Edward woke up, pain piercing through his veins as he tried to move. After fighting his pain he was finally able to sit up, after surveying his surroundings he knew that he was in a darkened forest at night, and he was alone. He stood up, brushing dirt and grass off of his pants, "Al? Winry? Anybody?" he asked as he walked around the trees, the clouds began to block out the moo to where he couldn't see. Edward wandered aimlessly hoping to find some means of illumination, he just passed tree when he tripped over something, "The Hell?" he muttered as he looked and saw he tripped on a flashlight.
Ed grabbed it and flipped it on, the white light illuminating the area in front of him "That's better." He said to himself as he continued to walk. CRACK! Ed whipped around to see...nothing but a broken tree branch, "Must be an old tree." he reassured himself as he picked up the pace, "My My Dear Alchemist, walking aimlessly, huh?" said a voice inside his head that Ed recognized all too well, "Truth, you bastard, where the hell did you send me?" Edward's voice contained aggravation and slight anger. Truth laughed as he took full notice of Ed's annoyance, "Slender Woods, There is a monstrous demon here that must be taken care of-" Ed interrupted with an outburst, "Why the hell did you choose me?!" He raged as his red coat snagged onto a tree, pulling him back a bit.
"Because of two reasons, One is that your alchemy ability can maybe rival his...skills. Two is that it's after pure souls-" again Edward interrupted truth's sentence "What does that have to do with-" Ed was interrupted by Truth with a fact that made Ed's eyes widen, "Your armor bound brother is the perfect feast for him." Truthinformed him as Ed punched a tree, cracking it slightly down the middle, "Alright, what's his name and how do I find him?" Ed's anger started to surface in his words as he spoke. Truth cleared his throat then continued.
"His name is Slenderman, he is a paranormal entity with no face and tendrils emitting from his back, he towers over the tallest human at about twelve feet tall. Also he plays mind games on his prey, to even find him you must collect pages.'" Ed seemed confused, "Pages? What's with this guy?" he muttered as Truth made his parting words "Be careful young Alchemist, he can cause you to go mentally insane. And what ever you do, don't ever turn around. Farewell." Edward felt truth part from his mind as he looked around for these "Pages".
Minutes ticked by without any kind of clue to find a page, Truth's last remark kept ringing within his mind, "What does he mean by don't ever turn around?" he asked himself out of frustration. he continued to walk, his flashlight shining brightly as he saw a small white rectangle on a tree not that far in front of him, he dashed forewords and plucked it off the tree." Don't look...or it takes you, the hell?" He said as he noticed a small sketch of a tall man with no face dressed in a suit. "Must be referring to that Slenderman guy." he mumbled as he folded the paper and put it in the pocket of his red overcoat.
SNAP! Ed heard something like a tree branch be ripped off a tree, he was about to turn when Truth's warning echoed through his mind "Be careful young Alchemist, he can cause you to go mentally insane. And what ever you do, don't ever turn around." So Ed had to fight everything within his entire being not to turn around. The young alchemist tried to keep his mind off of Slenderman,tried to focus on finding the pages so he could get out of here. After wandering around he found another page on what looked like tanker of some sort, he picked up and read it aloud to himself, "Always Watches No Eyes?" he asked as he noticed a crossed out circle in between the two phrases, he stuffed it in his pocket and kept walking.
Sometime past before he heard the sound of footsteps, at first he wasn't goanna pay any mind to them, until he heard the voice of the footstep's owner. "GET AWAY FROM ME!" His eyes widened as he sprinted towards the wanted to scream so she knew that he was there to help, yet if he did that would only inform Slenderman of his whereabouts. Edward cautiously slowed down as he got closer to the scream, and he was horrified to find out he was right about the owner, "..Winry..." He whispered to himself as he watched that gigantic bastard standing in front of her, she looked like she couldn't move as he stared into his blank face, terror filling her eyes as she slowly fell to her knees.
Edward's anger filled to the brim at seeing Winry like this, he watched as sickening tendrils emitted from his back, just like the hands from the gate, they reached towards Winry's still frame. 'LEAVE HER ALONE!" he screamed as he jumped in, his palms pressing together to from a circle he then pressed the to the ground. Small blue waves of alchemy ran through the ground, then the dirt and wood shot up, forming a barrier to surround them. "E-Edward?" She whimpered as he held her close to him, like a protective boyfriend. "I'm here Winry, it's ok." he tried to soothe her unease by stroking his hand through her hair.
Edward knew that if they stayed then that tentacle abusing bastard would get them, so he opened up a small exit in the back. "E-Ed...I can't move." Winry muttered as she stayed glued to the ground out of fear, Ed picked her up on his back and ran as fast and as far as his shrimp legs could carry them. Edward panicked as he heard loud CRACKs and SNAPs getting way too close for comfort, he thought there was a chance he wouldn't make it but he KNEW he wouldn't let ANYTHING happen to Winry.
Slenderman then appeared in front of them, towering over them like a Shinigami Death God ready to devour their souls. "Winry, there are eight pages scattered around the forest, find them and bring them to me." Ed whispered as he set her down, facing away from the Slenderman. Winry wiped tears away from her eyes as she ran, upholding the request Edward had given her, "All right you bastard, Let's see what you got!" She heard him scream as she ran. "Ed, you idiot..." She whimpered as he continued to run, the flashlight reflecting every tree, stone and animal.