He looked down. He didn't think that there should be a loose board on the floor. He got on his knees and pushed the creaking board.

It seemed like it was removed before.

He pushed one end and the other side rose up. He removed the wooden board and found a dark wooden box with a beautiful painted flower on it. He picked it up and opened it.

A small ruby necklace lay in velvet and he picked it up. The velvet cloth moved to reveal leather. He frowned. How many things did Aikou leave hidden? He took off the velvet cover to reveal a book. He took it out and opened it.

In an elegant handwriting wrote:

To the man

of my dreams,

Alphonse Elric,

And his brother,

Edward Elric

He flipped the page and the title wrote:

The Lady and her Armor

By Aikou Mitsuna

He was about to read the first page until Winry's voice called.

"Alphonse! Lunch is ready!"

"Alright!" Alphonse yelled and put the small book into his pockets. He hastily wrapped the necklace into the velvet cloth and put it away. He had no interest in the small necklace. He ran down stairs and Den ran up to him licking his face.

(Other side of the Gate)

I looked up from my drawing to look at Ed. He laid still watching Alphonse and his crew set up the rockets. I quickly put finishing touches and suddenly heard a loud whistle. I looked up and saw the rocket fly up and then disappear a few distances away.

There were applause and cheers for the rocket's success.

"It looks like they did it." Ed said.

I nodded.

"I'll use that to get back home. Do you think it'll work?" He asked.

I smiled. "You can never lose hope." I said.

He gave a grin and stared at the sky. He reached up. "I wonder how everyone is doing there. I wonder what Alphonse is doing. He must be alive. He's got to be..."

In the corner of my eye I saw a girl from before run to the truck and hide under a blanket.

Ed sat up and we watched as a few men run up and pull the girl away. Next thing I knew Ed was trying to help the girl. "Ai! Help!" He said.

I jumped off the truck and punched a man that was holding the girl.

The girl backed away and a man pointed a gun at me.

I froze and he got ready to pull the trigger.

Ed punched the man and the gun was thrown upwards and set off.

I gasped and Ed grabbed my hand. I was dragged off with the Gypsy girl and we ran until we were out of sight. I crouched down and rubbed my temples.

Ed and the girl panted to gain their breath and Ed noticed my tears. "Hey, what's wrong?" He asked.

I wiped them and shook my head. "N-nothing... It's nothing." I said and stood up. I smiled. "Thank you Ed, You saved me." I said.

"It's alright." He said and turned to the girl. "You okay?" He asked.

She nodded. "As the girl I thank you. My name is Noah." She said.

"I'm Ed Elric. She's Aikou Herutsu." Ed said while nodding.

I sighed. "I just hope they don't take my work and hopefully Alphonse got them." I said and turned to the girl. "It looks like they're after you. Maybe you should stay with one of us." I said.

"Thank you so much, I think I would like to say with Ed if it's alright with him." Noah said.

Ed gave a smile. "It's alright." He said.

I smiled. "Come on, let's go home. I think we had enough action for today." I said and walked off.