Woohoooo here we are, second chapter. Took me a little longer to finnish it cause I had sick . But here it be - Damn, I also realized this thing does not like paragraphs... WHY!

BTW thanks to the nice person who gave the review -

Al- You're so nice!

clings- Essooo my boooyyyyyyy

1 year later

"Ed! It's time for dinner!" Winry called. She put her hands on her hips, aggrivated when there was no answer. She walked outside looking around the yard. "Ed? Ed! Oh where did he go, gimme a break." Going back inside she growled at Pinako.

"Well he wasn't here when dinner was ready, so he can starve for all I care!"

Pinako laughed. "Oh come on, he must just be training."

"It's not late enough to flash the lights..."

"Let's just begin dinner and wait for him, if he's not home by dark we'll call for him."

She sighed. "Damn, that Ed... he's been gone since lunch... what could he be doing?"

"I'm home!"

Both turned at the sound of Ed's voice as he burst through the door, arms full.

"Ed! Whatcha got there?"

He plopped the basket onto the floor. "Felt like goin fishin today, this should last us a good while dontcha think?"

Winry laughed looking at the dozens of fish. "Sure, a days worth for you."

He stuck his tounge out. "Funny. Sorry I'm late."

Pinako shook her head. "Not at all, let's eat and then we can work on gutting those fish and freezing them."

Winry and Ed both nodded. Winry began to push the basket. "It's cool outside, I'll leave it out there till we can get to 'em. You two start eating before it gets cold!"

Ed smiled eagerly, plopping down at the table, and quickly stuffing his face. Pinako laughed. "Well at least you don't put your hands together for prayer, your alchemy would destroy the table."

He laughed. "Shut up, I'm not that careless."

Winry finaly pushed the giant barrel to the back of the house, grumbling all the way. "Sure go ahead and let me do it. You're supposed to be polite and say, no no Winry Chan let me do it. But nooo food was there! Jesus I'm not the one with an artificial arm." She sighed and rubbed her hands together. "Well, this will make good food for the week." She turned about and went back inside the house unaware of the meek eyes, glowing in the distance watching her. The figure came up slower and slower till it reached the fish. A small smile appeared and it began to eat the ubendence of uncooked fish.

After his meal was done, Ed yawned and pet his happy belly. "Hehe, I love food."

Winry cocked her head. "Oh? So that must be why you ate half of it!"

Ed blinked, then rubbed the bacl of his head nervously. "Uh... ehe I think i'll go start workin on those fish now." He hurried out the front door and towards the fish. Once there though, he whined. "Oh come on! Den? Den you get over here you mangey mutt!"

Winry blinked at this and hurried outside. "Ed, what's wrong?"

"The fish were all eatin! And I betcha we all know the mutt that ate 'em. Dammit Den!" Ed huffed and puffed about his lost food, but his tantrum was inturupted. "This couldn't have been Den."

Both looked over at the old woman. "Why the hell not?"

Pinako lifted a bone. "If this had been Den, all the bones would be broken and possibly eatin. How do you suppose a dog could eat around the bone so perfectly? Plus look, he also left the heads, no this wasn't Den at all."

Winry sent a glare towards Ed. "Edo..."

He growled. "I was inside with you! i didn't eat 'em!"

Sighed "Well... who did."

Pinako stroked her chin. "And what a waiste of fish heads. You know those are very good for you."

Winfry stuck her tounge out in disgust and Ed laughed nervously. "You're always makin us eat those..."

Later that night, Ed lay daydreaming on his bed.

"Ed! Al! It's time for dinner!"

Ed and Al both looked at each other with excitement, then rushed home. Both plopped happily at the table. "What's for dinner Momma?" Ed asked anxiuously.

She braught the food to the table. "We're having fish and rice tonight."

"My favorite!" Al called, taking a fish and begining to eat. Ed soon joined him. The mother just giggled. "You two boys, I swear you have no stomaches. Just dispensers."

The boy giggled a bit. Ed looked over at Al teasingly. "Al, you always eat so neatly."

He rubbed the back of his head. "Well, fish are messy."

Ed blinked, face covered then Al sulked a tad. "Momma, you won't make us eat the ehads again will you?"

Ed grinned, gnawing on a head. "C'mon Al it ain't that bad." he heald the head infront of him. "Oogaa booggaa I'm the evil fish! Eat my eyeballs!"

Al's face turned an odd shade of green. "I don't care if one day I'm starving to death, I'll never eat the heads..."

Ed blinked away from his imagenation in thought. "Al... never eats the heads..." He rushed from bed to the outside where the bones had been left. He lifted one in his hands. "The meat is perfectly off the bones..."

"It's not nice to break the fish's bones!"

"Al, you're a dork."

Ed stood in thought, then looked around himself as a gentle night breeze grazed past him. "It couldn't be... no, dammit Ed he's dead... he's not comming back." he through down the fish bones and went walking till he reached the lake. Plopping down, his eyes saddened in thought. "He's not comming back... you can't bring back the dead."
Flashbacks of his mother's ressurection flashed through his mind and he grimmenced. "I would never put you through that Al..."

