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Prologue:
He walks around his apartment, so depressed. He's been alone for 6 months now. He moved to a remote town in the United States of America since. His new school year is about to begin, luckily he's a senior. His brother would have been a sophomore.
He tries so hard to run away from his past, he tries so hard to forget. He never can, he never will. At 18 he has learned that nothing really matters, that no one will be there forever to lean on. When he was justa young 15 year old, both his parents died in a house fire, while him and his younger brother played in the creek. He denied all offers to live with other family. He misses him so much. He blames himself.
His apartment is plain, white walls. A fluffy yet worn gray couch sits against a wall, a cherry wood coffee table in front of it with coasters for drinks to be placed on in random spots across it. A 20 inch television sits on a stand just a few feet away from the table, with a gaming system under. His brother loved those video games. He remembers when they would play Need for Speed, and Tekken, his brother got so mad at his gaming skills. He often lost. A smile goes across his face as he remembers good times.
The smile disappears, "Alphonse..." Edward whispers.
His dull looks come back, as he walks out the door to his school.
Dear Brother
Part I
Chapter One: Not Feelin' That Sunshine
Edward was considered one of the more privileged humans in this world.
He found that the world was ugly no matter how many benjamins a person had in the world. He found that the good guy never wins in the end, and that good things never last.
Solemnly Edward walks down the halls of the high school, he approached the correct room per the schedule he received.
He hands his teacher his schedule, to prove he belongs in the class.
"New student?" The teacher pulls her glasses down a bit.
"Yeah." Ed says dully
"Hmm, another smart ass." She murmurs. "Take a seat next to the blond girl, her name is Winry."
"Yeah, okay." He begins to walk down the isle of seats, when a blond girl and her friend notice him.
Winry turns her head as her friend whispers to her, "Is that who I think it is?" Izumi whispers to her.
"Pretty sure." Winry replied, her face looked as if she was more intrigued with this new young man than anything.
Edward takes a seat, and simply gets a notebook and folder from his bag. Winry turns to him.
"Hi, I'm Winry." She states, she had a friendly and welcoming look upon her face.
Ed just wasn't feeling that sunshine today.
"Thats awesome, I don't talk much." He looked up, spoke, and went back to organizing his school supplies and taking notes from the text.
Winry felt somewhat pushed aside.
But she knew.
Everyone did.
Edward tried to escape by fleeing Japan, and came to the states to finish school.
He tried to escape from the cameras. The pain.
Winry knew, he had pain in his gorgeous eyes. He was hurt, and he missed someone. It didn't necessarily make him cold, rather solemn though.
Winry remembered when the "Elric Brothers" first made the news. When Edward was 15 years old and Alphone was 13 a fire consumed their home. Ed and Al were not home, but both parents were.
They were dead.
The cause of the fire was never released to the public, however there were suspicions of arson.
Due to the passing of the Elric parents, Edward and Alphonse Elric became the heirs to the second largest weapons manufacturing company on that side of the globe which also held numerous defense contracts in Japan, China, and a portion of Europe.
She had to turn away each time she started remembering all the news stories. Winry found herself staring.
The second time they made the news was 8 months ago and then 6 months ago.
These two teenagers were worth a lot of money, media ate them up like a damn lotus flower. At the time pictures were captured of Alphonse, embarassing ones and those that showed him purchasing drugs.
Two months after that, he vanished. Just gone. Little to no evidence was discovered and no tips were ever called in. The lines were silent.
"Can I help you?" Edward asked in an irritated tone.
She was staring again.
"No." Winry responded. Quickly at that.
The 18 year old blond boy was becoming noticeably agitated. Everyone, everywhere he went would flock.
What good looking woman wouldn't, he was worth millions. He was broken and needed fixed, so not the best type would always flock.
Winry did in fact seem different, he felt that.
Edward Elric was not feeling it. He didn't feel a lot of things lately. He felt that even though he has held onto every pleasurable memory as hes gone, he can't smile.
Edward can't cry.
'When I see you again' He often tells him again.
Does it sound weird to some that this has hit Ed so hard? Yes.
But his shadow, his brother by blood has been the only stable thing in his life as well as the only thing that has pulled him through and all he has known for the last few years. When times got dark, there was Al. When he needed a good laugh. There was Al.
When Edward had initially went for grief counseling back home he was asked one time in a group session what he would wish for he had one chance.
He could not answer, other than think if he could make a wish out of an airplane he would write a check right then and there.
'I can't hate the world.' Ed thought.
"Do you want to eat lunch with me?" Winry asked, somewhat out of no where.
"I guess." Ed responded, still maintaining his monotone voice and straight face.
Pain takes time to heal.
The cafeteria was a place that Ed could tell he was going to learn to hate. The noise. It drove him wild. Winry, Edward, and Izumi all walked in.
There were stares.
'Are you fucking kidding me?' He thought. 'Why am I known, everywhere I go?' He thought another thought, purely out of frustration.
Misery loves company, thats why. When another is in pain, when their heart hurts and yearns for something more...they flock. Like a vampire to a willing victim, stick their pulsing vein out there. Ready to suck the life out of you, and feed on you.
Bringing you down even more.
I will tell you all about it Al, when I see you again.
Edward sat at their lunch table in silence, but he was watching. Edward was listening. He looked around the room at one point. This girl, she was vibrant. This girl, she was different.
'This isn't so bad' Edward thought.
The school day came to end, Edward already had homework. He didn't mind that, because he was actually a very smart teen. It always came easy.
Each and every night he wrote in a journal. Every entry began the same.
Ed unlocked his apartment door, he tossed his things things to the side. He took a quick look around.
It was empty to him, no one laughed.
There was little light, not truly, just metaphorically.
Entry 1, Edward Elric, USA
Dear Brother,
I still miss you, I even got the same sized apartment as we had, I still set you're room up just like you had it. Why do I do these things? I don't know either. School was rough as usual. People know me, us, here. They know what happened to mom and dad. Then they know about you. A girl was nice to me, I tried to be unappealing. It didn't work. Then she still invited me to sit at lunch with her. She was nice, and she was pretty. She dresses so nice, so I don't know why she even talked to me. She wears American Eagle, her blond hair is gorgeous. Her blue eyes almost had me in a trance at lunch, but I didn't show it. I just kept my head down and ate, I made every effort to keep silent, I just listened. I miss you brother dear, but I have to go.I have homework. Love you bye.
Ed
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