Complete the Story

Prompt 2

Homecoming

Perhaps it was a dream, she thought. Perhaps if she pinched herself, she would wake up. But she didn't want to wake up. She wanted to stay in this dream world where not only one but two smiles beamed up at her from the bottom of the hill. Two sets of golden eyes, two heads of golden hair, and two strong hearts walked up the path towards the small house that she had lived for all of her life. There were two of them, and after long last, they were coming home.

Winry found herself racing down the stairs from where she had spotted them in her bedroom window. Her feet carried her with haste towards the front door. The sound of laughter easily startled her heart. It was something she hadn't heard in so long and was afraid she never would again. It didn't sound false, it was heartfelt and true, as if all those years of hardship were just wiped away. Yet, however high her heart held her hopes, her hand hesitated on the door knob.

For years all she saw was a single brother and a cold suit of armor walking down the path away from her house without the sincerity of a true good bye. They had fought and cried for this dream to become a reality, for them to be whole again. Now when it stood just right beyond her door Winry had trouble accepting that it was actually true. It had been so long. She had believed it near impossible. But then again, nothing was impossible.

"Den! That tickles!" she heard her friend's voice laugh loudly from outside. Winry gasped as what a normal exclamation to someone was the world coming from that younger Elric. It was real. It was all real. And she knew now it wasn't a dream but rather a dream come true. Her hand twisted the doorknob and she flung it open, the sun burning her eyes with its ray of light. Two happy faces she saw at a distance from her bedroom window looked up at her. They shone with the light of fullfilled souls and golden hearts. The light brought tears to her eyes. Forgetting the stairs her legs took her off of the front porch and right into the arms of her childhood friends.

She was awake and the dreamscape was still there. No pinching required.