I Stories

Germany, April 15th 1917

In the bunker soldiers were laughing and talking despite the gunfire they could hear in the distance. Most of the time they had when they weren't on the battlefield they would read the letters from home, but sometimes they would tell stories. At first glance they seemed fearless, but as the sounds from the battlefield got louder they grew quiet.

"Sometimes I wonder if we're gonna make it alive outta here"

It was Kain Furey who said that. The other soldiers felt the same way, but they didn't admit it out loud. Jean Havoc, another young soldier took out a cigarette and lit it.

"We're in the middle of hell here, that's for sure" he said.

It was true. The war going on was brutal, and many soldiers from both sides were either KIA or suffered painful injuries from gun wounds or poisonous gas.

"Makes you wonder if it's ever gonna end" said Vito Falman.

"It also makes you wonder if there's even a god out there"

"What makes you say that Breda?" asked Havoc.

"We're in the middle of hell here like you said. If there really is a god out there then why is all this happening?"

"He's right"

All four of them turned and looked at the one who said that. It was Edward Elric, the youngest of them all. He was only eighteen, but he had gotten drafted.

"This is the second time I've been through living hell" he said.

He usually didn't say much, and today he seemed more down then ever so they were surprised he was talking to them. They wanted to ask what he meant by that, but at the same time they didn't want to bring up any bad memories he had. He knew what they were all thinking, so he just came out and said it.

"I was on the Titanic"

They had all heard about that. It was supposed to be an unsinkable ship, but it hit an iceberg and sunk shortly afterwords. There were only so many lifeboats, so many people drowned.

"All those people..." said Falman.

"If you don't mind me asking, what was it like?" asked Furey,

"I'd have to tell you the whole story for you to understand" he said.

"Could you?" asked Breda.

Havoc elbowed him for asking such a thing, but Ed seemed ok with it.

"I guess I should start from the beginning then"

Author's Notes

Alright well here's the first chapter of my Titanic story. This is sort of based off the movie so it has some similarities, but as you can tell there's a lot of differences as well. I'm gonna tell you guys now that most of these chapters are short so that's why I'm uploading three at a time. Everything else (except for the epilogue) is also written in 1st person Ed, but I'm kind of getting tired of writing in first person so this will me one of my last stores in 1st. Other than that I ask for reviews, but no flames.