Disclaimer: I do not own FMA, but I do own this story line and my original characters...and they are not for sale!

Well kiddies, I've started another story, but it isn't an fma story...sorry...I may post it when I finish it, but I haven't decided, it's a Star Wars story, and SW people get mean if you get something about it wrong, so I dunno, we'll see...Anyhow, enjoy the chapter :)

When they reached the compound at Central City, Calien picked up Daisy and ran for Roy's office, the boys ran as fast as they could to keep up with the tiny girl as she bolted through the familiar gates. She ran all the way to Roy's office.

The three kids threw open the door, "Daddy!" Calien cried as Roy jumped up from his desk, "Calien?"

He ran to her and scooped her up in his arms, "Oh my baby.." he cooed. Roy needed Calien, he hadn't really been happy without her. Riza and Havoc smiled. Maes ran into the room when he heard that Calien had come home. They hugged and he told her how big Elicia was now. Everyone was happy to have her home. Ed and Al looked at each other, they were glad to see how happy she was with her family. Calien showed everyone Daisy and told everyone about their adventures. Roy knew that he had to keep Calien there with him, he couldn't stand to let her go again. He decided to keep her there indefinitely unless there was a military emergency. They had a birthday party for her and Ed in Roy's office like they had the year before. Calien was now 12 and Edward was now 14 years old. Roy talked with Ed by himself and told him that he was going to reassign Calien to stay in Central City. Ed agreed that it would be better for Calien if she stayed there, even though he wished she could stay with them.

Roy smiled, "I think you did a good job taking care of her, though...I can see that you care for her," Ed just nodded and walked off to tell Al. Al was sad to hear that Calien would have to stay in Central, but he knew that Ed was hurting worse than he was.

Ed looked very serious, "we'll leave tomorrow..." he said as the tears came to his eyes, he didn't know when the three of them would be together again. That night, Calien, Daisy and the boys were in Roy's office and Calien was reassigned to Central. Calien cried at the thought of the boys leaving her again. She loved them, they were the best friends she had ever had.

The next morning, Ed and Al left without Calien. Maes brought her to the train station with him to see them off again. He said a quick good-bye to the boys and gave the rest of the time to Calien. She was crying so hard it was almost impossible for them to walk away and leave her. She hugged Al and then Ed. Ed felt like he didn't want to leave now, not without her, but the train was there and they had to go. She clung to him and had to force her hands to let go. Ed smiled even though they were both in tears. He took her face in both of his hands and kissed her passionately but quickly on the lips. Al and Maes were shocked to see it happen.

Ed whispered in her ear, "I'll come back for you..."

He slipped a picture of Al and himself into her hand, "good-bye, Calien." She was as shocked at what had happened as Maes and Al were.

"Good-bye Edward Elric..." She said with her voice quivering.

Back at the compound, Maes insisted that Edward was in love with Calien and that it was cruel to take them apart.

"I don't want to hurt her..." Roy protested, "Elric agreed that it was better for her here...safer for her here..." He didn't want to admit his guilt.

Calien was strong and she wrote letters to Winry often, and she recieved letters from Edward all the time. She began to babysit Elicia, and the little girl became like a sister to her. Maes and Gracia were happy to have Calien around. Roy seemed to perk up also, his mood was better and he treated everyone else better now. Calien tried to keep herself busy. She went back to school and her friends there. She also worked on her alchemy. The entire time Daisy was always at her feet. The cat was a very faithful companion to her. A year passed, and the Elrics had not come back. Calien continued to get letters from Ed, but they could not get back to Central yet, there were so many leads they had to investigate. Calien was now 13 and Ed was 15. A young man had moved into Central, he was a new state alchemist. He was 16 years old and tall with brown hair and black eyes. He was a sky alchemist, but he was not a natural alchemist. His name was Ryan Jacobs. Ryan became good friends with Calien, but no matter how much he asked, she would not date him. She couldn't explain why, she just couldn't love him. She wondered if she was in love with Ed, but she always denied it to herself. Roy tried to keep a lot of pressure off his daughter, she was fragile now that the Elrics were gone. Calien loved Roy, and hadn't been able to stay angry with him for long. She spent most of her time in his office. When she took walks in the city, Havoc was assigned to go with her. He was nervous about escorting her because all he had was a pistol, he wasn't an alchemist, and there was not much he could do to protect her. Calien liked Jean Havoc, she found him interesting, and he was a friend of her father's so she trusted him.

