Authors Note: Ok so from here their childhood was practically identical to the normal Elric brothers. Any changes will be mentioned later in the story. Thanks again for reading. Leave a review if you like it, or if you think anything needs work! This is my first fanfic, so I'm open to suggestions!


"Water 35 liters, Carbon 20 kilograms, Ammonia 4 liters, Lime 1.5 Kilograms, Phosphorous 800 grams, salt 250 grams, Saltpeter 100 grams, Sulfur 80 grams, Fluorine 7.5 grams, Iron 5 grams, Silicon 3 grams, and fifteen traces of other elements!" Ed poured the said ingredients into a metal pan. "Now to draw out the constructional formula." Ed and Al together drew their transmutation circle on the ground.

"Are we sure this is it?" Alphonse asked his older brother. "We aren't missing anything?"

"Oh yeah!" Ed grinned "We need some soul data!" Edward grabbed a knife and pricked his finger, he then handed it to al to do the same. "Hurry al, before it heals!"

"Right!" Al nodded and pushed a drop of blood into the mix. The brothers stood back to revel in their work. "You ready brother?"

"Yeah… Let's bring mom back!"

With that, the brothers put their hands to the ground and watched as the circle glowed a bright blue. Everything was going perfectly. A million thoughts of the same positivity flowed through their minds, followed with their mothers smile. That smile, they would have that smile. Nothing could stop them now! They looked to each other to see they shared the same look. Suddenly black smoke came through from the outline of the circle, as the light dimmed to an eerie purple.

"Something doesn't feel right brother" Al turned to his brother, who was looking around with the same feeling.

They stared into the heart of the circle, where the ingredients for their mother was lain down. Out of the heart, came an eye. Before the brothers could react to the thing in the middle of the circle Al let out a cry of pain. His screamed followed with a jerk of his brother's head to see what anguished him. The smoke had solidified into what seemed to be hands gripping at his brother's hand.

"ALPH-" Suddenly he was interrupted by a pain of his own. Edwards's leg was being ripped off by the same smoke like hands. He screamed out in pain and fell to the ground. Tears filled his eyes, the pain was too much… Why was this happening though? Ed thought. "It can't be… a rebound?" His brother let out another scream which caught his attention once more.

"BROTHER!" Al extended the arm that he had left, as he was being completely deconstructed.

"ALHPONSE!" Edward screamed as he extended his arm to meet his brothers'. Suddenly everything started fading it was fading, away… even farther…


Edward woke in a deep white void. Only a large door lay being him. "Al? Wait… what was I doing… I just…" Edward was snapped into his senses as he saw something in front of him.

Hello

"Who are you?" Ed asked the strange being.

OH I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED! It rose its hands and smiled with delight. I am called by many names, I am the world, I am the universe, I'm god, I'm truth, I am all, I am one, and I am also… YOU

The door behind Edward snapped open. Edward turned to see an eye surrounded by black.

You dared to knock on the door

Ed froze in terror.

Now, the door is open

Black tentacle like hands grabbed him and shoved him towards the eye, as Edward screamed, and resisted, Truth spoke once more.

Quiet you prideful thing, is this not what you wanted?

Edward kept screaming, struggling trying to escape.

I will show you… The truth

The door closed and sent Edward spiraling into an abyss of black. Suddenly images flashed by too fast to make out. The more that appeared, the more the young boy's head ached. The only things he could make out were his mother, teacher, Alphonse? It was becoming more and more unclear as if the world was trying to fill his brain with its darkest secrets.

"IT'S TOO MUCH! IT'S TOO MUCH!" Edward shouted in agonizing pain "MAKE IT STOP, MAKE IT STOP!" Lights flashed by as he himself seemed to be fading away into nothingness. "WHATS HAPPENING TO ME?" More lights more images, nothing made sense. "STOP IT, MAKE IT STOP!" His head filled with pain, it was becoming a solace for it was the only thing that made sense to him. Lights, truth, the eye, it went on forever it seemed. "MAKE IT STOP!" An epiphany, his mother… MOM. He reached his hand out to the light, the light formed a familiar figure. "MOM! MOM PLEASE!" He kept reaching, but he was being pulled away he screamed and tried to touch hands with the one he loved.

He was once again in the void, arm extended and confused. The pain had gone away.

How was it? The being known as truth asked.

Edward silently turned to the door. "I see." He said walking towards the door now. "My theory on human transmutation wasn't wrong, it can be done, it is possible!" He clapped his hands to the door. With a smile he exclaimed "It's still just missing something! All the answers I need are right here! The truth to human transmutation!"

Truth stood up. Disappointed in the young alchemists false revelation.

"Please! You have to show it to me again!" he begged.

I can't do that

Edward turned, confused.

I've shown you all I can for the toll you payed

Even more confused, the young alchemist asked. "Toll? What toll?"

ThisThe truths left leg suddenly became Edwards. Surely you knew?

Edward looked to his leg in shock but before he could scream the truth came close to him.

It's the law of equivalent exchange, right,

Young Alchemist?

The young boy let out a scream of pain. This was the world… this was the truth… pain… PAIN! It was all his fault. HIS FAULT. How could he resist the world's law? Nobody. NOBODY CAN BE BROUGHT BACK. HIS FAULT HIS OWN FAULT. His thoughts and voice seemed to run in different directions, like they existed separately.

