"EDWARD!"

A gasp escaped from a petite form in the corner of a small basement. It quickly got up and balanced itself by placing a hand on the wall and hopped on its one leg across the dark room, fumbling for the door knob.

"EDWARD ELRIC! GET YOUR LAZY ASS HERE RIGHT NOW!"

Shivers bounced on its back as he finally found the door knob. He clumsily wrenched the door open and hopped faster. When the door was opened, light poured in to show a golden long-haired boy with only one arm and a leg. Fear instilled in his heart as his so-called father shrieked for the third time.

"EDWARD! IF YOUR NOT HERE IN TEN SECONDS, YOU WON'T GET ANY FOOD FOR A MONTH!"

A whimper escaped his mouth as he tried really hard to fasten his hopping up the stairs. He was already so weak because he hasn't eaten anything for a week now (his punishment for accidentally dropping one of his father's cutlery when he was serving his father's dinner) and he doesn't know if he could survive a MONTH.

"TEN!"

He whipped his head up when his father started counting. Oh God, he had to HURRY!

"NINE!"

He pushed the wall as he jumped three stairs at once. This hurts his palm but he ignored as his father counts again.

"EIGHT!"

Finally at the top of the stairs, he hopped quickly to the direction of the voice.

"SEVEN!"

He reached the kitchen and fell down hard on his face when he tripped on the carpet. His father walked over to him with demonic eyes. Edward flinched when his father gripped his hair and pull him up to meet his son's face. He smirked when he saw his son's golden eyes filled with terror.

"You lazy bastard, I raised you up and this is how you thanked me?" the father, Hohenheim said with a low rage filled growl. "You were supposed to make breakfast you imbecile!"

He shouted as he threw his son across the room and painfully hit the wall. He quickly marched up to his now trembling son. He bowed down and a hand flew across Edward's face. It took all of Ed's will power not to cry there and then.

"Useless bastard! Next time, if you ever over-slept again, I'll make sure that it's the last thing you'll ever do, understand?"

The blond nervously gulped and nodded his head. The look on his father's face tells him that he was far away from joking around. Hohenheim snorted disgustingly towards his son. He slapped him one last time before retreating upstairs not without leaving a frightful warning to his son.

Golden eyes, relaxed ever so slightly, when his father was nowhere in sight. He heaved a deep breath to stabilize his drumming heart. Tears gathered at his eyes, but he refuse to let them fall. He scrunched up his white (now grey and torn) shirt in a failing attempt to block out the dark thoughts lingering in his mind.

"How can you be so stupid?"

"I d-didn't mean to…"

"It was just a simple thing, and even THAT you can't do."

"I-I'm sorry."

"No wonder he beats you every day, you're pathetic. Just go and die already."

"I-I can't, I promise m-mom."

"Mom? Oh, you mean the lady you killed? Idiot, she was happy, HAPPY to die."

"No, she, she wasn't!"

"Face it, you useless piece of meat, you KILLED her."

"I-I didn't! It was an accident! I-I didn't kil-killed her!"

"Tch, go on and keep telling lies to yourself, selfish brat."

Am I really that selfish? I never really wanted to kill her, I never did. She was the greatest mom he ever had.

He tired sorrowfully to push those thoughts away as he pushed himself upright. He had to do his chores now, if he linger around, his father would get really mad…

So, here's another (pitiful) shot at writing… I hope you readers like it! ^^

Update will be next week… ^^ On Friday..