Prose Alchemist

Title: Kindness
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Alphonse, Edward, OC travelers.
Setting: General.
Summary: A little kindness goes a long way.
Disclaimer: They belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the prompt word “Mending” at fan_flashworks.

( Even though Alphonse Elric could not physically tire, he was still capable of finding his soul wearied. )

Title: Reawakening (Alternate Ending)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: PG for a small amount of violence.
Characters: Edward, Alphonse, the Curtises, Winry, Mustang, assorted original characters, and a special guest villain.
Setting: First anime. Continuation of my AU one-shot story “Rebirth”.
Summary: Fifteen years after being reborn as a child of the Curtises, Edward has grown to be a healthy, settled teenager with no memory of his first life. Yet shadows of the past are beginning to fall over the family’s happiness… and not all of Ed’s old enemies have forgotten him.
Disclaimer: They belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.

( Alternate Ending )

Chapters: I. - II. - III. - IV. - V. - VI. - Alternate Ending

Title: Reawakening (5/6)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: PG for a small amount of violence.
Characters: Edward, Alphonse, the Curtises, Winry, Mustang, assorted original characters, and a special guest villain.
Setting: First anime. Continuation of my AU one-shot story “Rebirth”.
Summary: Fifteen years after being reborn as a child of the Curtises, Edward has grown to be a healthy, settled teenager with no memory of his first life. Yet shadows of the past are beginning to fall over the family’s happiness… and not all of Ed’s old enemies have forgotten him.
Disclaimer: They belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.

( Chapter V: Who Am I )

Chapters: I. - II. - III. - IV. - V. - VI. - Alternate Ending

Title: Reawakening (3/6)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: PG for a small amount of violence.
Characters: Edward, Alphonse, the Curtises, Winry, Mustang, assorted original characters, and a special guest villain.
Setting: First anime. Continuation of my AU one-shot story “Rebirth”.
Summary: Fifteen years after being reborn as a child of the Curtises, Edward has grown to be a healthy, settled teenager with no memory of his first life. Yet shadows of the past are beginning to fall over the family’s happiness… and not all of Ed’s old enemies have forgotten him.
Disclaimer: They belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.

( Chapter III: Who Was He )

Chapters: I. - II. - III. - IV. - V. - VI. - Alternate Ending

Title: Reawakening (1/6)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: PG for a small amount of violence.
Characters: Edward, Alphonse, the Curtises, Winry, Mustang, assorted original characters, and a special guest villain.
Setting: First anime. Continuation of my AU one-shot story “Rebirth”.
Summary: Fifteen years after being reborn as a child of the Curtises, Edward has grown to be a healthy, settled teenager with no memory of his first life. Yet shadows of the past are beginning to fall over the family’s happiness… and not all of Ed’s old enemies have forgotten him.
Disclaimer: They belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: From the time I wrote “Rebirth”, it intrigued me to speculate on how Ed’s second life in the Curtis family might unfold—and what would happen when his true identity caught up with him at last. The ideas were so compelling that, unlike most of my open-ended Things That Never Happened tales, the story demanded a sequel. I am usually not one to linger in alternate universes, but the richness of the emotional bonds in this one made it a great pleasure to further explore.
As always, my thanks to my cheerleader/idea-bouncer kristensk, who particularly helped by suggesting the villain of the piece.

PLEASE NOTE: Before you read this story, I strongly suggest reading my much shorter story “Rebirth” first. The backstory it provides is important to fully understanding the circumstances here.

( Chapter I: Who We Are )

Chapters: I. - II. - III. - IV. - V. - VI. - Alternate Ending

Title: Distraction
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: PG for mature situations.
Characters: Dante and an original homunculus.
Setting: First anime. Pre-series.
Summary: There was such a thing as being too comfortable.
Disclaimer: They belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: In one episode of the FMA anime, Lust refers to herself as “the new Lust”. This has long prompted me to speculate on the homunculus who held the name before her. I kicked this idea around for a while, until I was finally spurred to write it by a conversation kristensk and I had about the challenges of writing villains.

( A woman has to have her secrets. )

Title: Roughing It (7/7: It’s All Done With Mirrors)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for some fantasy violence.
Characters: Primarily Edward, Alphonse, Mustang, and the Hughes family, as well as some villainous OCs.
Setting: First anime, but it’s mostly cross-compatible. Takes place when Ed is fourteen, Al is thirteen, and Elicia Hughes is two.
Summary: In an effort to learn more about the Elric brothers and Mustang’s connection to them, Hughes maneuvers the three into a camping trip with his family—but the fun and games end when they find themselves caught in the fallout of a deadly museum heist.
Disclaimer: If you know them, they belong to Hiromu Arakawa. Only the villains of the piece are mine.

( VII: It’s All Done With Mirrors )

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Title: Roughing It (5/7: Cabin Fever)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for some fantasy violence.
Characters: Primarily Edward, Alphonse, Mustang, and the Hughes family, as well as some villainous OCs.
Setting: First anime, but it’s mostly cross-compatible. Takes place when Ed is fourteen, Al is thirteen, and Elicia Hughes is two.
Summary: In an effort to learn more about the Elric brothers and Mustang’s connection to them, Hughes maneuvers the three into a camping trip with his family—but the fun and games end when they find themselves caught in the fallout of a deadly museum heist.
Disclaimer: If you know them, they belong to Hiromu Arakawa. Only the villains of the piece are mine.

( V: Cabin Fever )

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Title: Roughing It (3/7: Fireside Reflections)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for some fantasy violence.
Characters: Primarily Edward, Alphonse, Mustang, and the Hughes family, as well as some villainous OCs.
Setting: First anime, but it’s mostly cross-compatible. Takes place when Ed is fourteen, Al is thirteen, and Elicia Hughes is two.
Summary: In an effort to learn more about the Elric brothers and Mustang’s connection to them, Hughes maneuvers the three into a camping trip with his family—but the fun and games end when they find themselves caught in the fallout of a deadly museum heist.
Disclaimer: If you know them, they belong to Hiromu Arakawa. Only the villains of the piece are mine.

( III: Fireside Reflections )

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Title: Roughing It (1/7: A Little Blackmail Between Friends)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for some fantasy violence.
Characters: Primarily Edward, Alphonse, Mustang, and the Hughes family, as well as some villainous OCs. Havoc gets a cameo, too.
Setting: First anime, but it’s mostly cross-compatible. Takes place when Ed is fourteen, Al is thirteen, and Elicia Hughes is two.
Summary: In an effort to learn more about the Elric brothers and Mustang’s connection to them, Hughes maneuvers the three into a camping trip with his family—but the fun and games end when they find themselves caught in the fallout of a deadly museum heist.
Disclaimer: If you know them, they belong to Hiromu Arakawa. Only the villains of the piece are mine.
Notes: This story was one of the earliest long-form FMA plot bunnies to occupy my hutch. There really isn’t much to say about it by way of author’s notes; it’s just a straightforward, stand-alone adventure. I did have an unusual amount of fun designing the bad guys, though. *g*
Once again, my thanks go to the wonderful kristensk, for her valuable feedback during the writing process.

( I: A Little Blackmail Between Friends )

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