Full Metal Alchemist – A moment

A.N.:

Welcome to my first FMA fanfiction. Am going to take this time to explain a few things. First am not a fluent english speaker nor writer. I come from an Latin american country and they only teach us the basic to survive. Am doing my best to not do any gramatic or spelling mistakes but its hard. Please be reasonable if you find too many mistakes, eventually I will be making the necessary corrections (until find someone to help me).

I know that the story may seem a little slow at the beginning but I promise is going to be better after the 6 chapter.

I don't own any of Full Metal Alchemist characthers. Only the ones you had never heard or saw on the tv show. Enjoy the story!

Introduction...

I was expecting a cloudy and when I reffer to that I mean a day fill with thunders and lightbolts appearing every now or then not the contrary. The sun couldn't shinning more brighter and the sky couldn't be any bluer like any other day I had seen in my live in this country.

The Infamous Central City, when was the last time a came to this city? Oh right, now I remember, it had been five years ago to my brother's wedding to a beautiful and lovely woman he meeted during one of his free day at his job. What a hell of a job he had. I always hated that thing he could his way to get bread on his table; ever since he had the stupid idea of being patriotic, who say that the only way to repay your nation for everything they gave you is by enlisting in the military… but well that's not the main point right now, I not having this mental note right now to disscuss the difference between the two of us.

The last time we spoke, he complain that I never spend time with his new family, that I never had the time to meet my beatiful niece... "she's lika an angel, you will love her..." he said on the phone and I will respond "am just like you bro… compromise to my job"

Is a silly excuse cause even do I did have my duttie as a nurse with my patients I could had take some time off to go and visit him, actually there were other reasons that made me stay away from him for so many years. Honestly I knew that using the needed people was very lame and low explanation but it also help to keep my conciouse from feeling guilty with the campaing that there are women, man and child that need of my medicine knowledge and thanks to that I haven't stop around wherever am call to supportor help the towns (mmm… and countries) that doesn't count with the enough money to pay a doctor, or any other type of thing am could be usefull.

During one of my many train journies from one town to another that I had meet with a group of militaries that where chating and remembering all the people that the military had lost since the Fuhrer Bradley scandal. Many names were mention but only one got my catch my attention, Colonel Lieutenant Maes Hughes. After that my mind went blank and faint.

Since that day I try to forgive myself for not been with my last family member, the words of my dear brother burn deep in my soul and mind like if they where a bargain in my concience. It took me a while to take my final decision without turning my back. With my took medium size bags on each hand and red eyes I took the next train to Central City to do what I never did, to meet with my family and be usefull to the people that really need me.

Today is the first aniversary of my brother's death. This is going to be my first visit to his grave. Gracie and Elysia were kind enough to come and guide me so that I didn't end up in somebody else tomb.

"Auntie why didn't you came to the ceremony" the blond girl ask me trying to keep my steps by walking faster, notice how she follow my footsteps and look up at me and then down again.

I decide to grab her and hold her in my arms "well dear Ely, auntie didn't knew nothing about what happend until a few months ago sweetie, that's why I did my best to be in time for this day"

"ohhh, am sure daddy will be happy to see you here" she said just like nothing happend, its amazing how children takes things a little easier than adults, for me Elysias behavior is just a role model I should follow to not fall on my knees and cry like a new born child searching for the mother.

"I hope so dear Ely" I just told her and stop on the top of the hill "Here we are, so now where we go?"I ask her seeing she gave three turns she face me and said "I don't remember"

"It's ok honey, its over there" my sister in law, Gracie, point a few miles at east. She had been behind our trank bringing the flowers to decorated his husband grave. We both smile seeing the girl running directly to the grave, we both had lost the man we love the most and now we only have his last bloodline to care about.

"Gracie, thanks you so much for taking me in your house, I fell like an intruder but as I promise I will do everything you ask me too" defently I was going to repay her gentle act of letting me live with them.

"You're are family Millane, am not going to ask you for nothing you can't do. Am so happy that you want to join the two of us, it will be good for Elysia to have someone of Maes sides to tell her about her father adverntures and midfortunes"

I nooded, "it's a promise" and that is one am going to keep even if it cost my life, there was no way I was going to be away from the last remain of my bloodline ever again.

