Hello! I'm in Colorado Springs! It's so nice here. Everything is all burned up, though… :( Anyway, I'd like to thank Rokuchuchu! He gave me two very long reviews and a few tips! (It made my dayXD) So hopefully, this chapter will be a bit better than the last ones. Also, sorry, Emily isn't here today, so you won't be hearing from her in the A/N.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or anything else used in this story. I only own Emily and her family (including Uncle Mark).

Chapter 7

I laughed to myself, knowing why he grimaced. Why, you ask? Central meant Mustang. I wanted to see his reaction, so I asked, "What's so bad about Central?" He looked at me as if I already knew and sighed.

"They've got a bastard for a Colonel." He mumbled.

I chuckled lightly, and then turned to the window. In the background, I heard Al telling Ed that it was rude to call the Colonel a bastard. I looked outside to see that Central was getting closer and closer by the minute. About five minutes passed, and the train pulled into the station.

A large muscular man in a military uniform was waiting for us. It didn't take a genius to know that the large man was Major Alex Louis Armstrong. I guess Ed noticed too. "Aw jeez..!" He breathed, obviously put out. Ed, Al, and I stepped off the train and Armstrong noticed us… or noticed Ed and Al.

"Greetings, Elric brothers!" He shouted.

"Hello, Major!" Al politely replied.

Ed mumbled something under his breath and Armstrong began shaking him rapidly by his shoulders, but I stopped listening.

I looked at the tall buildings looming around me and shuddered. These buildings reminded me of the first dream I had since I'd arrived here. I shook my head, as if it would rid them from my brain.

"You there!" Armstrong's voice boomed, shattering my thoughts. I turned around slowly and discovered that he was talking to me. Ed shook free of Armstrong's grasp, slid over to me, grabbed my shoulders, and pushed me over to where they were standing.

He let go and said, "Major Armstrong, this is Emily." Armstrong did his signature pose and, much to my surprise, he actually sparkled.

"You have such a fine name, Miss Emily! It must've been passed down for generations!" he shouted.

I felt like I needed to answer, or he would embrace me to death. "Uh, no… no it wasn't… I'm actually the first female full-blood Nelson in my entire family." I informed him, hearing my own nervous laugh in my voice. What do you know, he heard it too.

"Do not be afraid! I am your friend!" He sparkled and trapped me in a suffocating embrace. His hugs were even more terrifying than my mother's, and that was saying something! My mother…

A flashback surfaced in my mind. It was my mom and I, about five years ago, when I was nine. It was the first time my mom had ever hugged me like this.

Uncle Mark had been staying with us for Christmas break. While he and my mom were talking, I had been chasing a stray cat, trying to pet it, but I wandered off and got lost. I was so scared… I wasn't very close to Uncle Mark back then… He told me that my mom was at her wits end, looking for me, so he promised her that he would find me and bring me back, no matter what. I was on a swing set, crying my eyes out, when he found me. I looked up, hearing a car door slam, and saw him. It was like seeing an angel sent down from heaven. I ran to him as fast as I could and he picked me up and hugged me. After that, he drove me home. When my mother saw me, her face lit up. She hugged me so hard, that it choked me. Ever since then, I've been especially close to Uncle Mark.

Armstrong finally let go of me and said to the three of us, "Come! I shall drive you to HQ!" So we all piled into the small military vehicle and drove away. For the whole car ride, Armstrong was busy talking about stuff that has been, "Passed down for generations!" We all tried to nod and smile, but Ed was having a hard time accomplishing that.

We were about half way there, when Armstrong said, "Say, Miss Emily, I don't think I heard your last name…"

I thought that when I mentioned that I was the first female full-blood Nelson, It meant that my last name was Nelson. "Oh it's Nelson." I answered.

"Nelson, you say?" he mused, "Has anyone ever called you Nelly?"

My eye twitched and then Ed started to snicker loudly, so I glared at him. "Funny you should ask…" I said through clenched teeth. Ed burst out, "Emily, can I call you Nelly?" He was still laughing his butt off.

I raised my fist at him, "No! Can I call you Shorty? Can I call you midget?" I growled.

"WHO'RE YOU CALLING A PIPSQUEAK MIDGET?"

"MY NAME ISN'T NELLY!"

We arrived at HQ, surprisingly before Ed and I were able to strangle each other. When we got to Colonel Mustang's office, the two boys went in and I stayed outside, because whatever they were talking about wasn't my business.

