Fullmetal Alchemist: The Magic of Alchemy

"Water, 35 liters. Carbon, 20 kilograms. Ammonia, 4 liters. Lime, 1.5 kilograms. Phosphorus, 800 grams. Salt, 250 grams. Niter, 100 grams. Sulfur, 80 grams. Fluorine, 7.5 grams. Iron, 5 grams. Silicon, 3 grams." A young red unicorn stallion with a blond mane and tail read from a small journal.

"Reading the composition of a pony's body again, brother?" a voice asked.

Turning towards the voice, the young stallion saw what appeared to be a large unicorn pony wearing full steel armor that concealed his entire body except what appeared to be his glowing red eyes, sitting across himself.

"Yeah, since there isn't much to do right now, I figured I'd read it to keep myself preoccupied." the young stallion replied.

"Well on the bright side, the conductor said we should nearing our destination in a couple of minutes." the armor clad pony said.

"That's a relief." the young stallion said, "We've been on this train for three days now. Just sitting around and looking outside gets old really fast. But hopefully, it'll be worth it if we finally find what we've been looking for these last four years."

"The philosopher stone." the armor clad pony said before asking, "Do you really think the equestrian princesses have it, or at least know how to make it?"

"They've got to." the young stallion replied, "How else could two of them be able to live for more than a thousand years? They've have to of used it to achieve immortality, or at least live for as long as they currently are."

"I guess that is a good point." the armor clad pony said before adding, "And it's a good thing we'll be meeting them soon."

"And while I can't believe I'm saying this, we have the colonel to thank for that." the young stallion said, "After we told him we were planning to leave amestris and go to equestria, he reported it to central. And once the fuhrer caught wind of this, he sent us a command to act as amestris' representatives at the meet and greet the equestrian princesses invited him to that he unfortunately won't be able to attend."

"If it weren't for the fact that he has to monitor the clean up in central after the freezing alchemist's attempt to freeze the whole city, I'm certain the fuhrer would of loved to come." the armor clad pony said.

The young stallion shrugged before saying, "At least it makes reaching the equestrian princesses easier than going to to their capital and requesting the guards there to let us see them."

Just then, the train the duo was in stopped.

"Alright folks, we've arrived at ponyville." the conductor announced, "For those of you getting off, thank you for riding the friendship express!"

"Looks like we're here, brother." the armor clad pony said.

"It's about time." the young stallion said before jumping off his seat and stretched his legs, "Any longer, and I swear my legs would be stuck in a sitting position."

After stretching his legs, the young stallion lit up his horn (which had a yellow aura), and used his magic to grab a suitcase from the overhead compartment above the duo's seats.

With the suitcase in tow, the two ponies exited the train and made their into the train station.

As they were about to exit, they saw a young purple dragon with green spines in his head holding a sign that read "amestrian representatives." Figuring that the equestrian princesses sent the dragon to pick them up, the duo approached him.

Upon noticing the duo, the dragon asked, "I take it you two are the amestrian representatives?"

"That's us." the young stallion replied before asking, "And I take it that you're going to lead us to the equestrian princesses?"

"That's right." the dragon said before putting the sign down, "Come on, they're waiting in the castle."

"Castle?" the young stallion asked as he and the armor clad pony followed the dragon out of the train station, "In a small town like this?"

"It might sound hard to believe, but just wait till you see it." the dragon said.

"Whatever you say." the young stallion, "By the way, what's your name."

"Oh, I can't believe that slipped my mind." the dragon said before introducing himself, "The name's Spike. Nice to meet you both."

'Spike?' the young stallion thought, 'That sounds like a name someone would give to their dog.'

"It's nice to meet you too, Spike." the armor clad pony said.

Turning towards the armor clad pony, Spike asked, "If you don't mind me asking, why are you wearing that armor? Is that what amestrian soldiers wear as a uniform or something?"

The question made the two ponies nervous.

"Actually, he's wearing that armor because he lost a bet." the young stallion said quickly.

