AN: Sooo…this is my first EdWin fanfic. Please be nice, constructive criticism is welcomed. This is one of the stories where Winry enters Germany (unintentionally) with a slight twist. It takes two years after the whole OMG-let's-all-go-to-Shamballa-and-try-to-take-over-movie. That was in 1918. So that makes Edward and Winry 20 years old and Al…is physically 14 and mentally…19? -_-U

Warning: Slight Rose bashing. For some reason, I just don't like her at all…or Noa. Okay so I do have a reason. It's a dang good one too! Also, there may be some major ooc but please deal with me! This is my first FMA fic.

Disclaimer: No matter how many times I ask Santa Claus, I will never own Fullmetal Alchemist. But I do own Edmund Heiderich, his wife Winifred, and the other OCs that'll come in sooner or later.

PS – In the movie opening, it says the year of 1923 when Ed and Alfons (Rest in Peace) went to the festival.

Chapter 1 – And So the Three Meet!

It was 1925 when a young man with short blond bangs and a slight antenna stared up a thug. He and a young blond woman were cornered in a back alley. They were on a simple stroll in the night through a park in Munich, Germany when this moron came. The young man's golden eyes narrowed and a frown found its way to his face. This idiot was going to ask the same question…again!

"Tell me the truth this time. Maybe then I'll decide to not hurt your girl after this," the thug hissed and pulled out a very threatening pocket knife. "Are you Edward Elric?"

"For the millionth time, no! You must have mixed me up with someone else. My name is Edmund Heinderich! It's EDMUND! E-D-M-U-N-D!" Edmund, or Eddie as some may call him, pulled the blond woman behind himself. "Now leave me and Winnie alone."

"Eddie," murmured Winifred, Winnie, behind him. All she received was a 'shhhhhh' from him.

"Quit lying!" The thug took a step forward while the couple took a step back. "I wasn't born yesterday! You just got a haircut. Not that it matters."

"Listen to me! You've got the wrong person! What the hell did this guy do to make you hunt him down anyway?" Eddie made a mental note to punch this Edward Elric for causing him and Winnie so much trouble. He'll also give him another for causing Winnie so much stress. (AN: HINTHINT) Eddie slowly reached behind to his back pocket. There was a switchblade knife hidden for emergencies. If this guy didn't quit, he wasn't afraid to pull it out.

"Why should I tell you? You must have a bad memory, seeing as how short you are and all. I guess there's not enough room to put in all your memories in."

Winnie saw Eddie twitch angrily. 'Bad move, sir,' she thought behind Eddie's back.

"Who you are calling so short he can't even reach the door knob on a little girl's dollhouse?!?!?" Eddie exploded. He pulled out the knife from his back pocket.

The man saw this and immediately attacked. Winnie ran into a corner to avoid the attack just like Eddie told her to.

Eddie dodged by a quick sidestep and stabbed the man in the upper arm. He left the knife in the arm, pushed him backwards, and went over to Winnie. The thug stumbled backwards and landed on his bum. He let out a long whistle and another man stepped into the alley. This man pulled out a gun while Thug 1 ran off into the streets, whimpering about being stabbed. Thug 2 pulled out a revolver and scanned the alley. From his point of view, he couldn't see the young couple. Everything was casted in a shadow due to the full moon.

'It doesn't matter,' he thought with a grin. He slowly scanned the back alley. 'It only makes the revenge even better.'

Somewhere else was another young woman. She looked the spitting image to Winifred. She was a young blond also, with blue eyes. She wore a white shirt and brown pants. The shoes were flats and had her hair in a simple pony tail. The belt she wore had a wrench on it and wore a silver locket. Inside the locket were pictures of two young boys. On the left was a brown haired boy with warm chocolate eyes. The right contained the picture of a golden haired child; his eyes were the color of liquid gold. There was a chain in her pocket. It was connected to a silver pocket watch with a strange design in the front. Inside the watch was a carving of the words: "Don't forget 3 Oct. '10".

The young woman stood before two tomb stones with the names James and Sara Rockbell. The woman lived in a small village of Resembool; she was simply visiting the cemetery of her loved ones.

"Well…Mom…Dad…here I am. I know thing haven't gone they you wished they had. I know I've made some pretty bad decisions in my life, but I want to say don't worry about me." She smiled a rueful smile. "Granny's with you right now. Can you tell her I said hi? I hope she's not up there gambling the afterlife away with the others! You know, ever since Ed and Al left, things have gotten less interesting. Can't believe I'm saying this but Automail suddenly isn't that interesting anymore. Granny's probably mad at me for being childish but…" She cut of the one-sided conversation and smiled. "Mom…Dad, I'm going to visit Ms. Trisha, okay?"

