This chapter is not really a chapter, but a final note on the story from me, the author. If you don't want to hear about the effort and thought I put into this story, and where I had earlier considered taking it along with other random facts about it, feel free to skip down to my preview and notes on the sequel I plan to make of it, or simply don't read this chapter at all, no one's making you. To those of you still reading now, here lies my final note to you. Enjoy.

First of all, thanks are due, to my many readers and reviewers. I am very proud to have so many people reading and enjoying my story; it truly makes me happy, and more confident of my own skills at writing. And to my reviewers, thank you so much for going to the trouble of telling me what you think! It means a lot to hear feedback on what I did well, and what I could have improved. Also, thanks to my reviewers, I passed my first goal of 100 reviews, second goal of 150, third goal of 200, and fourth goal of 250! Thanks a lot to everyone who reviewed each chapter, and to those of you who only commented once or twice, I'm still very glad you did.

This is the first fanfic of mine that I have finished, second fanfic I have ever written in general, and first FMA fic I've ever written. I had a hard time trying to not make the characters ooc, and made a lot of mistakes, but I really think I'm getting better. As they say, or as I say at least, 'we fall in holes so that the next time we go down that road, we can remember where they are, and avoid them.'

The Storyline

In reality, I was inspired to write this story from a dream I had, where I was Riza. I'd rather not go into detail on it, but it got me thinking randomly one day, 'what would it be like if Riza got pregnant?' And that was the original basic storyline for it. That Riza gets knocked up with Roy's kid, and what problems that leads too in her military career and general life. Would she try hiding it at first, would she tell Roy? These questions are what I asked myself, and eventually I started typing it up. I was tired of the Naruto fic I was working on, so I tried out something new. It was my secondary fic, not my top priority, but then I got more into the story, and soon it was much more popular than I expected it to ever be, and it became my top priority.

And so I started this story, it was merely going to be a humorous fic about Riza's troubles with pregnancy, and everyone's reactions and what not. But then, I slowed it all down, I wanted to build up the relationship so it seemed more realistic, but also, I'm not good at romances so I was putting that off in favor of some basic comedy. But as I went on more and more, the story became more intense, and I couldn't stop with something as bland as pregnancy, I wanted to add more flavor. So, at the end of one of my chapters, I suddenly added Envy. I don't know why, I was continually telling myself how stupid and insane it was, but he made it in there anyways.

So, I built it up more around the threat of Envy, and decided that the story could use some more serious stuff; after all, life isn't all happiness. I never planned for Envy to even appear in my story, but I found it worked well, and wrote around it. I was making plans for this story, early on, in the beginning chapters of this fic, after Envy first appeared; I decided he would rape Riza. I also decided she would be pregnant, in staying with the original storyline, but she would be forced to give up the child for fear of it's death at Envy's hands, or it's neglect from her life due to her military career. All in all, it would simply be better that she gave it up, and so that's what I had her do, being the smart, rational person she is.

Another decision I put in last minute, and had trouble deciding what to do with was Riza's paralyzed arm. I liked the idea, so added it in, but I had a hard time choosing what to do with it. I was greatly considering it not recovering, and her getting an automail arm, but in the end decided against it, even though it would have been super cool! At this same time of decision making, I decided the end of this story would be some time during the wedding, and that would be that, no matter how I wished to go on, I would restrain myself to there.

In fact, it wasn't until the last few chapters that people started asking about a sequel, that I even considered one. It took a lot of thinking and planning, and it's story is still full of kinks I'm trying to work out, but I will in fact, be making a sequel if I can manage it. Hahaha, the story's kinky…

During the creation of this story, many things happened in my life. I attended the funeral of one of my pet chickens, and a friend of mine who I still miss very much. But good things happened as well, I went to a wedding of one of my mother's friends, and I began reading FMA fanfics. I listened to 'Indelible Sin,' FMA's first ending theme, a grand total of 145 times, and 'Move across the door,' the second ending theme, a total of 427 times while writing this. I always listen to J-pop while typing up and reading fanfics, it helps me think clearly, and I simply love listening to music.

The Sequel

As I mentioned before, I was tormented by thought of making a sequel, after a reviewer suggested it. I really enjoy this story and what I did with it, so I wanted to at least try to think of a story for a sequel. And after a particularly touching FMA episode centered on a back-story about Lust, I really started to think a lot about the homunculi, and their general situation. And that gave me the idea for the sequel. As I warned many times ahead of time, it will be dark, full of sadness, angst, and etc. It is, in fact, based around the death of a character, I would be more specific, but I don't want to give out any major spoilers on it. So, here is a sneak peak of part of one of the later chapters in my soon to be made sequel. No, I haven't actually typed up any of the chapters yet, but this is how I imagine it will be like.

Preview

She followed him. Why? There really was no reason she could explain, she simply felt attracted to him somehow. Like she knew him, from a distant memory, or perhaps a dream she had long ago. She felt strange around him, warm. She knew the others didn't approve of it, and they indeed planned to kill him, but she couldn't help it. She'd never felt this warmth before, and she wanted more. She needed more; she couldn't go back to the black, the darkness, the cold. She'd been there too long. And it was only natural, as they had assured her, for her to want. She was, after all, Greed.

One thing about him puzzled her though; he often visited a dark, cold place. Why would anyone willingly go into such a place of coldness, filled with death? He visited the same place, once a month at least, often with flowers. They were beautiful, but he would simply abandon them at the foot of a grave. She wanted them, but respect for the dead held her back. But one day she abandoned hiding after he left, the crimson roses, they would be hers today. Then she could feel closer too him. She jumped down from the branch of an oak tree, walking over to the grave. It was fairly new compared to the others, but already coated in dust and grime. Greed bent down to wipe it off, she didn't know why. But she simply wanted too, whom could it hurt?

So, that'll give you an insight to my further plans. The story's still kind of kinky (lol) so it may take a while to get up, but it will be up within the end of the week I hope. For those of you who have the ungodly skill of prediction and know what's going to happen already from that preview, your kind of scaring me, but more importantly please don't tell anyone else in your reviews, or any other form of communication. If you want more hints to the storyline, and to know more of my plans, feel free to email me at you can email me there anytime.

I love to talk about fanfics, my plans, or simply anime in general, so anything you want to tell me I'll listen too, even if it's 'You write horrible stories. I hate you, and even thinking about you makes me want to puke. Do the world a favor and please just die.' I'd listen to that and reply happily! Though I'd be somewhat frightened…

End

Well, this has turned out rather longer than planned, but none the less, it was quite fun! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it, and I look forward to hopefully seeing you read and review the sequel. Well, I fear I'm in desperate need of sleep, so I must bid you farewell. The Life of a Military Dog has finally come to an end, I'm sad to see it go, but excited for the future. Goodnight, and happy holidays to you all!