Ryan requested to be her escort, but Calien didn't want that, she wanted to keep Ryan at a distance as much as possible, so Roy denied the request.

When Maes was killed, Roy could put the job of telling Gracia on someone else, but he had to tell Calien himself. It was a Saturday, so she wasn't in school. She was in his office doing her homwork, and the office was silent and empty except for her. Roy opened the door and shut it behind him, the young colonel looked like he hadn't gotten any rest in a long time. His usually firey black eyes were dull and his hair was skewed.

"Daddy...What's the matter?" Calien asked, startled at the sight of her father. Roy sat on the couch and she immediately came and sat next to him. He put his arm around her and hugged her close to his chest, he took a deep breath and began talking softly.

"Calien, Sweety...early this morning...Maes was found dead in a phone booth...he was shot in the chest at point blank range." Calien was silent for a minute as the information sank into her mind. Finally, a sob shook her tiny frame. She cried constantly for a long time. Roy just held her not knowing what to say to ease her pain. This little girl had been lucky enough to have four parents, but unlucky enough to lose three of them. Roy couldn't even say "don't cry" because she was behaving the way he wished he could himself, but duty seemed to be holding him back. After about two hours, Calien just ran out of energy. There were no more tears left for her to cry and her sobs had finally tired her out. Roy's uniform looked as though a cup of water had been poured on it, and in a way, it had been.

Calien looked up at her father with damp red eyes, "take me to see Gracia and Elicia," she whispered. Roy just nodded and they left. When they arrived at Maes' house, Gracia answered the door with Elicia in her arms. The four-year-old had also tired herself out by crying. She looked up when her mother opened the door. Her pain seemed eased when she saw Calien. Calien and Roy came inside and Roy explained why they were there. Calien hugged Gracia. Gracia felt as if Calien was her daughter and she was so relieved that she had come.

"We'll get through this girls...my two little girls," Gracia whispered. In the Hughes' home, Calien was a member of the family. Elicia truly had a big sister in Calien, and both she and her mother understood that Calien was suffering just as much as they were. Elicia just wanted to be held and could not tolerate being put down, so Calien sat on the couch and held her to give Gracia a break. Soon, both children were asleep. Roy and Gracia wanted to let the girls sleep and Roy didn't want to leave Calien there, so he stayed. Hours later that night, Elicia woke up and noticed that Calien was still asleep. She heard Roy and Gracia talking quietly in the kitchen. Not wanting to be alone, she gently shook Calien.

"Wake up!" She whispered. Calien slowly opened her eyes. The memory of what had happened flooded back all at once.

Calien looked down at Elicia, "Daddy's gone," Elicia reminded her.

"I know..." She whispered back to the little girl in her lap.

"Can you stay with us?" Elicia asked. She was desperate for someone to hold on to.

Calien nodded, "I'll stay for as long as I can." They could hear Gracia and Roy talking.

"Maes really loved the girls...He always thought of Calien as his daughter, but he said you needed her more than we did..." Gracia was talking so she didn't have to think.

"His funeral will be in two days...can Calien stand with Elicia and I...Maes' family?" She asked.

"Of course, Gracia, I wouldn't have it be any other way." Roy answered gently.

