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Amie had just dropped off the paperwork and was now walking through the halls of Central Headquarters.

The transmutation had, of course, gone successfully. It had taken awhile to convince Alphonse that she could return his body but in the end he allowed her to do it. His body had for the most part had stayed the same. He was a little taller though, probably the same height as Ed.

The only side effect was the small transmutation circle that she had drawn on the back of his armor. It would remain on his back as a permanent tattoo for the rest of his life. A small price to pay.

She walked outside and stopped right outside the door next to someone. "Flame, Fullmetal and Winry will be returning tomorrow morning."

Hughes turned around to face her. "What?"

"Flame, Fullmetal and Winry will be returning tomorrow morning." She repeated.

"Oh," Maes eyed Amie for a moment before asking, "You're that Angel alchemist that went with them right?"

"Yes I am." Amie held a small package out to Hughes, "They will be stopping by your house tomorrow if you could give them this."

Maes took the package from her and saw that it had both Ed's and Roy's name written neatly on the front. "Why can't you give it to them?"

"I have business to take care of." Amie started walking down the steps but stopped after a few steps, "It's getting late. I suggest you go home now."

Maes looked up at the darkening night sky, "I was going to take a walk through the park before I went home."

"Go home Hughes."

Somehow Hughes doubted it was a suggestion. None the less he found himself heading straight home. He spared a glance back at Amie only to find her heading towards the park herself.

Amie entered the park as Shanti appeared and wrapped himself around her neck.

"Why did you use up one of your transmutations for a boy you barely know?"

"I made a promise."

"Ah, but why did you make that promise." Shanti hissed.

"I don't know okay!"

"But you do know. Fullmetal's willingness to sacrifice everything for his brother reminded you of your sister. You did not want Fullmetal to make the ultimate sacrifice for his brother as Kasha did for you."

"If you knew this than why did you ask?" Amie would have glared at him if she could but as he was around her neck she could not.

"Just making sure that you know it as well." There was a moment of silence before Shanti spoke up again.

"I am ready when you are Guardian."

Amie narrowed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Let's do it."

Thanks to Amie's warning Hughes was not surprised to see Roy, Ed and Winry barge into his house the next morning.

He was surprised however when he came home last night and found a blonde haired boy claiming to be Al chowing down on food at his kitchen table. He was even more surprised to find out that it was Amie who had returned Al's body.

"Where's Al?" Ed demanded.

A few seconds later he was tackled to the floor. "Big brother!"

Ed looked into his brother's grey eyes, "Al!"

Winry dropped down on the floor with then. They spent a good fifteen minutes on the floor hugging, laughing, crying and rambling before they were able to regain their composure and sit down in the living room.

"It was awesome Ed. Amie came and tried to convince me let her do a transmutation on me." Al explained quickly in his excitement, "It took awhile for her to convince me but after she did she drew a transmutation circle on the back of the armor. She touched it and stepped back. I started to glow and the next thing I knew I was laying on the floor with my body back and she was standing over me."

"That's it?" asked Roy. He thought it would have been more elaborate or something.

"Yup. Well she said the transmutation circle is kinda permanent." Al pulled his shirt up so they could see the circle on his back.

Surprisingly it was a fairly simple circle with a large five pointed star in the middle. The one thing that set it apart though was the pair of wings in the center of the star.

"Maybe she can help you too big brother."

"Yea where is she anyway?" Winry asked looking over at Hughes.

"She's gone."

"Gone where?" asked Roy.

Maes sighed, "Last night a fight broke out in the park. From what we have gathered from eye witnesses it seemed to have been a fight between a state alchemist with wings and three homunculi. The Fuhrer said it was Amie though I don't know how."

"She took on three homunculi?" questioned Roy.

Hughes nodded and continued, "Eye witnesses say that she destroyed two of them in a bright white explosion before the third, a shape shifter, set off an explosion."

"But she's okay right?" Winry interrupted.

"She was right in the middle of it."

"No." breathed Ed.

"The homunculus got away."

"And Amie?" asked Roy.

"Gone, there was nothing left."

Al buried his head into Winry's shoulder and Roy and Ed buried their heads in their hands.

Maes pick up a package on the coffee table and handed it to Roy who took it. "She told me to give this to you both. I saw when she left headquarters last night. I was going to take a walk through the park but she told me to go home. Then she head towards the park herself. I didn't think anything of it at the time but." He trailed of as Roy opened the package.

Seeing his name on it to Ed sat up straighter to get a better look as Roy pulled two things out of the package. The first was a letter and the second was a state alchemist pocket watch.

Roy opened it up and noticed words carved into it.

"Without light, there is no shadow, without a shadow, there is no darkness." He read out loud before closing it back up and putting it on the coffee table.

"What does the letter say?" asked Winry.

Roy opened up the letter and read it out loud.

"Roy, Ed,

Well by the time your reading this you will have heard about what has happened to me. Funny thing about working for the Guardian of the Gate, sometimes he'll tell me what will happen before it happens. So I knew what would happen to me when I left Resembool.

Anyway enough of that, Roy I want keep my pocket watch. It's about the only possession I have besides the pictures of my parents and those are coming with me.

Ed I think I've already given you anything you could have wanted. Take care of your brother and Al try and keep him out of trouble for me.

Well I for one don't think I can write a letter in the past tense about things that haven't happened yet much longer so I think I'll end it here.

But before I do I think I'll leave you both with one last riddle. Don't think too hard on it. It will come to you when the time is right.

The mighty wolf will sometimes leave her pack for reasons only known to her.

But she will never stray far from them. And if they ever find themselves in

Danger she will always be there to protect them.

Take care,

Amie Sharo

Angel Alchemist

Angel Guardian"

Roy reread the letter in his head again. "She knew she was going to die and she did it anyway."

"She's not really gone though, right?" asked Al. "I mean the riddle."

"She said she would protect you. She never said how." Maes interrupted.

"But could she do that from beyond the grave?" asked Winry.

"She'd find a way." Ed rested his head in his hands again.

"Then she's really gone?" Al asked.

"I don't know Al. I just don't know." Ed replied.

"There's more to it than that." Exclaimed Roy, "Everything she has told us so far has been the truth. We've just had to read between the lines or put two and two together to get what she really means. There's more to the riddle than that she's going to be there to protect us whenever we need it. I just don't know what." He finished quietly.

"Well she said not to think too hard on it." Hughes began.

"That it will come to us when the time is right." Finished Ed.

Roy place Amie's pocket watch in his pocket and sighed.

She was out there somewhere. The question was, where?

Ducks random flying objects, "Don't kill me! There's a sequel! I swear there's a sequel!"
Well this is it for this story folks. 'Angel' is officially complete. I plan to get the first chapter of the sequel up really soon. Check out my Bio for more info.
If anyone thinks they have figured out the riddle put it in your review and let me know.
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Silvawolves