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I'm falling. No one knows what happened or why, but we will all die, that's for sure. I was just going to visit my cousin, and then this happens. Is this how everything will end? Will I just die like this, before my life has even begun? I have just turned 16, damn it!

All the people around me are screaming, but I can't hear them over my own screams and heartbeats. I crawl up in a foetal position in my seat, clenching my backpack hard to my chest. Tears stream down my face in fear. The mountain is coming closer and closer. In a few seconds, my life will end. Time appears to slow down as the plane connects with the mountain; fire is spreading through the plane and is approaching me at an almost sluggish pace, as if knowing that I can't get away, no matter how slow it moves, so it takes its time to mock me.

I stare at the fire in horror; this is how it all will end.

I'm on my way home from school, listening to my I-pod and walking to the beat. My summer vacation began today and soon I will catch a plane that will bring me to meet my cousin Raven. I miss her a lot, she's like a sister to me.

We met the first time when I was 6 years old, on a Christmas party. Both of us have an anime fetish but I have also a fan fiction fetish while she has manga fetish. I give her tips on different fan fictions while she gives me tips on different manga series. We have different favourites but we can always talk about the other series and if one of us forgets something the other one always knows the answer. Both of us wish that we could join the world of anime just like in the fan fictions; the only difference between us here is that Raven wants to go into the Naruto world while I want to go into the Fullmetal Alchemist world.

Whenever we have a vacation we always visit each other; this time it's my turn to visit her. I have everything packed already – all I have to do now is to be on time for my flight. I will stay at Raven's house for four weeks before my family comes to California themselves so that we can go on our family vacation together. I don't have any siblings, just my mother, father and our cat Malice.

You think it's strange that I call my cat Malice? Actually, it's not strange at all – I'm telling you, that cat's evil. She always does this creepy cat-snigger when she sees blood, hurt us or sees us get hurt. And since I haven't met any other cat that seems like it enjoys someone else's pain, it can't be normal, so I call her Malice. I don't care if we named her 'Bubbles' for her fluffy white fur, for me she is Malice.

My black backpack is bouncing up and down on my back as I skip down the street towards my block. I wear a pink tank top with a cute black cat on the front and short blue shorts with black, low heeled studded boots. I wear my orange hair in two high ponytails which reaches down to my shoulders; my grey eyes are closed for now since I'm enjoying the music. I'm listening to the opening of soul eater; seriously, that anime has kick-ass music. I have my usual fishnet gloves on, as well as my necklace with a blue oval that I got from Raven 6 years ago on my 10th birthday.

I skip inside the blue villa I call home and shout; "I'm home!"

A brown-haired woman with grey eyes pops her head out from the kitchen to greet me. She smiles warmly at my happy mood. "Welcome home Gloria, did you have a nice last day at school?"

I nod rapidly and pump my fist into the air. "Finally summer break! And soon I'll meet Raven which will make this day even better!" My mother laughs softly before she disappears back inside the kitchen. I remove my boots and drop my bag to the floor in the small blue hall.

"Is dad home yet?" I ask my mother as I step inside the kitchen. My mother is a great cook and she even owned a restaurant before she got married, but it had to shut down for the lack of customers. She has taught me all different kinds of tricks in cooking, some of them being special secret family recipes, of course.

Without turning around from hacking vegetables my mother answers my question. "Not yet, but he should be here any minute. And dinner will be ready soon, so don't get stuck by your computer for too long like last time."

I laugh nervously and scratch the back of my head before I run upstairs to my room. I always have the habit of shutting out everything around me when I read something that interests me, like fan fictions. I read at least one fan fiction every day; it has completely taken over my mind. I think about different fan fictions all day and come up with new fan fictions all the time. Whenever I have some alone time I always read fan fictions no matter where I am. It can even be in the middle of a conversation with my friends. (Yes, it's true!)

