Pinako Rockbell stood on her front porch, a smoking pipe in her mouth, watching the clouds roll by.

Armstrong: "This is a very peaceful place." You walked beside Ed as you all walked down the dirt road.

Ed: "It's just countryside with nothing."

Al: "It's been four years since we last came here."

Ed: "Has it been that long?"

Armstrong: "You never came back here during that time?"

Ed: "Even if we did return, we have no family waiting here. You've heard of our background, right, Major?"

Armstrong: "Yes..." Hearing your footsteps, Den jumped up and started barking. Pinako looked up, taking the pipe out of her mouth.

Pinako: "This is a rare guest. Winry! Winry! We have guests of honor." The blond girl shut off her power drill and looked up.

The House Where The Family Waits

Ed: "Have you been well, Den." You scratched the dog behind it's ears as he ran up to you. "Auntie Pinako ... It's been along time. Can you take care of us again?" She chuckled.

Pinako: "My, my... It looks like you took some serious damage."

Ed: "A lot happened."

Pinako: "And you've become so small."

Ed: "Who did you call small, you minimum hag?"

Pinako: "What did you call me, extreme shorty?"

Ed: "Shut up, bean hag!"

Pinako: "Micro shorty!"

Ed: "You water flea hag!" Armstrong sat Al down bedside you and off came his shirt.

Armstrong: "Edward Elric! Do you know what you're saying to this elderly lady? I, Armstrong, will fix you up!"

Pinako: "Who is he? He doesn't seem to understand the jokes."

Armstrong: "I am Alex Louis Armstrong." Pinako took his hand and shook it.

Pinako: "Pinako Rockbell." A wrench flew through the air and slammed into Ed's forehead. You dropped to your knees at his side as he rubbed his head.

Al: "Brother!"

You: "Ed?"

Ed: "What the hell, Winry! Are you trying to kill me!"

Winry: "Who do you think you are, coming back in that state?"

Break

Winry: "Geez..." Ed sat on the couch in his black undershirt and light blue boxers. "How the hell did you get the high class auto-mail I made destroyed! I went through great efforts to make that you know!" You sat down next to Ed on the couch as Winry continued to yell.

Ed: "Well, it was destroyed so easily..."

Winry: "Al's a mess too. You three were doing something dangerous again, weren't you?" Pinako compared Ed's feet for length.

Pinako: "Hey, shorty. You've grown a little."

Ed: "That 'shorty' was unnecessary."

Pinako: "That means we'll have to make some height adjustments to your leg. And we have to create the arm from scratch."

You: "Will you be able to fix it in a week? We're in a hurry." Pinako took in a deep breath and sighed, smoke coming out of her mouth.

Pinako: "Don't underestimate us. Three days."

Ed: "Thanks, Auntie."

Winry: "But why are you in such a hurry?"

You: "That is really none of your business." You hadn't been in a good mood since the Scar incident, and after not coming back for four years and being greeted with a wrench wielding blond. She didn't make it any better. She whipped out her wrench, the Elrics looked scared but you just crossed your legs and gave her a 'is that all you got?' look. She sighed and turned around.

Winry: "Geez... The only thing you three cause is trouble."

Al: "Although she complains, she puts effort into the jobs she does."

Ed: "Yeah."

Break

You smiled as Ed walked outside with a white spare leg.

Ed: "I know it's just a spare part but Aunt Pinako makes them different."

You: "Putting that aside ... This place hasn't changed at all."

Ed: "Yeah." Ed plopped down next to you, his hand brushing yours.

With Winry, Armstrong, and Pinako

Pinako: "Armstrong, was it?" The muscular blond looked up. "What kind of lifestyle do those children have? We don't get much information from the cities in the countryside here ... And they don't even send letters, so I'm worried sick."

Armstrong: "Those children. Especially Edward and Lita are quite famous in Central. They sometimes get into trouble because of that. But they will be okay. Their bond is strong. Like none I've ever seen. Many people who know them personally, even myself, believe they will get married some day."

Pinako: "Married, eh?" Memories flashed through her old mind. Running through the park, Ed getting his auto-mail, even their first kiss by the lake. "Funny, I always thought the same thing."

With you

Ed: "I need to get back to Central City."

You: "Yes, but you should relax for now. We're going to have a hard schedule once we get back there."

Ed: "But..." He started wiggling and you laughed. He looked at you in a mock glare. "Are you laughing at me?" You continued to giggle but shook your head. He jumped at you and you both rolled down the hill, almost falling into the lake. Ed landed on top of you and he sighed.

