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A/N: Thanks to my reviews! I really appreciate it seeing as how my first two chapters didn't get any reviews at all! So you guys like the whole Roy thing, eh? Time to get Ed and Al (And Katie) home then!

"Can't we take a break yet!" Ed's annoyed voice grumbled. They'd been walking all morning and it was already lunch time. His arms dragged against the ground, proving he was tired. "I'm hungry and we've walking forever!"

"Nii-san, don't you want to get home?" Al asked gently, smiling at his elder, yet smaller, brother.

"Ya...but I can't work without food!" He retalliated angrily. Just then his stomach made it's protests loud and clear and he fell over. "Damn it..."

"We can take a short break." Katie said from the front of their small line. She pointed to a tree where fresh, red apples were. "And there's our lunch." She gave them the smallest of smiles, "Time for lunch, right?"

"Right!" Edward raced towards the food now apparent to him and started to gobble it down hungrily. Al followed him and though he ate much more neatly, he ate just as much. They paused however when Katie started to eat. They had expected her to eat just as neatly as Al and slowly. But she was eating just like Ed did! She finished with a content sigh.

"What?" She inquired innocently, "I was hungry too!" Ed and Al stared at her for a minute, shared a glance, then laughed.

"I didn't know anyone could eat like Nii-san!" Alphonse laughed as he bit into another apple.

"Neither did I." Said his brother as he finished off one last apple. When half the apples were gone they started to move again.

It went like that for many days. No one really talked, what was there to talk about? They stopped for lunch when they found fruit on the road and at night they'd sit around a small fire and tell stories to each other. One night, after an incredibly funny story about how Lily had once sneaked into a Colonel's house for Katie, Katie broke the silence with a small comment that made both boys jump for joy and hoot aloud.

"We're almost there. Just one more day's walking." She smiled pleasantly at them as they celebrated their long journey's end.

"Amazing. Thanks so much, Katie. You've been a huge help!" Al grinned broadly at her and she returned the smile polietly.

"Ya, thanks!" Ed added. After a while they both fell asleep and Katie was left alone.

Katie was too nervous and excited to sleep, unlike the boys. One at a time they'd go through the portal and they'd all be home this time tomorrow. And the portal was so small that it'd be little blood they'd have to shed to open the gate. But Katie was afraid to see the Gate again. All those eyes...all that knowledge. She was glad she wouldn't be going alone.

The screams that were heard as the portal opened was nothing compared to the shouts that General Mustang was shouting to his subordiant. "Get back and stay clear of that alchemic circle!" He growled as the crowd started to circle around it when the circle had been activated. They'd found the circle hours before by seeming accident. Mustang had been on his way to work and had decided to try a different route to work. Walking through the park he saw one of the many statue's that the park contained and noticed something about it was odd. There was alchemic circle on it. And it looked oddly familiar. He couldn't figure it out, though he knew most of the lines there, there were still a lot more he didn't. So he'd called backup which had quickly been followed by a crowd which only grew when the circle was activated. Now Roy remembered where he'd seen it.

It's the same as before... The image from six months ago shone brightly in his mind. How could he have forgotten! The light grew even brighter as he thought that, like it could read his thoughts. Slowly, something started to come through. No one could really tell what other than the fact that it moved seeing as the alchemic light was overly bright. The figure turned to help another through and finally and third came through. Was it another army!

No. Because after the third person was through, the alchemical light started to fade.

"What a pleasant surprise to see all these people here...just to welcome me home!" Came a voice from the area that everyone was still blind to. Roy knew that voice, he knew it well. But...how?

"Fullmetal?" He called uncertainly.

"No one's called me that for awhile now." He grinned as the last light faded to reveal Edward Elric, Alphonse Elric, and a girl. A girl? Roy studied her for a minute before recognizing her.

"Katie?" He inquired uncertainly. She certainly had changed if that was her.

"Hello again, Colonel Mustang." She replied polietly.

Roy snapped back into the real world as people started to close in even closer. "Get these civilians away from here!" Mustang barked out. "Havoc!"

"Sir!" Havoc appeared and snapped to attention.

"Call Headquaters and get two cars down here pronto!" Havoc saluted again and pulled a walkie-talkie, speaking quickly into it.

"On their way sir!"

"Good, now get these people away!" Finally Hawkeye brought one of her trustworthy weapons out and the crowd slowly diffused. Roy let out a sigh of relief, running a hand through his hair before turning back to the three.

"Colonel Mustang. The Flame Alchemist. You look a lot better than you did last time we spoke." Edward said as he sauntred over towards the now lone man.

"That's General Mustang, Edward." Roy returned in like. "What in the world are you doing back? I thought you had destroyed the gate?"

"My fault sir!" Katie said quietly from behind Edward, "I found another one and found these two to bring them home." She looked rather shook up about the trip, but was otherwise fine.

"You must have some story to tell. All of you." Roy replied. It was like they'd never left, like Edward hadn't left. Roy felt whole like he hadn't since the boy had originally disappeared. But he didn't have time for that now, "Did you destroy the gate on the other side?"

"Yes, I made sure of that." Alphonse chipped in.

"And now for this one..." Edward turned and clapped his hands together, placing them on the ground. The alchemic circle disappeared.

"The car's are here sir!" Havoc reported to Mustang.

"C'mon...you can expalin this on our way to Headquaters." Roy said, grinning slightly as he lead all three of them away. "And your sister's been looking for you, Katie." The girl grinned brightly as they climbed into the car.

A/N: Sorry to end it right there, but I couldn't see anything else to add at the moment. Ed, Al, and Katie are home...and Roy's happy again. Yay for Roy! Hopefully we'll get into a little bit more of the Romance section in the next chapter. Thanks for reading!