Chapter 10 – Sofies POV

I should have continued this in the previous chapter, but I didn't want to make that one to long. Corruption Glare- Keep reading and you'll see why she gets so tired and all so quick ;)

"Thank you guys" Steeping away from them towards the bed.

"What happened out there? With the bird? You really can heal? How did you learn to do that? Why did you almost pass out?" Ed fired away these questions before I had a chance to answer them.

"Brother" Al said

"Sorry" Ed said

All I could do was take a deep breath and try to figure out an away to tell them about my past. I know they will understand some of it, but not all of it. So I sit down on the bed and looked up at the two brothers.

" My insides, my heart and lungs, they don't work like they should anymore. Like your arm and leg Ed or your body Al. I tried something stupid, when my fiancée died"

"Human transmutation" Ed whispered

"Yeah, remember I said we weren't that different" and began to cough hard again, maybe being out in the clod so much when you aren't used to it, wasn't such a good idea Leaning over the bed gasping for breath I heard al leave quickly. Ed seemingly not knowing what to do sit beside you on the bed rubbing your back till the coughing stopped. When I was finally able to catch your breath and sit up as much as you hate to you lean back a little on Ed. AL came back in with a glad of water. The bed was kind of on the small side so there wasn't a lot of space to scoot around, but the silence of the two brothers made me nervous.

"What?"

"Well we've never seen anyone, do what you did with that sparrow. That was amazing. I didn't know that was possible, though I guess it is." Ed began to ramble again.

"Its kind of a long story. Al, you can sit to" Moving over, but ending up extremely close to Ed, which for some reason gave me a sudden case of the chills and butterflies, but unless it was my mind playing tricks on me Eds amber eyes softened some as I began my story.

"I'm an orphan, I never knew my parents, either of them. They could both be dead for all I know or care now. I was raised in a strict religious orphanage, where alchemy was forbidden. But I had made friends when I was around 6, with this elderly woman, who lived back in the woods behind the place. She would use alchemy to help her family and friends. She could heal too. She would mostly help her family and friends. She just said it about understood what was wrong and how the bodies' chemical make up was messed up and how to fix it. There were only a few things she couldn't do, she couldn't raise the dead, and could cure the really bad diseases. She taught me all about alchemy, the transmutation circle, the taboos, you know?" I leaned forward to put the glass on the table and leaned back, you were sort of on Ed and sort of on the pillow. "I hid my talent for about 2 years Then one day I was just playing around with it you know, changing the shape of rocks, freezing water. This time I got caught and to make matters worse my friend Sicily was with me, she wasn't doing anything, she was totally innocent, just watching. We were both severally beaten and locked in the basement. She was a very frail child and young than me. I couldn't think of anything I could do to help her. My bruises and stuff where bad enough, but she couldn't even stay conscience for more than a few hours. The only thing that came to mind was I could try healing her with alchemy.

I sighed and took a look at the brothers they seemed intrigued.

"Go on" Ed urged, I just nodded and went to staring straight down at the bedspread. The lady that ran the house came down the next morning. Sicily was healed, when she was asked what happened, she told, rather than get beaten again. I was put out on my own at 8 years old I was on my own, in the streets" I'm really not ready to go any further, I look towards the clock and notice how late it has gotten.

Standing up. "Can we finish this later, Ro, er I mean Mustang wanted to meet with us at 7 in the morning." I stretched then had a thought. " Or, guys can start your story?"

"What story?" Ed said. "We don't have anything to say."

"Come on, how you guys started with the alchemy and all? I told you mine you tell yours, its fair." I took off my coat and shoes, and then crawled back up on the bed.

"Fine" Ed said.

"You can take of your cape and shoes, get comfy." He did that as a scooted over towards the wall. He took the seat on the out side of the bed and Al was sitting at the bottom.

As much as you wanted to here their story, you couldn't help it for the first time in a long time you felt comfortable. And slowly dozed off.