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Episode 11: Miracle at Rush Valley

"Wake up." Mustang hissed. On the couch, Edward shifted, but didn't wake up, which just agitated Mustang even more. "Fullmetal, Hughes, wake the hell up." To emphasis his point, the man flicked Ed in the head and smacked the back of Hughes's head.

Groaning, Hughes opened his eyes to glare at his friend. "What did you go and do that for?"

Mustang ignored him for a moment so he could flick Ed in the head again. "I'm ordering you to wake up, Fullmetal."

"Maybe if you stopped flicking me." Ed grumbled groggily. His eyes opened a bit to glare at the man. "What do you want?"

The Colonel shrugged. "I was feeling nice today so I thought I would wake you up before anyone else got out here to save you from any embarrassment."

"Embarrassment?" Edward mused before suddenly taking note of the fact that he and Hughes had fallen asleep on the couch last night. Groaning, Ed pushed himself up into a sitting position as he rubbed his sleepy eyes. "Thanks Colonel."

Mustang twitched. Fullmetal did not thank him. It wasn't who he was, damn it!

"Good, now go make breakfast. I'm hungry." Mustang said.

Ed twitched. "Bastard. You just woke me up to cook for you, not save me from embarrassment." He snorted. "Should have known. And I'm not your personal chef, damn it!" The boy jumped over the back of the couch and marched to his room to get dressed and meet up with his brother.

Once Ed was gone, Mustang chuckled before looking at Hughes. "Are you okay?"

Hughes shrugged. "Could be worse, could be better. A good night of sleep was just what I needed."

"Something we all needed." Mustang murmured. "And it is only just beginning. I have a feeling this is only going to get much worse."

Smirking, Hughes looked over his shoulder at the doors as people begun to come out. "Well, it seems to be a conspiracy theory so that should be obvious."

Shrugging, Mustang gave a sigh. "We're going to change this future so they won't be any unnecessary deaths."

"Ed promised the same thing last night." Hughes murmured.

Mustang raised a brow, but he did not look surprised. He had noticed that Edward was very distraught about Hughes's death. He wanted to ask what the boy said last night, but restrained himself. It was a private conversation and Hughes wouldn't tell him anyway.

A moment later Ed and Al emerged from their room. The former was, once again, dressed in all black. It was his usual outfit without his gloves, jacket, and boots

"Yo, Chief!" Havoc called and jogged over to the boy. He casually hung an arm over his shoulder, making the young teenager twitch.

"What do you want?" Ed asked suspiciously.

Havoc grinned. "French toast."

Ed's eye twitched violently. "What? Do you all think I'm some type of personal chef?!" He pushed Havoc off of him and stomped angrily into the kitchen with a sighing Al following after him.

"Thanks Chief!" Havoc called after him, only to receive a heated glare from him.

*After Breakfast*

"Another wonderful meal." Jerso said with a sigh of contentment.

Ed twitched again as he took his place on the floor next to Al.

"You've been twitching a lot today, Brother, and the day has only just begun." Al said worriedly.

"Stupid adults." Edward grumbled to his brother.

Al just sighed. "They just like your cooking."

"They're just deprived of good cooking because of the slop the military serves." Ed retorted. "So, they think anything else they get is amazing."

"Right, right. Whatever you say, Brother." Al said as he didn't wish to argue about something so stupid.

"Alchemy is the science of understanding, decomposing, and reconstructing matter. However, it is not an all-powerful art. It is impossible to create something out of nothing. If one wishes to obtain something, something of equal value must be paid. This is the law of equivalent exchange, the basis of alchemy. Alchemists have a taboo, and it is human transmutation. It is that which no one must commit."

After the opening song the title screen came up right away.

"Miracle at Rush Valley"

"Miracle?" Ed scoffed. "It is an evil land of automail fanatics! How can there be a miracle there?"

"You don't have to hate on automail so much." Buccaneer said.

Ed snorted. "I don't hate it. I dislike crazy, obsessed freaks of automail." He clenched his automail hand. "How could I ever hate actual automail when it helps me so much?"

A town surrounded by rocky cliffs was shown.

"Rush Valley!" Winry cheered as the sign of the town was shown.

Ed twitched. Oh, the torture that was Rush Valley.

"Brother, I don't think being in Rush Valley will be that bad." Al said soothingly.

"I really hate how you are so optimistic sometimes, Al." Ed mumbled.

"Aren't you just too pessimistic?" Zampano asked.

"I am the perfect amount of both!" Ed retorted.

Mustang snorted. "Sure, you are, Fullmetal."

A man with an automail leg was shown. "Automail." Winry said. More people with automail limbs were shown and then an arm wrestling with automail was shown. "Automail! Automail!" Then Winry squealed.

Edward twitched again. "She has already gone into her obsessive state."

"I can see how that would get a bit annoying." Havoc commented. "Thank you!" Ed said with a sigh of relief. "At least someone gets it!" "Still, just suck it up. It's not like you'll be there long, right?" Havoc asked. Ed shrugged. "I wouldn't know. This is the future!"

"I'm so happy!" Winry said as she jumped up and down while Al and Ed just watched with deadpanned looks. She suddenly got very, very happy and an automail arm was shown. "Look! It's the most recent God's model!" She was in front of the window where the arm was being displayed and staring at it. "I never imagined I would see such a thing with my very own eyes."

Sweat dropping, both Ed and Al turned away from her.

"Welcome to the holy land of automail." Al said as more people of the town were shown to be working. "This place is bustling."

"Yeah, remind me again why we let ourselves get dragged out in this heat to look at a bunch of automail?" Edward asked.

"You would be fine if you stopped wearing all that black or if you put shorts on and took your jacket off." Riza scolded.

Ed frowned. "I like black, and I am not changing into shorts in this 'holy land of automail.' That is suicide!"

Heinkel sweat dropped. "I think you are overreacting a bit."

Gold eyes glared at him. "Obviously, you've never been around automail freaks."

"We should've dropped Winry off at the station and headed straight to Dublith." Edward said.

"Well, that certainly shows how much you hate automail." Izumi said with a smirk.

Ed twitched.

"You would rather go and immediately get killed by Teacher?" Al asked shocked.

"I hate walking in the heat with automail. It's killer. Plus, automail freaks! They scare me." Ed growled. "I like to avoid them."

Breda snickered. "The great Fullmetal Alchemist is scared of automail fanatics?"

Scoffing, Ed stubbornly crossed his arms. "None of you understand obviously. It is horrible."

"Hey kid, come back here a sec." A voice called.

Ed paused and looked over his shoulder.

Ed twitched. This would not end well. He should know better than to stop like that when around automail freaks.

