The first thing you ever said to Edward Elric was, "Do you need any help sir?"

He looked confused for a second, but noticed his arm and said, "Ah! No, thank you though!"

You were a maid at a hotel. You had close relations with the military, since both of your parents served in the Ishbalan War, and was often asked to watch over Edward Elric.

When you grew up, you played more with the Ishbal children in the neighborhood because your father was Ishbalan. Your mother was a state alchemist who focused on making plant Chimeras. You didn't inherit any of the traits that distinguished you were Ishbalan and you never could use alchemy like your mother, so the other kids teased you for being an Ishbal Lover, Military Rat, and Useless Hybrid.

After the war, you found out that both your parents were killed. Colonel Roy Mustang delivered the news to you personally. He also told you that your mother was working on a carnivorous beast-plant chimera that lived off of sunlight. He asked you if you knew anything about it and you told him you didn't.

You were shipped to Central City when they couldn't get anything useful out of you to live with your grandparents who ran a hotel. When you were 13, you dropped out of school after your grandfather passed away to help your grandmother run the hotel.

"Is there anything else I could do for you, sirs?" you asked, setting towels in the Elric Brother's bedroom.

"No but thank you Ms.______!"

You smiled, "No problem Mr. Alphonse! I enjoy working for you two!"

"Thanks ______! If you need anything from us, just ask!"

You bowed, "Of course, sirs!"

You closed the door and sighed. You rubbed your hands on your apron. You then made your rounds through the hotel, cleaning rooms, checking up on visitors, just normal things.

You then went to the fourth floor. Your grandmother had told you some dangerous looking people were on the top floor and to make sure they had everything they wanted.

You were used to dealing with stubborn customers, it was all part of the job. You knew you could handle yourself but you asked the other maid Gina to go up with you. You and her cleared the floor until you came to Room 4-17.

"I'll take this one alone, I think we just went past the rooms Grandma said were dangerous."

Gina nodded, "Alright I'll clear the rest of the floor after you take this room."

You knocked on the door, "House keeping!"

"Come in!"

You opened the door and smiled, "Hello, is there anything I can do for you today sirs?"

"Yeah," said one with greasy brown hair. "Could you lift up that pretty skirt of yours?"

You remained smiling. This had happened to you once before. You knew how to deal with drunk customers.

"Ah, sorry sirs. I don't-"

"Sorry? I thought this hotel had top rate service!" said one with ruffled black hair.

"I'm sorry sirs I have to be leaving."

You turned around and pulled the door open a little bit only to have the man with brown hair shut it closed.

"Come on.....Why don't we have some fun~? Fantasies of maids can only fill part of our libido~ Spread those-"

"GINA GET HELP!" you screamed.

You were punched in the face, "Shut up, you bitch!"

Your arms were pinned to the ground. You kicked the man in the chest but he just slapped you.

You teared up as the black haired man smelled your neck, "Such erotic perfume for a virginal girl like you~"

"SOMEBODY! RAPE!" you screamed.

Just then, something came through the window. You turned your head to see the braided blonde, "Mr. Edward!"

"Who do you think you are?!" asked the brown haired man, pulling back his fist.

Ed blocked it knocked him out with a beautiful kick to the jaw. The black haired man stood up and pulled a gun from his back pocket. Ed knocked it out of his hand and punched him in the nose.

You sat up and held your cheek, "Thank you Mr. Ed...."

"No problem......Scumbags like these shouldn't be touching such a fair maiden anyway....."

You blushed and stood up, "What do you want us to do with these men, sir?"

"Well....I'll take care of that ______!"

"Ah.....O-Ok Mr. Ed....."

He put a hand on your head, "I'll take care of it all......"

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"Excuse me?"

"We'd like you to come with us, Ms.______! We need help with some reading material and we were hoping that maybe if we treated you to lunch, you'd join us," said Alphonse.

"Ah! Really?! I'll go tell Grandma!"

And off you went. You went to go help the Elric Brothers with research.

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"Is research always this hard?" you asked, pushing some hair behind your ear.

You looked up to see Edward staring at you. He blushed and looked away.

You laughed softly, "Mr. Edward~ What were you doing~?"

"N-Nothing! Hmmm! This article i-is interesting!" he lifted his notes higher and hid his face.

You smiled and stood up, "How about lunch? Should we find Al?"

"Nah, they have pretty good food at the base."

Alphonse had decided to compare some outdated publications with newer material at the military base.

"Oh? You've been?"

"When I was younger....my mother brought me....."

"Was your mother an officer?"

"No she was a state alchemist!" you smiled. "You probably haven't heard about her! She wanted her identity protected so she signed everything with her government issued name, the Plant Alchemist."

"Your mother was the Plant Alchemist?!" cried Edward.