Catching on, the armor clad pony said, "That's right! We made a bet as to whether or not we would be chosen to be the representatives for our country. And because I lost, I have to wear this armor for a month."

"What's so bad about that armor that you betted each other into wearing it?" Spike asked.

"Mainly because of how heavy it is." the young stallion replied, "It is made of steel after all."

"Wait, that entire suit is made of steel!" Spike asked in shock, "How are you able to move in that thing?!"

"While it still feels kinda heavy, I've gotten used to it." the armor clad pony replied, "In fact, I'll probably be able to move in this suit with little to no issue by the end of the month."

"Glad to hear that you're looking on the bright side." Spike said before stopping after turning a corner, "Well here we are. The castle of friendship!"

Turning the corner, the two ponies where amazed at what that saw; a tree-shaped castle that was made of crystal.

"It's amazing!" the armor clad pony said.

"How the hell did you get that castle all the way out here?" the young stallion asked in shock, "Better yet, how was it build in the first place?"

"It's a long story, but you could ask about it later." Spike responded before gesturing the duo towards the castle, "Come on, it's best if we don't keep the princesses waiting."

Nodding in understanding, the duo followed Spike to the castle, preparing themselves mentally for anything.

Meanwhile inside the castle of friendship, we find the mane six, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, and Prince Shining Armor waiting in the throne room.

"How much longer do we have to wait for those representatives to show up?" Rainbow Dash asked impatiently.

"Their train should of arrived by now, so Spike should be leading them to the castle as we speak." Twilight replied.

"I'm mainly curious as to what they're like." Applejack said.

"Ooo, do you think they like parties?" Pinkie asked in an excited tone, "Maybe they have a lot of parties where they're from!"

"Say princess, do you know who exactly the amestrian representatives are?" Twilight asked Princess Celestia.

"According to the letter I received from the fuhrer, the representatives are two brothers known as the Elric brothers." Princess Celestia responded, "The older brother, Edward Elric, who is known as the Fullmetal Alchemist, and his younger brother, Alphonse Elric."

"Those are some weird names." Rainbow Dash said.

"Rainbow Dash, it isn't lady-like to speak negatively about one's name behind their back." Rarity said, "Although, I am rather curious as to why their names are unique in their own name."

"From what I've heard, all the names in amestris, along with some of it's neighboring countries, are weird by our standards." Princess Cadence spoke up, "And I'm willing to bet that they would think the same about ours. Although, why is the elder brother known as the Fullmetal Alchemist? And better yet, what is an alchemist?"

Before Princess Celestia could respond, knocking could be heard coming from the door to the throne room, followed by Spike poking his head inside the room.

"Hey everypony, sorry to keep you waiting, but I present to you, the amestrian representatives!" Spike announced before opening the door completely.

Upon doing so, everyone saw a two ponies standing behind Spike. The first was a red unicorn stallion with a blonde mane and tail, and yellow eyes. He wore a red jacket with a black shirt underneath, black pants that completely covered his hind legs, and white gloves on his front hooves. Everyone also noticed that he appeared to be four inches shorter than a normal pony

(Ignore Applejack)

The second pony was a large unicorn (so large he was a few inches shorter than Princess Celestia), who wore a gray, full body armor that concealed his entire body except for his glowing red eyes.

"Woah nelly, look at the size of the one in armor!" Applejack exclaimed in shock!

"So, cool!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed before flying up to the armor clad pony, "Now I understand why you're called the fullmetal alchemist! While I don't understand the alchemist part, you wear armor the completely covers your entire body!"

"While I'm flattered by the compliment, I'm not the Fullmetal Alchemist." the armor clad pony said, "That would be my big brother."

Upon hearing that, everyone turned towards the red stallion.

"Wait, that little guy is the Fullmetal Alchemist?" Shining Armor asked.

Upon hearing that, the red stallion's expression turned into one full of anger.

"WHO YOU CALLING LITTLE!?!" the red stallion exclaimed angrily.

