And here it is folks! I finally finished it and it took me ALL DAMN DAY! Anyway, this is a scene from the most recent chapter in my fanfic called Anywhere but Here. Edward and Alphonse have boarded a ship that will take them back to Munich because they heard of rumors about the gate. On the ship, Edward comes across a little girl identical to Nina. Here's the dialogue from that chapter

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The newly recruited state alchemist walked over to the chimera who turned it's head to stare up at the boy. He lowered himself to his knees, gazing at the beast in the face. The chimera lifted it's nose and sniffed at Edward and then lowered it's head down towards his pocket. The young alchemist watched as the beast took the silver pocket watch in it's teeth lethargically and then it dropped to the floor as though it didn't have the strength to hold the metal between it's teeth. The sound echoed across the room like an eerie bell. The chimera gazed up sadly at the boy.

"Ed-ward...my...friend?" it questioned.

"Yeah, that's right," the braided boy replied in a quiet, trembling voice.

"Ed-ward...why does it...hurt here?" the chimera asked him. The boy grit his teeth, and stood up, his eyes closed tightly shut. His fists were still clenched and visibly shaking. Alphonse noticed something seemed to be wrong with his older brother and he stepped forward a bit.

"Brother?" he began to question him, but Edward cut him off.

"So Tucker," the boy began, still not able to open his eyes for fear of if he did, what he was seeing was going to be real. This was just a dream right? This hadn't happened had it?

"Something wrong?" Tucker asked, seemingly innocent.

"When was the last time you made one of these...human-speaking chimeras?" the older Elric inquired.

"I thought I told you, it's been two years now," Tucker remarked.

"And when exactly did your wife leave you?" the braided blond continued with his questioning.

"Two years ago, why?" Tucker asked, thoroughly confused now.

"And those letters...that Nina wrote, did any of them ever reach her?" Edward continued through clenched teeth.

"What are you getting at?" the man asked, wondering what Edward was trying to say.

Edward opened his golden orbs, his eyebrows were drawn in furiously. "Tell me this, where have Alexander and Nina gone to?" the young alchemist interrogated the man. Somewhere from behind him, Alphonse released a cry of shock.

Tucker placed a hand on his hip and sighed. "I hate prodigies like you, Ed. Too damn perceptive."

Edward couldn't hold back the boiling blood racing through his veins and the billowing fury rising his chest and filling his heart. He grabbed Tucker by the shirt with his flesh hand and slammed the man into the wall.

"Brother!" exclaimed Alphonse.

"This guy used his own wife, Al!" Edward snapped, not dare removing his eyes from Tucker.

"And...and this time?" the younger Elric asked nervously, not daring wanting to hear what Edward was about to tell him next.

"His daughter! And his dog! He transmuted them into that...thing!" Edward exploded, anger ringing in his voice, not daring to let go of Tucker.
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Edward ran a gloved hand down his face as the memories plagued his mind. He felt a hand rest on his shoulder, recognizing it as Al's touch. He lifted his head and peered over his shoulder, looking up into the younger Elric's worried expression

"Brother, you okay?" Alphonse questioned, knowing how hard it had been for Edward to accept what had happened so long ago.

"Yeah, I'm okay...just thinking about those times with Nina. At times it seems like it was ages ago, but at times like this it seems like it was only yesterday and the pain just comes rushing back. It makes me remember how some people use alchemy for terrible things and it also makes me realize something else," he spoke with a hint of emotion in his voice, turning towards his brother, his golden orbs glistening. "That we need to go back home, Alphonse if we truly can. Not only do people there need us when we so selfishly left them, but we have to be the ones who eliminate those monsters. We don't need alchemists running around Amestris and destroying people's lives. They need people like us to help protect them. Just because things have changed dramatically there, doesn't mean there aren't going to be alchemists in this world who get that crazy streak up their asses like Tucker did or do what we did and perform a human transmutation just because they want it bad enough."

"I agree, brother, but maybe we should go back to the cabin for awhile and you should lay down? It's not such a good idea being out here if all it's doing is upsetting you," the amber-haired young man proposed, not wanting his brother to be hurting.

"I'm fine, Al. Honestly I am. I'm just realizing some things is all. I thought for sure we'd been doing a selfless act by coming back to this side of the gate and destroying it, but in the end it was selfish on our part. I mean, there is no act that isn't selfish in some way I suppose, but we left all those people at home who need us. That's why if at all possible, we need to get back home so another Nina doesn't happen, or human transmutations and homunculi. Alphonse, we never told anybody the secret of destroying a homunculus except for the General himself and he can't do it all on his own," the blond insisted. "If I know Mustang, he won't lay this burden on anybody else and he'll try and handle all the work on his own if another homunculus is created."

"Alright then brother. We'll try and find a way to get ourselves home," Alphonse agreed. "You're right. Those people need us and the General can't do it all on his own."

Edward made to stand up from the bench he had collapsed into when he felt something crash into his right leg. He looked downward in surprise to see the little girl, Nina, fall backward just as she made impact with him. Instinctively, Edward quickly grabbed her, before the little girl hit the deck of the ship and gotten herself injured. He smiled at her as he caught her and Nina's blue eyes were wide with shock.

"Don't worry, big brother won't let you fall," Edward found himself saying, not able to control his words.

"Ooooh, thank you big brother!" exclaimed the little girl happily. "You didn't let me fall down!"

Nina's mother came rushing over to the two teens. "Oh my goodness, thank you so much for catching her. I was worried she was going to fall. These wooden floors would hurt if someone fell on them," the woman thanked the older Elric breathlessly. "I appreciate it so much."

"Mama! Mama! Big brother saved me! He didn't let me fall down and get hurt!" the little chestnut-haired girl exclaimed as she jumped up and down.

Edward could feel his heart clenching almost painfully and joyfully at the same time from hearing the words coming out of the small girl's mouth. She'd called him big brother and that was something Edward was almost certain he'd never hear again.

"I know he did and did you thank him?" her mother questioned as she ran a hand down the back of Nina's, double-braided head.

"Yes I did! I should draw something for you, big brother!" the little girl insisted.

"I'm sorry if she was any trouble," her mother apologized, brushing back blonde strands of hair from her eyes.

"That's okay. It was no trouble at all," the blond man replied, doing his best to keep the cheerful expression. "We gotta head back to our rooms, but big brothers will see you again soon, okay?" Edward told the girl as he knelt down to his knees and patted her gently on the head.

"Okay big brothers! Don't forget! Next time I see you, I'll have a picture drawn just for you!" Nina replied enthusiastically. "Oh! What's your name, big brothers?"

"I'm Edward and this is my younger brother, Alphonse," the golden-haired man stated, as he introduced himself and his brother.

"My name's Nina, Edward and Alphonse! I'll have two drawings for you tomorrow! Come back up here and I'll give them to you, 'kay?" Nina asked, the same familiar light showing in her bright blue eyes. The light of being juvenile, elated and cognizant; existing in a world where everything around her looked bright and cheerful, as though no gloom could ever befall the young girl.

"Alright Nina, we'll be back up here tomorrow," the older Elric told her, rubbing her head gently before rising to his feet.
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I loved and hated the Nina story in the anime/manga. I just had to bring this beautiful little girl into the story and give Edward the joy of hearing her call him "big brother" once more. <3 The flowers represent the "magic flowers" that Ed used to make for Nina before she died and the background images of chimera Nina and himself are memories.