You laughed, "Yeah! She would bring me to the base when my father was in Ishbal!"

"Why was he there?"

"He was visiting family," you said. "Oo! This place looks nice! How about here?"

"Ah-sure! It works!"

You and Edward sat down outside a small café. Really, you saw this plate of lasagna that looked really, really good right now, and wanted a taste.

"So your father is Ishbalan?"

"Was....He died in the Ishbal war...."

"Ah....was he on-?"

"Our side? Yeah....He worked with my mother but they were captured and executed....."

"I-I'm sorry....."

You smiled, "Oh no! It's fine Mr. Edward! I have to move on, otherwise I'm not going to grow as a human, ne?"

You smiled softly at your lap, "I've put in all I had into that hotel....To be honest it's draining me.....I want my grandmother to be happy..... I want her to live out her dream with the remaining time she has......But I'm so tired....I feel like I'm fifty....."

"Why don't you leave?"

"Because....It's my duty....I can't leave....I can't be selfish...."

"What....if you met someone....that you loved as much as they loved you?"

"I would tell them I couldn't be with them......" you said. "It's not my place to love yet, Mr. Edward...."

Edward nodded, ".....Say ______, you don't have to call me Mr. Edward, or sir for that matter. We are friends aren't we?"

You nodded, "Of course! But that would ruin our reputation of having the best service!"

He blinked and then laughed. You laughed with him.

Just being near him felt.....nice.

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"Brother! Please stop! Don't do this!" cried Al. "Why are you doing this?!"

"I know what I'm doing damn it......I'm doing it for ______....."

"This isn't going to help you Ed! It's only going to make her hate you! She's worked hard on the hotel...."

"If she doesn't find out then she won't know......She would never accept my love if it didn't help the hotel...She said it's her duty...Don't make me hurt you Al....."

"Brother......Please....."

"I'm going out......I'll be back in a few hours....."

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Tears streamed down your face, "NO!"

You covered your mouth. It was too horrible. This was just too horrible.

The hotel was burning down.

Flames danced in front of your eyes, licking the sides of other buildings. You could see customers banging against the windows, people jumping from stories up and breaking their limbs.

Bodies were piling up.

A large fireman knocked down the oak doors and carried out a limp body.

It was your grandmother.

"Grandma!" you cried rushing over to her. She coughed, tears in her eyes.

"Grandma! Are you okay?"

"_______.....You were so good to me....You always made me happy.....You were so good to me...."

"No.....NO! Don't die! You're all I have left! Please! DON'T DIE DAMN IT!" You squeezed her hand, which relaxed in your grip. She closed her eyes and let out one....final....breath....

"Granma......This isn't funny.....THIS ISN'T FUCKING FUNNY!"
People tried pulling you away but you wouldn't move away from your dead grandmother.

"_______.....you need to let go....." said the calm voice of Edward Elric.

You felt angry. There was no other emotion that could describe how you were feeling.

"Seven years Mr. Edward......Seven years of working to make this hotel the best it could be....."

You stood up and turned around, glaring at Ed, "Do you know how long seven years is?! I have slaved into making my grandparents' dream a reality.....I gave up school.....I lost my grandmother..... I spent all of my inheritance on making it the best it could be.....And you're telling me to let go?"

You clenched your teeth, you balled your hands into white-knuckled fists.

"FUCK YOU EDWARD ELRIC! Where were you?! Why didn't you stop it?! Aren't you a STATE ALCHEMIST?! Or are you just a swine?"

You teared up, "State Alchemists help the people! THEY HELP ALL OF US!!"

Edward grabbed your shoulders. You stared up at him and said, wide eyed, "I'm sorry.....I'm sorry, sir....."

"_______.....please.....calm down.....It's not your fault...."

Tears froze in their place, you muttered softly, "I'm sorry Mr. Edward....Is there anything I can do to help you? With anything.....?"

Edward nodded, "There is something....."

He pulled you close, "______. Forgive me."

You looked at him, "Mr. Edward?"

"Just say you'll forgive me."

"For what?"

"Just please," he snapped. "Say it."

"For what?"

He stared you in the eye and you felt chilled. You stepped back.

"You.....You didn't....."

"________. Please just-"

"MURDER!"

Edward covered your mouth and dragged you away from the commotion.

You pushed him off of you, "You disgusting piece of shit!"

"_______! I did it because I love you!"

"Shut up!" you sobbed. "SHUT UP!"
You felt something cold cut through your stomach. You fell onto Edward. He pulled his arm from your stomach and the blade disappeared.

He set you on the ground and moved your hair out of your face.

"I'm sorry ______....."

You coughed, blood sprayed the inside of your mouth. Your not sure why you said this, you didn't really have much time to think about why you said it, but you did.

"Is there anything I can help you with sir?"

"No.....Thank you....I don't need help _______....."