AN: I don't own FMA or any related characters - and I don't own the pink lunchbox as well. I just own the idea.


Attention! I am putting this warning at the beginning of this chapter because I hope that people will actually see and remember this: alright ... there will be a major time skip forward very soon but at the beginning of that chapter, I will write what happened during the break for the cast


CallousVulpix: ;-; I haven't reviewed. In so long. I uploaded that picture I drew for you of Black Hayate. Even drew you a review.(Which explained why exactly I haven't reviewed in 3-4 days.) But, my mother had the computer all last night, so I couldn't scan them yesterday.(When I actually drew the review, and by all night I literally mean all night! She didn't even sleep!) So I waited for today. It was so hectic though! 6:15AM-7:15AM Preparing for school. 7:15AM-7:30AM Commute. 7:30AM-4:00PM School-time. 4:00PM-4:15PM Commute. 4:15PM-4:20PM Mother's restroom break at the house; the time in which I fed and replenished my dogs'/cat's water supply. 4:20PM-5:30PM Driving to nearby city then shopping for supplies I need for a project in school. 5:30PM-10:20PM Dropped off at cousin's tee ball practice, then brought to other cousin's baseball game. 10:20PM-10:50PM Trying and failing to get scanner to work. 10:50PM-10:55PM Taking pictures of my drawings off the webcam on computer. Then uploading to deviantArt. Now it's 11:03PM and I am currently typing this.
Ava: So late! And I know how it gets with parents^^
Here is a link to my profile on deviantArt: http : / / dragoniterider . deviantart . com / (I only have one other thing submitted so it shouldn't be too hard to find 2/3 things I've even submitted!:P) Well I would actually write a review about the story, but sadly I have school tomorrow and too much has occurred between the last time I reviewed and now. I really am sorry about not reviewing!;-; I wanted to be virtuous too!
Âva: I'll check it out later!

Sira-the-Awesome: Fu, Fu, Fu. Another lovely chapter, Ava! Nothing is broken, but I wont be able to give long reviews for about a week or so, sorry.
Ava: No problem, I know how that is
But yeah. Jade dear, you were awesome like usual.
Jade: Thanks!
Edward, you'll be glad that when we measured me yesterday, I was shorter than you, but almost as tall as my mom. So, I guess I can't call you that short...
Edward: One person less, yeah!
Nessa you continue to kick butt, 'kay?
Nerissa: My job^^
okay. Cheer: 1, 2, 3, 4, AVA RULES MY WORLD FOREVER MORE! how's that?
Ava: awesome
Sleep well and have a nice day!
Ava: I'll try but I'm getting sick

DoctorWhotaliaandtheOlympians: :) PTAs are always fun. I should know. I've eavesdropped~ Not really, but you get the idea.
Ava: I was present^^

mangagirl135: Before I start going off on a tangent about how awesome this story is, and it is QUITE awesome, I would just like to say this: I wish all of lived near me and I knew all of you because you're all awesome ('specially you, Ava!) and we could kick ass together and I could just be like, "Yeah, all of my friends are complete and utter badasses." I love you all. Keep on being awesome. Great job on today's chapter, Ava.
Ava: That would be definitively awesome
I wanted to see Vicky's conversation with Ms. Miller, though. Dude.
Victoria: I scared her nearly to death^^
I just had a great idea... What if Mrs. Robinson taught at the school? Dang, I'd love to see her class. Anywho, keep up the fantabulous work, Ava dearest!
Mrs Robinson: I am a doctor, no teacher but it would be quite funny I believe


The atmosphere in Resembool indicated that something wonderful was about to happen. The sun was shining bright and the birds were singing. Unusually many people were in the streets and the hotels in the small village were completely booked so that many villagers had offered the young couple to take in some of the guests. Especially high ranking guests like the emperor of Xing with his family, the prince of Aerugo with his wife and his children and of course the chancellor of Amestris with his wife and his five children had the honour to sleep in the recently rebuild house of the family Elric that had burnt down in a terrible fire nine years ago. The villagers were surprised by the carelessness of the prince of Aerugo and his wife because they walked around in the village without any protection and fooled around at the river which led to a big splash and a wet but laughing Princess of Aerugo.

"…if I wouldn't know better, I would say that they are a normal couple," an old woman smiled as she watched how the prince laughed and held out his hand to help her out of the water but his wife just grinned evilly before she yanked him into the water too.

"At least we don't have to wonder why they married," the old woman's equally old husband said. "He is absolutely in love with her – and that's how it should be if you ask me."

Down at the river, Roy laughed as Claudio reappeared at the surface before the prince grabbed Jade's waist to kiss his wife lovingly. "She will be the death of you one day," the chancellor warned with a grin as he took out two towels. "And don't tell me that I didn't warn you, Claudio!"

