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Okay now we do a jump in time ahead beware of Hughes felt like he needed a shining moment I may or may not include Lucias reaction to his... most people will know what but i leave it out since it is a spoiler for those who don't know.

The past paces for all

2 years after Lucia's transfer

Lucia was by chance in Central after a long time when she had been doing missions in East, but she wasn't going to the library, she had just undergone the assessment for the 3rd time and had passed. This time she had showed, what she had learnt.

She had a lot on her mind, especially an encounter she hadn't expected in a small village, where she had passed through.

~*~ Flashback~*~

"I hope those young people weren't to cruel to our doctor" and elderly lady said, Lucia had looked up, as she passed not thinking about it too much, "Doctor Mauro is the best doctor, we have had in a long time"

Lucia froze, Mauro? "Excuse me, I heard you talking about a doctor, you have one here?" she said with a pained voice, pretending to be hurt.

"yes, we were, are you in need?" a man, that the woman had talked to, spoke up. Lucia nodded pointing to her left arm, which was handing down, "your arm? Well, just a few streets down and on your right side, there's his house."

Lucia smiled, before gently jogging off, while holding her arm. Happy perhaps now, she could get an explanation for his vanishing on her.

"Tim!" she called, as he came walking towards her. He looked up in fear, before spotting her he smiled.

"Lucia, this is a surprise," he said, they came closer; Lucia hugged him with one arm, "is our arm okay?"

"It's okay" she whispered back, before looking him in the eye, "why did you leave like that?" He let go of her looking away, "Tim…"

"Lucia, what have you been doing in all those years?"

"Researched, I'm researching Medical Alchemy. I'm a state Alchemist; I thought it was the only hope at the time to find you"

He looked at her, "due to your special method?" Lucia nodded, "as far as I know and have heard, there's another, who can do it too."

"Edward Elric, I have never seen him do it. But…"

Marcoh grabbed her shoulders hard, looking her into the eyes, "Lucia, I have something, I want you to keep safe, until the time is right" he placed his hand in his pocket, searching while looking at Lucia, who tilted her head, "close your eyes"

She did as told, she could heard him open up the locket around her neck, as he closed It, she opened her eyes, watching him, but he said nothing for a while, "Lucia… find the ones, you can trust and keep to them. Don't trust blindly… the Elric Brothers will be a good choice for you" he began to walk away, before stopping he came back.

"…" he whispered, Lucia's went wide.

"Tim, what…" she began, but he just walked away to his house, she stopped suddenly, as she sensed something.

~*~Flashback~*~

Lucia had waited a little to try and reason with him, but when she went there; he was gone. The place had been ransacked, leaving Lucia with even more questions. She investigated the place finding no clue to who had done it, but even as she left the town, she had a feeling someone was watching her and that wasn't from paranoia.

The feeling had vanished, as she came to Central only to be replaced by the other feeling, she usually had: Loneliness. Most had by now believed her to be a loner, only those of the Eastern Command had learned of a comrade; happy to help and socialize, when it was needed, she did stop and talk to the subordinates of Mustang, telling them of things she had experienced.

She hardly noticed a hand on her right hand, before a voice spoke to her, "are you hurt?" Lucia lifted her head surprised, she saw a young girl with her hair in two small pigtails. Her eyes were glittering as she looked up at the taller and elder girl, "huh?"

"No, I'm not," she kneeled down "I'm just tired shouldn't you be with your parents little one?"

"My mommy and daddy are over there buying a present for me, it's my birthday soon!" the child beamed up at Lucia, who smiled gently yet sadly.

"You're a lucky one" she said, caressing the young girls face with her right hand.

"Elicia, who have you found my angel~?" Lucia looked up at a military man, who looked down at the two.

"She was sad Daddy," the girl said running over, "she said, I was a lucky one"

The soldier looked over at Lucia, who had the beginning of tears in her eyes, "sorry" she said drying her eyes, "I meant to have such caring parents, I wouldn't know that all too much."

"What is your name?" he asked, as he left his child with his wife, who smiled like a light, but concern was also to be traced as she looked at Lucia.