You: "Ed..." He set his forehead on yours and looked into your eyes. "We should go visit Mom's grave.

Ed: "Visit her grave huh?"

You: "We're going to have to leave after you get your auto-mail fixed, right? So we should just do it now. Al will probably want to stay here."

Ed: "You're right." You smiled and closed your eyes. Ed looked down from above you and felt a sudden urge. He leaned down slightly, staring at you. He shook his head and rolled off you.

Break

Armstrong: "I'm done chopping the wood Mrs. Pinako."

Pinako: "Thank you. You can relax like the others, you know."

Armstrong: "No, a soldier should not neglect his daily training. By the way, I haven't seen Edward or Lita."

Pinako: "They went to go see their mother's grave." Armstrong gave her a confused.

Armstrong: "I thought that Lita's last name was Nitro, not Elric. Those two do now act like a brother and sister should."

Pinako: "Oh, they're not related by blood. Lita's father was a drunk, her mother was a prostitute. They left her in an abandon shack a mile down the road. Ed and Al found her one day while exploring, she was so small and fragile. Ed carried her all the way here in his arms. Trisha took her in as her own. But no adoption papers were made. Hohenheim and Trisha are the closest thing she has to parents." Armstrong looked down sadly.

Armstrong: 'She always acted so strong and spunky. You'd never believe she had such a horrible past.'

With You and Ed

You and Ed walked down the dirt road, Den at your side. You noticed Mahlik and his father in their field

Mahlik: "Ed! Lita! You're back?"

You: "Yeah, long time no see."

Father: "How long has it been? Four or five years?"

Mahlik: "Lita, you're still as beautiful as ever."

Father: "But still, you're small."

Ed: "Hey, don't call me small."

Mahlik: "Are you both still those State whatevers?"

Ed: "Yeah."

Mahlik: "Take good care of your body. You're small after all."

Ed: "Stop calling me small!"

With Winry and Al

Al watched as a girl walked down the road, a cow at her side.

Winry: "What's wrong? You're dosing off."

Al: "Oh, um... Winry, that girl..."

Winry: "Oh, you mean Nelly?" The girl looked over and waved at Winry, who waved back. "We used to play with her a lot when we were kids, remember? We played hide and seek and went to the river together."

Al: "What?"

Winry: "What's wrong?"

Al: "Oh, um... I couldn't remember her face."

Winry: "I can understand that. She's changed a lot.""

Al: "I see."

With You and Ed

You laid your head and Ed's shoulder and he wrapped an arm around you waist and set his head on yours as he stared at the tombstone.

Younger Ed: 'Let's revive Mom.'

Ed: "The biggest regret of my life." You heard him whisper. "But you know what?" You looked into his eyes and he smiled. "I found you. That's what I gained from all this. The old man wasn't right after all." He kissed you forehead and smiled.

Winry measured Ed's leg with a string and stopped when she saw the chain of his watch.

Winry: "Is that the clock I've heard about?""

Ed: "Oh, yeah. It amplifies the power of the transmutation circle..."

Winry: "How wonderful... It's detailed workmanship and edging ... They're the work of a professional. How does it work? Do you wind it by hand? Or is it automatic? Is it?"

Ed: "Yeah. I never worry about it, through."

Winry: "Please, let me look into it."

Ed: "You've got to be kidding. If I let you look at it you'll dismantle it to the last screw." He took it back out of her hands.

Winry: "Come on! I'll put it back together after I disassemble it, okay? Okay?"

Ed: "I refuse. Ask someone else." She looked at Armstrong.

Armstrong: "I think I'll chop a years worth of wood."

Winry: "Cheapskate."

Later That Night

You sat on the bed as Ed walked in. The moonlight shined off of your body and Ed couldn't help but stare. Ed: "Lita. According to Auntie, they can attach my arm tomorrow. After that, I'll fix Al up." He sat on the bed across from you.

You: "Okay." He gave you the look. "Ed, Al asked me a weird question today. He asked me, if he ever had friends."

Ed: "That's an out of the blue question."

You: "He said he couldn't remember things. I told him it was natural after all that has happened, but he seemed so upset. I didn't know what to do. Maybe... I'm not as good a friend to you guys as I thought I was."

Ed: "Hey, Lita." Ed looked down as you turned to face him. "I've wanted to ask you something for awhile but I've been afraid to ask."

You: "What is it?"

Ed: "Um..."

You: "Say it." He looked into your eyes and let out a breath.

Ed: "No, it's okay."

You: "Ed!" Armstrong burst through the door, breaking it in half, Al on his shoulder.

