The moon was full and the only sounds were the ones of crickets and the wind blowing in between the leaves on the trees.
The silence was broken by a clanging sound as if someone was carrying a lot of metal to the scrap yard.
The noise came from a large gray suit of armor walking up the path, beside him was his companion.
A boy by the age of 15 with blond hair tied up in a braid and his eyes were of the same color. He wore a red coat with a symbol of a winged snake on a cross and black clothes underneath.
"Nice night huh, Brother?" asked the suit of armor.
"Yeah, it is. I don't think it's going to last long though" said the blond haired boy, pointing towards the sky as large, dark clouds started to roll across the moon.
"We should find a place to stay for the night"
"Brother. Look over there, I can see a town from here"
The blond haired boy looked over to where his brother was pointing and did indeed see a town over the hill.
"How far do you think it is?"
"Probably a mile, mile and a half."
"We should get going or else we'll get wet, Brother"
They started to run towards the town, they're feet splashing in the water and mud that was already appearing in patches on the ground. The rain started to get heavier and heavier as they got closer to their destination. The wind got stronger, making it more difficult for the brothers.
As they were coming up to a turn in the road, the armor seemed to be straining to hear something.
"What's that noise?"
He was starting to lag behind his brother because of the wind, but tried to keep up to him.
As he took a long stride to catch up, he saw something at the corner of his eye. He could see light up ahead, and hoping that it was probably a hiker with a lantern looking to help people lost on the path, but it seemed to be moving to fast for a person.
"Brother! Look out!" he screamed, as the car came around the corner in front of his brother.
The boy gasped as he stared into the headlights as it came tearing around the corner and headed straight for him. At the last minute he turned to move to the side, but as he did, he slipped on some mud and lost his balance, plunging into the darkness below.
His brother had jumped out of the way when the car came towards him. He saw the blond boy move out of the way also.
When the car had passed, he got up and noticed that his brother was no longer there. He ran to the other side of the road and noticed that it just ended, there was no other side of the road!
"Brother! Where are you? Answer me please!" he called, but got no response.
He decided to go down the hill and find his brother. He used the mud to slide carefully down the hill, looking left and right for his brother.
When he reached the bottom, he started calling out again. He called and called until he heard a soft noise coming from a few feet in front of him.
It was still dark and raining, which made it hard for him to see anything so he tiptoed forward to find the noise. As he got closer, he spotted a body lying against a tree.
"Brother!" he screamed as he rushed towards the form of his brother. He was cut all over along with his coat and had bruises on him.
The armor shook his brother, calling his name, but no response came from him.
"Your still breathing, but your unconscious, " he said, as he picked up his brother "the town's not that far I'll take you there and find help."
The armor walked into town half an hour later. He had taken his brother's coat off and wrapped it around him like a blanket to keep him warm and so he didn't bang against anything. He looked around, but saw no one in sight.
'Where is everyone? Hope I find someone soon to help Brother.'
"Is anyone there? Please! My Brother needs help! Someone! Anyone!" he cried out. He could see that some of the houses had lights on, but no one came to see where the cries for help came from. He walked along in the mud trying to find someone that would help.
He caught something at the corner of his eye, someone was moving around. The wandering figure stopped moving in front of him and cried out.
"Do you need help? Were you the one that was calling?" The voice was female and didn't sound very old. He couldn't see the figure very clearly, but could tell from the voice alone.
"Yes, that was me. My brother's hurt, he fell down the hill into the woods. Can you help us?"
"I think I can. Bring him to my place. Let's get out of this rain before we all die of pneumonia." He followed the girl to a small, run-down house. Holes were in the walls and the glass on the windows was broken, the wood was also starting to rot away.
The girl moved a long wood board away from the door and opened it.
The inside of the house wasn't very appealing either. The floor was filthy and was littered with garbage and bottles. There was a small bed in the corner of the room, the sheets were torn and worn.
"Put him on the bed over there" she said and the large boy put his brother there. After he set his brother on the bed, he took off his clothes and handed them to the girl.
"Thanks, I'll hang them up here to dry," she went into another area of the house "you can sleep on the couch if you want since there's no room on the bed".
He looked over at the couch; it was covered in stains and was torn at certain places.
"I'm ok, I'll sleep here beside the bed".
The girl came back into the room holding a pillowcase. She knelt down beside the bed and started tearing up the pillowcase.
"Where is he hurt?" she asked.
"Well, his right arm and left leg are fine, but I think everywhere else might need care.
The girl started to wrap up his left arm and head, when the large boy said,
"Thank you very much. My name is Alphonse Elric, but you can call me Al"
The girl giggled and stood up after she was through.
"He should be fine now, but we'll see in the morning. Goodnight Al" she said as she went over to the couch and curled up. Al turned to his brother on the bed.
'Goodnight Brother. Hope you feel better'
Al opened his eyes the next morning and turned to see his brother. He was overcome with joy to see two golden eyes staring back at him.
"Brother! You're ok! How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine, still hurts a little though. Where are we?"
"A girl's house. You were almost hit by a car and fell down the hill into the forest. I brought you into town, she spotted me in the rain and here we are".
His brother sat up and looked at his arm.
"What is this on my arm?"
"It's a pillowcase, I think that's all she had to wrap it. How's your head?"
He grumbled and held his head.
"Damn. It hurts the most and I'm starving"
"I'm not surprised Ed, no matter what the occasion, you're always hungry"
"I'm a growing boy, I need to eat."
"Not very fast though" giggled Al
"Hey, I thought you were on my side here Al!"
A door opened up on the side of the room and a voice called out.
"Oh, you're awake. Well, you seem to be ok."
Ed turned around to see who was talking and when he did, his face turned bright red. Standing there was a girl with blond hair; she was very pretty under all the dirt and matted hair. She was wearing a T-shirt that was too big for her, so it hung off of one shoulder, it was dirty and torn; she wore pants that were worn all the way up to her knees, they were also ripped and dirty. Other than the hair, there were two things that Ed noticed that made her stand out from under the dirt.
When she looked at him, she had the greenest eyes that he'd ever seen, they looked like that they were made from real emeralds. The other thing was her smile, the cutest smile, so gentle and kind.
Al was surprised by his brother's reaction to the girl who had saved his life, so he decided to break the silence.
"Um, excuse me Miss, but we haven't been formally introduced. As I said, my name is Al and this is my older brother Ed."
"Hi, pleased to meet you both, my name is Dayna"
Ed, still with a goofy look on his face said to himself,
'Dayna. What a pretty name…'
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