"Woah there shorty, no need to have a short temper." Rainbow Dash said before chuckling at her own joke.

"Shorty!? Well, can a shorty do this!?!" the red stallion exclaimed angrily before leaping towards Rainbow Dash.

Before he could reach her however, he was surrounded by a gray aura.

"Brother, behave yourself." the armor clad pony scolded, revealing that he was the one who grabbed his brother.

As the armor clad pony pulled his brother back, the red stallion struggled against the magic in an attempt to reach Rainbow Dash.

"Let me go Al!" the red stallion demanded, "She asked for it so I'm just trying to deliver!"

"Wait, Al as in Alphonse Elric." Twilight asked, catching the two brothers' attention.

"That's right, but how do you know that?" the armor clad pony (now known as Alphonse) asked as he put his brother down.

"The letter Fuhrer Bradley mentioned both you and your brother." Princess Celestia responded before turning towards the red stallion, "Which means that you must Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist."

"That's me." the red stallion (now known as Edward) replied, no long feeling angry, "And seeing that you received the fuhrer's letter, that must mean you're Princess Celestia, ruler of equestria."

"That's correct." Princess Celestia responded, "It nice to meet you and your brother."

"Please, we should be the ones saying that." Alphonse insisted.

"Nonsense, you're acting as your country's representatives." Princess Luna spoke up, "That mean, at the moment, you both are of high status as royalty."

"As flattered as we are to hear that, I'm certain putting us in the same level as royalty is a bit much." Edward said as he rubbed the back of his head nervously.

Deciding to make the situation more preferable, Twilight spoke up, "Before we get too deep into this conversation, I think it's best if we introduce ourselves."

"Good point there, Twily." Shining Armor said, "Plus, it would make addressing each of much easier."

"Then it's probably best if we get started." Edward said, "As you already know, I'm Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist."

"And I'm his younger brother, Alphonse Elric." Alphonse added.

"It's a pleasure to meet you both." Twilight said, "I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle, but you can just call me Twilight."

Twilight then gestured towards her friends and added, "These are my friends. Applejack,"

"Howdy." Applejack said as she tipped her hat.

"Rarity,"

"A pleasure to meet you both, darlings." Rarity said.

"Pinkie Pie,"

"Hi!" Pinkie exclaimed happily.

"Fluttershy,"

"H-Hello." Fluttershy said in a low voice.

"Rainbow Dash,"

"Sup." Rainbow Dash said.

"And you already met Spike."

"Hey guys." Spike said as he waved at the duo.

"It would be best if we introduced ourselves as well." Princess Celestia said, "As you already know, I am Princess Celestia, co-ruler of equestria."

"Greetings, I am Princess Luna, I am also the co-ruler of equestria, along with my sister." Princess Luna said.

"I'm Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, but you can call me Cadence for short." Princess Cadence before gesturing towards Shining Armor, "And this is my husband, Prince Shining Armor."

"It's nice to meet you both." Shining Armor said.

"It's nice to meet you all as well." both Edward and Alphonse said before taking a quick bow."

As they both got up, Edward said, "With pretty much all of equestria's royalty in this room, I'm surprised we didn't run into any guards on out way here."

"We didn't want you to make you both feel uncomfortable with their presence, so we told them to go around town and make sure nothing bad happens." Twilight spoke up.

"I guess that makes sense." Edward said.

Suddenly, Pinkie appeared next to Edward while holding a plate full of cupcakes.

"Cupcake?" Pinkie asked.

Startled by Pinkie's sudden appearance, Edward let out a startled scream before instinctly swinging his right forehoof at her. While Pinkie was able to dodge, the plate she was holding was knocked out of her hooves, making all the cupcakes splat onto the floor along with breaking the plate.

"How the hell did you appear like that without us noticing you?!" Edward asked in shock.

"I think a better question would be where she got that plate of cupcakes." Alphonse said.

"Try not to question it too much." Twilight said, "Trust me when I say it'll save you from getting a headache. It's just Pinkie being Pinkie."

