The next day Roy went on a walk with Anna. They went sightseeing. Like Mustang, Anna had never been in Munich before. It was a beautiful city, especially the city hall. They were admiring the excellent building when some hand grabbed Roy's shoulder.

'Yo!'

Mustang jumped in his place and turned around quickly. Hughes was standing there, laughing and holding a small girl in his arms. When the girl saw Maes laugh, she also started laughing. Roy couldn't help himself and also smiled.

'Ah, this must be Elicia! Elicia, how are you?' said Anna and smiled at the girl. Elicia looked surprised but grinned happily and stretched her arms out so that the older girl could take her into her arms.

'Maes, may I ask you a question?' asked Roy.

Hughes looked at him suspiciously.

'Yes… sure. What is it about?'

Roy laughed gently.

'No need to worry. I just wanted to ask you who you had on your mind yesterday, when I've mistaken you for someone else… Who said the same thing to you?'

The other man kept silent for a moment but replied:

'Ah. It was a boy that used to live here two years ago with Alphonse Heidrich' A shiver ran through colonel's spine when he heard the familiar first name, although the surname was unfamiliar to him. 'His name was Edward.'

Roy's heart stopped beating for a second, just to start with a new, great force again, making his head spin.

'E-Edward, you say? Do you remember his surname?' He asked faintly, hope obvious in his voice.

'Oh, you know him? Though you might… His surname…. Sorry, I cannot remember.' He smiled apologetically. 'But…'

"I cannot remember.' He smiled apologetically. 'But… I've heard he have found his long lost brother, whose name, ironically, is Alphonse. I haven't seen Edward in a long time, but I'm pretty sure Alphonse lives somewhere here… I've seen someone very resembling Ed walking around the city… I think he might live somewhere near the park, west from here…'

Maes looked around. Mustang wasn't standing next to him anymore. He looked into the distance and saw Roy's coat floating after him. He was running into the west direction, where one could see trees in a distance.

Roy had been running already for a good hour. He was exhausted but couldn't bring himself to stop. After two years, after two fucking long years, he was getting nearer to Edward. He couldn't believe how lucky he was to meet Hughes. He ran around the park for 15 more minutes; however he hadn't seen a single blond. Resigned, he sat on a bench and sighed.

'I guess you had no luck…' said a familiar voice. Colonel looked up and saw Anna sitting next to him. He smiled.

'Yeah, I guess so too… I got my hopes up for nothing.'

'Nah, I'm sure you'll find him. Just… don't give up, promise?'

He smiled. Anna, always like a sister.

'I promise.'

She smiled. He smiled too.

That evening they all ate dinner with Hughes' family. Anna kept on playing with Elicia, Maes talked with Hans and Glaciel, Maes' wife, who turned out to be also Polish, talked with Edyta. Roy, bored out of his mind, looked out of the window. He could see the park from there. It was almost empty. Only one person was walking there. That person had a red coat on himself…

In a second Roy was gone out of the room.

'Edward! Ed!' Roy shouted running through the park alleys. He could swear he had seen the familiar coat. He panted trying hard to catch his breath.

'No… I cannot give up now. Not now. Not here. Not after I've promised Anna… I cannot!' He started running again. Soon he turned into another alley, something stopped him.

'Colonel…?'

Roy heard footsteps behind him, but now he was more concentrated on the person standing before him. Yes, it was obviously Edward's coat. However the person standing in front of him, even though he was blond, had short hair and light-brown eyes. Even still, he could easily recognise him.

'Alphonse…?'

Anna caught up with Roy just that second. Alphonse was looking at Roy not believing his eyes. After a second he blinked and saw Anna standing behind colonel.

'Winry!' he exclaimed and pushed his way through Mustang and hugged the girl.

Anna blushed and looked confused. Roy smiled sadly and put a hand on Alphonse's arm.

'Al… It's not Winry. It's Anna, she's from this world.'

The girl evidently didn't hear the comment about 'this world', she was too occupied with the boy hugging her. He loosed his grip on her and backed a little bit, also blushing.

'Excuse me… miss Anna… I've mistaken you for someone…' said Al and his blush became even more visible.

Roy laughed mentally, but became serious very quickly.

'Alphonse. You have to tell me where Edward is.' Colonel said.

The boy looked at him.

'Please' Roy said and bowed his head and upper body.

'Colonel… Edward isn't here…'

'Colonel… Edward isn't here…'

Roy cursed. Why the hell had he expected that Edward would be there? It would be far too easy for him; he knew the evil fate would bring him more difficulties to deal with. However he was getting closer and closer to Edward and that was the only thing that mattered.

He had left Anna and Alphonse. They seemed to get along very well. Al had told him that Ed left the city and was living alone in a small cottage in the mountains near the city. It was December and it was snowing heavily. Despite that Roy had left on a journey to find his beloved bean. It had taken him already two days (he had slept in an abandoned stable) and he hadn't found anything yet. He cursed again.

It was freezing cold and the wind wasn't helping him. He took another step and suddenly sneezed loudly. He cursed again. And then he heard it.

Tons of snow were falling down the mountain. Colonel tried to grab onto something, but he didn't manage to. The avalanche snatched him…

When the colonel woke up he saw the sun was setting. He growled and tried to get up. With a lot of effort he managed to stand on his own feet. He looked around and thanked God for the first time in this world. In front of him stood and old cottage. There was smoke coming out of the chimney.

He staggered to the front door and knocked loudly. It seemed like ages for him before the door opened. Behind the door there was a pair of surprised golden eyes.

'I've… finally found you… Fullmetal' said the colonel and collapsed onto the blond boy.

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