A loud THUNK had woken Edward up. He sat up and yawned, going to investigate. He opened the door to his room and sunlight flooded in, blinding him. He squinted, trying to make out the shapes lying before him on the deck. He heard people arguing about something, about three people. It was Luffy, and he was with two other familiar voices. His vision cleared and he trudged out of the room. When he could finally see what had made the sudden noise that woke him up from his sleep, he gasped. There, on the ground, were two people he never thought he'd see.

"W-w-what are you two doing here?" he cried in utter shock. Sitting before him was his brother and his automail mechanic, Winry.

"The portal Ed!" Winry said frantically, as though that explained everything. "The portal!" At this point, she was almost close to tears.

"What?"

"We were worried about you, so we went to go to the portal, but we couldn't find it. It had just disappeared!" said Al, who got much admiration from Luffy. Apparently Luffy thought talking suits of armor were cool. As though he hadn't seen weirder. Al sat up and continued. "We asked around in the city, but no one had seen you. Luckily, we found it, about a quarter mile in the other direction."

Edward just looked at his brother. This was bad. Who knows if anyone would even notice if they were gone?

He sighed. "Okay, well, there's nothing we can do about it now," he said under his breath.

"What'd you say?" said Al who had turned back to Winry.

"Nothing."

Edward helped the two up and showed them around. He explained the whole story to them, and even introduced the crew. Winry started to cheer up. She had been really scared. The whole "falling into an alternate dimension" thing had her really freaked out. They got a polite smile from Robin, but the rest of the crew seemed to have her laughing at their unique abilities or forms. Brook, the living skeleton. Chopper, a talking reindeer that could get bigger and smaller whenever he wanted. Luffy, the man who could stretch his limbs out to impossible distances. But their favorite would have had to have been Franky, the man that rebuilt his body after a freak accident with a train, to put a long story short. Franky seemed to really connect with Winry, Al and Ed.

Winry talked forever about automail and all her creations while admiring Franky's craftsmanship. Al was essentially the same, being made of metal and whatnot. And Ed, well he just sat back and listened, even though Winry kept dragging him into it with his prosthetic arm and leg. Eventually, however, he dozed off while Winry and Franky went down to the workshop below deck. He had a feeling they would be there for awhile.

A strange thought filled his dreams. He felt as though something were missing, or more specifically, two somethings. Dark forms clouded his mind, but he couldn't make out what they were. It was frustrating, as though the universe was trying to tell him something. When he finally awoke, he wasn't relieved. The strange feeling like he had forgotten something kept nagging at the back of his mind, but it wouldn't come through.

He stood up, stretched and began to search absentmindedly for whatever was causing this feeling. He walked around, searching everywhere on the ship for something he might have dropped. He peeked in every room and saw many of the crew members milling about.

He soon gave up in frustration. He banged his head against the mast and sat down on the bench. This feeling was so strong, it was annoying. He started to think back. In every room, he saw someone doing something. He had seen Luffy on the deck, Zoro was training, Sanji was cooking, Robin was reading, Franky was down with Winry, and Brook was keeping watch up above. Al sat next to him, so what was out of place? And that's when it hit him, full on.

He bolted upright and suddenly knew what was wrong. That feeling was gone, so he knew he must be right. He ran around wildly, pried open every door and looked in every room, but found nothing. He dashed up to Luffy and tried to control the panic in his voice. This had already happened, so why did it happen again? Had he done something? Maybe, was Robin right? Maybe it was his fault. He hoped that wasn't the case.

"Luffy!" cried Ed as he grabbed for Luffy's shoulders.

Luffy spun around, startled at the sudden outburst. "What's wrong?"

Edward had to take a deep breath before he continued. "Nami, and Chopper too, I can't find them anywhere! They've disappeared!"

Phew! Two chapters done in one day! I feel so accomplished!

I sort of, well, forgot about the other chapter. I had it all mixed up and it got lost in my story although I don't know how. But I got it fixed! Yay!

Please R&R! That would be much appreciated! Thanks!