I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist or Brotherhood. But there will be some direct lines from the story.
This story deals with a gender-swapped Ed.
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After I overheard Pinako and the bastard I went back upstairs trying to sleep, it didn't work. I was greeted with nightmares of Tucker and Nina, of the thing we made and the truth. I was sitting up in my bed head in my hands when I heard Granny yell from downstairs.
"Ed if you want anything for breakfast you better come downstairs." I wasn't hungry, in fact I felt sick to my stomach but I still dragged myself out of bed and down the stairs. When I reached the kitchen Granny was still making the meal. "You look like hell kid." I shrugged at her and took my seat across from the bastard.
"I couldn't sleep last night." I admitted. Granny walked over with a glass of apple juice and pancakes. I grabbed my fork and shovelled some into my mouth. Granny moved to sit down beside me.
"So Hohenheim, when does your train leave?" Granny asked trying to make conversation. I kept my focus on the food in front of me.
"In an hours time." He responded. I took a large sip of the juice in front of me. "You know you would grow taller if you drank milk." Hohenheim said pointing at the glass. I whipped my head up and glared at him, for a few seconds before I stormed out of the kitchen and back to my room. I threw myself onto the bed and buried myself into the pillow. I laid there breathing in the sent of the pillow trying to calm the nauseous feeling in my stomach. I thought I was only there for a few seconds when Granny yelled.
"Ed get down here and say goodbye to your farther!"
"Oh he wants to say goodbye this time!?" I yelled back. I stood up and started to get dressed. I pulled on one of Winston's old long sleeved shirts and the pants from yesterday. The door opened and I looked to see Granny standing there. I knit my eyebrows and grabbed my right elbow.
"Granny there's something I need your help for." I looked down. "I want to dig up what we made."
I carried the shovel up to where my old house use to be. Granny had a bucket filled with other tools that we might need.
"That's the back of your house." She pointed to a spot on the grass. My stomach did another flip, I held it tightly trying to ride through the pain. She walked to a spot that was nothing but grass. "This should be it right here." I started shivering, I felt like I was going to be seriously sick, my stumps aching stomach turning, I felt cold and hot all at the same time. "We don't have to do this now." Granny said trying to get me to back down.
"No, my joints are hurting, the weather is about to change and I want to get this over and done with." I dug into the ground with my shovel. I didn't know how long I lasted before I dropped to my knees and started puking. I gasped for air when I was finished, just noticing the rain. Granny was rubbing circles on my back trying to help with the pain, I ignored what she was saying and stood back up. "I can't run away, I have to know if it's was really her." I kept digging shovel after shovel clothes getting soaked in the rain. When I couldn't take it any more I stumbled over to the old tree and threw up. Granny would come over and check on me but I would shrug her off and get back to digging. It felt like hours in the pouring rain when I finally hit something. I dropped to my knees and started clearing away the dirt. I found something that felt like hair and I ripped a handful out of the skull and ran to the bucket that was now filled with water. I ran it threw the water to wash away all of the dirt. I pulled it out and saw that the hair was black. I felt sick again. "Granny, mom's hair was chestnut brown right?" I asked voice shaking. "Because this is black." We started to dig up the rest of the corps, when we had enough of it Granny started measuring it's bones while I stood and watched not having any input really.
"This thigh bone is much to long, and you can tell the gender from the pelvis." She looked at me with eyes full of different emotions. "I'm sorry but this isn't your mother." I dropped to my knees and looked at the ground, I couldn't tell which emotion I was feeling, relief, anger, joy sorrow. I started laughing not knowing how to deal with the situation.
"So it can't be done, humans can't be brought back from the dead no matter what. That is the truth."
"Edelle are you okay?" She put her hand on my shoulder and I nodded.
"Better then okay, this thing that Al and I made was hopelessness and defeat, but now its a symbol of hope I can bring Al's body back." I was going over the logic of the situation, it was possible I could do it. I started coughing before I could explain, deep coughs that shook my whole body.
"Let's get you inside." She helped me stand and we walked back to her place, I knew I was going to have to make a few calls.
