All is of one, and one is in all.
The alchemist who openeth the doorway findeth a true nightmare.
This way.
Mm-hmm. The research facility has been prepared for you.
Welcome to the country of Creta.
Lieutenant Atlas, Sergeant Raul, this is the Crichton family.
Escort them to safety.
Yes, sir.
What about our home? Aren't we going home?
Our home has burned down.
We're going to our new home now.
I'm sorry. Someday, the time will come when they understand.
You're fleeing to Creta?!
- Abandon the valley, will you?! - Go on, get the hell out!
What about the others? Aren't they coming with us?
Julia, don't look!
What is it, Julia?
Oh, I just had a scary dream.
It's late. Go sleep in your bed.
Mm-hmm.
Brother, are you reading those hard books again?
That's...
Mom and Dad's research records. Don't tell them.
Brother, do you understand this alchemy?
Yes, I do. Sometime, I'll teach you, too, Julia.
Mom and Dad are researching something amazing.
I know. It talks about the great power, right?
It's more than just that.
It's the way to unlock the world's truth.
The world's truth?
Yeah. Once we find that out, we can create a whole new world,
one nobody has seen before.
Has this page always been in here?
It's kind of scary.
What's wrong?
It's getting late.
I'm going to go see what it is.
Julia, you stay here.
Brother...
Brother...?
Julia, run! Hurry!
Happy harvest festival!
Don't scare me like that, Al!
Sorry to keep you waiting, Brother.
They gave me these when I bought the sandwich.
Huh? That wasn't me.
This is a bit too much for a party. Let's go, Al.
Get the fire out! Hurry!
Take the wounded in!
He's a monster! The guy's a monster.
Where are you going in such a hurry?
Is the prison uniform for some festival costume party?
Brother, he's an alchemist!
Yeah. Look sharp, AI.
Not too shabby!
Brother!
Shocks don't work on you, huh?
- Hold it! - What was that technique?
- Brother, are you all right? - After him, AI!
But...
There's no point in resisting!
- What?! - Brother...
Hey, now, who do you think I am?
Y-You are a State Alchemist?
A steel automail leg...
...and right arm.
You must be...
Yeah. I am...
...the Fullmetal Alchemist!
"Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos"
An alchemist? In general population?
Yes, sir. Word is that he bit the skin on his fingers,
and drew transmutation circles in his own blood.
The country club prison life, huh?
The military police closed off all the main roads.
But he has not been sighted yet.
Lieutenant Hawkeye, my car?
It is ready for you, sir.
- Yo! - Hello, Colonel Mustang.
What are they doing here?
- Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric. - Hey, Al, that hurts, you know!
- Both of them are eyewitnesses. - Sorry, Brother.
He really did a number here.
His name is Melvin Voyager, age 26.
Four and a half years ago, he received a five-year sentence
for burglary and assault, which he was serving here.
Four and a half years into a five-year sentence?
Yes, sir.
He was scheduled for parole in two months.
He was so close to being free anyway.
What an impatient guy.
Why was that terrible bastard not put into solitary? Ow-w-w-w...
There wasn't anyone who knew he could use alchemy. Isn't that right?
Yeah. We were eating supper, and listening to the radio.
But then he suddenly started biting his fingers.
What was he doing before he started drawing the transmutation circles?
He was reading the newspaper, like he always does.
Look. This is cut a little too neat to have been damaged
in all the commotion.
An article from yesterday's Central Times, evening edition, page 3.
He cut out this picture, huh?
Julia Crichton?
"Illegal immigrants from Creta arrested in Table City," huh?
Table City?
Do you know of it, Al?
Seems like I've heard of it somewhere.
It's a town on Amestris' western edge, along the border with Creta.
What is this? Looks like a balloon.
Lieutenant, contact the military police in Table City.
Yes, sir.
Still, why did that prisoner just stay in jail quietly up until now?
With his power, he could have broken out at any time.
Not to mention his unfamiliar transmutation circles.
Are you saying it involves alchemy we know nothing about?
There's something more to all this.
- The express train on Platform 3 bound for Table City is about to leave... --Come on, Al! They're leaving already!
- But we don't have tickets! - We can deal with that later!
Holding up my hand to the blue sky,
a summer cloud peeks through in between
This is our first time going west, huh?
I can't wait to see what it's like when we get there.
You cal! to me from behind,
...some way to get our bodies back.
Looking at me with a smile even more innocent than usual
I wonder how much time and hurt have passed since those days
Even so, the two of us
He said he was going to go work in Central City nine years ago, and left.
Keep on walking, keep on searching
No one has heard from him since. He has no relatives, either.
Racing along barefoot, we both smile at each other
Glancing back, our future is traced in distant memories
It's amazing! Look!
What's reflected in my eyes is reflected in your eyes
Oh! Awesome!
The wind caresses my cheek,
as if to say they must be the same thing
Yeah...
That's Table City, huh?
Such an unusual town.
I will need to see your entry permits, please.
He's asking for permits. What do we do?
Border towns are such a pain.
We're not even going into Creta.
What is your business in the city?
My daughter just had a child.
May I offer my congratulations--
They move pretty well, don't they?
No questions asked, huh?
Those are Cretan spies.
Your permits, please.
We don't have permits.
- What? - You'll have to do with this.
W-What's this?
You're a State Alchemist, sir?
That kid is an Amestrisian Dog?
Please show me your permit.
- Al! - Mm-hmm!
Stand down, or I will shoot!
I don't need this kind of interference!
A Chimera?!
- Why?! - I-it's a monster!
I have no business with you.
What is he scheming?
- Stop the train! - Let's go!
- There's a monster aboard! - Mm-hmm!
- What? - Emergency stop!
It's too early for the brakes.
Al, you stop the train!
Mr. Chimera, are you traveling alone?
Automail, huh? You must be the Fullmetal Alchemist.
Man, it's hard being a star.
What is your objective?
What?
Tch, even more interference.
What is this?
Al, how's it coming?
I'm on it!
This is the boiler... The pressure gauge... The cylinders...
The brake...?
What are you doing, Al?!
They're here! The Black Bats!
Emergency! Stop the train!
Who are you?!
Stand aside.
He's the enemy, and he's an alchemist!
