II Home At Last
November 9th, 1917
Risembool, Amestris
For the first time in over two years Ed woke up in his old room in the Rockbell home. It felt nice, like when you went away on vacation then came back and felt so good to be back in your own bed. He stretched as he got up, then he got dressed. He had ditched the clothes that he wore in Germany since they sort of stood out and went back to his old black outfit and red coat. He still wore his hair in a pony tail, and his black shirt was button down like his white one, but everything else was the same.
"Morning" he said as he walked downstairs.
"Morning brother" said Al cheerfully.
Ed fixed himself a cup of coffee and sat down. Winry was busy making bacon and eggs at the stove, but she turned around and set a glass of milk in front of Ed.
"I want it gone before you leave the house Ed"
Ed rolled his eyes and looked at the glass with disgust.
"Just because I'm older doesn't mean my tastes have changed Winry. Besides I've grown six inches in the past two years and am now taller than you"
She sighed and turned her attention back to the stove as Ed slid the glass of milk over to Al. Al sighed and shook his head disapprovingly, but he drank it anyway. He had given up on trying to get Ed to drink milk years ago, and he didn't want it to go to waste. After Ed was done with breakfast he set his dirty dishes in the sink and grabbed his coat.
"I'm gonna go see mom"
"Want me to come with you?" Al asked.
"No thanks"
Al nodded. He had a feeling that his brother needed to be alone for a bit. He may not have remembered it, but the last time he was there was to dig up the grave to kill Sloth.
"Hi mom, sorry it's been a while"
Silence.
"I'm sorry about..."
He drifted off and sighed. Why was it so hard to have a one-sided conversation?
"You were right about dad, he really was a nice guy. If you see him tell him that I forgive him, I never got the chance to say it"
A few minutes later he walked back to the Rockbells.
"I'm back" he said as he hung up his coat.
"Ed Mustang's on the phone, he says he wants to talk to you" said Winry.
Ed sighed and picked up the phone.
"What is it?" he whined.
"I need you to come to Central"
"What for? I just got back"
"Exactly, you've been charged with desertion"
Ed blinked. This wasn't good.
"The assembly* wants to talk to you personally, how soon can you get here?"
"I'll be on the next train"
Author's Notes
For those of you that don't know Desertion and AWOL are pretty much the same thing.
*After Bradley was killed there was a change of government from military to democracy (says so in episode 51) and they refer to it as the assembly.
The next chapter is kind of long, and I'm gonna start cracking down on my updates. I'd like at least three reviews before I put up the next two chapters, and I do accept criticism.
