A/N: First of all I'd like to say thank you to all of the people who read past the prologue and thought of it as not a piece of shit. I'd also like to thank ggtherescuer, CelestoArius and QueenCari1129 for being nice enough to leave a review about the story and giving me good advice on how to improve my writing as well as making me think that I can actually write a decent story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist, it is owned by Hiromu Arakawa. I'm starting to think that you guys get it so next chapter and onwards there will be no more disclaimers.
"Hmm… This is a great predicament indeed." Pinako nodding her head after Al had explained to her what he told Winry at the Café.
Al, Pinako and Winry were all sitting at the dining room table waiting for the doctor to be done with the diagnosis of Ed in the Guest Bedroom. It has been a full hour when the doctor arrived, and by that time, Ed and Al both had a shower and were given a change of clothes.
Footsteps could be heard as the guest bedroom door opened and the doctor came back downstairs. He didn't quiet have the face that just blurted out, 'Hey good news! He'll be fine!'
"Well, it appears to me he has a select type of Hysterical Amnesia. It's a type of amnesia, usually caused by a traumatic event that the mind is unable to properly handle. However, it's not just the event he can't remember, it's like his entire memory has been wiped. How he remembers his younger brother is beyond me."
Al and Winry looked at each other before Winry could speak up, "So is it permanent or will his memories ever come back?"
The Doctor only gave a twinge of a smile before he gave the only good news in the situation. "They will return but it may take some time before they come back, and even when they return he may not remember how it happened." He took out a piece of paper and scribbled something unreadable on it, "Here is a prescription for some pain relief medicine. During the time of his recovery he made develop some headaches so just give him one of those when it happens and then another a day later."
"So is there anything we can do to jog his memory?" Al said when he got up to receive the paper from the extended hand of the doctor.
"You could bring him to landmarks and people that he would have known before the accident but it may or may not work, seeing as how he didn't remember you." The doctor said as he pointed to Winry, still sitting at the table. "Although it may help to bring him to people and places he mostly socialized with and see what happens after that."
And with that, the doctor said his farewell and Pinako lead him out to the porch so that she may talk more with him, leaving Al and Winry to talk about what to do next.
"Well the first place I could think of to bring him would be the military headquarters, that's where most of our friends are and the nostalgia of the place may crank some gears in his head" Al said, looking at his cupped hands resting on the table.
Winry nodded in agreement and proceeded to get up. "I'm going to go and work on those orders, can't have the customer getting pissed again."
"Alright, I'll go see how Ed is doing and tell him the game plan." The younger brother said as he got up and continued to the bedroom.
"Oh and another thing Winry," Al said before taking the first step up the stairs. The girl turned back to see a look of seriousness on the brother's face, "Do not, under any circumstance, tell Ed about how he got his Automail limbs or the fact that we did a human transmutation on mother. It's best if he never finds out about it."
Winry gave a look of determination and nodded at the request from the younger brother, obviously trying to protect his brother from feeling the same guilt he did when he still had his memories.
"But you know that he'll remember it all once he gets his memories back right? What's the point in hiding it from him if he's just going to go back to the way he was?" Winry questioned the thought process of what Al wanted her to do.
"I know he'll remember. Just for the time being, don't tell him because it might be too dramatic of news to take at first, he might even have a panic attack and slip into a coma. Amnesia is a dangerous thing to deal with."
"Wait! Ed! What was it you were going to say?" Winry shout back at the Elric walking away from the train station.
The Elric slumped a bit before he turned back around shouting, "I said the next time I make you cry I hope they will be tears of joy! And Al and I will have our original bodies back!"
But before the blonde girl could respond the scene disappeared, leaving the blonde in darkness. In the distance she could still see the elder Elric Brother still walking away.
"I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise Winry." The voice of Edward coming from nowhere but sounding close enough to be face to face with her
And before Winry could say anything back to him, he too disappeared into the everlasting darkness.
"No Ed. Come back." Winry whispered through suppressed sobs.
"Hey! Blondie!" Ed shouted at the girl, now sleeping at her workstation, with a half-finished Automail Appendage in front of her.
