This is a random idea I came up with during a very boring math class. Possibly because I have procrastinate too much and don't pay too much attention during that class...and maybe because my schedule hasn't gotten insane yet...Well anyway, this is a bit of an AU, but I'm going to stick pretty close to the recent plot happenings in the FMA manga.Recent as in, from the death of Lust, paralysis, and Scar vs. Ed Al Winry (slightly modified). I have no inventiveness for names, and this will be acknowledged in later chapters...And to OrangeKittyAlchemist and etc. I will eventually update other things...so bear with it just a little longer okay??


He sat on the grass, staring up at the night sky with a lost look in his eyes.

"Hey Winry…"

"What?"

"Do you think Nii-san's up there, watching over us?" asked the sandy-haired teenager.

Winry looked from the boy to the stars, and back again. For a second, she thought she could see a young Edward Elric, grinning at her. That image faded out, and she saw the older, young man, with his back towards her, walking away, and out of her life…

It had been a year since Ed had vanished while transmuting Al back to his original body. It still hurt to talk about him…

"I SAID, The next time I make you cry, you'll be crying for happiness!"

That was the one promise he had never fulfilled to her…When he disappeared, she had cried for him, as did Al, who was still angry at his brother for making such a decision.

"Yeah I do…" she smiled, as tears welled up in her eyes again.

"Maybe he's grown taller up there…"mused Winry aloud.

The two looked at each other, then both of them burst out laughing hysterically.

"Tomorrow…tomorrow, we should visit Second Lieutenant Havok," said Al after their laughter had subsided. Winry nodded.

Paralyzed from the waist down when part of his spinal cord had been severed, the poor man was expected to never recover, and would be forced to leave the military. Al and the other military personnel refused to tell her what had caused such a terrible injury, and the Lieutenant himself, wasn't talking either. He had tried to lie to her, but 'falling down the stairs' did not really encompass all of his injuries…

"We don't want to put you in danger Winry," said Alphonse gently, looking at her with those blue-grey eyes of his, so much like his older brother's…

"If you get involved, there's too much risk and danger involved," he said, looking back up at the sky.

"Nii-san understood that…" he added softly, getting a faraway look in his eyes.

Winry too, looked back up at the sky.

"I hope you're happy up there…Ed…" she whispered softly.

8.8.8

Falling…torn apart…rebuilt…over and over again. He couldn't feel his hands, much less anything else anymore. Somehow though, he was still conscious of the person alongside him…falling with him.

"We're almost there," he heard their voice say, "Hang on just a bit longer Elric…"

Impact.

A blinding flash of light lit up the entire sky, for a second making the world as bright as day.

"W-What the hell was that!" exclaimed Alphonse, jumping to his feet. The lights in the house turned on and Gracia Hughes and her young daughter Elysia came out.

"What on Earth could that be?" said the woman shocked.

"Gracia-san, stay here, I'll go check it out!" shouted Al, dashing off.

"But Al…WAIT!" called Winry after him. Did boys ever think ahead properly?

"Men…" she growled before running after him.

8.8.8

"Ow Ow Ow Ow OWW!" He yelled rubbing his leg.

"Oww god dammit that hurt…" he groaned, pulling himself out of the dark impact crater that had formed.

"Quit complaining, at least you didn't have your ribs break and punch a hole through your lungs," retorted his companion heavily, still in the crater, panting.

"Are you okay?" he asked, a hint of worry in his voice.

" Course I am, you should worry more about your own fragile-self Elric," answered the hunter green hooded teen inside the crater, getting up slowly.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORT?" demanded Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist angrily.

"I didn't call you short, idiot…" sighed his companion getting out of the crater.

"Alric, are you sure you're okay? You sound tired…" he asked, all anger gone from his voice, instead replaced with genuine concern. Alric pushed back the green hood to reveal a head of soft light golden wheat coloured blonde hair.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just that it took quite a bit out of me to get those blasted Doors open…" she said rubbing her left shoulder.

"How much?" asked Edward, his eyes boring into Alric's.

"Don't worry about it," she laughed dismissively, "I've still got a lot of lives left."

"Alric…" started Ed threateningly, "This isn't a joke. How much did you use?" he demanded, his golden eyes hard. The teenaged girl turned her own misty golden coloured eyes towards his.

"I told you not to worry about it…" she smiled, "For once, just worry about yourself, alright Elric?" she sighed tiredly.

"Now…" she continued, energy returning to her voice. "Where the hell are we?"