Roy Mustang sat down in his new office with a feeling of accomplishment. "I finally made it to the top." he said with a sigh. After the battle Edward Elric had with the homunculi, Edward found out that Fuhrer Bradly was one of them. "Congratulations, Fuhrer Mustang." Said a blonde haired woman. "Please Riza, Roy." Replied Mustange "Even though Fuhrer does have a nice ring to it." He added.
"WHAT! ROY IS FUHRER! WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN!" shouted a blonde haired youth at the now Colonel Jean Havoc. "The day you exposed Braldy to be the homunculi, Pride. He was promoted from Commander in Chief to Fuhrer. Anyway, back to business. Elric, you're going to have a partner for this mission. Though, it seems he has not come here yet. You are excused until he has arrived though you are not to leave Central. Got that?" Havoc explained. "Wait a minute. I have a partner? When did this happen!" Ed asked confused. "It wasn't me who made the rules Ed. Now you have a partner only for this mission. Then you and Al will continue going on missions, just the two of you. Okay?" Havoc replied. "Whatever." Said Ed with a sigh.
Ed walked out the door to find a suit of armor and a blonde hair girl waiting for him. "So where are we going, Brother?" said the armor in a young voice. "I don't know yet, Al. All I know is that we have a partner for this mission. And apparently he's not here yet." replied Ed without much enthusiasm. "Oh." Was all the armor said. "So, we're just gonna hang around here until he comes." Ed said walking away. Alphonse and Winry followed him. "Oh. I wish you guys could stay here. I wanted to hang out some more." Winry said longingly.
They went outside for al little bit talking about random things. Then they thought the person they were supposed to meet would be back soon so they decided to go inside they building & talk.
As Ed, Al, and Winry were walking down the halls they came across a man they never saw in Central before. The man was tall, had dark blonde hair, & glasses. He had a book in his hand. "Brother? I've never seen that man before. Who do you think he is?" questioned Al. "Dunno. He must be our partner. I wonder where he came from." Said Ed. The man looked over at the two boys and noticed Al. He walked over to them and asked "Are you the Fullmetal Alchemist?" to Al. Ed crouched in a corner feeling sad. "Umm… no, I'm not. He is." Said Al, pointing to Ed. "Oh."Replied the man. "Im sorry. I didn't think-"he started but Ed cut him off by saying "It's alright I'm used to it." Ed got up and sighed. "So… which alchemist are you?" Al asked the man. "I'm the Philosophical Alchemist." said the man. "So I guess you're my partner 'Philosophical Alchemist'." Said Ed casually. "This guy seems a little weird." Whispered Winry to Al.
"Will the Fullmetal & Philosophical Alchemists, please report to Colonel Havoc's office immediately." Was a voice heard on the loud speaker. "Well I guess he found out already." Said Ed; starting to walk to the office.
Winry decided to wait outside the office for them.
"Well hello again Fullmetal. It's been a long time Philosophical. How long? 15 years?" said Havoc as soon as they got into the office. "Yes. It has been a long time hasn't it?" replied the man. "Well Ed. Are you up to a trip to Albatross?" said Havoc. "Uhhh… isn't that 5 miles from Central?" Ed huh? He has the same name as my son. I wonder… though the man. "So, Hohenhiem? Are you up for a trip with your sons?"