"I'm scared Dana, where's mama?" I heard my sister say.

"I'll get her Becca. You stay here and don't move." I say back. Clutching my big, chunky sidewalk chalk I drew a circle around her. "What ever you do, do not come out of this circle. It'll protect you from anything that comes your way." I turned around and saw her again. "You."

"Sister, what are you sayi..."I heard her say, but she already saw.

I knew my temper was rising. "You. You were the one who made Daddy go away" I said, my face red from the flames around me.

The pail lady in black chuckled. "Possibly, I make a lot of people "go away". And don't plan to look for your mother now, she can't help you anymore. She just left as well." She said smoothly.

"You...No. No you didn't. "I heard Becca say. She was starting to tremble.

The pale lady chuckled softly again. "Barry, come out and have some fun." She called to someone behind her, while keeping her dark pink eyes on us. Behind her, I saw a scrawny man laughing insanely. My eyes slowly moved down to see an Ax reflecting the flames. I gasped.

"How many are there, Lust?" The man said.

"Come and find out for yourself. "She said to him, while walking out of the room. "Have fun" she said, loud enough for us to hear her.

"Don't I always?" Was his reply.

"Dana, who is that man. He's scary looking. "my dear sister said to me.

By now I was hugging my sister, trying to comfort her as much as possible. But really, I was more frightened than her. "I don't know Becca, but he won't lay a finger on either of us." That's a lie and you know it! I thought to my self. But what else am I going to say.

When the strange man approached us, my sister hid behind my back. "Get away from us!" I shouted at him. But he just threw his head back and laughed.

"Too late. I'm already here" he said, like it was a joking matter.

"I mean it! Get the hell away from us, NOW!"

But he just ignored me. He grabbed me strongly by the arm and threw me against the wall. He started laughing again. "You first, little one."

I saw him lift up his ax. "NO!" I screamed. We're not going down without a fight.

"Just wait, you'll be together again soon enough."

OK. Now his attitude it just getting annoying! And now he plans to hurt my sister. MY SISTER! "NO! Get the hell away from her!" I ran towards his back and jumped on him. I had no idea what I was doing, or what I was going to do next. All I had in mind was saving Becca. Finally, he stumbled backwards.

"Get the fuck off me, bitch!"

"Get the hell away from my sister!" I shouted into his ear.

He cut my arm and made me fall off. I slammed into the hard wooden floor with my back. I started hearing screaming. "Dana! Dana help me!" I heard her say. The strange man kicked me hard in the stomach. I looked up and saw her. I saw Becca. I saw her shouting in silence. I felt her leave me. I'll kill him. I'LL G-D DAMN KILL HIM. I saw my hand draw something with my chalk. A blue light. Then, darkness.

(End of dream)(Dana's POV)

I felt someone shaking me hard. "Dana! Dana! Wake up already!" the voice was saying.

I woke up suddenly. My face was soaked, and my blankets were at the foot of my bed. It was Ed who was shaking me. I see his eyes overflowing with worry.

"You were screaming 'I'm sorry Becca' and a bunch of other stuff. Are you OK?"

I slid a hand down my face. "Yea, I'm fine. Just a bad dream. That's all."

"I don't think so. Who's Becca?"

That hurt me. I hate talking about my sister. "I'd rather not talk about it."

"Oh. I'm sorry." He said, obviously upset with himself.

"No problem. Oh. By the way, what time is it?"

"I think around 10:30, 11:00'ish."

"Oh. OK."

"OK. So I'll see you later then!" Ed said. He patted my shoulder as he left.

(Ed's POV)

"So, how is she?" Al asked when I came out of the room.

"Fine. 'Just a bad dream' she says. I tried to talk to her about it, but she closed the subject."

"Well, there's nothing else we can do now but comfort her now."

"Yea, I guess. Come on. Lets go roam around the house aimlessly."

"Coming."

(With Dana)

What can I do about it? I can't bring her back, I already tried that. But I can't go on with these dreams. There is always the philosopher stone, but I don't know how to make it. I'll go to the library and look it up. She thought while eating a bagel.

(At the public library)

"Um, excuse me?" Dana said politely.

"Yes?"

"I was wondering if you have any books on the philosopher stone."

"The philosopher what?" The librarian asked, obviously confused.

"The philosopher stone." She repeated

"I'll check. One moment please." In a moment she said, "I'm sorry. We don't have any books on…that."

"Oh, OK. Well thank you anyway." Dana said, rubbing the back of her neck.

"No problem. Let me know if you need any more help."

"OK."

