"Brother," Alphonse said to Ed,"we have to go after Pain and Torture"
"You're right," Ed responded."We need to get my memory back. Where do you think they could be"
"Brother, do you remember the forest we saw outside of the cabin?" Al asked him.
"Yeah," Ed said."What about it"
"I think that's the Dissapora Forest where the homunculi hide," Al said.
"You could be right...but we'll need to go check it out"
They rode a train to Central and headed for the cabin that they were at before. Sure enough, they found a forest. They entered it and were prepared for the worst.
When they entered the forest, they ran into a clearing and saw a house-like object off into the distance. They ran up to it and Ed clapped his hands and set them down on the house. It came crashing down to reveal the homunculi Pain, Torture, and Greed.
"The Elrics!" Greed yelled.
"Yeah, you think we don't see them?" Torture said."What do you want? Oh, let me answer that for you, 'I want my memory back!'. Well, you're out of luck, kid"
"Who are you calling a kid! I am not so short that I'm barely visible and hard to target!" Ed yelled.
"What? Ugh, never mind. Let's fight!" Torture said as he ran towards Ed.
Ed ran forward also, with his blade ready. He slashed at him a few times, leaving gashes in Torture's side. Torture slashed back, ripping Ed's coat(A/N: teh red cloak thing.) Al joined the fighting, punching Torture and knocking him to the ground.
"You know, Greed, you can jump in any time!" Torture said as he got up.
"Nah, I prefer to watch," Greed said with a grin on his face.
Suddenly, Pain came running up to Torture. She whispered something in his ear, and then there was a bluish glow. Pain was using alchemy again. Ed felt a rushing sensation, and all these images appeared in his head. They were of him and the golden-brown haired kid. They were playing, talking, reading, and then the human transmutation appeared. He remembered! He got his memory back! He closed his eyes and fell to the ground.
When Ed awoke, he heard Al crying. All of the homunculi were gone.
"Al? What's wrong?" Ed said.
"Brother? You're okay? I thought they killed you!" Al said, relieved.
"Well, they didn't kill me, but I got my memory back," Ed said.
"Really? That's great!" Al said.
Suddenly, something blue caught his eye. It was glowing, and Ed walked towards it.
"No...this can't be it...Al"
"Brother? What's wrong?" Al asked, confused.
"I think...I think we've found the Scholar's Stone!" Ed yelled.
"Ed, keep your voice down," Al warned him,"The homunculi might still be around somewhere"
"Sorry," Ed apologized."I thought they might have left the forest...Wow...I can't believe we found it! It was right underneath th homunculi's noses"
"Well, it could be a fake, like last time at the docks"
"Let's find out. Do you want to"
"Why is it up to me"
"Because we're going to use you to try to get your body back"
"What"
"You heard me, we're using you to see if it's the real thing"
"Okay. Let's do it!" Al said.
Ed drew a very detailed human transmutation circle, and Al walked to the middle of it. Ed held the Scholar's Stone in his hands, then traced the circle with the Stone. It glowed blue.
"Al, you ready for this"
"Yeah"
Ed clapped his hands and then layed them on the circle.
"The Stone consists of body, soul, and spirit, or water. Our whole world is of, and by, our water, which dissolves the bodies not into water, but by a true scholical solution into the water whence metals are extracted, and is calcined and reduced to earth. Pale white and black with false critine, imperfect white and red. And after these shall appear the substance invarible." Ed said.
Suddenly, the circle turned blue and a burst of white light blinded Ed. He could hear the faint cries of his brother as he fainted.
Ed slowly opened his eyes, and what he saw was amazing. He saw his brother, not in a metal body, but a normal, human body.
"Alphonse? It was real? It worked? Aphonse!" Ed cried as he gave his brother a hug.
"Brother, I can feel again! This is amazing! Thank you so much!" Al yelled.
They both stood up and Ed was up to Al's chin.
"What! You can't be taller than me! I'm not an ultra-hyper super-short kid who can't be seen because he's smaller than a tick!" Ed cried.
"Brother? We still have to get Mom back to the way she was," Al said.
"Yeah, we have to go back to Risembool," Ed said."Get the Stone and let's go"
They walked out of the forest and back into town to the train station, purchased their tickets, and boarded the train when it came. Ed fell asleep immediately, while Al was walking around the train trying to get used to his human limbs. After about an hour, Al got sleepy and went to bed next to Ed.
In the morning, the train whistle woke Ed and Al up. They were in Risembool. They got off the train and headed for Pinako's house. They knocked on the door to let them know they were here and then walked inside.
"Ed? Is that you? Who's your friend?" Pinako asked.
