Chapter 6: "But i don't even know where you are."

They have spend hours getting through the cavern and to the canyon that Star went through. Rose never had a problem as she did not hesitate to go through the cavern like any other easy obstacle course, but the others have been tired from the cavern, even Bumble who's a mechanical being. They have made it through the cavern and find themselves in the canyon that Star was, by telling from the foot tracks that Rose saw on the ground.

"Did you find him yet?" Bumble asked Rose.

"No." Rose answered. "but he has been here before."

"How long do we have to catch him?" Smiley asked her in very gasping breaths.

"not long."

"Nah C'MON!" Phoney whined like a baby asking for his bottle. "We've been walking the cavern almost the whole night and morning with only limited food and water. you couldn't possibly think that the crazy kid climbed the wall with his bare hands?"

"it is the only way." Rose told him.

"She's right." Booker added. "he couldn't just walk straight through the canyon. It's an endless time of wasted steps."

"Hey, the kid is about to snap and lose it!" Phoney said. "You could lose your mind too when you're infected by the causes of war."

"Star is not crazy, Phoney!" Fone Bone spoke to him with anger.

"So why did he leave us? Why now and why here?" Phoney asked. "Proof that he's losing his mind to anger and confusion!"

Booker then kicks him in the face. "That's enough out of you, you creten!"

"Yeah." Mr. Down spoke with happiness. "thanks for that! I would've done the same thing!"

"You're welcome."

"Lets not get violent here, everyone." Elizabeth seized the conversation. "There is a friend that needs our help!"

"yeah." Thorns agrees with her. "He need us to help him through, like he helped us."

"You're right." Smiley said. "Fone Bone, remember the time that Star helped you work the nerve to ask thorn out on a da - -"

"YES, Smiley, yes i remember, no need to bring it up."

" and Thorn, remember he helped you with the pageant and you won?"

"Yes. He encouraged me to be positive and courageous."

"And mr. Down. . . "

"All the deliveries right on time." Mr. Down smiled. "What a gracious lad."

"He also helped me with the gardening and housework back where i live." Rose added to the conversation. "He never minded how hard it is."

"He did that for all of you?" Bumble asked them.

"What a saint." Elizabeth commented.

"His father must be very proud." Booker spoke.

"Yeah yeah we all get it, he's a goody goody two shoes." Phoney complained. "But do we really need to go after this kid? he might be far from here as possible."

"Yes." Fone Bone answered his question. "if one of us does the same, he would get us."

"Naww, Fine!" Phoney said. "he did take the blame for my mistake anyway."

"the biker incident." Fone said with distaste. "Yeah. We know. He ended up in the hospital for days because of you."

"I know! I didn't want him too. Now you got me all sad!"

Phoney suddenly started to walk forward, ahead of the others. then he stopped and turned to them. "Well aren't you coming or what?" Phoney questioned them.

They looked at each other with confusion. Then they all went after him, ready to climb the walls.

Star starts to get tired from the walking but Al is not breaking a sweat due to the fact that he's a suit of armor. "Man!" Star says with a tired breathe. "How long have we've been walking?"

"Only for a few hours!" Al answered.

"are you sure?" Star asked again. "because all this heat that makes my brain melt and i starting to get all . . .. ."

STar then collapsed to the ground like a zombie. Al rushes to his aid. "Star! Are you okay."

Star was completely tired out from all the walking. Suddenly, Star opens his eye and pops right back up. "I'm okay!" Star yelled. "I'm alright! Just needed a good nap"

Al starts to get confused by Star as much as he's worried by his behavior. "Are you sure you're alright?"

"YEAH!" Star yelled. "I just needed a nice long nap, and now i feel much energized, heh heh!"
"Star, i think you're not well."

Star halted for a second and then looked down.

"Sorry, Al." Star apologized. "The heat is making me crazy and i really need to rest and get a drink."

"The town is not far now!"

"You said that an hour ago and look where we are! I bet the town is as far as ou imagination soars the length of a thousand years."

"No, Star, the towns close now!"

"just forget it, Al. Lets just die here and be one with the Great Spiral that is in the sky!"

Then Alphonse grabs him by the head and turns him to the direction of the smoke coming from the horizon. Star lets go and then he and Al ran to the horizon, revealing the town that Al said earlier. The town was in front of them, and they were happy to see it. The town of Hulganer near the front of the Middle Stone Wall.

"The town of Hulganer. The city we were heading to. Maybe brother is there."

"Then lets find out!" Star said as he runs to the city. Alphonse follows him.

They walk the crowded streets of Hulganer, where many panicked civilians are rushing around and leaving the city. But most stayed because they have no where else to go. the crowded streets bothered the two, being pushed around by each person that told them to "watch out" or "get out of the way". They were very aggravated by the people that live in the city of panicked people. "We were heading straight for here when we received the letter from a ninja clan named the Yoshi clan. They said that they have something that we need."

"but that was before you two got jumped by ninjas in the middle of the desert, right?" Star asked.

"yeah. except that they look nothing like the clan we knew from the books. They looked different. very different."

"in that case, we need to meet them and find your brother." Star ordered. "First we need to find a place to stay. By the looks of this, we wont have much luck finding a perfect spot."

They then spot a person dropping his radio, breaking into nothing but pieces. they young man has glasses and where a sweater vest and a bow tie, looking like a nerd. they young man kneels down and gets sad over the broken radio.

"Man!" the young man spoke angrily. "Now how am i going to pay from my house?"

Star walks to him, catching Al's attention. "Star?"

"Excuse me, sir." Star asked him. "Is something wrong?"

"Oh nothing." the young man answered all depressed. "It's just that my radio is broken. I was going to sell it, but now it's no use."

"Maybe my friend can help." Star said to him.

