It clicked in my mind that since more people read my EdXWin Here to Stay and not the HavocXRose I Wish You Good Luck, I should write another EdXWin. This story is a mix of all the categories, but mostly romance.

Here's a quick summary of the plot: Winry and Pinako built a machine to go into space, it malfunctions, and crashes in this assumed different world. Edward Elric introduces her to this new world while their future friendship blossoms, and blossoms into something more. However, this world has its problems as well. I don't want to give everything away…

Disclaimer: I do not own Full Metal Alchemist, or any of the Josh Groban songs I might use in the story, etc.

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'This wasn't supposed to happen, or was it? I don't know. I planned it all right, but this isn't what I expected.' Winry Rockbell collapsed minutes after the crash. For the past 3 years, Winry and her grandmother, Pinako, had spent time creating a contraption that would fly into outer space. However, they had to keep it a secret from the military. Today was their day to shine, to prove against the odds. Winry traveled solo on this expedition that ended briefly. Soon after watching stars for a couple of hours, the machine malfunctioned. This was to be Winry's magnum opus, besides her beautiful automail work. 'I should have died. The crash should've killed me, yet…' She has no idea where she is. This land is very foreign. From what she could still make out through her blurred vision, she could tell she was in a forest. She could hear the burning of her machine, until another noise came. Shouts flooded out the sound of fire. Winry was on the verge of becoming unconscious, but before she passed out she saw people in blue uniforms running towards her. She felt weightless from them picking her up by her wrists, and that's when her world became black.

'Who is she? I've never seen her around here before.' A young woman stood next to a tree a couple yards away from Edward Elric. Her steel blue eyes reflected off the glowing moon, exposing her beauty. Her blonde hair and flowing white dress made her appear to be an angel. From far away, he thought she was his mom, but realized not. She turned around, and his eyes locked onto hers. He felt his body freeze and a feeling he had never felt before. She, however, started to walk away. He wanted to know who she was, so he started chasing after her… until…

"General Elric, I know you're awake in there. You need to come down to the chambers immediately," a voice commanded from outside his door.

Edward shot up from his bed, startled. 'It was a dream…' He sighed, somewhat disappointed. He always has those dreams where you never want to wake up, and something from reality always awakens you. In his case, it was always… Colonel… Mustang.

"Shut up… leave me alone… and whatever it is go take care of it yourself," was Edward's rude reply. For crying out loud, it was past midnight. Why couldn't it wait until morning?

"Look, you need to come right now! Something big has happened, and we caught the one responsible for it." Edward simply rolled his eyes. 'How big could it be? What the hell does he want?!' He knew he'd be in for a long night until he went with the Colonel, so Edward hopped out of bed and slid on a simple white shirt, black pants, and black shoes. As soon as he opened the door, Colonel Mustang's smug looked greeted him.

"Let's get this over with, shall we?" Edward glared. He immediately followed the Colonel down the hallway and descended the stairs. "So what makes this so big compared to anything else?" Edward dared to ask.

The Colonel paused a moment before speaking. "Uh… well… we aren't exactly sure. This titanic metal object crashed in the forest a couple of hours ago and caused a huge explosion. You really didn't hear it?"

'How could I? I think I was under a spell in my dream.' "No. Where did it come from?"

"The sky."

Edward halted before he opened the door to the chambers. First he chuckled, and then started to crack up. "You and I… of all people… know that isn't possible. Sure, we have hot air balloons, but even those are partially powered by alchemy. This must be some sick joke you're playing on me." His smile turned to an annoyed frown. He opened the door; even though he's unwilling to continue on this stupid… whatever you would call it.

"Perhaps you will change your mind when you talk to her," Roy Mustang attempted to reassure him.

'Her?' For a moment, Ed picture this person as an old man trying to live out the rest of his days by trying to create something magnificent in his spare time, but he realized he was way off when the Colonel led him to the last cell. A somewhat dirty, yet stunning young woman was sitting on the ground, her back against the cold wall. Her legs and wrists were bound with metal chains, and a cloth was wrapped tightly around her mouth. It was a wonder she could even breathe. Edward stood there in agape. He swiftly kicked open the metal-barred door. He grabbed the keys from the nearest soldier standing guard and knelt down before her.

"Edward, what exactly are you doing?" Mustang asked as Ed was unlocking her binds.

