"My! Catch me!" A 4-year old Alphonse shouted as he jumped from the top of a small snow bank.

The 8-year old girl outstretched her arms to catch her brother, and the two fell in the snow laughing.

Snow didn't come to Resembool often, but whenever it did the kids enjoyed it to the fullest.

The laughing ceased, however, when a snowball made contact with Myra's face and a 5-year old Edward burst out laughing.

A mischievous grin broke across the girl's face as she got up and made a bigger snowball with alchemy. Ed had stopped laughing and was now running around their yard. When he decided to use Al as a shield, Al was forced to join in on the running and laughing.

"Hey, that was cheating!" Ed accused her, but his laughing did not cease.

Myra threw the snowball, but at the last second the boys ducked behind a snow bank. Then, the small snowbank collapsed, covering the boys with snow. Myra stood next to it, showing that she had caused it to fall down on purpose.

The two boys teamed up to tackle their sister into the snow. The three just continued to laugh as they continued their childish fun.

Then, Myra and Al just suddenly stopped laughing. Ed, now confused, opened his eyes. He looked to where his brother should be, but he wasn't there. He then realized that he was lying on the ground and his sister was missing too.

"My? Al?" he called, now in his 10-year old body. The snow had disappeared and fire blazed everywhere his eyes could see. His house burned in front of him. The flames' shadow dancing for as far as the eye could see.

When he turned, he saw his sister, now in her 13-year old body. She was smiling brightly, until two dark figures snuck up behind her.

"Myra, behind you!" Ed yelled, but it was as if she couldn't hear him. Her face showed a frightened expression as she struggled and fought against the two figures. Ed tried to run and reach for his sister, but he couldn't move. It was like his feet were frozen to that one spot. The fire in the background blazed even more as the two figures dragged the screaming girl into the fire, ignoring Ed's panicked protests.

Suddenly being able to move again, Ed ran towards Myra. He ran, but when he passed the fire, a black nothingness that swept around him was all he could see. "My?! Myra!" he yelled, but got no reply.

Then appearing right before him was the Myra that he hadn't seen in five years, the Myra he had seen earlier that day. "Ed," she said. "Ed!" she seemed desperate. The same two dark figures appeared and grabbed the girl just as Ed frantically reached for her, not wanting to lose the sight of her again. "Ed!"

"MYRA!"

"Brother! Brother, wake up!"

Ed snapped his eyes open and gasped, panting.

"Brother, are you alright? You were having a nightmare." Concern filled Al's voice.

Ed was sitting against the wall in the hallway of the abandoned house they were using for their hideout.

He realized his arm was outstretched, supposedly reaching for his sister in his dream. He blinked, pulling it back and wiping his sweaty forehead.

The only light coming from a simple candle light did little to ease Ed's mind, creating shadows that reminded him of the two figures in his nightmare.

"Must've been some dream." A voice said from the side. "With all your yelling you nearly woke up Lan Fan," Ling said, referring to his injured bodyguard who was currently resting. "Was it about your sister?" his voiced softened.

Ed and Al both stared at him blankly. "What?" he said defensively. "You were yelling 'Myra' in your sleep and I think you two mentioned your deceased older sister's name to be Myra."

"Oh right, I almost forgot telling you about her." Ed mumbled looking down.

"What happened in your dream?" Al asked.

"Well, it started off with the three of us playing in the snow of Resembool when we were kids. But then everything changed. Two dark figures took her... and I couldn't stop them!"

"Is everyone alright?" Mustang asked as he and Hawkeye suddenly ran in.

"Yeah, everything's fine. Brother just had a nightmare."

"Colonel, did you know about this?" Ed asked through gritted teeth, still looking at the floor. A shadow covered his eyes.

"Know about what?" The Colonel asked.

"Our sister," Ed said simply, slowly looking up. "Did you know that she was still alive?" The same realization suddenly hit Al.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Fullmetal."

"The Cloaked Alchemists!" Al shouted. "The one who's named 'Raven'. Is she really our sister who supposedly died four years ago?!"

"I don't know wh—"

Mustang was cut off by Ed getting up and holding the Colonel by the collar in only a second flat. "Myra Elric! Our older sister!" he yelled as tears threatened to form in his eyes. "Four years ago you came to Resembool and told us that she died in some explosion, a year after she was taken from us. But yesterday... yesterday Al and I saw her among the Cloaked Alchemists!"

Before Hawkeye could do anything, Mustang reached up and gently gripped the Fullmetal's wrist, allowing him to release his collar. The Colonel's head faced the ground so his eyes could not be read, "Listen you two. It's true... Your sister's alive."

Al gasped, "How—"

"How come we weren't told of this?!" Ed fumed.

"Edward, calm down." Riza warned and Ed seemed to obey, gritting his teeth.

"Tell us everything!" Al demanded.

Mustang looked at both boys before speaking. "Four years ago when I came to visit you in Resembool, I truly believed she was dead. I found out only a year later. The same time Hughes found out."

"General Hughes?" Al asked in disbelief.

"Your sister was kidnapped for projects relating to the homunculi. Whether the homunculi were directly involved, no one knows yet." A realization suddenly struck the Colonel. "All information about the matter only Bradley knows." He said his thoughts out loud, "But if Bradley really is a homunculus..."

"What has he been doing to our sister?!" Ed and Al demanded to know.

"My knowledge on the matter is limited, so I don't know." he took a look at their angry faces and added, "She's doing alright, you know." Ed's eyes seemed to soften a bit. "I see her every now and again. I don't know if she suspects the Fuhrer of being a homunculus, but she is alive and well."

"You mentioned General Hughes. How is he tied up in all this?" Ed asked in a quieter voice than before.

"He took her in for a couple years after the incident. He and his wife, Gracia, looked after her for a while."

"Why? Why didn't she come to see us? Why didn't she let us know that she was alive?" A pained look could be seen in Ed's eyes as they started brimming with tears, but he refused to let them fall.

"Like I said, my knowledge on Myra Elric is limited. But my guess would be; it was to protect you two."

Hearing this caused both Elric brothers to look up at the Colonel. "What do you mean?" They asked in unison.

"Knowing her, it'd be the only reason she'd do something like that. Some things are best if you heard from her yourself. I know that doesn't give you everything you want to know, but I'm sure she'll provide a proper explanation."

"Will we get to see her soon?" Hope filled Al's voice.

"My did say she'll see us soon. And she's always stuck with her word." It was meant to reassure Al, but Ed was trying to reassure himself too.