A/N: i'm sorry for taking sooo long to update! i usually don't lol. here's chapter 2 of my fma story. hope u like it so far! R&R plz and umm...happy reading!
Chapter 2: Explaining To Do; Conflict
"Mmm...E-Ed...ward? Al..phonse?" she asked in a whisper as she got up slowly. Ed and Al were shocked, and surprised. They didn't know what to do. Their happiness turned to surprise, and they just stood there. She looked at them with a confused look, and then at herself. She gasped in surprise and shrieked.
"Wh..where are my clothes? What are you two doing down here when you can see I'm clearly not dressed?" she cried.
"S-sorry mom we'll go get you some clothes!" Ed cried and rushed upstairs, Al quickly following. In all of the excitement, he had forgotten their mother was naked in front of their very eyes. Boy was that stupid of him. 'Oh well...so what if we, saw? I mean, the real thing that matters is that Human Transmutation succeeded, and we were able to do it. Mom is back, and now everything is back to normal. As it should.' he thought to himself and grabbed her the clothes she needed. Al helped as well and they brought it downstairs. They gave it to their mom who took it away quickly and got dressed, Ed and Al had their backs turned. When they finally heard their mother sigh, they turned around. She brushed herself off, and put her hair in the position it was before her death.
"Will you two tell me what's going on? I'm a little...confused right now. My have you boys grown, what have I missed?" Trisha asked them.
"...Mom. You're...back and that's all that matters." Ed said with a teary smile and finally ran up to her in a hug. Al quickly followed and they cried tears of joy. Trisha looked around and saw the basement. She had never been down here. What was going on? All she could remember was being very sick, and then nothing. Now she was in the basement, her two cherished boys were older and she hadn't realized it, and she had no memory of anything before besides the fond memories she had with her boys, and with her husband Hoenheim.
"Ed...Al, please, tell me, what's going on?" Trisha asked them when their tears were finally gone.
"Well...I guess to put it simply, we were able to bring you back and now we can be a family again!" Ed said.
"Brought me back? Where did I go?" Trisha asked. Ed didn't like this, he didn't want her to know they performed a forbidden alchemy.
"You were sick mom. We were able to restore you and heal you so you wouldn't be sick anymore. Now you're all better thanks to us." Al said with a smile. 'Damn. He beat me to it.' Ed thought with a smile.
"O-Oh...is that it? Everything's so fuzzy I can't really remember..." Trisha answered as she rubbed her temples.
"The only thing that matters now is that we're a happy family again and you're fine!" Ed piped in and Trisha smiled. They were glad and had tears in their eyes. They were once again able to see her loving smile. As she got up, they went upstairs and Ed and Al explained some more.
"You haven't missed much mom. Ed and I got an alchemy teacher and we're even better than we were before! Look look we'll show you!" Al cried as he grabbed their mother by the hand.
"A teacher?" Trisha repeated.
"Yeah a great one too! Now we're great alchemists we're gonna show ya!" Ed replied and the two brothers were going to work, but then someone burst into the room.
"Ed! Al! I saw a light, what's going..." It was Winry. She had a horrified look on her face at what she saw before her. Trisha Elric. It couldn't be possible, how was it possible! She screamed and fell to the floor.
"Winry!" Al cried in alarm and the three rushed over to her.
"Winry please, don't scream we can explain!" Ed cried in a panic.
"Winry, what's wrong?" Trisha asked, concerned.
"Ed...Al how is..how is she a-"
"Not sick anymore? We cured her Winry!" Ed cried hysterically. "Go home Winry...we'll explain tommorow just go home!" he whispered and Winry continued to cry. She wiped the tears away and stood up.
"Winry?" Trisha asked, uncertain what truly was it she was going to say.
"I'm all right now Mrs. Elric. I just was a little spooked and surprised that you were all right. I'm sorry if that was rude. I'd best be going...goodbye Al, Ed." she said and said Ed's name harshly as she waved and rushed off through the rain. Both Ed and Al sighed, and their mother stood up.
"Edward, Alphonse. What's truly going on?" she asked sternly.
"We told you mom! We were able to heal you through the power of alchemy!" Ed cried. Trisha didn't believe one word of it. The two looked sad, and told her the truth.
"YOU DID WHAT!" Trisha cried in amazement.
"We're sorry mom!" Ed cried loudly. Trisha gained control of herself, but still was very angered that her two little angels had performed something so illegal.
"We just...we just wanted you back! We wanted things the way they were! We wanted...we wanted to see your loving smile again the most!" Al sobbed and the two rushed to their mother. She sighed and couldn't help but not stay mad at them.
"I know boys I know, but resurrecting the dead, especially me, shouldn't be something for you to worry about it. It's just hard for me to believe that I...I'm alive. I can't believe you succeeded." Trisha said in amazement. There was a knock on the door.
"Who could that be?" Trisha wondered as she opened it. A man walked in slowly, he seemed to be tall. His face was covered by his hood. His voice was very low, and stern.
"Hello there. I hope I'm not intruding. My name is Roy Mustang. I am the Flame Alchemist." the man introduced himself. Ed and Al hid behind their mother who shielded them protectively.
