Time for the epilogue! I won nothing except Taylor, cuz he is cool.
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Ed groaned as he stayed out of Winry's way as she ran around their apartment in Central, trying to make sure everything was had learned quickly that when Winry wanted something done right, sometimes it was best to just let her do it herself.

It had been three years since Allen closed the Gate between the worlds, and all of his family and friends were coming home for their yearly get together, or as the other folks in Central liked to call it the "Day of Doom."

That was mainly Armstrong and Miranda's fault though, honest, Ed had nothing to do with it. Ed snorted and looked around his home again.

He had decided to stay with the government, as long as Mustang was his boss he didn't complain too much...well he did but it was fun. He wasn't quite sure what his position would be called, some kind of mix between lacky, bodyguard, and advisor. He pretty much hung around the office nagging at Mustang until he had something fun to do (or Hawkeye got tired of the both of them goofing off, then he ran.)

Mustang had started working on changing the governmental system in Amestris to be more like the democracy that Miranda had told them about in her writings of a place called Ancient Greece.

Ed snorted at the thought of Miranda, the former exorcist had been placed under Armstrong's command, maybe Mustang liked all of his crazies in one bunch. She had mainly worked as a researcher, but had unfortunately found her true calling when she accidentally entered and interrogation that Armstrong was performing.

Apparently the combined might of "glorious" muscles and pessimism was too much to take, and now the two of them were the best interrogators in the military.

It was horrifying.

It ended up that the Wind Alchemist, (who Ed had found after multiple meetings was a quiet man who stuttered and apologized a lot, until he got into a fight, then he just got scary)was under Armstrong's command as well. The two had stayed close since Miranda had come over from her world, and Ed was expecting to hear that the two were engaged any day.

With the thought of engagement, Ed turned back to the puttering Winry, and smiled in amusement. Around a year after he had returned, Ed had asked WInry to date him. They had decided to take it slow, because he was working for the military, and she was doing a lot of work in Rush Valley. Just the past month, though, Winry had set up a practice in Central, and business was booming. Every other weekend the two of them would go back to Resembool, and Ed and Granny Pinako would fight, she seemed to enjoy it. Ed and Winry had been trying to talk her into moving to Central part time as well, but she wasn't having any of it. They were still trying, though.

Ed looked down at the paper in his hand, and grinned. It was Al's note that he would be able to make it to the party this year, and that he was bringing a friend he had met in Xing. Al had stayed with the military as well, but had moved off into research world, mainly looking at how to combine Xingese Alkahestry with Amestrian Alchemy. Some professors in Xing had gained interest in his work, and so he had moved over there a little over a year ago to learn more about the Dragon Pulse. He had written Ed about half way through about a girl he had met while he was working there, and he had seemed absolutely smitten. The girl's name was Mei Chang, and Al had sent a picture of her and her weird pet with the last letter.

Ed couldn't wait to make fun of him, payback for the years of jokes about him and Winry.

Ed then flipped through the stack of letters to read Allen's again, and shook his head It ended up that Allen had indeed become an Alchemist, and Ed and Al had decided to teach him all they knew. He had gotten his left arm replaced with automail, and Mustang had hidden a laugh at the three "metal" siblings.

Allen's alchemy though, was unique. He had seen the basis of the array that Ed and Al had used to call him back, and had started creating arrays that could move something from one place to another, the transfer of mass. The back of Ed's house had a small closet with the array drawn on the floor. Based on the last rune drawn on it, it could either call something from another array that was set up elsewhere, or move what was already there away. He had ended up with the name "Manifold Alchemist," much to Mustang's disappointment that nothing metal could work.

Allen had a complicated number system written down as to not get confused, which Ed had helped him set up.

Allen had joined as a diplomat after a few years of study, and used his alchemy to help him move from country to country with ease. Apparently his easy going attitude that hid his dark aura was perfect for...maneuvering the country into the best position.