"Oh sorry sir" she said getting up from where she had kneeled. she honored him after wiping her eyes free from tears a second time, "Major Lucia Misère, the Medical Alchemist"

"So you are a state Alchemist"

Lucia nodded, "that's correct sir" she said.

"Easy now, I'm off duty for now," he looked back at his daughter, "you seemed to like my Angel."

Lucia smiled weakly, "I was actually jealous, but that's not her fault"

"Jealous?"

"To have a family: I haven't been close to one for almost 4 years now, to be free from…" she turned away, "sorry for that, I'm just going to head to a hotel for the night."

"Big Sister!" Elicia called, Lucia looked over the Girl was running over to her hugging her leg, "please don't leave, you are still sad. Sad People shouldn't be alone."

"Elicia…" the girl's father and mother looked at each other, Lucia seemed thorn, "I can't it would be rude to intrude on your family."

"Me and Maes would love to have you!" the woman said, "and you can stay the night, we have room for a guest! Oh, where are our manners, we haven't introduced us honey!"

The man got a dreamy look watching his wife, "that's true Gracia, oh you are my other angel~~" he said, Lucia blinked taking the girl up into her arms watching her parents, "I'm Maes Hughes and this lovely woman is my love, my life, Gracia~"

Lucia blinked nodding, she had met oddballs before, but this was border lining on something else or something she didn't know, "we would love to have you."

"Elicia has decided, the young Lucia is coming home with us," Hughes walked up behind, Lucia pushing her ahead, so she had no choice to follow.

Lucia was installed in the home as a guest, not that she felt like one. She wanted nothing more than to take her bag and leave, but something actually held her in place.

"Can I help with anything?" she asked Gracia, as the wife was making dinner. She turned to look at Lucia, "I was just wondering, as a way to pay off for staying here tonight."

"oh no, you go in and relax. I can handle this, it's not the first time, we have had guests over for diner!" she said happily, pushing Lucia out of the Kitchen. Lucia tried to object, but was silenced, so in defeat she walked into the living room, where Elicia was playing.

Lucia placed her hands in her lap sitting neutrally, "so Lucia," she looked up at the voice, seeing Hughes look at her with a smile, "you are a young State Alchemist."

Lucia nodded, "I'm the second youngest ever to pass, the other being my fellow State Alchemist Edward Elric."

"Have you met him?" Maes asked still smiling.

"No, seen him in distance together with his brother," she answered looking over, "I briefly talked with Alphonse 2 years ago."

Maes took her properly in, hearing a longing in her voice, "what about your family, Lucia where are they?" he decided to ask her.

Lucia looked at the floor, she finally lifted her left arm pulling back her sleeve to look at her Automail, "I don't know," she replied and before Hughes could ask, she looked over at him, "since I was 8, my mission has been to find out what happened to me. A man had taken me in and healed me, together with getting an Automail arm for me, which I spend a year and half to use"

Hughes frowned, "so you have amnesia?" he said, Lucia nodded, "did the man caring for you know why?"

"No, but we found out something when I was 9 and a half…" Lucia brought a small bracelet forward; with ease did she crush it, shocking Hughes, who tried to get her to tell him what she was doing. But he silenced fast, when he saw her clap and place her hands other the bracelet, "I don't need to use a transmutation circle at all."

She moved her hands back, "and I…" she stopped the thought there, she had just spilled out something about her, but the Military knew this all did; only two State Alchemists had the ability to transmute without a transmutation circle.

"I see," Hughes was watching her, as she took the repaired bracelet into her pocket looking away, "you are quite special" she lifted her shoulders stiffening them, almost waiting for something not knowing what, "and Elicia could see that without any problems!"

Lucia turned looking at him, "Huh?" she was shocked, people usually wanted to know how she did it and the reason, why she had chosen to become a state Alchemist. Hughes placed some folders on the table.

"I actually know all about you, including the past, you had we investigate all members of the Military, before they enter fully," Lucia looked at him in hope, could they know something about her that she had forgotten? "However the Misère that used to live, where they found you were gone and they only had one daughter a Shadigan Misère, not Lucia. According to the village folks; their daughter was 15 and very ill"

"So if I'm not a Misère, then who am I?" Lucia began to cry, "Who gave me the name of a missing family?"

