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Once it got quiet I opened my eyes to see if it had indeed been a dream. But I was still there on the door, I was still wet and shivering, and still scared. I had looked at the people around me and realized that none of them were moving: They had all frozen to death. I began to panic and thought I was all alone, but then I heard a voice.

"IS ANYONE OUT THERE?!"

I looked around and saw a light from a distance. It was someone holding a flashlight from a lifeboat; I was saved.

"CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?!"

I stood up and waved my arms around.

"OVER HERE!"

The light shined right in my face, so I knew that they had seen me. They began to row over, and a few minutes later they pulled me on board. Someone put their coat around my shoulders so I pulled it around me tightly.

"Thank you"

Then it occurred to me that this might be the same boat that Al and Winry got on.

"What boat is this?"

"Three"

But it wasn't. A while later I realized how tired I was so I closed my eyes hoping the next time I opened them we would have some other ship to save us.

"Hey kid wake up"

I felt myself being tapped on the shoulder so I slowly opened my eyes. The first thing I noticed was that the sun was up so it was morning. The second thing I noticed was we were now by a large ship called the Carpathia; we were saved. Seeing this I quickly climbed up the ladder and a crewmember helped me on board.

"Name?"

"Edward Elric"

He wrote it down as another person handed me a sandwich and a cup of coffee. As soon as I finished them both I began to look for Al and Winry. I walked around the decks for a while, but I couldn't find them. I wondered if their boat had gotten picked up yet, but then I heard a few crewmembers talking.

"I telling you, I actually feel sorry for the kid"

"You mean the one that tried to jump overboard?"

"Yeah. Apparently he lost his mom and older brother in the sinking, that's why he was calling out for them when he tried to jump"

I knew exactly who they were talking about: Alphonse, and he thought I was dead.

"Excuse me, where is this boy?"

They blinked and looked at me.

"You know him?"

"Yes, I'm his brother"

Their eyes widened at that.

"This way"

He led me to the deck where most of the first class passengers were. I immediately saw Al crying all curled up with Winry trying to comfort him.

"A!"

As soon as they heard my voice they looked up. Al saw me immediately and ran over. He hugged me and began sobbing on my shoulder, so I tried to comfort him.

"I thought you were dead" he chocked out.

I took my hand and rubbed his back gently like mom would do.

"Shhhh, it's alright"

Winry walked over quietly not wanting to ruin the moment, but I knew what she was going to ask.

"What about my mom?"

Al looked at me hoping for the answer he wanted to hear, but I just shook my head silently. Of course that just made more tears fall, and even Winry joined in the hug crying. I thought all my tears had dried up when I was with my mom for the last time, but I was wrong.

Author's Notes

Yeah Al tried to commit suicide, but Winry and some crewmembers stopped him. Well only two more chapters to go and it basically just wrapping things up from here on. Please review.