The girls were ushered into a cylinder shaped room and led to the left wall of the court room along with Ed, Roy, and Parry where they joined Kimblee, Archer, and Hughes. Al, Havoc, and Riza sat in one of the rows in the room.
"The trial will now commence." Parry was led from the wall to the center of the room and turned to face parliament and Führer King Bradley. Parry quivered slightly at being the center of attention by all in the room, especially the Führer. Along the wall, Ed worried for his friend. He knew that what Parry had done was wrong, but as he glanced towards the girls, he decided that it wasn't so bad. Sarah and Katie stood there silently hoping that Parry would be alright. They hadn't really known much about him, other than the fact that it was his fault there were here, but once they met him, they found it hard to stay mad at him.
"Parry Vautour, you are here because you violated your contract with the state and you attempted a form of human transmutation. Do you admit that these claims are true?" One of the men in Parliament asked.
"I-I…." Parry stammered, his lower lip trembling. He looked up at the Führer. The doctor felt so small under that terrifying gaze. Even If he felt guilty, he felt like he had to do something. Parry swallowed hard and put on a brave face. "I-I ag-g-gree but p-please ex-explain h-how I have committed th-th-the act of h-human tran-transmutation. As I-I understand, hu-human tran-transmutation is th-the a-attempt of transm-mutation to human b-b-bodies and s-souls. I have n-not committed an-any of th-these," Parry stuttered in reply. He was scared stiff.
The man of parliament who was speaking to Parry sighed, "So you deny that you have committed human transmutation?"
"Y-yes sir."
The man waved for the bailiff to bring the girls forward. Sarah and Katie stood near Parry. "Are these not the girls you claim to have pulled from another world," the man asked sternly.
"Y-yes sir, b-but I d-do n-not claim to h-have used hu-human tr-transmutation to a-achieve this."
"Thank you. That is all. You may be seated for now." The Parliament member turned to the Führer, saluted, and sat down.
"Colonel Mustang, please come forward to give your report." Bradley stated.
Mustang quietly walked up with a handful of papers. He cleared his throat and started. "At the beginning of the week, I and my men went to Dr. Parry's home to evict him off of the premises. Vautour had failed to provide us with his annual assessment report after already being on probation for a year and was going to be revoked of his government license. Upon our arrival, we found that the doctor was in the middle of performing alchemy and had locked the door. We forcefully entered the home when we hear the crying of a child coming from inside. When we entered, the doctor was already done with his transmutation. We found Vautour lying against the wall with his arms mutilated, covered in blood, and in a crazed metal state. Along with Parry, we also found the two girls Sarah Don Elroy and Katherine Reith Viverette who we believe were taken from another world by Parry. The child that was crying was Roxanne Corsair, his niece. She was found in middle of his transmutation circle and we believe that Parry used the child to perform his transformation, classify this as a human transmutation."
"Please present your evidence on why you believe these girls from another world."
Hughes brought forth the evidence that he had collected from the girls: Katie's bat-pack, its content, cell phones, iPods, and cloths. The member of the court went through the items then returned them. Next, the people who interviewed Katie were supposed to testify. Archer took the stand first, then Kimblee. Both said that the girls did seem to be from a different dimension. They didn't speak much after that. Archer added that he didn't feel that the girls could be dangerous in anyway and Kimblee simple turned his attention to Bradley and said, "You've read my full report. We got everything out of Katherine: all the information you wanted to know." After a short recess, parliament came to this conclusion. "We recognize Sarah and Katie as being from a different word," Bradley said.
"What, that's it?"
"Sarah, you said that awfully loud," Katie said trying to calm down her friend.
"Formal court takes forever," Sarah whined, leaning in her chair.
Bradley laughed. "Don't worry young lady. We'll be done soon."
Sarah made a face and made sure to be quiet for the rest of the trial.
The man that spoke for parliament before spoke again. "So now is the trouble of were there Parry preformed human transmutation. Will the Fullmetal Alchemist please take the stand?" Edward got up from his seat and the questioning began.
"Edward Elric, how do you know The Dimensions Alchemist?"
"We did research together some time ago and became friends."
"What would you say the doctor's research is mostly about?"
"Parry gained his title because of his theories on multiple dimensions. His research has been working toward tapping into a different dimension. He is completely fascinated by the idea of a different world separate from this one"
"You said you did research with him, yes?"
"We compared notes, checked each other's theories and such."
"Did you help Parry in planning this transmutation that brought Sarah and Katherine to this world?"
Edward paused for a moment "…No."
"Do you know the relationship between Parry and Roxanne?"
"She is his niece."
"Do you know how the child came to live with Parry?"
"No, sir."
"No more questions."
Edward sat down and this time Parry was called to the stand.
"Parry, is it true that your sister and her husband died last year.
"Y-yes, in a-an accident."
"An accident you were involved in."
"…"
"How long ago did your sister die?"
"She died this year in January."
"Is it possible that there was no accident and that you killed your sister so you could take Roxanne-"
"N-no!"
"-and use her so you could perform a transmutation that would unlock a way for you to reach in to a different dimension?"
"N-no! I-I-I-"
"It was going to take something big for you to match the equivalent exchange for something like opening a different dimension. The pure soul of an innocent child and your two arms would be just right!"
"N-No! Stop it!"
The room grew silent at Parry's last outburst. He had his hands over his ears, head down, and was shaking like a rabbit.
"No more questions."
Everyone settled down quietly as Bradley gave his final ruling. Parry stayed where he was.
"Parry Vautour is guilty of breaking the rules of his contract, however; his performance of actually being able to open up another dimension and pull something else out is that equal enough to count as his annual assessment report. Unfortunately, there isn't enough evidence to show that he committed any kind of taboo. Especially that the child isn't hurt in any way we can tell. The doctor will continue to bare his title but will be on probation. Parry will be put back under Roy Mustang's jurisdiction along with Sarah and Katie. Parry will be continuing to work on his research under strict guide lines such as: only work in a government assigned lab and sending in weekly reports of what he is doing. Sarah and Katie may work toward returning home but will not receive any military aid unless registered into military membership. Roxanne may return into the custody of Parry Vautour but will be continually checked up on. That is all."
Sarah sighed in relief that the trial was over while Katie smiled at the Parry's good fortune. They watched as the MP released the handcuffs on the doctor's wrists, exit the courtroom, and Ed walked over to his friend, grinning.
"I need you girls to come with me for a moment." Sarah and Katie turned around to see Bradley.
"Did we do something wrong…sir?" Katie asked, adding the last part on after a slight pause.
"No, no. I just want to talk. After all it's not every day when we get visitors such as you two," Bradley laughed "Now please come with me." With that, he turned and started out of the court room, Katie and Sarah following. Mustang observed what had happened and ran over to Sarah before she left the room.
"Once you're done talking to him, please meet us back in my office." Sarah nodded to the Colonel and hurried to catch up to Katie.