Suddenly Ed was surrounded by people and one of the guys picked up his arm. "I've never seen an automail model quite like this one."

"It really is unusual. Everyone takes a look." An old man said.

Edward twitched. He really was doing that a lot today, but he hated Rush Valley already! "Note to self, avoid Rush Valley at all costs."

Fuery smiled. "They are just admiring your automail. It's not like they mauled you."

There were some 'ahhs' from the group as a teenager girl was seen walking through the group.

"Hey. Stop that!" Edward said as he was getting jostled around by the group. "Hey! Hold on a second! Get out of my personal space quick!"

Edward twitched and shot a glare at Fuery as if he jinxed him. "Avoid Rush Valley!" He shouted while quite a few soldiers laughed at his misfortune

"Sorry." Fuery said softly.

"No, no! Don't…don't undo that!" His clothes were suddenly flying through the air and he was screaming.

Mustang chuckled. "Maybe you really should avoid Rush Valley."

"It's like they have never heard of personal space!" Ed growled.

"Automail freaks really don't care about that kind of stuff." Kei pointed out.

"I am realizing that." Ed muttered annoyed. "My real problem is the forceful stripping!"

Groaning, Havoc covered his face. "Chief, please be more careful with your words. You are causing me such strange images."

A faint blush spread over Ed's cheeks. "It's your fault for having such a dirty mind! That's not what I meant. Stupid Rush Valley."

Brody chuckled. "Usually, it is Hughes causing us such thoughts."

Once again, Mustang smacked Hughes. "You are corrupting my subordinate."

"I didn't it mean it like that!" Ed tried again.

Hughes chuckled. "My bad."

Winry smiled. "Don't be so rude. They just want a closer look."

"They are the ones being rude." Ed groaned before shooting his brother a glare. "And where are you and why aren't you saving me?"

Al shrugged. "I'm probably laughing in a corner."

"So cruel." Ed whispered.

Ed screamed and knocked the people away from him. "A little help here, Winry!"

Ed was shown to be finishing fastening his belt. "Geez, this is why I stay clear of automail engineers." A look of horror passed over Ed's face as his hands moved over to the side of his pants. "Oh, no." He said as he patted both sides of his pants.

"Is something wrong, Ed?" Winry asked as she paused in her conversation with the other automail engineers.

Ed twitched and had sweat pouring down his face. "It's gone."

Winry and Al were shown to be standing behind Ed. "What did you lose?" They asked together.

"That's a little creepy the way you two said that." Avery commented.

Al just chuckled.

Ed pulled his pockets out.

In the room, Edward groaned and knocked his head against Al's arm. "Never going to Rush Valley."

"You're lost your watch?" Mustang growled. "What did I tell you about never letting that thing get lost or stolen?"

Ed frowned. "I know, I know. It's not like I lost it on purpose."

"What did you say about his watch?" Havoc asked curiously.

"Just that if someone outside the military gets their hands on it, it will cause a lot of problems for the military." Ed grumbled. "And a lot of problems for me."

"Hmm, that makes sense. We don't want any impersonators running around." Havoc replied.

"Only the thing that proves I'm a State Alchemist." A picture of a silver watch appeared on the screen with Ed appearing in front of it with a look of horror. "My silver watch is gone." Al and Winry shouted.

"Sounds like you guys had a run in with Paninya." One of the automail engineers said, getting the three teenagers to stop screaming.

"Oh, look, it was stolen by a girl." Mustang scoffed. "It's not my fault!" Ed protested. "I was being mauled!" "For once, that is a pretty good excuse." Fuery commented.

"Paninya?" Ed asked.

"A pickpocket around here that likes to target tourists." The old man said.

"Do you know how I can track down this Paninya girl?" Edward asked. "She took something important."

The two automail engineers turned around with thoughtful looks. "Let's see. Where is she again?"

"I know what might jog my memory."

"If we could have just one more look at that automail!"

A very angry Ed suddenly transformed his arm into a blade, scaring the two engineers and leaving his friends staring at him in either shock or blankly.

"Damn obsessed freaks." Ed grumbled.

"You're not very good at negotiating." Havoc muttered with a grin. "But your scare tactics usual work."

"No wonder you always get information quickly." Luke added, smirking.

"I feel like you guys are encouraging Brother." Al muttered disapprovingly and with a tired sigh. He was so used to this by now.

Immediately, the two engineers turned around and pointed in a direction and said together, "The automail shop run by an engineer named Dominic."

Birds crowing filled the scene before the three teens were shown to be walking along a path on a cliff. Ed and Winry looked half-dead from the heat.

"Apparently this guy lives deep in the mountains because he can find the highest quality ore way out here." Winry said. "Are you absolutely sure we are going in the right direction? Because those engineers could have tricked us."

Ed growled. "Oh, if they did, they will be facing my wrath!"

"Being so scared of Ed, I doubt they would have tricked you." Riza said with a sigh. "They would have to be fools."

Al chuckled nervously. "Someone lied to Brother before about information. All I can say is that it didn't turn out well for him."

An evil grin split across Ed's face. "But we got the correct information in the end."

"I am beginning to wonder if Chief is a sadist." Havoc muttered.

"What are you complaining about? This is all your fault for dragging us to that stupid automail town in the first place." Ed said.

"My fault?" Winry shouted. "You were the one dumb enough to let his watch get stolen."

"I was being mauled!" Ed shouted in protest.

Angrily, Ed turned around with a harsh laugh. "Oh, really?"

"I think the heat is driving you two crazies." Izumi said with a laugh.

Ed groaned. "It isn't funny. The heat is horrible."

"The cold is pretty bad too, especially for those with automail." Buccaneer commented.

"Though it is fine when one has the proper automail." Dr. Young pointed out.

Confused, Ed turned to the two. "Proper automail?"

Mustang groaned. "Fullmetal, never go north. You'll get yourself killed if you don't know about proper automail for the freezing north."

"Kid, there is something called northern automail. It is made from–" Kei started but Ed held a hand up.

"Save that from me. What is the point of this special northern automail?" Edward asked.

Kei shrugged. "It is much lighter than the average automail and it doesn't freeze. The automail you have now would give you frostbite up north."

Ed twitched. "It must be very cold up there. I don't even get frostbite in the winters in the east or Central."

General Armstrong smirked. "The north is a very difficult place to survive. The weather can change in an instance there."

Ed shivered and both he and Al looked at Izumi. How the hell did she ever survive up north for a month?

"Um, hey you guys." Al said, interrupting his brother and Winry's glaring contest for them to glare at him.

"What, Al?" They both shouted.

