Ed, Al and Winry used to have a best friend named Erika, but one day she completely disappeared. Ed had to find her. Years past them and so much had happened, that's when he met her again. But he thought she was hiding something from him... She had a secret she was too scared to reveal... EdxOC, WinryxOC, AlxMei, RoyxRiza, LingxLan Fan (some are only hinted) Author's Note (4th August 2014): Yes I know there are a lot of grammar mistakes and whatever, this is one of my old works I'm working on fixing it, though, okay?

Humankind cannot again anything without first giving something in return; to obtain, something of equal value has be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. Back then, Dad drilled it into our brains. The one thing he drilled in deeper was that human transmutation was forbidden no matter how desperate you are. I had no idea why, but for Junior and me, he never doubted what our father said. That was until I decided to become a State Alchemist.

When Mustang told Ed and Al to go to an orphanage to pick up a young girl with incredible alchemic powers, they didnt realise just how important in their lives she was going to be.