• Five years have passed since that day, Elisa has gotten much better at alchemy. And Alphonse is helping her create new alchemic abilities.
    " So you think you can teleport using alchemy?"
    " Yeah, it's simple really."
    " Not to me it's not."
    " I know, wish me luck."
    Within seconds she was gone.
    " It worked! But where did she end up?"
    Not even a moment later she was back.
    " Where did you end up?"
    She smiled at him.
    " A mile outside the city."
    " How do you feel?"
    " Weak, teleporting requires a lot of power. I won't be using it very much. But with this new technique, I'm one step closer to bringing him back."
    Alphonse was concerned, at this rate, her body would give out soon. He and Ed knew the limits, but she didn't. Use it too much, and your body will weaken.
    " Elisa, why don't you go lay down for a bit. You need to rest."
    " I know, but I want to read dad's books some more."
    " Okay, not too long though. Dinner's at seven."
    " Right."

    It's been hours since he saw Elisa, and he began to worry.
    " Elisa? Are you ok?"
    No answer, Al headed up the stairs and toward her room.
    " Elisa?"
    He opened the door, but Elisa wasn't there.
    " Where is she?"
    While he went looking though the house, she was in the basement.
    " That should be the last thing I need to make the stone."
    She was going to attempt to make the philosophers stone, but not with human lives, instead she was going to use plant life. She had stripped her garden clean of all the flowers she grew, and was hoping it would be enough.
    " Okay here goes."
    She clapped her hands and touched the circle, a red aura surrounded her. The flowers were gone, and her left leg was gone too.
    " Can't stop now! Gotta Finish!"
    The aura grew brighter and larger, and a small red orb was forming.
    " That's it, almost there!"
    It began to take the shape of a stone.
    " Almost done!"
    It hardened, and the philosophers stone was created. The aura faded, and the circle was gone.
    " I did it. Dad's theories were right."
    Her body was weak and tired, but she wasn't done yet.
    " It's time to test it's abilities. Dad, we'll be together, or my life will be traded for yours."
    She held the stone to her chest, a red aura encirlced her and the gate appeared before her. It slowly opened and a man with blonde braided hair walked out, with his auto mail arm and leg intact. She said only one word before she passed out.
    " Father."
    As she hit the floor, the gate closed and faded away, leaving a confused man wondering. Al heard something hit the floor and headed for the basement, fearing the worst once again. Instead of seeing Elisa before him, Al saw his brother, alive and well.
    " Brother?"
    The shock was too much for him, and he too passed out.
    " Al, Elisa. But how?"
    Ed noticed a strange glow coming from Elisa. He knelt down and looked, her chest was red, but not with blood.
    " She must have made the philosophers stone, and her body's absorbed it. But why?"
    He felt a breeze, looking down he saw he had no clothes. He gazed around the room and saw a familiar cloak.
    " Al kept it all these years, to remember me. It still fits."
    Ed smelled something all too familiar.
    " Blood. Elisa must have gave her leg to make the stone, but why is her arm gone? What happened while I was dead?"
    He knew if her leg wasn't taken care of, she'd bleed to death. He began to search the room for bandages, after a few minutes of looking a thought crossed his mind.
    " If I'm alive, I can use alchemy and transmute a bandage for her leg. Being dead has taken it's toll on me."
    So he made a bandage and cleaned her leg. Now he'd wait until they woke, to find out what he missed.

    It was hours before they woke, and Alphonse woke first. He saw the man holding his niece.
    " Get away from her, we have nothing of value here."
    The man showed face.
    " Brother?"
    Ed smiled
    " Yeah, it's me Al."
    " Brother!"
    Al ran and hugged Ed.
    " It's you, it's really you!"
    " Al, I can't breathe."
    Al noticed Ed's face turning blue.
    " Oh sorry brother."
    Al showed him a sheepish grin.
    " How are you here? You died ten years ago. Not that I'm unhappy or anything, but even with alchemy, bringing the dead back to life is the greatest taboo."
    " She used the stone."
    " What? But how, it takes hundreds of lives to make it!"
    " She used my method, using plant life in the place of human life. And she also used her leg, but what happened to her arm?"
    Al wouldn't look at his brother.
    " Well brother, she tried human transmutation."
    " What?! When?! Why?!"
    Ed was furious, and he wanted answers.
    "Five years ago. She knew what would happen, but like us, she did it anyway. I pulled her from the gate, but not fast enough, she lost her arm in the gate."
    He could see tear's in Al's eyes.
    " Al?"
    " It's my fault, I should have known she'd do that, she's your daughter. Damn it! Why her, why not me!
    " Al, it's not your fault, it's mine, I should've been there."
    " Uncle Al, Dad, cool it, it's my fault anyway."
    She held her hand to her chest.
    " My chest, it burns so much. The stone must have fused with my body."
    Ed lifted her up.
    " Dad, it's really you. I knew we'd see each other again. My leg, the stone must have taken it for material."
    " Yeah honey, I never thought I'd see you again. I know what you did, it was foolish, but I'm proud and grateful. You proved my method works, and you brought me back from the dead. I just wish your mother could see us now. God I miss her."
    Elisa looked at her father and a smirk was on her face.
    " Maybe you can see her, maybe you can talk to her."
    Ed was confused.
    " What are you talking about Elisa?"
    " I may have found a way for us to go home."

    To be Continued........