"While that doesn't make any sense, I'll take your word for it and just roll with it." Edward said before turning towards Pinkie and said, "Sorry about your cupcakes."

"Ooooh, and I was hoping you both would enjoy them." Pinkie said in an upset tone."

"Don't worry, I'm certain we still could." Edward assured.

"How?" Rainbow Dash asked, "They're splattered all over the floor, and I doubt you want to eat something off the floor."

"Just watch and be amazed." Edward simply said before turning towards the ruined cupcakes and plate.

After looking at the mess for a moment, Edward sat down his haunches before clapping his forehooves and planting them onto the floor.

Upon doing so, the ruined cupcakes and plate were engulfed in a bright blue light the momentarily blinded the equestrians.

Once the light died down, everyone (except the Elric brothers) were shocked to see the plate and cupcakes in tact on the floor, as if they weren't ruined in the first place.

"What the hay!" Rainbow Dash said in shock.

"It's as good as new!" Applejack said.

"What type of magic was that?" Twilight asked.

"Magic?" Edward asked before chuckling, "That wasn't magic. It was alchemy."

"Alchemy?" Shining Armor asked, "What's that?"

Edward turned towards Shining Armor and asked, "You don't know what alchemy is? Practically everyone in amestris knows what alchemy is."

"I'm afraid that amestris is the most familiar with alchemy." Princess Celestia spoke up, "While it isn't unheard of in equestria, it isn't practiced as much as it is in amestris."

"I should of figured." Edward said, mentally facehooving himself, before noticing Twilight was looking at him with admiration, "Uh, why are you looking at me like that."

Faster than anyone else could see, Twilight rushed up to Edward before placing her hooves firmly on his shoulders.

"Tell me about alchemy!" Twilight said in an excited voice as she began to shake Edward.

Getting over his shock, Edward pushed Twilight's hooves off himself as he said, "Okay okay, no need to shake the information out of me."

Realizing what she did, Twilight blushed in embarrassment and said, "Sorry, when it comes to anything I find interesting that I don't know about, I can get a bit too excited."

"I can tell." Edward said as Twilight got a piece of parchment and a quill ready, "Anyway, to put it simply, alchemy is the scientific technique of understanding the structure of matter, decomposing it, and then reconstructing it."

"Can you say that again in none egghead talk." Rainbow Dash asked, earning a small glare from Edward.

As Edward glared at Rainbow Dash, Spike had a confused yet thoughtful expression on his face.

'Why does that sound familiar?' Spike thought to himself.

"From what I can understand so far, alchemy is the understanding of what something is made of, breaking it down, and reforming it." Twilight spoke up, getting Spike out of his thoughts in the process.

"That's right." Alphonse said, "But being a type of science, there are naturally some principles in place."

"The biggest one being the law of equivalent exchange." Edward added.

"Equivalent exchange?" Applejack asked.

"To put simply, in order to obtain or create something, something of equal value must be lost or destroyed." Edward said, "For example, one can use lead to make a statue, but it can't be turned into water. The reason being that lead doesn't have the same subatomic makeup."

'Again, why does that sound familiar?' Spike thought to himself.

"So in alchemy, you have to know what something is made of on a subatomic level in order to use it?" Twilight asked.

"While you can have a good idea what something is composed of, it mainly helps to know what exactly the thing your trying to transmute is made of."

"Transmute?" Shining Armor asked.

"It's what the process of turning something into something else with alchemy is called." Edward clarified.

"Speaking of process, there are three phases of transmutation." Alphonse said, "Comprehension, deconstruction, and reconstruction. Comprehension, the understanding the structure and properties of an object. Deconstruction, breaking down the object. And reconstruction, putting the object back together. However, you can't do any of that without a transmutation circle."

"Transmutation circle?" Cadence asked?

"It's better if we show you." Alphonse said before levitating a piece of chalk out of his armor and began writing on the floor.