Armstrong: "Young ones! Look at the beautiful sky. Look at it's beautiful glow. It's a blessing from Heaven you cannot see in the cities. This village of Risembool is a nice place. It has nothing, but in exchange, it has many things the cities don't have."

Ed: "We used to gaze at the stars along time ago, remember?"

You: "Yep."

Break

Winry: "It's the time you've been waiting for. Time to dock these in."

Ed: "Although I've done this multiple times. I hate it when the nerves connect." You sat by Ed's side as Pinako and Winry made sure everything was in place.

Winry: "Don't complain. You want to get back to Central as soon as you can, right?"

Ed: "Yeah, I want to regain my normal body and say good-bye to this pain."

Pinako: "It would be such a shame to lose a money spender like you."

Winry: "Yeah. You don't have to go through all the trouble of getting your normal body. The smell of Oil, creaking artificial muscles, and the roaring bearings... Auto-mail is so cool!"

You: "Machine freak."

Winry: "You have a problem with that, Alchemy freak?"

Pinako: "Let's do this. One."

Winry: "Two." Ed grabbed onto your hand and looked at you. The pulled the levers and he threw his head back in pain. There was a loud crack and you looked away, tears almost spilling from your eyes.

Break

Armstrong: "I didn't know that it was so painful when they connect."

Pinako: "Even grown men would cry and scream. It's like no other pain." Ed's head was on you lap as you stroked Ed's hair with your left hand.

Winry: "How is it? We reduced the weight of the steel by 80 percent compared to last time. You don't want you're growth to stop because of the weight, right."

You: "Winry, not to be rude, and we thank you and stuff. But shut up." She glared at but stood up and stretched.

Winry: "Since it's lighter, it's not as durable, so don't be reckless, we can fix auto-mail but you only have one life." And she walked out of the room. Ed stood up and looked at you. He looked at your hand, which you lifted gingerly, and didn't move. It was the hand he had squeezed when they attached the auto-mail.

Ed: "Lita." You walked into the kitchen and he followed you. "Lita."

You: "Yes?" Armstrong and Pinako looked up.

Ed: "Is something wrong with your right hand?" You turned around and put it behind your back.

You: "No." With odd quickness he grabbed onto your hand with his auto-mail hand and pulled. "Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!" Ed sighed and let go. Armstrong looked the two of you oddly while Pinako sighed.

Pinako: "Ed, how many times have I told you."

Ed: "Dammit, I broke your hand again, didn't I?"

Armstrong: 'So that was the crack I heard.' "Again?"

Ed: "Yeah, Everytime I attach my auto-mail I grab onto Lita's hand. But, I act to quick and I don't grab it the way I should."

You: "And everytime you break it in three places." Ed set your hand on the table and clapped. His Alchemy realigned the bones and mended them. Before Ed could move you smacked him with your fixed hand.

Ed: "Ow, what was that for!"

You: "That was for breaking my hand. And this.." You gave him a small peck on the lips. "Is for fixing it. And now to fix Al. You wanna come watch Major?" The blond Alchemist stood up and followed you out the door.

Armstrong: 'Amazing. She didn't even acknowledge the fact to anyone that that had happened. She is strong.'

Ed: "Al!"

Al: "Are you okay now, Brother?"

Ed: "Yeah, I'm as good as new."

Al: "I'm glad to hear that."

Ed: 'I'll fix you up now."

You: "Are these all the armor fragments?"

Al: "Yeah. The major and the others picked them up for me."

Armstrong: "You can fix him right away?"

You: "There is a little trick to it though." Ed lifted off Al's head.

Ed: "See that seal there? That thing mediates between Al's soul and the armor."

Al: "It was a close call there. If he had gouged a bit more of the armor."

Ed: "We have to protect that no matter what. It's the important part that keeps Al to this armor."

Armstrong: "It looks like it was written in blood."

Ed: "Yeah, it's my blood. I was pretty desperate..."

Armstrong: "What? What wonderful brotherly love! What an incredible bond you share!"

Ed: "Can you move? You're in the way." Ed handed you Al's head. "Let's do this." He clapped and set his hands on Al. The seal began to glow bright blue and the armor fragments pieced together. Al stood up and raised his arms.

Al: "Everything looks fine. Thanks, Brother."

Ed: "I'm glad to hear that. Let's do the usual then." Al leaned down and you put Al's head back on and kissed his cold metal forehead.

Armstrong: "The usual?"

You: "Yeah. Our teacher told us to train the spirit, you must first train the body. So usually, it's me and Ed against Al in mock battles. Sometimes just me and Ed. And I've beaten Ed everytime."

