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Chapter One:
Leaving It Behind
Today was the day. He was finally going to do it, he's done all he needed to. He left the letter for Mustang and he sent Al off to Risembool. Today he would do it. Today he would finally leave it all behind.
Edward Elric desired one thing right now, to be free from all the torture. To be free from it all. To live in harmony. To run away from it all. Which is exactly what Ed planned to do. Run away from everything.
He packed his bags in the dead of night. Ready to free himself from the cage. He needed to release himself from hell. Alphonse didn't know. He asked his younger brother to stay in Risembool with Granny Pinako and Winry. He left Roy a letter, briefly explaining why he was leaving, but carefully made sure that he did not mention where he would be going. Not that it mattered, Edward himself did not know where he was going.
Ed was thinking he would just wander around aimlessly, until he came across a small town that would not recognize him as Edward Elric, Fullmetal Alchemist, Dog of the Military.
Somewhere he could start anew. That's what Ed was searching for, That was his new goal.
He couldn't stay here any longer, the very air was suffocating him, it was hard to breath. He was constantly weighed down by his errors and mistakes. The guilt. He couldn't move on, couldn't move forward. The teen couldn't take it any longer, he needed to set himself free.
Edward had been planning this for a while now, each day the air became thicker. It took a while to convince his younger brother to leave him. And as soon as Edward managed that, there was nothing holding him back. Nothing at all.
He would soon forget of his mistakes and sins, release the guilt. Then he could be happy. Truly happy. Without anything dragging him down. That's what he lived for, this very day, where he would leave it behind.
He checked his suitcase for what seemed like the millionth time. But it had to be perfect. Opening the trunks lid, he examined the items inside.
Traveling clothes. Money. Alchemy books. A small amount of food. A picture with Al, his mother and himself, all smiling, back in the days where nothing was difficult, there was no heavy emotional stress. When the only problems where who would get to play with the new toy first.
But soon, Ed could feel like that again, no problems, carefree, peaceful.
Sure, it was hard to leave Al behind, but this would be better for him too, After all, what kind of person would want to hang around the guy who took your body? Even if they were brothers.
So he had to do it. He really had no choice. He had to escape. There was no option. Ed had thought of other ways to escape from the pain. But his mind always came back to this thought. So that was it. This was the only option he had left.
He knew Roy would try to stop him, that's why he waited until the Colonel had left the office to drop the letter on his desk. He could find it in the morning. It would be to late then. Edward would already be gone.
But Ed had thought it would be too cruel, to leave all the sudden without telling Roy he had left, and that Roy wouldn't ever see him again. And the young alchemist couldn't say that in person. He couldn't say it to the face of his father figure, he knew the look he'd get, he knew he'd get the look of utter disappointment, And Ed also knew, that if he saw that look on Roy's face, he might loose all his nerve and stay, trapped, in that suffocating place.
Another reason he was leaving was the feeling of being utterly alone. He knew he had Al and Roy but, with Al he felt as though he needed to be strong for him. Which he did, it was his job of being a big brother. And Roy, he couldn't tell Roy anything, even though he was the father figure in his life, he was too afraid of what Roy would think of him after knowing. So that brought him back to his plan.
Running away. The time was now.
And with that thought, Edward walked out the door of the small apartment he once shared with his brother.
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