Ed and I are walking down the main street in central.

"Hey Ed, do you ever get used to auto-mail?"

"Well, in some ways. I mean, I never really gave too much thought over it. I guess I did after a while." Ed looks at me.

"I was just wondering…?"

"Yeah, Tyler?"

I get a little nervous at this point. "Do you think I'll be able to transmute stuff without a circle like you?"

Ed seems a little surprised at me asking him that.

"Well, only people who have seen the gate can transmute without having to draw a circle. Usually you see the gate after performing a taboo. But don't be too discouraged. We'll figure something out." He gives a grin and I can't help grinning back. We walk by a shop that sells towels, sheets, stuff like that.

"Hey Ed, I've got to stop in here a minute. I need to buy Winry some new sheets. I ruined her other ones with my blood. And before you say anything my blood never washes out of fabric." I just hope he doesn't ask why.

"Okay, go get the sheets. I'll drop them of at her house later."

I walk into the store and look around trying to find a set of sheets that looked like the ones she had. After looking around for a few minutes Bingo, I found them. I look at the price. $39.97. "Damn these better be some damn good sheets for that price. I walk up to the counter and get my wallet out. I pull out a fifty and hand it to the cashier. I get my change and the sheets and head back out. Ed grins at me again.

"It took you long enough, Tyler."

"Yeah and what are you gonna do about it shrimp?"

"I'M NOT A SHRIMP!" Naturally everyone in the vicinity stares at us. Ed looks a little embarrassed and I just laugh.

"Stop laughing it's not funny."

"I can't help it, and besides, you might wanna think about trying to keep that anger of yours under control."

We start walking again and in about ten minutes we arrive at Ed and Al's place.

"Hey, Al, you home?"

Al calls from the living room: "In here. Is Tyler with you?"

"Yeah, he's here." We walk into the living room to Al.

"Hey, Al, how's it going?"

"Same as usual stuck in a suit of armor, you?"

"Getting my arm chopped off by a gang leader, getting auto-mail put on by a painful procedure. Same old Same old." We both laugh and Ed goes into the kitchen.

"Hey Tyler, you hungry?

"Starving."

"Good, I'll fix you something." We hear a bunch of crashes and we also hear Ed scream. We ignore him and continue watching Sonic the Hedgehog on TV.(Shameless plug I know.) About an hour later Ed walks out covered in flour holding a plate of steak, potatoes and Broccoli. "I never thought you as the domestic type."

Ed grumbles "Just shut up and eat." I start to eat and I'm really surprised. Ed can actually cook! Al and My show gets interrupted by a new report. It was a two-hour marathon. "Hey! We were watching that!" I shout pointlessly at the TV.

The report says that there's a robbery going on at Central Bank. Ed rushes out the door and heads off to the crime scene. After he rushes out the door I get an idea.

"Hey Al, Do you have anything I'll be able to etch something onto metal?"

"Yeah, what do you need it for?"

"I just got an idea to help out Ed." Al tells me where it is and I go up into the attic to look for it. I find it and then I draw a transmutation circle on the palm of my auto-mail arm. I run down the stairs and head to the crime scene. Ed notices me.

"Tyler! What the hell are you doing here? There's a guy with a gun out here!"

"Chill. Just leave it to me." I just hope this works. I clap my hands and put them to the ground envisioning a dome of asphalt enveloping the robber. Sure enough, when I put my hands on the ground it rises up around him and blocks any way for him to escape. The crowd looks around and spots me on the grounds. They all run over to me and star cheering me as if I was a hero. Later I heard that he was holding the people as hostages and he threatened to kill one of the innocents. When I got back from the party the people in the bank threw for me, Ed pulled me into the guest bedroom where I was going to say and sat down on the bed. He bid me to do the same and I followed suit.

"Tyler. What you did today was really brave, but you could have gotten a lot of people hurt if your plan didn't work. How did you transmute without a circle there anyway?"

I show him the palm of my auto-mail that had the transmutation circle etched into it.

"I get what you did. You carved the circle onto the auto-mail. That way, you won't have to draw a circle every time you want to transmute something. Very clever, but it could have backfired. That was a very risky move you made. I'm just glad you didn't end up accidentally transmuting yourself into a light post or something. You'd better get to bed now. After all that partying, I bet you're exhausted." He's right. I am exhausted. I yawn and get under the blankets, while he turns the light off.

"Sleep good Tyler."

"Night Ed…" And soon after that I fel asleep thinking about the day's activities .