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Disclaimer: I do not own FMA!

Chapter One

His Return

Winry sat alone in her house working on some random automail arm. The only one to keep her company was her dear dog, Den. Her Grandma was dead. She had died about a year ago. Her mind drifted to the last two members of her family who was probably miles away. Edward Elric, the older of the two brothers, was probably twenty-two years old. He had long golden hair that was usually in a plait braid with bangs hanging in his face. He had fierce golden eyes to match his hair that looked into the distance.

Edward was short for his age, but since Winry hadn't seen him for six years, she didn't know if his height had changed. Edward was missing his right arm and left leg. Winry felt the only way she could help the two boys was making Edward his automail arm and leg. Edward was a child protégé, a pure alchemy genius. He became a state alchemist at a very young age.

Alphonse Elric was the younger brother. He was an empty suit of armor and like his brother, an alchemist. Alphonse was the opposite of his older brother in many ways, one being their personality. Alphonse was kind and caring no matter what. Edward was tough on the out side and soft on the inside. Alphonse expressed his feelings while Edward hid them from everybody but Alphonse.

Winry wonder where they were and if they were ok while she worked. She was worried about them. Winry whipped the sweat off of her forehead and on to her arm. She looked around at the empty room she was in. Things were sure quieter without her grandma. Even though she had Den and many friends living in her hometown, she felt alone.

Suddenly, there was a knock her front door. Winry starred at it until there was another knock. Winry walked over to the door and opened it, half expecting to see one of her regular costumers. But instead of a regular, she saw him. Edward Elric was standing outside her door wearing a guilty grin on his face. Winry looked around and didn't see Alphonse anywhere behind him. Her eyes shifted to Edward and she glared at him.

"Hey, Winry long time no-" Winry's slamming of the door cut off Edward.

Winry walked back to her table and picked up her wrench. Edward's shouts rang through the front door. "Come on, Winry", Edward yelled. "Open the door!" Winry walked back to the door and waited for Edward to apologize to her. "Please open the door!" Winry sighed and opened the door. She knew Edward wasn't going to apologize to her until he had told her she was hurt.

As soon as the door was open, Winry raised the arm that held her wrench and flung it at Edward. The wrench hit Edward squarely in the forehead. Edward fell backward and yelled in pain. He sat up holding his forehead. "WINRY?! WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT FOR", yelled Edward.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE LAST SIX YEARS EDWARD ELRIC", shouted Winry. "And where is Al?!"

"Al is back at central", replied Edward as he stood up. "He's fine! Honestly!"

"Ok… But where have you been in the last six years?!"

Edward looked away from Winry. Winry tensed. She knew that he wasn't going to tell him. Winry raised her wrench and brought it down on top of Edward's head. Edward landed face first on to the ground. Winry turned around and walked up to her room. She locked the door. Winry jumped on top of her bed and buried her face into her pillow. She began wonder why does she even worry about him anymore if he wasn't even going to let her into his life.

Winry heard a knock on the door and Edward's voice once again rang through the door. "Come on, Winry", he shouted. "Can't we talk about this?! I'm sorry I didn't come to see you in six years."

"Shut up", Winry yelled back. "What did you come here for anyway. Another automail repair?! Is that all I am to you anymore?! A mechanic?!"

"Well, yes that is why I'm here, but you're more to me than just my mechanic, Winry! You know that! I'm really sorry!"

There was a flash of light and Edward walked into Winry's room. Winry sat up in her bed as he approached. She glared at him. Edward stopped a few feet away. Tears filled Winry's eyes, but she fought them back and tried to sound calm when she spoke. "It's an invasion of privacy when you transmute someone's lock to open their bedroom door", Winry snapped.

"That's weird coming from you, Miss. Pocket Watch", retorted Edward. "Where's Auntie?"

"She died… about a year ago…"

"You've been alone?"

"Yeah, well, except Den of course…"

"Of course… Look Winry, why didn't you tell me?! Al and I would have visited sooner!"

"Yeah, but you wouldn't have stayed, would you?!" Winry stood up, tears streaming out of her eyes. Edward backed away slightly.

"Winry, you know we can't do that", replied Edward. "We have to get our original bodies."

Winry walked closer to Edward, but this time he didn't back away. Instead he closed his eyes and braced himself for getting hit again. Winry stopped a few centimeters away and noticed for the first time that in her life that she had to look up at Ed