Dark Okay so here is the long awaited last chapter of this story, I'm thinking of doing a sequel to this and it might possibly be called Secret of the Philosopher's Diamond
A new stone has been discovered and it might possibly hold the answers they need to save not only those precious to them but the entire world
I'm posting this on my 19 birthday since I finished it at 23:51 yesterday hehe, now 3rd October hehe hope you enjoy
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Ed looked down at the envelope in his hand, frowning as he noted how thick and heavy it was, 'I wonder what's in here?' he thought quizzically before shrugging slightly and returning his gaze to his son, leaning back into Envy's embrace
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Ed watched as the last of the guests left towards the train station, those that lived close by still stood in the hall quietly talking as all the children had fallen asleep a few hours previous after tiring themselves out all day, and had all curled up in a corner happily with each other by the large roaring fireplace
Envy was stood watching over them protectively, making Ed smile at the satisfied smile on the homunculi's face as he gazed at their son sleeping soundly with his friends, turning to glance out the window again he placed a hand within his pocket and felt the folds of the envelope there, pulling it out he slowly began to open it
Inside there were two sides of paper and then a small wrapped pile of what appeared to be pictures, frowning Ed's ears twitched in curiosity, one standing upright while the other tilted slightly to the side, opening the pieces of paper he began to read
Dear Edward and Envy
Sorry for not being able to make it to little Will's birthday but I'm afraid me and Roy both had something important to do, sorry we didn't invite you or even tell you in advance but we had a small ceremony in a small church within Headquarters, I am now officially Mrs Riza Mustang, I must say Roy seemed very smug of the fact as well.
I know you were told Roy had written this, but you know him he hates anything to do with paperwork or even writing nowadays, typical him.
I would like to inform you that our lovely friend Black Hayate has had puppies, and all this time we'd assumed she was a he, how funny, she had a healthy litter of four pups which we have decided to see if any of our friends want one, your welcome to one yourself however due to other circumstances you'll need to come to central and see my secretary Lisa about them.
The reason for this is the fact that Roy and I will be out of the country for the next five years, an extended honeymoon and vacation, Roy claims we need it, the child that he is.
We will be leaving Central in the capable hands of Sheska so don't worry about the world collapsing while we're away, it won't. Oh where was I, that's right the pups, the pictures are of them, they're colour pictures if your wondering, there's separate photo's with their names on there and also group photo's, there's a few of our wedding as well.
I'm sorry we had to miss Will's fifth but when we come back from this vacation we'll phone and invite you over, a big surprise will be waiting for you too, lovely to write to you again
Our best regards to you three
Riza
ps; Hey Ed despite Riza's previous note I will say hello and write here to apologise for not saying sooner and a happy birthday to the little one, seeya Pipsqueak
Mustang
Ed chuckled to himself as he read the letter, gently placing the letters down he unfolded the pictures from their wrappings, as stated the first four were pictures of a single puppy asleep
The first looked exactly like her mother with black and white patches, the name read White Hayate, the second showed a pup with brown and white markings, the name read Amber, the third was a pup white pup with silvery blue patches, almost invisible to see, his name was Arianwen, the fourth was pitch black all over and simply called Shadow
Smiling he looked to see some group photo's, almost falling off the seat he was precariously perched on when he came across a picture of a sleeping and drooling Mustang surrounded by all five of the dogs, asleep as well, his chuckling drew the attention of his husband who slowly made his way over
"What's gotten you so giddy Ed?" he asked quietly, Ed didn't respond only held out the picture as evidence, he watched the smirk seemingly appear from nowhere on his love's face
"I think he looks cute, no wonder Riza finally agreed to marry him," Ed chuckled, handing over the letter at Envy's questioning glance, he watched in amusement as shock then understanding spread across the emerald haired boys face
"He still calls you a pipsqueak though so this picture is definitely being used as blackmail," Envy said with an amused shake of his head before frowning slightly. "Five years seems an awfully long time, I wonder where they're going and what our surprise is?" he pondered curiously
"Probably something strange knowing those two, do you think we should accept their offer of taking one of the pups?" Ed smiled as he asked, at Envy's small nod he grinned and pulled forward the picture of the pure white one. "I like this one, what do you think?"
"If you like him we'll go tomorrow and get him, if I remember Sheska's unconscious somewhere from exhaustion, so we can accompany her back, show Will where his mother used to work," he grinned, Ed just stuck his tongue back out at him while his tail curled lovingly around Envy's wrist
"Have I told you how much I love you today?" Ed grinned
"Not that I can recall," was the smug response
"Well I'd better fix that," he grinned, leaning up slightly and gently kissing Envy on the lips. "I love you with all my heart, Palm tree," he said with a cheeky grin, earning him a light tap to the head
"I love you too Chibi,"
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Meanwhile several miles away a woman with deep purple hair tied back in a braid that just brushed the floor and red eyes placed her hands upon the edge of the large white, chalk drawn circle before her, it glowed a deep gold colour as all the inscriptions around the edge activated
As the glow faded the woman was stood there smiling, inside the circle a blue crystal sat, glowing with a soft almost whitish glow
"Finally, after years of turmoil making the imperfect Philosopher's Stone I've done it! I've made the Philosopher's Diamond!" she shouted in delight, tears of joy running down her face at her success
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However, humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange, and therefore for the world to gain the Philosopher's Diamond something had to go, something that had existed for several hundred years but wasn't meant to. So slowly over time the equilibrium took that which it wanted, Sloth, Wrath, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Dante, Pride and finally Hohenheim, this took a few years, just over five to be exact and there was only one more the world intended to take, Envy, but that is another story for another time
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Dark Finally the last chapter of this series, there will be a sequel but I intend to write the whole thing out first so as to prevent anything like before happening (almost 6 month gap between updates) also it will allow me to finish other stories I have posted up, any ideas for the Sequel will be appreciated as at the moment there is just the shell of an idea but I'm working on it
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