"Brother"

Edward snapped back into reality. But the pain of his leg was still there. He looked down to see a puddle of crimson bubbling and spilling everywhere from Alphonse's clothing.

"bro-ther" it repeated.

It couldn't be.

"Bro-ther Bro-ther"

Please no!

The puddle formed into a stone in the center of it all. Moving and shifting violently as to be trying to take form of something. As it took form, he recognized it.

"A-Alphonse!?"

It quickly melted back into a crimson puddle. "Bro-ther" it repeated again.

For some reason he knew what he had to do. Like something inside him had just gotten the information needed to do so. Edward drew a circle onto his arm, and then clutched the stone in his right hand. "You can't have him! HES MY LITTLE BROTHER HE'S ALL I HAVE LEFT!" He put his left hand onto the circle and watched as it was ripped apart and added to the stone which then grew his brother off of it.

His arm wouldn't grow back… Neither would his leg. Why… Why was this happening… he faded away.


Alphonse looked upon a white void. He was confused, why was he here? What was he just doing?

Hello

Alphonse looked in front of him to see a figure made of the void itself it seemed.

"What is this place?" Al asked the figure.

This place?

This is the place where you will learn young alchemist

"Well that was vague" Alphonse huffed "Who are you anyways."

I am known by many names. I am the world, the universe, I am god, I am truth, I am all, I am one, and I am also you The truth smiled. The doors behind Alphonse opened to reveal an eye. The hands of the door clutched him and brought him towards the eye.

"WHAT! NO!"

You knocked on this door young alchemist

"I'M SORRY, DON'T PLEASE!"

"t's open now, isn't that what you wanted?

"NOOOOOOOOO-" the door closed.

When Al came to, he was greeted with his brother lying on the ground without an arm or leg. He panicked, what! What was going on! What happened to brother? He turned to the circle where they tried to bring their mother back, only to see a pile of organs, hair, and blood. Why was this happening!
"Brother! Please wake up!"

"…"

"Oh god, please no!" He rushed to pick his brother up, hard as it was. He dragged his feet through the mud outside, and he suffered through the rain. He was almost there though. A little farther now, you can see the lights!


KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK-

The knocks came down hard and rapid, like someone was desperately trying to get it.

KNOCK KNOCK

"Granny!" Winry called, "Somebody is at the door!" Her grandmother's footsteps came lightly down the steps.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

"Alright, I'm coming!" the old woman shouted"

KNOCK KNO-

The old woman opened the door. There she saw a little boy doing his best to carry what looked like the lifeless corpse of his older brother.

"PLEASE!" Al cried, "BROTHER… brother is hurt…" he collapsed into the woman's arms.

"Gramma Pinako?" Winry came to the door concerned

"Winry help me get these boys to some beds!" Pinako shouted.


"EDWARD YOU ARE A FOOL!" The elderly woman scolded loudly.

Ed winced back.

Pinako rubbed her forehead, trying to get stretch of the stress. "What were you thinking?"

"I just…" Ed started, "I just wanted mom back." Edwards eyes welled with tears. "I didn't want any of THIS to happen…" He clutched this hand to the bed.

"Did that teacher of yours teach you to be an idiot?" Pinako grumbled, "You can't bring people back Edward"

"It wasn't just him!" Al shouted out at the old woman. "I did it too!"

"What did you lose then?" Winry asked concerned. "I mean, Ed lost something."

"I… Don't know…"

"He lost his body…" Ed revealed. "Pinako… Winry…" he paused scared of what they would think of what he said. "We… We aren't…" he gulped, "We aren't h-human"

Winry and Pinako were taken back. "What do you mean you're not…" Winry was the first to ask.

"We think we're something called, a Homunculus." Al finished. "They're supposed to be artificial humans."

"Yeah Al, except that they aren't supposed to be real!" Edward scoffed.

Winry was shocked beyond belief, Pinako sat there with her hand on her chin thinking. "Actually… that makes sense." Pinako stated. "There is something your parents never told you, that I think you two should know." The room's attention was on Pinako. "You two… shouldn't have been born"

"Oh well thanks granny! That's real-"

"NOT LIKE THAT YOU HALF-PINT!" The old woman interrupted. "I mean you two were miscarriages!"

"We… what?" Al sat back horrified. "How… are we…"

"Your father must have brought you back. He was a brilliant alchemist after all." She continued, "Your mother was just so hurt by all of it, I guess he couldn't stand having her in that much pain."

"Yeah! Ha- funny that he would leave her then!" Edward huffed. "Must have changed his mind!"

"Brother, please!" Al looked at his brother. "Not now!"\

Edward just rolled his eyes.

"Well this still doesn't explain how Al's whole body was taken" Winry reminded everyone.

"Oh yeah… Well since he isn't human, All I needed to bring him back was something to regenerate from. That's how I lost my arm actually"

"How did you know how to do that?" Winry asked.

"I dunno" Ed contemplated, "I just… knew somehow… Like it was an essential instinct or something…"

Everyone in the room lay quiet. Everyone had so many questions in their heads, most would not be answered.

"This is a lot to take in right now boys, I think we all should get some sleep." Pinako sighed.

The boys nodded and Al helped his brother into the room they were given to sleep in. It was going to be a long night.

"Grandma?" Winry called when the boys were out of the room. "What's going to happen now?"

The old woman stared out the window for a moment, she then turned to her grandchild and patted her on the head. "We continue on."