Al pointed at something ahead of them. "Could that be her?"

Ed and Winry looked to where Al was pointing to see a girl a brown skinned girl running across a bridge as an active tone entered the scene. The girl stopped on the bridge to look over at the three. Clutched in her hand was the pocket watch.

"Ah-ha! I got you now!" Edward shouted before alchemical light filled the area, he was in. Pillars started to sprout up all the way down to the bridge, shocking the girl.

General Armstrong shook his head. "You are causing a mess again."

"I need that watch!" Ed protested. "I will not go to Colonel to tell him I lost it!"

"I already know." Mustang said.

"The future you don't, and he doesn't need to." Ed said. "I don't need the damn lecture when it wasn't my fault that I got mauled by automail freaks!"

Paninya turned around and started running again. She looked over her should to see Ed running on the pillars as they sprouted up from the ground.

"Doesn't that seem a little dangerous?" Avery asked weakly. "I mean, you were really high up and over a river."

Ed shrugged. "I'm trained for this kind of stuff so it's not really dangerous. Though, if I make one wrong move, I am done for."

"Especially since you can't swim because of your automail." Al added.

Riza shuddered at that reminder.

"Did something happen with water before?" Miles asked when he saw the faces of Mustang's crew.

"Just an incident when Fullmetal was thirteen." Mustang commented, but didn't elaborate. It wasn't something any of them liked to talk about.

Paninya jumped down before she jumped again. When she landed on the ground, a wall suddenly sprouted up in front of her. She looked over her shoulder to see Ed kneeling on the ground.

"I'd like my watch back."

Paninya grinned. "That was awesome. How'd you do that, mister?"

"I'm an alchemist. Want more?" Ed shouted as the ground around him shifted as giant hands sprouted out from the ground.

"That seems a bit extreme just to get a watch back from a petty thief." Hughes said.

"I don't want to hear that from the man who pointed a gun at kids because they like his daughter!" Ed snapped.

"Well, someone's defensive." Hughes commented, crossing his arms.

The hands shot at Paninya, but she jumped in the air to dodge and let the hands slam into the wall. As more shot at her, she continued to jump around and dodge them.

"She is a monkey just like the Chief." Brody said with a grin.

"Wow. So cool." Paninya said while she was in the air.

"She is also a bit childish." Ed said blankly.

Ed chased after her. "Quit moving around."

"You're one to talk when you jump around like that in serious fights." Breda scoffed.

"What's the matter? Can't catch a little girl?" Paninya taunted before jumping down from a cliff. She landed in front of Al.

"This is a bit pathetic, Fullmetal." Mustang commented.

"What? Do you want me to seriously injure her?" Ed shouted. "She's just a petty teenage thief who has no skill in actual fighting."

Al crossed his hands over each other. "I've been waiting for you." He said as the air began to glow blue.

Paninya looked shocked as it was revealed she was standing in the centre of a transmutation circle. The ground began to form into a cage around her.

"Nicely done, Al." Winry commented as Ed approached the cage.

"Now, why don't you hand it over?" Ed asked. "My watch."

Paninya suddenly sliced her leg at the cage, slicing the bars into pieces.

"Automail?" Izumi asked with a smirk. "You weren't prepared for that, were you?"

Ed frowned. "I also wasn't prepared for her to have a blade as part of her leg! Why do people put weapons into their automail?"

"Maybe for the same reason you transmute your arm into a blade." Luke suggested sarcastically.

Ed scoffed. "She is a civilian. What does she need a blade in her leg for? It just seems dangerous. Not to mention that she is a thief!"

Ed and Al jumped back while Paninya lifted her leg to show them the blade in it. "Come on. You can't be too surprised. You've seen the town, haven't you? Oh, and." She lifted her other leg and a bomb shot out of her knee, causing Ed to yell and duck under it.

"She doesn't need that!" Ed growled. "She is a teenage girl who lives in Rush Valley! She doesn't need a leg filled with bombs."

"I'll agree with you on that one." Mustang said. "It is quite dangerous, and a

bit reckless at how she just shot it at you. You were right about her being a bit childish."

"My other leg's got a 1.5 cannon. What do you think of that?" Paninya asked as she jumped out of the cage and began to run off.

"Come back." Ed said.

"No way." Paninya said. "Why don't we see if you can catch me?"

Winry suddenly grabbed Paninya's wrist. Paninya stumbled before Winry pulled her up straight and held her wrist tightly. "Well, now, how do like that? That wasn't so hard."

"You guys lost to a girl who is not a trained fighter." Brody snickered at the brothers.

"I didn't realize it was a game." Ed said sarcastically.

"Nice work, Winry. Now don't you let her get away." Ed said and he and Al ran over to her.

Winry moved her hand so she could grip Paninya's with both of them. "No way I'm letting her go. Not quite yet anyway." Once more, Winry was in her happy, obsessed automail mode. "Not until I've had a closer look at that automail."

Ed and Al both fell over and skidded across the ground in shock. Al's helmet tumbled across the ground.

"Shouldn't you be used to this by now?" Havoc asked with a chuckle.

Al sighed. "We should be. Actually, I'm not really surprised. Brother's watch is no longer important. All she cares about now is the automail."

"She is so obsessed, I'm not sure it is even healthy." Ed said with a sigh.

A blue door was shown before it was opened by a woman with a man behind her. "Oh, hello there, Paninya." The woman greeted.

The two looked at the two boys lying on the ground and Winry who was jumping happily while gripping Paninya's hand.

"Friends of yours?" The woman asked.

"Not really." Paninya yelled back at her.

"I'm gonna study those." Winry was singing to herself.

The two adults looked at each other.

Winry shouted in happiness from where she was now kneeling in front of Paninya to look at her legs. "I have never seen craftsmanship like this before. It has an advanced suspension, and would you look at this balance! The design of this piece is truly a work of art! It's incredible!"

"Uh, do you think we could have a talk about my watch?" Ed said hopelessly.

"Let me have a close look." Winry said, ignoring Ed. She rubbed her face against Paninya's knee, freaking the girl out. "This knee area is amazing!"

"It's no use, Brother." Al said.

"I really hate it when she gets like this." Ed grumbled. "She thinks of nobody when it is like this. She only cares about that stupid obsession."

"I'm sure that's not–" Fuery started but was cut off by the stares from the brothers.

"It is." Al said. "She'll get obsessed with something and forget everything else until she gets it out of her system, then she'll go back to normal. But until then, she really only thinks about her love for automail."

"But she still cares for you guys." Falman pointed out.

Ed shrugged. "I'm not denying that, but when she gets like this, she only thinks of automail."

