Full Summary!

How will things work out if it wasn't Al who got stock in the armor but rather Ed? When the gate was about to take Al, Ed paid no heave and dashed to save him, leaving Al to perform the soul transmutation. What sacrifices do they have to make? What choices would they take? What could be the outcome of their destinies? When they lives are switched, and their destinies are altered, would the reality they have known of twist and change as well?

Following the combined story of both FMA versions (2003 and 2009), I give you the Parallel Brothers Trilogy.

Disclaimer Notice! I disclaimed everything! Except of course, for this plot twist.

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Spoiler Alert! Some of the lines or dialogs are taken directly from both the Manga and Anime Series.

The Parallel Brothers Book One

Twisted Reality

Prologue:

Resembool – 5 Years Ago

Edward and Alphonse Elric rushed to their basement and started mixing substances they knew was enough for them to reach their goals. "Let's do this Al!" said the enthusiastic older brother. "Yes! Big brother!" replied the happy little one.

They have been planning this ever since that incident happen. They went through hardships and wild training to acquire this specific knowledge about alchemy. "We must not fail…" thought Ed with determination.

"Ok…these are the basic ingredients that construct an average adult…" Al said while purring the last ingredients needed. "The Alchemy Circle…." Ed said while checking the drawn array of their transmutation circle.

"And for the soul…" Ed and Al cut their finger and dropped their blood together with the mixture, completing it. "Here it goes Al!" encouraged Ed. Al nodded in reply. They both close their eyes as they focused themselves on performing the alchemy.

Light blue electric light flashed from the circle, swaying in a circled manner. Ed smiled upon seeing the alchemy. 'This is it!' thought Ed as he saw the light flashed through the mixture.

All of a sudden, the once blue light turned to an eerie violet. The smile on Ed instantly vanished. "Big…brother…what is happening…?" Al asked, fear could be hinted from his voice. "Huh…?!" they both looked around. "Something is wrong…" concluded Ed.

Something sparked from his hand, and when he saw it, his eyes widened in astonishment – his left hand is slowly disappearing. "Big brother!" he heard Al screamed. He turned around and saw his brother's left leg vanishing.

"Al!"

He slowly tried to approach his little brother. As he focused his eyes, he saw black hands like shadows circling it. He follows it through his eyes and saw them coming from something that looked like a gate. He remembered seeing that gate from a book before. "No! It's a rebound!" his head screamed in horror. He knew what would happen next. More hands crept out from the gate, swaying slowly as it approached his little brother. "No! I won't let them!"

Without second thoughts, he rushed to his little brother and pushed him out of the circle. Without Alphonse on the circle, the hands grabbed Ed instead. Alphonse's eyes opened in shock. "No! Big Brother!"

The black hands grabbed Ed's body and dragged him back to the gate. Al immediately tried to stood up and reached for his brother's hand. But, it was hard to do so, especially if you only had one leg. "Ed! Big brother!" he screamed with all his might. "No! Ed!"

Al tried to reach for him, their hands were only inches apart. 'Just a little bit!' Al thought as he dragged himself towards his brother. "Al!" Ed screamed as he tries to pull himself closer to Al, wanting to touch his little brother's hand. "Ed!" "Al!"

Al thought that he could already save his brother, alas, it was all too late. His brother's hand disintegrated in the air, the gate closed. Al's eyes widened in fear, "No! Ed! Big brother!"

As he opened his eyes, he saw himself standing in a place covered in white. Nothing could be seen anywhere. "W-what the…w-where am I?" he scanned the area. Behind him was a huge gate designed with some scrubbings he could not understand, it floats slightly above the ground. "Ed?" he asked as though his brother were with him. He tried to look for him, but he found no one.

"Ed….Big brother!" he never stopped searching for him. "Hey!" a male's voice caught his attention. He immediately turned his gaze around, his eyes widened with worry and fear. "Wh-who…" he looked behind but found none.

"Here! Here! I'm right in front of you!" it called for his attention again. He gasped and as he turned his head in front, he saw something unordinary.

In front of him sat a creature covered in all white, with black like particles surrounding it like a shadow. The creature looks almost identical to a human except that it has neither face nor clothes, only a creepy smile could be seen in it.