Suddenly my eyes notice jumping Elysia and very happy too. She was moving her arms and talking to someone, or more like an invisible friend "Does Elysia had imaginary friends?"

"She doesn't" Gracia told me and started walkin faster leaving the flowers on the ground. While she run to her daughter.

I bent down to pick the flowers and track Gracie once she stop and suddenly embrace the tree "what..."

With everything on my arms I began my march up the hill and very fast to be exact. Elysia seems happy and Gracia lovely as usually. During my way up I start wonder what happend. Was in that moment that I saw the male silueatte coming out of tree and gave Gracia a hug and walked away from the girls. By the time I got there he was gone.

"Am so sorry Millane, I was so nervious with Elysia speaking to a strangers that I throw everything" she took the flowers of my hand so that I could regain some air, I nood letting her know that there was no problem.

"He wasn't a stranger mommie, that's uncle Roy" Elysia said with a big smile on her face, bigger that the one she gave me when we meet.

"Uncle Roy?" my right eyebrown rise, I didn't remember Gracie having relatives.

She smile back at my expresion "Don't you remember Roy, Roy Mustang, your brother's best friend" Gracie say kneeling down with the flowers, I sat beside her trying to remember "really..." the name resound on my head but no answer at all.

"He was at our wedding, maybe your brother never got the chance to introduce you two" she said "Roy had been so supportive since Maes passed away that Elysia had started to called him uncle, he work at the military too he is know as the Flame Alchemist"

Then i remember, my brother talk a lot about him on his letters but he always name him the flame alchemist. So he is the flame alchemist. But why hide in the shadows if he had been so supportive with my family. Did I scare him?

"He came to visit Maes grave, he remember that today was his aniversary and came earlier, they used to be so close that after his death he haven't been the same" she said putting some daysis over the grave

It was true, my brother usually on his letter speak of him, under the name of the flame alchemist, of course and usually after two pages about how beautiful Elysia was growing and what an amazing cooker Gracie was. At the end he always wrote me "...one day he will become a Furher and will change everything to the best, until that day come, am going to help him get to the top..."

"See, do you like it Auntie" Elysia said sitting on my laps "daddy will love it"

The twosome finish arraging the grave while I was lost on my thoughts of the mistery guy know as Mustang "yes Ely, he will love it"

"Lets say a prayer and then go back home" Gracie took her daughter and both close their eyes. I knew that they were talking to Maes and telling him how much they miss him and love him, I didn't felt proper to join them, I had other ideas to talk to my dear sibling.

Gracie open her eyes and looked down at her daughter "ready baby girl" and nooding she answer "yes mommy, did you talk to him auntie" she ask me.

"No honey, aunt Millane will do it after we leave, she need to talk to him in private, it's that true Millane" uff that was close, am so lucky to have a sister in law like Gracie.

My face nood and gave her a warm smile. The girls stay a few minutes and then leave me to share my private words with my brothers.

I wasn't really prepare, no one is ever actually. So I easylie let my self fall to the ground and close my eyes letting the drops fall over his grave. My head scream like lunatic while my heart run fast as a mice chace by a cat.

This wasn't the way I picture our reunion and am sure he neither. Who ever say that no one knows what they got until they lost it had pass thru a identical situation as this one.

For my disgrace the sun keep shining and strong ray of light rest over my head. I didn't want to rise or move, I even wish to stay there for the rest of my life, one of my many imposible wishes.

My nose recognize the smell of the fresh daysies and cut grass but there was something else also… Ashes, burn, it's something burning?"

Once I open my eyes and notice that nothing was on fire I rise to inspect the area. For my luck some dirt came along with my cheek. Some mut and dirt came of as I keep cleaning my face. I look down wondering how and why was the grass disolve and wet when my two green eyes found a little black chest re-arising from the ground.

Me bad, cause in no time I unburry the little box. I clean it before open it and find a pair of gloves. White and soft, they were made of cotton but defently old seing how ill-treated they seing. A huge symbols was saw on each one. Immediately I recognize the symbol they stand for but wonder what where they doing there, I look in the box again and found a piece of paper doing the job of personal note.

Me bad again, I could resist the curiosity to read it and to my surprise only the words Am Sorry… Miss you… were written.