"It's me, Alphonse!" Al answered for Ed.
"Really? Heheh. You're taller than Ed!" Pinako said.
"Well, everybody's taller than you, old hag," Ed muttered. Pinako threw a pan at him.
"Ouch! Where's Mom?" Ed said.
"She left. She said her friends needed her to do something for her"
"I guess we'll just wait for her to get back," Al said.
"Yeah..."
Ed walked up to his room, Al tagging along.
"You know, you don't have to follow me everywhere I go," Ed told Al.
"I know, I just want to," Al replied.
The two of them walked into their room and Ed layed down on his bed. Al sat down next to him.
"You have your own bed, you know," Ed said."I'm not trying to shoo you away or anything." he added at the look on Al's face.
"I understand..." Al said as he walked over to his own bed.
Suddenly the two boys heard a whimpering sound. It was coming from outside their window. Al got up and walked over to it, looked oustdide and saw a kitten. Ed stayed on his bed. Al jumped out of the window to get the kitten and Ed didn't know the kiten was there.
"AL! What the hell are you doing!" Ed yelled as he ran after him. He saw Al on the ground with the kitten.
"Heh. You sure do love cats!" Ed said.
"They're just so cute and adorable and swwet and nice and huggable and loveable and a whole bunch of other things that I can't think of right now!" Al said.
"Geez! I didn't know you liked them that much!" Ed said.
"I haven't touched one or felt one for so long..." Al said.
"Suck it up already!" the Elrics heard Envy say.
"Where did you come from!" Ed said.
"I came from a failed human transmutation, but I thought you already knew that," Envy said."You're coming with me"
"And what makes you think I will?" Ed said.
"Oh, you will. And we'll take your friend too!" Envy said.
"I'm Alphonse Elric! His brother! Not a friend!" Al yelled.
"Oh, so you two have the Scholar's Stone? And you returned him to normal?" Envy said."Pain, teleport them now"
In an instant, they were back in the Dissapora Forest. Pain and Torture were standing there like they were waiting for them.
"Let's make a deal, Elric," Torture said."I'm not usually so 'nice', but I was asked to"
"What kind of deal?" Ed said.
"You love that Winry girl that I murdered, right?" Torture said as he pointed to Winry's dead body
"...yes...But what does that have to do with a deal"
"I can bring her back"
Ed stared at him.
"No! This is some kind of trick"
"Watch," Torture said as he jumped up and killed a flying bird with his claws. Pain made a transmutation circle on the ground and placed the bird in it. She clapped her hands and layedthem doen on the circle. There was a bluish glow and then the bird was instantaneously (A/N: i cant spell...) brought back to life.
"How the hell did you do that! No human can do that!" Ed yelled.
"You're forgetting something," Pain said."I'm not human"
"We can bring that girl back," Torture said.
"I'm sure you can, but what's the catch?" Ed asked.
"Oh, nothing huge, just that I get to take one of your friends and transfer all of their life into her," Torture said.
"That's murder! It's not worth it..." Ed yelled.
"Okay, suit yourself. You're never going to get her back, " Torture said as he began to walk away.
"Wait! Okay...do the transmutation"
"Oh, goodey! This will be fun," Torture said."You have to agree, though. There's no turning back once you do this"
"I'm ready," Ed said.
"Pain, who do you feel like killing?" Torture asked.
"How about...Alphonse!" Pain said. Torture immediately grabbed up Al.
"You can't do this! He's my little brother! Don't take him away from me..." Ed sobbed as Torture stood before him with Al.
"We had a deal, Elric. A life for a life. I got to choose. You want the girl back, right"
"I don't want you to take Alphonse! I just returned him to his normal state!" Ed said through tears.
"ED! BROTHER...!" Al screamed as Pain clapped her hands and started the human transmutation. In an instant, all life was drained out of Alphonse into Winry.
"ALPHONSE! No..This can't be happening not again"
He closed his eyes and cried uncontrolably(A/N: i still cant spell...) He didn't realize he had fallen asleep until he woke up. Alphonse's body was still there, and Winry was alive, but in a deep sleep. Pain and Torture had dissapeared. He must have been crying in his sleep because his face was saoked. He tried to wake Winry up, but she just rolled over. He picked up Alphonse and slung him on his back. He tried to wake Winry one more time. Her eyelids flickered, then she awoke.
"Ed? What the hell? Where am I? What happened?" she asked.
Then Ed told her everything.
A/N: ok! its dun. yep, that was the end. AHA! but theres another fic im writing that takes place two years after this. neway, i hope you all liked the fic! SHEE YOU ALL L8ER! (oh, nd sorry abput this last chapter being so long!)
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