A Brother's Comfort (an FMA Fanfic)
(part I)
It was an awfully dark and storming outside, and what was currently occurring inside their military dorm room wasn't much better. Stormy nights like this were always bad news for 15 year old Edward Elric ( a .k .a the " Fullmetal Alchemist") , because both his right arm and left leg are Automail prosthetics, and storms always made the joints ache. Not only that, but he also had a fever and a terrible headache as well. His younger brother, 14 year old Alphonse Elric, had helped his older brother get into bed, and was sitting down in a corner and watching him. Even though it had taken awhile, Ed was finally able to fall asleep. However, it was not a peaceful sleep, because both the fever and pain were causing him to have a terrible nightmare about his little brother.
* Ed's nightmare*
Al was alone, chained to the floor in a strange room. Suddenly, a door opened and none other than the Homunculus Greed came into the room. " W- what do you want from me?" asked Al nervously. Greed came closer to Al with a malicious sneer on his face. " Look" , he started. " I told you that I want everything, and that includes immortality" he continued. " But I'm not immortal!" Al exclaimed nervously,( even though nobody could have known that by looking at the helmet that served as replaces for his head and face). " That's true" , said Greed. "But, you are the closest thing to it." " What are you going to do to me?" Alphonse asked fearfully. Greed laughed manically. Then, he walked up to Al and removed his helmet. " I'm just gonna take a look inside your armor to see how your soul can be attached to it", said Greed with a twisted grin. Unfortunately, Al couldn't stop Greed from climbing inside the armor and discovering his secret. " So", said Greed with a diabolical sneer, " this blood seal is the only thing that keeps your disembodied soul bound this world." " Don't touch it !", yelled Al. Greed laughed at him again, and the sound echoed ominously inside the armor. " Why not?", asked Greed, still smirking menacingly. "Because", said Al, " if you mess with it I could die!" "Well". said Greed evilly, "mind if I test that out?" " NO!", screamed Al. "Brother!" Brother, help me!" Al tried desperately to free himself from the metal chains that had him bound to the floor, but it was too late. Al screamed for his brother once more before Greed reached up and broke the seal. Then, he escaped from the armor and disappeared. Immediately after that, the armor shattered into a million peaces. Then, everything vanished.