Chapter 1 – Prodigal Son
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Story begins with Ed on the other side of the gate (our side-Germany) and he is in his Amestris clothes talking to Noah (Rose from Liore) in what seems to be the end of an argument. Noah is talking first.
"You don't have to leave Ed!"Oh shit, thought she must be mad. No-she is mad but he doesn't understand why. He told her that he was going to leave when he got his chance, but her she is fighting him over it anyway.
"Noah…This isn't my home and I told you this. I have to leave." Noah is shaking a little know.
"But I love you Ed! Just stay here and we can be a family, the family you never had, the family your father took from you!" Ed looks at Noah.
"That's the reason why I have to leave Noah, because you're wrong." Noah looks at him obviously confused."
"Then you obviously weren't listening…"
He proceeds to throw his trademark red jacket over his shoulder.
"I always had a family." Now Ed starts to walk towards the gate but Noah holds his automail hand before he leaves.
"J-Just don't say this is goodbye". Ed nods and continues to walk through the portal and the last thing he sees is a single tear fall on her face. The guilt shook him, but it was worth it he was finally home.
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"Not really the welcome home I expected". Ed sighs as he surveys his surroundings and notices that he is on the outskirts of an all too familiar town. He then smirks a little.
"Liore, huh"- Once again, as if determined by fate Ed finds himself in the very city whose destruction he cause almost single-handedly. Regardless, Ed continued his journey to the city… Whether he really wanted to, is a totally different question.
To his surprise, upon arrival he notices that the city is in much better shape then the condition he left it in after his, uh, ordeal.
"Rose must be doing a great job here… I wonder how she is doing." He ponders this until his train of thought is broken by a familiar face.
"Yo, Fullmetal!" No one has called him that in a long time he thought. He turns around to the person calling his name and notices that the old man from the diner is the man who called him.
"Hey old man! How've you been?" Says Ed as he sits down at the diner marveling over that clock Al fixed, what seemed like an eternity go.
"As you can see Liore doing great these days since Rose took over". Ed pauses for a moment to think-
"Rose… Where exactly is she old man?" The man stops cleaning his glass and gives Ed a puzzled look.
"Oh, so you don't know…"Ed notices that the man is having a hard time keeping eyes contact with him and…In all honesty this makes Al nervous.
"I-I mean you're the hero of the people Fullmetal. I assumed Rose would of told you.
"Don't…Don't call me that, I was just doing my job." Then Ed looks at the ground with his face showcasing a great deal of guilt. The old man notices this.
"Fullmetal…What happened here was your fault." Ed smirks in his usual childlike arrogance.
"You suck at this parenting stuff old man, do you have any kids?
The old man growls at him.
"Whatever old man, I'm leaving now to go and see Rose-put the food on my State Alchemist tab". The man shivers a little then yells out to Ed to get his attention.
"FULLMETAL!" Ed turns his head around dismissively.
"Hmmm…What, you miss me?"
"Sorry Fullmetal but you won't find Rose at home; she's not even in Liore right now." Ed responds questionably after a short sigh.
"Oh, then were is she then?"
" I- I think it'll be best if you don't know." Ed jumps at the old man and grabs him by the collar of his shirt. The old man responds with-
"You've gotten a bit taller"
This only makes Ed angrier, now he is shaking the man furiously.
"Were…Is…Rose?" The old man sighs and responds hesitantly.
"She's in Central Fullmetal?"…Ed is yelling now.
"WHY?!"
"She went to a funeral." He knew that the only people Rose knew in central were her and Fullmetal's mutual friends and he didn't think that this is what Ed really needed to hear right now… Especially not from him. Ed is still yelling but you can hear the pain in his voice you would expect from someone who was only 17.
"WHO?!"
*The Old Man Tells Him*
Suddenly…Ed is very quiet and you can almost see his pupils tremble in his eyes, yet he is not moving as if his whole body shut down. Suddenly you see Ed running as quick as he could to the nearest train to Central.
"I can't believe it…I just can't believe it!" He's trembling a little now.
"I can't believe the person who died was-