- We're here to rescue you. - Thanks.
It's a trap!
A trap? Get in my way, will you?
It's him!
I found you!
I have to thank you for coming to greet me!
Long time no see!
I've been waiting for you!
Where did you learn those transmutation circles?
Yikes! The station!
This is starting to become a problem.
If I don't do something, we're going to hit the station!
- Al! - The brakes aren't working.
Just do whatever it takes to stop us!
We're going to hit!
Damn it!
Are you all right, Al?
Mm-hmm.
It's him! After him!
The invading Black Bats are leaving Table City Station
and are on the move, heading southwest!
Those guys again?
Brother, over there!
The man we believe to be the escaped prisoner
appears to be headed that way, too!
- Watch out! - Everyone, run!
Hey, where are the folks who came in illegally?
Where are they being kept?
Th-The western dome. Just past the central commons.
Over there!
The Black Bats are flying through the air over the central commons!
We believe they are headed for the western dome!
Oh, crap!
They're out of control!
Brother!
That bastard!
He's setting the inmates free!
It's the girl from the newspaper!
Julia Crichton!
Whoa...!
- Julia! - Miranda!
Is she with them?
What a pain in the neck.
Hold it, you fugitive punk!
You again?
Al, you go after the girl.
All right!
Al!
Julia!
No, don't move.
Oh, no!
Al!
Return the girl to us!
Who are you?!
Do you want to get yourselves killed?
Take a good look around before asking that.
That's too bad, huh? This valley is our territory.
Now, would you return the girl to us?
Let me go!
Take it easy, Julia.
- Who are you? - Don't move!
Just let me get my head.
- He's hollow...! - H-He's a monster!
You've dabbled in God's domain, huh?
You don't mean... his soul is bonded to the armor?
The other alchemist you were with was fitted with automail, right?
You had your bodies taken from you, to the other side.
How do you know about that?
My parents were alchemic researchers.
These two have no doubt seen the doorway of truth.
Don't tell me you're...
I inherited this transmutation circle from my father.
I got this other one from my mother.
My name is Ashleigh Crichton.
Ashleigh?
Is it really you, my brother, Ashleigh?
I'm sorry, Julia, for leaving you by yourself for so long.
Please forgive your older brother.
Damn...
Just what is going on?
You are the Fullmetal Alchemist, right?
I heard about you from Colonel Mustang.
I'm Major Peter Soyuz, in charge of the city here.
Where is a road leading down into the valley?
Are you planning to cross the border into Creta?
You mean that valley is Creta?
Death Canyon is no place for anyone to set foot into.
I get it. This valley is what surrounds the balloon, huh?
The valley floor is nothing but a nest of rubbish,
contagions and criminals.
Who was that bunch who came out of the sky earlier?
A terrorist organization that is plotting to take Table City.
They call themselves the Black Bats.
Are you the one who put out false information
about escorting out the illegal immigrants here?
And we were so close to rounding them all up, too.
Why did that escaped prisoner alchemist come here after the girl?
The colonel is probably looking into that.
Be sure to watch yourself.
And watch out for the Cretan secret police, too.
I'll give them your regards.
- What's this? - He's wearing a suit of armor...
- That man is huge. - Did he come from Amestris?
- I'm scared. - It's all right.
- Julia has returned! - Julia!
- They were successful! - It's Julia!
- Thank goodness you're safe. - Welcome back, Julia!
I'm home. Thanks for your concern.
I'm sorry to make you worry about me. Everything's all right now.
Say, Julia, are you going to teach us at school again?
Wait a little while longer, okay? I promise, I'll be back.
Mt. Poros and the Hill of Milos...
The holy land of the Milosians, from times of yore, huh?
Come in.
Hello, Colonel!
Winry?
I'm sorry to bother you.
This isn't any place for civilians.
I came to check up on Ed's automail.
He said his right arm was feeling numb.
But Ed and Al aren't around.
I thought maybe they were with you, Colonel.
Ed doesn't have many friends.
I am not one of his friends. Besides, he was in tip-top shape.
Huh? You don't say.
Colonel! Oh, Winry...
Excuse me for dropping in, Miss Riza.
What is it, Lieutenant?
There's a report that an express train out of Central
got into a wreck at Table City Station.
That idiot.
Has Ed gone and done something?
Colonel, urgent news.
We've just received a formal request from Creta
through diplomatic channels, asking us to turn over a criminal.
A criminal, you say?
They say that among the illegal immigrants arrested in Table City
is someone on Creta's own wanted list.
Name?
Julia Crichton, a 16-year-old girl.
Wow, a hideout in a cave.
I'm sorry about this. You were just trying to help me.
That's okay. Don't mind me--
I'm glad you got to see your brother again.
Say, Julia, why is Miranda bringing this monster here?
Cut it out, Tony.
Please forgive his manners.
These people are still ignorant of God's domain.
It's okay. I'm used to it.
Um... Mr. AI...
It's Alphonse. Alphonse Elric.
Elric? As in, the Elric brothers of Amestris?
You know us?
I happened to hear about how you have studied all kinds of alchemy.
Yes.
Mr. Alphonse,
is it true that you violated the taboo against human transmutation?
Why is it that you want to know about that?
My mother and father were researching alchemy based on mythology.
Those who comprehend the truth and are able to open the doorway
will be able to freely control the power of the land.
I was told that that's what the Milosian myths say.
Milosian myths?
There is a force called magma flowing through the ground.
You can draw that force up as energy, attaining great power.
That is the Milosian myth.
Please tell me,
if you've broken the taboo about performing human transmutation,
then you must have seen the doorway of truth, right?
We just wanted to see our dead mother again.
You mustn't, Julia.
If you violate the taboo, you are sure to reap the reward.
Like we did.
If we're going to take our homeland back,
we need a great power.
Thank you for telling me, Mr. Alphonse.
I'll see about getting you out of here right away;
just hold on a little longer.
I have to say, it reeks down here.
Hey, now, dumping your refuse in the neighbor's country?
I am Miranda. I heard all about you from Julia.
Imagine, seeing you alive.
You really do perform some incredible alchemy, huh?
You do well to call yourselves Black Bats.
It suits you, who do nothing but flutter about aimlessly
between the great nations of Creta and Amestris.