She moved to another section in the cemetery. The grave looked slightly messy, but she would soon fix the problem. The young blond worked quickly and efficiently, dumping the old flowers and replacing them with new flowers, cleaning the stone and such. She hummed a small tune as she worked, getting caught in her memories of the past.

"Winry!" another girl came running to her. She had a caramel toned skin and had her black hair into a bun. "Winry! I-it's Rose!"

Winry's eyes widen and asked, "What? What happened, Pananya?"

"SHE PLANS ON PERFORMING HUMAN TRANSMUTATION!!!!"

"WHAT?!?!" Winry knew Rose was upset over the fact that her child was killed in a freak accident, but she didn't know she was this upset!

"No time to explain! You gotta talk some sense into her, NOW!" Pananya grabbed her hands and dragged her away.

Further up the dirt path was a yellow house with a sign in the front that said 'Rockbell Automail'.

"Come out, come out wherever you are?" Thug 2 murmured. He deliberately took slow and quite steps. (AN: Just think it's a long alley okay?)

Winnie was shaking. The stress was bad for her health…and the twins she carried. She was eight months into her pregnancy. "Eddie…what'll we do?"

"Just calm down, we can find a way to get out of this." Eddie looked around. Thug 1 had dropped his knife and it was right in front of him. The only problem was, if he even reached for it, Thug 2 would spot him. Plus a knife against a gun, yeah not a happy ending.

Thug 2, now let's call him Mr. Barry, was having the time of his life. He was finally going to get Elric back for causing him and his girlfriend to break-up. Elric just had to tell Molly that he was part of the National Socialist German Workers Party. Then Molly said she was going to chase after the brat! Thank God he finished her before that happened. It's been three months since he came across Elric and co. in Olsztyn, Poland. Then by sheer dumb luck, he finds him in Munich of all places! With an expecting wife and a new haircut, too. Just perfect! He can take his future away just like he did to him. All he has to do from then is find his bratty baby brother and the gypsy.

"Teehee, this is too much fun," he said loudly. It was loud enough for the Heinderichs to hear. They weren't dealing with a thug anymore. They were dealing with a psychopath!

"Kane…I can't wait to hold you in my arms again…" Rose murmured. She was quietly drawing an intricate array. All she wanted back was her precious son. She found the array in a book from the old Lior library.

"Finally!" Rose exclaimed. "It's done." She took the notes she found from Cornello's book and arranged all the materials needed to for the Equivalent Exchange. Rose did one final check over and got ready. She clapped her hands just like Ed and Al always did and lowered her hands onto the array. Her hands touched the floor and gold lights erupted from the array. But then, the show of golden lights turned a deep purple.

"Rose…NO!" Winry burst into the room. The circle suddenly turned into an eye. Black, lanky hands came out and began squirming.

An arm reached for Rose. Winry ran and pushed Rose out of the way. Rose stumbled into some boxes nearby. The hand latched onto Winry's leg.

"Winry!" Rose reached out for her but hesitated. She looked at the eye and mumbled, "But my son..."

"Rose, Winry!" Pananya yelled. More arms were beginning to wrap themselves around Winry's body.

"Rose, wha-mmph!" Winry's mouth was covered by a hand. The hands were satisfied to know that their sacrifice was set. They began to bring her into the eye.

"Winry!" Rose and Pananya yelled. But it was too late. Winry was gone. The purple lights dimmed and soon only Rose and Pananya remained. There was nothing in the circle. No homunculus, no trace of human transmutation.

Pananya turned to Rose. "Why? Why? Why did you do it?"

"I-I-I did-didn't…"Rose was cut off.

"You knew what happened to the Elric brothers, right?"

"I-I do. But…"

"You knew and yet you still attempted it. Now look! Winry's gone! And for all you know, you could have created another homunculus!"

"I just wanted Kane back! I just wanted my son back…I didn't mean for this to happen." Rose broke down crying.

"Where am I?" Winry screamed. Her surroundings were completely white. She turned around and saw a gate. It loomed over her; the top of the gate seemed endless.

Winry began to panic. She check herself over, nothing was missing. But there was supposed to be Equivalent Exchange right? So what was given up for the human transmutation? Suddenly, an epiphany came. Of course, she was the sacrifice. That would've made sense; after all, the Gate did go after her. Speaking of the Gate, Winry began to wonder what was on the other side.

'Of course! It's the gate that those things came from. That means Ed and Al are on the other side!' Winry stared at the Gate. She wanted to go there. She wanted to go to the world that Ed and Al left for, without her.

'But what about Pananya?And Rose?'A voice whispered in the back of her head.

'What about them? Rose was the reason I came here. And Pananya can take care of herself!'

The Gate began to open up. Pitch black hands grabbed Winry inside. 'Besides, I want to see Ed and Al again.'

