Edward opened his eyes, slowly turning to look around him. He was standing in a white expanse of nothing, staring at the only thing before him: a monolithic set of stone doors, apparently hovering in the air. They were inscribed with Latin words arranged in a sort of family tree diagram. Before it hovered a being. It was human in shape, but pure white and almost glowing. Edward's wound was gone.

The being smiled, revealing a perfect set of white teeth, the only feature on its blank face. "Welcome back, Edward Elric. Come to stay, have we?" The being, also known as Truth, chuckled deeply. "Come to join your brother, perhaps?" It pointed a nondescript finger behind Edward. The alchemist quickly spun, seeing another large gate. Alphonse stood before it.

Edward's face instantly lit up and he sprinted towards his brother. Alphonse turned around as Edward approached and a huge grin broke out on his face. The brothers reached each other and hugged. Edward let some tears fall and he held his brother tightly. He looked like he would if he had grown normally as a human instead of an immured soul. The Truth laughed a bit. "Well I suppose you two are free to go."

Alphonse looked up at Edward with confusion. "Go? Go where, Brother?"

Edward smiled at Alphonse and took his hand, pulling him towards the gate that opened before them. "On, Alphonse."

So that was extremely cheezy at the end there… Well anyway. I love dark and depressing and twisted, as you can probably tell by now. I'm sorry for torturing the characters so much. But in my mind, Edward is one of the anime characters, or any character ever, that has a deep set of emotion. Other characters have depth, but to me, Edward has a true meaning.

That sounds cheezy too, but deal with it. Please review!