Hey, ppl! wut's up? This is mai first fanfic dat i posted up on dis site. I write a bunch of fanfics in my spare time, but there's sum fanfics dat i really wanna post. Have fun readin this! Hope it's ok!

Big shout outs to mi friend Laily for helpin me put dis on the site. pc out.

Ch. 1: Mark who?

"Will you tell me why we're going back to Resembool, Ed?" Al asked while he was riding the afternoon train with his older brother, Ed. "What makes you want to go back? Is it because it's Winry's sixteenth birthday?"

"I guess you can say that," Ed said. "Since Winry was there for my birthday, I guess it can't hurt to be there for her birthday."

"Winry will be so surprised!" Al stated. "What do you think we should get her for her birthday?"

"Don't worry about it, Al," Ed said while patting the giant bag that he brought. "Before we left Central, I bought Winry a giant sized, state of the art, tool box!"

"That must've cost you a fortune!" Al exclaimed while looking in the bag. The carrier box that already had the tools was made out of shiny new chrome, had Winry's name engraved on the top along with the message "Happy Birthday Winry! Ed and Al" All of the tools that were in the box were all so shiny and there were even cleaners in the box so that if one of the tools were oily or whatever, the person could just wipe off it off and the tools would never rust. "You really want Winry to notice you, huh, brother?"

"It's not like that!" Ed shouted while blushing. "It's just that it's her sixteenth birthday and it's a really big deal for girls like Winry, so I thought I could get her something special, that's all!"

"Sure, Ed," Al snickered. "Sure."

"Oh, get off my case!"

After riding the train for a good three hours, Ed and Al got off of the train when they reached Resembool and by the time they arrived, it was about five o'clock in the evening. "We better hurry, Ed," Al said while snickering. "You wouldn't want Winry to wait any longer, would you?"

"Cut it out, Al!" Ed shouted while chasing after his brother out of the train station. By the time Ed stopped chasing Al, they were already in front of the Rockbell household. "Damn you, Al! I can't believe you tricked me!"

Instead of listening, Ed noticed that Al was knocking on the door. When Winry answered the door, Winry answered and screamed. "Ed! Al! You're here!" Winry screamed. "I can't believe this! What a surprise!"

"Happy Birthday, Winry!" Ed and Al said together.

"Thanks for coming, you guys!" Winry thanked while hugging Ed and Al at the same time. "Sorry, but my birthday is in three days. Can you stay here that long?"

"I don't…"

"We'll stay," Ed interrupted.

"That's great!" Winry said. "Come in, you guys!"

"Winry? Are you still here?" An unknown voice asked. When Ed and Al looked into Winry's house, they saw a guy about their age standing in the Rockbell's house. The boy had slick brown hair, had hazel brown eyes, and was wearing a white dress shirt with brown dress pants. Unfortunately for Ed, the boy that was in front of him was much taller than him! "Who are these fellows?"

"Oh! This is Ed and Al," Winry said while gesturing to Ed and Al. "Ed and Al, this is Robert Valentine!"

"Rrrgghhh," Ed muttered. "He's so tall!"

"What was that, Ed?" Winry asked.

"I mean….I haven't seen you at all!" Ed said. "I mean, I haven't seen you around here. Did you just move here or something?"

"Actually, Robert came around the time you and Al left Resembool for Central," Aunt Pinako said while entering the scene. "Hello, boys. I trust that you both have been doing well?"

"Auntie!" Al greeted.

"It's good to see you, Alphonse," Aunt Pinako said. "Have you introduced Robert to Ed and Al yet?"

"Yeah," Winry answered while pushing Ed and Al into the house. "Come on! We're just about to have dinner!"

Once everybody was seated at the dinner table, everybody started digging into Aunt Pinako's roast beef and mashed potatoes. "So, you're the Full Metal Alchemist, aren't you, Ed," Robert said.

"Yeah. What about it?" Ed asked.

"It's nothing," Robert said. "It's just that I'm an alchemist, too, and I've heard a lot of things about you."

"You're an alchemist?" Al asked.

"He sure is," Aunt Pinako. "Robert can't do transmutations without circles, but he's pretty good at it. Every time this young man comes into this house, he always asks different things about you boys that we're running out of things to tell him!"

"That's great," Ed said while eating his roast beef. "How long have you been doing alchemy?"

"I've been doing it for three years," Robert said while passing the mashed potatoes to Aunt Pinako. "What I realized was that once I moved here, you were already gone on your way to become a State Alchemist."

"That's odd," Al said while sitting next to Ed, apparently not eating.

"Thank you for dinner, Miss Pinako," Robert said while taking his plates into the kitchen.

"Are you going home already, Robert?" Winry asked. "You could stay for a little longer if you want."

"It's okay," Mark said while walking out. "See you all tomorrow."

"Bye." After Robert left, the table was quiet.

"What do you guys think of Robert?" Winry asked. "Don't you guys think he's so nice?"

"Yeah, I guess he's nice," Ed said while taking his plates. "Thanks for dinner, Auntie. Me and Al are going to put our stuff in our room."

"Do you boys need any help?" Aunt Pinako asked. "Your bag looks pretty heavy, Edward."

"I'm fine," Ed said while carrying his giant sized bag up the stairs. "We'll see you in a few!"

Well, this is the first chapter. how y'all didn't think this wuz too bad.