"Ah, she knows where she has to stop," the prince said amused before he dragged his wife out of the river. "Well, Roy, what do you think about building a summer house here? I love the peaceful atmosphere and the little town – and I am sure that it would be benefitting for Jade's health too!"

"Just because I caught a mild case of pneumonia last winter it doesn't mean that I am about to die," she sighed while she grabbed into her bag to take out her pills. "I am alright, Claudio, always was, always will be. A tiny little illness isn't enough to bring me down, I promise."

"Pneumonia hardly qualifies as a 'tiny little illness'," Riza said while she watched how Laila, Nick, Owen and Victoria chased Edward up and down the riverbank while Victoria and Owen were always a little bit ahead of the both others. "Excuse me but I believe I have to save Ed from being chased to death by a bunch of kids. Oh – and once Cai can escape his brother's adviser, make sure that he meets up with Jun Li, alright? She is not happy with the lack of training he had since that man arrived."

"I am already on my way," the prince said as he passed the group of adults. "Nice bikini, Jade, by the way," he grinned before he caught the hot dog she threw after him. "Thanks, I was hungry anyway."

Jade glared at his back before she shook her head as she chuckled. "That boy will be the death of me one day," she announced darkly. "Honestly, he is so … disrespectful that he puts Fullmetal to shame."

"It's mean to say things like that," Edward said panting while he tried to hide behind her. "I though that we could be friends or something like that since we made it out alive. For a second or two I really thought that we would die in that Cretan fortress but Nessa had to be the rain on our parade."

"You should probably get used to this," Serena said while she took off her long-sleeved dress to reveal her lean, pale body that was covered in a black swimming costume. "It's her hobby, I guess."

Edward gasped as he saw the tattoo around her left wrist for the first time. Written in red ink she wore the names of her closest friends in her skin while the word patience was written in black ink. "Nice … tattoo," he said while he averted his gaze again. "It looks … painful."

Serena shook her head. "I hardly believe that the pain of some needles can be related to the pain of having half the back ripped open," she said in her calm, serene voice. "And this tattoo has a special meaning to me. The first row of names covers exactly the area where the handcuffs I was bound by when I failed a mission were. The first row is the most important to me … these names bind me to my life and they give me my identity." Her right thumb carefully rubbed over the names. "It was also the first row I created as a tattoo."

"You … you did it yourself?" Roy asked while his eyes widened a little bit.

"Of course," she said. "My skills in Organic Alchemy hardly surpass yours, of course, but I stoleLynn's notes and used them to write down the names of the people who will always matter the most to me."

"And it seems like you made it into the first row, Roy!" Jade chuckled while her black hair was still dripping wet and glued to the back of her head and her face.

Roy just smiled because he knew why he was part of the first row – he had been one of the first people who had really tried to help Serena out of her shell, he had been probably the first one outside her family who had tried to become her friend – and he had been successful in his plan, something he was still very proud of because Serena's trust was hard to earn and easy to lose. But they were friends now.


Winry was surprised when the minister of science entered her bedroom in the early hours of the morning but on the other hand, it was a well-known fact that Jade Mustang always stood up very early because she took it very serious to take care of her twins herself as far as this was possible. "Good morning, Winry," the black-haired woman announced calmly as she opened the curtains. "I am here to style your hair. Riza should be here with the make-up soon enough and I believe that Lan Fan already picked up your dress downstairs."

"How can anyone be that fit that early in the morning?" Winry groaned as she stood up.

"Three years of military training," she said with a shrug while she exposed her face to the first rays of sunlight. "And Lynn and I used to get up at five in the morning to be the first ones in the gym to spar before breakfast." A nostalgic smile crossed her face as she mentioned her late best friend. "Well, if I were you, I would shower now before the others come and drive you insane."

"You are speaking from your own experience, right?"

"Yes." Jade twirled around, pretty as always. She would have worn a black dress if her mother hadn't blackmailed Roy into burning it, so she wore an orange dress – much to Edward's amusement as she had passed him on her way to Winry's room.

"Why did you chose the military after knowing what they did do your cousin?" the blonde asked.

Jade shook her head as she chuckled. "I was always a stupid little girl," she said. "I used to think that whateverRoycouldn't do would come easy to me."

"Were you right?"

"Sometimes." Jade smirked. "He is stubborn – that's why I like him that much."


"Yo, Hamilton," Edward said as she passed him. "Say, what the hell happened to the guy we caught?"

Serena raised her eyebrow. "We keep him in a nice little cell and right now, Olivier is negotiating with Creta because they want him dead as much as we want him to get his punishment. But it's not possible for us to hand him over as long as we know that he would be killed in Creta," she sighed. "There is some stupid paragraph in our constitution that states that death penalty is abandoned and that it is also not allowed to hand over a criminal when we know that he would be killed in his country."

