1Prologue- Now that Elsie and Monica are in on Ed's big secret, they're intent on helping they're father open the gate. But what happens when they (audible gasp!), actually succeed? What has happened on the other side of the gate for almost thirty-four years? Read on and find out.

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New Surroundings

After weeks of calculations, experimenting, and studying, Ed, Elsie, and Monica were ready for their first official test. But the test would come at a high cost.

"The way I figure it, the gate is technically 'the light at the end of the tunnel'," said Monica, "But thing is, in order to open it, you have to weaken one of the links between body, mind, or spirit. Technically, it is dying."

"Die? But I don't want to die, I've got to play in the lacrosse finals next week." pleaded Elsie.

"Don't worry, we think we have a solution for this." said Ed, " When I came here for the came here for the first time, I died, but my soul had a new body for it in this world, and I had my old one back there and it was back to normal. Well as normal as having an automail arm and leg. The only way to open the gate is to weaken one of the links between body, mind, and spirit. We decided to sever the mind-body link by causing a coma."

"Can I stay behind? I don't want to be an empty shell." said Elsie.

"No. I want you two to see my world. I just hope it hasn't changed too much." said Ed.

Ed walked over to the table, and pulled up a tube full of a strangely colored solution.

"This stuff is supposed to cause the coma?" said Monica.

"Yes. Now I can see what I've been missing out on for so long." said Ed.

Elsie pulled Monica aside and said, "I think dad's gone off the deep end. He's obsessing over this whole gate thing."

"No he's just excited to go home. Its been over thirty years since he left." said Monica.

Ed took a swig of the solution and his eyes rolled back into his head and he fell over, out like a light and nothing could wake him up.

"Oh God. He went through with it." said Elsie.

"Come on Elsie, Let's see this gate." said Monica.

Monica grabbed the potion and took a drink. She fell over as well.

"Oh God, oh God, oh God." panicked Elsie.

She didn't want to have to take the blame for this, so she grabbed the potion and finished it off.

Elsie fell over and when she opened her eyes she was in a world of darkness an the only thing in front of her was a gigantic antique door. She stepped in front of it and touched it gingerly. The door swung open and shadow like creatures threw their arms out at her and pulled her into the door. When she was inside, the doors closed and she was trapped.

The first thing she felt was a poke in the arm. Then another, then another. She opened her eyes and saw Monica above her with a pointy stick.

"Cut it out Monica, that hurts." she said weakly.

"Well, just to let you know, our theory worked." said Monica.

Elsie sat up and looked around. She and her sister were in a field of long grass in a quiet town. Their father was nowhere to be seen.

"Oh my head, where are we Monica?" said Elsie.

"According to dad's journal this is his home town, Resembool." said Monica, looking at some of the photos in the book.

"Where's dad anyway?"

"I don't know? He wasn't here when I got up."

"Oh great. Stranded in another world, with only a moldy old book as a guide."

"Look at it this way, this is a new adventure, we get to play the heros of the story."

"Yeah. That does sound like a good idea. Where do we go first?"

"The book says dad and uncle Al went to a place called Central."

"So we are in Resembool and we need to get to Central. How do we get there?"

"Dad got there by train. So let's get to the station. Is there any landmarks we can go by?"

"There's a place called Rockbell Automail."

"Lets try that place first."

After an hour and a half long walk, the girls found themselves at the home of what they thought was Rockbell Automail. Monica knocked on the door and a woman with bright red hair answered.

"Excuse me miss, you wouldn't happen to be Winry Rockbell would you?" said Monica.

"Oh I'm not dear." said the woman, " She moved to New Central after her grandmother died."

"Um New Central?" asked Elsie.

"You two must new on this continent. I heard there was some kind of terrorist act and they had to rebuild the city. Good news is it's close to Resembool, it's only a day's train ride."

"Thanks for your help miss."

The girls left the woman's home and went on their way to where they hoped the station would be. They are working with out of date information here.

"What do you think this Winry girl is like?" said Elsie.

"Dad said she was the most beautiful girl in the world, but I bet she's some kind of old hag." said Monica, mimicking a crotchety old woman.