When I come inside my room I immediately attack my laptop and do my usual routine. I turn on my computer, log in, look at my different anime posters on the wall opposite to my computer desk, check my e-mail, reply to some e-mails, check if the manga I'm reading have updated, read the manga, check if any of the fan fictions I'm reading have updated, read the fan fictions.

All that takes me about 20 minutes, and then I decide to burst my beloved bubble to listen if my dad has come home yet. I can hear mom and dad talk downstairs so I set my computer on standby to go downstairs.

Just as I reach the bottom of the stairs, I can see my dad walk out from the kitchen. I smile as I walk past him. "Hi dad!" He turns around from hanging up his brown coat to smile back at me.

"Hi there, sweetheart. Excited about flying to Raven?" I reply with an affirmative"Mmmhmm!" and walk into the kitchen. My mother is still cooking so I decide to help a bit by doing the table. I take a deep breath of the familiar and delicious aroma wafting up from the food; it's my mother's speciality. I don't know what it's called, but it's really good.

"I can't wait to get to California!" I shout and pump my fist into the air. My mom laugh at my enthusiasm and my father smiles warmly at me.

"Bye mom! Bye dad! See you in four weeks!" I yell at my parents over my shoulder as I rush to catch my plane. "Remember to call when you've arrived!" My mother yells after me; I just wave one more time over my shoulder to ensure them that I will. As I do, I get this strange feeling that I will never be able to see them again… nah, it's surely just the work of my traveling nerves and an overactive imagination.

"I can't wait to see you Gloria! It has been two months the last time we saw each other!" I giggle together with my cousin in excitement. I'm currently sitting on my plane, talking to my cousin one last time over the phone before the three hour trip to California. "Yeah, I know! I can't wait to show you all the awesome Naruto and Inuyasha fan fictions I've just found, they're simply amazing!"

Raven laugh softly over my fetish before she becomes serious. "You better not crash on your way here; I don't want to lose my little sister." Raven has always been wary of airplanes, she always has this feeling that something bad will happen to my plane so that I will crash. She isn't worried when she flies but if it's about me she tends to be a bit overprotective. One time, when she saw some of the boys from my class flirting with me, she kicked their asses all the way to the moon, ok, not literally but she beat them up pretty badly. She has black belt in karate and she has taught me some moves too, so that I will be able to protect myself. She is a very strict teacher and sometimes a little scary, but not as scary as Izumi in Fullmetal alchemist.

I brush away her worry with a laugh. "Come on, I've been flying airplanes alone since I was 12. It's not like the plane will magically stop or something, that's like one on a thousand."

I can hear her shuffling nervously on the other end and laugh nervously. "I know, but I have this feeling that something bad will happen to you…" Raven is always right when it comes to stuff like this, but again I just waved those thoughts away, thinking that this flight will be just like every other.

"I will see you later Raven, the plane is starting now, so I better turn off my phone before anyone becomes angry." She doesn't reply at first but then she says in a worried tone; "Alright, but promise me- click" I blink in surprise. Did her phone get cut off in the middle of a sentence? She always loads her phone whenever she gets red batteries so that she can keep it on 24/7.

"Raven? Hello?" I say to the quiet phone, but I don't get an answer. However, it wasn't quiet for long before I hear a new voice.

"Why don't you come and pay me a visit, little girl?"

I almost dropped the phone in surprise. The voice both sounds like one person talking and a crowd speaking at the same time. The first comparison my brain makes is one to 'Truth' in Fullmetal Alchemist. Before I can utter a single word in reply, one of the stewardesses comes to me and tells me to turn off my phone. I just stare out the window in confusion and fear as the plane begins to move. Could it really have been Truth that talked to me and told me to come to him? But the only way to get to him is if you use human transmutation, or if you die.

If you die… does that mean that this will be my last flight? Then I shook off my silly thoughts. That was in the Fullmetal Alchemist world. Truth didn't exist in this world. Someone had only been using some kind of voice distorter to scare me. But why would anyone want to scare me?

