Disclaimer: I do not own FMA or its original characters, but I do own this original story and the characters I made up..so HA!

Sorry it took so long to get the next chapter up, but I had to do a major paper for my history class. Semester's almost over, yikes. Anyhow, thanks for all of your reviews :)! Hope you enjoy the chapter

The three boarded a train to Resembool and sat down. Calien curled up on the seat and fell asleep. When she opened her eyes she was in Resembool. There were rolling green hills and the sky was so blue she wanted to reach up and feel it. It was beautiful. When the train rolled to a stop they got up and moved to the exit. A tall girl with blonde hair and a tiny old woman waited for them. The blonde ran up to them and hugged them.

"It's been so long!" She shouted. Calien blushed she was very shy and it was hard for her to meet new people in situations such as this.

"Winry, this is Calien," Ed began.

"She's our really good friend from Central City, she's been assigned to work with us." He smiled.

"It's nice to meet you, miss." Calien whispered. Ed then brought her to the older lady.

"And this is Aunt Pinako, she took care of us after..." He grew solemn and Calien understood.

"It's nice to meet you ma'am." Calien said politely. When they got to the house Calien was given a spare room and Ed and Al had their old room. It was the first time Calien would be in a new place by herself at night.

"So, you're a state alchemist, eh?" Pinako asked her.

Calien grinned, "I sure am!" She explained that Roy Mustang had adopted her, so the military was all that she knew. She told the story of her parents as well as she knew it. Winry and Pinako could see that in many ways, she was a lot like the Elric boys. They had met Roy years earlier right after the accident. Both of the women liked Calien a lot. She was very respectful and helpful. Winry and Calien became very good friends in a matter of only a few days.

A little while after they had gotten comfortable, Ed and Al went to visit their mother's grave like they did every time they visited. Calien did not go with them. She didn't know where they were going, but she knew it was a private thing.

Pinako was standing by the stove grumbling over a pot of water.

"This just won't boil.." She mumbled.

"Oh, I can help!" Calien said overjoyed that she could help. She quickly put a finger in the warm water, suddenly it began to boil. Pinako and Winry were amazed, no circle and her watch was not on her. Calien then showed off her palms and smiled explaining that she was a natural alchemist who dealt with water. They were very impressed.

At their mother's grave, each boy took a turn speaking privately with their mother.

When they had finished, Ed turned to Al, "if it's ok with you..tomorrow I'm gonna come back here.." Ed began, Al waited for his brother to finish before answering.

"I want to bring Calien.." Ed finished quickly.

"That's ok, Brother...I know you wanted her to see all of it." Al was ok with Calien seeing the grave, and was glad that Ed wanted her to. They went home to find Calien and Winry sitting outside talking and laughing, as if Calien had been there all along. She seemed like she was what was missing when the boys left. Even Resembool was more beautiful now that she was there.

That night Calien was asleep in her room, and Al was asleep also. Ed got up and went outside. The gentle breeze on his face relaxed him. It was good to be home. Winry stepped outside and sat in the grass next to him.

"What are you thinking about, Ed?" She asked quietly.

"Taking Calien to my mother's grave tomorrow..." Ed trailed off into thought again.

"You really care about her, don't you, Ed." Winry said quietly, she understood all of it.

"Yeah..." Ed admitted.

"You haven't told her, have you." She said quickly.

"No..I haven't told her, I will though...I don't know when, but sometime." He said with a little smile. Winry laughed, Ed would not be convinced to tell her sooner than later, he'd just have to learn on his own about these things.

"She's a sweet girl, Ed..."

"I know, Winry, I worry about her constantly, if something happened to her...it would be my fault...I can't stand putting her in danger...can she stay here, with you, Winry?" He asked.

"She won't stand for that, Ed...she wants to help you..she's stronger than you think." Winry knew Ed would try it anyhow, so she promised to take care of her. Calien had become like a little sister to her and she would love for her to stay with them, but she knew that the boys needed her, they loved her.

