Shadow of Alchemy

A Fullmetal Alchemist Shadow of Destiny/Memories crossover

By: Purplemoon3

A/N- I have about 2/3 of my SP done,and I needed a break so I wrote this.Once he's been made, this is going to be homunculous-centric.

Prologue: Decision.

Edward Elric stared at his mothers gravestone, barely hearing the muted cries of his brother. Alphonse was trying to be strong like his sibling. He was trying to stem the flow of tears but had little sucess. Their mother had been a pillar of strength and love, she was the goddess of their world. Now that world had come crashing down.

"B-brother. What are we gonna do?" Alphonse asked as he choked back a sob. Crying was useless, but he felt so weak and pathetic at the moment it was all he could do. "I-I'm cold, and hungry. How are we going to take care of ourselves without mom? What we gonna do?"

Edward clentched his tiny fist and allowed a few silent tears to make their way down his face. The eldest Elric felt like he was burning inside, his small body wasn't made for the emotional war going on within. He had let out his sadness during the funeral, released far too much salt water his mind absently noted, and now his small body was brimming with anger. He was mad at himself for not noticing that his mother was sick. Wasn't he the one who realized her sadness? He should have done something sooner. But what could we do? Mostly he was mad at that man Their biological father that was never home. Mother had gotten sick from worring over the bastard Edward was sure.

"We're not, Al. We're going to bring her back." Edward bit out the last word, all his hatered toward their mysteriously absent father coming out with venom. Alphonse stopped crying and looked up in surprise. His brothers face reflected grim determination and it was somthing he didn't dare question. "I read some books in Dad's office. They mentioned human transmutation, and creating an artificial life called humonculous."

"I read those too." Alphonse whispered, his heart skipping with hope. Could they bring back their mother? "But it said human transmutation was forbidden. Everyone that's tried has failed with terrible results."

"I know... but I was looking over some of dad's older notes. The one's that were in the locked box. I want to try it, I'm going to try it, but we'll need something else."

Alphonse swallowed and stood up, grasping his brothers hand for support as they walked down the hill. Already he was thinking about the make up of the human body, and their mother. If Ed really had an idea on how to bring her back he would help in any way he could.

They would do anything for her. Even though she wouldn't be their original mother Trisha Elric, as Edward had pointed out she would be a humonculi, she could take the place. She could have her memories, maybe, at the very least she would have their memories of her. She could take care of them again.

"We need to find a philospher's stone, Alphonse. It was said to bypass the laws of equivalent exchange."

"Mother is priceless." Alphonse blinked at his own words. He was already talking like she was alive again. "If we do this, we can't tell anybody. It's illegal to even try."

Edward turned to his brother as they approached their empty house, a smile on his face. "It'll be our secret."

They had been preparing in secret for two weeks. During school they would research the make up of the human body, and at home they would begin packing for the trip. Neither boy knew just how long it would last, but they guessed it would be a long time. They had to pack only the essentials.

"What about this?" Alphonse held up a book on human anatomy.

"Let me see." Edward took the heavy book and flipped through it for a moment. "Yeah. It'll probably help when we rebuild her body."

Alphonse placed the book with the five others they had decided to bring in the bottom of his back pack. Each of them also packed three changes of clothes and a light coat. It was still warm outside but Edward tended to be more sensitive to the cold at night.

The golden eyed boy shrugged on his messenger bag, and almost fell over because of the weight. His arms windmilled for a few seconds before he was balanced again. "Brother?"

Alphonse lifted the flap on his brothers bag and snorted. "I didn't think we needed all of those."

Edward blushed and took out several books. "Well... I was worried we might get bored and..."

"Come on. I got the lunch Granny Pinako made us."

The two boys locked the door to their family home. Edward took out a stick of chalk from his pant's pocket and drew an encircled pentagram on the wood. "This is an old circle for sealing. It's a back-up."

The smaller Elric nodded in understanding and placed his hands on the door next to his brothers. Together they whispered, "We'll be back."

The alchemic symbol flashed blue and the brothers left. As they turned to walk down the road, they didn't notice the anchient pentagram glow burning red and disappear into the wood.

END.