During the whole flight I feel slightly uncomfortable and keep telling myself that I just imagined that there was a voice sounding like Truth's voice coming out of my phone. I mean, Truth isn't even real. And even if he was real, what would he want from someone like me? I look out the window as I'm thinking, watching the sun set behind the clouds in the distance. And if he was real, he would still be in another dimension, right? From there, he wouldn't be able to do anything to me… I think…

Catching sight of something out of the corner of my eye, I look toward the engine, and my eyes widen in fear as they meet a horrible sight. The engine is slowing down, causing the plane to loose speed and altitude. I press myself against the window, as if I can keep the engine spinning just by being as close to it as possible and keep staring at it.

The pilot begins speaking into the loud speaker, his voice strangely calm, considering the situation. "We're having a slight problem with our engines, everyone please stay calm and fasten your seatbelts as we try to rectify the problem."

At the moment, I couldn't care less about seatbelts. I can't take my eyes off the engine. Something is out there, preventing it from turning. I can see it, but I can't understand what it is. It looks like an eye, an eye with two arms. It is inside the engine, holding the propeller still and looking at me joyfully. Then I freeze in fear. No way! No way! He isn't real, Truth isn't real, so how can the gate babies be real? Why is one of them here? Why is it making the plane crash? Wait, the pilot said that we were having a problem with our engines. Engines in plural form. Does that mean that there is another one in the other engine? Why are they doing this? What do they want?

I stumble to my feet and run over to the other side to look at the other engine. I lean over two crying kids to be able to reach the window. I begin to tremble as I see another gate baby. It too is looking very happy as it meets my eyes, as if it is taunting me, telling me that trying to stop them is useless. I will die, as well as all the others on this plane. But why crash a plane? And why do I seem to be the only one who can see them?

I slowly step back to my seat and sit down. I fasten my seatbelt, pick up my backpack and hug it tightly. The plane is slowly tipping downwards and I start to cry. Am I really going to die here? I still have so much to do! I want to see my cousin, my mom, my dad, and my friends at school.

All the other passengers begin to scream loudly when the plane starts to fall, especially the little kids. I try to think of itas a rollercoaster, but it's kind of hard to do that with everyone else screaming in panic. I soon join my own voice to the screams. The plane is falling faster and faster and I close my eyes tightly. I know that all around me, people are screaming, but I can't hear them over my own screams and heartbeats.

The whole plane shakes violently and lets out a screeching sound as it hits something and my forehead collides with the seat in front of me. I hold onto my bleeding head and crawl up into a foetal position. I'm so scared; I've never been this scared in my entire life. I have been scared before, like when some drunken guys cornered me in an ally. But I could do something about it then (I beat them up with some difficulty). Right now I can't do anything; the gate's babies are making the plane crash. They want to kill me and all these other innocent people.

I slowly open my eyes and look outside the window. We are in the mountains and the wing is broken. It must have been the wing colliding with the mountainside that caused the plane to shake; the screeching sound must have been the sound of metal ripping. The mountains are dangerously close to the plane as it continues to fall. Then I feel us colliding with something again, but this time the plane stops falling and I can feel a vicious heat approaching me. I turn around towards it, only to see fire quickly spreading through the plane.

My teary eyes widen even more, if possible, and I tremble hard in fear. This is how it all will end.

Am… am I dead? I think so, because I don't feel pain anymore. And if I was still alive, I should feel pain. The plane was crashing. The last thing I can remember is the fire coming towards me and then… nothing. The strange thing is;I don't feel dead. But on the other hand, I don't feel alive either. Where am I?

"Yo, so you're finally awake." I snap my eyes open at the familiar voice. I've heard it many times in the anime and one time over my phone, even if I didn't believe it then, but hearing it in person is a little strange. I sit up, seeing the familiar white void around me. In front of me sits the contour of a person, the contour of me. The only visible thing on its face is a big grin; Truth sits casually with one knee up to its chest with its arms resting on it.

