A/N: Just a series of short stories based on the pasts of the characters and the difficulties that they have been through... Each one is based on a different character from the anime. Please read, enjoy and review!
Character: Roy Mustang
Dark Dreams
Screams rang in the darkness, echoing in the streets and allies. Explosions illuminated the night sky, spurts of orange flame taking away life in a matter of mere seconds.
The ground beneath his feet was saturated with the blood of the innocent. The crimson, multi-faceted stone on his gloved hand lighting up with every click of his fingers.
It was all his fault… Because of him they were all dead…
More screams rang through the darkened night, chilling him to the bone. Around him the flames leapt ever higher; orange fingers reaching into the pitch-black sky. Suddenly they were all around him, a fiery wall separating him from everything, caging him like some sort of animal. Like a dog…The flames licked his feet, singeing his shoes. The fire pressed in on him, smothering him, starving him of oxygen…
Suddenly he woke up, drenched with sweat, his heart pounding and his breathing ragged. Tears were streaming down his face and fear coursing through his body. Staring blankly at the wall opposite, he tried to settle his racing heart; get rid of the memories haunting his troubled mind. But he knew it was no good. This was his punishment for what he had done, the price he had to pay for the crimes that he had committed. After all, everything had a price, and he knew that the horrific scenes that he had created by his own hand would never leave him.
It was Equivalent Exchange, after all.