Great, now what? I guess I'll look for something else. What was I thinking? The public library having a book like that. Only the state library would possibly have something on it. You're starting to get really sad, Dana. She thought.

(With Ed, back at the house)

What the hell is up with Dana lately? She's been having these dreams constantly. Ed thought in his room.

He heard the door open. "Hello? Is anyone home?" He heard. Dana was back from the library.

"Hey. Up here. What's up?"

"Hey! I'm coming up. Where are you exactly?"

"In my room."

"Damn it's cold out!" she said, coming into his room.

"Well, what do you expect, it's December."

Dana just rolled her eyes and smiled.

"So where were you?" He asked.

"Just at the public library." She replied, sitting down on his bed.

"Anything interesting?"

"Nope."

"OK. Skipping to the point. What the hell happened last night?"

"What are you talking about?"

Your dream, what happened? And who's Becca?"

"I told you that I didn't want to talk about it."

"Come on Dana, please!" He begged.

Sighing she said, "Becca was my sister. She was…" she shut her eyes. "She was killed right in front of me."

"Holy shit. Who…who could have done such a thing?"

"Some guy named Barry." Her eyes were still shut.

"Oh my G-d Dana, I never would have thought that."(A/N: Yes people I don't write the word. I'm sorry.)

Shaking her head, she looked up at him. His eyes were full of worry. "No. You wouldn't have thought of it."

She's so lonely. I've never seen that in her. Wait, Barry? I know that name. Wasn't he that guy who... He thought. "What did he use as a weapon?"

"An ax. Why?"

"Just wondering."

"And why is that?"

He sighed. "Because a few years ago, before we met up with you, Winry was visiting us and this guy named Barry the Chopper was on the loose. Lets just say that he enjoyed killing young women. So basically, he kidnapped Winry and scared the crap out of me and Al."

"Oh well, do you think it's the same guy?" I hate this stuff…why are we even talking about it?

"Actually, yea. He used an ax as a weapon, and you said that he used the same thing."

"What ever. I heard he was sentenced to death a while ago."

"Well, that wasn't really true." He said.

"What are you going on about now?"

"He ended up being resurrected into a suit of armor, and then planed to take revenge on us and finally kill Winry." Ed sighed and then slouched. "But thankfully, let's just say that we got to him first…Well Al did anyway."

"Yay. Claps for you two. Now all I have to do is find out who that other woman was and why she wanted to kill us in the first place."

"What other woman?" Ed nearly yelled.

"There was also a really creepy woman in a tight, black, strapless dress. I don't remember her so vividly, but I think she had long, wavy, black hair. One thing's for sure; I remember she had a red mark on her chest. Kind of in the form of a serpent chasing its tail." The girl said, suddenly deep in thought.

"Hey, you guys. What's up?" Al said, making a cheerful entrance.

"Hey" Ed said.

"And where exactly have you been, mister!" Dana asked. Yay! Finally a way to get off the topic!

"Just…Just around the…the house" He said, a little frightened.

"O.K.!" She said bubbly.

"O.K.?" Asked Al.

"Yup! O.K. I'm going to my room to start reading my eyes out. See ya!"

"Have fun." Ed called after her.

"So, what were you two talking about?" Al asked after they heard Dana close her door.

"Al, your such a busybody!" Ed said, laughing while shaking his head.

"What! Come on! Tell me!"

"I just scratched the surface on Dana's past. It's kinda like ours, except not really. But I don't think she's ready to talk about it just yet."

"O.K. so tell me. I obviously won't tell her unless you want me to."

With Dana

Why does Ed have to be so nosy sometimes! It's driving me insane! I don't wan to talk about my past, so why does he have to go into it. I guess he really is just worried her me. She thought while lying on her bed, not reading. I don't even have a good book to read! "Hey! Did the mail come yet?" she called to anyone who would listen.

Yea. It's in the foyer. I think I saw something for you." Ed called back.

Well, might as well check it out. She thought while getting off of her bed. When she got down to the foyer, sure enough, there was a letter for her. Wonder who it's from. It doesn't have a return address, which means that someone came here and personally dropped it off. She hopped back to her room and opened it. It was from the Village Hidden in the Leaves.

Dear Ms. Dana West,

We have talked with your superiors and it has been decided that our village, the Hidden Leaf, will train you in the art of the ninja. This is to protect your well being and in return you can help our village with some of your alchemy. The first class begins in two weeks. Please be at the academy on the 15th, two days hence of your first class. If you have any question, please contact Iruka, your teacher for the year.

Signed,

The third Hokage