It's Truth. That meant that it really had been Truth that I had talked to before. But why does it want me?

I take a shaky breath to calm myself before I begin to speak. "What do you want Truth?" I'm surprised; my voice manages to be very calm despite my wildly beating heart.

Truth's grin widens. "Isn't it obvious what I want? I want you." I wrap my arms tightly around me. "I already know that from your call. But just what do you want me for?" I am scared, terrified, which seems to amuse Truth. After all, this is what I've dreamed for, but I didn't think that it could actually happen.

Truth shrugs its shoulders with that stupid grin still on its face. "My, my, straight forward as ever I see." I wince. Truth sounds like they has known me for a long time, but how could that be possible? We live in different worlds. My voice is a little shaky as I ask Truth; "Have you been spying on me? What for?"

"I'm interested in your abilities."

"I don't have any abilities." Truth begins to snicker, as if amused at something.

"So you don't know, then? You don't know that you are the first human ever on your side to use alchemy?" My eyes widen in surprise and shock, and my arms drop down into my lap. Alchemy? I've used alchemy? When did I do that? How?

"But you wouldn't remember that, since you were only three years at the time. Anyway, it seems like you have a very strong connection to the gate and I want to find out why."

I'm dumbstruck from the news that I have used alchemy. It can't be possible. Alchemy isn't supposed to exist in my world. And when I was only three years old? That's just so confusing, how could a three-year-old kid use alchemy?

I can feel an familiar heat in my chest and I clench my hands. Is that the only reason Truth killed me? Because they want to do some kind of test on me? Then why did Truth have to crash a whole plane? Why did all those innocent people have to die? They had lives before I stepped on the same plane as them; they had a future. For that matter, I had a life before Truth contacted me. I had family and friends and now I will never be able to see them again. And Raven; she is waiting for me in California and I couldn't even say goodbye to her on the phone.

I shift a little so that I'm sitting on my knees. I hide my eyes behind my orange bangs and clench my teeth to try and force down my anger. It's mixed in with despair so I feel a little different from what I usually do when I lose my temper. It feels like my ribcage will explode every time I breathe, my heartbeat is loud and fast in my ears, I have tunnel vision, I'm shaking violently and I can't seem to focus my eyes on anything. It's just... How can Truth be so heartless!?

I want to hurt Truth but I know what they can do so I'm afraid of them, I want to hurt myself but I'm too much of a chicken to do so. I want to hurt something, anything, but there's nothing here. So I remain still. It takes me a couple of minutes before I have calmed down enough to be able to move.

I slowly lift my head so that I can look past the orange curtain of hair, at Truth, but it isn't in front of me any more. I almost let the feelings of anger and despair take over me again, but I slap myself in the face to be able to calm down. I stand up with the help from my hands and slowly turn around to look behind me. It's just as I feared, there stands Truth with the gate behind them.

My heart begins to beat faster as I realise what it will do; Truth will force me through the gate. I don't want this anymore, I just want to go home and meet my mom and dad again. The colour drains from my face and I shake my head, I don't want to be here.

"S-so you will force me through the gate? Make m-me learn alchemy so that you c-can figure out why I have such an s-strong c-connection? Is this why y-you k-killed me?" I'm slowly stepping away from the gate, holding myself protectively. I wanted my voice to sound strong but I'm too scared to use my acting skills, so my voice just sounds small and pathetic, reflecting my feelings.

Instead of Truth answering me, the gate opens and the black arms of the gate babies reach out for me. I can't move and I know that no matter what I do, they will catch me anyway, so the only thing I can do is watch in horror as the black arms approach.

The arms are wrapping themselves around my legs, arms, waist, head, everywhere, before they pull me inside the gate with a powerful tug and the doors close loudly behind me.

