Hello, everyone! So, I wasn't expecting people to actually be interested in this so I was really surprised when I managed to get your attentions. So, special thanks towards the people below!

Alice Nyte (Heheh... The name is also Alice...)

Black Rose

Pyon-chan (I like your pen name, it's cute!)

Cursed Bunny

And here is a special thanks to one of you who helped me a lot by telling me how to actually use punctuations... Seriously the word sounds funny when you keep saying it over and over again with different voices, I dare you to try!

Well, anyways, some of you...well, almost all of you were pretty much curious about what Alice looks like, right? Well, there was supposed to be a surprise but I decided not to use it and just plainly use it as an insult for Alice in the later chapters. But don't worry, I described how she looks like here, though I had two versions of her and this one was my second version, hope not the bad one. Now, Please enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood!

Chapter 3

"Wow, what happened to Ed?" Hughes asked towards Roy as he stared at the blonde haired boy who was scowling and at the same time glaring towards the innocent table.

Roy sighed, "They had a little fight with Seth."

"Seth?" Hughes looked at Ed with disbelief before looking back at Roy, "Why?"

He looked back at Hughes with a blank look, "Does the name Alice give you any clue?"

"Oh…" he glanced back towards the scowling boy before moving a bit closer towards Roy. He leaned to the side and whispered in his ear, "Roy, were they looking for that Philosopher Stone thing again?"

"…Yeah."

…Meanwhile, on the other side of HQ.

The small girl walked down the hallways while bringing the stack paperwork in her hand carefully. She had short dark blue hair with slightly long bangs and was wearing the uniform that was supposed to be a boy's uniform, though she doesn't seem to be fazed by this fact. Another noticeable thing about her is the eye patch covering her left eye, and her right eye that wasn't covered was in the color of soft lavender.

She stopped and looked right and left towards the two hallways before furrowing her eyebrows, 'Damn it, I forgot where his office was' She thought for a moment before finally sighing and turning left, 'Well, I suppose making wild guesses won't hurt right now'

She gazed down at her feet for a while. She stopped and narrowed her eyes before bringing her hand up to her forehead, "Of all times for a headache, why do I have to have it when I'm lost?"

She grunted before looking up and widening her eyes slightly when the sight of a man in uniform turned around a nearby corner. She panicked a bit before hiding around the corner while holding her breath. A drop of cold sweat rolled down her face, 'Oh, man! I can't believe I still get cold feet whenever the Fuhrer comes around!'

"Who's there?"

She stiffened before turning around and saw that the Fuhrer was peeking around the corner. He stared at her for a bit before smiling warmly, "Ah, Lockhart, I see you still like wearing the boy's uniform instead of the one for girls, though basically the only difference is the skirt and pants."

She chuckled nervously, "Heheh… I don't really like wearing short skirts, especially tight ones…sir."

He nodded, "Alright then. Now, where are you going? You're not lost again, are you?"

"O-Of course not, sir!" 'Who the hell am I kidding? Of course I'm lost!' she shuddered slightly as the words flow out. She smiled and scratched the back of her head, "I think I better be going now, sir. Please excuse me!" she said before turning around and running down the hallway and making a random turn at the nearest corner.

She stopped and listened closely for the Fuhrer's footsteps, waiting for them to disappear. Once they did, she sighed heavily before falling to the ground, "The Fuhrer is so weird at times…"

She opened her eyes and stared at the wall in front of her. She narrowed her eyes, 'Why am I always so anxious around him?'

You can't run away… You know it, and he knows it…

She narrowed her eyes before shaking her head lightly. She sighed again before standing up and fixing the stack of paperwork back in order. She sneezed and rubbed her itchy nose, "Ugh… Did I catch a cold?" She slapped herself and shook her head before picking up the paperwork, "I have to hurry if I want to find that stupid office!"

She began running down the hallways again, praying in her mind she'll be lucky enough to run into an alchemist that might be able to help her. As if hearing her prayer, when she turned around the corner she accidentally crashed into someone.

She fell back to her backside and winced in pain at the impact; she opened her left eye and paled at the sight of all the papers that were scattered on the ground…maybe this is just plain bad luck.

"Damn it!"

She looked to the side and saw the person she bumped into, he was also on the ground. She raised her eyebrows slightly at the sight of him, he had blonde hair and she could see a glimpse of his golden orbs, since he wasn't facing her she couldn't get a full look at his face.

She merely blinked when he turned and glared at her, "Watch where you're going!"

…Before.

Ed threw his head back on the couch and gazed up the ceiling, "Al, you really think we should be wasting our time looking for this girl?"

"Why not?" Al answered simply.

Ed jumped up and looked at his brother with narrowed eyes, "What do you mean 'Why not?'… We should be out there looking for the actual stone instead of wasting our time here trying to find a girl who just might know about it, and even if we do find her we don't have any guarantee if she'll help us."

Al's head fell slightly as he looked to the floor, "I suppose you're right…" He paused before looking back at Ed, "Maybe we should just leave again? I thought you wanted to get your automail fixed."