What was that?
Alan...
Yes. We are bats, who have no other way of living
except to cling to these caves.
Which is exactly why we need a mighty power.
We want to make use of your power, to take back our holy land--
He answered my questions. Please let him go free.
How did it go?
It's just as you said, Brother. They attempted human transmutation
because they wanted to see their late mother.
Dr. Crichton was right.
The doorway of truth does exist.
But as a result, he lost his body.
It really is dangerous to open the doorway of truth.
But we can get nearer to a great power.
Hmph. It's absurd to meddle in God's domain.
Why?! If I'd known how to do it, I would have! To bring Mom and Dad--
Julia!
You saw them. You don't care if you end up like them?
I want Milos to go back to being a nation at peace!
Come on, help us.
Have you forgotten? The valley floor folks
looked down on us, and called us traitors.
As a result, our family had to risk our safety to relocate to Creta.
Yes, I know that. So then, why?
Why did Mom and Dad have to get killed
after our family was accepted in by Creta?
Our mother and father were killed by wolf Chimeras.
They were sent by the Cretan military.
When I came upon them,
our parents had already been attacked by a wolf Chimera.
He turned the laboratory upside down
as he was searching for something.
What he was looking for was the very book I was holding--
our parents' handwritten research notes.
I picked up Julia, and desperately ran away.
But the wolf Chimeras followed our scent.
When I determined that I could not get away,
I hid Julia behind a tree, and headed for the cliff.
Then, I was surrounded by the Cretan military,
and fell to the valley floor.
Miraculously, I got away with my life and slipped into Amestris.
But they followed me unrelentingly.
I drilled all the results of Mom and Dad's research into my head,
and committed a crime.
If I were to enter the giant prisons of Amestris,
I could escape from them. That was my thinking.
Is that right?
And then, just when I was thinking about rescuing you,
you, who were supposed to be in Creta,
illegally made your way into Amestris for some reason.
I thought that maybe you were being used by the valley-dwellers!
That's not true!
After it happened, I was taken by the Cretan military.
The military thoroughly questioned me,
and when it became clear that I didn't know anything,
they cast me into this valley, to do as I pleased.
I was helped by the people in the valley, and managed to survive.
And now, it's because I have the same ideas as they do
that I'm working with them.
Brother, you used to play with them when we were children.
I don't want to remember the past.
Are you after the holy land's alchemy, too?
That is nothing more than a steppingstone.
We have only one objective:
Independence for Milos.
There's no way we can win against Creta or Amestris
with our strength or our numbers.
There are only two paths that we can choose.
Either we can violate the taboo of performing human transmutation,
and open the doorway of truth,
or we can take back the alchemy of the holy land.
We must do one or the other, and gain great power--
the power to control the magma hidden within the ground.
We need to have a trump card to play.
What did the professor uncover?
Creta is after the same secret.
They're planning to do something.
Yo, was there a huge suit of armor that fell around here?!
What's with them?
That bastard. Is he telling me not to come back? Useless twit.
Al!
Hey! Where are you?!
I sure hope he's not being treated like scrap.
There's still more of you hiding, right?
Take me to where your leader is!
The escaped prisoner is in the valley?
Yes, sir. He fell into it, along with the girl.
You're certain it's Julia Crichton?
From what I saw in the photo, at least.
What a fiasco. Do you think the Cretans will believe this?
But sir, it is the truth.
What is Fullmetal up to?
He went down to the Cretan valley floor.
He said something about helping his brother.
This is ridiculous.
Whippersnapper.
Something has happened to Ed and Al, huh?
Miss Riza, where is Table City?
I'm surprised you can live in this valley.
Are you friends with that guy in the armor?
You might say that.
Are you an Amestrisian Dog?
It's a long story.
We're going to take back the holy land for sure.
The holy land, meaning Table City?
It's called the Hill of Milos!
Including Mt. Poros on the Cretan side,
this is the land where we Milosians have lived for 3,000 years.
How did you let your holy land get away from you?
Don't you know?
Milos was annexed by Creta by force.
Then, you guys from Amestris came along,
saying that we could trust you.
As soon as you military folks were brought in,
the valley became a battleground, and you took over our sacred hill.
That's when both of my parents were killed.
I wish I hadn't asked, for crying out loud.
Give me a little more for this, will you?
- It's steel and glass. I can't give you any more. - Pedro! Is it true that Julia has returned?
Yes. You remember all that commotion earlier?
- Hey! - Sorry, sorry.
Magnificent!
What do you want, old man?!
My name is Gonzales. Where did you come from? Who made this arm?
Huh? A childhood friend of mine...
Hey, old man!
Old man, you're an automail engineer?
Old man Gon, you're not done here.
Oh, my fault, my fault.
I'm going to reconnect the nerves. Hold him down tight, now.
- Ready? Here goes. - Yeah.
Ready, set...
Old man, you're being a bit too rough there.
Hmph, you keep breaking it during your rehabilitation.
You're going to end up not being able to stand on it.
You can pay me when you have the money.
Thanks, Old Man Gon.
There sure are a lot of injured folks here.
There have been a lot of cave-ins.
Cave-ins?
Creta is building a geothermal power station up a ways.
Our people are being made to work like slaves for next to nothing.
Is that it there?
There's a volcano deep inside there. They're using that heat.
So that's it. And this side is Amestris.
So the valley floor between them is caught in the middle.
Did that girl Julia climb up that high, too?
She's a warrior. She's not afraid of the cliffs.
- It's the secret police! - What?
Pedro, over here.
Old man, you take care.
Take good care of that automail of yours.
Yeah.
It's like a cave apartment complex.
Up ahead.
I smell you...
What was that?
Someone climbed the cliff. They were shot by Amestris.
If you climb up the cliff even a little,
they count it as crossing the border. They mean what they say.
That bastard.
Hey: are you okay?
Hey... Hey, Pedro!
Glory be... to Milos...
I see you're studying.
I collect them little by little, every time I sneak into Amestris or Creta.
Do you?
But there's very little alchemy in there that I've been able to use.
Julia, you take after Mom.
And you, Brother, take after Dad, don't you?
You think so?
Those scars-- you must have had a hard time of it.
I suppose.
Hold out your hands.
- Come on. - O-Okay.
