Dry Tears

Prologue

Roy was walking through the park outside of headquarters on his way home from work. It was a crisp fall day and he found a place to sit and watch the kids on the playground, just to enjoy the afternoon. He sat on the bench at the far side of the park and let his mind drift.

Once again he felt his thoughts drifting to the missing alchemist. It had been 4 years since Fullmetal had disappeared and Al was back to his old self. Al had gone back to Resembool to the only family he really knew, but he considered Roy and the others family too and visited often. He had just called Al this afternoon to tell him that the military was planning on declaring Ed as 'Killed in Action'. Maybe that was why the two young men were weighing so heavily on his mind.

He had realized it was starting to get dark and all the families had left when he came out of his thoughts. He stood to make his way home when a glow that could only come from alchemy was seen near the now empty playground. He stood where he was and watched, his hand up ready to snap if need be.

As the glow faded there were two figures huddled together, one was a blonde woman who was obviously upset and crying, and the other…

… "Ed?" Roy couldn't believe what he was seeing. His hand was still up ready to snap as he stood frozen and whispering Ed's name in disbelief. Ed's back was to him and the woman's head was buried into his shoulder as she shook with sobs. Soon she looked up and caught his eye, and her own blue eyes grew large before she pushed herself away from Ed and stood staring at him for a moment.

"ROY!" She suddenly yelled and ran at him. Ed turned at this and his own eyes grew for a moment before he realized what was happening.

He saw his friend running full force at the man she thought she knew. When he also saw Roy's hand ready to defend himself he feared the worst. "Mustang! Don't hurt her!"

Roy lowered his hand and looked at Ed in confusion and shock as the blonde woman barreled into him and threw her arms around him, crying into his chest. Roy didn't know what to do. "Um, miss?"

"Oh Roy, I knew it wasn't true, It couldn't be. I've missed you so much." She sobbed against Roy's uniform.

Ed finally reached the pair and laid a hand on the woman's shoulder, giving Roy an apologetic look before speaking to her. "Ed, come on Edna, look at me." He took her by the chin and pulled her face to look at his. "I'm sorry, this isn't YOUR Roy."

The woman sniffled and looked up at Roy. Seeing the confusion in his eyes she realized Ed was right. This stranger looked just like her Roy, but he was none the less a stranger. "Who- who are you?" It was then that she looked around at her surroundings for the first time. "Ed, where are we?"

"You're in Amestris. Remember I told you I wasn't from Germany? My dad had designed that circle to get me home. I-I'm sorry you got caught in it. I don't think I can get you back." Ed looked at her sadly.

Finally Roy Mustang found his voice again. "Ed? Is that really you? Who is this?"

Ed looked at his old Commanding Officer and sighed, this was going to be a long explanation to both of them. "Look," he sighed, "I'll tell both of you everything, let's just go somewhere else to do it."

Roy nodded and handed the woman his handkerchief. "Come on, I'll take you both to dinner and you can tell me what's going on."

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Ok, so there's the prologue. I'm not exactly sure where this story is going to go or why I got this idea. Please review and let me know if you want it to continue. I'm not normally one to ask for reviews, but I just want to know if I should continue this.

Thanks!