Chapter 26: The Unveiling of the Plot

A/N: I'm really confused as to how many words this story is but I know that this is the end of the book, maybe one more chapter an epilogue maybe but this could be the final chapter. This story is; 117,927 or 85, 014 or 164,335 each one is different but all of these tell me that this story is extremely long and I know I can't write anymore on this topic. I'd also like to use the time I write this to write others so check out my one shot. 'Love is Alchemy' it's really good, same pairing but a little different but it's 15,000 words by the site's count so check it out.

I don't own any of these characters except Eliza and Molly and Emily.

(VP: Winry) I was sitting on the couch with Emily on my lap and Ed was sitting next to me talking to Al about something; they both forgot what a while ago.

"Al, what was that thing you promised to tell us after the wedding?" I asked him.

"Huh?"

"Yeah, what was it?"

"You said that you promised to tell us after the wedding, but you forgot. So tell us now." Ed continued.

"Oh yeah that," Al said rubbing his head and Molly sitting next to him laughed and smiled.

"It is about time you tell them, it's been a year, since then." Molly said shoving Al friendly. Molly decided to stay with us when Winry asked her for help taking care of the baby and sometimes Winry and I did need it and both were a lot of help.

"I'd like to know as well," Pinako said laughing.

"You know all about this, Auntie." Al said.

"I know but I just want to hear it."

"Fine, I decided that once we were back that I wouldn't let brother make the same mistake he did when we left." Al said.

"What mistake, saving humanity?" Ed asked.

"No, trying to sacrifice him self for the good to humanity if it meant hurting and leaving others." Al corrected him.

"I don't remember that being a crime." Ed replied.

"It is if you're Winry or I." Al responded.

"What do you expect me to do?"

"We expected you to be more kind when you were leaving, maybe bring us along?" I asked.

"I didn't want you lie in that kind of world, it would be so hard on you two. There are so many other things you could have done." He responded.

"We'd all rather be there than one or two of us here and you there." I answered.

"I guess so what did you have in mind."

"Everyone decided the whole plan; we'd make it so that you'd never be stupid and sacrifice yourself again. There'd be no way you'd leave us." Al said.

"What was this plan?" Ed asked.

"It was more of a plot, Al's Plot." Molly added.

"It' was my really big plot brother." Al corrected her.

"What was it?" Ed asked.

"I'd make you so happy with the things you almost left behind that you'd regret it from that day on." Al said smiling.

"Wait a minute, who all was involved in this?" Ed asked.

"You mean, who all helped me plot or who all was involved in this?" Al asked him to clarify.

"Just answer both,"

"Eliza, Riza, Mustang, Molly, Auntie, Elicia, Garcia, Armstrong, and a lot of other people as well as me helped make the plan but they as well as everyone was involved in it. But the main people in the plot were you and Winry."

"What?" I asked.

"Yep, the number one thing that bothered Ed when he was in the other world probably more than me, was you!" Al said pointing at me.

"What, me, how?"

"Al, I told you not to talk about that." Ed said.

"Well I didn't say it directly."

"Well you might as well have,"

"Fine I will!" Al answered.

"Fine!" Ed yelled. I stood up and smacked both Ed and Al hard with a wrench.

"Winry?" Al asked.

"What was that for?" Ed asked yelling, I smacked him again.

I calmed down, and sat down. "She's sleeping; stop yelling before she wakes up." I responded quietly.

"Sorry Winry," Al said looking at the ground.

"Yeah, I'm really sorry to Win, I didn't mean to start yelling." I sighed.

"I know you to didn't, but you really need to think about what you're doing from now on." I said to them.

"We will," Both boys responded.

"Good, now Al, tell me what Ed told you not to tell me."

"Winry, don't ask him to." Ed warned. I looked at him.

"Then you tell me," I said.

Ed blushed and looked up at the ceiling, I knew that look. That was his embarrassed face, whatever it was it was embarrassing. The fact was since we got married, we really had nothing more to hid from each other, I hadn't seen that face in quite a while; since we were on our honeymoon, so a few months ago, a year.

"Well you see, when I was in the other world, I was like extremely lonely, and at night when I was asleep. Well…" Ed scratched his head and looked away.

"He'd dream of you, a lot while we were separated."

