Pieces of my fallen Heart

Author's note: Welcome to Chapter 2 of "Pieces of my fallen Heart"! I had a lot of fun with this chapter so please try to resist the nasty comments later on… Now what else… oh yeah! This chapter gets into where Al is and stuff… and to answer a reviewer… Al is back to his human body in this story, but he is unfortunately still a twelve year old. I really didn't see the point in making him any older… It also switches to Winry after a while… Also to answer another reviewer, Ed and Winry are NOT cousins, they are childhood friends whose parents happened to live next to each other… well sort of next to each other… Pinako is not Ed's grandmother or Aunt, she is more of a foster Aunt for Ed, that's why he calls her Aunty sometimes. And I want to thankyou all for reviewing! I've never had that many reviews for such a short chapter! So yeah, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own FMA, but if I did…. Ed and Winry would soooo be mine! Waldlander Village is mine, I thought of it myself… creative or what… it means Woodland in German.


It was unlike anything he had seen before… the summer sun smiled upon its friendly neighbors, while the white birds that flocked from all over to this peaceful town singed their heavenly songs in the abundant trees. It was truly a place of bliss and fortune to any traveling creature.

Water flowed gently between the cobble stones that lined the streets. Cottage like houses darted among the many shops that had taken refuge in this small summer town. Though the town itself was a wondrous and gorgeous place the forest that surrounded it beheld creatures hided away from the world for centuries.

"Woooooah…" Al barely spat out. He stood in front a gigantic stone arch that apparently led into the quaint town. Al snapped out of his silent daze and began to rummage through his pockets. He moved violently through all of the papers he had shoved in his pockets only moments before, until he found what he was looking for…

"Ah-ha there you are!" Al cheered in triumph, but quickly settled down when some town folk gave him strange looks. He trailed his finger across the slightly weathered paper then smiled.

"This must be… Waldlander!" He poked at the place on the map, until a violent grumble came from his stomach.

"Eh-heh maybe I should get something to eat first…" He patted his stomach and shoved the map back into his pocket. He quickly grabbed his one and only suitcase and raced through the arch and entered the town.

A few moments later the younger Elric had found a convenient street stand that beheld the most heavenly smelling baked goods. He couldn't resist homemade baked goods… especially Winry's pies… she had gotten so good at them in the past two years.

"Yumm… could I have one of those, one of those, and… oooo one of those!" Al stood over the cart pointing out which savory biscuits he would purchase for his lunch. His mouth had practically succumbed to drooling by now.

"Here you are sir! That will be 4.50, please." The girl running the small stand handed Al a bag filled with what he had picked out. Al nodded in agreement and reached into his pocket. While he began to lift the money out of his pocket at piece of paper fell out onto the ground.

"Opps… here is the money…" Al trailed off as he handed her the money and went to pick up the small folded paper. 'Funny I don't remember putting that in my pocket…' Al thought to himself while unfolding the paper. It revealed a small four letter sentence Look to your left… Al felt uneasy all of a sudden, but obeyed the notes orders.

"Um sir…." The girl behind the stand began to talk, but Al wasn't paying attention. Al had turned his head right. He hadn't realized it, but he had been standing almost parallel from a small alley way that let out into the untamed forest that surrounded the town. He began to make a two red eyes and a shadowy figure staring him strait in the face. Al stiffened, but before he could make out what the creature was it darted off into the underbrush.

"Um sir?" The girl tapped Al on the shoulder causing him to jump as well as making dropping his suitcase. Al stifled a cry but managed to catch his suitcase and turned to the lady.

"Sir, this is five dollars…is everything alright?" The girl showed him the money and seemed concerned as to what had suddenly surprised him.

"Um, yeah… you can keep the change…" Al picked up his bag and waved her a goodbye before darting off in the direction of the center of Waldlander. He seemed flustered but as soon as he realized no one was following him he slowed his pace.

'Maybe I will find out something interesting after all…in this small little town' Al smirked at the thought of being able to make progress with his research, but he quickly waved away the possibilities and opened the bag he had purchased and began to eat one of the biscuits.

Back at the little street stand the girl had closed up shop and scurried across the road to the desolate alleyway. She walked somewhat through the alley until she came upon the opening into the forest.

"Are you sure that was him?" She spoke in a hushed voice, while out of the shrubbery poked the head of the creature moments before.

"Trust me… it's him…" the creature spoke almost in a purr, reassuring the girl that that boy was Alphonse Elric.

"He seemed… sweet…" She hid behind an abandoned crate and watched Al gorge his meal. He wore the same exact clothes as Edward Elric… the red jacket, the shiny black pants with the decorative brown leather belt, the black buttoned shirt, the army black boots, and the white gloves… His hair was slightly darker than Eds, but with it tied up in the ponytail, he could trick people into believing he was Edward. His eyes were a warm hazel that made you melt at the sight of his face, but other than that he was his brother's brother.


"WINRY? Winry are you up yet!" Pinako screamed while jabbing a broom against the ceiling. She was in the kitchen which was conveniently located under Winry's room, so she could wake up the snoring girl if she had overslept. Pinako kept it up until she heard a thud which caused one of the lamps in the room to shake. She smiled and placed the broom in the corner of the room and walked out of the kitchen to continue her morning chores.

"Oof…" Winry muttered incoherently as she rolled off of her bed and thudded onto her bedroom floor. She had become tangled in her bedspread due to all the tossing and turning she had apparently been doing last night. Winry doesn't tend to sleep well during thunderstorms… let's just say she has a phobia…

"Stupid… can't even let me…" Winry muttered into the floor until a thought popped into her head. 'What time is it?' Winry pushed herself up with her hands into a sitting position, since she was too tired to get up into a full standing position she opened the drawer next to her at head level and reached her hand into it. Winry pushed many things out of the way until she felt a cold silky metal surface. She clasped it and pulled it out and stared at its cover.

It was none other than a pocket watch. On its surface slightly protruding was the military symbol. The symbol was so unique, it seemed to be a big dragon with no legs surrounded by a hexagon shape and a diamond shape, and last but not least there was a wreath like crescent surrounding the bottom of the symbol. It was truly a magnificent piece of art, well at least to Winry.

She snapped out of it and popped it open to reveal the time. She blinked back suddenly realizing the time…

"WHAT? It can't be 2:45 already? Can it?" She abruptly stood up dropping the watch in haste. Winry hadn't realized her legs had gone numb in the process of sitting, so when she went to take a step she collapsed face first onto the floor creating an even louder thud then before. Behind her the curtain that had once concealed the room from the sun's deafening rays had been ripped open do to Winry's sudden fall. The light poured in allowing you to see everything in her room in sharp detail… especially the carved writing inside the watch…

Pinako looked up from her work temporarily and shook her head.

"What is that girl up to now?" She whispered to herself. Pinako smiled and patted an annoyed Den on the head. He had been trying to sleep all afternoon, but with all that banging going on he hadn't been able to even close his yes. Pinako grabbed her wrench and began to work once more on her automail order.


Author's note: Sorry for the slight cliffhanger… So what did you guys think of Chapter 2? Do you think Al, Winry, and Pinako are OOC? Well anyway, I wanted to let you guys know a little about what Al is doing during this time, besides having the story center around Winry. Stay tuned for the third chapter because I'll explain what is happening to Edward in Munich! Please no flames, unless it is necessary… (Just to let you guys know I'm going on a cruise this Monday… so chapter 3 won't be up for awhile… I'll be gone a week, but while I'm gone I'll write parts of chapter 3, so don't worry!)