Julia, you...
My friends taught me that.
I still can't really use Mom and Dad's alchemy,
but I have learned this much.
Sorry. You must have had to struggle hard.
Brother, do you remember this?
You made this for me.
Well?
- Here. - I have this one.
Brother, you wear that one.
Come on, Brother!
I wanted us both to wear them.
I guess that did happen, once upon a time.
I...
...really am glad to see you again, Brother.
So, once we take our holy land back,
I'd like us to live here, together, like we used to--
- Someone's here! - It's a monster!
What's that?
Hold it!
You're a persistent one!
How dare you kill Pedro like that?!
You'll pay for that!
The fugitive punk!
- Brother! - Al! You're all right?
Imagine, you coming right to me!
Julia!
If you'd just come quietly, those around you wouldn't get hurt.
We've found him.
The village floor. A large cave to the west.
Release the next Chimeras.
Yes, sir.
But then, to you, they're not even your people.
Al!
- Mr. AI! - Just "Al" is fine.
What is that thing?
It's a wolf Chimera.
Yeah. He's in league with the ones who killed my parents.
He said something about following a scent here.
As long as you remain here, they'll attack again.
Let's give up on asking for this man's help. It's too dangerous.
I can leave here at any time. But I will do so with Julia.
I...
...am staying with the others.
What can you do with these people?
It's not about what I can do. It's what I have to do.
Julia!
If the doorway of truth is out of the question,
then we'll just have to obtain the alchemy of the holy land.
Once we have that, we're sure to win.
If we can just get the holy land's Star of Fresh Blood.
Star of Fresh Blood?
There's a monster!
There are two more of them coming this way!
There, didn't I say so?
Everyone, head further in!
Ah! A dead end?!
Dive in!
- Damn! - The scent stops here!
He got away?
He appears to have covered his scent by using an underground water source.
Then again, when did that man
manage to master the Crichton couple's alchemy?
I hate to have to kill him.
Excavation operations are complete.
All right. On to the next stage.
Yes, sir.
This is amazing. Imagine, an underground lake like this.
You've helped us again. I don't know how to thank you.
Don't worry about it. We came here for our own reasons.
To get back our bodies.
We've investigated a lot of different alchemy to that end.
To get back your bodies? How are you going to do that?
That's something we're not sure of.
However, finding a way to use our own strength
to get back what we've lost because of our own faults
is something that Brother and I made up our minds to do.
I see. Though I'm a little bit jealous.
Connecting with your brother like you do, I mean.
Al!
Hey! Don't leave me behind!
What's a person to do? It's hard to swim with automail.
Julia, we're going on ahead.
Okay!
Something he and his brother made up their minds to do...
Your base goes all the way back here?
Yes. There's an opening up ahead.
What is this?
A tomb.
This was once a city
where hundreds and thousands of Milosians lived.
This was a Milosian city?
That was 400 years ago.
The Cretans forced our ancestors down to the valley floor,
in order that they might obtain the Stone of Immortality.
Stone of Immortality?
This wouldn't be a bright red stone, would it?
You know of it?!
We call it the Philosopher's Stone.
Philosopher's Stone? Tell me more. This way.
Allow me to offer my renewed gratitude.
Thank you for saving Julia, Edward and Alphonse.
What is this?
The innermost area of our base.
The Requiem Room.
Requiem?
It's a place of repose for the spirits of the Milosians
who dug up the valley, and those that have fallen in battle.
Dug up the valley? What do you mean?
Originally, the valley around the holy land
wasn't nearly as deep as it is now.
Our ancestors founded a nation,
setting apart this hill as a holy land,
in order to worship the mountain of God, Poros.
There was also some folklore that said that the Stone of Immortality
was buried somewhere around the hill.
We call that stone the "Star of Fresh Blood."
However, when the Cretans learned of the legend,
they came attacking in full force.
They took our land from us,
and as a result of digging up the area around our holy land
in search of the Stone of Immortality for 300 years,
this gigantic valley was created.
We Milosians had our homes taken from us,
and were made to work like slaves.
I do not know how many Stars of Fresh Blood
were dug up during that time.
When the Cretans left, all that remained for the Milosians
was the deep valley, and the ruins.
Ever since, they have gone on ruling over us from the cliffs.
When Amestris invaded,
the Cretans sent us Milosians to the front lines of battle.
The names of the Milosians who died then are engraved here.
After the battle was over, we were still forced to stay in this valley.
As a shield for the border.
There are no records remaining
of any Stars of Fresh Blood that were dug up going over to Creta.
Any Stars that were buried here in the past
must still be lying somewhere in the holy land.
That is the secret of the holy land.
This relief is a schematic diagram created by alchemists
in order to dig up the Stars of Fresh Blood.
Those that used alchemy
created an opportunity to drive the Milosians down into the valley.
To the people of the valley,
alchemy is something that reminds them of their horrid past.
That's why those who researched it, like my parents,
were hated by everyone else.
But nothing will ever come from shunning the past.
If we're going to claim our future,
we're going to have to crawl up out of the valley for ourselves.
And we need strength in order to do that.
The strength of alchemy, and that of the great power of the land.
Julia, I want you to listen to me.
If this Star of Fresh Blood
is the same thing that we in Amestris call the Philosopher's Stone,
then the ingredients for it...
...are the lives of other people.
The lives of people?
Yeah.
Immortality is absurd.
Finite lives are brought together and transmuted.
Far from being a philosopher's stone,
it is the stone of the greedy, bloodstained fool.
That's the secret of the holy land?
That's why our parents tried to hide that secret from the Cretan military.
The myths of the Milosian people are stained in blood.
It can't be...
We can't use something like that, can we?
What have we been struggling all this time for?
Vatanen...
Julia, there is nothing to worry about.
Everyone here is willing to give their lives to take back our country.
If Stars of Fresh Blood really are made from the lives of people,
then why don't we allow our lives to be used to secure our future?
Hold on a second! Are you sure you're okay with that?!
Ashleigh...
I'm glad to see you back in this valley.
You've got some nerve, saying such a thing.
Indeed. We must apologize for having looked down on your family.
But we must ask you-- please, would you help us, together with Julia?
Do you have any idea how much senseless blood you're about to spill?