"That's stupid," Edward complained. "We don't want to have him on our hands, right?"

"Indeed," Nerissa said calmly, "but we can't allow him to die that easily either."

The sister wore black dresses which were really similar to each other but Nerissa wore a golden sash while Serena's was crimson.

"Olivier isn't too happy about this either," Serena sighed, rubbing her temples. Her headache hadn't lessen since the day Jean Havoc had been shot and gone to hospital but she tried to function without a break and driven forwards by the urge to take revenge for her hurt comrade because after all, Serena was a soldier with every fibre of her very being.

"Of course not," Nerissa said calmly while she tapped her sister's shoulder in a fool-proof way to keep her calm. "Olivier hates that she has to be the advocate of someone who nearly killed all of us."

"I feel with her in that point, honestly," Jun Li threw in, flipping back her long black hair. "We are the good guys, right? And now one of our bests became the devil's attorney."

"A little bit too dramatic but true enough," Edward sighed. "Where is Lan Fan, Miss Li?"

"My sister went to help the bride," the former warrior said but the worried expression on her face did not waver. She was constantly worried for her old master who had fallen ill last winter and since he had passed his hundredth birthday years ago, she wondered if he still had the strength to recover.

"That means that Winry will wear a set of kunai under her dress, huh?" Nerissa smirked but everyone knew that she was wearing at least three kunai around her leg because she always had a weapon on her side because she deemed it as necessary to be prepared at any time.


"Adorable!" Pinako, dressed in dark blue, smiled as she saw the children in the garden. "Vicky, Owen – could you get me some of the roses too?"

Victoria dressed in purple and black turned around and the blush on her face nearly rivalled the red of her hair which was decorated with a single white rose today. "Of course," she said calmly.

Owen who wore a perfect black suit chuckled softly as he cut of some roses and handed them over to the old lady. "Here you go, madam," he said politely.

"You're a nice boy," Pinako said as she took the roses. "Are you from around here?"

"I lived all my life in Barley," the boy said friendly. "It's my first time in Resembool."

"He fits in wonderfully, right?" Laila asked brightly as she wrapped one arm around her sister.

"And doesn't he look great next to Vicky?" Elicia chuckled. She had inherited her father's matchmaking tendencies but she was a little bit more successful so far because she didn't nag.

"Children!" Jun Li yelled from the garden fence. "We need to get going!"

Cai sighed deeply. "That woman surely knows how to run an army," he muttered under his breath.

"Well, let's go," Laila said before she took Pinako's hand. "We can't have them waiting!"


"I never would have guessed that Fullmetal and his girl would marry that young!" Jean whispered in Roy's direction as they sat down on the places for the guests of honour.

"Kay and Charles married at the age of sixteen and eighteen, Martin and Lynn when they were seventeen and eighteen," Riza shrugged. "It's normal to marry young in the East."

"You would know, right?" Gracia grinned. "You are from here after all…"

"That's right," Nerissa agreed. "The Hawkeye-family is very illustrious in the Eastern Area, you know?"

"Can you already believe that your kids will graduate in two years?" Gracia asked as she looked at Riza.

"Not really … they will be so terrible young!" the blonde chuckled. "But on the other hand … they all want to have an academic career afterwards, so I believe that they will be alright and able to make something out of their lives."

"You are really relaxed about this," Jean remarked amused.

"I graduated when I was fourteen, so maybe my opinion is a little bit biased."

"There comes the bride!" Serena behind them hissed and the whole audience turned their heads.

Edward smiled widely as his wife-to-be glided down the aisle. Winry's long hair was styled beautifully and he congratulated himself that he had talked Jade into helping Winry with it. Winry's dress was also well-chosen with the wrench-shaped cut beneath her chest and her makeup was just right. But the most beautiful thing about her was her smile. She beamed like she owned the whole world.

And as he held out his hand to take hers when she and Maes reached the groom, Edward finally felt like he had really, really arrived in his 'normal life'.


First of all:

You need to know that I usually update right before I go to bed and since I check my mails with my handy every morning because some teachers would write us a mail if he would miss the first 2 hours. I also check my reviews every morning. That means that I have a really good morning when I get many reviews. Save my morning - review now!

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Thank you, everyone who reads this story! It makes me really happy - and happiness is something I miss since I had to stop swimming because of some serious problems with my right shoulder which aren't solved yet :(


Announcement 1: I opened a poll on my profile, so I would be happy if someone would use it^^

Announcement 2: what-is-the-color-of-love pointed out that 'Aerugians' as name for the people of Aerugo looks/sounds better than 'Aerugoans' ... who besides me agrees with that?