All the information poured into my brain hurts; it feels like my head will blow up. Pictures of my life and pictures of alchemy flashes by me in mere seconds, but somehow my brain captures everything. One of the most shocking pictures that I see is the one where I do alchemy. It's only there for the merest fraction of a second, but I can still see it clearly, in detail.

I'm playing outside. It's raining, and I'm happily jumping around in the water puddles. Without anyone realizing it, I jump out into the road, not knowing the dangers of it, and continue to play with the water. I hear tires racing towards me at a high speed and I look over to the source of the sound in confusion. A car is driving at full speed through the rain, oblivious to the little child playing on the road. I can hear my mother scream my name before I instinctively clap my hands together and hold them in front of me. The rain around me stops and gathers around me like a protecting bubble, so when the car collides with me I bounce away like a bouncing ball, safe inside the water bubble. Then the memory gets replaced by another one, the gate not letting me dwell on one thing for too long.

Finally the gate lets me go and closes its doors behind me. I'm back inside the white void together with Truth. I pant heavily from exhaustion and my head is throbbing violently. I can't believe that my head is still intact after that, it was horrible. And to think that Ed and Al went through this at the age of 11 and 10, respectively, amazes me.

"Do you see why I'm interested in your alchemy powers now? I've never seen anyone control water that way before, and it was a powerful transmution, too. All that, and you weren't even in this dimension, the dimension that is supposed to have alchemy, at the time."

I slowly move my gaze to Truth, who is standing on my right with its arms crossed. I can only nod numbly. I have to agree on that that power I had used was unusual. It would be cool to be able to control that kind of alchemy, but I would much rather go home. But what if I can't go home? What if I'm really dead and I have lost my body? Do I need to pay a toll if I have lost my body? What would Truth take from me then?

Truth begins to circle around me as he speaks. "Now, the only thing that's missing is someone that can teach you how to use your alchemy. There exist no alchemists in your world, that's why I had to dispose of your body. And the sacrifices are what kept your soul intact and transferred you here. You have a lot of knowledge of the living world beyond this gate, so there won't be a problem in sending you there. But the problem is that you don't have a body there and I can't send you there without a body. Your alchemy is too valuable for that."

Truth is now standing in front of me with a big grin on its face; I'm shaking both in fear and from exhaustion from my experience inside the gate. Sure it was amazing to be able to learn all those things about alchemy, but I was still scared.

I push some bangs out of my pale face and bite my lip nervously. "I-I don't want to l-lose a limb or any organs."

Truth grins even more and reaches out a hand to touch my cheek. I wince at their touch but otherwise I'm completely still. "I wasn't thinking of taking any limbs or organs, I thought more about taking your age. Four years actually. I've already picked out the years that will be deleted from your mind and body."

I freeze and my breath hitches in my throat. What? My years? Is that even possible? Will I be 12 years old again? That's better then loosing a limb or two, but I will lose four years of my life! And I won't even know what has been taken from me, since I won't have any memory of it! I can't give Truth a reply, I'm too afraid to speak, or even move. The only thing I can do is to stare at what is supposed to be Truths face in shock and disbelief.

Truth nods and removes its hand from my cheek; I can hear the gates doors open behind me. The black arms once again wrap themselves around me, but this time I put up a fight. I don't want to go there anymore; I don't want to lose four years of my life. Maybe those years have important memories of my family, or important things I've learned.

No matter how much I fight, the arms are pulling me closer and closer to the gate. The last thing I see is Truth waving happily at me before the gate doors close and leave me in darkness.

Every part of my body is burning, like someone has set me fire on my insides. I'm dizzy, hungry, thirsty, and sleepy and I need to pee… Not a good combination… I slowly open my grey eyes and am met by the sight of concrete. I must have fallen from somewhere; my whole body hurts like hell, especially my head after all that information from the gate.

I groan softly and push myself up to my knees, sending a wave of pain crashing over my body. But I know that I can't stay here, I have to find someone.