"We'll find out soon enough."

The girls arrived at the train station and asked for two tickets to New Central.

"So you two think you can get two free tickets because you don't have any money?" said the cashier.

"Please? We lost our dad and we have reason to believe he's somewhere in New Central." explained Monica.

"Look, do you have any kind of money on you at all?"

The girls turned around and whispered amongst themselves. They turned around and all they had in their hands was about two dollars and thirty-eight cents, American.

"I can't take fantasy money girls." said the cashier.

"We'll do anything for those tickets please." begged Elsie.

The cashier's mind started to wander and he thought about all the things he could get. A sudden shake back to reality, Elsie was looking mighty angry about all his more than likely perverted thoughts. She grabbed him by the collar and pulled his face to the bars of the window.

"Look buddy, I haven't had a good day, you either get us those tickets, or suffer my wrath."

The cashier just about lost it, and came to a decision.

"Okay! I'll let you get on the train. But you got to do something for me."

"Like what pervo?" said Elsie.

"All you have to do is take this letter to the post office in New Central. Just don't kill me scary girl."

The rightly nervous cashier handed the girls two tickets and the letter. Elsie snatched the papers and stuffed then into her pockets.

The girls made their way to the train and sat down in their seats.

"Way to go Else." said Monica.

"Thanks. Sometimes it feels good to strike fear into the hearts of people." said Elsie.

An hour long train ride later, the girls were in New Central. The city was full of life and color as people walked about doing their daily chores. They made their way to the post office and dropped the letter off and wandered around town until they can to a larger store front.

"I think this might be the place." said Monica.

The girls were in front of "Winry and Sheska's Automail."There was a large glass pane and several of the limbs on display and the store was painted a bright yellow color. The girls walked into the store, ringing the bell. Two women pooped up out of nowhere and scared the girls.

"Hello there and welcome to Winry and Sheska's Automail store, how can we help you today?" said a woman with shoulder length blonde hair.

"Are you form the hospital to pick up their usual order?" said the brown haired woman in glasses.

"No, we're here to ask you some questions." said Elsie

"Okay then, ask away."

"Just the person I was looking for." said Monica, " Thirty four years ago you knew a boy named Ed Elric, right?"

"Um... yes I did." said the woman.

"Good, good. We have a lot of things to discuss." said Monica.

The ladies went upstairs and Monica and Elsie told their story to Winry and Sheska.

"Wow. So you two are Ed's kids?" said Winry.

"Yes. If dad was able to stay, you could have been my mom." said Monica, "Anyway, we need a base of operations while we're here, a map, and some history. We want to know about this whole New Central business."

"All we know is that there was some kind of attack and they had to relocate the city." said Elsie.

"That was a long time ago. About fifteen years ago there was a alchemy laboratory called Lab 5. It was supposedly shut down but it was used to make chimeras for the army. When fuhrer Bradley was killed, the new fuhrer Mustang decided to close it down permanently." explained Winry, "Years later, there were was a group of terrorists that called themselves Sin. They used the sewer system to create a transmutation circle and created a gigantic fusion bomb. There was an explosion that started to fused animals and people into chimeras. That is what the official press release said. People left their homes and businesses to rebuild. Sheska and I got in on the ground floor and so did Al. He owns an element shop and sells to alchemists."

"So all that's left of Central is a bunch of monsters?" said Elsie.

"Basically. Well we haven't seen Ed. You might want to see Al, he might have dropped by there first." said the quiet Sheska.

"Thanks you two." said Elsie, "See you two later."

The girls left the automail shop for address Winry gave them.

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Epilogue- Oh boy that was a long time. Well I have a big surprise planed for what I think might be chapter four that could probably bump the rating up to M. I think Three might be more of a fluff chapter than anything else. And about the whole WWII thing, I kind of got the wars mixed up. Thank goodness for Wikipedia © or ® or whatever. And I don't own Full Metal Alchemist. I wish I did, but since I made this story, I own several characters. Ha! Take that you lawyers! (The only way to kill them is with a silver bullet to the head and while they're stunned, drive a beef steak into their hearts.) Please R&R and tell your friends, I need the attention.