Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or any of it's characters.
A/N: Here's an AU I just had thought up about a week ago. Hope you enjoy.
summary: What if Edward had stayed the night with his father and brother? What if the Elrics had caught up to their father, Hohenheim, when he went to fight off against the leader of the homunculi, Dante? Episode 44 AU
Resembol
Hohenheim was on the porch of the Rockbell home as he looked at Ed and Al. His sons. The ones he had abandoned with their mother. He had realized Alphonse's soul was attached to his old vintage armor and it seemed Ed had lost his limbs. What could have done this. He even asked Al what happened but Ed came and said they did a transmutation that went wrong
"But Edward alchemy isn't something you can just--" Hohenheim was caught off by Edward
"Shut up!! You can't just come around here and start acting like a father again." Ed's voice was strained "Not while we had to watch Mom die without you. Come on Al let's go." Ed grabbed his brother's metal arm and started to pull him back into the Rockbell house. But Al pulled it away
"Brother I'm staying with him." Al stated as Ed's eyes widened.
"But Al--" Ed started
"Come on lets go dad." Al said as he took steps down the stairs and Hohenheim got up and looked at Ed as he and Al started to walk away.
"Wait Al!! Dad!!" Ed yelled and they both turned back as Ed walked up behind them
"Um can I stay with you guys tonight?" Ed asked as Hohenheim nodded and they took off into the woods as a family.
In the woods
Alphonse was so happy!! Finally his family was reunited in a way. Their father had returned. Maybe he knew of a way to restore Ed and his body!! Al had explained why they needed the stone but just then their father had brought up an idea that scared the Elrics.
"You could...use the Philosopher's Stone to attach your soul to another body perhaps." Hohenheim suggested as Ed and Al looked at him for a moment.
"I couldn't..." Al started but Ed kept his gaze on their father
"Where did you get a crazy idea like that?" Ed questioned as Hohenheim shook his head
"An old rumor I heard about." Their father lied to them to calm them down.
"But see the Gate took your body. So you must have had to gain something in return if I am correct. To get your body back you would have to give that thing back as Equivalent Exchange." Hohenheim stated as the Elric brothers nodded to eachother.
"It's to bad about me being the Stone..." Al whispered as Hohenheim looked at his youngest son
"Yea..." Ed said
"What did you say?" He asked as Al shook his head (or is it helmet?)
"Oh nothing. You're amazing father!!" Al said as soon enough they started telling stories and Ed and Hohenheim fell asleep.
early morning
Al got up and saw that Ed and Hohenheim were both still sleep. He sneaked out and started collecting the firewood and threw it out. He was still very happy about father returning. He came back and to his horror saw that Hohenheim was gone!!
"Father..." Al whispered as he looked around. He quickly shook Ed awake
"What Al?!" Ed yelled as Al pointed to where their father should have been sleeping.
"Bastard..." Ed whispered and he got up and took off running to find Hohenheim with Alphonse not that far behind
"I'm gonna kill him if I get my hands on him. Trying to run out on us again. That bastard!!" Ed screamed as he ran through the forest they had used to sneak into Resembol. He soon saw something up ahead as Ed and Al stopped
"Hey get back here you asshole!!" Ed yelled as their father turned around and saw his sons staring back at him
'Shit' Hohenheim thought
A/N: End of chapter one. Don't expect this to be long. I was gonna make it into a one shot but I decided about three or four chapters was good enough
