* ELEVEN YEARS LATER*
I vaguely remember my family, they were murdered when we lived in a small town outside Rush Valley called Thal. I was five I remember a man came he knew a special type
of alchemy. At the time I hadn't realized that it wasn't magic that he used, it was alchemy. I still cringe at the memory of that night, Its almost always brought me to tears.
After that night I was switched to different homes, but by the time I was eight I ran away. By then i already was pretty good at alchemy and martial arts so I could live on my
own. I've been wandering around the south to improve my alchemy and I've probably visited every city and town, so I decided to go to the east for a bit. Thats where I am
now, the middle of no where with only a few houses around I believe this place is called Resembool. Its so empty, there were a few people around they looked at me weird, I
wonder why. Well sure i had to bright red streaks in my bangs and I was wearing a long black coat black pants and a black t-shirt black gloves and black boots I did stick out
here. And by the looks of it theres not another town for quite a ways i may as well find somewhere to stay. "Are you lost?"
Someone behind me said.I turned around, It sounded like a boy but it was a big suit of armor. And beside him There was a boy maybe a year or two younger then me with
gold eyes and gold hair in a braid and a red coat. "Uh, kinda I dont know where I'm going to stay tonight I just came from Kaumafy today"
"Oh, well you can come with us to Granny Pinako's she wouldn't mind" The person in the suit of armor said
"Al, we just met her!"
"I'll come either way if I can't then I'll find somewhere else"
-Rockbell house-
"Edward, Alphonse! I told you to call next time you came!" I heard a girl yell as a wrench came flying our way.
"DAMMIT WINRY QUIT WITH THE WRENCHES!" The shorter boy yelled.
"Uhh, is this normal?" I asked the person named Alphonse.
"Unfortunatly, yes"
"Well, who's your friend?" a older woman shorter then Edward asked, I guessed she was Pinako.
"Uh, we just met her." Edward said.
"What is your name?" Pinako asked
"McKenna, McKenna Imogene but u can call me Ken if you'd like" I replied.
"Oh well you can stay here tonight. There is a few guest rooms upstairs, Winry you show her where she'll stay"
"Okay Granny" The blonde girl with the wrench about as tall as me came over to me.
Upstairs I talked to Winry. "Where are you from?" Winry asked.
"Thal, its a town outside Rush Valley"
"Really! I've always wanted to go to Rush Valley!"
"Yeah I saw You working on auto-mail"
"What brought you to Resembool?"
"Just wandering around, I ran away when I was Eight. I didn't like moving to different families everytime I get close to somebody something happens"
"Oh, I see, What happened to your parents?"
"...I dont want to talk about it.."
"Its okay, You don't have to"
"Winry! Granny's making stew!" I heard Edward yell excitedly.
"How old is Edward anyway?"
"15, same as me, And Al is 14,"
"He's short for his age"
"WHO YOU CALLING SHORT A HALF PIPE BEANSPROUT!"
"His hearing is good.." I said.
Winry giggled "Yeah he's Sensitive about that, anyway we should go downstairs"
As I walk down stairs I see a dog. "Even your dog has auto-mail!"
Winry laughed again "Yeah he was little when he got it"
"Oh" I saw Edward he didn't have his Coat or gloves on, just a black tank top. He had no right arm just the base where auto-mail was attached. "You have auto-mail?" I asked surprised.
"Uh, yeah" He replied.
"What happened?"
"Its nothing. You dont need to know"
"Okay"
Maybe I'll tell him my story before I leave we both have something we don't like to talk about. "I'm still amazed by stew!" Edward Exclaimed "Its the only thing with milk that
doesn't taste disgusting"
"Maybe thats why your short" I said.
"IM NOT DRINKING SOME OPAQUE LIQUID THAT COMES FROM A COW! ITS NOT GONNA KILL ME IF I DONT DRINK IT!"
"Wow you need anger management" Then I notice he has a silver pocket watch, he's a state alchemist.. He's youner then me and chained to the state. I feel sorry for him, I
do I hope he's never going to be called into war with the rest. I figure I'll talk to him later if he stays up.
