Lumina- I am SO SORRY for the hold up. I redid the plot line and it turned out better than it was the first time, so I hope everyone's going to be happy.

Disclaimer- I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist. I wish I did though, and then I would be wealthy.

Chapter 9- Maybe

Five months now. Definately five long months. Where had the time gone to? Although that was uncertain, one thing that was for sure was that Winry was nine months pregnant with Ed's child, and neither Ed nor Al could wait. The one thing Winry couldn't wait for was the wedding. She loved the idea of all the planning, writing the guest invitations, finding a dress, picking the cake, and choosing the day. Their wedding date would be set around August, since she'd want a month or two to lose the baby weight.

Lately, all the blond girl did was sit around, relaxing in the midst of her pregnancy and dozing off to dream of her wedding day, the one time almost every woman dreamed of. Yes, everything would have to be perfect. Just as she was beginning to drift off to sleep, Winry was interrupted by Ed, who was poking and prodding at her shoulder impatiently. "Uh, Winry..."

"Hmm?" Was the only response the tired blond would reply with.

"Al and I need to go see the Colonel... He's been bothering me." Winry giggled to herself. She knew the only thing that was bothering Ed was that he hadn't invited the Colonel to the wedding yet. Roy Mustang did have a right to be there. After all, Edward would have taken a lot longer to become a state alchemist and find the Philosopher's stone if Roy hadn't put in a good word for him. "We're going to see Roy." Though Ed cringed at the sound of the name, he didn't really mean it, and Winry knew he didn't, even though it wasn't the most obvious thing in the world.

"Alright, have fun," Winry half mumbled and half spoke. Ed opened his mouth to say something else, but Winry sensed this and answered before he could even ask the question. "If I start to go into labor, I'll call the front desk right away and they'll know to contact you. Don't worry." He breathed a sigh of relief. Before finally turning away from his wife to be, Edward kissed Winry on the forehead, and patted her on the shoulder one last time.

"I trust you. Be back later." The blond left to go find his brother, who was simply waiting in the elevator for him.

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Roy Mustang sat in his office, filling out all that damned to hell evil paperwork that always managed to pile up about three miles high and still slip his mind. He was lucky when he was spared having to finish it as a knock was emitted from the door. He slammed his pen on the desk in relief as he asked, "What is it?"

"Colonel," Lieutenant Hawkeye's voice sounded from the other side of the wood barrier. "The Elrics are here to see you."

"About damn time..." Roy mumbled to himself, recalling all the gossip flying around Central of the famous Fullmetal Alchemist finally deciding to settle down with a wife. And of course, the only girl he could ever imagine being close enough to Ed to have him propose to her would have to be Miss Winry Rockbell. "Let them in."

Ed and Al entered the office, Ed with an annoyed sort of expression on his face and Al with a smirk at the way his older brother was faking. They both sat down on the black sofa, and waited for Roy to speak to them. "So finally got up the courage to tell me you've found yourself a wife, eh Edward?" Ed's face slowly began to turn bright red as Al tried to supress the snickers that were trying to make their way out. "That's good. I was worried you'd be a single little shrimp your whole life." Now that really set the blond off.

"Oh, shut up, Mustang. I should be the one bragging that I'm getting married, but then you go and ruin it, like you always do." Alphonse let out a sigh. Things weren't going so well. It was lucky that Ed was the one to fix the conversation for once. "Well, I was going to invite you to the wedding, but if you're just going to sit in the crowd and make short jokes the whole time..."

"So you're not going to invite me, Fullmetal?" Ed's eyebrow twitched.

"Well, I'm sorry Colonel, but if you're going to degrade me in front of all those people, then I just don't see the point."

"Oh come on, Edward. I'll at least try to hold my tongue while the two of you stand there together, when everyone sees how much taller the bride is than you..."

"See, that's exactly what I'm talking about! Why should I invite you!" It was finally Al's turn to speak up.

"Brother, juts give him a chance?" Ed looked irritated beyond belief as he began to consider. It wasn't very often that he ignored his younger brother's requests anymore.

"Alright, you can come..." Roy smiled. "But one short joke, just one, and I swear by the end of the bows you won't have any teeth left to make smartass comments with!" Roy's smile changed to a smirk.

"So what if I make a short joke after the vows?"

Al pulled his back out that day, just trying to keep Ed away from knocking all the Colonel's teeth out of his mouth at that very moment.

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Between all of the comotion going on in Resembowl about the abducted farm animals, and the talk in Central of how the Fullmetal Alchemist Edward Elric had finally found himself a wife, the Ed lookalike walking around the city had a lot to watch out for.

Envy had dozens of people bothering him about the wedding, and he wasn't even the one organizing it. He was simply the one confirming all of the plans and setting a few of his own into motion. He just couldn't understand how Ed could enjoy this kind of publicity. It was so annoying how people were always bothering him, asking about the wedding, hell, even asking for his autograph. He'd brush a few away, but some more of them would always come back for more, not gotten rid of so easily.

"This is dispicable," He strongly stated after signing a fake looking state alchemist's pocket watch for someone. Walking into the alleyway, there was a flash of light, and all that emerged was a single black crow, flying off into the distance to find the window to the hotel a certain blond female was currently staying in.

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A beautiful summer day; People crowded around outside, watching, waiting for what was surely to come. Boquets of flowers, gifts set aside, all in preperation for the party later in the day.

