Disclaimer: I do not in any shape or form own the rights to Japanese anime Fullmetal Alchemist or any of the characters; I am just a major fan of the show that wanted to write a story based on the end of the show. Note: This may contain some spoiler warnings about the last episode, even though he has not appeared in the U.S.

Chapter 1 New Beginning

Edward Elric had been the renowned State Alchemist, Full Metal in his time and his adventures for the Philosopher's Stone had taken him to places where people had their own intentions for the stone and each more twisted the next and each seemed to be a dead end, but twisted when the truth is revealed about the stone. Edward Elric did not know the consequences of the actions that he and his brother took on all those many years ago or what events would occur following such events, but as the events became stranger and those around them became hurt by their actions as is the loss of Lt. Colonel of Court Marshal affairs Maes Hughes, the battle increased to stop those wanted the stone for their own needs. The end was a rude awakening for the boys especially when Edward Elric found that his own brother, Alphonse Elric had himself become the Philosopher's Stone, but it is unknown why. The final battle would be the last time Ed would see his brother in a suit of armor and face a world where alchemy was the key to everyday life. Ed had found himself in a world where science was the key of everyday life and war was apparent as well for he had fell into the war zone Europe during World War II.

"Where am I?" Ed asked himself as he picked himself off the floor.

He didn't have the time to answer as Envy kicked across the floor as he grinned above the bruised and battered alchemist.

"Your tricks of changing things to fit your needs will not work here, FULL METAL!" but as Envy prepared to attack Ed again something strange began to happen as he started to disappear.

"What is happening!" Envy shouted as the portal that they had been sent to "The World" by was reopening by the alchemy works of a weakened Al as he opened the portal to drag Envy back through, Ed looked up and saw the portal and Al and the rest of the Military standing around wondering what they could do to help.

"Al?" Ed asked weakly as he tried to crawl to the portal so that he could be with those he knew and loved, but no measure of strength was able to bring him forth towards the portal and his strength was giving way with each inch.

"BROTHER!" Al cried out as Envy disappeared into nothing more and all that was left on the floor was a pile of ash that blew by as the wind blew through the quiet hall, but as the portal closed Al tried to reach through and grab his brother but with each inch his metal armored arm would disintegrate with each passing second.

"Al, don't risk your self for me, just don't," Ed said as he collapsed on the floor in a heap of tears as the portal began to close and all Al could do was stand by and watch in horror as his brother disappeared, forever.

As soon as the portal closed, a clap of light covered the gloomy room and the next moment that anyone knew was when they found themselves back in their normal lives, but Al found himself back in Risembool at the Rockbell's house in the same room that he and his brother had been after Ed had lost his arm the fateful night that set about these horrible events that they had faced together.

"Where, where am I?" Al said as he sat up, but he didn't hear the metal clanking of the suit of armor that he had been used to for so long, all he saw know was flesh and bone fingers, hands, arms and other parts of him that he had not seen since the night they tried to bring their mother back.

"What has become of me?"

"Oh, you're awake, Grandma, Al's awake now!" came the familiar voice of Winry Rockbell as she walked in with open arms to embrace the now 15 year old Alphonse Elric.

"Winry, what is the commotion about," Pinako Rockbell asked as she almost dropped a tray of tools on the floor of the doorway as she lost her pipe as well and ran as fast her old legs would carry her.

"He can't be the true Alphonse Elric, the Alphonse I knew had body of armor because he had lost his body and that accident years ago with…Edward, Al where is Ed!" came a string of questions from both Pinako and Winry.

Al himself was puzzled by all the question as he made his way towards a mirror in the room and found that he was no longer made of metal, but of pure flesh and bone and he almost cried as he saw himself in the mirror for once in almost five years he could see himself as human. The one thing that plagued his mind was the question that was on his mind and the minds of the Rockbell's were where was his brother, what he had not appeared as well. Then his mind returned to the moment back at darkened hall of the battle between Envy and his brother, the portal, Envy disappearing into a pile of ash and Ed disappearing from view and then the flash of light.

"I lost Ed on the other side of an alchemy portal, but I am sure he is fine where ever he is now, but I do not know for sure."
Pinako and Winry would not hear for it, but there was nothing anyone could do for Ed now, hopefully he was somewhere safe and out of danger and hopefully he had his flesh and blood and bone back to his arm and leg, but no one would know unless they were able to see him for themselves.

"All that matter's now is that you are safe and back home where you belong now," Winry said as she embraced Al like she couldn't before.

"Thank you."

Back at the Eastern Command Center of the Military the place was buzzing like a beehive as everyone starting to question who was going to get promoted to what position and who was going to be the Fuhrer, for word had spread that most of the time the Fuhrer had been nothing more than a fake and he had deceived the country and it was proven when the documents that Lt. Colonel Hughes had found years before was brought forth. The Fuhrer had confessed to all that had been found and was exiled from his post and from the East, but now the only problem was finding someone to take command and the Fuhrer did not have a heir to his position and everyone had their eye on Colonel Roy Mustang for the position and there were those that believed he was going to be the next Brigadier General.

"I heard that Mustang has taken a leave of absence after that fight that occurred a few weeks back," said one of the officers.

"Believe what you want to hear, but I know Mustang he will be back when the time is right to once again take command," said Lt. Havoc.

