Chapter 1, Shelter
All I wanted was to get out of the cold. Away from all the shouting, guns and tanks going off. I just wanted my brother to be safe. I ran for hour in the cold. Ice starting to form in my once blonde now red hair. My unifore torn, stained with my brothers and mine blood. My skin felt like it was about to crack like the fresh ice on a lake. My legs were starting to lose feeling in them. I forced myself to keep going, using every bit of strength I had in me. The snow started to fall heavier. I couldn't see the path that was right in front of me as i keep going, i lost my footing and we fell. I don't know for how long, all i do know is that… the whole way down i had him close to me. Shielding him with my body to stop his from getting anymore injuries. We landed hard at the bottom, and I could feel the pain of my bone in my arm cracking. But it is not me i am worried about, my brother is...and nothing will stop me. I tried to get up but i feel right back down in the red snow. The pain from the cold and the broken ankle and knee I now have. I looked over at my brother who was still passed out. Laying him next to where I am, I started to crawl to a tree nearby. Laying my brother next to it, I ripped my sleeve off and used part of the tree to make a splint for my ankle. I picked him back up and held him close as I got up. Every step was nothing but pain. I keep pushing through. The only thing I cared about was finding a place to keep him safe. 'B...brother…' looking down at him 'shh..have your energy.' I picked up the pass. I don't know how much time passed, all I know was that i had lost all feeling in my body. Falling to my knees and holding him close, the wind picked up and felt like knives on my skin, my hair was packed down with blood and ice. My brother curled up close to my chest, trying to find any warmth that I could give him. I looked up once the wind died down and say something in the distance. 'A cabin…' getting up I forced myself to use all the will I had to run to it. Kicking the door in I walked in and puts my brother on the couch. Then using the wood that was laying around I nailed the door closed. Lighting some of the lamps in it to see better I throw wood into the fireplace and lit it. Grabbing the first blanket I saw I wrapped my brother up in it and held him close as we sat in front of the fire. 'L..Ludwig…'he looked up at me a little. 'shhh Gilbert...I'm here...your safe..' My big brother was all I had left, this war...this war is not my fault...they started it all..but I will not let anymore of my people suffer. I got up and looked around for anything that I could use to patch him up.