The younger brother half-carried his handicapped brother toward a light in the distance. It was a porch lamp of a house both familiar and comforting, a safe haven during the troubled time in their lives, a place called home.

"Brother, I don't think Winry will be happy once she learns that you lost your automail again." His little brother half joked. It had occurred to Ed; already could he feel her eyes glaring at him and the pain of the wrench to come. It was alright, he could endure it for a chance to be with her again. He let lose a small chuckle, yes, it was worth it.

The clock rang had just rang midnight out when some knocked on the door. Pinako Rockbell was just heading to bed when it happened. The only reason someone would knock on her door at this time in the night was for an emergency. She quickly made her way to the door and pulled it open. There were few things that could shock her in the world and this was one of them. Alphonse Elric stood supporting his older brother in the doorway; the pair looked a little worn down, but alive all the same. Edward was the worse of the pair missing both of his automail limbs, yet even that was fixable. It was all the same to her, and a smile grew across her face. "Welcome home."

The need for sleep was forgotten by all them, as the story of their return came out. The brothers completed the tale Winry had told her about the attack on central and added the return journey's tale to it as well. During the tale of their journey, she cleaned the brothers up and inspected the mounts of Edwards automail, checking for any damage from Truths rough remove of the limbs.

"Winry went to Rush Valley to get some parts, so you'll have to wait for a new arm and leg, Edward. She should be back sometime tomorrow, but I'll get you a spare leg tomorrow. Till then, you boys get some sleep." The boys made their way up stairs and they were asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillows. The rest could wait till later.

Despite the late night before, Pinako was up before the boys the next morning. She was finishing some adjustments on Edwards's temporary leg, when a sleepy Alphonse made his way down the stairs.

"You never did say what happened to that young girl." She said without looking up from her work.

"She sacrificed herself to bring us back, giving up what little chance she had to live." His eyes were no longer sleepy; instead they were watering, fighting not to cry.

"I'm sure she knew what she was doing." Pinako assured him, she sat down the completed leg and turned to face Al. "I don't speak for her but from what you boys told me, she probably knew she was going to die and didn't want it to be in vain. She wanted her death to mean something, to have someone to remember her. Couldn't that be why she did what she did?"

"I guess…" he said. If he was going to say anything else he was interrupted by a crash from the upstairs bed room. It was shortly followed by a string of very colorful curses in German.

A small smile came across Pinako's face as she said, "I guess that means Edwards awake. Can you take this to your brother?" she said, handing Alphonse the leg.

When Alphonse opened the door to the bedroom, his brother was laying on the bed rubbing his head with his left hand.

"You noticed that you're missing a few limbs, huh?" he said.

"Oh shut your mouth Al. You try falling on your head and see how you like it. I mean its bad enough, having gone through this once before. It's just this time I forgot I didn't have a left leg. So how about a little help here?" he asked.

"Nah, but you'll need this then." Al tossed the leg onto the bed next to his brother with a small smile on his face. Edward raised an eyebrow at his brother but said nothing.

The leg was similar to the one that Edward had used a few years ago when his arm had been destroyed by Scar. When he attached the leg he winced slightly as the connections attached to his nerves. Fortunately, it was only a fraction of the pain that normally came with the attaching of regular automail. Al left as he started to get dressed, at least partly to avoid the possibility of injury from his brother. He had seen his brother get dressed up once before with only one arm and even with a body of steel it had been dangerous.

When Edward finally made his way down the stair he was dressed in the night before. He looked like a younger Hohenheim with the clothes from the other world and the ponytail hanging from his head. He had grown over the past two years, and aged not just mentally but also physically. The traces of childhood had disappeared almost fully now leaving a young man behind. He nodded to Pinako and Al, who stood at the bottom of the stairs.

"I know that its asking a lot but can we wait till Winry gets home to tell anyone that I'm back. I sort of want her to know first." He said with a small smile.

Winry Rockbell hefted the small load of boxes down the road to her home. Dominic had outdone himself and had made the pieces for the automail a day faster than he had thought he could. The result of that had allowed Winry to catch an earlier train; she had called to let Pinako know just before the train had pulled out of the station.

Pinako had sounded somewhat surprised and even a little tired when she had answered the phone. It didn't matter at the moment however, due to the fact that she was wide awake and waiting for Winry on the porch. The sun was high in the sky when she came into sight of the house and her grandma. She felt an odd sort of feeling from the area as she approached the house, and a fitting way to the fact that Pinako stood waiting porch as she had done for the Elric brothers all those years ago. A grin was plastered across her face when Winry stepped up on the porch with her, and her hand was on the door.

"Winry, we have visitors." And with that she pushed the door open to reveal to people standing just inside. She had seen both of them mere weeks before, but her eyes widened at the shock of seeing them yet again. The younger looking of the two, she had seen deal with the reality of his older brother disappearing and had served as a listening post for any and all news concerning his brother. Her knees though threatened to give out as she looked at the face of the other. The face of Edward Elric, the one she loved. His face was hard yet when her eyes made contact with his own, she saw the softness that was only there for her and no one else. She stopped herself short of crying as she saw him standing there in the flesh but she noticed a small detail about his right arm, it was missing. Almost immediately her face became red with anger and she franticly searched for her weapon of choice.

Edward, instead of running, tossed a small wrench to her. When she realized that he was giving her the weapon she would throw at him it stopped her for a moment, making her look at the lump of metal in her hand. Engraved into the handle was a small note. It said, To break me with, as long as you promise to repair me. She just stood there as he walked up to her and put his remaining arm around her and hugged her as tightly as he could.

He whispered into her ear, something that defused the anger that lingered. "You helped me get home; your automail got me home. Please forgive me, but seeing you is worth more than any automail in the world is worth."

Any words she wanted to say faded as she wrapped her arms around him. Alphonse not worried about repercussions hugged Winry and his brother. Winry pushed out from the hug and moved back.

"Your going to stay up while I build your new arm and tell me how you broke it this time." She pointed a finger at Alphonse as she stepped out of the hug. "I don't want you there Al. At least someone other than Granny should get some sleep." Al's shoulders lowered at the tone of her voice, he wouldn't risk her wrath like his brother always did.

Edward on the other hand had a look of worry on his face. It showed in his voice when he spoke to her, "Um Winry, its just not the arm, I lost the leg too."

Winry, who had begun to walked into the house carrying part of the boxes spun around and hurled the small wrench in her hand at the forehead of Ed. If Winry had been a Volcano, one would have been certain that she would have erupted in anger. However, after the throw, she said in a small voice, "You will stay up with me for BOTH nights." Her voice gave no room for arguments.

The nights that followed for both Winry and Edward were filled with talk and hard work. Under Winry's skilled hands the automail took form quickly, and minor changes where made to the designs as she asked Edward certain questions about the automail he had used in the past. Alphonse popped his head into Winry's room every so often, bring food and drink to the hard worker. It took three days for the automail to be finished and exhausted from the hard work and sleepless nights; Winry and Edward fell asleep on her bed.

The following morning, Edward was awakened by the first rays of the sun peeking into Winry's room through the open window above her bed. To Edward, finding Winry laying on him was somewhat of a shock. Winry had fallen asleep with her head rested on his shoulder and her left are over his stomach. She looked so peaceful just laying there that Edward really didn't want to move. It was perfect just the way it was.

(Author's note-Sorry about the long time between this post and the last one. Way to much crap going on in my life in the last month. Well I've decide to do one last thing before I declare this story done so look for it in a couple days. Bye now.