A story that takes place after the movie.

Summary: After arriving on the other side, Ed and Al started adjusting and living their own lives. Having married, Al moved out towards the country and left Ed in the city where he worked continuously on rockets and a way home. With his wife and in their new home, Alphonse raised two children. The eldest, a daughter named Adelfa and the younger, a son named Cole. At the age of six their mother died, leaving Al to raise the two on his own. After reaching the age of fourteen, Adelfa noticed her father's common dizzy spells. That year Alphonse died and the uncle they'd never gotten to meet walked into their lives.

Disclaimer: I do not own FMA nor do i own the movie... TT

((present day))

The rain sheeted down the stone of the grave. It was a small funeral, just like their mother's had been. Adelfa held onto her younger, for once with out him protesting to being held at the age of thirteen. She watched as they lowered her father's casket into the ground. She looked away and scanned the crowd. She new everyone there, save for one face.

The man held a striking resemblance to Al. He had the same golden colored hair as Al had. His eyes were also a brilliant gold, but held more fire than Adelfa remembered her father's ever having. She saw a tear roll down his tanned face and she blinked. He didn't look like one to cry. He never took his eyes off Al's casket and Adelfa had the strange feeling of knowing him not by face or name, but from what her father had told her.

After the funeral had been held, a man Adelfa knew as her father's closest friend and also the family lawyer approached her and her brother. He gave her a small smile and wrapped his arms around them each in turn, hugging them.

"Well… I'm sorry to have to see you go… I wish I could have taken the two of you in…but Al had last wishes."

"What do you mean hate see us go?" Adelfa asked, pulling Cole closer to her protectively. "Jeff?" The man sighed and hung his head briefly.

"Now that your parents are dead you'll be going to live with your closest legal guardian. You're uncle's already waiting for you two. You're stuff has already been packed and loaded into the car. Please… follow me." Adelfa sighed and grabbed the red trench coat she'd gotten for her thirteenth birthday. It was the only thing she'd ever gotten from her uncle. Al had explained to her that it was hard for him to visit or call due to his job. She'd never questioned it further. And now here she was following an old family friend to meet an uncle she'd only heard about and never seen.

They reached the car and Adelfa stopped in her tracks, her eyes widening as she saw the man from earlier leaning against a black car. Rain sheeted down his face and hair, only deepening the depth of the sorrow already apparent. He looked up as they arrived and gave a weak smile in greeting. Adelfa relaxed slightly. At least he was trying. He stood and walked over to them.

"Adelfa… Cole… this is your uncle." Jeff said.

"Edward Elric…" Ed said, holding out his hand in greeting. Adelfa took it and shook his hand in response.

"Adelfa… and this is Cole." Cole mustered up the energy to glare at his sister.

"I can introduce my self!" He growled. Ed smiled and chuckled slightly.

"I see you both got the gifts I sent you… I was worried they hadn't made it." Ed chuckled again as Cole stuck his tongue out at his sister. Adelfa blushed slightly after glaring at her brother and nodded.

"Thank you… so… Where do you… we live?" She corrected herself, remembering that she and her brother were going to live with him. Ed's gaze softened further.

"A city just an hour's drive from here."

The car ride to their new home was quiet. The occasional conversation was light and just a feeble attempt to interact and crush the even more uncomfortable silence. Once they had arrived at the house, Adelfa was almost afraid the silence would crush her. They got settled into their rooms and respective bathrooms. Ed left them alone and let them adjust only interrupting their solitary hours for supper.

Only after she saw the light in Cole's room go out did Adelfa venture out of her room. Her bare feet padded silently across the cold wood flooring. She walked down the stairs towards the kitchen to get a glass of water when she noticed a light on in the study. She looked around and walked over to the open door.

There sat Ed, holding a pencil as he guided it across the paper. She blinked and tilted her head to the side. With out even looking up, Ed spoke.

"Not asleep yet, ne?" He asked, finally looking up as he set the pencil down. Adelfa blushed at having been caught and stepped inside. She pulled up a chair and examined the sheet of paper. An intricate circle was drawn with an array of lines and symbols she's never seen before.

"What's this?"

"Alchemy… it's a science from Amestris… The world Al and I came from…" Adelfa knew this story. Al had told it to her countless times. She glanced at Ed and noted that he too got that distant, longing, loving look in his eyes when he thought or talked about it. She set the paper back down and looked at some of the photos on the desk. Her eyes came to rest on a black haired man. He was smirking and yet seemed to be looking at whoever held the camera lovingly. She picked it up and ran her fingers lightly across the glass of the frame.

"Who's this?" Ed looked over at the photo and smiled fondly.

"That's Roy Mustang…He was my commanding officer back in Amestris… There were so many times I wanted to beat him to a bloody pulp. But Alphonse was always right… I could never bring myself to do it. He's kind of like a fungus that grows on ya and never goes away… and little by little you grow fond of it always being there." Adelfa smiled.

"You loved him?" Ed looked at her slightly shocked and then laughed slightly.

"That easy to read, huh?"

"It was the look in your eyes when you talked about him. It was cute." He blinked and then sighed.

"That's ancient history now… Al always used to scold me for getting lost in my thoughts… he also told me you had a knack for science." Adelfa nodded sadly.

"Yeah… we always used to read together." She choked and hiccupped slightly, fighting the lump in her throat as she tried not to cry. Ed looked over at her, knowing the pain she felt.

"Go ahead… It's better to cry." He said, pulling her into a hug. She let out a sob and her shoulders shook as she cried into Ed's shoulder. After a few minutes her sobs subsided and she pulled back, rubbing her eyes with the sleeve of her sweater.

"Thanks…"

"It's not easy… believe me I know. Al was all I had left here. At least until I got stuck with you two." Ed said slightly joking, trying to make her smile. She did and laughed a little.

"Al ever tell we lost our mom when we were young?" Adelfa looked up at him shocked.

"No… he never did." Ed nodded.

"She died when I was nine. Al was eight. Our father had left home sometime around a year after Al had been born. So it was pretty much like losing both parents. So if anyone knows what you're feeling, I can guess. Just remember… you've always got your brother." He gave her a small smile and she nodded.

"Thank you… Ed… I'm glad I finally got to meet you." She said before standing and leaving the office to go back to her room. She was finally starting to get tired.

Ed stayed up for another few hours remembering Roy and Al before getting up and finally going to bed. That night, as Ed and the other two lay in their beds fast asleep, the gate decided to send back the blood of the Elrics. With a flash of brilliant blue, the scenery had changed.

Roy Mustang frowned as he dragged himself out of his bed in order to answer his phone. Yawning, he picked up the receiver and stifled another yawn.

"What?" He ground out, his throat dry and his voice thick with sleep. He cleared his throat and tried again. "Hello?"

"General Mustang sir… you need to come into HQ right away. We have some one here you might want to see."

Ed looked wildly around as he held the two teens close at his side. They were frightened that much was clear. But how had he gotten here of all places. He was back in Amestris, but how? After being found and ushered quickly to HQ, Edward had already been recognized and now a medic from the military was checking up each of them in turn.

The doors opened suddenly and Ed stood from where he was seated as his gaze locked on a person he never thought he'd see again. The raven-haired man locked gazes with him and stopped as well. Onyx eyes met golden and time seemed to still.

"Edward...?" Roy whispered, unable to really believe what he was seeing.

"Roy…" Ed muttered, the words barely heard as they left his lips.

"Oh my god…" Roy blinked, still trying to process all this.

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