Ed walked out of central, taking in a much wanted breath of air. He looked up at the sun, and smirked. "Boy, I sure love being away from Colonel Mustang! I swear, he nags and gloats like an old man that just walked one mile before breaking a hip!"

A second later, Alphonse came and stood next to Ed, looking around as well, he chuckled and looked down at his older brother. "For once, I'm going to have to agree with you, brother." Ed laughed, yawned, and scratched the back of his head. Al laughed again. "Tired?" For once, Ed didn't deny it, instead, he nodded slowly and began to follow Al to where they were staying. After walking in silence for a few minutes, Al broke the silence. "Hey, brother?"

"Yes, Al," Ed replied, yawning again.

Al tilted his head, causing the metal to creek a little. "Did you hear of the new alchemist that was coming tomorrow?"

Ed nodded. "Yeah. What of it?"

Al shrugged. "I don't know, I was just wondering. Cause I heard that this Alchemist might be more powerful than you!" Ed nodded, not really listening to Al. The only things that were on his mind were, bed, sleep, and food. Only when they reached their inn did Al finally realize that Ed hadn't been listening, but before he could yell at his brother, Ed had already opened the door and was out cold under the covers. Al shook his head, closed the door, and walked over to the chair right next the window. He sat down and peered out the window.

The sky went from sky blue, to a collage of red, pink, orange, and yellow. Birds flew over head and headed towards the forest. Al sighed, and began to space out. 'Their probably flying towards their young,' Al looked over at Ed. Ed was sound asleep, his hair in his face and his braid spread all over the pillow. Al sighed again, turning back towards the window. 'Brother's lucky. He gets to sleep…and dream…' Al whimpered, wanting so badly to be able to cry. He then looked back up at the pitch black sky and stared.

Then, much to his surprise, he saw a bright shooting star. Then another, and another! It was a shooting star fiasco! Al stared as if he had just found a stray kitten on the side of the road. Never before in his entire life had he ever seen such a beautiful sight! But, as quickly as it had begun, the race of shooting stars stopped.

Suddenly, a giant blue crater trudged across the sky. Al could feel the vibrations of the giant crater passing by through his suit. The tail of the crater was a very pretty emerald with small hints of purple in it. Suddenly Al remembered his mother once telling him-

*****

"Al, look," she had said to him. "That's Hailey's Comet! When you see a giant comet with a blue tail, don't hesitate to make a wish!"

"Could I tell Edward, too?" Al asked, pointing to his big brother, who was out cold on the ground, his stomach hanging out and drool was running down his mouth.

Trisha laughed. "Of course. And Edward too! Now hurry and make a wish!"

Al pondered for a minute, then looked up at the sky and shouted. "I wish that Edward and I would always be together! No matter what!"

Trisha smiled at her son's unselfish wish. "That was a very beautiful wish you made there, Al."

Al smiled, hugging Trisha. "Thank you, mommy!"

Trisha nodded. Then there was a violent tremor that erupted from the ground. Trisha grabbed Al and Ed and ran back into the house…

*****

Al though about it long and hard about his wish. Then, when he thought that there was nothing that he could possibly wish for, it struck him. Al looked up at Hailey's Comet and sighed. 'Gee…I wish I had a friend…' He then looked over at Ed's sleeping form and saw the bare, empty space on the other end of his bed. Al nodded and had another wish. 'And, please. Let my brother find a really pretty girl that will make him happy!'

Suddenly, the ground began to shake. Pictures fell off the walls, coffee mugs crashed to the floor, and Al's armor began to make loud 'clank' noises. Ed sprang out of his bed, he quickly grabbed Al's armor in order to stop the clanking noises. After thirty more seconds of violent tremors, the earth stood still. Ed got off of Al and began to inspect him. "Are you okay?"

Al nodded, scratching the back of his helmet. "Yeah."

Ed yawned, stretching his arms over his head. "What was that about?"

Al shrugged. Ed shrugged as well, crawled back into bed, and was out before Al could ask Ed about it. Al shook his head at his brother's amazing ability to fall asleep any time he wanted. But the earth quack still bothered him. For it just happened to erupt right after he made his wishes, just like when he was a kid! Al shook his head. 'It was just a coincidence. After all, wishes don't come true…'

"Right?"