Ed paled and stiffened, "I can't really imagine what Winry would do when she sees this…"

The two brothers panicked slightly when the image of their childhood friend holding a wrench in her hand appeared in their minds, who know what she could do with it!

Ed gulped before taking a deep breath, "But I can't really do anything without my automail fixed first, right?"

He sighed when his brother nodded towards his question. He looked down to the floor and towards his feet, "Guess we should go now… We need to buy some train tickets first" He looked up towards Al with a smile, "Right?"

Al nodded, "Yeah…"

The two stood up and began walking towards the door, passing by the Roy's desk, the man was asleep on his desk and the two decided to just leave him be. Al shut the door closed behind them before trailing after his brother.

"Ed…" Al called out towards him, but only received a slight hum in response, guess that was good enough for him to know that he was listening. "I was wondering…about what Roy said"

Ed looked towards him from the corner of his eye, "What did he say?"

"You know, about Seth. He said he could do a successful human transmutation and the fact that he learned it all from his father, who is supposed to be dead, right?"

"…" Ed said nothing as he followed his brother's point of view in the matter.

Al continued, "So, is it possible that, maybe…he used his father in a transmutation?"

Ed sighed and rubbed the back of his neck, "There is a possibility in that but he doesn't really look like someone who would do that… And I doubt he'd pull it off"

Al just nodded in his brother's statement, it was actually true. Seth maybe a bit of a…rapscallion, but he had a good heart, it would be hard to imagine him doing such a thing to someone so close to him like his own father.

The two turned quiet after that, no more comment or questions, they just walked. Ed wasn't really paying attention to where he was going since his mind was somewhere far away from reality so when he turned around the corner, he didn't see the person bringing a stack of paperwork with them who clearly can't see where they were going either. In result, the two crashed.

Papers were scattered all over the place as the two fell back on their backside, the person hit the floor harder than Ed did. Ed cursed while rubbing his head, "Damn it!"

When he looked up again he saw…a girl. He narrowed his eyes and glared at her, "Watch where you're going!"

She merely looked at him in confusion before replying, "…S-Sorry…" He grunted before standing up and dusting his pants. "Ummm, excuse me…"

He turned back and saw the girl stood up before looking back at him with furrowed eyebrows, that was when he realized the eye patch she was wearing, "You're…arm" she pointed towards Ed's right arm. She tilted her head to the side and stared at him, "It's an automail?"

"Yeah..." Ed raised his eyebrows slightly, 'How did she-?'

"Ed, are you alright?" Ed glanced back and saw Al running up towards him.

He merely nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine"

"You're the Fullmetal Alchemist, aren't you?" Ed turned again and saw that girl still looking at him… What is wrong with that girl? She narrowed her eyes, "And you're Alphonse"

"How did you know?" Al asked, clearly confused that the girl he never even seen before in his life actually knew him and his brother.

She blinked a couple of times before answering, "Oh, that… My brother told me a lot about you two, but not that much actually…"

Ed and Al stared at the girl suspiciously, making the situation a bit uncomfortable. The girl looked to the side a bit before coughing uncomfortably, "Ummm… Maybe I should introduce myself first."

"Yeah… Maybe that would make things better" Ed said without taking his gaze away from the girl.

She nodded; "Right" She brought up her hand and smiled slightly, "My name is Lockhart, Alice Lockhart"

The two boys widened their eyes when they heard her muttered her name. The girl merely smiled a rather friendlier smile before taking his hand and shaking it lightly, "It's a pleasure to meet you"

Al stared at the girl in disbelief before finding some of his voice back, "Is your brother-"

"Named Seth? Yes, yes he is. Seth Lockhart" she answered without waiting for Al to finish his question. She paused slightly before continuing, "My brother was the one that told me about you two" She rubbed the back of her neck, "This is kind of a big coincidence to suddenly run into you two but, my brother said you wanted to see me" The two was snapped out of their current trance when she said that.

"Yeah…"

"Well…" she crossed her arms over her chest as her smile disappeared and replaced by a neutral look, "Is there something you need from me?"

…

Seth yawned before a smirk spread across his face, "Seems like she found them" He turned and stared at the crimson ground before narrowing his eyes, 'Even after all this time…the crimson won't washed away…' His eyes narrowed even more when the sound of Alice's desperate cries resounded in his mind and pierced through his ear drums. '…Father…Why her? Why did it have to be Alice?'

Ummm... I don't have much ideas about how they were supposed to meet so I just went with the plain classic, they bumped into each other, literally. As you probably remembered, in the summary I said something about Alice's eyes and now you know she wears an eye patch so, no, she most certainly is not blind.

Another thing I'd like to clarify is about Alice and Seth's last name. My friend came up with it and I liked it but then, she told me that she got the idea from Harry Potter... Honestly, I didn't know! I think the name suits Alice but it sounds a bit weird on Seth... Then again, what last name actually sounds perfect for Seth? But if you do know, just tell me, I might be able to use it for other fanfics.

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