Eight years have passed since the day Dumbledore dropped off Harry at the Elric residence. Hohenheim left five years after the day Dumbledore dropped Harry off.
Ed, Al, and Harry. after teaching themselves how to read and write, happened to find several books on a really advanced science known as Alchemy. Harry and Ed were both really good at it, with Al not doing so bad himself. The three brothers were in the study, trying to learn as much about Alchemy as they could.
"Alright, Al. Can you list all the elements of the Periodic Table yet?" Ed asked. "Let's see, there's Hydrogen, Lithium, Beryllium..."Al continued to list elements, stopping at 'Ununoctium' "Good job, Al! It took you a while, but you finally managed to memorize all of the 118 elements." Ed said, grinning. "Now, lets gather up some materials, it's time for our first transmutation!"
A couple of hours later, Trisha called the boys down from the study. "Ed! Harry! Al! We're going over to the Rockbells for dinner, we're leaving right now!" "But mom..." Ed complained "You boys will have plenty of time to learn more about Alchemy tomorrow. Hurry!" "Yes mom." the three boys replied unanimously.
The three boys had a great time at the Rockbells' place. Pinako made the mistake of trying to serve milk to Ed... "WHAT IS THIS STUFF YOU OLD HAG? ARE YOU TRYING TO POISON ME OR SOMETHING?!"After dinner was over, Harry had the dumb idea of showing what Alchemy could do to Winry, who hit all three brothers in the head with a wrench and ran out of the room bawling. When Trisha saw Winry, she called Ed, Al, and Harry over and told them to apologize. Fortunately, Winry accepted their apology and she apologized for overreacting. Finally, it came time for the Elrics to head home. They said their goodbyes and walked back.
The next morning arrived rather quickly. The Elric brothers woke up early to continue their studies of Alchemy, after about half an hour, Trisha called them down for breakfast. Ed decided to test out their skills of Alchemy using only objects found in nature. After they were done, they went home, where Trisha was waiting for them. They ran up to her and showed her their creation. She beamed at all of them and said, "You made these yourself? They're beautiful!" she ruffled the boys' hair. All three of them grinned, and Ed asked "Which one do you like best?" It was obvious that Harry and Ed did a much better job at making their creation more elaborate, but Trisha smiled and said, "I like them all the same. I'm proud to have you three as sons, even if one of you is adopted" she smiled at Harry, who grinned. Harry loved Aunt Trisha like a mother, Trisha had told Harry lots of stories about his mother and her husband. Unfortunately, all good things have to come to an end eventually.
There was an epidemic that had swept the town of Risembool. There were lots of people who were dying because of the Bubonic Plague that was sweeping the land. Unbeknownst unto the Elric brothers, Trisha had caught this plague, and although she did her best to hide it, it was still there.
A couple of weeks after they had dinner at the Rockbells', the Elric brothers were returning from playing outside. Trisha was making dinner, but just as she was about to wash the tomatoes she was going to use, she collapsed, the tomatoes rolling out of the basket. The brothers' eyes widened in horror and they ran to her side. "Mom? Are you all right? Speak to me mom!" Ed said, checking her pulse. Ed's eyes widened. "MOM! DON'T GO, WE NEED YOU HERE! MOM!" Harry and Al couldn't bring themselves to watch. "I'll get Pinako." Harry said, running as fast as he could to the Rockbells' house.
When Pinako and Winry arrived, Pinako said that Trisha was dead, and that the cause of death was the Bubonic Plague. The Elric brothers were devastated.
The funeral was held that weekend, the Elric brothers spend the entire day sitting in front of the grave. Harry was holding an umbrella over the three of them, because it was raining pretty hard. Al voiced the question that had been running through their minds, "Well, what are we going to do without her?" "We're not going to live without her, Al." Ed said bitterly. "What do you mean?" Harry asked. "We're going to bring her back, I don't care what it takes, dammit, but we're going to bring her back!" Ed sobbed.