Chapter 11: Unexpected Encounters

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Ed woke up 5 hours later. He let out a groan. His head was pounding and he was dizzy from the loss of blood. But then he heard a familiar voice. "Brother! You're alright! Thank goodness!"

"Alphonse…" whispered Ed to himself. "You came? But how…Harry…Is Harry okay?"

"Yeah. I'm right here." Said Harry. He stepped forward. "You gave us quite a scare. Are you alright?" Ed shrugged. "I've been better. Did you find the colonel alright?"

"Actually Al was close by."

"Yeah. I was going to ask the furer if he had any news on you." Said Al.

"What! YOU WENT TO A HOMONCULUS FOR HELP!" yelled Ed.

"NO! I went to Mustang. He's furer now."

"HE'S WHAT?"

"He became furer after you left. And I got to tell you. We've never been better."

All Ed gave was a sigh. He tried to sit up only to be pushed down by Al.

"You have to rest, brother."

Ed grunted, but sure enough, he fell back and closed his eyes. Al looked down. "Al? You alright?" asked Harry. Al looked up. "Oh, yeah. It's just, well, I should've been here to help him. What happened to him?"

"He was attacked by a snake. He got whipped with poisonous fangs first, then got bitten by a snake…"

"WHAT! Who did it? Was it that Voldemort guy?"

"Yeah and that Envy guy too. I think…"

"What! Envy's here? How !"

"The gate." Yawned Ed. He sat up then looked around.

"Brother, go back to sleep. You need rest. That was not even 5 minutes."

"Al, I slept for hours! I'm fine!" He stood up and walked over to the fire and sat down. "Ed, your brother's right. You should lie down. You've just gotten over a lethal amount of poison." Said Hermione.

"Yeah. I GOT OVER them! I'm fine!" insisted Ed. He got up, but swayed a bit. Despite what he said, he was a little dizzy.

"You sure you're alright, brother?"

"Yes. I'm fine. Al, come with me. I have to ask you something." Said Ed in a low voice. "Um…okay." Said Al who was uneasy about Ed's tone. With that, they were off.

They made their way around the forest and sat down. "What is it, Ed?"

"Al…Do you hate me?"

Al gasped as soon as he heard the words escape Ed's mouth. "W-What? Of course not! Why would I?"

Ed frowned a bit. "First, I get you stuck in that damn armor, then you die to save me, and now that you finally have your body back, I pull you back into the gate. I seem to cause you so much pain."

"Brother…I don't blame you, and I could never hate you. When are you going to realize that? You're my brother. I love you. If I did hate you, it's because we're having a stupid brother fight. Nothing big."

"But before we tried to bring back mom, we were okay."

"Nothing's perfect. The world's not perfect, but it's there for us, trying the best it can. That's what makes it so damn beautiful."

"Thanks, Al." said Ed as tears flowed down his cheeks at the deep comment that his brother had just said.

"Anytime. We'd better head back. Come on." Little did they know, someone was watching them.

Ed heard a slight rustle in the bushes near the camp. "Al, someone's following us." Whispered Ed. He kept walking toward the camp. "And we just lead that person to our camp!" whispered Al. "Don't worry. I'll handle it. Go get Harry, Ron and Hermione." Whispered Ed.

As they got closer to the camp, Ed jumped around. "Come out! I know you're there!" he heard a laugh and saw a familiar face. Al had gone to get Harry, Ron and Hermione. "Y-You…but we…"

"Sealed me?" said the woman. "Yes, but I was brought back. I'm going to kill you for what you did to me."

Al came running back with Harry, Ron and Hermione. One look at the mysterious woman and he gasped. "M-Mom?"

OOH! Cliffhanger! Well I guess you want more eh? Well I have chapters 12 and 13 already, so if you want em, review. Although I must say, it's getting hard to write. I'm in a show at my school called FAME. My rehersals go untill 6:30 every day! If you live on Oahu, then you really should come. Shows start in November. Ask me if you want more details. They always help. hehe. Also, I quoted part of this chapter from episode 51. It's the "Life's not perfect." comment that Al says. Oh well...hope you liked this chapter and please review fast!