Title: Restoration Author: Kristen Sharpe Date: October 3, 2017 Rating: G Warnings: None. Disclaimer: "Fullmetal Alchemist" belongs to Hiromu Arakawa, Square ENIX, Studio BONES and various other parties. Author's Note: Set early in any continuity.
As their train rattled steadily away from Resembool, Alphonse Elric watched the countryside slide past his window. He felt as though everything he had ever known was sliding away with it.
He and Brother had lost so much already. And, trying to restore their bodies might cost them what they still had.
Stark black against the clear blue sky caught his gaze, and he focused his attention out the window across the aisle.
Fire-blackened timbers. A sooty chimney reaching skyward.
Like their house the last time he had seen it.
Only this house wasn’t still and lonely. He could see figures moving busily, carrying tools and boards.