Ed grinned at the memory of the first time Allen had accidently walked into the finances department. He had stared at the piles of debts and wages, and growled. Loudly. The next day, the department had been cleaned up, and a new system was in place. When Allen was in town, people were terrified to even enter the building with finance requests, as they knew the demon awaited them.

It was also the first time in 200 years that Amestris was debt free, so Mustang was singing Allen's praises.

When Allen wasn't putting a righteous fear into people, he had taken to exploring as much of the world as he could find.

Looking at the letter again, Ed groaned. Allen had gone to explore the ruins of Xerxes, and had run across some kind of layabout asking for food. Ed wasn't quite sure how it happened, but the kid had started to follow Allen around.

And he had ended up being a prince of Xing with stalker bodyguards.

Ed shook his head, at the apologizing note in the letter that stated that his brother's stalker would be coming along as well.

Sensei and her family were doing well, from what Ed had heard from over the phone, (He tried to not have to physically go back there unless it was dire) and the Hughe's came over to spend time at his house a lot.

It was amazing how much had changed from that day, over four years ago on the train.

Ed wouldn't change it for the world.

"Ed! Can you get the door, someone is here!"

"Yeah," Ed yelled back, and walked over to the door, opening it to find a tanned Allen, his hair pulled back in a low ponytail, rushing forward to give him a hug.

"Welcome home," Ed grinned, and ruffled Allen's hair.

"I thought you said we were meeting your older brother?" The man standing behind Allen asked.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT NOT EVEN THE TALLEST LADDER WOULD ALLOW HIM TO REACH THE TOP SHELF IN THE LIBRARY!"

Allen smiled and shook his head, "I'm home."

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Omakes~

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"My...my innocence," Lenalee whispered as her anklets began to disappear.

A frightful aura filled the air.

"WHO DAAAAARE," a demon spoke out, flames erupting behind Komui.

"WHO DARE STEAL MY DARLING LENALEE'S INNOCENCE!"

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Crowley watched as all of the other former exorcists cried, and hung off of Allen telling him how much they missed him.

He would have joined in, if he could.

His mouth hurt.

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"And here is a picture of my beautiful Elysia, do you see how gorgeous she is, she is going to break hearts one day!" Maes Hughes cooed at the picture, and Komui nodded, and pulled out his own picture book.

"My darling Lenalee was the same, can you not see the cuteness flowing out of her," Komui's face suddenly turned grim, "but now it is my duty to keep all men away from her.

Suddenly the two clenched hands, "Yes, the safety of my daughter/sister is the most important thing, save them from the evils of man!"

Mustang watched the two men with terror, slowly backing away hoping not to gain their attention.

"It is too late," he whispered as the darkness seeped out of the room, "What have we done..."

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Allen was sitting in the corner crying on his side, his knees up to his chest. Ed was hung half way over a chair, foam coming out from the corner of his mouth, his eyes rolled back into his head.

Al had run as fast as he could, leaving his brother behind to their fate.

In the middle of the room Izumi Curtis stood face to face with Marian Cross, both teachers going on and on about their idiot apprentices between rounds of fighting.

And Marian asking Izumi to sleep with him.

This was how the Black Order was destroyed.

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And that is the end of Equivalence. Thank you so much for everyone who has read, favorited, followed and reviewed this story. It was a ton of fun to write, and even the death threats made my day! XD

I have a side story set up that I haven't started yet called "Allen and Ling's Excellent Adventure."

The title pretty much tells all, and I will begin work on it soon.

I really do have to give out some special thanks:

Rikkamaru: my friend, my buddy, my pal who puts up with my incessant whining about chapters and having to write, and being bored, and who forced me to publish this when I started to get back into fanfiction. Kudos to you!

Gamma Cavvy: Seriously, thank you, you stuck to this thing since the beginning, and the plot would not have gotten as far as it did without you, especially the whole Noah/ Homunculi part. You rock.

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~Not Necessarily in Between