Once he was done, everyone saw a large, yet perfect circle that had different lines and symbols that the most of the equestrians didn't understand.

'Okay, that definitely looks familiar!' Spike thought to himself as realization hit him like a ton of bricks.

"Now, is there anything any of you have that you wouldn't mind me using as an example." Alphonse asked.

Deciding to test something, Spike grabbed a white gem from one of his hidden gem stocks before saying, "While I was planning to eat it, I do have this gem."

Spike then walked up to the Alphonse with the gem in hand.

"A diamond, it's perfect." Alphonse said, "Now, place the diamond on the center of the circle and get out of it."

Doing as he was instructed, Spike placed the diamond on the center of the circle before quickly getting off it.

Once Spike was off the circle, Alphonse sat in front of the circle before crossing his hooves above it. Suddenly, the circle itself began to glow blue before releasing a bright light. After the light died down, everyone saw what appeared to be a ball made of black metal that was close to the same size of the diamond.

"What did you turn it into?" Spike asked.

"Nothing special, just a ball of pure carbon." Alphonse responded.

"I get it, since the diamond is composed of carbon, you simply turned it into it's pure form." Twilight said.

"That's right, and by repeating the process," Alphonse said as he did just that. Once it was done, a small hunk of stone remained, "one could make graphite."

'So I was right!' Spike thought to himself, 'It is what I think it is!'

"Amazing!" Twilight said before realizing something, "Wait, why is that you needed to use a transmutation circle while your brother simply clapped his hooves before planting them to the group?"

Hearing that question made both brothers tense up. Luckily, before they could answer, the throne room doors swung open as a guard ran in.

"Princess, the town is under attack by Timberwolves!" the guard exclaimed, catching everyone's attention.

"What the hell is a timberwolf?" Edward asked.

"We'll explain later." Twilight responded, "For now, me and the girls need to help the guards drive the Timberwolves out of town."

"Then me and Al are coming too!" Edward insisted.

"While I understand your brother going, what exactly are you going to do." Rainbow Dash asked.

"Alchemy can be used for much more than just turning something into something else." Edward replied, "Even without alchemy, I've taken on a chimera the size of a lion. I'm certain these Timberwolves will be that bad."

"Are you sure?" Princess Celestia asked, "While we appreciate your help, you're not in your jurisdiction as a state alchemist."

"Jurisdiction or not, I'm still a state alchemist." Edward said, "And as a state alchemist, I have to protect civilians, no matter which country I'm in."

Smiling at Edward's response, Princess Celestia nodded her head and said, "Then you all must hurry before someone gets injured."

With that said, the Elric brothers and the mane six quickly made their way out of the castle, determined to stop the timberwolves before it's too late.

Once the group if eight was gone, Spike began to make his way to the throne room, but it didn't go unnoticed.

"Hold on Spike, where do you think you're going?" Cadence asked.

"I, uh, I wanted watch how alchemy could be used during combat." Spike responded nervously, "Seeing that this might be my only time to do so, I figured I should take advantage of the situation."

Thinking about Spike's words, the equstrian royalty thought he had a point.

"When you put it like that, it makes a lot of sense." Shining Armor said.

"I believe it would be best if we came along as well." Princess Luna said, "Young Spike's words has made me quite curious."

"Good idea auntie." Cadence said, "Plus, if everyone needs some more help, we'll be there to assist."

On board with the idea, the equstrian royalty began to make their way out of the throne room until Spike spoke up.

"You all go ahead." Spike said, getting everyone's attention, "I need to go to Twilight's study to grab a few things to take notes. Knocking Twilight, she'll want to document the experience as well."

Without another word, Spike flew out of the throne room, making the remaining occupants chuckle knowingly.

"That does sound like Twilight." Cadence said between chuckles.

As everyone was done, Princesses Celestia said, "Come now, let's get going. If we don't hurry, we might miss the whole experience."

Nodding, all of the equestrian royalty made their way outside, unaware that Spike actually went towards the castle's library, not Twilight's study.