My Little Homunculi: Alchemy Is Magic

As Twilight walked through Ponyville, she noticed that the streets were unusually empty. When she reached Sugarcube Corner she found out why. As soon as she opened the door she got a face full of confetti. "Surprise!" they called.

"Ah!" exclaimed Ed, rearing back, and falling on his butt. Suddenly a pink pony zipped up to him.

"Did you get surprised? Huh? Did ya?" she asked.

"What?" was all he could get out.

"I saw you walking down the street, and I was like 'I know everyone in Ponyville, and if I haven't seen him then he must be new, and if he's new then he doesn't have any friends', and that made me sad so I threw you this party." she said, all in one breath.

"Huh?" he said again.

"So were you surprised? Huh? Huh? Huh?" she asked, shoving her face right into his.

"Get off me." he said, pushing her away from him.

"Come on, let's party!" she said, bouncing back inside.

"What just happened?" Ed asked Twilight. She shrugged.

"I've been trying to figure that out for a while." she told him, "Come on, I'll introduce you to my other friends." She dragged him inside, and over towards a group of five ponies, which included the pink one, and the one he'd met earlier, Rainbow Dash.

"Hey shrimp." said Rainbow Dash.

"Who are you calling a shrimp!" he exclaimed.

"You shrimp!" she said. They glared at each other, until an orange pony broke them apart.

"Woah. Simmer down there sally." said the orange pony.

"She (He) started it." they said at the same time.

"Ah don't care who started what. This is a party. Yall need to lighten up." she said.

"Fine." they huffed, turning away from each other.

"Anyways, my names Applejack. This here's Fluttershy, Pinkie, Rarity, and I recon you already know Twilight, and Rainbow Dash." she said, "What's yours?"

"I'm Edward Elric." he told them.

"Nice ta meetcha Ed." she said, offering her hoof.

"Nice to meet you too." he said, shaking her hoof.

"That's some weird armor you got on." she said.

"It's not armor, it's automail." he told her.

"What's automail? Is it like normal mail? Is it faster? How does it work?" Pinkie flooded him with questions. He shook his head.

"No. Automail is a mechanical replacement for my leg." he told them. They all gasped, except for Twilight, who'd already heard this.

"A replacement? You mean you l-lost your leg?" asked Fluttershy.

"Yeah. And my back leg too." he told her, showing them his left back leg. They all gasped again.

"But how could you loose your legs?" Applejack asked.

"That's the strange thing. I can't remem-" he cut off as a wave of pain hit him. He clutched at his head as he heard his voice again. Alphonse, no! No, dammit. You won't take him too. Give him back! He's my brother! Take my leg. Take my arm! Take my heart, ANYTHING, YOU CAN HAVE IT! Just give him back! He's my little brother, he's all I have left! Then as suddenly as it came, the voice stopped, and he sat up panting. He saw the others all staring at him.

"What the hay was that?" asked Applejack.

"I-I don't know." replied Ed, a little shaky, "I just heard my voice. I was yelling, but I don't know about what."

"You think it has something to do with your memory?" asked Twilight.

"Probably." he said. Everyone tried to think of a way to lighten the mood after that, when Rainbow Dash remembered something.

"Hey, show the others what you did earlier." she told him.

"What do you mean?" he asked her.

"You know, when you made earth shoot out of the ground." she told him.

"But that was an instinct. I don't know how to do it again." he said.

"Just do what you did earlier." she told him.

"What the hay are you two talking about?" asked Applejack.

"Come on let's show them." Rainbow said.

"Alright. I guess it doesn't hurt to try." he said, walking outside, closely followed by six others. "Alright here goes." he said, clopping his hooves together, and slamming them onto the ground.