"What does it look like I'm doing, idiot? Why did you put her down here in the first place? Why did you bind her up like this? And please don't tell me you knocked her out, either," he growled. He had trouble untying the cloth, but finally succeeded. 'Dammit, what the hell is this? The military probably scared the crap out of this poor girl.'

"I heard the bang from my room and immediately grabbed soldiers to come with me. We presumed it was an attack from a neighboring country or the Homunculi, or maybe even your bro-," Roy was cut off by Edward.

"It wasn't him. He's dead. Don't say things like that trying to give me some sort of hope," Edward retorted. He picked up the girl, realizing she won't be able to walk herself. "We need to change the modus operandi of this dungeon. You'd think we were running a bastille, the way I came down here and say her bound by chains too tight." He headed for the exit.

Colonel Mustang rushed after him. "Wait, your father wishes to speak to you… and to her about what happened."

Ed turned around. "Tell him it can wait until the morning. As for her, she isn't even awake. I don't think she's in the mood for talking." Edward managed to open the door and slam it closed on his way out. Roy Mustang didn't bother stopping him this time.

It took an hour for Winry to wake up from the darkness. When she did, she jumped the same way Edward did an hour ago when Roy woke him up. Again, she had no idea where she was. The room was a hard wall covered with foreign insignias, yet the bed was so big and comfortable. There was also a desk with paper scattered all over it, and a couple of bookcases. However, her eyes were focused on the person sitting at the desk. His eyes were focused on her as well.

Little did she know he couldn't keep his eyes off her the whole time. 'Could it be possible I just dreamt about her an hour ago? She looks just like the woman from my dream. Maybe I should say something.'

Winry was somewhat crept out from his constant staring, so she broke the silence with a soft "Ahem." Edward glanced at the ceiling, then the floor, then back at Winry not sure of what to say.

He set his hands on his desk and closed his eyes. "Look, I'm sure you have a lot of questions, and are fully aware we have questions to ask you as well. I don't want you under pressure this… uh… early in the morning, so you can just sleep for now if you'd like."

Winry is also unsure of how to respond. 'Yeah, I have millions of questions. Who are you? Where am I? What happened?' "I'm sorry. I'm just a bit speechless. I'm Winry," she said.

"I'm Edward Elric," Ed responded back. He placed his hands underneath his chin. He grinned as he asked, "I'm just a little curious. What is this contraption you built, and how the hell did you get here?"

Winry lied down so she didn't have to look at his grinning face. "Well, it was supposed to go into space, and it had a malfunction and crashed." She didn't feel like going into the details of it. Part of it she's still unsure of herself, and she's a little shaken up about all this. Edward could tell she seemed a bit frightened. It still bothered him about how they stuck her in the chambers like that all chained up. He was going to have a serious talk with his father tomorrow.

"I hope I'm not scaring you. You don't need to be frightened," Ed said to her kindly, but she didn't hear it. She had already fallen asleep. Edward sighed. 'Guess I should sleep as well… on my desk.' He couldn't keep his eyes off Winry. Even though her clothes and skin were a bit dirt covered and scratched, her sleeping form was beautiful. He probably should've let her clean up before she went to bed, but he didn't want to awaken her. Instead, he found the head maid and had her gather towels, a pair of shoes, a clean dress, and other accessories.

"Thanks a lot, Rose. I don't want her to look bad when she has to talk to my father tomorrow. She probably smells, too," Ed chuckled.

"What a rude thing to say, Edward! However, you're welcome. I'll come into your room in a couple of hours to help her," Rose smiled.

Ed nodded and brought the stuff back to his room. He set it on the end of the bed for Winry, leaving a note as well.

'You can use my washroom when you wake up. It's the door next to one of the bookcases. Here are clean clothes and other stuff for you. I'll probably still be asleep, so you can clean yourself up, but stay in here for now.' Ed

Ed sat back at his desk. He crossed off the idea of sleeping in another room and just laid his head on the desk to snooze off.

Winry didn't get much sleep. Maybe 5 hours. The glistening of the sun off the curtains woke her. She yawned and sat up. For a second, she had hoped everything that happened was a dream, and she would wake up back at her house with Granny Pinako. Wrong. It was the same room she fell asleep in, with the young man Edward Elric uncomfortably sleeping on his desk. 'This must be his bedroom. Now I feel bad sleeping in his bed. His… very comfortable bed.' While she was admiring the bed, she saw the clump of stuff and a note on the end. She read the note, and it made her smile. She glanced at Edward and said thank you in her mind. She grabbed the clothes and headed into the washroom. A new face immediately greeted her.