The next afternoon, Ed was ready to take Calien to the grave. She was outside in a field picking flowers with the young children of the village. She had a white skirt on with a white top to match and her hair was down with a string of flowers around her head. Ed walked out to the middle of the field and asked her to go for a walk with him. The children giggled as she accepted, causing her to blush. First, Ed took her to the ruins of their house. It was nothing but a burned frame now, but once it had been their home. He told her the story of what had happened there in detail. Then, as the sun was setting, they went to the grave which was on top of a hill.

"This is my mother's grave..." Ed was almost whispering.

"She was the most beautiful person in the world, and we just couldn't accept it when she died." A tear rolled down his cheek and fell on the ground in front of him. Calien was quiet, listening to Ed. A sob shook him as he stood there. He looked so lonely. Calien's eyes filled as she watched him. She hugged him and told him it was ok. He rested a cheek on her shoulder and felt his pain subside as the breeze played with her hair and he smelled the flowers. As they stood there, a butterfly flew up and rested on one of the flowers in her hair. It stayed for a moment then flew off. Butterflies were a sign of hope.

Finally, he let go of her, "I was here yesterday with Al, but I wanted you to see it too." He looked at her as she gazed at the grave of Trisha Elric. She felt strange about not having anything to leave at the grave, then she thought of the flowers on her head. She took off the wreath and knelt in front of the grave placing it in the grass.

She turned and smiled at Ed, "that's for your mom,"

he couldn't help but smile, "thanks Calien." She seemed to always put others before herself.

"Calien..." Ed began gently.

"I think...you'd be safer if you stayed here, with Winry and Pinako when Al and I leave..." She seemed to get upset. Her eyes filled and her heart broke.

"W-why?"

She asked quietly, "are you sick of me? Why would you violate orders like that, Daddy put me in your care...it was an order..." She was almost begging him.

"I just don't want you to get hurt, that's all..."

"Does Al know that you want me to stay here?"

"No." She stood up and began to walk down the hill.

"Where are you going?" Ed called after her. She was crying now.

"You don't want me around..." Calien answered.

"That's not true... I do want you around, you make me happy when nothing else can...Calien, the only one besides you who could do that was my mother!" He shouted after her.
She immediately stopped in her tracks.

He ran up to her and looked at her tear-stained face, "I couldn't protect my mother, but I will protect you."

"Alright, Ed...but if you leave me here I'll call my father and you'll be court-martialed." She grinned.

"You can be really tough sometimes, you know that?" He said with a smile. They walked home and arrived there in time for dinner.

The next day, Calien, Ed, and Al were outside playing with the neighborhood children again. The children loved Calien very much. One little girl came running up to Calien and she knelt down to talk to the child.

"My kitty had kittens, and I brought you one to keep, cause I know you'll take care of her."

"Oh thank you!" Calien exclaimed with joy, she loved animals. She hugged the child and cradled the kitten.

"Look at the kitten, isn't she so cute!" She said scratching it's head. She told the boys how the little girl had given her the kitten. Calien handed it to Al, she knew Al liked animals too. He pet it gently and felt happy. He handed it back to Calien. She had a ribbon in her hair and she took it off and tied a bow around the kitten's neck. It purred happily in her arms.

"Hold the kitten, Ed." She smiled as she handed it to Ed. He held it and smiled. His gentleness warmed Calien's heart. The boys loved the kitten.

"We can keep it Ed, right?" Calien asked. He couldn't stand saying no to her and he said the kitten could come with them. Calien named the kitten Daisy. Daisy and Calien were always together, the little kitten insisted on following her everywhere. When it came time to leave Resembool, Calien and Daisy left with the boys. Winry and Pinako cried when they left. They had to return to Central. It had now been nearly a year since Calien had seen her father and from what Riza Hawkeye told her over the phone, Roy wasn't the same without Calien.

Well, there's the chapter. Thanks for reading my story so far, we're more than halfway through it now, but don't worry I might be working on another story (just not an FMA one). Don't forget to review my dears :) .