She made her way down the aisle in a pale white dress, holding her own boquet of red roses and staring at the absolutely glowing faces of her husband to be and his younger brother. The sky was a dimmed and pale purplish orange color; the sun intensifying the glow of her own face. Everyone else was glistening... Except for one person. It was, as far as Winry could tell, a young girl.

Winry got this terrible sinking feeling when she went near her, as though something was warning her to stay away. But she was curious. This girl was holding a basket with flower petals and had a veil covering her face. Winry lifted it, concerned about who she'd picked as a flower girl.

She gasped. Purple eyes stared back at her, overshadowed by blond hair; Ed's bangs and surely his eye shape as well. Something was off. "Hello, mother."

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Winry woke up, sweating terribly and feeling some unwanted presense had entered her room. She looked down at her stomach and felt around it. Everything seemed normal, at least. "It was only a dream," She told herself, breathing a sigh of relief as she leaned back onto the couch, more relaxed. "But who was that girl..." She picked up a hand and threw it back on the couch in frustration. She tried to get past her worried feelings, but something about that dream had just felt so real...

Maybe she was just delusional from the pregnancy. Maybe there was the the doctor had told her about having hallucinations when you were about to go into labor?

Or maybe she was the one feeling guilty for having ever given Ed so much freedom with her. She had allowed him to rape her. Twice now, in fact, and she hadn't said anything about it for fear he'd kill her. This was all her fault. Maybe if she wasn't so easy, wasn't such a damn tease, Ed would never have been tempted to do any of that horrible stuff to her.

But maybe then their relationship wouldn't be at where it was today. And then she wouldn't be as happy as she was. Then again, was she really all that happy with herself right now? She couldn't take it. Asking herself all of these maybe questions really was making her delusional. Almost intoxicatedly, Winry stumbled over to the only wide window in the hotel room. It was almost her height, and as she threw it open, the single, purple eyed crow that had been perched on the sill now thought it would be a good time to move.

Envy landed on the window straight across from where the blond girl was now preparing to jump. He went into a panic. She can't kill that baby yet! Once again, the crow left his perch and flew into another alleyway, only to ermerge as Edward Elric. Winry didn't see him right away. At the moment, she was more concerned with whether or not she really deserved to live.

She leaned forward, ready to jump; Ready to end it all in an instant. The blond shut her eyes, put one foot out into the open.

Envy realized he couldn't hold off much longer. "Hey, Winry, that's not a very good way to get a better view of Central!" Winry practically fell out the window in shock of hearing Ed's voice. Still, she managed to catch herself before she went so far out that she wouldn't be able to grasp the window. She jumped to the floor, slamming the window closed behind her. Envy stood outside, smiling.

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It wasn't for another hour or two that Ed and Al returned to the hotel. Winry was, by this time, trying to think up sme excuse for exactly why she'd been leaning out the window. But now a few questions were beginning to strike her as well.

When Edward had witnessed her almost suicide attempt, where had Al been? And what would have taken them an hour to go through a door and climb a few flights of stairs to get back to the room? "So did you get some sleep while we were gone?" Al sounded concerned for her health. Ed hadn't spoken yet.

"Yes, well... Kind of. It's just a bit uncomfortable being away from home like this, if you now what I mean." She hoped she sounded convincing. Al nodded, though he still looked worried.

"so Winry..." She jumped. Ed had finally spoken, and she was completely unsure of what point he was trying to get to. "Do you think we could talk for a few minutes?" Winry nodded through slight panic and fear. She hadn't known what other answer to give at the time. Two minutes later, it was Ed and Winry who stood outside the building, alone and quite open.

"Ed, what is this about?" She was slowly losing her sense.

"Oh, nothing really... I just wanted to ask you what you think it's going to be." That was all? What a joke. Although this question was also enough to provoke Winry, simply because of her very recent dream. "Well?"

"I uh... I think it's going to be a girl," Winry stammared, almost sounding uncertain of herself. Much o her suprise, competitive Edward Elric nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, so do I. What're you going to name her?" Now Winry was definately shocked.

"Don't you mean what are we going to name her?"

"No, you're the one who's doing all the work in this case, so I don't see why the name should be up to me at all... Unless of course you want me to name her." For some reason, this statement upset Winry more than ever. She completely cracked.

"Why are you being so nice to me about all of this! You don't want me to be pregnant! Unless of course that was your goal all along!" By this time, Winry was in tears, accompanied by loud sobs that were sure to get everyone's attention.

"I... What are you talking about? Since when did I say anything about not wanting a kid?"

"You know damn well what I'm talking about, you rapist!" That was her last sentence before she ran off into the distance, Ed not far behind.

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She ran until she felt faint; about to collapse from both the pressure of the current situation and the restraints of being pregnant. Together, these elements were quite a force. Winry could only figure she'd lost Ed a few streets back, and felt no need to make sure. Just as she began to catch her breath, she heard someone emerge into the alleyway right next to her.

"Now what the hell was that all about?" She almost screamed as a pale hand draped itself across her mouth, half pulling and half silencing her in the dark shadows.

She could recognize the voice from when she'd tapped into the phone line at the military headquarters, but until now, she could only guess at the figure who accompanied it. And after combining the picture Ed had drawn while at the hospitol, her own thoughts, and a few other people's discriptions, she hadn't been too far off.

"Calm down!' Envy cooed to her, unable to console the blond. "What will make you feel better, hm? This?"

Winry watched in horror as some monster took the distinct form of Ed. And all she could do was scream while she realized the terrible mistake she'd made.

Lumina- Ooh, exciting? Sorry, this took me forever! But it was pretty long. Chapter ten should be up soon... Hopefully. Review!