Winry moved over to the man with glasses. "The work you've done is simply fantastic! You're a wonderful engineer."

The man held his hands up. "Oh no, don't look at me, miss. I wasn't the one who made them."

"I am." A gruff voice said.

A brown skinned man appeared on the screen. His eyes moved to Ed, who looked confused.

A small hammer was shown to be tapping Ed's arm. The scene pulled back to show Ed sitting on a crate in only his boxers with Dominic on a crate in front of him. "This arm seems a bit heavy." Dominic said as he lifted Ed's arm.

"Yes, I guess it is." Winry said softly.

"You ought to be more careful not to strain your outfit tee. That could be a reason his growth is stunted." Dominic said.

"That is a good guess." Mustang commented.

Ed twitched. "Great, another reason why I can't grow. How many guesses do we actually need?"

"I think this is a good hypothesis." Al said.

Ed shrugged. "Propose it to Winry. Maybe she'll learn to not weigh me down and then we'll see what happens."

Ed glared at the man and shouted, "Hey! Shut up!"

"He was just pointing out a fact, Brother. It's not like he was calling you small." Al said with a sigh.

Suddenly, Ed got shocked. "Wait, are you telling me if my automail is lighter, I'd grow taller than this?"

"It is a possibility." Dominic said.

An overdramatic daydream appeared in Ed's mind. "Wow, Brother, you're so big." Al said.

"You've grown so tall." Winry said.

"Next to me, you guys sure look small." Ed said.

The group laughed at the daydream while Ed just scratched his head. Wow, did he have strange thoughts or what? Though, he would really like to get that tall someday.

"You three have the strangest dreams and moods." Riza said with a soft smile.

"Well, they are still only kids. It's to be expected, despite their situation." Hughes added with a grin.

Ed grumbled at being a kid, but couldn't really argue against it. Maybe he was still a bit idealistic about the world, but so what?

A very happy Ed entered the screen.

"Right." Winry said determined. "That settles it." She turned around to look at Dominic. "Mr. Dominic, I beg you." She bowed to him. "Make me your apprentice."

"Not a chance, girl." Dominic said while cleaning out his ear.

"He didn't even think about it." Karley said with a chuckle. "How harsh."

Miles smirked. "With that attitude, he seems to be a bit like General Armstrong."

"Really?" Ed asked interested, looking at the blond haired General.

"Yeah, except I'm meaner." General Armstrong replied.

Ed looked away. He had to wonder how she was compared to Izumi.

Winry looked defeated while Ed, Al, and the man with glasses just stared at the two.

"Maybe you'd liked more time to consider the idea." Winry suggested.

"Wow, she seems dead." Hughes said.

"First time for everything." Ed added. "She has always been lively and animated."

"Like you?" Izumi asked.

"Yep. I think Brother and Winry fight so much because they are so alike." Al added. "In personality at least. Their likes are pretty different."

Ed grinned. "Well, she is an automail freak. All she really likes is automail. Well, that and sweets."

"And you." Al added in a mysterious whisper.

Ed glared at him. "Shut up about that already."

"No need. I don't take on apprentices." Dominic said stubbornly.

"I understand, but maybe you could take time out of your busy schedule to teach her how to make automail to make me taller." Ed said.

"Can it, you little flea." Dominic said, shocking Ed, who fell to the ground in defeat.

"Sorry about that." The man with glasses said. "My old man can be pretty stubborn."

Winry looked down.

The outside of the house was shown as rain was pouring down.

Al was shown to be walking down a hallway while also dragging Ed by the back of his jacket. "Little flea…little flea…." Ed kept repeating blankly. "He called me a flea."

"Where is the usual flair?" Mustang asked amused. "You usually scream and rant."

"Brother probably doesn't want to anger the man by yelling at him since we are staying in his house since there is a storm." Al said with a shrug.

"You actual have more control then I thought." Mustang said.

Al stopped inside a room to see the woman from earlier rubbing her stomach. "Excuse me. Are you having a baby?" Al asked.

A sudden grin spread over Hughes's face. "Oh, this is going to be hilarious." "What do you mean?" Riza asked confused.

"The best miracle out there is when a baby is born." Hughes said. Mustang smirked. "So, she is going to go into labor?"

Hughes shrugged. "That is my guess. I haven't seen anything else in Rush Valley that looks like a miracle."

"And why is it going to be so funny?" Miles asked.

"My guess is the boys have never seen a woman go into labor." Hughes said, causing Ed to pale.

"Oh, no." Ed groaned.

Hughes laughed. "It's not that bad."

"Hughes, we've already seen how these boys and Ms. Winry like to freak out." Mustang said with a sigh.

The man laughed louder. "Good point."

Havoc shared a grin with Breda. "Oh, this should be quite fun."

Ed groaned. "They are having too much fun at our expense."

The woman looked at him with a smile. "Why yes I am." She said as Al came over to her, still dragging his brother.

"Do you think…. would it be already if I touched your tummy?" Al asked.

The woman laughed. "Go right ahead."

Izumi smiled sadly. Hughes was right. A baby being born was a really beautiful miracle. She really wished she could have her own child. Being pregnant was wonderful when she thought she would be able to raise her own precious bundle of joy. Just training Ed and Al for a few months made her realize how much she truly loved children. They were a bit rambunctious and silly, but she loved training them. Having her own child would have simply been wonderful. But seeing as she couldn't…her eyes travelled over to Ed and Al. She would make do with her precious ex-students. She may not have been able to see them much or do much to help them, but she was with them now, and they still needed help. She would do what she could to help them along the way.

Ed knocked himself out of his state to look over his shoulder to see Al gently put his hand to her stomach. He looked really happy as Ed watched. The woman looked at Ed and held her hand out to him.

"Aw, she is such a sweet woman." Hughes said with a grin.

Ed blushed.

"You don't have to be so shy about wanting to touch her tummy, Brother." Al said.

She took his hand and put it on her tummy and held it there.

A picture of a baby surrounded by red was shown with a heart beating sound in the background. The boys were shown to be staring at her stomach. "It's like there is a miracle in your stomach." Ed said as he took his hand away

Izumi smiled softly. "It is a miracle, Ed. The best miracle that is out there."

Ed looked at her and sad looked passed over his eyes when he remembered what she had confessed to him yesterday.

"Do you have a child?" Hughes asked her curiously.

"No, I don't." Izumi said, but only a few people could pick up her sad undertone and they understood immediately what had happened.

Hughes looked at her sadly. His daughter was everything to him. He loved her so much. He had no idea of how his life would be like without her in it anymore. It would probably be horrible so he knew from his love of his daughter that it was difficult for Izumi to lose her own baby.

