AN: So, here's a story I've been meaning to upload for a while now. It's about my OC, Veronica. :D I'm really happy with how this turned out and btw, it's going to be a two-part story. So this isn't how it's going to end (:

Summary: In Ishval, Veronica protects Roy from a blast from Kimbly's alchemy and is badly injured. Soldiers have to drag Roy away from the site, but there weren't enough hands to move Veronica so they left her there. Veronica, content with dying to protect her only family, laid there waiting for death.


"Brother, I have a really bad feeling about this." Veronica turns to Roy with a worried look. They hadn't seen anyone for almost an hour now.

"We'll be fine, Ronni, don't worry." He assures her and tugs lightly on his gloves.

"I haven't even seen any Ishvalans." She says and looks around. It was completely silent, aside from their boots against the sand. "I mean shouldn't there be someone—"

"Wait, do you hear that?" Roy points to where he heard the sound coming from and then runs towards where he pointed.

"Roy! Wait, you don't know what could be over there!" Veronica shouts and chases after her brother. Once she's around the corner she's almost trampled by a giant group of Ishvalans, running from something. "Roy!" She shouts again, unable to locate her brother.
Veronica shouts for Roy, but the amount of people running in the opposite direction of her makes it impossible to get through. After some time of pushing and shoving, she gets out of the crowd. She quite literally stumbled into another State Alchemist – The Crimson Alchemist.

"Kimbly," She growls. "What are you doing here?" She demands and crosses her arms.

"I was sent to assist the two of you." Kimbly explains. "You two aren't getting them to leave fast enough." He steps forward and claps his hands together.

"No, you can't!" Veronica screams, "Roy is still—" But it was too late. She turns with a horrified expression just as Roy emerges from the crowd. Kimbly smirks and presses his hand to the ground. Without thinking Veronica throws himself in front of Roy, attempting to block some of the blast from him. The ground irrupts in a burst of red light and rocks and dust fly everywhere. Rocks slam into Veronica and she feels one giant rock land right on her legs. Fighting back a scream threatening to break out she attempts to push the rock off of her. Roy attempts to help as well but the next explosion knocks him and Veronica back. Veronica's legs are torn from beneath the rock and an ear piercing scream leaves her lips.

"Roy?" She manages to cough out. She thinks she hears footsteps over all the screaming, but she's not positive. She reaches for her face, to wipe off the dust but ends up smearing blood all over her face. She looks down at her legs, surprised to see that they're still actually there. Blood is seeping through her dark blue pants and collecting in a puddle at her side. Veronica attempts to pull herself up but the pain in her legs makes it unbearable. Her eyes, irritated by the dust, try to locate Roy and after a minute or so, she spots him not too far away from herself and he's not majorly harmed. She rests her head backwards and breaths in deeply. This wasn't how she had been planning to die, but she would rather die protecting someone she loves.