East Command was buzzing and their were rumors flying everyone about someone getting promoted to a higher position and there were a few fights over who was getting whose job.

"This place is just crazy," said Ms. Hughes as she walked in with her now eight year old daughter Elysia as they surveyed the area.

Since the fight, Colonel Roy Mustang had been taking refuge in Lt. Riza Hawkeye's home for much of the fight had taken a lot out of him and he had lost one of his eyes to an enemy in the fight, but dwelling on the past was one thing that he did not live to do. As he lay in the guest room, he was awoken by the cold nose of Black Hayate as he nudged Roy's hand to awaken as Hawkeye entered the room with a cold compress for his head.

"Colonel, Colonel, are you awake?" Hawkeye asked as she tried to shake him awake.

"What?" came the groggy voice of Mustang as he slowly picked himself out of the bed to face Hawkeye as she placed the compress on his head.

"I thought come see how you are doing and tell you that the Command center is buzzing and there have been a few fights broken out over who is getting what new position with certain members of command missing since that fight."
"Typical, but how I miss being there."

"You want to go now?"

"If I can will myself to get off this bed and over there."
Mustang and Hawkeye slowly made there way towards Eastern Command, but the moment they entered the room, the room fell into an awkward silence as everyone stood at attention for Mustang and Hawkeye.

"At ease, now what is this I have been hearing that everyone of you is talking about possible promotions?" Mustang asked as he hobbled among the mass and looking at the silent, but embarrassed faces, "anyone wish to answer?"

"Sir, they are purely rumors," Hawkeye answered behind Mustang.

"Is that so, the one thing that is of true priority for here on out is finding Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric, the last time anyone saw them was in the fight three weeks back, I want them found because I wish to reward them for work."
"Sir, there have been reports that Edward went to the other side of the portal during the fight and we do not if there is a possible way to bring him back or contact him," Hawkeye said as she adverted her gaze to the floor.

"Fine, then all of you can get back to work and no more talk about what might have happened and what might be happening in the near future."

Edward Elric lay on the cold floor of a tiny house, but he was awakened by the sounds of bombs outside in the distance as they seemed to be getting closer and closer with each falling bomb. As he started to pick himself off from the floor he found himself falling back to the floor as a sense of dizziness started to take over his mind as he found himself spinning back towards the floor.

"Where am I and what year am I in?" Ed asked out loud as he looked around the room and surveyed the room, but not one thing was the same as the world he had known and his throbbed as he tried once more to get up.

Ed found his way off the floor and towards a door, but as he prepared to open the door, the door handle started to turn and a sense of fear overcame Ed as he prepared to do battle against whoever planned to come through that door and attack him. He had been in a lot of fights to know how to deal with enemies, but he was no longer in his own time and he did not what monsters were in this time era.

"Hello, are you awake?" said a strange voice through the cracked door.
Ed didn't answer.

"I am coming in," called out the voice again, but Ed was ready to attack the person behind the voice if it was a danger.

"You are awake and that is good I was starting to worry about you…are you alright?"

"Who are you?" Ed asked as he started shake as he stared into the face of a person that he had not seen in a number of years.
"Don't you remember your own father?"

How do you guys like it so far? Real cliffhanger then until next time!

Chapter 2: Who are you?

Ed could not believe the words that had come from the mysterious man that had entered Ed's room claiming to be his estranged father, but all he believed it to be was due to the dizzy headache in his head from the battle against Envy.

"Who are you really and don't tell me any lies?" Ed asked once more to the man.

"As I said 'don't you remember your own father?'" said the mystery man.

"My father deserted my brother, my mother and I years ago when my brother and I were three and two. How can you be my father?"

"Years ago I was researching the Philosopher's Stone and during my research I became entangled with some creatures that looked human enough, but they were merely human transmutation gone astray with a symbol that signified that they were apart of a group I had red about called the 'Homonculus', they tried to get me to create the stone so they could become true humans, I tried but it was a failure and it opened a strange gate to the world you see now."

"That is why you left our mom and my brother and I?" Ed asked with tears in his eyes as he tried to get up to slap his estranged father.
"Easy Ed, now tell me where did you end having these metal limbs for an arm and a leg," Ed's father said as he tapped Ed's right arm and left leg with a cane.

"That is a long story."

"I have time to hear this because from the looks of things you and your brother must have done something pretty stupid to end up like this."

"Fine, after you disappeared, Al and I started to looking at old alchemy textbooks and we started to play with it and we became good at, according to mom, as time passed mom became sick one day and she sadly died weeks later. Leaving Al and I alone without any family to turn to and from that point on when we studied the laws of alchemy and even turned to a teacher for help on alchemy to perform human transmutation, but she would not hear of it.'

"Al and I put for what was needed for Equivalent Exchange and we placed our hands upon the transmutation circle, things were going fine and then something happened, Al lost all of his body and I lost my leg and in the process of soul transmutating Al's soul to a suit of armor I lost my arm in the process. That is what happened and then we sent out letters to friends of yours hoping to get a response as to where you might have gone and we got a response from the military. From there, our nightmare got worse when I became a "dog of the military" so that I could have contact with the research for the Philosopher's Stone so we could get our bodies back, but you see how well that turned out."

"That is quiet a story, but I what I don't get is why you still have your metal limbs?"
"I don't either and I don't even know if Al got back his body or not after the battle