Chapter seven: Al's turn

Al tears had made a small wet spot on his pillow, but he turned it over, and lay down staring into what wasn't there.

He had to perform a human transmutation. It was a huge burden that had just dropped itself on his shoulders, like a heavy boulder. Al's mouth was dry, so he took a sip of the old water that was beside his bed.

It felt like longer but, Al had only been at Izumi's for three days. He had only ate two meals in that time...Ed would be disappointed. He wouldn't want Al to be eaten away by depression.

Al would study some of Izumi's alchemy books, and get healthier, eat more. He would learn all there is too know about Human Transmutation. Except the fact that it was forbidden, when it came to his older brother it didn't matter.

Nothing mattered without Edward

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A week past, and Al ate three square meals each day, and he spent hours, and hours pouring over alchemy books.

The forbidden label was on all of the human transmutation ones. But other than that it did give Al a lot of knowledge that would make him stronger, and his alchemy.

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A month

Two months

Three months……and Al was ready.

He had read all the alchemy books in Izumi's library, and all of them. He was healthy, and strong, he already had all the body contents, and a...exchange for Ed's soul...or apart of it.

What could he give for Ed's soul...the answer was simple….nothing.

Teacher, and other people said there was no such thing as equivalent exchange…you could do it if you wanted...but you didn't have to live by it. So everything was ready...and it was Al's turn.

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"Water 35 liters, Carbon 20kg, Ammonia 4 liters, lime 1.5kg, phosphorous 800g, sodium 250g, potassium 1000g. sulfur 80g, fluoride 7.5g, iron 5g, silicon 3g, and salt 75 percent….well a guess, but this is all guessing" Al said to himself as he counted, and checked the body contents.

Al was in Izumi's barn (I know Izumi's doesn't have barn…but tough). He had all the chemicals, all the body contents; he even drew the alchemy circle on the floor, and the runes.

He thought back to when Ed, and himself had done this, he was doing everything he was doing now except…not the blood…he didn't need it.

Maybe…he would do it just for good measure. He took out his pocket knife, and cut a small cut in his finger, and then he thought it might need more, so he cut all the way down his finger, and a little bit onto his palm wincing as the air stung it.

The blood dripped onto the contents, and then he clapped his hands, and the alchemy circle lit up, blue lights shining in Al's eyes.

All at once the lights turned dark purple, a feeling Al had experienced before.

Of course it wasn't going to work, of course he wasn't going to succeed, it wasn't possible, but he couldn't stop it, and before he knew it the familiar horrible ugly black hands were tearing at his body and breaking it down.

Blood poured from his arm, as it ripped apart, and then he stopped bleeding, and it was just air that came out of his left arm. Then he saw what he wanted…Ed….Ed's body form was right in front of him.

He let his hand wander out in front of him to meet Ed's, and Ed pulled him in, and Al lurched forward. An excruciating pain went through his body, and he screamed but nothing came out.

Then Al no longer saw Ed….he saw the black gates…of hell, the thing he had been dreading for so long these past few months stood in front of him.

These were not the gates of Heaven like he had hoped, and as he thought these black hands erupted from the gate, and wrapped themselves around his ankles.

"No, I'm not going to go like this!" Al said. An image of Ed came into his mind.

"No please Ed needs me" Al said. Al only thought of Ed, only what he wanted the most. And then suddenly the black hands were gone, and the gate was gone too, and he standing in front his Mom, but she soon went away too.

Then he was in the place he had dreamed of, in front of the gates of Heaven. Al felt like his mind was going to explode from all things that were happening. He knew there had been something else he had done to get here, it couldn't have been that easy, but he couldn't remember what it was.

Then Ed was in front of him, and Al wondered if he had made it. He wondered if he had got Ed back, he needed to know how he had done it, but for all he was worth he couldn't remember.

There was a flash of this, and that, babies in their mother's wombs, and the miracle of birth…but other than that nothing.

Ed smiled at him.

"You did it" he said, and Ed too was gone, then the world fell away, and Al didn't remember anything.

A/N-Awww….I'm done….well there is another chapter but, I meant I'm done with this chapter. Anyway yeah...This was pretty deep…and it was way out there…I hope it wasn't too far out there…anyway No flames, please review. And sorry I ended this chappie poorly.