Later i was going tp hang out with Winry but she needed to make Edward a new arm, so I hung out with Alphonse most of the time. "Alphonse, where are you guys from?
Because you guys know Winry and Pinako Really good and that but you dont have a house"
"Call me Al and We are from here. You see that pile of rubble on the hill" He pointed over toward the horizon "That was our house, we burned it down when we choose this
path. The day Brother got accepted as a State Alchemist we burned it to remember there is no turning back"
"Oh, my house was burned down too but I didn't burn it somebody else did"
"Oh"
"Are you a Alchemist too?"
"Yeah, are you?"
"Yeah I started learning when I was 6 or so"
"I was about four or five when I started"
"Cool, Where are your parents?"
"Dad left when I was about 3, He was a Alchemist too, and mom died when I was 9"
He seemed like he was going to say more but i figured it was better to leave it alone. "Where's your brother anyway?"
"Probably moms grave he'll come back in a couple hours"
"Oh well what can we do?"
"Lets go check if Winry and Granny need help"
"Okay"
"You know you aren't as scary as you look. You remind me of brother"
"I dont know if I should be offended or greatful" I laughed.
"Brother isn't a bad person he just has a temper"
"I know"
"How old are you anyway? Brother was accepted as a State Alchemist when we was 12 he's known as a child prodigy"
"Im 16" I said. "Wait 12, he was just a child"
"Yeah"
As we came in Winry told me I should go find Ed to tell him his arm is ready. I didn't know where the cemetary was so Al came too.
When we got there Edward was just Sitting there beside Den. he looked like such a little kid "Ed," I said "Winry finished your arm"
"Okay" He said as he stood up. Den was sleeping."Come on Den you need to come back too"
When we got back Ed sat in a chair as winry walked in with his new arm. "Ready?"
He sighed "Yeah"
"1.. 2.. 3!"
There was a click and Edward Gasped in pain. He got up flexed his arm. "Tomorrow before we leave we need to spar Al, To make sure its working before we leave for central"
"Okay"
Later when Everyone was asleep I went out for a walk in baggy pink pants and a white long sleave shirt and found a large rock, all I have to do is clap for a transmutation. I
made a stone dummy to practice hand to hand combat. About 10 minutes later I heard something in the bush behind me. "Who is it? Go away" I smashed the dummy.
"Its just me, Ed,"
"How long have you been there?"I said turning around.
"Since the beginnging"
Shit, he saw me transmute without a circle.
"You were stupid enough to try to bring someone alive too" It wasn't a question.
Wait, he tried? That explains his auto-mail. I sat on a rock and sighed "Yeah.."
"What happened to your family?"
"When I was 5, A man came and murdered my family and I had to watch. After he took me outside he used a special type of Alchemy and burned down my house. He killed
my Mom, Dad, and my Big brother, Jhosph. I tried to bring back Jhosph."
Edward muttered something.
"Well, What did Truth take?"
I Lifted up my pant legs to reveal two auto-mail leg quite similar to Edward's. then pulled off a skin coloured glove off my left hand and pushed up my sleve. "Same thing as
you.. Just oppisite arm.. I tried to bring back another child by myself so thats what happened"
"Rebound. Both legs? Thats why your footwork doesn't sound uneven. What did you try to replace the soul with?"
"I never tried to replace the soul I was 9 I didn't think of it"
"We both were fools. Alphonse in empty you know"
"I noticed he sounds hollow I was wondering why"
"Yeah we tried to bring back our mother when we were 10 and 11. Al lost his body I gave my arm for his soul"
Edward was trembling, so was I at the memory of what happened that night atnd thinking how terrified he must have been.
"You must have been so terrified"
"Yeah and the thing we brought back wasn't even human!"
"Yeah so was the thing that was supposed to be my brother. Its body bent in unimaginable ways blood everywhere. It was breathing but it wasn't him."
"That was the same it was horrifing"
"I think we should head back. So much for training"
"Okay and maybe you can come to Central with us"
"Maybe"