying more attention to the broadcast then the conversation interrupted at this point.

"Um, what's up with the radio?"

"You're kidding right?"

"You've never heard of Father Cornello?"

"He can work miracles!"

"He has shown us the way!"

"He has saved this town!" Jessi held her hands up.

"Woa! I just asked a question, I didn't want to be mobbed. Sheesh."

"You're not listening are you?" Jessi turned to see Ed playing with his straw.

"Nope. I'm agnostic." Turning he asked his brother and friend. "Ya'll ready?"

"Yea." Al stood causing the radio to fall.

"Ah, the radio! You really need to be more careful! Why are you wearing the armor for anyway?" Ed rolled his eyes at the shopkeeper. "Relax we can fix it."

"Can I do it brother?" Ed gestured for Al to continue. Al drew the circle, explaining quietly to Jessi as she was knelt down next to him watching. Once finished he activated the circle; with a flash of blue light the radio was fixed and broadcasting.

"Wow, you can do miracles too!"

"Huh?"

"Miracles? Hardly. We're alchemists. We're the Elric brothers, and this is Jessi."

"Elrics huh? I've heard of you before! The oldest brother is the FullMetal alchemist, the youngest state alchemist ever!" Jessi giggled as Ed puffed up at being recognized, then at his rage at Al being mistaken for him. However, she did stop his short rant, "I'M NOT LITTLE DON'T CALL ME MIGET OR SHORTY OR SHRIMP!" before someone was hurt.

"Wow, your busy today."

"Hello, Rose." The trio watched as the townspeople conversed with the girl.

"Bring back the dead huh? I don't like the sound of that." Jessi nodded in agreement with Ed's statement.

Wandering around town Ed, Al, and Jessi took in the sights before eventually ending up at the temple.

"Oh! You again! Are you going to join the church of Leto?"

"No, I'm not religious." Jessi shook her head. Listening to Rose's happy picture she was painting of religion Jessi rested her head on Ed's shoulder once again. If only.

"Do you really believe that if you pray enough that the dead will come back to life?"

"I do." Jessi and Al stilled as Ed sighed and pulled out his notes. Reading the list of chemical ingredients of the human body, Ed told Rose all they found out about creating humans. Jessi played with her hands as the conversation took place. It made her uncomfortable how Ed could be so blasé about the information that he and Al had paid such a high price for. Now she knew how he feels when she downplays what happened to her.

"Well it's like that hero who built wings made of wax. He flew to close to the sun, to god, his wings melt and he crashed to the ground."

Rose, without much convincing, had them come to the "Miracle gathering". Jessi sat on Al's shoulder, while Ed stood on his suitcase, allowing them to see over the crowd.

"See I told you!" Rose cried as Cornello turned a small flower into a huge sunflower.

"No, that's alchemy no matter how you look at it." Ed commented.

"Yea, but how is he doing it? He's ignoring the law, Brother."

"Law?" Rose asked.

"The law of Equivalent Exchange."

"To gain something, you have to give something of equal value." Ed nodded at Jessi, as small grin in place. It pleased him she was interested in Alchemy, and that she was learning so fast.

"So, Brother, do you think?"

"Yea, Al. I think we found it."