Its smile frightened him the most.

"Who are..you…?" he hesitated on asking, but knew he should. The creature held out its hand and a laugh could be heard. "Aha! Thanks for asking!" it said, with a masculine voice.

"I am what you humans refer to as the world, also known as the "universe", or "god", or "true knowledge", or "all", or "one"…And, I'm you…" it said as it pointed its hand towards Al.

Al's eyes widened with fear. Sweats formed in his head. He could not move with fear. "Welcome, ignorant one…"

Without his knowledge, the gate that stood behind him opened. The black hands that looked like shadows creep from it. It grabbed him from behind and slowly dragged him inside. "No….NOOO!" he screamed in horror.

The laughter of the creature echoed across the place. "Be quite! It's that what you wanted?" it asked. "AHHH!" Al's body was slowly being dragged. He screamed and thrash with all his might, but the gate continued on swallowing him inside. His heart, mind, his whole body was filled with terror and fear. "Big brother! Help!"

Just before the gate close shut, he saw the creature smiling at him. "I'll show you…the true knowledge"

'What the hell is this?!'

The black hands encircled his body and continued on dragging him. It was as if falling from a high place. Around him, film-liked objects swayed. This film like structure contains images where people, places, and all sort were displayed. These information were forcing its way towards his brain.

"No! stop! My head hurts! It'll explode! I'm going to be mutilated! Stop! Please Stop! Stop!" he screamed.

All of a sudden, a white silhouette that looked exactly like his mom was displayed. Its hand was stretched at him. He tried to reach for it, to grab it. "Mom!" But before he could, the gate closed on him.

He stood where he was before, panting. The gate tightly shut behind. He stared at his hand.

"How was it?" the creature that as the truth spoke. He turned around and stared at it. "I feel like…unbelievable amount of knowledge were forced inside my brain…! My head hurts! But, now I finally understand…" Al replied.

He turned around and looked at the gate, fears gone from his eyes, replaced by something else. "This is the true knowledge…"

He slowly walked towards it. "That's right…Our human transmutation is not wrong…Brother formulated the correct theory! Just a little more! What I need to know is just ahead. Brother's theory lacks something in it. There was true knowledge regarding human transmutation…" His hands had touched the gate.

He turned around at the creature and pleaded. "Just one more time! Please let me in again!"

He expected the creature to agree and let him in. But it just shook its head. "No can do!" it said. "That's all I can show for this much passage fee…"

"Passage fee?" Al asked. The creature nodded. "That's correct…passage fee…" It snickered. It raised its left foot. Its once white foot turned into that of a human leg. Al felt something from his body. And as he glanced at it, he saw his left foot disintegrating.

The creature stood face-to-face with him. It smiled. "Equivalent trade, no? Ain't that right, alchemist boy?"

Al faced was replaced with full terror. "AAAHHHH!" he screamed.

He clenched his bleeding left leg. "No! No! Big brother! Help me! Ed! Ed!" he looked around and saw Ed's clothes scattered in the ground. It was like his brother vanished into thin air. "No! This can't be happening!"

He fell to the ground, with his arm supporting him. "It wasn't supposed to be like this! Ed! Big brother! Help!" he screamed. "Mom!"

He looked in front, and what he saw scared him. It wasn't his mother that they had created, it's a monster. Its head was upside down, and tentacles crept from inside its body, its ribs were wide open. It breaths, but it wasn't human. It could never be! It's hand crept in the ground, slowly approaching the frightened kid. Al immediately dragged himself away, his whole body trembling with fear.

"No! It can't be!" tears started to fall from his eyes. He vomited. "This is not what we wanted! Brother! Brother!" he yelled. He dragged himself around and brought down an armor that stood near him. It clanked as it fell.

Al remembered what he saw inside the gate, and without second thoughts, he used it. He drew an array on the neck side of the armor with his own blood. "Big brother…."

"Return him…" he clenched his teeth. "He's my older brother! Whether be my leg, or my arm…I'll even give you my heart. So please, return him to me! He's my little brother!"

In a desperate attempt, he clapped his hand. Blue electric light flashed around him. On the other side of the gate, the white creature smiled. It raised its right hand as it slowly began to changed form.

"That fool, his back for more…"