"Yeah. We were inside Mom's tummy like this once upon a time too." Al said.

The woman smiled softly before a look of pain passed over her face.

"Are you okay?" Ed asked.

"Y-yes." She replied.

Ed and Al sighed in relief.

A window was shown to be open as the rain continued to pour down outside. Paninya was shown to be rubbing her leg. "Whenever it pours down like this, my stumps always get achy." She told Winry.

Winry lowered her glass from her lips. "If you don't mind me asking, what happened?"

Paninya put her leg back on the ground and crossed her arms. "I was in a train accident when I was kid. It killed my parents. I round up losing both my legs in the wreck. I couldn't even walk anymore, and I had nowhere to go. I felt like my entire world had come crashing down.

That's when I met Mr. Dominic, and everything changed completely."

A flashback was shown with a wheelchair turned over on the ground with a soft, sad jingle in the background. A legless girl was shown leaning on the ground with a hopeless, angry look on her face. Dominic was shown passing in front of the alley she was sitting in. He paused when he saw here. "You look like the most miserable, pathetic girl in the entire world." He said and approached her. He snatched her up around the waist. "Nothing annoys me more than vultures like you."

"Let me go, you mean old man! Put me down!" Paninya cried.

"Well, that seems like a strange meeting." Al said with a nervous chuckle.

Ed shrugged. "At least he was good person and did it to save her, not hurt her."

"He said I had 'eyes like a dead person.'" Paninya said. "He probably wasn't far off. I'm sure I did look miserable." She slapped her knee. "So, without anyone ever asking my opinion, I was outfitted with automail legs. The surgery and rehabilitation were painful, by far the hardest thing I've ever done. But then." A picture of Paninya standing on her legs and looking at the sky was shown. "Soon enough, I was back up on two legs and I was so happy. All thanks to him." Paninya was shown staring at the ceiling of the house. "Mr. Dominic. I owe him everything. I'm going to pay him back somehow, even if it takes my whole life. Of course, he's never willing to take any money from me so that makes it a bit more difficult."

Winry put her glass down. "That's why you're a thief?" She pushed herself into Paninya's face. "If you're so grateful to him, you should clean up your act and stop picking pockets." She grabbed the girl's knees. "Mr. Dominic gave you these legs out of a selfless act of goodwill so if you really want to pay him back, use that act as an example." Winry stared at her for a moment before she stood up. "Instead of stealing trinkets from helpless tourists, stand strong on those two legs he gave you." She tapped her foot on the ground. "Stand up and get to work."

Paninya stared at her.

"Just like Winry." Ed said with a smile.

"For someone who has never been out of Resembool, she sure understands this well." Hughes commented.

Al glanced at him. "She loves automail. She probably doesn't want to see it being used as a means to help with stealing and getting away."

Ed grinned. "She is also a very caring girl. She probably wants to set Paninya on the correct path."

Winry smiled softly. "Mr. Dominic would respect you more for doing that then for stealing."

Paninya lifted one of her legs and looked at it. "Probably." She moved it around before putting it down and smiling. "You know what? You're right." She stood up. "For now, I'll work honestly to pay him back myself. So" She dug around in her pocket and pulled out Ed's watch. "I should probably give this thing back."

"Mm-hmm." Winry said.

Paninya tried to open it. "Hey. What? Uh-oh. I think I've may have broken it or something. I can't get it open."

Winry moved to her side. "Let me see."

Ed's eyes narrowed. They had better not open his watch. That was private.

"Brother?" Al asked.

"It's locked with alchemy." Ed hissed.

"Ooh, hiding something?" Hughes teased.

Brody rolled his eyes. "Chief is always something that he doesn't want us to know. It's probably something private."

"It is." Ed muttered.

Winry put a finger on the watch when Paninya held it out to her. "No, don't worry, Paninya. It wasn't you. It's been sealed up using alchemy."

"Why would he do that?" Paninya asked.

"I think I have a pretty good idea why." Winry said and suddenly she had a bunch of tools in her hands. "Something's in here he's too embarrassed to let anyone see."

Ed growled. "Don't you dare, Winry. There are some things that need to be left alone." He sighed. "Why the hell is she so damn nosy?"

Paninya smiled slightly as Winry worked on getting the watch opened. "Opened!" She said when it popped open. "Now, let's have a little look at what Ed was hiding." She looked inside it when a surprised look entered her eyes as Paninya joined her.

"Don't forget, October 3rd. Year 11." Paninya read. "A date?"

While everyone looked confused, Al looked at his brother in shock as he was the only one who understood what that meant.

"What is that date for?" Havoc asked confused.

"Like everything else, I bet the damn meaning of it will come up later." Edward hissed angrily.

"When did you ever carve that in there? I never saw you do it." Al asked curiously, but with a sad undertone in his voice. How could his brother go around every day for three years with the burden of that memory in his pocket?

"When I went off on my own at one point." Ed answered.

Winry closed the watch and held it out to Paninya. "Here. You should give this back to Ed." She said as she wiped her eyes.

"Oh, great, she's crying." Ed groaned.

"Does she understand the meaning of the date?" Mustang asked curiously.

Al nodded. "She was there at the time."

Mustang looked at the roof thoughtfully. "That date is just a few days after Fullmetal became a State Alchemist. You had gone off to Resembool for a few days to get everything set before coming on active duty. So, something happened in Resembool that day?"

"Yeah." Al murmured.

As Paninya took the watch, she asked, "What is it, Winry?"

Still wiping her eyes, Winry turned around. "Nothing. I'm going to ask Mr. Dominic to apprentice me again."

"She's determined." Havoc said with a grin. "And after she was shot down so quickly the first time."

"She is just as stubborn as Brother." Al said with a sigh.

"In a battle of stubbornness, who would win?" Hughes asked curiously.

"Winry, without a doubt." Al replied without hesitation.

Ed glared at his brother. "Oi!" He said insulted. "So little faith!"

Al chuckled. "It has nothing to do with faith in you, Brother. She would win because you love her too much to keep up a stubborn act."

Blushing, Ed ducked his head. "You don't know that for sure."

"Do too." Al said.

The outside of the house was shown once more before Winry was seen to be knocking on one of the doors in the house. Footsteps sounded before Ed appeared behind Winry, breathing heavily.

"What's wrong?" Winry asked.

"The ba–"

"The bay?" Winry asked confused and a picture of a horse appeared above her head.

"The ba…The ba…" Ed shook his head.

"The bay is a type of horse." Winry said. "What about it?"

"The…the baby's coming…THE BABY'S COMING!" Ed yelled.

