The darkness seemed to be all around him…he could feel the weakness in his entire body but that fatigue seemed to be fading bit by bit… There was a sticky liquid all over him…it had to be warm some time ago…it had the really strong smell of iron… What was it…? Was it…blood…? Blood…all over him… How did he end up there? He didn't know…all he knew was that his limbs seemed to be moving again…his body was slightly moving but it seemed weak… He could feel that he was naked and the cold was slightly more than he was used to. He could feel his body full with hard places… What were they…? Bones…? Yes. Bones…they were bones of his, own, body. He had never felt them so intensely before… His body seemed unable to hold him up… And then he was hearing some voices around him…a small tear ran down his cheek… Why was he crying? Why was he on the ground? The voices increased around him and they seemed distant… He felt a warm hand on his shoulder and then a blanket covering him… He smiled a little…for he knew…he was safe now…

"Iron Soul! Iron Soul!" he heard a voice.

"Huh?" Alphonse Elric snapped from his thoughts.

He saw a tall man with black, short hair looking at him. He immediately stood up and saluted.

"General!"

Roy Mustang smirked.

"Daydreaming again, Major Elric?"

"Uhh…I apologize, sir! It is just…"

"Never mind I know… You are thinking of that again am I not right?"

Alphonse nodded.

"I still can't understand…how Nii-san was able to…to do all that!"

"Yes…Full Metal was pretty desperate to save our lives…I guess he owned us one!"

"Yes…but in what cost? I still try to figure out what is going on! What did he give in return of…all that? I don't know!"

"Hmm…"

They both remained silent. They were both lost in memories…memories of the near past…it had been three years already…

"Go home and rest Iron Soul! You need it!"

"Are you sure General? I mean I don't mind to…"

"Positive, Major! Go home now. We will have time to finish this paperwork tomorrow!"

Alphonse saluted gratefully and then he left the Headquarters' building. Out in the street it was a calm night. The sky was full with stars. The young Major sighed and kept walking. He still was trying to understand what had happened that day three years ago… The last thing he remembered was that he had protected his brother and Envy had stabbed him…he knew that he had to be dead but then…then he saw the light of a transmutation and then…everything went black. Then he was found lieing on the street coated in blood…and he was in his own body! Yes. He remembered that Edward had made a deal with the Homunculus to make him a new body, which they did but that body had started rejecting him too…and then…everything had happened too fast… Envy took Ed to fulfill his part of the deal…he and Roy had followed him, following the clues they managed to find, and then they found him, hurt… Alphonse had tried to get him out but…but Edward leaded him more inside to a Transmutation Circle and said that he would manage to bring him to his original body back this time. Alphonse had refused to let him do that sacrifice and then…Envy had come there along with King Bradley, Wrath, to take him down. He had protected him…the same did Roy Mustang. And then…this happened! How? How could he get his original body after all? When Risa Hawkeye and her team found him, they told him that his body was completely naked and it was nothing else but skin and bone. His hair was long as if he hadn't cut them in years and his nails were also long. Also…he was around fourteen years old again! So his body was in the Gate after all…and time seemed to be moving more slowly in there… He was taken to the hospital so the necessary nutrition would be provided to him…and then he saw…Roy Mustang was brought there as well! He had some serious burnings on his left side but nevertheless he was fine… Roy had said that he had closed the wounds using fire but…but the serious damage in his internal organs was fixed for some unknown reason. Alphonse knew that it had something to do with that transmutation light…and he knew that Edward had something to do with that… It took almost a month for Alphonse to be able to walk on his own… When he gained some weight and some fat was added in his skinny body, he was able to walk to small distances in order to exercise himself. Meanwhile Roy was out of the hospital but he was visiting him often. Alphonse was passing his time with reading and studying Alchemy. For some reason he couldn't just accept the fact that his brother disappeared! For every question, was an answer! The only thing he had to do was find it! When he was able to leave the hospital, he decided to continue his studies as an alchemist so, two years later he took the State Alchemist Test and passed being the second youngest State Alchemist in Amestris History (after his brother) and received the name "Iron Soul Alchemist". The reason was quite simple. Alphonse had created a Transmutation Circle and made two gloves with it. The one had the first half and the other had the other half of his Circle. Therefore in order to transmute he had to clap his hands together (the way his brother used to do) and then he could transmute. This wasn't the reason though. Alphonse saw that his soul was now quite…flexible let's say! He realized that he could transfer part of his soul into metallic armors and control them! This was something really new to them and they took him as a State Alchemist and that was the reason he got the name "Iron Soul Alchemist" and the silver watch that proved his authority. So there he was now… Seventeen years old Major…Major Alphonse Elric, the Iron Soul Alchemist…