"Granny can we make a grave for it?" I asked on the walk back.
"After the rain stops." She answered still helping support my weight.
I was sitting on the counter beside the phone trying to figure who to call first. Izumi it was. I dialled the number of my old teacher.
"Curtis residence?
"Izumi, it's me Edelle." I started. I heard the phone slam shut on the other end. I redialled, she wasn't going to get rid of me that easily. The phone rang for a few minutes before it picked up again.
"Edelle, just stop." I heard Sig say from the other end.
"I have something important to ask your wife." Granny walked over and gave me a towel to dry myself off with, I threw it over my shoulders and waited for his response.
"Well what is it?"
"Ask her if the thing that she really transmuted was her child. Because the thing Al and I made wasn't really mom." I told him.
"I will." His voice filled with disbelief seconds after he hung up the phone. I ran the towel over my face and called the Central Military Hospital.
"Central Military Hospital, how can I help you?" A young woman asked on the other end.
"I would like to speak with Colonel Mustang please." I asked. I heard her put the phone down and her talk to someone about getting the a wheelchair for the Colonel. 'Wheelchair how hurt was he?' I asked myself. After a few minuets on hold I heard Hawkeye yell at the Colonel and he phone move.
"Hawkeye I'm fine I don't need to be in a wheel- oof" He sounded like he got the wind knocked out of him like someone pushed him into the chair. "Colonel Mustang." He said into the phone.
"Mustang it's me, Ed." I said into the phone.
"What's wrong you never call." I could hear him stand up as he said that.
"I'm fine I guess, but I dug up the thing that Al and I made and it wasn't mom."
"What? I don't understand."
"Al and I made someone but it wasn't mom." I tried to clarify.
"So you lost all of that and it wasn't even your mother." He sounded defeated.
"Human transmutation isn't possible. You can't bring anyone back after they passed through the gate."
"I'm so sorry." His voice was soft and full of concern.
"You now what's worse is that bastard knew it wasn't her and he didn't even see it, like he knew that it wasn't possible."
"Edelle, stop it right there. There was no way you could have known, so don't blame this on yourself. Okay do you understand?" I didn't respond I just nodded into the phone. "Now I'll see you whenever you get back." He hung up the phone not letting me say anything in return. I hung up the phone on my end. I looked out the window to see that the rain was letting up.
"Come on Granny, let's go make that grave." I walked out of the house not sure if she was even following me, and I didn't really care I had to do this by myself.
I caught myself standing in the real cemetery after I finished with the grave for the unknown man. I was staring at the Rockbells grave when Granny came up from behind me.
"You know your son, save a lot of people in the war on both sides." I told her. "He didn't care if they were friend or foe, he just helped who needed help."
"That sounds like him." I nodded in response, 'It sounds like Winston.' I thought "Did you hear how they died?" I took a breath and made a quick decision.
"No I didn't." I looked to my mothers grave that was right beside the Rockbells. "So where is Hohenhiem off to now?" I asked not caring about the answer.
"He didn't say."
"It's a good thing he left when he did, or else I would have clocked him." I clenched my right hand, I couldn't wait for the next time I would see him so I could show that asshole what he meant to me.
"Dammit!" Granny swore. I turned to look at her and she was flustered. I raised both of my eyebrows to ask what was wrong. "I forgot to give him Trisha's message. She told me to tell him that she couldn't keep her promise and that she was sorry."
"What promise?"
"I don't know. Do me a favour the next time you see him tell him for me." I started head to the house.
"If I do see him I'll tell him." She followed me close by.
"Are you headed back to Central?" Granny asked trying to make conversation.
"Yeah someone needs to take care of Al, we all know Winston is better with machines then living things." I joked. I had nothing to pack so after I walked Granny to her house I headed off to the train station. It was going to be a long and lonely ride back, but I couldn't wait to tell Al my news.
Hey guys long time no post. I've been busy with work and other things. On happier news Montreal comic con is this weekend and I'm going. But in other words of the story I'll be starting off with Edelle at the hotel in Central. See you next time!