Hughes laughed, along with some other soldiers. "It's not even your own child and you're freaking out. I wish I could see you when your own children are born."

"Children?" Ed echoed. "I'm not going to have kids."

"You say that now, but one day you will mar–"

Ed growled. "Finish that sentence and I'll punch you."

Al chuckled. "I have to agree with Brother on this one. I can't imagine him being a father. He is too rash, stubborn, hard-headed. He really doesn't seem like the father type."

Hughes laughed. "You'd be surprised at who is a father type." He smiled softly. "You are both growing up on difficult paths so your views of life are growing and you're becoming more mature. I think Ed could be a great father one day."

"I think he is crazy." Ed muttered.

"Well, I know one thing." Mustang said.

Ed raised a brow. "And that is?"

"You know the pain of a father abandoning his family. If you ever have a family of your own one day, I know you would never leave your kids behind because you know the pain that happens when that occurs." Mustang explained.

Ed nodded. That was true. He could never abandon anyone like his own father did. Abandonment hurt a lot. It was torturous to see his father leave like that. He didn't even say good-bye to his kids. If Al didn't have to go to the bathroom that morning, then they would never have seen him leave or know anything.

Winry screamed.

The outside of the house was shown.

Mr. Dominic was seen to be buttoning up his rain coat. "In a storm like this, we can't get to the hospital in town. I'll fetch the doctor myself." He told Winry and Paninya before pulling the hood of his coat up and leaving the house. He was seen riding a horse down the road.

"Pa will be right back with the doctor." The man with glasses told his wife, who was sitting in bed with a pained expression. "Just hang on a little longer for me, okay?"

"There's no hanging on here. It will come whenever it is ready to." She replied before a horrible look of pain passed over her face.

"What's the matter, Hun?" He leaned in closer to hear her.

"Eh, uh, eh, I said it's coming." She mumbled very quietly.

Everyone leaned in closer to hear. "I'm sorry. One more time. I couldn't hear that." The husband said.

She groaned once before yelling, "I SAID IT'S COMING!"

Everyone yelled in shock and fear.

"Now that is quite a mess." Hughes mumbled. "She really needs a doctor."

"What do we do? The doctor's not here." Edward said while the husband looked around in fear and unsure as to what to do. While everyone freaked out, Winry stood watching them.

Ed nodded. "Should have known."

"Know what?" Jerso asked.

"Winry grew up reading doctor books because of her parents being doctors." Ed explained.

Hughes smirked. "So, she's going to take charge?"

"Most likely."

"We're just going to have to do it." Winry declared, making everyone stare at her.

"Have to do what?" Ed asked.

"What do you think?" Havoc scoffed.

"Sorry, but I think future me is still in shock!" Ed retorted.

"Deliver it." Winry replied simply.

She was stared at for a moment longer before everyone screamed in surprise.

"So…so you've seen a baby be delivered before?" The husband asked.

"No, I…I haven't, but we don't have any other options here." Winry replied. The other occupants of the room were shown. "I need everyone's help." Winry's determined eyes were seen. "We are going to do this."

A dramatic song entered the scene as Winry finished tying an apron around herself.

Winry turned around. "Ed and Al, go get me some boiling water."

"Right." Al said.

"Sure, Winry." Ed said.

Winry turned to the next person. "Paninya, go find some towels and hurry."

Sweat still pouring down her face, Paninya raised a hand in the air. "Roger!"

"Mr. Ridel, do you have any rubbing alcohol we can use for disinfectant?" Winry asked.

The man turned away from his wife. "I think we have some in the storeroom."

Without a word, Winry turned around and took off.

"She is quite the leader." Hughes said with a whistle.

"She definitely has her moments." Ed said with a smile.

"That looks like a love sick smile, Chief." Havoc said teasingly.

Blushing, Ed ducked his head. "Will you shut up about that already? She is a very dear friend of mine. Of course, I love her."

"Excuses, excuses." Havoc teased.

The outside of the house was shown. "Oh, and some ice chips. We'll put them by Mrs. Satera's bedside." Winry's voice said.

The three males left in the house were shown walking down a hall. "Ah, are we sure your friend can handle this?" The husband asked.

Ed stopped. "Winry comes from a family of doctors. She grew up reading medical textbooks instead of picture books like most kids her age." He explained.

"That's all well and good, but it isn't actually the same as a medical degree." Mr. Ridel replied.

"Well, it's clear she at least vaguely remembers some of it." Ed said.

"Some of it." Mr. Ridel said weakly.

Ed looked at him. "Right now, the only choice we have is to defer to her knowledge and the sheer force of her nerve."

Dominic was shown to still be riding his horse down the road.

Winry was standing in front of a door. "Boiling water…disinfectant… towels…and what else was there? Remember it now."

"It is amazing that she remembers that much. How long has it been since she's read those books?" Breda asked.

Ed shrugged. "I'm not sure. She may have read them in the past four years while Al and I have been busy. If she hasn't though, then it was sometime before she was ten."

"What is it with country kids and their amazing memories?" Mustang asked shocked.

"It is impressive. She really shouldn't be able to remember all this." Hughes commented.

"Winry." Ed's voice said.

Winry looked over at Ed. "You can do this." Ed, Al, and Paninya said.

"Mm-hmm." Winry said and she walked into the room. "Paninya, give me a hand in here."

"Sure, you've got it." Paninya said and she raced after the blonde.

The door closed behind the two to leave the brothers outside the room, listening to the gasps of Mrs. Satera. Ed's hand clenched.

"Brother." Al said.

"Now when it really counts, I can't do anything." Ed said.

"A feeling of uselessness?" Mustang asked.

Ed twitched. "Alright, I get it. I won't call you useless when you're wet."

Mustang smirked.

"Stupid jerk." Ed grumbled.

"OW-W-W-W-W!"

Ed and Al screamed at the loud wail coming from the room.

"I'm gonna die in here!" She screamed.

"What the hell?" Ed asked.

Dr. Marcoh chuckled. "Giving birth is very painful process. She'll be fine."

Ed and Al cowered away from the door.

"It hurts! I can't take it anymore."

A few soldiers laughed at the boys' reaction.

"You know, when you guys have kids of your own, your wife is going to make you be in there for the delivery, right?" Hughes asked amused.

"Why the hell would I want to be in there?" Ed grumbled.

Havoc laughed. "Yeah, Ed's wife would probably glare at him and blame all her pain on him because he is the one who got her pregnant."

"That sounds like Winry." Al piped up.

"I am not going to marry that she-witch!" Ed shouted.

"Denial, denial." Havoc shook his head in mock sadness.

Ed and Al sat on the floor as they waited. "I know we're not big believers in God." The former said.

