*Three Years later*
"Man, it freezing." I said as I rubbed my hands together to create friction. They had moved me and my family to North City during the coldest months of the year. I waited for Al to bring back some groceries so that I could start making dinner. Three years had gone by since the birth of Edison and Allison. Their birthday was today and I was going to make them a special cake.
"Mommy, Eddie bit me." Allison ran into the room. She was holding her arm and looked up at me very upset.
"Why did Eddie bite you?" I knelt down and picked up my very upset daughter and walked over to the couch in the corner.
"Here." She lifted her hand off her arm, and I saw the red skin. He didn't break skin so I pulled my daughter in tighter.
"Allison, does your arm really hurt? Or are you just trying to get your brother in trouble." My daughter was tough, just like me and her father. She looked up at me with her dull blue eyes with that sparkle that he held in his.
"It doesn't really hurt, I guess." She was a three year old girl and could speak in complete sentences. Her intelligence must have been passed on from her father.
"Well, can you promise me that you won't tattletale on your brother anymore, and I promise you I will tell your brother to not bite you again?" She looked wide-eyed at me and I just pulled her into a hug. I felt a slight nod from her and I let her go. "Go find Gran-Gran and play with her."
I watched as my daughter run out of the room towards her grandmother's bedroom. As she ran further down the hallway, I turned into my son's room. He was sharing a room with his sister but she always found her way into my room, well into the night. He was sitting in the room with a circle drawn on the floor. He face was concentrated as if he was trying to do something. I then realized what was happening. My son was attempting alchemy.
"Eddie?" I whispered his name. He turned around and saw me. He then got up and walked over and grabbed my pants.
"Did you bite Allie?" I knelt down so I could see him eye level. He looked away. I was never worried about Edison. He usually did act out. The only abnormal thing about him was the fact that he never talked. It is not because he can't, he just chooses not to.
He walked back to the circle and started to draw more lines. I knew he could read, but I didn't realize he was reading his father's and uncle's old alchemy books. "Edison, promise me you won't bite her. It's not safe. You make this promise and we can go play in the snow."
"Winry!" I heard Alphonse voice from the living room. He was panicked. I got up to see what was wrong. His face was pale.
"Winry, They found us. The Cretan soldiers are here looking for me and you. You need to get the kids and Pinako and go! I will stay behind and lead them off your trail. Go to Briggs. It will be safe for you there." He said as he grabbed my coat and the twins coats.
"Alphonse, You are not staying behind."
"I will meet you all at Briggs. I promise. This has something to do with this damn war alright. Please just go. I promised Brother I would take care of you." He pushed me towards the hall as he was prepared to close it off.
"Al…"
"Win, Us Elric boys never break our promises. Now go. You need to run. I will be fine." And with that he shut off the hallway with a wall. I ran and grabbed Edison who had heard the whole thing. He grabbed the coat and put it on. We then proceeded to get Granny and Allison. I told them we need to go and Granny understood almost immediately. So she grabbed her coat and I proceeded to grab the emergency bag I had incase this was to happen. We left out the back door and I started the car that was in the back alleyway. I was on my way to Briggs with my family.
I didn't realize how not using Alchemy for months at a time affects a person. After closing off the hallway, I was left a little weak. It wasn't the best thing but I had to protect Winry. I had promised my brother even if he was missing.
I didn't buy the fact that he was dead. The body we buried was not Brother's. It might not have been male at all. I knew if the military was faking brother's death, it must have been important. And it was. They were trying to make our life and Edward's life safer. But it hasn't worked. The Cretan military was still looking for us. I assume they don't believe Brother is dead either.
There was a knock at the door and I braced myself. The door was pulled off its hinges and thrown to the side. There Cretan soldiers walked in. Their hair fiery red, and eyes a dull brown. I just smiled.
"Hello Gentlemen, how can I help you?"
"Alphonse Elric, you are to come with us. Where is the blonde Winry Rockbell?" Some man had walked into the room and examined it.
"I haven't seen her in 3 years. And who has the right to tell me what to do?" The man wasn't too thrilled a this question. He turned nut I recognized this man in a heartbeat. Yet he acted as if he didn't recognize me. His golden eyes gave him completely away.
"I am General Black. I head up the alchemy division for the Cretan militia. I am not a military man however. I just train the alchemists, or more like kidnap the alchemists. Now come along, before it gets too ugly." He turned on his heels and left. I had to make this look convicing. It was brother and if I just went it would look too convincing. So I threw a couple of punches. We sparred, I was attacked by the soldiers and eventually, I had cuts bruises and was tired and captured. It didn't bother me. My brother had been alive these past 3 years and I knew he hadn't broken his promise. Yet I just broke mine.