me: Alright. In this chapter, I'm going to explain some things.

Ed: Good.

me: Yup. Wait... why would you care?

Ed: I don't.

me: -vein pops out- Anyways...

Angel of death and grief: Thank you! -

cartoonwatcher31: Sorry it took so long! -;

fullmetal365: Thank you! Your always there!o

Al: Animefan127 doesn't own FMA. This idea does belong to Animefan127. New characters do as well.

Roy: No flames have turned up...

Sarai: Which is good for us.

me: I'm gonna go onto the next chapter or I might hurt Ed.

Ed: Whatcha gonna do?

me: -grabs two frying pans-

Roy: -whistles- That's worse than my flames.

Ed: Oh shit...

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Ch. 8 Tears From A Mistake

Xola sensed another presence.

Here? No. In the house. Who?

She stood up and jumped onto the roof. She saw Sam in his room and... Tanya, but a bit different.

Xola knocked on the window and Sam looked at her. Sam waved his hand, telling her to leave as Tanya turned around.

Sam grabbed Tanya and she thrashed her arms around. Xola jumped down and crashed through the window.

"What are you doing!" Xola yelled as Sam tried to keep Tanya in the air.

"S-She's trying to kill you!" Sam struggled as Tanya hit him in the jaw.

"...What...?"

Xola was speechless. Everything went in slow motion. Tanya suddenly slammed her head on Sam's and he let go, falling to the ground. Xola ran forward to help only to feel a piercing pain in her side. She looked and saw a black icicle, sticking out of her side.

She began falling and Sam tried to get up. She fell into Sam's arms and was surrounded by peacefull darkness as she heard the cruel laughter of something quite inhumane.

(((Space)))

As long as she doesn't wake up, these mortals have no hope.

Chaos sneered as Sam attempted to wake Xola up.

"You-"

"I don't want to hurt you, so lay off."

"W-Why... why are you doing this you whore!"

Chaos punched Sam and pinned him on the ground.

"Shut up! The only reason I haven't killed you, the only reason that I kept you alive is because I was told not to!" Chaos shouted in rage as Sam stared at her.

"But... why? Why keep me alive? Why haven't you creatures killed me!" Sam asked angrily, shoving Chaos away from him.

"Stop being fiesty!" yelled Chaos as she threw black icicles at Sam.

Sam evaded easily and punched Chaos in the stomach.

"You..." Chaos angrily muttered under her breath as she tripped Sam.

"I can't help you. Sorry." Sam spat in disgust and Chaos grabbed the collar of his shirt.

"Listen, you specialize in alchemy and minerals. If you combine the two, plus humans, you just might make the one thing many of us homunculus want." Chaos whispered, making Sam shiver.

"There aren't practically any of you left... why do you continue to serve Envy and the others?"

Chaos stared at Sam, dropped him, and turned towards the window.

"I... I'm not sure... I guess... I want my own body... not to share one with your younger sister..." Chaos whispered as she stared out the window, in a daze.

"You don't need to follow them. You can stay here with my family. If you continue down the same path you are on now, it will lead to many regrets." Sam replied softly as he stood up and walked next to Chaos.

"No... I chose this path... I will continue it... I can't turn back... I've worked to hard... for to long..."

"So you are never going to give my sister back?"

Chaos turned and faced Sam, her eyes full of tears.

"Sam... I will when I can, but for now... I'm sorry... I cannot." Chaos whispered sorrowfully as tears slid down her face.

"Why are you so different from the others... why is it you feel and show all these emotions...?" Sam asked wiping the tears away with his hand.

"I don't know... honestly... I can kill you if I want... but... somehow... I can't bring myself to do it." Chaos replied as more tears fell.

To Sam, it was hard to see someone so familiar to cry. He embraced her as she broke down.

(((Space)))

"Sam!"

Soya ran into his room and stopped. Chaos was crying on Sam's shoulder and he wasn't minding. Sam looked at Soya with sorrowfull eyes. She knew that things would probraly be different from now on.

I actually felt... pity... for Chaos... Soya thought, a bit confused, as she closed the door and walked down the hall.

(((Space)))

"Poor Chaos..."

Sarai watched the whole thing from the door. She clapped her hands, quietly, and brought Xola out of the room.It seemed like Xola was sleeping. Sarai walked back to her room and put Xola on the bed when a question came to mind.

How is a goddess made.

Sarai sped down the stairs and into the living room. She quickly grabbed books that had different things about goddesses in them.

"A goddess is chosen by the one before it. For when a goddess is destroyed, the one chosen takes it's place. When a goddess chooses another child to be a goddess, the child must be trained in the Celestial Realm. If the child is human, it will be taken immediately to the Celestial Realm, regardless of the child's wishes."

Sarai was shocked. She never knew that a child didn't have a choice, if he or she was chosen, whether would want to train there or remain in this realm.

"But... what's the story with Xola?" Sarai wondered aloud as she heard a clap and the sound of a transmutation.

(((Space)))

"Aw, don't tell me we ran out of ramen!" Ed shouted angrily as Al walked next to him.

"Brother, if you want, I can go get some." Al offered, but Ed shook his head.

"No, I just get some later." Ed sighed as he shut the cabinet doors.

"Okay brother." Al replied and he walked away.

Ed walked onto the front porch and looked around.

"I wonder where Zues went..."

Ed shrugged his shoulders and went back into the house.

Meanwhile...

"So... the others are dead?" Sloth asked and Lust shook her head as she grabbed a skull.

"Some of the others are regenerating. It takes a while here. Gluttony is almost finished." Lust replied as she smashed the skull into small pieces.

"Well, well... here comes Envy." Sloth sighed as a dog ran up to Lust.

"What is it?" Lust sighed sitting on a piece of a building.

The dog glowed white and turned into Envy.

"Well, Chaos has succeeded in putting the goddess to sleep. I think she would be a good replacement for Anger." Envy smirked as Lust stood up.

"Lust, can I eat them?"

"Not Sam, Gluttony. We need him." Lust replied as Gluttony frowned.

"Can I eat Edward?"

"Be my guest." Lust snickered as Gluttony grinned and vanished into the darkness.

(((Space)))

"...Why...?"

Xola sat there. In the void space of her mind. She did not understand the human customs of this world.

"If... what if... I can't return...?"

"Sweetheart..."

Xola looked up to see an older version of herself.

"Are... you... me...?"

"No. I'm your mother."

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me: Don't kill me, Don't kill me, Don't kill me, Don't kill me, PLEASE!

Ed: Her baby sister was born, her basement flooded...

me: Every time it flooded, my computer would short circuit! -Sobbs silently-

Al: Anyways, please read and review. No flames unless helpful.

me: -sitting in a corner sobbing silently-

Ed: wow...

me: Don't kill me, Don't kill me, Don't kill me, Don't kill me,-

Ed: They're not gonna frickin' kill ya! Alright!

me: You don't know that...

Ed: I'll make sure of it.

me: -mumbles to herself-

Al: Brother, don't make promises you can't keep!

Ed: Al, this promise I can.

Envy: I doubt it. -snicker-