Hello, Fullmetal Alchemist fans!

It's SkyFallSlayer!

This is my first fanfic into this wonderful Fandom!

Now there's a few things I would like to note before you begin reading:
1) Maes Hughes is Alive in this story
2) In this story, Roy's office is in Central even though he doesn't have it till after Hughes' death.
3) This is set in the Brotherhood Universe.
4) The prologue is short, but the rest of the chapters will be longer.

That's it! I hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy my story!

Prologue

This Autumn morning was going to be different, it was going to be unlike any other morning. Even though the wind still blew lightly and leaves were falling off the trees and onto the ground, just how Autumn was suppose to be, it was different. In a small alleyway inside the city of Central is where the abnormal day began. There was a sudden spark in the air, then it turned into a heaping bundle of red light, shaking everything around it before something popped out, falling to the ground as the light disappeared abruptly. The loud thug scared a few alley cats and city rats away and tipped over a few trash cans, rolling off into uncontrollable directions.

This something groaned, trying to get up after face planting into the repulsive place. "Ow…." He said, rubbing his sore head before sitting up fully. He blinked, trying to get the blurriness that tainted his eye, cursing at his unforeseen blindness. He thanked whatever being that was listening that it was only temporary. Which it was, he could now see somewhat clearly as he began looking at his surroundings. "Did… did it work?" He brought his right hand up to left eye only to feel fabric and nothing else. His one good eye widened, stomach dropping and heart coming to a stop.

"No, no, no, no, no…" He mumbled, standing straight up and running towards the end of the alleyway. Light pants coming from him as he stopped at the edge of the sidewalk, looking around again, then spotting a familiar building in the distance. Central HQ.

"This doesn't make any sense, Everything looks the same. Then, how come my…?" He trailed off, the sound of betrayal and defeat in his voice as he touched his concealed eye again. A panic look covered his face as he tried to think of an explanation of why it didn't-

Then he heard it-a laugh.

It was one that he knew almost too well. He whipped his head around and saw it, saw him. The man he saw kept laughing, his back facing his way, but it was him. "Hughes." He mumbled in disbelief, his shocked face turned into pure joy.

"It worked" He thought, taking a step, then another, and another, and another.

"Hughes." He said a little louder as he started getting a bit choked up, feeling the side of his eye well up. He wanted to run over,no, he needs to run over to him. "Hughes! It's me! It's-"

"Lieutenant Colonel Hughes!" Another voice broke through, cutting him off.

He froze, his eye widening again. He saw a suit of armor strolling over to the older man, along with a teenager in an overly obnoxious red were seen waving at him, happily. "Hello,boys!" Hughes said, waving them over.

"Hi, Hughes." The teenager said.

He somehow manages to mentally slap himself, unfreezing and hiding back into the alley, peeking out only the slightest. "It can't be."

"Edward, Alphonse, How are you two doing?" Hughes asked, in his usual cheerful tone.

"We're good, actually. We're heading over to Central right now." The suit of Armor, Alphonse, said.

"Oh, is it your first time being in the new office?"

"Yeah, the Colonel Bastard wants me to come in to report." The teenager, Edward, replies. Clearly annoyed by revealing it in his tone and facial expression.

"Oh, come on, Brother! Be nice!" Alphonse said, scolding his big brother.

"What? This is me being nice! Besides, he probably wants to just brag about his new office."

"Brother!"

Hughes laughed, shaking his head. "Well, only one way to find out. Do you boys need a ride?"

The brothers looked at each other, and with a silent agreement, Edward smiled. "Do you mind?" He asked, looking at the soldier.

"Not at on!"

From behind the wall, the figure watched as the two brothers hopped into Hughes' car that was parked by, and continued to watch until it disappeared from his sight.A set of heavy feeling took over him,sucking in a shaky breath and spoke so scarcely, "Oh…"

A single teardrop rolled down his cheek.

"That's why it didn't work…"