"Lucia, you are who you are. If you know in our heart, that your name is Lucia Misère, then it can't be wrong," Hughes said as he stood up, walked over and sat down next to her, "if you don't feel like you have a family, know that you'll always be welcome here. Elicia has fallen for you, she called you sister."

Lucia looked at him with tears in her eyes, for the first time in so many years did Lucia feel like, she could trust someone, a trust that wasn't misplaced, Lucia smiled a cautious smile.

But she engaged in playfulness with Elicia, dinner with the Hughes couple and for a time, she felt like having a true family for as long as she was with them.

.~*~.

Central after events at Lab 5

"Is it because, I'm a fake soul with artificial Memories?!" Al yelled his pent-up insecurities and confusion coming to light, he never noticed Ed's hurt look, as he spoke them.

"Al…" Ed began, but stopped at a loss for words.

"You don't want to answer that!" Al said angrily.

"Al!" Winry yelled going between them, "that's not…"

"I don't want to hear it!" Al turned and left his brother and Childhood friend behind; angry for not getting the response he wanted.

.~*~.

Al marched down the hallway angry, he never saw a girl in her teens come towards him in haste and her shoulder hit his arm, sending her into the wall, "ow!" she cried, calling Al out of his haze, yurning he looked at her. She had her eyes shut in pain.

"oh my gosh, I'm so sorry" Al said, kneeling down to look at her, as she had landed in a sitting position with her right hand on her left shoulder.

"it's okay," she said, turning her sapphire eyes towards him, "the shock always hurts at first, but I got it" she began to roll up a sleeve, before taking off the Jacket making Al gasp in surprise – Her left arm was from shoulder and down Automail, "it bleeds a bit, but I know how to deal with it"

Without warning she clapped her hands together, placing them both on her shoulder, "you don't use Transmutation circles?"

"No" she shook her head, "ever since I can remember, I have been able to use alchemy by clapping my hands."

She removed her hands circling the shoulder, "there perfect" she grabbed her jacket, where something dropped from the pocket, "oh not again, at least the thing never gets broken."

Al looked down at it, "that's…!" he exclaimed, as he recognized it, as the watch that State Alchemists had, "are you a State Alchemist, how old are you?!"

"14" she answered, looking at him blinking, "I passed my exam almost 3 years ago."

"That's not long after my brother did it and he is close to you in age?" his tone got a little bitter at the current memories.

She suddenly blushed brightly, but it vanished as she heard what he said, "you're Alphonse Elric, aren't you?" she said placing the watch in her pocket. Al nodded looking away from her; she studied him for a while before deciding.

She grabbed his leather hand, leading him out on a terrace and over to a rail, "why are you leading me here?" Al asked her in confusion, he wanted to be alone.

"I might not be the best State Alchemist in some fields, but I can tell you are rather upset," she said she pushed her long Blond hair back, before braiding it and using a band to end it.

Al understood, the girl wouldn't let him go, so with a sigh he began, "Someone told me something, that I can't forget."

"What exactly?" she said, turning towards him.

"That I'm not real, that I'm something someone else created" Al said.

"Your brother Edward Elric, the one of two who broke the band on Human Transmutation," she said with her eyes closed, "you lost your body he an arm and a Leg."

"How did you know that?"

Lucia sighed, but remembered her short encounter, when she had passed through the small village, "My foster father told me about you, when I met up with him shortly, I'm not one to judge, I can't afford to" she replied, "don't ask me for his name, he is sought out by the Military."

Al then recalled he hadn't asked for her name, "What is your name by the way, I don't think I've heard of you?"

She gently chuckled, "true, I'm not known to many, my studies more rely on me to stay at hospitals that out in the world," she turned to him with a hand out, "my name is Lucia Misère, the Medical Alchemist, I research medical Alchemy and so forth use that mostly, I do know and use other alchemies to defend myself."

"Lucia," Al echoed, "that's a pretty name."

"Thanks," she turned serious again, "you know…"

"Hmm?"