"Mm-hmm."

"Maybe he could help us, this once." Ed bowed his head.

"You sure are acting strange." Mustang said. "Are you that afraid?"

"More like worried for her since she doesn't have a doctor and this is being down by inexperienced hands." Ed said.

"Well, don't worry. This is all a part the labor process." Dr. Marcoh said soothingly. "I'm sure she'll be fine."

Izumi smiled sadly to herself.

Dominic was seen still on the road.

The couple was shown. The wife had a pained look while her husband held her hand.

Winry wiped her chin while Paninya stood next to her with a towel. Ed was outside the room with his hands clapped over his ears. Al was seen next before the outside of the house was seen as the music ended.

The door to the room opened. "Brother." Al said and Ed looked at the door.

Paninya was on her knees, breathing heavily.

"What?" Ed asked.

"All that blood." Paninya said.

Winry was on her own knees with her apron covered in blood.

"I can't do it anymore." Paninya said.

Ed ran over to her and looked in the room. He ran over to his friend and kneeled next to her. "What's going on? Hey!"

Winry pointed ahead. Ed looked ahead and his eyes widened when he saw the little baby crying in his dad's arms.

"Well, at least everything turned out okay." Ed said with a sigh. "But where the hell is that doctor?"

"He's cute." Al added. "Don't you think, Brother?"

"He needs to be cleaned up to get the blood off of him." Ed mumbled.

Al sighed. "Brother."

"Right, right. He is as cute as you were when you were born." Ed mumbled.

"You remember the day your brother was born?" Havoc asked surprised.

"Vaguely. I was only about one and a half at the time." Ed mumbled. "I meant the pictures I saw of him as a baby were cute."

The couple smiled at their baby.

"I-it's a baby." Ed said.

"Hooray!" Ed and Al cheered.

"Awesome! It's a real live baby." Ed said as Mr. Ridel washed the blood off his child. "Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!"

Winry smiled. "Really? Awesome? That is all you can think of to describe this?"

"You know, you are acting quite different than what we are used to seeing." Breda commented.

"Best way to describe this is that I am pretty much on a day off." Ed said with a shrug. "I don't solely work on my research. The moment I head to Dublith though…"

"We'll be back to work." Al finished with a sigh. "Basically, Rush Valley is a quick break before we get serious again."

"And seeing a new-born baby is just something incredible to see." Ed added.

"How else should I describe it? This is a birth of a new life." Ed replied as Mr. Ridel took his child from the water with Paninya watching. "Alchemists have worked for centuries and we're still not able to do that. A person creating another person."

"You've got to be kidding me. Now you're lumping in alchemy with the miracle of birth." Winry said.

"Occupational hazard. It's just the way I think." Ed replied.

"And considering you tried to bring your mother back, I am not surprised by that." Mustang said.

Ed grunted. Yes, that was a reason why his mind worked the way it does.

The baby cried in his mother's arms.

"Besides, whatever you say, it really is awesome. People are awesome." Ed said. With his arms crossed behind his head, he looked at Winry. "Alright, the baby's born and everything's good, so do you think there is anything else you're going to need me for?"

"Yeah, there is." Winry said. She grabbed the edge of Ed's jacket. "Do you think you could pick me up please?"

Ed looked at her surprised. "Huh?"

He straightened a chair with Winry on his back.

"It's humiliating to be carried by a boy smaller than I am." Winry said as Ed took a step away from the chair.

"I could easily drop you; you know." Ed said as he turned around.

As Ed started to lower her down, Winry said, "Ed…." Ed stood back before letting her go.

"What is it?"

"I saw it." Winry said. "The engraving that's inside your pocket watch."

Without warning, Ed dropped Winry to the ground.

"Well, that was a harsh reaction to that." Hughes said with a frown.

"She had no right to force my watch open." Ed growled.

"Ow, ow, ow, that really hurt." Winry said as she rubbed her butt.

"You forced it open?!" Ed asked.

Winry looked at his back. "Yeah, I'm so sorry."

Ed sighed and turned to her. He held a hand out to her. "You idiot."

Winry looked up and took his hand. "Yeah." She said as she climbed to her feet.

They went over to the chairs and sat down. "I haven't shown that to anybody, not even Al."

"But why not, Ed?" Winry asked.

"It's private. It's an admonition to myself." Ed's hand clenched. "I hate to admit how weak I am. I had to give that day substance, then carry it around with me as a reminder."

"You are stronger then you realize." Mustang said. "Most people would break if they had to carry around a reminder of something terrible or sad. But you've carried this reminder for three years and you are still going at it. You are not as weak as you think you are."

Ed shook his head. No, Mustang was wrong. He gave up his house, all his memories, because he was weak. If his house was still there, he would have gone running back. They burned down their house because it would just make them want to turn back. That was what made them weak.

The outside of the house was shown.

A sad tone entered the background as Winry was shown with tears trailing down her face.

Ed looked at her from the corner of his eyes. "Winry, why are you doing that?"

"You are definitely not the sympathetic type." Havoc said.

"I don't like tears." Ed said with a sigh. He especially hated tears when they came from people he cared around.

Ed looked in the other direction. "What are you crying for?"

One of Winry's eyes was shown before a house up in flames appeared at the screen. In front of the house stood the brothers, Winry, and Pinako.

"Is that your house?" Riza asked sadly.

"Yes." Al said.

"So, October third is really the day you burned your house down?" Mustang asked. He had pierced it together earlier, but wasn't sure if he was correct until now.

Al nodded.

Ed's hand held his pocket watch. "Well, there's no turning back for us now, Brother." He said.

"Mm-hmm." Al replied.

Winry looked at them. She glanced back at the house to watch the tree set on fire. Inside the house, a glass cracked from the heat and a book burnt to ashes. A picture of the boys and their mother was shown with fire surrounding it. The house's support began to fall.

"How long did you guys stand there to watch your house disappear?" Hughes asked sadly.

"Long enough to know that it would be completely gone by the time people came to put the fire out." Ed said.

Tears trailed down Winry's face. The bottom half of Ed's face was shown as he turned to look at her. He smiled grimly.

The scene pulled back to show to show the house from a distance. The fire was big and the black smoke filled the night sky.

"What did you do to make such a big fire?" Breda asked.

"Oil." Ed replied. "We put it all over the house to make sure everything was destroyed."

"It is sad." Riza said softly.

"The loss of our house is nothing compared to what we lost that night." Ed murmured.

Brody frowned. "But add those two losses together, and you have lost a lot for one mistake."

"It's the price we pay." Al said sadly. Nothing anyone said would make what they did better. It was their mistake to bear.