I look at my surroundings; I'm in a dark alley. In front of me is a dead end and behind me lies a big street. There are a few trash cans to my right where a cat is digging through the garbage in search of food and the sky is dark with heavy rain clouds; I must get cover before the rain starts falling.

As I stumble upright on my unsteady feet I can feel something slip off my legs and fall to the ground. I blink a few times in confusion before I look down to my feet groggily. It's something light blue attached to my legs… Wait a minute… It's my pants!

I quickly pull upmy pants into place with a heavy blush; I just dropped my pants, something that has never happened before. I look down at my cat tank top, it's reaching down to my thighs and my smaller hands don't fit in my fishnet gloves anymore.

I panic for a few more minutes before it finally dawns on me. Truth has stolen four years from me both physically and from my memories. Which means that I'm 12 again…

I sigh, depressed, as I remove my favourite gloves; I have to go through puberty all over again… How annoying…

Since my pants can't keep themselves in place, I have to make my gloves into a temporary belt until I can find someone willing togive me some clothes. I mean, who can resist a cute little orange-haired girl with big, grey, sparkling eyes?

I tie my gloves together and tie them around my waist over my blue pants. My cute kitty shirt must look weird in this world, so I have to turn it inside out. My bra is too large for me with my new (or old?) bust size. I remember that I had a 36 B cup when I was 12, while now, at 16, I have a 38 F cup… well, had, until Truth shrank me. Now that I have a much smaller body, it feels a little strange to walk towards a garbage can to throw away my bra. I only grew about 4 inches between 12 and 16, so it isn't so much of a difference, but still enough to send me off balance.

I steady myself against the wall after I have thrown my bra away. What now? Should I just wander around the city until I find someone and then use my acting skills to act like a little helpless kid? That is a plan, at least… But I should also try to find Ed and Al. I know where I am and by now, I have accepted that all of this is real, so that means that they are real, too.

I bend down and tighten the straps on my studded boots before I slowly walk out from the ally and out onto the big street, but no one is out at this hour. I should probably find some shelter for the night and then find someone the next morning. With that in mind, I begin to walk in a random direction, keeping close to the wall.

During my walk I come up with a background for myself. If a little 12 year old girl walk alone in a big city there must be a reason, right? I will say that my father left me long time ago and that I've been looking for him since my mother died. She died in cancer when I was 10 and I've travelled through different towns since then. I've stayed at different families and gotten food and shelter from them but I lost all my stuff recently when I was running away from a scary man. That sounds convincing, right? But I've planned that if I meet Ed and Al, I will slowly uncover my secret; give a few hints here and there. Ed is very smart so I think he'll figure it out eventually.

It began to rain a while ago, so I'm soaking wet. As I'm walking, I'm slowly getting used to my smaller body and now I don't have to steady myself against the wall anymore.

Suddenly a large bang is heard just a few blocks away from me; a huge cloud of dust that's slowly disintegrating is hovering over the houses. What's that? Is someone fighting over there? The place seems familiar somehow… Can it be Scar or Homunculi?

I pick up my pace and walk towards the ally, if it is Scar that means that Ed and Al are there too. I hope that I'm right… They are the only ones I feel that I can trust in this world amongst other few selected people who help the brothers.

I can hear sounds of a fight and see red and blue alchemy flashes coming out from the ally I'm heading towards. I can't help them in the fight, but even so, I want to see it up close. I know that this is real life now, not just a manga or an anime, and that I can get hurt, but I'm still excited, I love to fight and watch people fight.

When I see something red and golden fall out of the ally, a wide grin spreads across my face. It is Ed, which means I'm almost in the beginning of the series. Judging by the red flashes of light I can come to the conclusion that he and Al are fighting Scar. If I remember right, it should be in chapter 7… I wonder if it is the anime or manga, I hope it's the manga because I remember it better than the anime. But Brotherhood would be good too, it is somewhat similar to the manga and I remember every event and when it happens.