I sat in a chair outside of Mustang's office, while people walked by. I was leaning over, staring at the floor, when someone stopped in front of me. I stared at their black shoes, then slowly looked up at their face.

It was Jean Havoc. My surprised expression turned into a blank one. "You know smoking kills people, right?"

He looked at me with a confused look on his face. Then he finally said, "Yeah? So does trespassing onto military grounds. If you pulled a knife out on me, I could shoot you."

He thinks I trespassed? "Don't shoot," I said, with a hint of sarcasm in my tone. "I'm with them." I pointed to Mustang's door, suggesting that the people I was accompanying were in there.

"Who…?" Havoc started, but I answered before he could finish.

"The Fullmetal Alchemist and his brother."

He nodded, and then walked away. I stared after him, thinking, what was the point of all that? My thoughts were interrupted as the door opened, and out came Ed, Al, and Mustang.

Ed pointed at me and said, "There she is."

I stood up and Mustang looked at me, stepped forward, and said, shaking my hand, "My name is Colonel Mustang. You are Emily, correct?"

He let go of my hand and I replied, "Uh, yeah… Nice to meet you…" To tell you the truth, Mustang's incredibly deep voice creeps the hell out of me.

Mustang turned to Ed and said, "Are you sure she's not going to be in the way? If she dies, it's on you…" Why are they talking about me like I'm not even here?

Ed laughed once and said, "No, I'm positive."

Confused, I scratched my head and asked, "Uh… What's going on?"

Mustang looked at me and the back at Ed, "You didn't even ask her?" He asked in a surprised tone.

"I'm pretty sure she'd be fine with it, I mean, it's not like she has anywhere else to go!" Ed snapped back.

"Fine with what..?" I was starting to get annoyed. I mean, if it's about me, then why won't they tell me?

I almost forgot that Al was here, until he spoke up, "Uh, Emily? Ed told Colonel Mustang that you'll be traveling with us from now on. Is that okay?"

I blinked a couple times and cleared my throat, "Yeah, I'm fine with that." I finally said.

"See?" said Ed, making Mustang scowl at him.

Then Mustang said, "Well, it was nice to meet you, Miss Nelson." and walked back into his office.

We walked outside and headed toward the hotel we were going to stay the night at. "Does your wrist still hurt?" asked Al, breaking the silence.

I lifted up my hand to study it and tried moving my wrist, but it was still a little sore. "It's getting better, I guess…" I mumbled.

Al nodded and sighed, "That's good."

The hotel room was small. It was a single room with two chairs, two beds, a kitchen, and one bathroom. The bathroom, of course, was a separate room with a shower head in the bathtub.

I searched through the bag that Winry had given me, and after no avail, I sighed, "Crap, I left my toothbrush at the last hotel…"

Ed scratched his head and sighed, "Wanna go to the store? I have twenty cens."

I jumped up and shouted, "Thank you!"

He looked over to his brother, "You coming, Al?"

Al shook his head and said, "No, I think I'll stay here."

Ed looked surprised and then said, "You sure? Okay…" We said goodbye to Al and headed out the door.

At the store, we both had different things we wanted to get. I got a toothbrush, a pencil, and a new note book, because I left my other one at Uncle Mark's. Ed got a box of ramen for dinner, a pack of water, and some apples.

"Why'd you only get food?" I asked him.

He smirked at me and replied, "You don't want to starve, do you?"

I suddenly felt silly. "Haha, no, I guess not..." I answered, chuckling under my breath.

We were back at the hotel around six in the afternoon. I had brushed my teeth and put on the sleep clothes that Winry gave me. I had the pencil and the notebook, and was sitting on one of the chairs.

I picked up the pencil, opened the note book and started to draw a picture.

Ed got up, looked over my shoulder, and asked, "What's that picture of?"

I lifted up my pencil and hesitated, before answering, "Home…"

YAY! So yeah, I hope this was more structured than the last chapters. Last I heard, on July, 4th, 2012, The Colorado Springs wild fire was 80% contained. That makes me happy. I hope they get that dang fire out soon. SO I HOPE YOU ENJOYED, I MAY OR MAY NOT POST CHAPTER 8 TOMORROW, AND DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW! LOVE YOU GUYS! :D -EDIT- Lefay Strent informed me that the currency in Amestris is cens so I changed it XD.