Ed: "Oh, what-ever."

Armstrong: "I see... Then I will help you in your goal Edward." Armstrong's shirt came off again.

Ed: "Actually, Lita is sitting this one out."

You: "I'm doing what!"

Ed: "I don't want you hurting your hand even more." You grumbled.

You: "Then can I be ref?"

Ed: "Sure."

You: "Yay!" Ed and Al stood opposite one another. "Let's get started."

Ed: "Steady."

Al: "Ready."

You: "Go!" Ed ran up to Al and threw some punches. Al blocked them all and grabbed Ed's fist, throwing him. Ed gasped and did a cartwheel, and a handless round off, landing on his feet. You smiled, you had taught him how to do that. Winry heard the commotion and walked out. Al was on the offense now.

Winry: "Hey! Don't be reckless with that and break it again! Geez... They are so into it... Still children." Winry looked up to see Ed's pants, and his watch. Ed had fallen and Al was about to punch him but Ed slid to the left and pushed onto his hands and kicked Al's arm. He went to kick him again but Al caught his ankle and lifted Ed into the air and threw him.

Armstrong: "Next up, me!"

Winry: "Custom jobs are amazing. This refined form. And it's craftsmanship is marvelous. The inside must be amazing too. I want to see the inside. I want to disassemble it. I want to reassemble it. Ed..." She took out her tools and grinned. Al and Armstrong locked fingers and tried to push each other back.

Armstrong: "Not good enough. You wont be able to move forward like this." Armstrong picked Al clear off the ground and threw him.

Al: "Brother."

Ed: "Damn it."

Winry: "This is..." On the inside of Ed's watch was written 'Don't Forget 3.Oct.10. The three of you stared at Armstrong.

Armstrong: "What's wrong? Is that it?" The three of you ran at him, Al locked fingers with him again. You and Ed slid between Al's legs and hit Armstrong in the legs. Al flipped Armstrong over his shoulder and the muscular alchemist slammed into the ground.

Al: "Yeah!" You jumped on Ed and he spun you around. You wrapped your legs around Ed's waist and your arms around his neck. You through your head back and laughed as the boys cheered.

Break

Warm water slid down Ed's body as he stood under the water system by the tree. His auto-mail hand turned the valve and the water shut off. Ed sighed and turned around to see Winry standing there.

Ed: "Winry? What's wrong?"

Winry: "I'm sorry I saw inside..." Winry moved her hand to reveal Ed's State issued watch.

Ed: "Hey, there are things..."

Winry: "I'm sorry."

Ed: "Geez. I haven't even shown it to Lita."

Winry: "I'm sorry."

Ed: "It's quite unmanly for me... to carry something to show me and remind me of my determination."

Winry: "Ed..."

Ed: "But still, we have no parents, no home to come back too. We have to keep moving forward."

Winry: "Why! You do have a home. You have Auntie and me."

Ed: "Stupid... Why do you have to cry?"

Winry: "Since none of you will cry. I'm crying in your place." Winry wrapped her arms around Ed's neck and kissed him. Ed could only stand there, shocked. You had just turned the corner and you froze. You looked down and turned around, heading back to the house. Ed shoved Winry off of him and she stood there. "I was right. You don't love me, the way I love you."

Ed: "Of course I don't." Ed turned around and walked away.

Break

You sat at the kitchen table as Winry stared out the window.

Winry: "Where'd Ed and Al go."

You: "A walk."

Winry: "And you didn't go with them?"

You: "No."

Winry: "Why not?"

You: "What is this? Twenty Questions?" You stood up and walked up the stairs.

With Ed Al and Armstrong

Al: "This was the front door, and the living room..." Al walked across the patch of grass where their house used to be. "On cold days, we put firewood in the fireplace. Brother always slacked off when we had to chop wood. And we stayed out too late, Mom would blink a lamp from the second floor, remember? It was bright, so we could see it from anywhere, and we ran back home whenever we saw it."

Ed: "Oh yeah."

Armstrong: "You two have a home. A home where a warm family awaits you."

Al: "Brother! That." You stood outside of your window, shining the old lamp that Trisha used to have.

Later

Pinako: "You kids come around every once in a while to eat with us."

Ed: "Sure, eventually."

Al: "Thanks, Auntie."

You: "Thanks for your help."

Winry: "Have a safe trip."

Ed: "Sure." Al waved as you all walked down the road.

Winry: "Auntie. I saw inside Ed's clock. The date ... they burned they're house and left ... was carved into it."