Author's Note: So here is my very first Fullmetal Alchemist story here on . I hope you enjoy.

In this story we'll play that Winry didnt go back to Risembool as shown in the movie credits, but instead followed Ed and Al back into the gate. We will follow Winry as she starts a life on the other side of the gate, searching for the Elric brothers, who seem to be much harder to find than she imagined. But dont worry, the whole story wont be about that. We'll see more to Ed and Al and their new life in Germany in about chapter 7-9 and then they will permanently be in the story as well.

Remember, this is a post movie fic and therefore happens after the plot in the FMA anime movie 'Comqueror of Shamballa'. If you havent watched it, you should do it now and listen to what they say, because there is a lot of things that are crucial to know about the movie before you read this. So please, for your own sake and for more enjoyment, watch the movie before reading.

If you have any questions regarding the story, please ask me, I'm not reluctant to answer you. And please review and tell me what you think

Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist, nor do i own any of the characters of FMA. They all belong to Hiromu Arakawa-sama.

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Fullmetal Alchemist fanfic

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Chapter 1 - Point of No Return

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"I guess, this is goodbye for good."

She had said it, convinced that she would accept the fact that she would never see those boys, no, young men again. She was sad, yet she understood the meaning behind the madness.

The portal had been opened and a war had started. So to prevent the war from continuing, both the enemy troops and the gate had to disappear. But it had to take one of their own back to the other side to close it on that side.

Equivalent exchange, huh?

Winry was starting to get tired of that preposterous law. It had taken so much from the two people she cared the most for, yet never really gave anything back. That law owed them so much and when they finally got their wish fulfilled, it wouldn't do without one last sacrifice. One that would affect the rest of Amestris.

So now, her legs began to move on their own accord. She couldn't accept it. She couldn't live on like that. She felt her friend try to stop her, but one single look into the brown haired girl's emerald eyes got the message out.

She had to do this.

That wretched ruthless law had already once taken one of her beloved to the other side. She never got to say goodbye in the first place. And now it took another one with her.

Edward

Alphonse

Al had been her very last hope at ever seeing Ed again. She never really believed that he would bring him back. It was just too futile. The gate was closed and Ed had sacrificed himself to get Al back in his human body. And he had succeeded at the price of himself. That was the equivalent exchange. No one ever opposed that. Right? But still, Winry wanted to believe in it. It felt so good to know that one day she'd see Ed again. And she would be able to tease him about his height, even though he was almost few inches taller than her by now, she'd scold him for ruining her automail, she'd serve her dreaded spaghetti if they wouldn't behave, she'd get mad at him, laugh with him and cry with him. Like in the old days.

But none of that was going to happen. True she saw him shortly after the came back to Amestris, but he was hurt, tired and not in the mood for small talk. It was war after all.

So she ran. Ran and ran until she saw a uniform clad figure descend from a long pillar with a melancholy look in his eyes. She recognized him as Roy Mustang, the former colonel, now stripped of his rank to just an enlisted man, still with that clever look and demanding attitude.

Winry would have been happy to see him if it wasn't for her world breaking apart little by little.

She saw him draw a transmutation circle with a small piece of chalk. His movements weren't all that slow, but it was obvious that his actions were dulled by grief. Those two meant a lot for him too. She knew that. But he had a duty and that was what a military man's philosophy was.

He bowed down slowly, almost reluctant, and placed his hands on the rim of the circle and concentrated, sending an orange light through the white lines. She saw the enormous gate in front of him slowly begin to turn more transparent.

He was closing the gate.

There was no time. It was now or never. Amestris or the other side. Alchemy or machinery. Known or unknown. Everything or-

Ed

And then she ran towards the military man, towards the closing gate. She couldn't live without them, without him. She had tried and tried for two long years, but things just never seemed to make sense without him there. Everyone just waited for Al to return with his brother, but he always came alone after another fruitless attempt. She grew to be more melancholy and silent and learned to avoid talking about him to protect herself from the pain she knew would come with the mere mentioning of his name. She couldn't live with that any longer. And not with one more person added to that same list. She just couldn't.

"Wait, stop! What are you doing!?" came a voice from behind her and again a hand grabbed her wrist to prevent her from doing something she would regret. But she wouldn't regret it. She knew it.

She turned to look straight into Mustangs eyes and something seemed to dawn on him and he smiled the faintest, knowing smile. A smile she recognized as a smile that used to piss off Ed when he wore it. His grip loosened, but now Winry didn't run at once. Something held her back. That look in his eyes. What did he know? What did he want to say?

She might have been looking a bit too long at him, for he slightly raised an eyebrow and his smile grew.

"What are you waiting for, Miss Rockbell? Didn't you want to be with Fullmetal?" he said and released her just as she jumped into the gate with both embarrassment and surprise showing clearly on her face, though she did get to send him an appreciating smile before she was all gone.

Soon she was almost entirely consumed by a strange yellow light. It was like she was following a stream of flowing yellow and white light. She could see something at the end. Like she was seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. But she knew she had to follow it. There had to be something where the light was heading.

She yelped when long pitch black arms snaked their way towards her and grabbed her like small greedy hands. It felt horrible. Not painful, but she had never felt such a hideous touch before. It felt like they wanted to pull her back to her own side of the gate again or as if they wanted to eat her or worse. Like a mix of all those feelings mashed into about thirty small, cold and greedy hands, transcending through their touch out on Winry's shivering body.

Was this really the gate of alchemy? And if so, then was this what took Ed's arm leg the first time he saw it? Was it going to take something from Winry too? And why couldn't these horrible hands just let her go to the other side in peace?

Horror filled her insides as she feared that she might have to go through the same pain that Ed went through a long time ago.

"Please, I just want to see Ed and Al. Please, take me to Edward Elric." She pleaded and somehow the arms seemed to loosen their ruthless grips on her and she felt herself near the other side.

In the yellow and white flow she began to see something dark form in front of her. It was rectangular and big. It had a hole like a frame or a door.

"The gate!" She thought and beamed in satisfaction. She succeeded.

The hands released their grip and pulled back into the light. Winry neared the gate and as it came closer and closer she began to see some of the other side. It was blurred and she could almost only see a lot of rubble, but it still gave her some sort of reassurance that she was in fact at the other side.

She felt herself pass through the gate and a strange feeling overcame her, a different air filled her lungs. She was about to take time to breathe and take it all in, but then realized that she was hanging upside down in the air and the rubble underneath her.

So she fell. Her hair whipping in front of her face and the hair clip slipping out of her hair. The wind howled in her ears and she looked up to see the gate's light fade exponentially, meaning that the gate was closed on the other side. There was no turning back. If it meant back to Amestris or to just stop falling didn't really matter all that much at this moment.

Her head turned up, to look down at the rubble nearing her and only got to squeeze a small scream out before she hit the ground.

And then, everything was black.

A/N: So that's first chapter for you. I hope you enjoyed. Next chapter will be posted soon after its done being beta read and will be called The Replica Mother.

Thank you for reading.

Until next time

Shirou Hana