Lucia tilted her head, looking at him with gentle eyes, "What do you think you are Alphonse? What do your Memories say?" she asked.

"I'm not sure, Memories are just information, it can be created and implanted," Al said turning his back on her; he could feel her steel gaze on him, as she disapproved off what he said.

"Why would someone risk their life to create a fake brother? Create fake memories and a fake soul just to have company?" he heard her said, he turned looking at Lucia, who's eyes were filled with sadness, "you know, how lucky you are to have someone? Someone who knows you in and out? Who is ready to stay up at night simply to keep you company, when you have spent so many hours studying?" He heard her voice crack as she spoke, "someone who is ready to use every method to help his brother first, than worrying about himself getting his body in order."

"How do you know so much about us?" Al asked with confusion in his voice.

She had tears in her eyes, "I can't tell… but every time you weren't looking at him, I saw his eyes worry like there was something, that couldn't be said, something that he was too afraid to say?" how could she say, that she actually knew them by look? How many times hadn't she stalked them, wanting to introduce herself? She remembered when she had seen them; a year after she had become a state alchemist and also passed her annual assessment.

"You know after my operation, I was told that all I cried for was my sister," she said, "but until this day… I don't know, who she was, not even my parents."

"What happened to them?"

"I don't know, I have been looking for answers, all that was found on me, was a note with my name" she looked out into the distance, "what you and your Brother have is each other, why believe the words of someone unfamiliar and your own insecurities get in the way of that. Believe in the memories talk to your brother rather than yell, work it out hear him out before you do anything else"

"Lucia, what do you feel, when you are around me?" Al asked, Lucia looked up at him, "honestly what do you sense?"

"a human" she responded, she gently clapped touching Al's armor her alchemy sent gentle waves across his armor, as she had her eyes closed feeling the soul bound to the armor, "tears that are shed and fears that are coming out," she moved her hands away, "my alchemy is more than just healing; I can use my powers to understand the human body, mind and soul, your soul is true and pure."

Lucia gave a smile, as she sensed her words had meant something… however a loud clank shocked them both, as a wrench hit all square in Al's neck sending him forward into Lucia, "You idiot!" a female voice screamed, making Lucia blink and look at the wrench, "how could you say that to him and then run off?!"

Lucia blinked, once more looking over she spotted a girl, with her long blond hair in a high ponytail and Blue eyes with tears in them, "you don't know how Ed Feels?!" The girl came closer, grabbing the wrench smacking it into the helmet once more, "the thing Ed was too scared to ask you; was if you blame him for what happened! He cried every night in pain, delirium and fever, that came with the Automail Surgery; he was constantly worrying that you would blame him; that was what he was too scared to ask you!"

The girl didn't notice the helmet lift slightly, but Lucia did she had caught a faint glimpse, but it was enough to tell Lucia what she had sensed was right, as the girl smacked the chest plate, "who would risk…" she began, but was stopped by Al, at that line he looked up at Lucia, who weakly smiled.

"Winry…" Al said, "I understand now"

"Go to your brother" Winry said pointing noting Lucia for the first time.

Lucia however spotted the elder Elric at the door, making Lucia grab the now known girl with her to the doors, "they need to speak themselves"

"Who are you?" Winry asked her.

"My name is Lucia Misère, I study Medical Alchemy" Lucia merely said, "that's why I happened to be here"

"You seemed to know Al well?"

"I'm no one really just one of those alchemists, who vanish in the masses of people" Lucia responded, as a finality as the two girls and Hughes watched them or Ed spar rather one-sided against each other, once more Lucia felt that horrible feeling she had come again.

Hughes noted her look and placed an arm on her shoulder, she looked up seeing him smile down at her making her smile at him. Well, maybe that feeling could use a rethought.

She then turned to see the brothers lie on their backs talking, reaffirming their goal and

The two brothers left the terrace passing in the door where Lucia still stood not saying a word just watching as the two left together, "Lucia!" Al suddenly called turning towards her "I hope you recover your memory and learn what happened to your family"

She looked at him in surprise before smiling, "thanks Alphonse I hope that your mission is a success as well."

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