"who?"

"Hey Al!" Star called him. "Can we borrow your alchemy for a second?"

Al walks over and looks at the damaged mess. He then pulls out a piece of chalk and draws a transmutation circle on the ground. He puts the radio at the middle of the circle and clapped his hands together. then, a bolt of lightning flashes on the radio, creating smoke. when the smoke clears, a brand new radio is revealed to the young man, making a smile on his face. "How did you do that?" the young man. "magic?"

"science." Al answers, giving the radio to him. "it all science!"

"anyway, thank you very much." the young man said gratefully. "If there's anything i can do for you, just ask."

"Actually, there is one thing." Al spoke. "Do you have a spare room for us?"

"We do, but is very small." He answered.

"We'll take it." Star said. "We wont be there for long. we're just looking for somebody."

"okay." The young man then gives him a handshake. "My names Peter. Peter Parker."

"I'm Star Skye." Star introduced himself. "This is Alphonse Elric."

Then they followed Peter to his house.

That evening, Star and Al made themselves at home. Star takes the bed while Alphonse sits on the floor criss crossed. Peter came to their door. "Hey guys, My Aunt May made you some cake for dessert if you want some."

"No thanks, Peter." Star said to him. "i'm still full from dinner. Your aunt is a great cook."

"yeah."

"Thanks. I'll tell her what yo said.

After he left, Star turned his attention to Al, who seems to be asleep.

"Can i ask you something, Al."

"Ask away."

"i was wondering. . . . How did you become like this?"

Al becomes quiet from the question, and then he took a deep breath and starts to talk. "It's a long sad story and it brings back alot of sad memories. I'll tell you, but it's gonna get very uncomfortable for me to say the story."

"Take your time." Star said to him. "I also have bad memories myself. I've lost a lot and everything i have known has been taken from me. That's how i got her. I just want to tell you that you're not alone here, Al."

Then, Al begins his story.

"It was after our mother's funeral when we did it."

"Did what?" Star asked him.

"Human Transmutation." Al answered grimly. "A theory of bringing a human back to life from the dead."

"Is it possible?" Star asked before realising the answer. " . . . . Nevermind."

"anyway, we read up on it and gather tools and ingredients for the transmutation. after we created the transmutation circle, it started to go just fine, but then came the part that everything went wrong. I was the first to go. my body has been taken from the world while my brother lost his arm. He brought me back from to the armor costing his leg. When he saw our mother, she was . . . she was . . . "

Star, hearing the story, becomes depressed and sheds a tear from his eye. the story reminded him of his mother, who died back at Hillvalley during the Destron invasion. Star then went over him and sat in front of him. "I'm sorry for your loss." Star told him. "I lost my parents too. My mother died during a Destron invasion at Hillvalley and my father was murdered. I also lost my love and i never saw her again. So far, my life becoming undone. Th emost important thing is to remember them and move on with the love they've given us. That's what motivates us to doing great things. you probably knew that already."

Star then went to bed to sleep. Al, surprised of what Star said, Turns off the light.

"Thanks, Star, for reminding me of that." Al thanked him. " Good night."

"Good night, Al." Star thanked him back. "And thank you for teaching me that lesson."

Star finds himself in total darkness and then a white door appears behind him. Star sees it and approaches it slowly and cautiously. Star then grabs the knob and opens the door. When he did, he sees Natalie sitting and having tea in a beautiful garden full of flowers and butterflies flying around. "Hello, sweety." Natalie greets him happily. "Have a seat and help yourself to some tea."

Star goes to his seat and sits. Star begins to wonder why this isn't awkward. Star just stares at his tea sitting on a saucer. He then stares at Natalie who is enjoying the scenery and air of the garden. "Isn't it beautiful?" Natalie asked Star. "the flowers and butterflies. Life is so perfect here."

"When you are in a dream." Star added.

"This isn't a dream Star." Natalie told him. "This is what Spirals are inside. Everyone has a special garden inside themselves. There can be some weeds that just poison the heart, but can be plucked off the ground easily and never come back. The flowers keep growing day after day. That's how Spirals work."

"Is there a point to all this?" Star asked her. "Because I want to know if you're even real!"

Natalie gives him a serious look. "Sorry." Star apologized. "it's just after the last night we met, i beginning to wonder if i'm actually dreaming and you don't exist."

"Do you think i exist?" Natalie interrogates him.

"Yes, i mean . . . I dont know! I just don't know!" Star complained to sadness. "But even if you're a dream, i want you to exist because . . . i felt that we have known each other for a very long time! I loved that!"

"In that case, yes i do exist." She answered his question much to his satisfaction. "I'm communicating you through telepathy. i'm somewhere in the land and you must find me, because together we must bring order and peace to the planet Spiral."

"But i don't even know where you are." Star told her.

"don't worry." Then the table vanished. "that pendant around your neck, it will guide you to Leo, a lion of the sword. When you find him, he will lead you to me."

"the pendant . . ."

Natalie gets up from her chair and walks to Star who's still sitting. Natalie bends over and puts her hand on his face. "We will be together soon, love. You jus got to have patience and faith in your mission."

She then kissed Star on the cheek. "see you later."

Natalie then walks to the white light, leaving Star to bath in it.

Al shakes Star from his sleep, waking him up shouting the name "NATALIE!"

"what?" Al asked.

"Nothing. just a dream. why did you wake me (damn it)?" Star grumbled to himself. "Why did you wake me up."

"Because i found a note on our door." Al showed him the note that has marking 東私たちを満たしています。セイバーをもたらす。唐, and Star understands the language and so does Alphonse. "'meet us east. bring Saber. Karai.'"

"What does that mean?" Al asked him.

"I don't know." Star answered. "But lets go find out."