AUTHOUR'S NOTE: Happy New Year. I hope you enjoy.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own FMA.

Felicity sat at the fence of what used to be her home. She'd been drawn back to the place for some strange reason. Edward and Alphonse were speaking with their teacher about the tabooed act that they'd committed. She'd finally figured them out. Or in better words, she'd finally confronted them about it. Felicity already having heard this story decided against staying and listening again. It seemed to hurt him to talk about it, and she couldn't bear to see him in pain. She'd started to hang out with Winry; however, Winry wanted to stay and make sure that the youngest boy was okay. So she was alone, and as she walked about the town she found herself at the remains of her own home.

As she sat alone, her mind wondered to what the one that Alphonse had called Lust, said to her. Shou Tucker studies your kind. The words echoed in her head over and over. However, she had no knowledge of Shou Tucker. Out of all the military books that she'd read, there was nothing in her brain's inventory about Shou Tucker. She sighed and looked up at the constantly blue sky. Only an optimist could get used to living here, or someone that really enjoyed the sun.

Shou Tucker.

The girl stood and brushed her hair from her eyes. She need to talk to someone that knew. Someone that really knew Tucker. Her father was the only person that she could think of, and the only thing that he'd said was that he studied chimeras. Her kind. He studied her kind, and he studied chimeras. She furrowed her brow and walked to the Meat Shop that Izumi owned with her husband. Without paying attention to Winry, Mason, Edward, or Alphonse she walked straight to the phone.

"Mustang?" her father answered on the third ring. Felicity was quiet for a moment, trying to figure out what to say. She heard him lean back in his chair and sigh, "What's on your mind, kid?"

"Tell me what you know about Shou Tucker," she demanded.

"Shou Tucker," her father echoed. "I told you, he studies chimeras, well, studied chimeras."

"Tell me more," she demanded, getting impatient with her father's games.

"You're with the one person that can tell you better than I can," he mused. "Edward knows everything about Tucker. Ask him when you get the chance."

"Thank you," she said, before hanging up the phone.

Izumi had left the Meat Shop, and ventured out to the city. She'd locked the Elrics in a room and had Mason sit in front of the door while Winry bathed the younger boy. Felicity escaped chores by going to the remains of her home again. However, she couldn't get the thought of Tucker out of her mind. Chimeras. Her kind. She sighed and got up. The girl pushed open the gate on the door and walked into the yard of her old home. Immediately, her senses were plagued. Her hearing went fuzzy and her eyesight blurred. Foreign smells invaded her nose. A rusty taste covered her tongue. Her skin felt like it was on fire. The girl bit her lip to resist screaming out in pain as she back out of the yard. As soon as her body was on the other side of the fence, her senses cleared, and she collapsed to the ground.

What the hell was that?

Now she was sure that she had to go and speak to the Elrics.

After regaining control, she stood and ran as fast as she could, without transmuting, to the Meat Shop. She ran to the door she saw Mason guarding and slid to a stop.

"I gotta get in," she panted pushing them aside. Mason looked hesitant, but moved aside long enough for her to slip into the room. Edward and Alphonse looked up at her when she entered. Al had been sitting on the floor between the two beds, and Ed was laying stretched out on one of the beds. His golden eyes met her violet ones and before he could speak, she did. "Tell me about Shou Tucker."

Edward frozen and swapped looks with Alphonse. "Shou Tucker," he echoed. "He studied Chimeras," Edward started. It seemed to pain him to speak of it. "He was under Basque Grand in East City. He had a daughter." He was speaking in short sentences, trying to from the story. "Tucker was the Sewing-Life Alchemist. He made a Chimera as his entry to the Military. It died soon after. His talked, had a full understanding at the English language. We met him four years later, when he was preparing to make another Chimera." Edward shut his eyes.

"Did he succeed?" Felicity asked quietly.

"Yes," Alphonse continued. "He made a Chimera. He combined his dog and daughter."

"He what?" she asked quietly. Her body was shaking, and the more she tried to stop it the more she shook.

Edward opened his eyes to see her shaking and immediately sat up. "Hey, are you okay?" he asked her. She shook her head. "What?" he asked reaching out to touch her shoulder.

His cold automail hand sent more chills down her body and she exhaled shakily. "When I was with Lust," she started. Her voice shaking. "She said that Shou Tucker studies my kind."

Edward retracted his hand. "What? You're not a Chimera. We've seen Chimera's and you aren't one." Felicity shook her head and bit her lip. "Hey, calm down, kid. You're not a Chimera. She just saying that to get to you. Lust lies. They all do. Except Gluttony. He did really want to eat you." That was Edward Elric's poor attempt at a joke and Felicity chuckled under her breath. "You're not. I swear, if you are then we'll fix it. Okay?" She nodded. Edward tossed the green blanket from Al's bed on her and sighed. "Stop shaking, you look like a puppy in the rain."

Felicity stood with the blanket round her shoulders and knocked on the door. "Mason, let me out." Again there was a hesitation, but the door opened. She exited and walked down the stairs and to the phone. "Daddy?" she said as the call was answered.

She only called him that when she was in complete emotional distress. "Felicity? Hang on." He shouted into the room for everyone to leave. There was the sound of scuffling and the door closing before he returned. "Yes?"

"I'm a Chimera," she said slowly, testing the words on her tongue. They didn't fit.

"What?" Roy asked outraged by the thought. "Who told you that?"

"The woman that kidnapped me. She said that Shou Tucker studied my kind, and he studied Chimeras."

"Felicity RAyne, you need to see someone about that gullibility. You are not a Chimera. You don't have a tail look like one." Felicity snorted. "Are you listening? You are not a Chimera. Understand?"

"Sir,yes, Sir."

"Good, now calm down. You'll worry yourself to death like that."