13War and Tragedy
A/N: This story takes place two years after episode 51 (or in other words the end of the original series), so please feel free to correct me on any mistakes you find and please enjoy! This is my very first fan fiction, so please don't hate it too much. And I would like to thank Darkangel555 for giving me the idea for this fan fiction (your story: From Dusk to Dawn, inspired me to write this). And thank you all so much for even clicking on this! Also, the characters (mainly Roy-boy and Edo) may seem OOC. The reason for this will be explained in latter chapters, until then please don't kill me for it! It just sort of wound up that way and I went with the flow. So…. Enjoy I guess… and hang in there until we get to the interesting parts! Which will be awhile, but oh well...
And before we move on, I'd like to give a quick shout out to my amazing beta SapphireClaw, you should go check out her work, especially if you're interested in parental stuff.
Main Pairings: Parental Royed and Royal, Edwin, Royai, Al/OC
Disclaimer: ...I'm writing fan-fiction and I live in a small backwater town...does it look like I own a million dollar industry?
Prologue:
Part One:
A boy of about twelve stood slowly from his crouched position. He had short cut tan golden hair, amber eyes, and freckles dotted his normally kind face, but at that moment, it was creased with concentration and worry. He was dressed in a simple pair of blue jeans and a black sweater. Before him lay a huge circle filled with strange symbols and letters, the circle was about 25 feet in diameter.
The boy sighed and looked down at the paintbrush in his hand that was covered with dried white paint (that he had just used to paint the strange circle). He then picked up an empty pail of white paint and set both down a few yards away.
The boy stood atop a small hill that had recently been trimmed and cleared (for the single purpose of what this young boy was about to do). It was surrounded for miles by gently rolling hills and prairie grass. A full moon hung in the star-studded sky shining light onto the uninhabited countryside where a very strange event was about to unfold.
"Edward, I'm coming for you… Just hold on a little longer!" whispered the boy.
Taking a deep breath the boy slowly pressed his hands onto the circle before him.
There was a huge blast of light and the ground in the very center of the circle rose up, leaving a perfect circle about a foot deep in its center and a yard across in diameter, of bare earth behind. There was a pop and something appeared above the hole.
An eerie blue light surrounded a window into an imperfect world.
It's a portal! The boy realized.
The portal showed a barren wasteland where a pair of huge black doors stood, seeming to lead to nowhere.
It's the gate! I did it! Ed I'm coming, I'm coming…
The boy stared at the portal that did indeed lead to the famous gate. Suddenly, the doors began to swing open until they revealed a huge black void where countless eyes stared out at the 12-year-old human.
But, before the boy could move, something shot out of the gate and landed at the edge of the hole, only to roll down the opposite side of the hill from the boy.
What the?
Suddenly the gate began to close and the portal to disappear.
Wait! No! The portal can't close! Not yet, I still haven't gone through. I need to find Ed!
The boy lunged for the gate desperately, but only managed to land on the ground right in front of the hole just as the portal disappeared with a final: Pop!
"No. NO! NO! NO!" The boy screeched into the night sky as he tore fist-falls of dirt and grass from the ground.
"Brother I'm so sorry! I was so close. So close!" The boy whispered staring at his hands.
It's that thing's fault! If it hadn't interfered I would have Ed back, or at least be close to it. Damn that thing. I'm going to go see what the heck that thing is, and if it's not human, I'm not going to even give it a chance to explain! I'm just going to kill it!
Slowly the boy rose to his feet and walked to the side of the hill where the thing had disappeared, and peered over the edge. At the bottom of the hill lay a limp, definitely human, form.
The boy walked down the side of the hill and stood in front of the human. It wore black trousers, black dress shoes, and a thin black long sleeved shirt. It also had long golden bangs that hid its face as it lay in the waist high grass; the rest of its golden hair was pulled back in a braid that reached the small of its back.
Probably female by the looks of that braid. Dang, that means Winry might sympathize with it, dang it!
As the boy stared at the lithe, barely stirring body he felt all the anger and frustration he had been feeling for two years build up in his chest.
"What the hell do you think you where doing? I needed to go through the gate to find my brother! How dare you use that portal? I needed that! Now I'll have to wait another month before I can even attempt that again! And if you're wondering just how much you just pissed me off than I'll just tell you this. I only cuss when I'm really, really pissed off." The boy screamed glaring at the back of the woman's head, who had instantly stiffened at the sound of the boy's voice.
Suddenly the woman lifted her head a little and began to laugh.
What the? That is definitely is not a woman, but that laugh…. It sounds so familiar…
"Well hell Al. I thought you would be happy to see me. Damn this was definitely not the homecoming I was expecting. And I don't think I've ever, ever heard you cuss. When did you start cussing? Damn, I've missed a lot," replied the human at that boy's feet.
What the? Wait, this guy came from beyond the gate, he has golden hair tied back in a braid, he's wearing black, he sounds and talks like him… Could it really be?
"E-Edward?" whispered Al (the boy, but I'm sure you guessed that already) looking shocked.
"Yep, its me Al. Are you happy to see me?" Replied Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist, as he flashed one of his many mischievous smiles as he sat up to see his beloved younger brother's astonished face.
A/N: So, what did you think? I did not give Edward real limbs because well, just because. Oh, and this text means that who ever we're talking about is thinking. Their thoughts basically. I hope I don't sound like I think you're incompetent, I'm just really nervous! If you're feeling nice, please drop a review!
I need three if you want part two of the prologue! I've already written a lot of this story, so updates will be frequent, but only if people are interested in this story, so if you want to know where this going…then you just have to review!