It's true, we have already spilled much blood.
But by no means was it wasted.
Ashleigh, there are some things
that men are willing to give up their lives to obtain.
Hey, Julia!
Will sacrificing people's lives to have your dreams come true
really allow you to find happiness?!
I realize what you're saying.
But there is no other path for us to choose!
Julia...
The country that you live in is strong,
so you don't have to worry about perishing.
You don't have to be frightened about when you'll be killed.
But that's not true for us!
We have been made to live in terror by powerful neighboring countries
that steal their alchemy from each other.
Taking back our holy land and obtaining the Stone of Immortality
will also bring about an end to that history.
I am grateful for your advice.
All right. But that doesn't mean we have to approve of it.
Just keep that in mind.
Let's go, Al.
Brother...
- Hey, wait! - Let them be.
They have no way of knowing where the Star is.
Julia...
I'm going to make your dream come true.
Once we take back the holy land, let's live together, in the valley.
Brother...
Holy land, my eye!
It's nothing more than a scramble for a Philosopher's Stone!
But it was their land to begin with.
Giving their lives in exchange?
That way of thinking is going to get them destroyed!
Whatever the case, we have to see what kind of alchemy this is
that they're talking about with our own eyes.
Buddy“.
Old man...
If you like, would you care to offer some flowers?
I heard he was killed by a Cretan monster.
At the very least,
it's fortunate that his friends can send him off like this.
I was right there, next to him.
I'm sorry.
Aren't they Amestrisians?
Hey, what are you two doing in a place like this?!
- Yeah! - Quiet! These two are different.
I'm sorry, buddy.
These are the people who died today.
Tia got hurt while picking through the garbage.
Anita gave birth, and passed away with the child she bore.
And Lucio was shot when he set his hand to the border cliff.
Oh, man, they're all still so young.
This is a daily occurrence here in the valley.
Right, Pedro? And you were fighting to do something about it.
- Old Man Gon! - Karina...
I...
...want you to give this to Julia.
I made it together with Tia. It's a good luck charm.
Oh, you did? All right. I'll give it to her.
Thank you.
Look, Brother. The valley is already pitch black.
The people of Milos
have long had to look up at the bright sky from that dim valley floor, huh?
Yeah.
The way things are headed, blood will flow in this valley yet again.
Alchemy is not for everything.
You can't go relying on some great power for everything.
Let's go.
I don't get it.
What's that?
The fake Melvin Voyager was being pursued by someone.
It was probably the Cretans who were after him.
So he grew tired of life on the run,
and went into hiding inside the prison.
But why five years?
By using his alchemy, he could have broken out at any time.
Are you saying he needed to wait in hiding for five years?
Yes, that's it.
Five years is a long time.
Five years ago, me, Ed and Al were just children
who didn't know anything.
It's so cruel, isn't it? You can't turn back time once it has passed.
You're right. However...
...the time that comes after this moment
is committed to whoever uses it.
Let's hurry. We can't let those two get the jump on us.
As if those kids could understand the holy land's secrets.
What Creta wanted to find... is this.
Just as my father was dying,
he stripped off his skin and gave it to me.
The path that leads to the Star of Fresh Blood is right here.
All right, that should repair it well enough.
I'm done over here, too, Brother.
Let's start by checking out what the whole city is like.
You want to look around here?
Yeah. There's something bothering me.
The Fullmetal brothers have returned to Table City.
For them to return here, instead of going to Central,
means that they stumbled upon something in the valley.
There was that diagram in the underground base, right?
Mm-hmm.
Remember how there were a number of towers above Table City?
Mm-hmm, they were there, all right.
Don't you find it strange?
If they were digging up the valley,
why would they need to precisely recreate the towers?
Now that you mention it...
What's more, there weren't any other buildings,
it was just the towers.
I have no doubt that the people who made that diagram
were following some kind of principle
to search for the Philosopher's Stone.
So, the towers are somehow related to that principle, then?
I don't have any proof of it, though.
Take a look at this.
These are the positions of the towers on the diagram in the base.
And these are the actual locations of the towers.
You see that? South of the axis line of these towers?
It's short one tower.
Someone destroyed something that used to be there.
Then, is there some meaning to the destroyed tower?
No, by reducing the number of towers,
they were trying to collect some kind of power.
Here in this one point remaining in the south.
Our objective is here.
I want the decoy team to head there first,
attack the Amestrisian outpost on the opposite side,
and focus their attention there.
City Rats here. We're ready. You can make your move at any time.
Acknowledged.
On the opposite side...
Are you sure we should be going after the Star of Fresh Blood?
We need its power.
Julia, you're the one who showed us the way, aren't you?
You are an alchemist. You have the power to use the Star.
I want you to be proud of that.
- Well, I... - Julia...
Old Man Gon! What are you doing someplace this dangerous?
Lucio and Tia...
I see.
I got this from Karina.
She said it's a good luck charm she made with Tia.
She wanted you to carry it.
Thank you.
Yeah. I can't afford to be second-guessing.
I have to get my hands on the Star, to protect them.
Don't get in over your head.
Brother, is that...?
Imagine, us coming back to a place like this.
It looks like an ordinary church.
Brother!
A breeze.
So that's it.
The Milosian-era tower has been encircled by the Cretan building.
So that makes this the entrance to the other world, does it?
What's this?
A Milosian-era town? Why is it underground here?
This is Creta's doing.
The Milosians transmuted the Star of Fresh Blood here at one time.
Once Creta found out, they took this Table City from them,
and covered up the whole town.
They were trying to monopolize the secret of the mythology?
But before they could solve the riddle,
it was taken from them by Amestris, seeking to enlarge its own territory.
And it looks like...
Amestris hasn't figured out the secret of this place, either.
The church up above is just a dummy to conceal the entrance underground.
And so, from here onward lies the secret of the holy land.
What is this? There's nothing here, is there?
And here I thought there was something to this.
Still, this room looks like it was built for some special reason.
Brother!
Some special reason, all right.
Is it a tomb?
Should we open it?
Ready, set...
What is this? It's empty!
What?!
Oh, too bad.
I thought you might be able to unravel the mystery of this room.
Soyuz!
I had that coffin built to catch a good-for-nothing alchemist.