I slow down a little so that I can watch the fight from a safe distance. I will see Ed fight with Scar! It's like a dream come true! If only Raven could see me now…

Some tears threaten to spill over as I think of Raven and home. I slap myself lightly and force the tears down. I can't get homesick now. I'll have to save that for later. Right now I will watch Ed fight and then jump in and announce my presence after the military comes to save him.

Ed throws off his red coat, claps his hands and transmutes his auto-mail. I stare in awe at the blue sparkles, it's so pretty. That can be a reason for a naïve 12-year-old to come out of hiding, so I do just that and slowly start walking toward Ed with eyes big with awe. Now it's time to put my acting classes into use and play an innocent little girl who wants to be brave.

Ed lunges forward with a cry and his auto-mail ready to strike. I stop momentarily to stare at him and Scar in confusion. If Al can see me from here I have to make my act convincing even now. When the red sparks of Scar's alchemy light up Ed's metal arm, I plaster a big excited smile on my face. When the arm breaks into tiny peaces I change my expression to one of horror and that isn't acting.

Ed is holding his shoulder where the auto-mail is supposed to be and falls to his hand and knees.

"Brother!" I look inside the ally to see a broken Al lie on the ground, staring at his older brother in worry. I let Ed and Scar make the deal about Scar not killing his little brother. Al screams at Scar to stop when he reaches out to kill Ed. I look to the opposite side of the road, but no one's there. But the military is supposed to come to his rescue! Where are they?

I clench my hands with a determined expression, if the military isn't here yet I'll have to be the one to save him from death. I run towards Scar silently and just as he is about to place his hand on Edward's head I throw a kick into his side, hitting him with a surprising amount of power for my small body, sending him skidding away a few steps. I point an accusing finger at him with puffed out cheeks in anger.

"You shouldn't hurt people! It's bad, you even destroyed his arm and that's even worse! You should be ashamed of yourself for hurting someone. I don't know what you were about to do but I know it would have been bad, too, if I hadn't stopped you. So go!"

A stunned silence spreads after my little 'speech' but Ed soon recovers.

"What the hell are you doing! Get out of here, it's dangerous!" I look at him in surprise before my determined expression comes back on. I stomp my foot stubbornly into the ground and cross my arms over my chest.

"No! I want to help people; I can't just run away knowing that I can help someone! That's my motto and I won't back away from it!" Just when he is about to reply a loud gunshot is heard. All of us turn towards Colonel Mustang, the flame alchemist, where he stands in the middle of the street with a pistol in his hand. Hawkeye and Havoc are standing behind him with guns in their hands.

"That's as far as you go."

My eyes light up in relief, finally the military are here. I thought they would never come. And this means that Armstrong will soon appear and fight Scar, I will be able to see an epic fight, after all! I clap my hands in happiness, wave goodbye to Edward and run into the ally where Al is lying. I don't have a death wish, so I will not interfere with Armstrong's fight; he has the habit of destroying everything around him when he fights.

I already know what they are talking about, so I zone out a bit as I sit cross-legged and lean against the wall. What would have happened if I hadn't interfered with Ed and Scar's fight? Would Ed just have died? Al would never have been able to live with the guilt of his brother dying to save him. I shouldn't even be in this world, but it might be a good thing that Truth has forced this upon me. If they hadn't, Ed would probably have died. That does not mean that I'm about to forgive Truth. What it did is inexcusable and if Ed and Al find the philosopher's stone and I can somehow find a way to use it to open the gate to my world, I wouldn't have a body to go back to. I would just be a wandering soul, unable to do anything. And since it's like that, I might as well make myself useful in this world.

I can hinder some things from happening; I can't hinder Hughes death that would change too much. But I can hinder Ed from hurting himself at a regular basis and I can still use my karate skills, so I can be of some help to them. And if I learn how to use this alchemy of mine I can help them even more. But what if I coming here would change the series? But, wait. Now that I've saved Ed, have I changed the series already? I hope not…That would be bad, because that would mean that I can't use my knowledge to their advantage. Or could I? I do know a lot of things about the homunculi and the philosopher's stone. And I do know about the future in this world if everything goes as it should… I remember almost everything that is going to happen. I'm glad that Raven introduced me to Fullmetal Alchemist.

