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FullmetalAlchemist

andthe

Priory of the Dragon

A Fan Fiction Fusion

By

Tattoo Alchemist

Epilogue – It’s Over

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A Year Later…

The summer came all too quickly over the small village of Risembool, but that didn’t stop Edward and Alphonse Elric from enjoying it. They laid out on the cool grass outside the Risembool house, under the mid-afternoon sun, simply relaxing and staring up at the sky. It was such a wonderfully relaxing day, nothing much to really do, but enjoy it all.

“Its such a nice day, isn’t it Brother?” Al asked

“Yeah, it is.” Ed answered, and even though he was in such a relaxed position, it could easily be noticed how Ed’s leg was fidgeting as if he were impatiently waiting for something to happen or something to be done.

Alphonse laughed as he noticed it, “You know, you don’t have to lie to me, brother.”

Ed chuckled, “You’re right, Al. I guess after all our days of travel and search I forgot how to sit still and enjoy the here and now.”

“But that’s all we have right now, Ed.” Al said as he sat up and looked back at the Risembool house to see Winry Rockbell up on the top floor balcony enjoying the afternoon weather. “But that’s not all you have, brother.”

Ed sat up and looked to where Al was looking up at Winry. She looked so beautiful in her white tank top and shorts. Ed never really took in how beautiful she was until he really looked up at her like that. Deep down, he started to understand something that obeyed no laws or logic, but it was simply there.

“You’re right, Al.” Ed smirked

As he looked up at Winry, he saw something coming in the distance. At first it was just a small black spot but it slowly got bigger and bigger. Ed got to his feet and placed a hand over his brow to block out the mid-day sun to get a better look at the thing that was coming closer.

“What is it, Ed?” Al asked as he got up with him

“I’m not sure.” Ed answered, “But I think it’s a bird.”

Normally Ed wouldn’t have taken any notice of birds, but there was something about this one that he couldn’t shake a certain feeling off of. He looked closer as the thing came closer and he saw that it was a rather large bird. The thing then took a very sharp nose dive down towards the Rockbell home and it started to slow down and flap slowly as it landed itself on the railing of the porch.

Ed and Al came up the steps of the porch to get a better look at it. At the same time, Winry Rockbell went back inside and down the stairs to join them to see what it was that had caught their interest. The three of them on the same porch looked at the bird and saw that it was a snow white Barn Owl. It was odd enough that such an owl would be in their part of the country, let alone the world, but what made it even stranger was what was in its beak. In it there was a piece of twine thread that was wrapped around a rather thick envelope.

Smiling, Ed reached out with his right flesh-and-blood hand to take the envelope from the owl. He looked at the rough and brown colored envelope and at the elegant hand writing on it that said;

Edward and Alphonse Elric

c/o The Rockbell Household

Risembool

Armestris

Pulling the string off he sat down at the porch table to read it.

“What is it, Ed?” Winry asked sounding rather annoyed

“It’s a letter.” Ed answered

Winry took a rather sour look at Edward who seemed to have a certain nostalgic smiling face about him.

“Who’s it from?” Al asked

Ed opened up the envelope and pulled out several sheets of parchment that were neatly folded. He pulled out the last sheet and looked at the name at the bottom of it, even though he already had a feeling of who it was from, he had to confirm it for himself. Seeing that he was right, he told Al and Winry.

“It’s from Harry Potter.” Ed answered

“Well, what’s it say?” Winry asked sounding very annoyed.

Ed looked at the first page and began to read aloud:

Dear Ed,

It has been too long since we had spoken to each other. So, I decided to write this letter, but it took some encouragement from Hermione. It seems like such a lifetime ago. The last time that we saw each other, it was after all the messes of the Second War had been cleared up.

Since we had captured both Lucius Malfoy and Peter Pettigrew, the information that they gave had cleared the names of so many people. Namely, Rubeus Hagrid, who was wrongfully accused and expelled from school when he was younger. He was given a formal apology from the Ministry of Magic and been allowed his wizard status to be reinstated.

That was only one of the things that I was thinking of when I sat down to write this letter. In retrospect so many of the things that we got back on that night wouldn’t have been restored, had it not been for you activating the schools’ transmutation circle.

Also, if you were wondering about the Phoenix, the one whose egg I threw up, Dumbledore explained it to me. He told me that it was a rare event called “The Phoenix Down”. When a phoenix does this, it restores a person back to life and then becomes the host for the next Phoenix egg. The catch to it was that the phoenix will only do it once per person. Dumbledore had already used it during the first war with Voldemort which is why he couldn’t use it a second time. But I think that’s enough about the past, things around here have become rather peaceful.

My Godfather, Sirius Black, because of the testimony by Peter Pettigrew, he was also given a formal apology by the Ministry of Magic for his 13 years at Azkaban Prison. So, after he became a free man, everything was given back to him, his house, money, and so on. Now, he’s just enjoying the fact that he no longer has to run and hide or go back to prison.

Speaking of that, as it turns out, because of the death of Draco Malfoy and the imprisonment of Lucius Malfoy, all the money and property has gone to my family. Don’t know how or why that happened, I guess Hermione would have to send you the legal books on it, but I don’t think you’d want to read that.

Gandalf “The White” Dumbledore became the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. He was appointed there by his brother, Albus Dumbledore, which made him rather happy to be close to family and he gets to teach more practical methods of training wizards against Dark Magic.

