We took the train to Rush Valley. I didn't really want to tell them that Ed and Al were here, but I was afraid that if I didn't I would be killed by Izumi. We arrived in Rush Valley by night and started to ask people if they had seen them. I spotted Al who ran off, probably because

A) Izumi and Sig were here and most likely looking for them

B) I was with Izumi and Sig.

C) They had told everybody that Izumi and Sig were who they were going to see.

Unfortunatly, Izumi and Sig had spotted him too. They followed him. We were led to a hotel, where we found everyone. Sig was first through the door, Ed almost fainted. He turned literally blue.

"Do you know him Ed?" Asked Winry.

"That means..." replied Ed. He made a break for the window. Suddenly he went flying backwards due to impact with Izumis foot.

"And where were you trying to run off to? Ed?" Izumis voice bellowed throughout the room. "I can easily predict your actions!" Izumi climbed through the window.

"Sensei..." Ed started. "Why are you here?"

"Sensei?" Said Winry. "Then this person is..."

"She's the teacher that taught us alchemy."

"Where's Al?!" Izumi shouted.

"Yes!" Al stood to attention.

"Oh I'm sorry," replied Izumi. She seemed so polite now. "Thank you for showing us this place even though you were busy. Do you happen to know where Al is too?"

...

"Um, well," Al stuttered. "I'm Alphonse..."

Izumi nodded. "Oh, really, I see, I see." Her face changed in realisation. "What?" Al backed away. She grabbed one of his arms and flipped him over. "Were you trying to get away from me by disguising yourself?! We've heard the rumors. You idiot apprentices. You went against my teachings and degraded yourselves by becoming dogs of the military!" Ed stood shaking behind Winry. I decided to make my presence known.

"Marine..." Ed, Al and Winry said. I scratched behind my head.

We were on the train to Dublith, Ed and Al tied together. I sat next to Winry and kept quiet. They managed to escape once but Ed was attacked by...his own pocketwatch which Izumi had taken. Luckily me and Winry were currently on Izumis good side. I think...I hope...

Dublith was amazing! So sunny and wonderful! I've never been there before. A little girl ran up to Izumi.

"Sensei!"

"Hey Manny, hows Chico doing?"

"She's going to have babies soon!"

"Really, the house will be more crowded, then."

"Izumi-san, welcome back," said a man.

Ed walked towards him. "Mason-san."

"Oh, Edward-kun, its been a while!" The man named Mason patted him on the head. "You've grown!"

"This is kind of annoying..." Ed muttered.

"Oh? Who's the armor person?"

"Oh, I'm the little brother, Alphonse."

"You've grown so much!" Izumi and Sig lived in a butcher shop, it seemed really cozy. If I had the ability to settle down I wouldn't mind living there. Ed and Al refused to eat dinner at first, but just Izumi saying "Eat" was enough to get Ed eating. Afterwards, Ed and Al shared their experiences, like helping Gracia give birth.

"Do you have any children Izumi-san?" Winry asked. Mason stood up, banging his hands on the table. We looked at him confuzzled.

"Ah, you know this?" He said, making hand motions. "Alchemy! You've improved at it, right? Show me."

"Sure, as much as you want," Ed replied. "Al."

"Okay." Mason, me, Winry, Edand Al stood up to leave.

"I'll go too," said Winry.

"Yeah, and me," I said. "I haven't seen Ed or Als alchemy in a while." We went outside and Al drew a transmutation circle in the dirt.

"I'll start," he said. He managed to transmute a perfect horse.

"You've gotten better," Mason praised. Al giggled.

"I'll go next," Ed told us. But before Ed could do anything, some laugjing children came running up the garden.

"Sensei! Welcome back," they said to Izumi.

"Sensei, my train broke," one of them said. "Fix it!"

"The axle broke," Izumi replied. "Give me that." She took a toothpick out of one of the other kids mouth.

"What! Fix it with alchemy!" The kid moaned.

"No. You shouldn't rely on alchemy all the time. Fix whatever you can fix with your own hands. See, all fixed." She held out the train to the boy.

"Looks bad."

"Sorry. If you don't want it fixed like that, be more careful with it so it won't break." They waved goodbye.

"Sensei, thank you! I'll come again if I break it!"

"Don't break it," Izumi sighed.

"Sensei! Sensei!" Manny, the little girl from earlier cried.

"Whats wrong Manny?" Izumi asked.

"Chico...she..." We went to a house and Chico, the cat, was stuck on the roof.

"She's up there!?" Exclaimed Winry.

"I'll go," said Ed, climbing up the drain pipe. One of the newborn kittens fell off the roof, but Ed saved it with alchemy.

"Nice catch!" Winry shouted.

"Well done Ed!" I shouted. Ed smiled in acheivement.

We got the cat off the roof. The outcome was not good. "Chico?" Manny cried. "Chico? Sensei, did Chico break?"

"No, thats not it," Izumi replied. "She died."

"Sensei, fix her! You can do anything right, Izumi-sensei? Then you should be able to..."

"I can't do that. Lives and things are different. I'm not a god. Chico's life has ended already and it will never return."

"But...but...she was moving just a little while ago..."

"I can't create Chico's life, but you can crete a grave for her right?" We all gave Chico a mini-funeral, poor Manny crying her eyes out. I begun crying too, I had just been to a funeral and I didn't need another one. I broke down infront of everyone, Ed pulled me into his chest, comforting me. I had to remember what Roy said, I couldn't tell them. "When you live, your life will end sooner or later right? The body will return to the earth. Grass and flowers will grow on top of it. The soul will nourish the hearts...and it will live on in the hearts of other people. Everything in this world flows around and circulates. That goes for human lives too." Me, Manny, Winry, Mason and Sig left Ed, Al and Izumi alone for a while.