Chapter 1: Patience
Roy had finally left, and all seemed that the more time Al and Janine spent together, the more Roy would try to pry them a loose. Al and Janine sat there for a while in silence. They both knew that they would have to face the truth: Janine's father did not like to see his daughter dating one of the Elric brothers. They knew that their love for one another was sincere, honest, and also open.. Ed thought about what Winry told him last night. He could not believe that Winry was really pregnant. "Morning sleepyhead" Winry said as she poked Ed back to reality."Morning Win"he replied. Winry got up and went to take a shower. Ed was still lying in the bed, in his boxers. After a good while in the shower, Winry emerges from the bathroom. Ed looks at her while she starts to dress. (she sure looks good right now)Ed thought to himself. Meanwhile, Al was already up and about. Al knocked on the door. " Hey is it alright to come in?"he asked. "Yeah "Winry called. "Morning brother and Winry"he said. "Morning Al"Winry replied. "Same here"Ed said. When they all were dressed, they went down toeat something.
"I was thinking that maybe when the baby is born, that we could find a house of our own"Winry told Ed. "Maybe you can try to find one for now"Al piped in."Well that would have to wait."Winry responed. "Hey, Al, do you know how to do dishes?"Winry asked kindly. "Sure, i'll be glad to do them"he replied.Ed went over to the window and sat down. Winry followed suit."What's wrong"Winry asked. " Well, now that i know that we're going to have a baby of our own, i thought about the m word"he told her."You mean "Marriage""Winry replied. "Yes". Ed turned so he was facing Winry. "I thought that since we want to share our lives together, then we could possibly start a family of our own, and then get married"Ed continued. Winry thought about this for a minute. "Well, if that's what you want to do, then i'm with you"she replied. Ed kissed Winry on the forehead."I love you"he said. " And you", pointing towards her belly.Winry laughed. "I love you too"she said, as she looked at Ed...
Janine was still in Central, looking for her dad. (oh my god, where could he be?)she thought, as she searched the now abandoned Central. Janine was near tears. She had never thought that this was going to happen to her, but yet in the mist of all of this, she had hope. When Janine turned a corner, she heard voices. (get that little bitch) on of the voices said. (if she comes around her, grab her). Jnaine knew that meant trouble, with a capital t. She began to run as fast as she could. she did not know where she was going. But she knew that she had to get away from there.When she made it to the gate, she saw a horrible sight. There,on the ground was her father, roy, and those around him were the guards. They were beating him, kicking him, and then she heard a gunshot."NO!!!!"she yelled with all her might. She began to run towards them. When she met them, she pushed them out of the way,but it was too late. Roy was badly injured."Tell me where the damn jewel is!" one of then guys yelled. Janine felt the grip of the guards hand around her waist."If you don't tell me, then your preciouse daughter ismine" again the man yelled. Roy stumbled to get up. He reached out with his hands and grabbed onto a broken tree branch. "You know, i won't give it up unless you really want it"he responded. All of an sudden Roy knocked the guard off his feet and grabbed Janine. "RUN JANINE, RUN!!!!"Roy yelled to her. Janine did not want to leave his side. "NO!"she replied. "If we have patience, our turn will come"she responded. Then Rou understood what she meant. Janine knew that time would run out if they did not get out of there. Janine did not know that when she was born, she inherited Roy's powers. Out of no where, Janine mustered up a gigantic ball of flames and hurled it toward the guards and the ringleader.The ball hit the car, and detroyed bothe car and the leader. All that was left was ashes. Janine was so sore from that. She passed out. Roy looked at her and knew that she would be the next flame alchemist. He struggled to pick her up, but carried her to the inside of the ruins. Roy then turned attention to his self. The place where they shot him, was so badly infected that he could not do anything to help. Janine slowly awoke. She then saw that her father was slumped on the ground...