"What are you crying for, Winry?" Ed asked.

Back in the present, Winry had a hand over her eyes. "You two won't cry so someone else should do it for you, don't you think?"

Ed looked up. "Don't be an idiot." He stood up and walked a few steps away with his hands shoved in his pockets. "You should get back to Resembool. You've been gone a long time. Granny must be lonesome without you."

"No. I'm not leaving." Winry said, causing Ed to look at her.

"Why?" He asked.

A picture of Ed's open watch was shown.

"Seeing your resolved inspired me." Winry appeared on the screen. "I want to do more, Ed. I can't just commit halfway." Ed was shown.

"Don't do anything. There's no need to get more involved." Ed said.

"This makes me think of–" Hughes started but Ed glared at him.

"Now don't say anything stupid." Ed growled.

Hughes held his hands up. "I'm just saying it reminds me a sappy love story between a badass gangster who falls in love with an innocent girl and wants to protect her from his dangerous life."

Ed's eye twitched. "He said something stupid!" He growled and made to lunge at the man, but Al grabbed him and pulled him back.

"Brother, you can't go around hurting your friends." Al scolded.

"But did you hear what he said!" Ed grumbled.

"Yes, and actually I find that to be quite funny." Al replied.

Mustang smirked. "It is quite a dramatic moment that one would expect to find in a book."

Ed growled.

"Yeah, but you guys kind of ruined it by talking." Havoc pointed out.

"Too bad." Hughes said with a grin.

Ed glared at him. "This is not over."

"Yes, there is. I want to hone my skills so I will be able to make you the finest quality automail prosthetics. That way you can continue your journey knowing you are strong as you can be." Winry said as Ed turned to face her fully. "I'm going to try again." She smiled. "I'll ask Mr. Dominic to make me his apprentice."

Ed frowned before smiling. "Okay. Well then, good luck."

"Mm-hmm."

Paninya opened the door and came out of the room. "Winry, Mr. Ridel said he wanted to talk to you for a–" She paused and looked at the two. "What's up? Is there something wrong?"

Winry stood up. "Uh, no. Don't worry. It's nothing. I'll be right there."

Ed closed his eyes. "Paninya…"

Smiling, Paninya looked at him before colourful stars filled the screen.

"Hey! Ow!" Paninya shouted, grabbing the big bump on her head. "Why'd you go and do that?"

"Quit whining, you dirty pick pocket!" Ed shouted. "And give me back my watch right now!"

"You shouldn't hit girls." Mustang said.

"Ha! That's just sexist." Ed snapped. "Girls are not that weak. They can take a hit!"

"You didn't have to hit me with your right arm!" Paninya shouted as the outside of the house was shown.

"I can hit you again with my left if you prefer!" Ed shouted.

"You two are insane." Havoc said with a laugh. "It's so nice to see you two acting like normal kids."

A happy tune entered the scene.

"Hello there. I'm your granddad." A very happy Dominic said. His grandson was shown. "What a cutie."

Ed and Al stared blankly at the man.

"See? Anyone can change. So, Ed will be a great father someday." Hughes said stubbornly.

"WILL YOU DROP THAT?!" Ed screamed.

Hughes just laughed.

"That's sure out of character." Ed said.

Dominic glared at Ed, who looked away with a nervously smile.

"Mother and baby both look perfectly healthy." The doctor said. "It seems like the delivery was handled expertly." He looked over at Winry. "Well done. Sometimes even adults can't take being present in childbirth."

Winry, blushing, waved her hands. "Oh no. We did what we had to. That's all."

"We are truly in your debt." Dominic said. "What you did was amazing. Especially you, young lady." He gave a bow of his head. "Thank you."

Winry held her hands up. "Please, sir. There's really no need to thank me. Aw, my goodness. Now you're going to make me blush."

Ed smirked. "Maybe you could make an exception and take on an apprentice."

Dominic looked away stubbornly. "One has nothing to do with the other.

I don't take on apprentices and that's that." He stood up with a blush. "But if that's what your heart's set on, I can recommend you to an accomplished engineer at the base of the mountain."

"Well, at least she has a master now." Ed said with a smile. "It may not be who she was after, but if he is mentioning him, he must be good."

"So, the trip wasn't as bad as you thought it would be." Havoc said.

Ed grumbled. "I guess. The beginning was a bit bad, but I guess it got better."

Dominic began to leave but Winry turned to him. "Pardon me, would it be okay if I came by to watch you work sometimes?"

"She is very stubborn to see this man and his automail." Hughes laughed.

"I won't stop you from coming once in a while," Dominic replied as he rubbed his head. "To see my grandchild. Same goes for the tomboy." Paninya smiled.

A train was shown as it whistled.

"Move it, Al." Al and Ed ran passed some wanted posters. "We've got to hurry." The train began to pull out of the station as a happy, suspenseful tone entered the scene. "If we miss this train, they won't be another one for three days!" Winry and Paninya were seen to be running after the two.

"Now you two be careful!" Winry yelled as Ed tossed his suitcase to his brother who was standing on the back of the train.

"You too, Winry." Ed yelled as he reached the end of the platform. He jumped as Ed put down the suitcase and reached out to grab Ed's outstretched arm to pull him onto the train.

"Must you two be that reckless?" Mustang asked.

Ed and Al looked at each other, then pointed at Izumi. "But she is the one who taught us about jumping onto moving vehicles."

Mustang looked at her in shock. "I thought you were their alchemy and martial arts teacher!"

Stubbornly, Izumi crossed her arms. "I taught them a variety of things that would help them in life."

Havoc laughed nervously. "How do you teach someone to jump on moving vehicles?"

"The only way there is! Through actual experience!" Izumi said.

"Oh, dear god." Havoc said, paling. "How did you two ever survive?"

"We thought the same thing over and over during training." Al said weakly.

"Thank you." Ed breathed as he landed. He turned around and grinned at his two friends at the station. "And don't forget to call Granny and keep her posted!"

"Oh, please. Like you're really one to talk, Ed." Winry shouted as she continued to run down the platform.

Ed pointed at his automail hand. "And make sure to steal that old man's techniques so you have something even better for me the next time I see you, okay?" He yelled as he waved to the girls.

The girls stopped at the end of the platform and smiled. "Well, that's it.

They're gone." Paninya said.

"They'll be back." Winry said.

The scene went dark.

"Well, that was quite a happy episode." Havoc said with a smile.

"Just what we needed after all the dark episodes we just had to deal with." Hughes said with a grin.

"So next is…" Ed groaned. "Meeting Teacher."

General Armstrong smirked. "This should be fun."

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