Al's POV –
This couldn't be Nina…I mean wasn't she destroyed? Wasn't that her blood on that wall? What about her father!
"Could you let me speak to Ed for a moment?" the girl jumped up and allowed me to go to Ed. She sat down in the chair and started drawing.
"Ed! Is that…? But wasn't she…?" I tried to speak but I wanted to know for sure if that was Nina or not!
"Al, I don't know…but the way she knew us…how she knew you promised her you would come back to her…I don't know what to think…" Ed looked at the floor.
"But remember…the Shou Tucker chimera…he had that Nina homunculus…in the…." Ed interrupted me.
"But remember he said he couldn't get her exact soul back…he could only create her with his memories…maybe he couldn't get the real Nina's soul because she was still alive somewhere…." Oh yea…memories and soul attachments. That brought back a lot of thoughts…
"Oh…" the girl came up to us and showed us a picture she drew. She pointed to each person and named who they were and what they were doing.
"Here is Ed making me magic flowers…here is you sitting next to me watching…here is Alexander drooling (she giggled) that silly dog." It was in fact Nina…me and Ed both realized it after she said 'magic flowers'. I remember that moment perfectly.
"Nina…" Ed choked on the tears he was holding back. He always tried to stay strong even if it caused him to suffer deep inside his heart. He didn't want to show people his weakness…I heard him talk to himself how he wanted to stay strong for me…for Winry…and for all the people he cared for.
Nina turned around. "Yes, little big brother? Oh you want to see my drawing too?" she skipped over to him and explained her picture. I saw him clench his fists together.
"Al…Nina…I'll be right back…" and with that he quickly left the room.
"Where is little big brother going?" Nina tugged on my hand.
"He has to go get some fresh air" I said.
Edward's POV –
How can this be happening! I thought she…shouldn't I be happy she's still here…?
"Edward?" I turned around and there was Maes Hughes. Oh no…not the picture of insanity!
"I know I already showed you Elysia's picture twenty-five times this morning so I wont bother you with it till after lunch. (Big grin) But I couldn't help but notice you look upset…is there something wrong?" should I tell him the story…or just leave it alone and enjoy my time with her…
"No, I'm fine I just had to get some air…studying all of those research papers can be kinda overwhelming sometimes, ya know?" I lied.
"I bet. But that's why I have Sheska do the work for me (another big grin) but I bet its more for you and you brother to read all that stuff over and over again trying to find out more about the Philosophers Stone…I hope you boys can locate it." With that he gave me a pat on the shoulder and walked into the library. I let out a heavy sigh. I went to the water fountain, got a drink and returned back to the room.
When I entered I found Al jogging laps around the room giving Nina a piggy back ride. Like he used to back then. I smiled and closed the door behind me.