Trisha opened her eyes. She didn't remember closing them, but she was in Van's study, on top of a strange transmutation circle. The last thing she recalled, she was in bed with Ed and Al at her side. She had asked for them to transmute a ring of flowers, and now she was here. She looked around. She didn't see Ed or Al anywhere, but she saw some clothes on the floor. They looked like they belonged to someone who was around ten years old. Then, she noticed she was naked. 'Okay, find clothes and then find out what is going on here.' She thought to herself. She walked to her room, and when she entered, she noticed everything was so dusty. It looked like nothing had been touched in years. She found her purple dress and apron that she normally wore and put them on. 'Okay, now to find out what's going on.' Just then, she heard a bloodcurdling scream come from across the house. But that sounded like… ED! She ran to Van's study as fast as she could, not caring anymore what was going on, she just had to help Ed. But when she reached Van's study, she froze when she saw Ed covered in blood, screaming while clutching where his leg used to be. Trisha wanted to move, to save her baby boy and make the pain stop, but she was frozen in shock.

"DAMMIT! IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS! AL? OH NO, HE'S GONE, WHAT HAVE I DONE?! Mom… Mom, please…." Ed froze when he saw there wasn't anything there. "Oh no, we failed…" Then, Ed put a hand to his mouth, leaned over and threw up. "ALPHONSE?! AL?! ALPHONSE NO!" Ed started dragging himself over to a suit of armor that had fallen over, and Trisha realized what he was trying do. "No… You won't take him, too." He started drawing some sort of rune on the inside of the armor with his blood. "TAKE MY LEG, TEG MY ARM, TAKE MY HEART ANYTHING YOU CAN HAVE IT! Just give him back… HE'S MY LITTLE BROTHER HE'S ALL I HAVE LEFT!" Ed clapped his hands and there was a light that blinded Trisha for a moment, and when it faded, he was gone. Trisha blinked for a moment, and slowly walked forward.

"…Ed...?" Oh, no. Was he dead? Was Al dead? What was going on? She looked around and saw some notes on a desk. She walked over to look at them. The handwriting wasn't Van's though. It was sloppier, and more childish. She read through them and realized, even with the little alchemy knowledge that she had… No… These notes were for… Human Transmutation?!

Trisha backed away from the desk, putting a hand over her mouth. So she had died?! Her boys tried to bring her back? Oh, god…. Then, there was another flash of light and Ed was there again, but this time without an arm. The suit of armor that Ed had drawn a transmutation circle in jerked up.

"Brother!" the armor exclaimed. "What-?"

"I sacrificed my arm, but I could only get your soul."

"Brother, why?" Trisha finally found the strength within her to move.

"EDWARD! ALPHONSE!" she cried. They looked up.

"Mom…mie…" Ed said weakly.

"We've got to get you help!" Trisha said frantically. There weren't any hospitals near by, so the second best was the Rockbell's. Trisha took off her apron and tied it around Ed's arm to stop the bleeding. She picked him up and ran faster than she's ever run before to the Rockbell house, Al right beside her. When she arrived she didn't bother to knock and slammed the door open.

"HELP HIM! PLEASE HELP MY SON! HE'S LOST A LOT OF BLOOD, THERE'S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN!" Pinako's pipe dropped out of her mouth and Winry screamed.

"Trisha?! You're-"

"PLEASE!" Trisha cried. Pinako stared at her. She was confused as heck, but Ed was dying. Pinako decided to ask later.

Ed was asleep, Trisha, Pinako, Winry, and Al were all in the living room, and Pinako started asking questions.

"Okay, first of all, you died. Right in front of me. How are you here?"

"Ed and Al brought me back to life with Human Transmutation," Trisha replied weakly.

"That explains Ed's missing limbs, but where's Al?! Is he dead?!"

"Granny," Al said, speaking for the first time that evening, "I'm right here." Winry and Pinako stared at him at disbelief.

"But, Al, you're way too small to fit in there! Why are you wearing a suit of armor?!" Winry said hysterically. Al sighed and took off his helmet. Both Rockbells gasped. "I lost my entire body, so Brother transmuted my soul into this armor."

"Does that answer your questions?" Trisha said.

"Yes," Pinako replied.

"Good. On to mine," Trisha stated. Pinako hadn't realized until now that Trisha must be very confused.

"First, how long have I been dead?"

"Five years. Al is ten, Ed is eleven, and Winry is twelve."

"Okay…" she sighed. She had been gone for five years. So much must have changed. She noticed that Winry and Ed looked much older. She noticed Ed's voice was deeper, Winry looked a bit rounder and Pinako's face was more lined. Trisha kept asking more and more questions, she was horrified to find out Van had never returned, and was quite interested to discover Winry had started making automail. But then, Trisha's last question was asked, the question that Winry and Pinako were avoiding.

"Where are Urey and Sarah? Are they out of town or something?" Pinako took a deep breath and said:

"They were murdered. Four years ago. In the Ishavalan Civil War of Extermination."