You are Roy Mustang’s apprentice. He’s currently teaching you flame alchemy due to the fact he wants someone to replace him as a stay Alchemist when he becomes the Führer. Of course there are other recruits, just not in the same way you are… which is exactly why they take to bullying, because not only are you younger than them, you’re different.

You walked in the room. You were just going to go grab some papers for Roy

Recruit 1: “Woah, Loser alert.”

Recruit 2 & 3: Laughs