Flames of Pride

Co-written by awesomenaruto and PokemonFreak90

Disclaimer: We don't own FMA!

For future references, MAES HUGHES will be ALIVE in this story, and Ed never went back to the other side of the gate, to Germany, at the end of the movie, as will be explained.

Prologue

"Brother, what are you doing?" Al shouted as Mustang held him back.

"I have to go and close the gate on the other side, so that it can never be opened again," Ed replied.

"Actually, no you don't," Alphonse stated.

"HUH? What are you saying?" Ed questioned, surprised.

"I'm saying that in order for people from beyond the gate to come here, we have to open a portal as well. So we just destroy the portal on this side, and therefore no matter how much they try, they won't be able to make it over here," Al explained.

"So that's how I was able to make it here, huh? Because you opened the portal here. Well, that makes me happier now. Ok, let's go back and finish the job!" Ed replied happily.

ONE YEAR LATER

Ed and Al are living in an apartment in Central, Roy and Riza live together, and Roy is the Fuhrer.

*Rrriiingg Rrriiingg*, rang the telephone in Ed and Al's apartment early in the morning. Naturally, Ed just slept through it like he normally would. But Al, being the kind person that he was, decided to get up, since he had woken up anyway. When he answered it, he was surprised at the voice he heard. "Lieutenant Hawkeye?" Al questioned.

"Hello, Alphonse. It's actually Major General Hawkeye now, but it's ok. How are you and Ed?" She replied. Even though she was trying to sound her normal, calm self, Al could hear an undertone of worry in her voice.

"Oh, we are fine, same old. How are you and the Fuhrer?" Al responded.

"We are…ok. Can I speak to Edward?" Riza said hesitantly.

"Sure, I'll wake him up," Al replied. He was starting to get a little more suspicious after Riza hesitated in answering his question.

When Al woke Ed up, Ed started to grumble about people not letting him sleep and Al just sighed and rolled his eyes. "Brother, it's Major General Hawkeye on the phone," Al told his brother.

When he heard Riza's name, Edward sat up and smiled. "Huh, haven't heard from her in a while. Did she say why she was calling?" Ed asked Al.

"No, but she hesitated in telling me how she and the Fuhrer are," Al replied uneasily.

"Hmm. That's weird. Okay, thanks Al," Ed answered. Then he went to the phone and started talking, "Hi! Major General! How's it going?" Ed asked happily.

"Hi, Edward. It's… ok. Actually, there is something that I need your help with. It's about the Fuhrer," she replied.

"What happened?" Ed asked immediately, "Is he ok? Did he do something stupid?"

"Well actually, he is fine, but it's about what he is planning to do. He wants to use a Philosopher's Stone in order to regain sight in his left eye, and he asked me to be there. So, I wanted to ask you if you would mind coming along with me since you guys are almost like family even though neither of you would ever admit it. I feel like he would feel safer and more confident if you were there with him," she replied.

"Wait, he wants to do what?" Ed asked again, not being able to believe what he heard.

"You heard right, he wants to use the Philosopher's Stone to get his left eye back," Riza replied evenly again. "And in my opinion, in order for this to succeed, he needs you there, even though he would never admit that. So are you going to help or not?" She said evenly.

"Of course I will. Even though I don't' believe in using the Philosopher's stone, Mustang is still my friend, and he helped me when I needed it most, so now it's my turn," Edward declared strongly.

"Thank you," Riza said softly.

Sorry, that this chapter is this short, but it's only the prologue. Future chapters will definitely be longer. Hope you like the story and please review, but no flames, unless they are constructive criticism please!