"Winnie, I'm going to distract him. When he's distracted, I want you to run back home. Or, you can run to the landlady and tell her the situation. Make sure you get a good look at this guy okay?" Eddie whispered to Winnie. "Try not to exert yourself. If you become tired, I want you to run to the nearest crowed place."

"Eddie, don't you dare do this to me. I swear," Winnie hissed. Eddie smiled at her. "You better come home in one piece!"

"Love you, dear," Eddie kissed Winnie on the cheek. Both stood up, the shadows still covering them. Mr. Barry couldn't see them, but they could see him. "Win, got a good look?"

"Yeah."

"Good, I'll see you later at the house," Eddie lunged for the knife. But Mr. Barry was expecting him to do just that. He shot Eddie in the right arm and the left leg. Eddie fell down. "Argh!"

Winnie instinctively ran to Eddie's side. "You ninny! I told you to run." Eddie hissed into her ear. But Winnie wasn't paying attention to him; she was paying attention to the barrel pointed at her head. Eddie looked horrified. "What the hell is your problem?!?! She has nothing to do with you! Hell, eve I have nothing to do with you! You've got the wrong people!"

'Dammit! I am definitely going to pummel this Edward Elric guy for causing us trouble.' Eddie thought angrily.

"Awright, the funs over kiddies," Mr. Barry chuckled. "Say bye to her Elric!" The couple held each other tightly and closed their eyes.

THUD

Eddie was the first to open his eyes. He saw Mr. Barry on the floor with an unconscious woman on his back. 'She looks exactly like Winnie!'

"Win, Win, open your eyes!" Eddie mumbled, shaking the woman.

Winnie eyes fluttered open and fell upon the unconscious woman that possibly saved her and the twins' life. She looked up to her husband, "Eddie, what happened?"

"I dunno. I guess she just fell down from the sky or something. All I know is that we need to get outta here!" He helped her onto her feet. "Come on!"

They walked past Mr. Barry and the young woman. The Woman! "Eddie, we can't leave that lady here. We need to bring her with us!"

"Win, I know you're grateful to the person and all – huh?" Eddie stopped talking when he say Winnie glare at him. "Alright, we'll bring her." He went over to the woman and hoisted her over his shoulder. As for Mr. Barry, he would tell Mr. Hughes about him.

"Thank you," Winnie smiled. A sigh emitted from Eddie, he would go to the end of the Earth for his wife.

"Mmmm, wha-?" Winry's eyes opened. She was in an unknown place. She noticed the bed she was in. The bed was pushed up against the wall right next to a window. Across was a closet and the door was to the left of the closet. Next to the bed was a chair, with a woman in it. Winry's eyes widened. 'She looks exactly like me!!'

The woman stirred and woke up also. Winnie gasped, the guest was awake. She smiled and asked "How was your sleep?"

Winry was dumbfounded. "F-fine, thanks." She looked down and saw different clothes. "Wha-What happened to my clothes?!"

Winnie laughed, "Don't worry. I changed you. My husband was the one who carried you here. He left earlier for groceries."

"Um, thanks." Winry blushed.

"So…what's your name?"

"Winry Rockbell. Yours?"

"Winifred 'Winnie' Heiderich. Not only do we look alike, but our names are similar too!" The two women laughed. "Come on, I have some clothes for you to wear."

Winnie helped Winry off the bed and to the closet. "We should be the same size. How old are you Winry?"

"I'm turning 20 next month."

"Really? Me too!"

Winry looked at her and grinned, "We could be long-lost twins!" This earned a laugh from the pregnant woman. "Er…Do you mind me asking a few questions?"

"Go ahead!" Winnie chirped. She busy rummaging through the closet.

"Where are we?"

"Munich, Germany"

"Where is that?"

"In Europe" Winnie pulled out a dress. "Too big for you."

"Is Europe near Xing?"

"You mean China?"

Suddenly it dawned on Winry. 'I'm on the other side of the Gate!'

"Ah-ha!" Winnie cried as she pulled out a deep purple dress. "I found the dress, Winry!"

"I'M HOME!"

AN: Soooooo, how was it. Constructive criticism is welcomed. Please just remember though, this is my first EdWin fanfic. They might be a bit ooc. I'm just so used to Kingdom Hearts that I have a bit of trouble. Also, I don't like Rose because she said she loved Ed right? Then why the hell did she just stand around when Ed was stabbed?!?! And Noa! She just had to use Ed for what she wanted. And when Ed flew past her to the Gate, she actually said "Take me with youuuuuu!" Uh newsflash lady, I don't think so. You're the one who started this mess. YOU'RE THE REASON WHY ALFONSE HEIDERICH (REST IN PEACE) IS DEAD!!!! Ahem - sorry.

Anyway remember : every time you make a stupid review, Edward Elric/Edmund Heiderich gets shorter. So please, think of poor Ed/Eddie.