After years of searching for the elusive philosopher's stone, Ed and Al have gotten more than they bargained for. Along the way they've made friends, enemies and people who just piss them off. But will they lose it all?
"Urgh, brother, how many more deserts do we have to cross?" Ed looked at Al dubiously. "This is still the same desert Al," chuckled Ed. Al sighed. He waddled along behind Ed slowly. "Al, would you hurry up, at this rate we'll never make it out of the desert." Ed turned around. Al barely made it to him before he collapsed. Ed knelt beside Al and held him up. "You ok Al?" Al looked up at Ed, "Yeah. You know what brother?" Ed patted his head,"What Al?" Al started to laugh. "What's so funny Al? Tell me" Al looked at him. "It feels funny having to look up at you brother." Al started rolling around laughing. "Alphonse, did you just call me short?" Ed gave Al a death stare. Al started to get up. "Where are you going Al?" Al looked over his shoulder. "No where......." He began to walk away. Ed followed. Al got faster. "Brother, why do you have to have such a short temper?" That did it. Ed was furious. "ALPHONSE!!!! WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SMALL THAT HE COULDN'T EVEN FIT IN WITH DWARFS!?" Ed started to chase Al. "Brother, stop chasing me. BROTHER!"
After several minutes of running, both boys collapsed with exhaustion. "Too.......hot....... Need water...." Ed fell on his back. "Geez Al, why couldn't you have just stopped." Al stared at him. "With you and your temper, no way." Ed glared at him. Al flinched away. "Hey brother, was it always this hard to run from you when I was in the armour? Ed sighed. "Probably." He looked at the sky. "Hey Al, do you remember when we were kids, and we would always get into stupid arguments and end up chasing eachother?" Al laughed. "Yeah, but you could never catch me." Al had a smug smile on his face. "Yeah yeah. But, still, don't you wish we could go back to those days. With all three of us." Both boys stared at the sky. "Do you still think of her brother?" Ed sighed. "Yeah. Alot." He looked over to Al. He looked like he was about to cry. Ed put his arm around Al's shoulder. Al started sobbing into his brother's shoulder. Ed looked up. Ther was a girl standing there. He flinched back. "Where did you come from!?" The girl looked at him."You boys look lost. Need help gettin to wherever your goin?" Ed was gobsmacked. "Uh yeah, sure. Come on Al." Al wiped his tears away and got up. He looked at the girl. She had long brown hair with brown eyes. "Uh, I'm Alphonse." Ed stepped forward. "And I'm his older brother, Edward." He put his hand out. The girl took it. "My name's Bitty." As Ed shook her hand he realised something. Bitty looked like she noticed something too. "You have an automail arm?" they said in unison.