Are you the one who's searching for the Philosopher's Stone?!
I did find that there must be something about this room, and all.
I guess I'll just have to rely on those Milosian flies now.
What makes you think you can use a Philosopher's Stone?!
I wouldn't worry about that.
The world is full of people who want the Philosopher's Stone.
I can charge as much as I like.
Major, we've got trouble!
What is it?
There's been an explosion near the Amestris mainland base.
That must be Miranda and the others.
Such an impetuous bunch. Let's just sit tight and wait for them.
Get rid of them first.
Yes, sir.
I should have brought a whole division with me.
Imagine, those valley floor dwellers, marching to their own doom.
Colonel Herschel, everything is ready.
All personnel, evacuate at once! Repeat, all personnel...
Terrorists sighted in the air over the fires on the opposite side!
Take it easy! It's a diversion! Focus on your post!
What was that just now?
It's just about time. It's up to you, Miranda.
We're almost there.
You're going to disappear before those flies get here.
- Can I ask one question? - What is it?
Are there a lot of other underground rooms like this around Table City?
What a shame.
If you two were capable of solving the riddle of the city,
you would have seen them all.
I see. That really is a shame.
Such troopers.
I was ready to welcome you in
without you having to go to the courtesy of such a greeting.
Hey. you hear me, Soyuz?!
I'm coming up there to clobber you!
What are you doing?! Get rid of them!
Do not let them come into contact with the flies!
Major, West Lookout Station 4 is under attack by someone.
Here they come.
The Black Bats' objective is beneath the church!
Seize the alchemists before they arrive!
This isn't the only place with a secret room!
We have to see all of them, or we'll never solve the riddle.
- The Black Bats! - They're not going underground?
Julia!
Julia, it's too risky! The city isn't safe!
Ed! Al!
It's a trap! They've set it to capture you!
Julia, the city is rigged! You can't get involved!
You guys get out of the city, quickly!
We are going to move forward, for the sake of our future.
I'm sorry. Thanks for your warning.
If there are consequences to be had, I will face them.
- Hey! - Julia!
Let's go, Al!
We've broken through the east lookout post.
The rats that have already infiltrated will use the change
to set off their fireworks.
We'll make our way through the city as low as we can fly.
Using the heat of the fires, we'll ascend all at once,
and strike at the central observation tower.
Why? Why aren't they heading underground?
The second cordon has been breached!
They're coming toward this lookout tower!
What are the ground forces doing?!
They're being held up by their allies, who are already in the city!
They're going to paralyze my forces before going underground?
How insolent!
Major, we need to evacuate, now!
If they take the stairwell, we won't be able to escape!
They're planning to attack that tower!
Is that where the Star of Fresh Blood is?!
There they are!
Ah, man, what a pain!
Major, back upstairs!
What a maniac!
Forget about him. Let's go!
Is this the place, Ashleigh?
Yeah.
Where is the route to the Star?
This way.
Take a look at this.
What is that?
A speaking tube, for delivering orders.
There are many tubes like this running through the holy land.
They are used as speaking tubes now,
but long ago, they had another, different use.
A different use?
Yes. That is the secret of the holy land.
Ashleigh!
What are you doing?! Brother, stop!
Alan!
"Why?! - It was necessary to do this.
What are you talking about?!
Look here, Julia. These speaking tubes
reach all over the holy land, like a giant network.
Do you know what happens when you run a person's lifeblood through them?
Miranda!
Yes. There isn't a single drop of wasted blood in this world.
This is a three-dimensional transmutation circle,
drawn with human lifeblood.
It can't be...
Lieutenant Atlas, these five years have been too long.
Well done, Sergeant Raul, watching over Julia in the valley.
What do you mean?
He is a former Cretan soldier. Right, Sergeant?
It was all for the Star's sake.
We can finally build our own country here,
one that will rival both Creta and Amestris, right...
...Lieutenant Atlas?
You don't mean...!
Alan...!
Nicely carried out, Sergeant Raul.
Lieutenant... why...?
We don't have enough blood yet to finish the transmutation circle.
Julia, do you remember me?
Ever since I overheard your parents talking,
I've been waiting for this day!
What's the matter? ls everything all right?
Ever since I came to guard that grimy scientists' family
who escaped from the valley floor.
Atlas...?
Security Chief Atlas?
You've deceived us!
You'll pay for that!
You remember me, do you?
I thought I might try my skill with alchemy...
...and enlisted in the Cretan military,
but I grew bored with all the minor skirmishes.
That's when I first met your family.
Your father was a hell of a man.
He branded both of his children with the results of his research.
But you were still just a little girl.
The size of your map was too small to overlay with Ashleigh's.
I could barely wait for these five years.
What did you do to my brother?!
I stripped off your brother's skin, and transplanted the map here.
You... killed my brother?
What's the point of asking that now?!
You killed Brother... You killed Brother...!
How dare you?!
Let me have a good look at your map, will you?
Get mad! Get even more mad!
That's it, good!
Now... Now the true map is completed!
That's the secret that Mom and Dad left behind?
That's right. It's a map that shows the location
of the Star of Fresh Blood that is about to be transmuted.
Just like with them, I have no more use for you.
I will spill your blood for the transmutation circle.
Run away...!
- Miranda! - Out of my way!
Miranda!
You have... to live...
Miranda!
You folks are putting me to a lot of trouble.
What do you think you're doing here?!
Why, you...!
- I'm sorry we're late. - Al!
Here I thought you were a crackerjack alchemist,
but you're just a lousy sneak thief!
Ha! The Star is better off not being used
by that bunch of know-nothings!
The Star has been transmuted.
What?!
- I've got my kite! - It's all right!
Leave it to us!
The Star has been born.
The time to bury this loathsome valley has come.
It is the start of a new world.
Graz, blow the tunnels.
Yes, sir. Everything is ready.
What was that?
What was that? What happened?
- What is that? - It can't be...
What was that?
This wasn't a part of our plans.
Damn it, what do we do?
The Star of Fresh Blood...
If we use it...
You can't do that!
He's after the Star, too!
You're right. Brother, you and Julia go after him.
I'll stop the lava.
Al...
It's all right.
The valley is in your hands.
I'll handle it. Go on!
It's him!
