Disclaimer: I don not own FMA nor the wonderful characters presented in the story.
-Warning EdXWinry, possibly OCC (if you think so?...) *SPOILER* …takes place after Ed and Al go through the gate and get trapped on the other side of the gate, Winry is in the same mansion that Ed and Al used to stay in while working in Central with the military- Winry currently working in the military as well decides to stay in the same place as they used to…….~~~~~~~~Short Story One:
"Ed…?" Winry's voice echoed down the dark hallway. Her voice had become flustered by the storm that had suddenly occurred not long ago. A roll of thunder shook the house signaling that the storm was getting closer every minute and Winry taken by surprise of the outburst grabbed the closest thing to her for comfort. She clutched the velvet red drape and squeezed her eyes shut counting backwards, slowly from twenty. Her heart started to slow back down to its normal pace. "Ten...nine…eight..." Her eyes started to flutter back open when she reached five, and soon she had enough courage to let the dark curtain go and continued her search for Edward. Her eyes scanned each abandoned room she passed, and her hope for finding Ed rose and fell after every glance into each of the forlorn rooms. She picked up her pace wanting to find him before the next clap of thunder roared. She hated being weak and when she showed weakness but when it came to storms she couldn't control the fear that welled up inside of her each and every time. It was uncontrollable like the weather itself. Another crash from outside the mansion made her sprint down the hallways now desperate in her search. "Ed... Ed... ED?" Her voice was filled with panic and was slowly climbing to a higher pitch from adrenaline running through her body. There was only one person in this lonely world that could calm this fear. Only one person that could take away the terror that had her heart prisoner. Only one that she wished to be with, and only one that she wanted to stay by his side for the rest of her life…Only one…She stood panting by the entry of the last door in the building and she recognized the familiar symbol of a snake waving its way around a cross, while a crown and two wings sat at the top. It was Ed's symbol…an alchemist's symbol. "…Ed… Are you in here?..." her voice barely a whisper as she gently pushed the white and red door open. Her heart sunk as she found the room dark and empty, like she did every time when she had forgotten and then remembered the painful truth. Her eyes closed halfway and she entered the room, her feet dragging across the floor until she stopped in the center like she did every time she found herself back in this room. She took a deep breath of the stale air and the barely detectable sent of him that still lingered after all of these years. Slowly she sank to the floor and brushed her fingers against the red carpeting. Red was his favorite color after all… red and blue. He enjoyed both colors for various reasons, but still somehow she felt she knew why he liked one of the colors more than any other. It was also the reason why she liked the color of honey, sweet and darkened with time…Thunder swept through the empty house again but this time she didn't notice. She didn't notice the next seven claps of thunder because once again he had taken her mind off of it; like he had done during every storm when they were younger. She did notice however the tears that formed and fell from her eyes darkening the already dark carpet. She leaned forward in her sitting position letting her long sun colored hair cover her face; as her hands formed into tight circles by her sides. Her whole body trembled as she whispered to her self, "Where are you...?"
-Please R and R!!~ Thxs for reading^^~ Next one should be in a bit lighter in tone…-