Prologue

SON GOHAN

"Hey Gohan, do you know what the heck this thing is?" Krillen asked as we walked near the mysterious doorway that appeared in the middle of a field.

I looked at the strange door before me and said, "No, but it looks fairly safe, and I'm not getting any energy from it."

Krillen smirked and asked, "You want to open it, or should I?"

I smiled and said, "Allow me..."

I placed my hand on the door and pushed it open.

On the other side was a place quite similar to where we stood, but the door seem to sit in a cave mouth.

We walked into the strange place.

I felt my Ki get weaker as I walked out of the cave.

I said, "Krillen, are you feeling this?"

He nodded and said, "This place is damping our Ki, I don't think we can fly here."

I looked around to see a beuatiful lush fields that rolled over the hills.

As I looked I saw a man and a woman walking towards us.

I yelled, "Excuse me!"

They looked up at me.

I asked, "Can you tell us where we are? We're a bit lost.."

The man and woman walked closer toward us.

The man had golden blonde hair with eyes to match, along with a beard and glasses.

The woman had long brown hair pulled in a twisted ponytail that when around her shoulder. In her arms he held a small baby, with golden blonde hair and was fast asleep.

The man smiled and said, "Your in the village of Risembool. The country is Amestris..."

Krillen sighed and said, "Yep, I have no idea where that is..."

I shook my head and said, "It's clear that door lead us to a different world..."

"So, my gateway works?"

We turned to the man who was giving a soft smile.

I said, "You gateway? You mean..."

He nodded and said, "I made that gateway using alchemy, in hopes of discovering new lands far beyond our own."

Krillen looked at the man and asked, "What is alchemy exactly?"

The man pulled out a piece of chalk and began drawing strange symbols in the dirt.

He crossed his arms and the circle lit up. A iron baby stroller appeared, once the light dimmed.

The woman put her child gently into the stroller with a smile.

Krillen and I stood completely dumbfounded at what the man just did.

The man looked at us and said, " Alchemy is the science of understanding the flow of matter and its laws... The process of comprehension, deconstruction, and reconstruction. By drawing circles we can transmute, using equivalent exchange. Which basically means you give to get."

I nodded and said, "We have something we call Ki, in our world. Through extreme training, and hard work we can manipulate the energy in our bodies, and focus it."

I held up my hand and made a small Ki orb.

The man stared in amazement and said, "Quite incredible..."

Krillen nodded and said, "We can do more, but something about your world is causing it to be weaker here."

The man held out his hand and said, "I almost forgot to introduce my self, I'm Van Hohenheim, and this is my wife, Trisha Elric."

She smiled and said, "It's a pleasure."

I grabbed his hand and said, "I'm Son Gohan and this is an old friend of mine, Krillen."

He smiled and said, "Hey..."

Krillen looked into the stroller and asked, "So, who's the little guy?"

The baby immediately started balling.

Trisha smiled and said, "Edward, doesn't like being called little. But he's my big boy..."

The baby eyes were wide open, showing off his golden color. He smiled and tucked his head into his mother's shoulder.

She smiled and said, "Ed, is just a year old, but is quite smart."

I smiled and said, "My little girl, just turned two, not too long ago."

I pulled out a picture and showed the couple a picture from the day she was born.

"That's my wife, Videl, and my little girl, Pan."

Trisha smiled and said, "What lovely girls, perhaps you can bring them by sometime."

I smiled and said, "Sounds nice, but we should really get back..."

Hohenheim smiled and said, "We hope to see you soon, Gohan."

I smiled and said, "Yeah, I'll make sure to bring the girls with me."

We waved to the couple as we began walking.

We walked up the hill and began entering the cave, when I heard a whisper, "Time is the toll... the longer time you spent... the longer the wait to get back...Let this be your warning..."

Krillen looked at me and asked, "Any clue, what's that all about?"

I shrugged and we walked through the door.

The door closed shut and words appeared on the door.

It said; 'We await your return, we'll keep it safe, but for the next 3 years...No one enters this gate...'

I sighed and said, "Look's like will come back in three years."

"Papa!"

I turned around to see Pan flying toward me.

I caught her and said, "Oh sweetie! What are you doing here?"

She smiled and said, "Mama, made food! Are you hungy?"

I smiled at her as she mispronounced, 'hungry'.

I nodded and said, "Sure sweetie, but let me do the flying, I've got a story to tell Mama..."

"Wow..." Videl said as we walked into what I called, The Amestrian Gate.

I nodded and said, "Yeah, this place is quite incredible..."

"Looky, there's two boys down there!" Pan said with excitement.

I looked an saw two golden haired boys playing in the field.

They both had golden eyes and looked vaguely familiar.

The eldest looked at us as we walked out of the cave.

He yelled as he and the younger boy ran down the road to a house, "Mom! Dad! There people coming out of the door!"

We causally walked down the road toward the house that they ran to.

Trisha walked out the door, with Hohenheim, and the two boys, who hid behind her.

She smiled and said, "It's good to see you, Gohan!"

I smiled and said, "You too, Trish."

I looked at Hohenheim and said, "Man, you haven't changed at bit, Hohenheim."

He smiled and said, " You should talk..."

Pan walked up in front of me and walked up to the boys, who still hid behind Trisha.

She smiled and said, "Hi, I'm Pan! I five years old!"

The older boy said, "I'm Edward... and this is Alphonse... I'm 4 and Al is 2..."

Pan smiled and asked, "You wanna play tag?"

Ed smiled and said, "Yeah!"

The three kids ran out into the field as fast as their little legs could take them.

I smiled and said, "So Ed and Al... They seem quite happy.."

Trisha nodded and said, "Those boys are inseparable, but always getting into trouble."

Hohenheim looked at Pan and said, "She seems, quite spirited..."

Videl nodded and said, "Yeah, she a wild one. I wish I could get her to focus..."

We all laughed, knowing that for kids, focus is the last thing on their minds.

We spent hours in, talking and catching up.

The kids had a picnic and played until they finally fell asleep in the field.

I picked up Pan in my arms and said, "I think that's a sign, that it's time to go."

Trisha laughed as she picked up Al, and said, "We'll miss you, that's for certain."

Videl smiled and said, "We'll be back, but the door makes us wait three years to see you."

Hohenheim sighed and said, "It's a valid exchange. Time for time,"

I smiled and said, "Goodbye my friends... I see you later!"

We waved as we walked down the road and toward the cave entrance.

Pan said with her eyes closed, "Papa...will I get to play with Ed and Al?"

I smiled and said, "Not for a while, but you'll see them again...I promise..."