The Star of Fresh Blood... My Star of Fresh Blood!
This is the Star of Fresh Blood.
With this, the world will be mine!
I won't let that happen!
I finally got my hands on it!
Take this!
Julia!
You little brat!
The Star is right here! Don't sell it short!
Clever boy!
Now to finish you!
Ooh, scary!
It makes no difference.
Julia!
This is the Star of Fresh Blood?
That Star belongs to me!
Julia! Take that and run back up!
Toss it into the lava! Hurry!
As long as I have this, I can save the valley.
Without this, everyone will be...
Don't do it, Julia!
If you do that...
...your soul will be consumed by the Star!
Julia!
Julia! Hey, can you hear me?!
Give me my Star back!
Damn it!
You will give the Star back to me.
What?!
- Julia... - Dad... Mom... and Brother...
You killed them all!
Stop it, Julia! That's enough!
It's because of this place...
If it weren't for this, they wouldn't have had to fight,
and they wouldn't have had to die!
The time has come.
Colonel...
From here on out, I will deal with this personally.
Please hold. If it goes any farther, it will reach the village.
Evacuate! Evacuate!
What is going on? What is Soyuz doing?
- Is that a terrorist? - Colonel! She's not the enemy!
- Fullmetal? - Edward!
Hang on a second.
Fullmetal, what is the meaning of this?
I'm going to need your help, Colonel!
What happened here?
Table City has accomplished its role.
Its role?
Its role to produce a Philosopher's Stone.
What?
That fugitive punk came here in order to transmute it.
- If he finds out, it's all over. - This girl here is Julia Crichton.
- The colonel was assassinated by the Black Bats. --She swallowed the Stone to stop the lava in the valley.
That bastard!
Take him into custody!
- Yes, sir! - My valley...
- Julia... - I'll stop the lava!
Julia! Hey, wait!
- Colonel! - Colonel!
Ed!
Julia!
- Is she for real? - Ed!
- Winry! - Are you all right?
Sorry, but I wrecked my arm.
That's because you're always so reckless.
- Here goes! - Yeah!
What was that sound just now?
It came from the armory!
- Let's go! - Secure the explosives! Save Milos!
What can I do? The gear is broken.
Don't you have a replacement part?
I only came to make some adjustments.
Winry, come with me!
Hold onto me tight!
- I'm going down, too. - Colonel!
- The lava is coming! - Let the children go first!
Don't push each other, and don't rush!
Hey, Old Man Gon!
Old Man Gon, I need a favor! I've wrecked my arm!
You fool! The lava is closing in on us!
You need to get to shelter, quickly!
Without this arm, I can't stop the lava!
Please, could you lend me some of your parts?
Oh? You mean, you're the one who...?
Please hold.
Al...
Julia!
I will stop the lava.
Julia... You don't mean, you have the Star of Fresh Blood?
I should be able to call forth the power of the land now.
It's him!
I found you! That's my Star.
- Atlas! - Why don't you give it back?
W-Who are you?!
Nicely done, transmuting the Star of Fresh Blood like that.
I wonder if you remember me, Security Chief Atlas.
It can't be you!
I'm the one whose face you peeled off-- Ashleigh Crichton.
Ashleigh, my brother...?
Not a day goes by that I don't remember what happened then.
After you stripped off the skin on my face and under my arm...
...I survived by using the Star of Fresh Blood
that my mother and father kept hidden for their research.
How dare you kill my mother and father, Atlas?!
Damn it! I've come so far...!
You can go apologize to my mother and father in the next life!
Brother...
Is it really you, Big Brother Ashleigh?
Julia, long time no see.
If you really are my brother, then tell me,
why didn't you tell me you were alive all this time?
Forgive me. It was to deal with the man who killed our parents.
I've had these wolf Chimeras watch over you.
Watch over me?
Julia, come home with me to Creta.
Creta is not my homeland.
The place that brought me up is right here!
Have you forgotten how the people of this valley called our parents traitors?
There is no future for this valley.
Yes, there is! We're going to make it! You'll see!
You're wasting your time.
We're filling in the valley, and sending in the military.
Filling it in? What are you talking about?
I'm claiming the holy land.
Julia, let's go on creating Stars of Fresh Blood, as brother and sister.
I'm afraid that's out of the question.
Brother! Colonel!
Well, well, an Amestrisian officer.
Unfortunately, the ruins of Milos have been destroyed.
You've gone to a lot of trouble.
The transmutation circle for the Star is inside my mind.
We just have to rebuild it.
Why do you want the Star so badly?
What do you want to do?!
Use the Star to open the doorway of truth.
And then, secure a new world, one that no one has ever known before!
The holy land and the Star are no more than a means to an end.
Truth is the one and only thing worth obtaining!
Now, Julia, come with me--
Enough, already!
Do you think you've become a god or something?
You've swallowed the Star, and it has consumed your soul.
Come back to your senses!
Hmph. As someone who committed the taboo, who are you to say that?
The wall isn't holding!
I won't let the valley be buried!
Please help me! We're going to stop the lava!
- Right! - Mm-hmm!
I won't let you!
Why, you...! Are you trying to kill your sister?!
- What is it? - What's going on?
- It's the lava! - The lava has reached the water's edge!
It will be here any moment!
Ed!
Hey, young lady!
Please, stop this!
Don't interfere!
Julia, why are you so particular about this foolish, ugly world,
which has caused us so much pain?
Now, come with me.
I won't go! Even if it is a trash pile, this is not an ugly world!
You look more foolish and ugly to me.
Keep out of my way!
The power of the Star?
I thought that you, at least, would understand,
but you're the same as this rubbish after all.
“No! "What?!
Julia!
- Julia! - Stop that, Ashleigh!
Julia!
Al!
Julia! If you don't understand how your brother feels,
then you can go down right along with this valley!
You're the one who doesn't understand!
You little monkey!
Are you sure you're Julia's brother?!
- Al! --You have to plug the hole the lava is coming from!
Hurry, or we'll lose the valley!
Al!
Rise up!
What part of sacrificing people's lives to obtain truth is right?!
Then“.
...for what purpose has your country come here?
You repeat the senseless slaughter and count it for justice!
There is no worth in sparing a world like that.
I will obtain the truth, and purge it!
