STORY HAS BEEN EDITED!

Hi, everybody! How you been? If cool, then awesome, if zappy, then I don't know what to say there. Anyways, this is an FMA fic that I've been thinking about for a while. It poked at my brain since February, so I thought why not? Moving on, this story is about the life that Ed and Winry have after the brothers come back from the real world to their world 4 years after. Also, there will be new characters that I put into Ed and Winry's life. In this prologue, something happens and you're gonna have to read to find out. Sorry. Well, I hope you enjoy it. R&R, please! I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Disclaims: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist, sadly; I just own the DVD's I bought about the show. I also own this story. This statement is 100 true! If you believe me, good; if you don't, it's your problem, not mine!

Prologue

It has been 4 years since Edward and Alphonse left their own world and returned to Munich, Germany to destroy the gate. They've been searching for the Uranium Bomb that was past over to the real world by the sane scientist Husskison, and tried to eliminate it. Now, after years of searching, they have found it and are willing to do anything in their power to erase the damned bomb. Edward and Alphonse, along with Noah, the gypsy, have discovered that the bomb has been stored on a merchant ship from Munich to Berlin so that it could be introduced for the 1st time. The only thing they didn't know was that something was coming their way, and they weren't expecting it.

Edward: Age 22, Alphonse: Age 17, Noah: Age 22

¨We have to be careful if we want to get the bomb undetected.¨ Edward told the two people that were with him.

¨But, brother, won't the crew of the ship see us snooping around here? ¨ asked Alphonse, concerned.

¨We'll figure our way out of that trouble. After all, we always do.¨ Edward reassured him smoothly.

Just then, as they were entering the storage room of the ship, the crew, along with the captain, were ready for them. ¨Well, look it here men. It's a trio of hooligans aboard our ship. Let's show them the punishment we give to curios minds.¨ ordered the captain.

The men followed the command and took out their swords. How could they destroy the bomb now? Two had to stall while the other one looked, and they were pretty sure of who was going to do that. Since Ed was the one who knew how the bomb actually looked like, he started searching through the cargo while Noah and Al fought off the many pirates.

Ed finally found the bomb and called out for Al and Noah to come to him. ¨Guys, I found it! ¨

¨Come on, Ed, destroy it now so that we won't have to worry about it.¨ said Noah.

Ed tried to concentrate over the shouting sailors to deactivate the explosive. He had his hand on the blue wire, which would disable it, when just as he pulled it, a flashing light illuminated the whole room. Before Ed and Al knew it, they were standing before the gate; the way back to their world. Noah had looked back to find neither Ed nor Al beside her. She turned around only to see that the captain was inches away from stabbing her. Blood flowed out of her mouth and chest unable to be stopped because the heartless sailors had killed her.

Noah appeared seconds later in the gate. Not before it, but in it. She was surprised at what she saw. She saw a bright light shine before her making her turn white, literally. Her hair was now white and her skin was as white as the snow; her eyes were of the lightest shade of gray and the outfit that she was wearing turned into a beautiful white gown, adorned with a white silver crown and a white gold diamond ring. Then, she heard a voice come from the light.

¨Noah, you have come here to the inside of the gate after your death in the merchant ship. You have been chosen to be a guardian of this gate for you are capable of such a task. You will have a new role in life; a role that will be most helpful to the world. You will be the sentinel for this doorway that will be responsible for figuring out the equivalent exchange of the alchemy used. You will do the math and have the alchemists pay the price that is needed to use alchemy. You will also be a guard for the Elrics. You won't be their guardian angel, but you will be their imperceptible protector. That is where you will get your name. You will be their Invisible Guardian. Only the Elric family will be able to see you. This will include of course the Elric brothers, their future wives, their children and generations to come. ¨ Noah accepted the gate's proposal and took her position as the steward of the gate and the world.

Back to the brothers, they were surprised to see the doors of their world.

¨Brother, is this real? ¨ asked Al in disbelief.

¨Well, I'm not sure myself, but I think it's the real thing.¨ Ed told his brother in astonishment.

¨Should we go through, brother? ¨ Al questioned.

¨I'm not sure if we could. I don't know how much we have to give of equivalency to get though.¨ Ed supposed making a blank face.

Just then, the doors opened and they were pulled in. Ed thought that the gate was going to take something from them again, but to his surprise, the black images of souls in the gate did not appear. Instead, there was a path leading them to their home.

¨Is this actually happening? Are we really just going to walk through it that easy? No equivalent exchange? No price paid? Is this right? ¨ thought Ed as he walked through the trail of light.

¨Brother, we're really going to do it! We're going to go home! To the world of alchemy, to the military, to Rose, Scwieska, General Mustang, Aunt Pinako, WINRY! ¨Al exclaimed to his brother who was in a daze.

As soon as Ed heard the name ¨Winry¨, he adjusted a smile to his handsome face. He missed everyone in Amestris, specially his beloved and beautiful mechanic, Winry. He never did get to admit his feelings towards her; he didn't have a chance to tell her. Now that he was going home, he had to tell her the second he got to her house. He had to tell her that he needed her by his side. He needed her because he couldn't live another day without her. He needed to admit to her that he was in love with her; that he loved her with all his heart, body, mind, and soul.

Ed and Al were about to finish walking the path when The Invisible Guardian appeared. They were stunned to see a white version of Noah, which Al just had to call out her name. ¨Noah, is that you? ¨

¨No, Alphonse, I am not Noah anymore. Unfortunately, the Noah you know died right after you two appeared here before the gate. I was chosen to be a warden of the gate to fill out the law of Equivalent Exchange of Alchemy. Now, if you boys follow me, I will lead you to your home.¨ The Invisible Guardian responded nonchalantly.

Ed and Al followed her out of the gate to be beyond it. Before the brothers knew it, they were in the quiet little village of Resembool. Ed and Al couldn't believe it: They were home.

If it is short, I'm sorry, but it looked pretty big on my computer; I have the zoom on. Anyways, hope you enjoyed it and I will try to post chapters as soon as I can. I promise. 'Till my next update. Chao, babies!

-Auto-Alchemecanicist-

P.S. I'm sorry if I misspelled Ciao, but I like to spell it like this (Chao) Bare with me. i know, I know, it's wrong, but come on this is just the way I am. If you guys don't agree with me or like this, just try to ignore it, 'kay?

Re-edited: 12-22-08 )D