My parents, Lily and James Potter, I’m so happy that I have parents again. I’m sure you can understand that yourself since you got your mother back as well after that night. It was quite something to have them around when I had spent so many years as an unloved child with the Dursley’s. You can imagine how happy they were when I graduated, especially since I did it a year early as a reward from the Ministry for our war and fight against Voldemort.

Though that boy, Cedric Diggory, he went back home to his parents who were thrilled as could be that their son was back.

As for myself, Hermione, and Ron…

Well, after the three of us graduated from Hogwarts there was so much we could do on our own, but we decided to stay together, because we had always been there for one another through all the adventures that we’ve had. So, the three of us became Aurors, Dark Wizard Hunters, in the Ministry of Magic. Although we are a big on the rogue side since we don’t quite like to follow all the rules. I’m sure you can understand that.

Ed laughed when he read that sentence.

Speaking of the Ministry, because of our involvement with the Priory of the Dragon as well as the three Elvish clans, dialogue has been opened between the Wizard community and the Blood Elves, the Night Elves, and the High Elves. There has even been the beginning of open dialogue between Wizards and Dragons now that the Priory has decided to take more active action in the Wizard World.

Individually we had different big events happen. Such as when Hermione and I got married and Ron was our best man to us both. I’m sure you remember that wonderful day, we quickly arranged a ceremony before you and Al had to go back home. But what I remember most of that day was what Ron said when he toasted to us. He said, “Behind every great man is a great woman who showed him how to be great, and that woman is you, Hermione.”

And now, my greatest love is pregnant. With twins no less. I wonder which parent these two will take after, whether they’ll follow the rules like her mother, or will break a lot of them, like their father.

Hermione and I have also settled into a nice little home in the neighborhood of Notting Hill.

As for Ron, he’s announced that he’s to be engaged to Cho Chang. Who would have thought?

All of us here wanted to know how you’ve been and what happened after you went back to Armestris.

We all hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

Harry Potter

The Scar Alchemist

Ed smiled seeing Harry still using the Alchemist name that he gave him all those years ago.

“Wish I could have met him.” Winry smiled, “They sound like such nice people.”

“I think you would have loved Ron’s dad.” Al said

“Why’s that?” Winry asked

“He loves to find out the use and function of ordinary objects, like cars.”

“Really?” Winry asked her face lighting up a little bit with the knowledge that she could impart something to someone who knows nothing about mechanics.

“Brother?” Al asked, “Are you going to reply back?”

“What makes you think I won’t?” Ed asked.

Al smiled, “Good point, brother.”

Ed folded up the note and went into the house to find some paper, pen or pencil, and an envelope. He sat down at the dinning room table and began to write out the letter.

Dear Harry,

It really has been too long. Your letter made me think of all the things that had happed after that night at Hogwarts, but my brother and I were there with you when it all happened, and I really wouldn’t have had it any other way.

Coming back home, our lives have returned to a sense of normalcy, which is rather dull compared to the rushing days of when I was a State Alchemist.

At Central, Roy Mustang has fulfilled his dream. Even though the original Fuher, King Bradley (Pride), had come back from the dead, he resigned his title and passed it to Roy Mustang. Thus, General Roy Mustang has become the new Fuher and a lot of his changes have gone through. Although, the decree of making the female officers wearing short mini-skirts didn’t quite go as well as he had hoped.

Some of the Homunculi who became human parted ways when we came back to Armestris. Such as Greed and Gluttony had disappeared when we got off of the boat and to the port, it is only our hope that wherever they are, they’re doing well and are happy.

The woman who was called Lust, retreated to the East, to find the other Ishballan refugees. She had said that she had memories that came from that place and she wanted to find out if they were still there.

Our mother is still with us, but we’ve grown up so much that it seems like we don’t need a mother, but she’s still our mother and we love her with all our hearts. The same can be said of our new brother, who was once called Envy, but we renamed him Ivan Elric. So, here we are three brothers and their mother living happily in a newly built house right next to the Rockbell house.

The little boy, Wrath, he went back with our teacher Izumi where he would live like a normal kid. In fact he was given the name Luke, by our teacher. And since Izumi was healed by such magical means, she’ll be around for quite a long time to raise her son and live happily or pretty close to it.

Al and I, when we came back to the Rockbells, they were overjoyed to see us. Even more so that our mother was back from the dead and had a new brother with us. Except Winry first threw a wrench at me and then hugged me. She was pretty pissed that I no longer had an automail arm and leg for her to work on, but I’ve started to look at Winry in a very different way lately. This must have been what it was like for you and Hermione.

Ed paused when he wrote that part.

Even though we’ve gotten everything that we sought after, I still wonder what’s out there, but as I’ve said before, we’ll move forward. We have strong legs and we shall all move forward into the future, whatever it may hold for us.

Sincerely,

Edward Elric

The Fullmetal Alchemist

Ed folded up the paper, slipped it into the envelope and wrote out the mailing address that he saw on Harry’s envelope.

Harry and Hermione Potter

Number 7 Notting Hill Gate

London, England

Sealing the envelope, Ed took it out to the owl, Hedwig who was still waiting to send the letter back to its owner. Ed handed the envelope to the bird. Taking it into its beak, the owl opened up its wings and took off into the wide blue sky beyond.

Winry came up beside Ed, “Ed, do you think I’ll get a chance to meet them one day?”

Ed smiled, “I think you will.”

“What makes you say that brother?” Al asked

“Because it’s like I said to Harry and many others,” Ed reminisced as he put an arm around Winry and pulled her closer to him. “We all have good and strong legs. We will get up and use them to move forward into the future.”

THE END