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The next day, Calien, Ed, and Al, went to the first branch of the National Library. The three were admitted into the back room where all of Dr.Marcoh's work was held. They would study in this room every day for the next three weeks.

In the mean time, Calien and Edward's birthday passed making them now 11 and 13 years old. Al's birthday was not for another month. There was a party in Roy's office for the two of them, because their birthdays happened to be one day apart. Roy told the story of Calien's traumatic birth and how he knew that she would live because she was so strong. He told her how proud he was, and that he knew her parents would be proud if they knew that she was a state alchemist. Everyone took a turn telling a story about Calien when she was a child. Riza remembered her first step, Armstrong remembered the day she came home from the hospital and how tiny she was, Maes talked about how she had been flower girl in his wedding, and Havoc remembered her first transmutation when she was just 5 years old. Ed and Al learned a lot about Calien's past, and realized that Central City Military Base had been the only home that she had ever known, and the military was her family.

Ed and Al did not know that it was also Calien's birthday, and they had no gift for her. Al convinced Ed to go and talk to her and apologize, and possibly transmute something for her on the spot. "What should I make her, then?" Ed asked. Al seemed to smile, "I don't know, Brother, you'll think of something..." The party had been over for some time and Calien was in her room. He knocked softly, but no answer came. He slowly and quietly opened the door. The light was on in her room and she was outside on her balcony. The view from Calien's room at night was beautiful, it overlooked all of Central City and the lights sparkled like gems in a sea of black. She wore a flowing, light pink dress and no shoes. Her long brown hair was down and it gently lifted off her back and danced with the breeze when it blew. He gazed at her for some time, she looked like an angel and he was stunned. Finally he moved forward. She jumped when he rested his hand lightly on her bare arm. "I didn't mean to startle you.." he said quietly, "Al insisted I come out here and apologize..." he added. Calien looked puzzled. "Apologize for what?" She asked. "For not getting you anything for your birthday, we didn't know it was today," he frowned. "Oh Ed, it's really ok, I'm just glad that the two of you could be here with me on my birthday." She smiled. "Well..Al insisted that I come out here and possibly transmute something for you right now, but I don't know what yet...I'll need to think about it for a minute," he said with a gentle smile. "You really don't have to..." She began to say, "no, no...I promised Al I would..." Ed said in a teasing voice. The two looked out over the city for a while in silence as Ed thought. He suddenly thought back to his mother's death bed: "Transmute me some flowers Ed...your father used to do that for me.." "I think I got it..." Ed said after a few moments. Calien turned to look at him, "alright.." she said hesitantly. Ed clapped his hands and touched the floor. Flowers sprang up in a bunch and he picked them up and gave them to Calien. She smiled and gave Ed a hug. "Thank you, Ed, that was very sweet of you." He smiled back at her, "you know why I thought of that?" "No..why?" He told her of how his mother had said that his father had done that for her before he left. Calien knew how special that was to Ed. She was so overwhelmed by the story, and touched that he would do that for her that she kissed him quickly on the lips. "Actually, I have something for you, also.." Calien added. She haned him a book that had been written by Dr.Marcoh, but the library did not have it. It was about the forms that the Philosopher's Stone could take. "Where did you get this?" Ed asked in astonishment. "My dad had it and said I could give it to you," She said with a smile, "I hope it will help us find it.." She added. "It'll help..it'll help a lot," Ed smiled at her. She was so good to them and he knew that Al felt better around her also. He couldn't understand how her just being near helped so many people, Roy, himiself, his brother. He shrugged to himself and put it out of his mind. They talked quietly for a little while, then Calien decided to go to bed. They hugged before Ed left her room. When Ed went back to his bedroom he told Al about what he had given her. Al understood right away and said that he liked the gift Ed chose. Ed also showed Al the book that Calien had given him. Ed opeend the book and began reading it. The first sentences read: "The Philosopher's Stone has been so hard to locate, or to create, because it can take so many forms. It may be in the form of a liquid, an actual stone, or even a human being. It can utterly destroy everything in it's path, or repair damage caused by other elements of life, it's orientation depends entirely on the heart of the user." Ed fell asleep with the book on his chest.

The nex day at the library, the three discovered that the had looked through all of Dr.Marcoh's books except one. A book about alchemic genetics. Ed picked up the book and looked at the cover. He frowned, "this book won't help us, it's just about alchemic skill being passed through generations," he said, totally assuming that was the case. They returned to Central without so much as opening the book. When they arrived, Calien went to change her clothes. Ed and Al went to Roy's office. Ed told Roy about the only book that they had overlooked. Roy perked up at the mention of it. "Oh..alchemic genetics wont' help you...nothing to do with the Philosopher's Stone...no mention of it, in fact." Ed found Roy's behavior somewhat strange, but he decided to ignore it, besides he found everything Roy did strange.

The next day, Ed, Al, and Calien left Central to go in search of an already created Philosopher's Stone, or an alternative way to make one...Ed could never warm up to the thought of sacficing someone's life to get his body back to normal. It wasn't worth it. Roy hugged Calien and wept openly when they left. Calien wept too, and she promised him that though she didn't know when, she would come back. She hugged the military personnel on her way to the gate. Armstrong was last. He also wept openly and scooped up the tiny 11 year old as if she weighed nothing at all. "Oh little Calien...you were like my own child." He sobbed. "Thanks for everything, Alex..." She said while gasping for air. The three turned and walked toward the gate, "Elric, you had better make sure nothing happens to my little girl...she's in your care now!" Roy called out after them. "Don't worry, Colonel...I'll never let anything hurt her!" Ed called back to him over his shoulder. Maes went to the train station with the kids. When they arrived he hugged Calien, "Well...off you go," he said with a smile. "Roy is proud of you," he reminded her. "Please remind him that I love him so much..." Calien said with tears running down her face. "I'll tell him..." he said quietly. They hugged again. "Elicia will miss her big sister..." Maes whispered to her. "I'll miss her too, I'll miss everything about Central," she said sadly. "Good-bye, Maes..I'll be back soon..." She said quietly. He waved to her. They turned and got on the train.

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