"And what does the state need with us?" she asked.
"Don't mind me ma'am, I was just reading the mail." he said and held up a letter.
"Ed! He got one of our notes!" Al cried. Ed just huffed.
"That's right kid. That's why I came all the way out here." Mustang replied.
"Do you know where our dad is mister? Do you!" Al cried.
"Alphonse, Edward is this another thing that I had no clue about?" Trisha asked. The two smiled sheepishly.
"I'd like to tell you kid but really, we have no clue where Hoenheim is. We've been looking for him for years, and still we haven't gotten any leads." Mustang replied as he took off his hood.
"Mister, is there anything else you could tell us? A clue maybe of to where our dad is?" Ed asked.
"Hm, sorry little man." he started. 'Little! GRAAAAAHH!' Ed thought through grit teeth. "The only clue that I can give you, is to join the military. Maybe then you could go out and look for your father yourself. That is, if your mother would want it. I assume you are the wife of Hoenheim miss-"
"Trisha. Trisha Elric." Trisha introduced herself. Mustang gasped, taken aback by the name. He regained himself, and nodded with a cough. He extended his hand and they shook.
"Pleasure to meet you." he said and put his hood back up. "I hope you won't mind, but in a week or two I will return to see how the boys have progressed. What I saw tonight is extraudinary, even for me. The flash of light, I'm wondering what they did." he said as he gave a stare to the two boys, and they quickly hid behind their mother. What if he saw what happened? If he knew? If he had known they brought their mother back, he could report to the state! They might take her away, away for experimenting. Heck, take everyone! They couldn't let that happen, no matter what.
"Th..thanks for the compliment..." Al squeaked and Mustang chuckled.
"Well, good day to all of you. I hope I don't give you a surprise if I am to return soon." he said and with a wave, he walked off into the rain. As he got into the car, his assistant gave him a look.
"Well? What did you make out? Any idea of what those two children did?" she asked.
"Well, I can say for sure that they succeeded in human transmutation." he answered and the woman gasped in shock.
"But we need to keep it low Hawkeye. If anyone else knows, then they'll want to experiment. They'll want to take an innocent family to the lab, and we cannot allow it. Especially when those two have a gift for alchemy. Hmph. They take after their father alright, especially that Edward Elric." Mustang said with a smile and the driver gave them a stern look.
"Are you serious sir! Human transmutation? No cost?" the driver asked.
"Nope. Those two are fine, and the transmutation was a success. Havoc, you must not speak of this to anyone. It is between you, me, and Hawkeye. Understand?" Mustang asked.
"Understood sir." Havoc said with a salute and began to drive off. When they disappeared out of sight, Ed and Al took Trisha by the hand and led her to the Rockbells.
"I'm sure Auntie Pinako will be so thrilled to see you!" Al said with a laugh.
"Now wait just a minute boys!" Trisha called but it was too late as they ran down the road to the Rockbells.
There was a knock on the door. The three waited outside in the rain, Al already thought he was sniffling from the cold. Ed already started sneezing constantly.
"I'll get it Grandma!" they heard Winry cry as she opened the door. When she saw who it was, she gradually let them in.
"Is it the boys, Winry?" Pinako asked as she came into view. She gasped and her pipe fell to the floor, rolling somewhere to where Den was sitting.
"My God...is it really you, Trisha?" she asked in disbelief.
"In the flesh. You won't believe how skilled my boys are." Trisha said with a smile.
"Are you serious! Human Transmutation!" Pinako roared and the children ran upstairs so Trisha and Pinako could have a talk. Den, tail between legs, rushed off, following the children upstairs.
"Ed, Al, what did you do to make granny so mad?" Winry scolded.
"We told you Winry. Human transmutation." Al said with a slight smile.
"I don't see why everyone's making a big deal out of this. I mean, she's back isn't that good enough to make everyone happy again?" Ed said with a shrug.
"You don't get it Ed! Didn't granny tell you that it wasn't a good idea when you suggested the idea to me!" Winry shrieked.
"Calm down Winry, human transmutation works! Heck, we could even bring back your mom and dad!" Ed cried and she gasped.
"Ed...I think we're going too far now. It might've just been luck that we were able to succeed!" Al cried.
"Ed, don't you realize that human transmutation is a bad thing?" Winry asked.
"Bad thing? Everyone said that cause they never succeeded!" Ed protested. There was an odd silence, and they all had a jolt when they heard someone slam their fist on a table. They crept quietly downstairs, just a little to hear the conversation taking place...
"Pinako please, calm down." Trisha said as she walked over to Pinako.
"I will not calm down dammit! Do you realize what your boys did! Meddled with things that should be left alone! Do you realize what could happen to them! To you! Well, do you!" Pinako cried. Trisha sighed, sat down, and rubbed her temples.
"I'm well aware that human transmutation is forbidden, and illegal. Performing it could put you in jail, even a sentence to death." Trisha said calmly.
"Exactly. Your boys shouldn'tve done this. They should have never tried to bring you back, that is something only the gods are capable of! But we're not gods, we're human!" Pinako cried. Al and Ed felt like needles had impaled their innocent hearts at what they heard. Winry was shocked of her grandma's actions.
