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Written for the fma_fic_contest on Livejournal.
Challenge 312
Prompt: Drift
Journey
When I was human, all I wanted was to really live. Now that I'm immortal, I'm still trying to work that part out. I desired to make something of my life. I wanted to be more than just Slave Number 23. And in the end, I got this wish in the most horrific way possible.
I'm sorry for my part in this, my friends..
I spent years trying to find myself again in the maelstrom of the lost souls within me. I got to know every single one of them; I had the time after all. I can hardly separate their desires and emotions and memories from my own human ones.
One is all and all is one.
I drifted aimlessly for years, never staying in one place for long. I travelled through many countries and swallowed all the knowledge I could muster. What else was there to do with my immortality?
Will you wait for me, Trisha?
One day, I found my other half – my soulmate. She's the kindest person I know, that she could love a monster like me. And then we created two new lives together. For a while, I got to pretend that I wasn't an abomination. I loved and was loved in return.
I'll make the world a safer place, boys.
Edward and Alphonse showed me how unselfish and unconditional love can be. I now know what it means to be a father. And I know that I have to find a way to make sure Father and the Homunculi don't succeed in their plans. For those boys, my boys…for the world.
Will you help me, my friends?
I'm not sure if I have a home anymore. Do I have a right to even go back there? If I do go back, will they even know me. I guess it doesn't really matter as long as my plan succeeds.
We will succeed together, Hohenheim.