The sleeping blonde woke with a startle and almost fell out of her chair. She lifted her head to see who would dare wake her up. Ed could tell that she didn't have enough sleep because her eyes were red and she had bags under her eyes.
"Wake up!" Ed now getting annoyed that it's taking her this long to understand where she is and how she got here.
Winry just looked at Ed then out the window to see that the sun was fully out. "What time is it?" She asked, rubbing her eyes to focus on the rays of light beaming on her face.
Ed just grimaced before answering to the ridiculous question, "It's almost 10:45! I can't believe your still sleeping."
Winry just groaned and laid her head back onto the workbench with some force behind the act, "Just let me sleep for a few more minutes, I really went to bed late."
"Well I can't let that happen, the old hag told me to get you to bring me to the Pharmacy and get this prescription filled out, and then she wants you to finish those Automail requests."
Winry groaned again but this time got up out of her chair and stretched to finally push that last bit of sleep out of her. "Fine, just give me some time to get ready." She then walked back to her room, dragging her feet with every step.
While Winry went through her daily routine of getting ready, Ed went to the bookshelf in the guest room and picked out a book to read. The title on the spine read, 'Alchemy:the art of construction, reconstruction, and deconstruction of matter'.
Ed slumped into the reclining chair and opened to the first page. The main book was an interesting read to Ed. Whatever Alchemy was, the book appeared to be well informed on the science even though it wasn't that big of a book. The book mentioned the different forms of Alchemy as well as how to actually perform the science. Ed flipped to the end of the book, curious as to what the final page was about. At the final page of the book, there was a warning in big bold letters saying 'Rules of Alchemy'
In order to obtain something, something of equal value must be given to create the object
Alchemy cannot be used in the creation of gold as the economical state of the government will be sent into disarray.
Alchemy cannot be used be used for Human Transmutation as it is taboo and can result in serious injury or even death.
The last word was written in red ink as to prove the point that 'you will die'. The book also showed an example of a transmutation circle and the multiple runes available for the circle. Ed made a mental note to ask Al if human transmutation was really that bad and if there is any chalk he can use to try the interesting science.
Before Ed could find the page he left off on, He heard footsteps approaching the room. He closed the book to meet the girl halfway. He almost bumped into the girl in the middle of the hallway, his mind wandering back to the book of Alchemy. What he saw her wearing caught him by surprise, if not for a second. She was wearing a black, sleeveless shirt and blue cargo pants, the pants still having some grease stains and holes made from cuts, obviously from a previous job assignment.
"Ready to go?" Winry was now in a better mood thanks to the warm water of the shower. Ready to get today's list of chores over and done with.
"Yea but why are you wearing that? You look like you're ready to repair a car or something." Ed said as he looked at her from head to toe. He also noticed that she had her hair straightened and pulled behind her ears.
Winry gave the blonde idiot a look of annoyance, "What? So you think it looks ugly or something?" Winry said ready to wrench the kid. She didn't care if he slipped into a coma, 'it'll be damn well worth it' she thought to herself.
"No, you look kind of good in it, it's befitting of you." Ed said, looking away from the girl as to hide the pink showing on his face.
Winry was taken aback by the statement, her eyes gone wide and her face going red from shear embarrassment.
"Th- thanks Ed." Winry mustered up enough to say the thank you, her face still red from the embarrassing moment.
"Ah whatever! Let's just go and get this over with." Ed said as he walked past the girl and down the fleet of stairs to the front door. "Come on!" He shouted behind him.
Winry just smiled and followed after the annoying Elric, thinking that today's going to be a good day.
A/N:I know I said to not expect anything for the next few days but I didn't think that I'd get anything done today. But anyways, I know I didn't mention it before but thanks to all who are following as of now and any future people to follow. Hopefully I had fixed most of the problems stated in the last chapter that my friend had PM'd me about; if not then I'll get it someday! Next chapter will be up possibly tomorrow and chapter 5 will be a break from the main story to clarify some things that I think need to be stated. I also planned on making this chapter a bit longer but I felt that this was a good place to stop for now, and plus I didn't want to ruin the fluff moment, even if it was a small moment. Credit to for the information on the type of amnesia Ed has. Yes, it is a real type of amnesia just a bit modified to fit my needs, look it up.
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