Calien spent the two days at Gracia's house. She couldn't leave, their sadness seemed to hold her there. Roy often came to see her while she was staying there, it seemed to make him feel better. Calien hadn't forgotten that Roy was also suffering, he had lost his best friend. When the day of the funeral came, Gracia stood at the grave holding Elicia's right hand and Calien held her left. All three wore black dresses, they truly did look like a family. Roy wanted to be there with them to comfort his little girl, but he had to stand in the ranks with the other soldiers. Once they began to bury Maes, Elicia started to cry. Calien knelt in the dewy grass getting the knees of her stockings wet, but she didn't notice right then. She hugged Elicia to her chest as tears rolled down her own face. Soon both girls were in Gracia's arms as she also knelt in the grass. Roy watched helplessly until they were finally dismissed. He said a few words to Maes as he looked down on the grave stone. He then turned to Gracia and the girls. Calien stood up and hugged her father. She stood back just in time to see a single tear slide down his cheek, but he knew she was watching and quickly brushed it away. That night, Calien went home with Roy, but she slept in his room with him. Maes had been there to help Roy through everything, and she could feel that Roy now felt helpless and alone. When he was younger, before Calien was born, he had considered taking his life, the senseless killing in Ishbal was driving him mad. It seemed like there was no end in sight, but James and Maes had been there to stop him and bring him back to reality. Now both of them were dead, and he was still alive, it made no sense to him. Then he looked down and saw his beautiful little girl asleep with her head in his lap and he realized that if he had died, there would be no one left to take care of her. He knew in his heart that he lived every day for her. He worked so hard in the military to make the world a better place for her. He smiled to himself as he finally realized what Maes had meant all those years ago in the hospital when he had said "Roy needs Calien more than we do."

Two years passed, Calien was 15 and Ed was 17. Soon Calien would have to go east, because there was a military emergency and the Elrics were ordered back to Central for reassignment. There had been an uprising in the east, the Ishbalans were killing military personnel at an alarming rate. Roy knew his littler girl would have to be sent there, to the same place that her father died.

When the Elrics returned they could barely recognize Calien. She had grown into a young woman, small though she was, her breasts had developed and her hair had grown longer, her curves had appeared. They came through the gate of the compound and saw two young people sitting in the shadow of the building, a young girl, a young man and a cat. The cat saw them and ran up to them, she sat in front of them and meowed loudly, it was none other than Daisy, the boys recognized her right away. Calien looked up to see what Daisy was doing and gasped aloud.

"What is it?" Ryan asked, "Who are they?"

"It's them!" Calien shouted. She got up and walked over to them slowly. Ed gasped at the sight of her, she was more gorgeous now than ever before. It had been so long, it had been three years since they had seen each other. Ed had grown taller, his face was more mature, and he was more built, but his hair and eyes were the same. He wanted to hold her, but he was afraid to, she seemed so distant. They went up to Roy's office. Roy smiled at the sight of the three of them together again. The three of them were reassigned to work together again and go east to help settle things down. They would leave in a week. After their reassignment, the three of them went outside. They talked about Maes' death and what they had faced since their separation.

Suddenly, Calien's eyes filled with tears, "I thought about you guys all the time, I missed you so much!" She hugged them both and wept. They were so happy to be together.

"So..who was the guy you were with when we came in?" Ed asked with a smirk.

"That was Ryan...the Sky Alchemist...he's been upset with me because I won't go out with him," Calien explained. Ed smiled a little, he wanted her to be with him. Calien opened her locket to show them that their picture had joined that of her parents. They spent every moment together until they had to go to bed.

Calien spent a long time on her balcony that night, and this time it was Al who came to see her.

"I hope I'm not interrupting.." He began quietly.

"Of course not," she said with a smile.

"I wanted to talk to you alone...it's about Ed..." He said with what sounded almost like worry in his voice.

"What's the matter with Ed?" Calien asked concerned.

"Nothing...it's just that I think he's really happy to see you again. He talked about you every day that we were gone and he worried about you...I think he loves you..." Calien was surprised, everyone else had known, but she had not. She cast her eyes down toward the ground below.

"I think I love him too...that's why I wouldn't go out with Ryan, even though he was always around, I would only be friends with him...But I can't tell Ed that..."

"Why not?" He asked sadly.

"I...I just can't there's just something inside me that won't let me..."

"Ok..." He turned and walked out in a surprisingly silent way for someone as big as he was. She stayed there and thought for a while longer. The kiss that Ed had left her with three years ago still warmed her lips, she had only kissed Roy in the time that Ed was gone, and Roy was her father. She smiled thinking of their kiss. Calien didn't want to tell Ed that she loved him, she wanted to wait to see if he would tell her first.

A week passed and it was time for them to leave, but this time Roy would be coming with them. Roy had been assigned to head the entire operation in the east because he had worked out there for a long time.

Thanks again for reading, guys. Remember to review. The story gets a little intense from here on in, so brace yourselves!