Chapter 8: The Sight of Truth

I'm sorry it took me so long! With the ending of Aikyou and having to create a sequel, as well as school, I didn't have time to type this chapter! Here it is though!

Ed continued to stare at the eerie human formed that sat nimbly in the center of his room. Even though his eyes showed his fright on the inside the feeling of amazement and joy filled him. His heart was tripling its beat due to the shifting emotions within him. He allowed the words to slip as kindly as he could without making it sound impolite, "Are you real!" After seeing the expression on the human's face, he watched it stand up and approach him. The face on it was that of a young woman who's heart was once filled with sorrow. As she tried to get closer to him, her left arm began to extend outward, her hand open to touch his face, and then, a barrier instantly zapped her fingers. She withdraws her hand and shook it feeling the tingling sensation. Edward looked at her, his eyes wider then ever. He couldn't believe it.

After contemplating for a moment he leapt off his bed and jumped at the young woman, hugging her happily. "Mother…" his voice was raspy and almost inaudible. She brought her hand up and ran it down the back of his head. "I…." He swallowed before continuing so that he could be heard, "I have to find a way to break the barrier of the circle…"

Trisha Elric smiled at her grown son lovingly. "I'm…just happy to see you again Edward. You look a little like your father." Ed looked half happy and half annoyed at hearing this. He wanted to be himself, not look like anyone; the happy part was that if he did look like his father it would make his mother even happier. "Where is your brother Edward? Is he okay? Is he safe?" Suddenly she became a little panicky asking questions, sometimes repeating previous ones.

"Don't worry mom, he's safe. He's in his room. I'll get him shortly. Just relax a little." He sighs after saying this and glances around them, examining the Dorai circle. Finally, he was shown the real power of it. The circle truly wasn't a fake. There was most likely a set amount of time for searching for the soul and allowing the body to materialize before it produced the object at which was requested. "First off, I have to find a way to break this barrier. That way, you can walk freely with us!" He whispers, practically screeching as he spoke.

She appeared to shake her head slightly, but Ed wasn't completely sure. When she spoke though, he became aware that she did shake her head, "Don't do that now Edward. Don't waste all your energy on something as un-needed as this." As he began to open his mouth, she swiftly lifted her hand and covered it. "No talking back, okay? Just get your brother." A bright smile shifted onto her face, "I can't wait to see how much young Alphonse has grown." The excitement in her voice was soft, but completely noticeable. Because of this, Ed left the room immediately, assuring his mother that he will retrieve his brother.

Reentering the bedroom Ed places his hand over Al's eyes so he couldn't see who was waiting for him in the room. Carefully removing his hand from his face when they were at least a yard away from the center of the room, Al blinks momentarily and finally focuses and the figure sitting patiently in the middle of Ed's bedroom. After realizing who it was, he looks down and stares at the circle and then glances at his older brother. "Ed….It…I thought you said it didn't work…But it did!" Al had the sound of excitement in his voice more then Ed had when he noticed this.

Trisha extended her arms wanting to receive a hug from her youngest child. Al sees this and runs to her, and engulfs her in a powerful embrace. She smiles happily and rubs Al's back. "It's so good to see you both again. I wish I had never given up hope…Maybe…I would've lived longer…" her voice fades away when Ed walks towards them, looking down at the ground.

"Don't say that… it's…just good that everything is back to normal. It wasn't your fault." His voice was as soft and calm as possible. The worst he could do at this moment was to frighten his mother.

Edward stares at his mother blankly, tears gently strolling down his cheeks. He quickly wipes them away and drops to his knees hugging his mom as well. "I missed you so much." His voice was muffled but she understood what he said perfectly. Tears began to drip down her cheek as she saw her sons' break down in tears.

Al smiles at them, the droplets hitting the ground with light splashes. He pulls out of the embrace gently, just as Ed began to do the same. "We...brought you back…Just as we wanted all along. To bad we didn't learn about the Dorai Circle earlier right brother?" he asks Ed sounding very happy about finding the strange circle.

He shoots his brother a glare and sighs. "Yes…unfortunate that we didn't find it earlier." Edward agrees as he attempts to vanquish the glare in his eyes. Al couldn't understand why he was acting so angry with him mentioning things from their rough past.

"What happened to you boys? What occurred on your first attempts to revive me?" She asks curiously. Trisha watches Ed pull up his right sleeve and reveal the shining iron of the auto mail. "Oh my…" her voice trails off quietly as she places her hand on Ed's auto mail right arm. "How could this happen?" She asks looking back at Edward and then at Al, and back to Ed again.

Al and Ed sigh gently. "Human Transmutation." They both huffed out, now rubbing the back of their heads and looking at the ground.

Their mother stares at them dumbfounded and looks at the ground and back at them as if she was going to speak once more to voice out her opinion on something.

Once again, I am extremely sorry about not updating this story for quite a while! ;; I hope all of you enjoy nonetheless. R&R.