He reached the house. It was the house, military had originally given to his brother, the youngest Colonel in history, but now since he was a State Alchemist too they allowed him to keep it. Alphonse had grown his hair too. His brother used to have long hair but now he had started lengthening them too. They were now long like his brother's and he usually had them up in a ponytail. It was for him…it was for his brother… However even though his appearance seemed to be "honoring the dead" in reality he had made a promise to himself to find his brother no matter what! It was as if some unknown power was telling him that his brother was alive somewhere! Alphonse sighed and washed his hands to go to eat his dinner and go to sleep then he heard a knock on his door. We went and opened. He saw General Mustang and Lisa Hawkeye.

"Good evening, Iron Soul" he greeted him.

There was no need for formalities so Alphonse smiled to them and let them come in.

"I hope we do not disturb you" Risa said

"No, of course not. I was ready to have dinner actually but since you are here I can offer you something. Do you wish something to drink first? Then we can have dinner together."

They looked at each other and then smiled to him.

"Thank you for the invitation Alphonse" Risa said.

Soon after dinner they were sitting in the living room. Lisa and Roy were sipping some whiskey slowly while Alphonse had a glass of milk.

"Ahh.." Mustang sighed, "This country will definitely collapse in the end!"

"They haven't come to a conclusion yet?" Alphonse asked.

"No. It appears they can't choose the new President. They are between General and some other Generals from the North and South. The problem is that this country is without a head for three years" Risa said

Roy took another sip from his drink.

"Every decision is taken after agreement of us four but sometimes when we can't come to an agreement…we even end up in a civil war between North and South, East and West!"

Alphonse looked down.

"I hope…they'll choose you, General Mustang…" he whispered.

Roy smiled.

"Should I say thanks or you are trying to get a promotion?" says teasingly

However Alphonse sighed deeply and tears had filled his eyes.

"Nii-san…always trusted you…no matter what he used to say…"

Risa looked at him sympathetically. Roy didn't say anything. He finished his drink and said to Risa:

"It's time to leave…it is late and Iron Soul needs rest…"

"Yes, sir!" she got up and left the room.

Roy looked at Alphonse who was trembling slightly.

"I miss him…I miss him so much…" he mumbled, tears falling on his cheeks.

"I know it…" he said

He touched his shoulder sympathetically. Alphonse looked up through his tears and then leaned his head on Roy's chest and cried… Only Roy seemed to understand…only he was there that day…only he was also saved by Ed …and he cried…

Later Roy and Risa were walking away in the night…some fireflies were floating all around like sparkles of a calm fire… Roy stopped in the serene of night.

"General?" Risa questioned.

"Have you seen the sky tonight, Lieutenant?"

She looked up as well.

"Indeed, sir…it is really beautiful…"

"Sometimes we forget…that we must be grateful for being able to see it…for one more night…" Roy whispered again.

He then smiled a bitter smile and started walking again…Risa started following him. They were surrounded by the dark blue of night…some fireflies were floating all around like sparkles of a calm fire…the hymn of the sleeping Mother Nature...

My second chapter! Now we move on to Central Headquarters! I know that the game practically...well thy die but never shows that they are actuallydead. Wrath told Edward that he didn't manage to save them but I thought...what if in the end he HADa succeeded? Here is my explanation!

Edward's last alchemical reaction fixed the damage in Roy's internal organs, giving him the chance to close the wounds with fire (like in the manga) while he had fixed Alphonse in his real body! (again inspired by the manga )

Also now Alphonse is a State Alchemist, Iron Soul Alchemist, because he can transfer part of his soul in armors (like in the Movie) also Alphonse here is the stylr he was in the Movie (Conqueror of Shaballa)

Also Amestris is trying to find a new President but they can't choose. Roy is one candidator but there are three more! The country is without a President for three years...

Please review!:)