"So, you must be the one Ed was chattering about. I'm Rose Tomas, the head maid of the castle. However, you can call me Rose. You'll feel better once you get into a steamy shower," Rose smiled. Winry could just feel the charismatic vibes shedding off her body.

"H-hi, I'm Winry," Winry stuttered. Before she could say anything else, Rose encouraged her into the shower. Edward had awakened shortly after he heard Rose's voice.

'I need to start locking these doors with alchemy or something so she can't just barge in here. And what's taking that Winry girl so long to shower?' Ed moaned as he slid off his desk and stumbled towards the washroom door. His washroom. He peeked inside and saw Rose washing Winry's dirty clothes from the crash. "Is she done yet?" He asked Rose.

When Winry heard his voice, she let out a high-pitched squeak. "GET OUT PERVERT!" She screamed. Ed looked at the other side of the washroom.

He could see the outline of her body through the thin shower curtain. He blushed, but that blush turned red with anger. "This is my room, and my washroom, so I can go wherever the hell I want! Be thankful I'm letting you use it!" Before he could yell something profane, Rose slammed the door in his face, causing him to stumble backwards a little. 'Damn… women…' He heard Winry yell something else along the lines of pervert.

When Winry finally finished washing up, she felt so refreshed. She got to brush her hair, and clean off all the dirt, and she wore a long, simple long-sleeved navy blue dress with medium-sized slits on the shoulders to reveal her bare skin. The shoes were flats, easy enough to walk in. 'Or run in…' if she had to. After Rose complimented her, she left Ed's washroom. Now, reality started to come back to her. She eyes searched the room, and she didn't see Ed. His bed, desk… were empty. 'Where did he go, and what am I supposed to do now?' She was going to ask Rose where to go, but she mentally hit herself. 'Why am I lingering here? Sure, I'm curious, scared, and confused, but maybe I should go back to the space machine and try to get back home.' She made sure no one was looking, and when she saw glass doors to a balcony, she made haste. "Who is this guy? Spoiled! Why do I care? He's been a jerk so far." She closed the doors behind her. Once she did, Ed peeped up from behind his bed.

'Jeez, I can't even look for one of my books and already people are calling me names. I thought that was just Colonel Sarcasm's job!' Ed wandered over to the glass doors and watched her. 'What is she doing… puking?' She was leaning way over the edge, figuring out how to get down without getting smashed on cement like a pancake. 'This place is huge! This must be a bastion or… castle. I need to get out of here! Wait, is that a pool below?' The pool didn't appear to be that far below her, but something told her in her mind that there was that possibility of…

It didn't matter. She wanted to get out. She leaned over again, to make sure she wouldn't jump onto the cement instead of into the water, and she felt a warm hand touch her shoulder.

"What are you-," Edward started to ask but didn't. She was concentrating so hard on escaping that he caught her off guard and she leaned over too far. Ed used one hand to grab her waist and the other to grab her wrist, and he pulled her back before she tipped over. She screamed with fear in her head, but was so shocked that it didn't come out. When she looked up, she saw his confused expression in his eyes. Now she got a close up of his features.

'His hair and eyes… they are the color of the sun.' She became fascinated with his eyes. They seem deep, and full of something she just couldn't figure out. His grip wasn't tight, but it made her feel safe. When he felt her shaking, he let go. She felt confused, scared, and excited all at the same time. 'Now I don't feel so well…but he just saved me.'

"I'm still a jerk?" Ed asked, hurt.

"I…," she started, but didn't know how to apologize. The sad look on his face caused her to look away. 'He heard me…'

He turned around and began walking away. He stopped at the glass doors back to his bedroom. His back still faced her when he said, "Your machine… it's not there anymore. The explosion blew it to pieces. As for trying to leave, where would you go?" He turned around. "Just come with me, and we'll work everything out." He left the doors open for her to follow.

As much as Winry wanted to attempt to jump off again, she didn't when he said the machine is gone. Her hope of leaving diminished in seconds. For now, she started to feel she could trust Edward. She followed him out his room and down many stairs and halls.

Finally, they reached a pair of golden doors. "I should warn you: you're going to be questioned. A lot," he warned her.

Whatever events were about to occur behind those doors, she was ready…

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I really hope you readers enjoyed this. It should get better chapter-by-chapter, except for the next chapter. I'll just warn you, the next chapter is going to be a lot of explaining and talking… but hopefully still a bit enjoyable. Thanks for reading and please submit a review if you can!