Ed started to laugh nervously and then smiled. I smiled back, trust me if that was a crime then they'd have given me a death sentence already. I smiled. It was alright for him to dream about me, it really was, he loved me and I think it's extremely fine for you to dream about the person you love; most people do.

"So Al, to what lengths in this plot of yours did you go to?" I asked.

"Well, I knew that you two wanted to be together so pushing you a lot was the fact. A lot of it came on it's own, like Winry's alchemy, and stuff like that guy and stuff. That was all not my doing by any stretch of the mind. I'm the one who encouraged brother, and we pushed you two together through various events but it didn't take much. At the dances, and parties and such."

Pinako walked into the room. "Yep, every one knew from the very beginning that you two loved each other, it was revealing it to the other that was the hard part, and he worked pretty hard on that."

"So Al, you've been trying to get us together this whole time?" I asked.

"Yep, it was sure hard. I made the whole plot since the very beginning. Actually, I've been trying to get you two together since forever, so has everyone else but your both stubborn, blind, and too out of it to notice what was right in front of you."

"True," Ed said laughing.

"Yeah, we really were, weren't we?"

"Definitely," Al responded.

"So how did you do it?" I asked.

"Well when I learned about Winry joining the military I learned that she'd was the top fighter in the city; Mustang decided that she would be the best person to teach you a lesson."

"Why?" I asked.

"He told me I'd be facing an over confident, top level alchemist who needed a reality check on his skill amount and talent." I said.

"Did you know it was me?" Ed asked.

"I had a clue, I knew you'd be taking your exam, and I saw Al in the hall earlier. I was buying those gloves."

"Oh yeah, I remember then." Ed pulled them out of his pocket.

"Yep, that's them." I said smiling. "I had a guess; they were a top level, over confident alchemist. The only other over confident, top level alchemist I know would be you, or Mustang." I answered.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Ed said looking me.

"Well after that duel I know that Ed would lose the match."

"What!" Ed yelled.

"Of course I would Ed,"

"Why?" He asked.

"Winry knows what you're capable of, she knows what you'd do and she knows your weakness and how to defeat him." Al answered.

"Oh, yeah." Ed said rubbing his head again.

"Well then I realized that you'd be sent home, I realized that we'd make it for the party. Then I knew that would be the first step to getting you two together." Al explained.

"That makes sense." Ed replied.

"Yep, Al had everything planned out." I said smiling.

"Al was ready for anything to happen before it happened." Molly said.

"So we have Al to thank for us getting together?" Ed asked confused.

"Not only me, I played the matchmaker on my brother's end; but on your end Winry, Eliza covered everything for helping you out. She did most of it."

"Yeah, she's always been there for me." I said to Ed.

"Everyone has always been there for us, Winry. And she's no exception." He said putting an arm around me. "I'm just glad Al's a genius and his plot worked."

"Me too," I looked at Emily and smiled and rested my head on Ed's shoulder.

"Al, thank you so much for your help." I said smiling at him.

"Yeah Al, that's the kindest thing you could do for me." Ed said to his brother.

"Brother, I'd could never repay all that you did for me." Al said looking at Edward.

"Al, did you tell them about your book?" Molly asked.

(A/N: For those who have read my other stories this is going to be a tiny bit cliché but if you haven't this is a new way; plus, I have only ended 3 of my stories like this, plus I quite like my own created cliché.)

"No," Al replied.

"What is it called?" I asked.

"Plotting to Become Human," Al answered.

"What's it about?" Ed asked, Molly, Al and I started laughing. Edward was a bit behind.

"Read the back cover, that's what you do with all the book before you read them, right brother." Al said handing Edward a copy.

"Read it out loud won't you Edward?" Pinako asked.

"Sure," Ed replied.

Two boys don't know the effects of their biggest mistake would be. In the end, it would end better than they could have dreamed of. A boy who has lost two of his limbs, and his brother who has lost his entire body and lives in a suit of armor; when the brother realizes that his greatest hardship isn't regaining their bodies it's regaining the happiness and innocence in their lives that they left behind when the made their hugest mistake. A brother searches for the one thing that he's always had, but he was blind to; the other knew it was there and must direct his 'human' brother on an adventure beyond their past adventures to find what the 'human' brother was missing. It was always there but making the one who has suffered the most realize what was always there after they've lived their entire lives up to that point thinking about the past. Will the older brother ever find what he's missing? Will the little brother create a plot that will save his brother's humanity and make him finally happy? Will they all end up happy? Sequel to FullMetal Alchemist

"You wrote a book on the plot you created on how to get me to fall in love with Winry!" Ed yelled.

