Me: FFTTT! Chapter 10! :D

Choco-Neko-Chan: Bam, beez. Fear eet. :U

Me: I had a request to put Mei in this story, but she's actually in it. She just hasn't made an appearence yet. She will in a few chapters...and that's all I can speak of that.

Choco-Neko-Chan: Fffft. You type so slow and I KEEP MAKING ERRORS. WRRRYYY All is well.

Me: Annyywayyy! Let us begin this chapter. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTERR!

Choco-Neko-Chan: Blarg.

Me: Rollinggggg :D

"I dunno, did she hit her head sometime maybe?" Huh…? That sounded like Edwin…

"No! She didn't hit her head! Something's wrong! I think it's my fault!" Dad…?

"Brother please, please, calm down. Why don't you go downstairs to the lobby and call Winry? She has a right to know what's going on, plus she can calm you down." Uncle Al…

"Like hell I'm leaving my daughter when she started hearing voices and passed out on the floor! Plus the fact she started running a fever and breathing heavily! No way in hell!"

I then couldn't hear the distinct voices anymore, just a bunch of arguing and bickering. I could hear Dad over them all…but yeah.

"Daddy…" Crap. That was me wasn't it? I said that. I called him 'daddy' again like I was five or something.

He gasped, "Alice!"

Wait. Was I lying on the bed? Yeah I was. Why did I feel like I had just been pounded into a wall twice? My head was pounding, my body aching, I didn't know why, but it was. My eye lids drooped and my throat felt dry. Had I really passed out? It was then it clicked. Those voices. Why the hell did I hear voices? And…ones that didn't sound too human really.

"Hi…" I squeaked. I sounded hoarse, what was up with that? I only passed out. Why did I feel so terrible?

"Alice are you alright?" Dad panicked placing a hand on my forehead.

"Yeah, I'm fin-" I was cut off by a coughing fit and Dad slung his hand away.

"You don't sound to fine." Uncle Al grumbled.

"Well…maybe Alice is getting sick. That might be what all the nightmares, weird dreams, and voices could be coming from." Edwin suggested.

"How does getting sick explain getting bad memories from me, huh?" Dad growled.

"I dunno, she's always been your favorite, maybe you're psychically intoned." Edwin grumbled as he turned and walked out to the balcony.

Dad scowled, "I'll be back…" And with that he left the room.

Uncle Al sighed and placed a hand on my forehead, "You're still running a fever."

"Uncle Al…" I began my eyes burning with tears, "What's going on?"

"I…I don't know, Alice."

"What do you mean you 'don't know' you and Dad…you…you both always have the answers to everything. I…" I tears ran down my tears and I quickly wiped them away with my forearm. "I'm tired of this; it's confusing and stressing me out so much it's making me weak and sick. I can't handle this anymore. I just want to go home, Uncle Al." I cried.

"I'm sorry to say, Alice, but running away from these problems isn't going to help you. I don't think going back to Risembool will stop your nightmares. Plus they aren't actually nightmares, you're only seeing Brother's memories through his eyes and how he saw them. The question is why and how."

"Maybe I'm physic?" I suggested weakly.

"Or maybe…it's because of feeding off Brother's energy. All people are made of matter, right?" He asked.

"Well…yeah."

"Well all of that comes with energy too, there's physical energy and everything. Being an Energy Alchemist means that you can feed off the energy around you and put it into objects to make them do as you want. Brother hasn't told you or Edwin this, but since you've started having nightmares, he's felt drained."

"So…it's my fault then…" I whimpered.

"Not purposely, you said you felt like you need him, right?" Uncle Al asked.

"Well…not as much as the nightmares first started, but I still feel like I have to be around him and be connected to hi-" I stopped myself. That was the reason. It had to be, everything Uncle Al had just said made so much more sense than before.

"Right, so you're getting his memories and everything from the connection of your energy feeding off his. Therefore you just need to start using your alchemy more often so your energy doesn't want to feed on someone else's. Like that trash lid Furher Mustang gave you when they were trying to identify your alchemic abilities, you could use it to do alchemy and it'll also be what you feed off of."

"But Uncle Al, Energy Alchemy only works through metal and iron and no other materials like regular alchemy."

"Alice…what's Brother's automail made of?"

I gulped, "Iron."

He smiled, "And that's our answer. The reason why."

I grinned, "I'll go tell Dad!"