"I know...but they brought me back, and I'm here. We'll just have to make deal with what has happened here. Speak to no one about it, and try to live out our lives." Trisha said.
"How would you? For all we know you really aren't Trisha Elric! A homunculous possibly! Someone who looks like Trisha, has her memories!" Pinako yelled coldy and this shocked Trisha.
"NO!" Ed screamed and raced downstairs, Al following quickly with Winry close behind. Both adults were shocked to hear Ed's angered voice.
"NO!" he repeated and ran in front of his mother.
"You're wrong auntie! Mom is..mom! There's no doubt! She can't be a homunculous we brought her back to life just like that we succeeded! Doesn't that make you happy that she's alive!" Al cried as he too got in front of Trisha.
"Grandma I can't believe you're saying this!" Winry cried, Den began to growl.
"Human transmutation is forbidden, illegal. If you boys listened to our conversation, you know well aware of what could happen to both of you." Pinako said as she bit her pipe.
"But that's not gonna happen! We brought mom back, no one has to know besides us!" Ed cried.
"What about that state alchemist that saw that flash? You think that he doesn't know! You're wrong! He knows, what if he tells the state? Then what Ed!" Pinako cried.
"Then we'll protect her! We're not gonna lose her again!" Al cried and tears began to flow.
"Auntie why are you saying such cruel to mom? Why are you thinking she's a homunculous!" Ed sobbed.
"Think about it Edward. You performed human transmutation and succeeded. Normally when people perform that kind of alchemy a cost is made. One that can change the life of that person forever. There must be some cost to what you did! Even though you may live your lives with nothing wrong, something still must be paid!" Pinako explained and the two were silent.
"We were lucky! That would explain it! There's nothing that made us miserable! The only cost for us was little cuts!" Al said and showed his finger where a slit could be seen.
"You think that you paid the price for your mother's soul! A little drop of blood! You're wrong, both of you! Human Transmutation needs more than blood! It needs more! Some people have tried and it's cost them their arm, or their leg or even their soul!" Pinako cried and it made Ed and Al sick to their stomachs.
"WHY YOU CAN'T BE HAPPY FOR US!" Al screamed and a silence took place.
"That's enough boys. Let's get going." Trisha finally said with both boys sniffling. She gave Pinako a deadly stare as they walked out the door.
"Ed! Al!" Winry cried as she rushed to them. They gave her tired stares. "I..I'm sorry for what grandma said. I'll try and have a talk with her I promise." she said.
"That won't be neccessary Winry. I forbid these two to come and visit again. Ever. You can always come over if you want though." Trisha explained and it left the three children awestruck. As Winry was left standing in awe, the family went back to the house.
"Mom...what Auntie Pinako said...you think it's true?" Al asked as he was tucked in.
"You let me worry about Auntie Al. You need to get your rest for tommorow." Trisha replied.
"Mom, do you think that we need to pay more for the price of human transmutation?" Ed asked.
"No Ed. Both of you don't worry about me. You succeeded. I'm very proud of you. There's nothing wrong with me, I'm sure of it. You did a great job, and thank you." Trisha said and gave them both a kiss on the forehead.
"Goodnight mom." the two boys said.
"Goodnight Ed. Goodnight Al. Sweet dreams my little angels." Trisha said as she turned off the light, and closed the door silently. Ed and Al looked at eachother, trying to find the words.
"Brother...do you think that what Auntie said was true?" Al asked.
"Don't be stupid Al. You heard mom. There's no way she's a homunculous." Ed replied sternly and turned to his side as he snuggled up to his pillow.
"Yeah..." Al replied, still a little uncertain of what just took place. He finally closed his eyes peacefully, and rolled over to the right side, falling alseep. Ed looked over his shoulder to see Al sleeping quietly. He smiled. He looked at the wall, at the transmutation circles they had accomplished using, and the plan to bring their mom back. He sighed. 'There's no way...' he said to himself and clutched his pillow tightly. 'There's no way...no way that mom will ever be a homunculous. She's our mom, that's all anyone needs to know.' he thought and fell asleep peacefully right after.
Trisha walked down to her room, sighing as she flopped onto her bed. She looked at the ceiling, and then at the room. Everything was as it was, as it had been before her absence. 'Perfect.' she thought to herself and tucked herself into bed. All along she was thinking of what Pinako had said. She was angered that Pinako would do something to her boys, and made sure that somehow, someway, Pinako would pay. 'That's right. She will pay. I am Trisha Elric, and no one is going to tell me that I'm something else, a living doll with no mind or soul. I'm not a homunculous, I'm human. I'm the perfect mother.' she thought to herself and fell asleep a few minutes later.
A/N: Oooh she's gonna make Pinako pay, but how? The perfect mother, hm, sounds a little too perfect to me. well, there's chapter 2. i made sure for it to be longer than 1 so i'm pretty happy that i did a good job with it. :) anyways, again, i'm such a nagger (don't worry i promise i won't nag anymore! at least, i'll try lol), R&R plz and chapter 3 will be coming soon!