It wasn't for another hour till Ed decided to go back to bed. Thoughs of his dead brother drowned his memories. Somedays he was alright... somedays he could handle it. But other days...

"First mom... then Al..."

And according to Ed, both were his fault.

He would never forgive himself.

The next morning, Ed yawned walking into the kitchen, immidiantly seeing Winry busy at the sink. He smirked. "This is unrealy, instead of tweaking mechanics she's cleaning dishes. Lemme guess the world is ending."

Winry twisted her lips and tossed a hand towel at his head. "Ha ha, for your information Auntie went to run an aron so I'm doing the morning chores for her." she stuck her tounge out and Ed cocked his head. "She's runnin 'em? I figured she'd just ask me."

"Guess not today. She got up and out, anyway breakfast it sittin in the oven to stay warm."

He grinned. "Thanks!" Grabbing the plates from the oven, he perched himself at the table and began to eat.

"Hey Ed..."

"Mm?"

"What were you doing last night?"

"Whatcha mean?"

"I woke up in the middle of the night, went to check on you and you weren't there. I was a little worried."

He stared down at his food, then smiled. "What did you wanna check on me for?"

"I... never mind."

"What, Winry?"

"It's nothing, just a stupid dream."

"About what?"

She hesitated, then placed the dish which occupied her hand down onto the counter. "It was just so real I got worried..." she turned to look at Ed. "Al... was alive."

His eyes widened as she continued. "And he came here to look for us but we couldn't see him. He was screaming and screaming at us, yet we said nothing because he was invisable to us." her lower lip began to tremble.

Ed couldn't bare this tale as he stared down at his plate, yet keeping his composier dangling from a string he stood, walked over to Winry and placed a hand on her shoulder. "It's alright Winry."

She looked at him. His face was blank. "Al is dead... he's never comming back... last night, I was the same as you... for some reason I just... I just thought maybe he was alive for some reason but... he's not..." he reached over and kissed her head gently. "And he never will be... ever."

All Winry could do was stand there as Ed walked towards the door. He tried to hide ths shivers in his voice as he said. "I'll be back... I'm gonna go for a walk..."

Right as she turned to protest, Ed was cut off by the door opening from the outside.

"Auntie Pinako?"

She smirked. "Look who I found walkin down the path."

Ed blinked, looking around the corner, and what he saw shocked him. "Wha..."

"Hello. Full Metal."

"Roy Mustang?"

"This is completly unexpected." Ed said with a smirk as the group seated themselves in the living room. Roy nodded. "Well, I was passing through the area and decided to stop by."

Ed quirked an eyebrow. "Passing through? The train station itsself is hours away."

Roy smirked. "Are you questioning your head Lieutenant?"

Ed shook her head with a tainted laugh. Pinako stood. "Winry, why don't you come help me in the kitchen. You must be hungry after your trip Lieutenant."

He nodded. "Thank you."

The women left, and Ed's smirk grew. "How have you been?"

"Wrather well. We've been busy with the new Ishbal recovery unit."

"Recovery?"

"Yes, the way things are now the Ishballin people are going to be able to settle in their own land and, if things go accordingly, there should be no more despute between us."

"That's unbelievable!"

"Heh yes, yes it is. So, Ed."

"Listen, Lieutenant Mustang, if you're here to ask for my help with some big mission or something-"

"How are you?"

Ed was caught off gaurd by Mustang. He had figured he would have come with a pelad to help them with a war, or research, or something involving him leaving his home. It wouldn't have accurd to him...

"I'm..." he smiled with a sigh. "I'm ok. It's been a little hard but it really helps havin Winry and Auntie around."

"I can imagine so." He then turned in his seat. "They certainly are taking a while in there."

Ed laughed. "Oh, they probably snuck out and went into town for the food. They do that whenever they think I wanna be left alone."

"Perhaps that was best..."

"Hnh?"

"Listen Ed... you're right there was a little bit of hidden meaning to this visit."

"HA! I knew it! What you wanna bomb somewhere? Alchemy rusty?"

He heald up his hand. "No, it was something we discovered I thought you might wanna be made aware of."

"Oh?"

"About a month ago a woman from Ishbal was out late and found a child passed out in an alley. She took him home and nursed him till he awoke and he seemed to be... well as she put it, just very off. He stayed with her till one day he seemed to be having a bad dream and the woman went to check on him. When he awoke he was startled by her and attacked her. After which he quickly ran out of the home."

"O...k. What does this have to do with me?"

"The woman reports, that the name the child was repeating was yours."

Ed blinked, then furrowed his eyes at him. "What... well i can't be the only Ed in the world..."

"Perhaps not. But he was also calling this 'Ed', his brother."

Ed's eyes went wide, and he could almost feel his heart stop.

What...

fin-

Hope people are likin it - Chapter three shall be up when it's doooone.

Al- Oh the torture... ;-;