I put my hand on Ed's shoulder. "Quiet," I warned.

"Yes," He mumbled.

"I've written two books, and I have one more to write in the trilogy."

"What's it called?" I asked.

"Finally Both Human," Al said. I smiled at this, and got closer to Ed.

"So what are you going to put in it Al?" Ed asked.

"Nothing yet, once we grow a bit more, and I've settled down then I'll write it. But I know that right now, we're both human." Al answered.

"Oddly, I'm glad you wrote those books." Ed said to Al.

"Oddly, why?"

"Because, if you didn't there would be so many that would follow in our footsteps and go after the stone. It is the only book to tell the truth about the stone, not hide anything. It's so truthful, right?"

"Yeah, I didn't miss out on a second of our pain, nothing at all." Al said smiling.

"It's a pretty long story isn't it?" I asked.

"Yeah, extremely long." Al answered me.

"I thought as much."

"It's a lot harder then I expected it to be."

" 'Two people in love with each other; but are so clueless they don't the other feels the same way.'" Molly quoted.

"That's my favorite quote out of the second book."

"What's your favorite out of the first?"

"Mankind Cannot Gain Anything Without Giving Something of Equal Value in Return. This is a promise my brother said meant that we'd come back together."

"I said that when I was going through the gate the second time, didn't I?" Ed asked.

"Yeah, I thought about a lot, and I thought that it was a perfect expression."

"You should look at the dedication." Molly advised.

I took the book out of Ed's arms and held it open, above Emily. "Dedicated to: My Dearest Brother, Edward Elric; Sister-in-law, Winry Elric; My Mother, Trisha Elric; My 'Auntie', Pinako Rockbell; My Best Friends, Molly Logan and Eliza Montgomery; The Fuhrer, Roy Mustang; The Lieutenant, Riza Mustang; and most of all, Alchemy."

"That's really great Al," Ed said taking the book from me and setting it in his lap.

"Yeah, it's the most beautiful dedication I've ever read." I said about to cry.

"Alphonse has always been a kind-hearted, sweet, gentle person; he'll make a wonderful father, just like his big brother is." Pinako said causing Ed and Al to blush.

"Yeah, he is." Molly said smiling. That's all it took for me to realize something. I expected another wedding a few years in the future, and that would be one of the first event to Al's Last Book. I knew many more would soon follow it but I'm just seeing in now.

I leaned over to Ed, "Do you see what I see Ed?" I asked him.

"Unnoticed Love?" Ed asked me.

"Exactly," I told him and smiled, he was smiling too.

"You think so?" Ed asked.

"Definitely," I responded.

"Then yeah for Al, I can't wait to tell him."

"Tell him what?"

"How he ends up in that book of his." I laughed at Ed's joke.

Emily woke up and was crying. "Sh, it's okay; its okay, we're here." I told her rocking her back and forth, she was so young. She was extremely premature, she shouldn't exist yet, but she was here none the less.

"Can I hold her Winry?" Ed asked.

"No Edward, you can't hold your own daughter." I said sarcastically.

"What!" He yelled.

I smacked him. "Sheesh, I was just being sarcastic." I gently handed Emily over to Edward.

"Thanks," He said holding her in his arms.

"She's adorable isn't she?" I asked.

"She sure is Winry, she sure is." Ed replied.

"You think she'll achieve great things?" I asked.

"If genes determined what she's accomplish then I'd guarantee she's accomplish things we'd never dream of. But since they don't we can only hope she does the best she can in her life." I said.

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

"But I know that everyone in the room has reached unexpected accomplishments and goals which we never even thought existed." I said.

"Winry, thank you."

"Thank you for what, Edward?" I asked.

"Thank your for bringing our child into the world. I don't think I've ever thanked you for it, and I thought it necessary."

"Always proper even with your wife, aren't you Edward?" I asked him.

"Yep, always was, always will be." Ed responded.

(Not the End! But almost, one chapter left, the epilogue to this, short but 200 pgs.)