Nightmares
The nightmares were always the same. He was standing in the garden, smiling. 'Kaa-san! Kaa-san!' he would exclaim, 'look what I made!' he would hold up a metal horse, made with alchemy. 'That's wonderful Ed! You are your father's son after all.' Her mother would say, smiling, then she transformed, she transformed into the monster that he had made that night. 'But,' it would croak, 'you couldn't make Mommy right, could you?'
Then he turned around
'Nii-chan!'
Nina stood before him, patting her dog, Alexander. 'Let's play!' she would giggle, and then they melded together into a grotesque chimera. 'Let's play!' the distorted voice of Nina and Alexander would say.
But tonight, Alphonse was there too.
'Nii-san!' he said in his human body, waving. Then he would turn into the hollow armor. 'Nii-san! I'll never forgive you!' he would say,
And Edward would cry, sobbing for all he's done.
And then he would wake up.
'Nii-san? Are you okay?' Alphonse would say across the room, Ed would just curl into a ball, relived that Al was still by his side, even if no one else loved him, as long as Al was there, he would be okay.
And if he wasn't there?
Then he would cry.