Ok in this story there's gonna be two people from the show come in.

Disclaimer- I don't own FMA... happy? (You: What? No witty remark?) (Me: Nope, I'm bored with those)

1 Week later

Ed was still in the hospital. They insisted on keeping him there, but they let Al go. Ed was alone. He was staring at his ungloved, automail hand, where a small, red stone was embedded. He was remembering something that happened at the Lab in Albatross.

Ed heard glass shattering. He looked around and noticed the tank of red liquid explode. His hands were still firmly on the ground. The liquid came racing toward Ed's automail hand. It crept under it and disappeared. He quickly withdrew his hands from the ground.

Ed was now examining his hand front to back. So this is the Philosopher's Stone. Ed gave a great sigh. He heard the door open and quickly stopped looking at his hand.

"Oh, Al. It's you."

"Hey, brother! How are you?" Ed slipped his glove on trying to hide the Stone from Al. Lucky for him Al didn't notice. "I'm fine Al. How's the new body working for you?"

"It's fully functional. So I guess it's alright! But we still need to fix your arm and leg, brother, don't forget!"

Ed had to kind of laugh at that. "Yeah" Al came to sit next to Ed on his bed. Ed's mood changed to normal. "I hate being in this place! They won't let me go! I want out now!" Al laughed.

"You'll be out in a few days brother!"

"I know. I just hate being locked up! I feel like a prisoner!"

Al laughed again. He had new senses now. He had his old sense of humor back that was for sure. But then he could also feel like he was going to die, like Ed did on many occasions. He could also feel love. But that was one feeling he never felt before. This was the feeling he desired most to feel, but he kept that a secret to everybody, even Ed. And, to Al's sorrow, he hasn't felt it yet, because he hasn't found the right girl. True, many girls in Central found his new body quite attractive, he didn't find any of those girls to his liking.

"So brother, what are you going to do now?"

"I think I'll quit the military." Al was deeply disturbed by this. "Brother! You can't do that! We still have to look for the Philosophers Stone so that you could get your arm and leg back!"

"Al, I think I'm better off with the arm and leg. Do you remember how many times it saved me from having to get automail?"

"Yeah but-" Ed cut him off. "Anyway, it's not so bad, when you have the best automail mechanic doing your automail."

Unknown to Ed and Al, Winry was outside the door with a basket of fruit for Ed. She didn't want to interrupt Ed and Al so she waited until they were done talking. She was blushing slightly when she heard Ed's comment about wanting to keep the automail. She blushed a deeper shade of red when she heard Ed say she was the best automail mechanic. Then she heard silence and decided to pop in, when she stopped blushing of course.

"Hey, Ed!" Winry popped her head in. "Oh Al! I didn't know you were gonna visit today? Here Ed I brought you some fruit! I hope you get out soon so you can take me shopping again! Plus we need to take Al shopping to. He needs new clothes." Winry was her old cheery self again. "You guys should go shopping now, because once I'm out of this place, I'm gonna be broke. I won't have money from the military anymore." Ed replied casually. "Oh. So you're quitting?" Winry asked quietly.

"Yeah, Al is back to normal, I don't need the military anymore."

"Are you sure about that Ed?"

"Yeah."

The teens were talking about other subjects when Hohenhiem decided to drop by. "Hey boys, how are you?"

"Fine." Replied Al. Ed said sarcastically "Dandy." Then asked, "Why are you here?"

"Is it wrong to come and see your son when he's hurt?"

"Well, I'm not hurt. They're just keeping me here prisoner."

"You have a great sense of humor."

"Thanks." Ed said blankly. All four of them talked for a while.

Al and Winry started shopping in the shops in Central. They walked past a clothing shop and Al noticed two people he never thought he would see again staring into the window of an alchemy store.

"Fletcher?"

Fletcher Tringham turned to look at Al. "I'm sorry do I know you?"

"Oh! I'm Alphonse Elric!"

"Al do you know these people?" Winry asked a little confused. "Yeah I met them in Xenotime on the search for the Philosophers Stone!"

"Well, you're Al? I guess you and Ed found the Philosophers Stone then. Good job." Russell congratulated Al. Al rubbed the back of his head. "Well you see- uhh…"

"Al, you did find the Stone, didn't you?" Fletcher asked. "Where's your brother. I would love to talk to the midget about it." Russell said. He was about 15 now and he was about 3 feet taller then Ed was. "Umm… I'll take you guys to Ed. He's in the hospital right now." Winry interrupted them because she could see Al was uncomfortable where this conversation was leading because he could remember anything that happened that night.

"Oh, Al. Who's this pretty lady? Is she your girlfriend?" Russell asked. He was very confident in everything he said so far. Winry throw a wrench at Russell and it hit him in the gut and a little bit of blood came out of Russell's mouth. "I don't have a boyfriend yet. And you don't go around asking people if a friend of the opposite sex is there girlfriend! Got that?"

"Yeah." Russell was still bent over double. "Are you ok brother?" Fletcher asked. "Yeah. That girl has got guts I could tell you that."

"Now if you'll please follow me, we will go to see Ed. I bet he's bored out of his mind."

At The Hospital

Ed was staring at his hand again trying to figure out what he should do. The doctors only wanted him in here because his wounds healed abnormally fast, why he forgot everything when his brain waves were completely normal, and he insisted on keeping the white glove in his right hand. If I keep this up, those damn doctors are gonna try to put me in for testing to see if I'm psycho. Well better that then showing them the Stone. Ed smirked.

"Hey, brother! You'll never guess who I ran into shopping!" Ed quickly gloved his hand.

"Al, isn't that exactly what you're supposed to be doing?" Ed sat up looking at his little brother who just walked into the room. "Hey Ed, I thought you were in some kind of bad accident to be here, not because you only have a scratch. This lovely lady told me you two were unconscious for about a week due to an accident that happened in a laboratory. You were the one who was badly injured but to me, it only looks like a scratch." Russell walked into the room with Fletcher close behind him. Ed stared for a few minutes before reaching the concept that the Tringham brothers were really there and not a figment of his imagination.

"Russell?"

"Hehehe…. Got that right."

"Why are you here?"

"We wanted to see how well you and Al were doing on you search. We came here hoping you would be here, and wow we didn't even have to find you! Al found us! Well I see your search is finished. Can I see the Stone? Please? Don't worry, I won't steal it."

"Sorry to disappoint you, Russell. I can't show you the Stone." Ed wasn't lying about not having the Stone. He decided not to tell people he had it. Which also means he didn't tell people he didn't have it.

"Ok. You don't want to show me that's fine."

"Good. I'm glad you see it my way." Al was confused. Is brother not telling me something?

"Brother?"

"Yeah?" Ed calmed down and sat down on the bed. He noticed the flowers Maria Ross brought in a week ago were dieing. He touched the vase with his right hand, forgetting everyone was in the room, and there was a red light because Ed transmuted the dead flowers to living flowers, without clapping his hands together. Russell scowled.

"Brother, do you have the Philosophers Stone?"

I think this one ended up being longer. So... how was it? Yes, it's the brothers from the Red Water episode. I cant remeber the name of it at this point but... ok...