A/N - As a before thought, I just want to let you all know that I got most of my alchemy statistics and data information from Harry Potter, FMA and the Internet. But because it is a mixture, this story will not flow perfectly with everyone else's concepts of the Art of Alchemy. So please enjoy, and should I be WAY off, inform me please and give me the corrections...but also allow me some creative writing leeway. Thank you. Enjoy...
-Desert Outside of Eastern City-
At the array location, the alchemists all formed into a large circle. All three hundred alchemists stood next to each other forming the perfect circle around the original array. Izumi walked up last and stood across from Ed. Next to Ed was Al. State and National alchemists all standing beside non-state. Izumi then pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket. On it was a replica of the array in the book.
"All right people. We need to be synchronized. Also, if you wear an array, please dispose of it. We don't need cross contamination between arrays."
Dante spoke up and soon people were disposing of clothing and jewelry that held an array. Izumi walked out into the middle of the large circle and stopped at the circle drawn in the sand. She then bent down and, using as steady of a hand as possible, she re drew the original array into the sand. She then walked back in line. Then... they waited. Then, Izumi took a deep breath and clapped her hands together. As she did this, other soon followed and did the same. A loud clapping noise was heard as all the alchemist became synchronized. Then, they all silently counted to three and bent down, slamming their hands into the ground, all at once, causing a small amount of sand to be kicked up.
Then, just as all hands touched the sand, lines from the alchemists to the large array in appeared in light. Then, the array slowly began to light up and was soon bright red. While the red light glowed from the array, the lines disappeared and the alchemists hands were encased in bolts of red light, mixed with the color light that, that alchemist specialized in. And before long, each alchemist w encased in the same bolts that encased their hands. All was silent as the light grew brighter.
Apon the cliff side, the on lookers watched as all they saw was a bright red light with some flickering bolts of light around it. Three hundred alchemists stood together, banding together to protect the world. This bright light lasted about thirty minutes before the red light expanded and consumed the desert. As quick as it appeared, it disappeared. All went dark. All went silent even more then before. It was deafening. In the moonlit night, a large cloud of dust and sand could be seen. Then, a pale red glow was in the middle of the dust cloud, but it was barely noticeable. The on lookers all feared the worst. The all slowly began climbing down the cliff side.
With the alchemists...
All the alchemists were tossed about in a mess, some were atop each other and others were alone. But together they all stayed. The red glow enlarged and soon appeared to form into something. Then, after more concentration, the alchemist all noticed the glow was forming into a person. Well, the bust of a person.
"Who is that?"
"What is happening?"
Alchemists all called out as the face formed more clearly. The person who owned the face then blinked his eyes a few times and smiled.
"Hello alchemists young and old..."
The man looked old, but young. He had long hair tied back and a beard and mustache. His shirt collar was puffy, but didn't block his face. He smiled as the alchemists who all stared up at him. His appearance was all formed in the glow of the red light. Below him glowed the array. He scanned the crowd before him. As his eyes fell on a few alchemists, he sighed and shock his head. Then others saw these same alchemists. They were the only once not standing or sitting. They seamed to be lifeless. Izumi was one.
"Teacher!"
Ed and Al yelled out as they ran around the array over to Izumi. They collapsed to their knees and attempted to wake her up. There was blood at the corners of her mouth and there was a fresh blood stain on her duster. Some sand near her was also soaked in blood. The alchemists all looked over at Ed and Al.
"Teacher wake up... Please wake up teacher..."
Izumi's eyes slowly open into small thin slits. Her eyes were dark and distant. She saw the boys and smiled slightly, coughing once more a bit. They helped her sit up slightly where Ed then helped prop her up.
"My name is Nicholas Flamel. The discoverer of alchemy."
The glowing head called out. Izumi's eyes darted over to him and she stared. Ed and Al stared at the head known as Nicholas Flamel.
"Those of you who are here have some for a very important reason. Your here to protect others who can not protect them selves..."
Nicholas Flamel said, his voice was gentle yet strong. All alchemist stared at him, even the half lifeless Izumi.
"I am the one who created the world wide protection array and I'm the reason things have been strangely happening. But now that I see the truth. You people are not all selfish. Even though some of you have attempted the forbidden taboo that is known as Human Transmutation, you did not do it for yourself, you did it for others. Those who you love. And those who you lost..."
Nicholas Flamel pun around and looked at everyone, he wasn't quite smiling, but in a way he was.
"Now that I have seen the truth. I know the future uses alchemy in a good way. Helping ways. I am now wishing I did not destroy the philosopher's stone. Some of you have lost more then you could ever gain in a single lifetime. Some of you have lost in the process of attempting to gain for others in an attempt at a selfless act..."
Nicholas Flamel looked at the alchemist who all created human transmutation. He nodded and smiled at each one. When he fell on Izumi and the boys, he looked at them for a moment. Then he turned and looked at a few others.
"Some, if not all, have thought of using human transmutation, but did not. you knew the person would not be happy living like that. Knowing that their life caused you and others more pain then their actual death..."
Nicholas Flamel glanced at Roy and moved on.
"This is why, I know that the future hold people who care for each other and need the stone to heal, not for power like I thought... So as an apology, I am granting you all one wish each... Don't bother attempting to tell me your wish. I already know what you all want. Your hearts desires is your one and only true wish..."
Nicholas Flamel smiled and his arms appeared. he held them out and spun around slowly looking at everyone once more.
"Enjoy your new lease on life and enjoy your happiness. to create this perfect wish, I must use equivalent exchange and in that case... as the discoverer of alchemy I choose to give up my world wide protection array and allow others like yourselves to control alchemy and to maintain the order... goodbye my friends and good luck...the philosopher's stone shall never again be used to create world wide happiness like it is being used now..."
With that, Nicholas Flamel glowed brighter and then seamed to explode in a bright flash of light. Everyone shielded their eyes as the light slowly disappeared. When it did, they all walked closer to the circle. All the dust and sand clouds slowly disappeared revealing a few confused looking people and allowing the on lookers to join in the celebrations.
"Mother!"
Al cried as he looked to the people. Ed looked as well and sure enough there was their mother, Trisha Elric, looking just the same as she was the day she died. Only healthier.
"Al! Look! you've got your body back!"
"You too brother!"
The boys hugged each other and then ran to their mother. Trisha opened her arms and greeted hr grown boys. Edward had his arm and leg back and Alphonse had his whole body back. The boys were beaming as they hugged thier mother. Winry and Pinako came up next and and were pulled into the celebrations. People were reunited with loved ones who were attempted to be brought back by alchemy. People and pets alike.
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