I look down at the ground hide my teary eyes behind my bangs. Now that I've saved Edward from death I can finally let out my feelings. It's raining so no one will be able to see my tears. I smile bitterly and let my tears roll down my cheeks; I will never be able to see my big sister again… I won't be able to joke around with my friends, I won't be able to bake my birthday cake with my mother, I won't be able to talk with my father about jobs and schoolwork… But the thing I will miss the most is being together with Raven. We where able to read each other's thoughts and we could trust each other with anything. When she has boy problems she can talk to me, when I have problems about… well, anything, I can talk to her. She was someone I could lean on and vice versa, like two cards leaning against each other in a card house. If one card was removed, the opposite card would fall. So now that I've died in my world, will Raven fall? Now that Raven isn't here beside me, will I fall? I can't find an answer to those questions, but knowing Raven, she will pick herself up and be able to stand on her own. She is a much stronger person than I am, both physically and mentally. But what about my mom and dad? Will they be alright? I am their only child and now that I'm gone and can never come back to their side, will they hate themselves for letting me fly on my own? If I only had known that this would happen, then I could have hugged them goodbye instead of just waving over my shoulder. And how would my friends take my death? Would they cry over me? Would they miss my happy mood and failed attempts to make jokes? Would they miss my clumsiness? I miss my friends, yes, but not like I miss someone that is important to me, I just miss them for their company. It wouldn't be that hard to fill that void with someone else. But on the other hand, I don't think that they are dead, which is what they will think of me.

I wipe my eyes and stand up slowly; I don't want anyone to see me like this. I'm on my way out from the alley when a voice stops me.

"Wait, where are you going?" I stop in the opening and look over my shoulder towards Al; he is still lying on the ground and his glowing red "eyes" are looking at me. I smile bitterly. The one place I really feel like can go is Ed and Al's side, but here I am, running away from it. I'm really fucked up right now, with my feelings being the way they are and everything is still very confusing, even though I've accepted that I won't be able to go back to my world.

I shake my head furiously, the tips of my wet orange ponytails slapping my face, and run away from the ally.

"Wait!" Al calls after me, but I ignore it and keep on running. I can hear large booms from the battle between Scar and Armstrong, but I don't want to watch it anymore. I just want to curl up into a ball and cry my eyes out in despair and anger. I will never be able to see my family again and it's all Truth's fault, no not Truth's it's my alchemy powers' fault. If I didn't have my alchemy Truth would never have become interested in me, and if it hadn't become interested in me, then they wouldn't have sent me here. If I didn't have my alchemy I could be laughing together with Raven right now. If I didn't have my alchemy I would still be 16 years old!

I trip over my own feet and slide across the ground, scraping my right side in the process. I'm cold, hungry, thirsty, and tired and I just want all of this to be a dream. If this was a dream, than it was a really strange one; a good one and a nightmare at the same time. I mean, I've always wanted to come here, but I never knew that I would be this homesick. And I never thought that it would involve dying.

I can still hear the sounds of fighting in the distance, but I don't have the power to move anymore. It's like my thoughts have drained me of all my energy.

I turn around so that I'm lying on my back, staring up into the rain. The raindrops are like piercing needles when they land on my eyes and that annoys me. Instinctively, I clap my hands together and imagine a bubble over my eyes before my inner eye. Then I hold my glowing hands up over my face and watch as the raindrops start to move together to make a floating bubble of water around me. I just stare at the dark sky through my translucent shelter for a while before I slowly close my eyes. A little nap can't hurt, and I need one after all the stress I've been put through today. Before I fully succumb to the darkness of sleep I hear the sound of running footsteps approaching.

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