"Hold it, you're still running a fever." Uncle Al said worriedly.

"Aw come on, it's just the balcony a few steps away." I groaned.

He sighed, "Fine, but don't you all be out there to long, I don't want you sicker than you already are."

"You sound like my father." I grumbled as I slid off the bed.

"I'm your second one, yes." Uncle Al replied.

I smiled, "Yeah, yeah."

I made my way to the door and quietly slid it open. Only to find my brother and father screaming at each other.

"Look I'm sorry if I'm paying more attention to her right now! But you saw what just happened in there! She's getting sick now!"

"Maybe! But you've hardly talked to me in a week, Dad! Plus, she's always been your little girl!"

"Who else was she going to look up to because your mother's always with you because you're the one interested in automail, Edwin!"

Edwin flinched, "Wait. What?"

"You've always been with Winry making automail and Alice was always with me! But just because of that doesn't mean we don't love you! Winry may be around you teaching you to make automail but that doesn't mean she doesn't love Alice just as much. And because I'm with Alice all the time doesn't mean I don't love you just as much too!"

"Dad I…"

"Edwin, this is your sister! When I was young it was my fault my brother lost his body but I got it back for him because I went through hell and back for him! And because of what's happening to your sister she knows half of what I saw! So stop being so damn selfish at the moment and-"

"Dad," I interrupted, "it's fine. Everyone is selfish sometimes, I don't care, it's what makes us human, right?"

Dad's head turned towards me slowly, "Alice…?"

"Uncle Al was right, I was feeding off you and that's how I had been able to see your memories. Your leg, it's made of iron, what energy alchemists get their transmutation energy from. That's what was going on…sorry. It's my fault we've both felt so weak and drained. I've even made myself sick from it."

"So that really was what was happening…" Dad sighed.

I stared at my hand, "Doesn't explain this though…"

Edwin cleared his throat and Dad and I both paused to look at him, "You could just get her a metal bracelet or something." He suggested.

Dad's eyes widened, "Alice! You haven't been wearing that necklace I gave you, have you!"

"N-No, I didn't want it to get ruined while we were out here so I put it back in the box shortly after you gave it to me."

Dad smacked his forehead, "You idiot! That's what it was for! I didn't believe Alphonse because I thought you had been wearing the necklace. Geez, this all makes sense now!"

"I'm sorry…" I murmured.

Dad chuckled, "No, no, it's fine. I appreciate the fact you didn't want to ruin it though."

I opened the door, "I'm going back inside…" I said as I stepped through the door.

I slowly slid the door shut back behind me and sighed, "Everything alright? I heard yelling." Uncle Al asked.

"Yeah, yeah, everything's fine. My head is still pounding though; I think I'll lie back down. But first…" My voice trailed off as I went off to find the black box Dad had given me I clipped it back on around my neck. I see… I thought, the main part of the necklace is metal too, I didn't even notice. Then there's the chain too. So this supplies the energy for my alchemy to happen. But I don't want to transmute the necklace. I'll just have to find something else to do that with. Probably whatever's handy and a trash can lid to use the energy and fly above enemies.

I crawled back into my bed and lay there. My mind was still racing, Uncle Al offered for me to eat something multiple times, but I really wasn't hungry. Finally, Edwin and Dad came back inside after they argued then made up. I squeezed my eyes tightly pretending to be asleep. I didn't want to risk having another conversation with Dad after making a fool out of myself for not realizing the reasoning of the necklace he gave me. I suddenly felt weight on the bed, oh no. A hand reached up and petted my head gently; I immediately identified the person as Dad. He continuously ran his fingers through my hair.

"Dad, what're you doing?" I heard Edwin's voice say just above a whisper.

"I don't want her having anymore nightmares. This used to put to sleep when she was younger so I figured I'd try to help her."

"Are you sure you should touch her? I mean, isn't it the fact that you have automail the reason she had the nightmares because she's was getting memories through you?"

"Maybe, but I'm pretty sure the energy will go through the necklace because it's actually touching her. I was just tired of her suffering what I did years ago."

I rolled over and moaned, he was making me feel bad now for saying stuff like that. I cracked an eye open and looked up at him. He gave me a gentle smile and a wink as he continued to run his fingers through my hair. I felt my eyes droop and sighed. I then drifted off to sleep without having a nightmare for the first time in weeks.

Me: I told you it was an important chapter! :D