A New Start- Cry For Me- chapter 1, blood
"EDWARD!" the voice didn't even faze Ed. He was on a mission to find HIM, no matter how long it would take. "EDWARD!" Ed pushed past the gathering crowd and past some officers. One tried to stop him, but he showed his watch and the man let Ed go past. He was almost there; where the building had collapsed. And HE was still inside, looking for Ed when it had happened. "EDWARD ELRIC!" Ed heard Riza call his name again. But he still wouldn't go back. He had to find what he was looking for.
When he came to the room, he immediately looked for HIM. There were piles of debris everywhere, and a layer of dusty rubble covered any standing wall. Ed's eyes dashed around as he searched for what he needed. At long last he found it. Ed rushed past the officers, even if they were a commanding officer. He dug in the pile of bricks and paint until he found what he was looking for . . . blood.
It was on a small piece of steel. Yes, this is what Ed was searching for. Hawkeye and Havoc (A/N too many damn 'H' names!) rushed over to the kneeling Elric.
"Sir?" asked Hawkeye, a worried look staining her usually calm face. "Lt. Colonel Elric, (A/N Yay Ed got promoted!), is everything alright, sir?" the young blonde stood up and looked the woman in the eyes.
"Here." He stated plainly and handed Hawkeye the piece of bloody steel. She gasped as she realized exactly who had died that day while looking for Edward. She knew who had been out, and who was in the building when it fell. No wonder Ed was so out of character. He had just lost the one thing he was close to.
The funeral took place a few days later. Everyone that Ed knew was there, and a few that he didn't, but mainly ones he did. The priest was babbling on and on about knowing the person being buried. Ed knew it was all a lie. And, he knew that said person did not believe in a God, nor that some random church dude pretended to know HIM. It was an insult to HIS life.
After the service, only Ed and Hawkeye remained. Ed put a bouquet of flowers near the headstone. He wiped a small tear away.
'How could you leave me?' he asked the dead soul. 'I thought you said forever. But… you never got what you wanted, did you? And it's all my fault. You were looking for me, because I thought it'd be fun to go off somewhere. Dammit. Why am I always alone?'
Ed put a hand on the stone and read it one last time.
Alphonse Elric
Beloved Brother, Beloved Friend
(Insert date here) – (insert date here, but 15 years later)
"Bye, Al." he whispered and got into the car. He sighed and thought of the only person who didn't come to the service; Roy Mustang.