You just want to escape from this reality, don't you?!
A new world, you say?
Truth is not a tool to destroy reality with!
What do you know?!
- Al...! - I'm all right!
Supposing there is a new world...
You won't find it on the other side of opening the doorway!
It's under your own feet, right now!
Why, you...!
How can you understand the pain of bearing such unspeakable misfortune?!
It won't reach to the top!
Julia!
I am going to recreate...
...this world!
Stop it, already!
Don't you understand how our parents felt,
keeping the secret of the holy land safe?!
It wasn't the holy land they were trying to protect!
It was the people of Milos!
What?!
- Julia...! - Yeah.
The way things are headed, they're both going to die!
He's too strong...! Somehow, I...
Please...
Please!
Julia!
Brother...
- Brother... - Julia! Now!
The lava!
If we can't do it from below, we'll extend out from the other side!
The other side?
Right?
There's not much choice.
60!!
Of all the...
- What happened? - What is that?
Mom, I'm scared!
- It's all right. - Has the lava stopped?
We did it.
It's stopped.
Brother... I won't let you die!
- You're not going to... - Julia!
Hey! Don't do it!
Hey, Julia!
Julia, you can't!
Sum it!
Brother...! Brother...!
The lava flow has stopped.
It's an insurgency. The Milosians have infiltrated the base!
What?
The enemy is off-balance!
Keep going!
The central gate has been breached!
Where is Colonel Herschel?!
There's no answer!
They're about to retake their holy land!
All personnel, evacuate for now!
- Julia! - Hey, don't do this!
Brother!
Julia!
- Julia? - Hey...
We have to bind up her wound!
This might be a bit rough, but it will have to do.
Julia, open your eyes! You said so yourself, didn't you?
That the Milosians had to crawl out of this valley
on their own two legs?!
Julia...
Al, the bleeding has stopped.
Ed! Al!
Winry...
Are you okay?
Yeah. The arm really made the difference.
I'll have to thank Old Man Gon, too.
It looks like we should let them take it from here.
I hereby declare the establishment of the nation of Milos!
Today, this very day,
marks the day of our renewed birth!
Julia...
You're awake, huh?
Vatanen...
The Cretan military has withdrawn. But they'll be back soon.
Amestris is beginning to reinforce its own troops.
I heard what happened to Miranda.
I'm sorry, Julia. You did well to get through it on your own.
Ashleigh has left.
Oh, has he?
That man in the armor left those earrings with us before he left.
Huh? Al did?
He said they were something important to you.
That's strange. There was supposed to be one more of them.
Mm-mm, I just need this one.
I only need this one for myself.
Vatanen, there are a lot of things we have to do.
Now is when the real work begins.
Yeah, you're right.
I've gotta say, this is a hell of a thing we made.
Mm-hmm. I sure am glad the valley is safe.
I do hope that Julia's wish comes true.
Well, knowing her, she won't let up until it does.
Julia!
You shouldn't be walking around on that leg so soon, you know.
I wanted to make sure I thanked you.
Well, just seeing you looking better is thanks enough.
Al, Ed, if it hadn't been for you, the valley wouldn't have been saved.
Thank you so much.
Julia, I definitely do not approve of what you did.
Brother!
We will go on blazing our own path in the way we believe to be correct.
A path that only we can find for ourselves.
And someday, we'll come and tell you what that is.
But then again, you know, you're amazing. Really, something else.
Thanks.
Bye, now.
Al, you can catch up later.
- Ow...! “Are you okay?
Yeah. You've got a fine older brother, huh?
Or rather, you're fine brothers, huh?
Julia, you look so different...
Oh, this?
I'm not used to it yet.
Oh, no, it's not that.
I meant... you look so pretty...
Thanks.
I've come to understand something.
I thought all this time that I had to obtain power to do something
for the sake of the valley-- for the sake of the people.
But as it turns out,
I was just hanging onto the love that my parents left me,
and the power of the holy land.
I finally realized it after losing so much.
Even so, I'm sure that what I want to preserve is right here.
That's why I don't regret what I've done.
I will stand on these legs, and live in this place.
Julia, you really have obtained what's important to you.
Maybe you're right.
I'm going to make sure to get myself back, as well.
Once I do, I'll come see you again.
Mm-hmm. I'll be waiting.
They sure have sent a good deal here, huh?
Our superiors are preparing for war.
They'll be facing terrorists in Cretan territory. Moreover,
we were also partially to blame for how the terrorists
were dealt with this time around.
It won't be an easy matter to involve ourselves in.
Then you think we should wait to see how Creta responds?
We have no other choice.
By the way, Fullmetal...
That wasn't human transmutation, was it?
He wasn't dead yet.
Julia brought him back with the faint embers of life he had left,
using the Star of Fresh Blood and her own body to do it.
Yes, indeed.
You cannot bring back a life once it is lost.
That one truth teaches us the value and meaning of life.
Oh, look!
The valley is passing out of view.
This dream is still far, far from over, isn't it?
I wonder what waits for me down this road
I'm sure, I'm sure, there must be an answer,
so I can't give up and just stand around
But something is holding me back,
when I'm so close
I do want to be there, next to your gentle smile
Dashing off straight ahead, the clear blue sky is so bright
With the wind at my back, a new journey begins
I head toward tomorrow, not looking back, hoping to see you again
Good luck my way, down the path I believe in
I dash about, here and there
Looks like the answer won't appear, unless I beat it out
I'm sure, I'm sure, I won't have any regrets
and I'll keep on going forward, so that I can smile
Look, I'm no longer afraid
Come whatever may tomorrow,
I can make it through
I've managed to stumble my way this far, after all
I'm glad to have met you, in this corner of an ever-changing world
I wasn't able to put my overflowing feelings into words
Someday, if we ever meet again, will I be able to express myself better?
Good luck my way, wearing a smile
Dashing off straight ahead, the clear blue sky is so bright
With the wind at my back, a new journey begins
I head toward tomorrow, not looking back, hoping to see you again
Good luck my way, smile at me
I'm glad to have met you, in this corner of an ever-changing world
I wasn't able to put my overflowing feelings into words
Someday, if we ever meet again, will I be able to express myself better?
Rising above a faraway rainbow
Good luck my way, down the path I believe in