Tears of Confidence

Strong winds were blowing that night, they were pounding up against the old warehouse. Rattling doors that barely hung on one hinge, and windows which glass was acutally plastic. And where the teenage girl Dawn sat was in a cold, damp room. It was dark, full of no life and had a pungent smell of blood to it. She sat huddled up in a corner, breathing out cold air that was seen as white mist anytime it left her red lips. Her skin tingled, the winter night wasn't friendly and the grey blanket did no good to keep any warmth.

I Are Humonculus able to feel the cold? That boy… he told me Humonculus don't have feelings, no hearts. But does that mean they also don't feel anything?" /I She closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the wall. She was afraid of her own kind, afraid that she was to different and would be thrown out of this place, and no where to go. With closed eyes she could see a far distance light, it grew brighter and brighter, she scrunched her face and forced her eyes open. Envy and Lust entered the dark room, the door that had been open let no light into the room at all for the hallway was also as pale and dark as this ghastly place. What light had she seen?

Sweat was running down her face and Envy raised an eyebrow. "How can you be hot? It's 20 degrees outside." He snarled and grabbed Dawns blanket and pulled it away from Dawn's grasp, which made Dawn stand in an attempt to snatch it back.

"Give it back!" Dawn yelled and grabbed a part of the grey fabric and clutched it tightly and tried to pull it away from Envy.

"Not unless you agree to do something for us." Envy snapped and managed to yank the cloth from Dawn's grip, sending the thin girl to the cold and hard ground.

"What he's trying to say is that were asking you that you will follow or command and listen to what we say and do what we tell you." Lust explained, the homunculus stretched out an arm and her nails extended, clipping Dawn's short sleeved black dress and pulling the teen to her feet.

"Why should I?" Dawn snapped and wiped the corner of her mouth where saliva has gotten on. "No rather, my answer is no, I'm not going to be your dog." She snapped.

Envy threw out a hand and grabbed Dawns dress and lifted the teen off of her feet and up to Envy's eye level. "You'll do it without a say in it! Or I'll beat you senseless!" He yelled.

"WHAT MATTERS? IT"S NOT LIKE WE FEEL PAIN ANYWAY." She yelled and Envy's grip released and she fell to the ground.

"What will it take for you to listen to us?" Lust said with a stainless curl to her voice. Dawn stood up and panted a bit. Inside of her she felt like her body was tightening, tense and alert. Was this the feeling of excitement or fear?

"Let me.. Let me wander around town."

"Never." Envy barked.

"If you let me do that then I'll do whatever you say!" Dawn yelled picking up her blanket from the ground and hugging it against her chest. "I own black gloves I can put those on and hide my marking, besides of the purple hair no one will suspect I'm different."

"But your eyes are a blood red color." Lust said.

"Doesn't matter."

Lust turned to Envy with a grim expression on her face. "If it will make her do anything-"

"Just be back here everyday by midnight." Envy snarled and left the room with Lust, leaving behind a steamy feeling in the room, a mood that couldn't be shaken from Dawn's bones as she sat back down and tried to fight her way to sleeping in this bitter cold night in December. But her bones were cold, her blood was cold, and anytime she tried to make fire appear in her hands it withered away before it even burst into a decent spec.

It was morning now, Dawn slept on the cold ground huddled up in a corner and rolled into a ball with her blanket. She shivered in her slumber, and her breathes still came out pearly white. Her eyes slowly creaked open, letting the morning light filter into her eyes. She sat up, feeling an even greater coldness on her skin as the blanket that gave her barely any warmth fell off of her. Her limbs were stiff from the cold, and they cracked when she stood up. Clutching the blanket it one hand she left her room and out of the warehouse before Envy or Lust could come and get her.

Dawn held the blanket out in front of her and swung it's tattered fabric behind her and wrapped it around her shoulder. The blanket fell down to her ankles, giving her enough room to walk without tripping. And so she went on her way. Dawn couldn't even feel the burning inside of her anymore, if was like a hand had got into her body and pinched the flame out. She was so cold, her lips were purple and she shuddered, shuddered a lot.

Now coming into town she stopped at the entrance and looked at a store that read 'Pleasure' in bright black ink. The cold feeling of her body left her mind as she was interested in finding out what this store was. Her little feet dragged her over to the door and she entered, a small bell rang through the room when she entered and rang again when the wood door closed. The room was warm, she could feel the heat on her skin. It was like paradise.

Dawn began to walk down the first shelf in the store and stopped with her mouth gaped open. Laid all about the shelf was tons of pictures, all cluttered onto the shelf, all of women naked, and posing. Before Dawn could react a hand laid on her shoulder and she screamed and jumped to the side turning around and facing to person who had touched her.

"What is someone like you doing here? Usually we don't accept child pornography but we can make an acceptation for a pretty think like you." The man stuck his hand on Dawn's breast, and then a hand was felt around her waist and she was pulled back away from the pervert man. "Ahhhh! Let me go!" Dawn screamed and a hand was put over her mouth.

"Sorry she's with me." Came a familiar voice. The pervert man grunted and walked away without a fight. Dawn's body was released and she tumbled forward, grabbing her blanket which had fallen on the ground and turned to face her savior. Her eyes widened and her cheeks reddened. "I… I didn't… know." She gasped quietly. "Wait… what were you doing in here?" Dawn asked and pointed at the boy with blonde locks and golden eyes.

"If you think I'm in here because I want to buy pictures of girls, then you have it all wrong. I watched you wander inside here and thought I might go help you since I know what happens in these kind of stores." Edward replied.

"How do you know?"

When a blank stare Edward didn't answer and just grabbed Dawn's arm and let her out of the store. "Your arm is freezing." He commented once they were a couple of blocks away from the pervert store.

"Uh yeah, well… where I live theirs no source of heat, so I slept all night in 20 degrees or below weather. Uh… Ah… where is that tin suit man that was with you?" Dawn looked over Edwards shoulder to see it her was behind him walking up to the two.

"He out of town, he had to go to my friends place to get a repair…" Edward looked away from Dawn, and there was a moment of still silence as neither of them knew what to say. "So…" Edward began. "What are the Humonculi planning to do with you."

Dawn blinked and looked around. "Why would I talk about that here?" She said in a low voice as people passed them.

"Then will you come to my place so we can discuss this?" He asked. Dawn gazed down at her feet, her light purple hair falling over her eyes and waving in the wind. Strands of hair dancing around her fact as she thought of an answer.

"I… I have to be home by midnight." She said quietly and felt her arm being tugged at again as she walked forward.

"Sounds good." Edward said with no emotion. Dawn raised her head and looked at Edward from a side point of view. The question was… why was she trusting this stranger so much?