Ha. I felt like being all weird in this chapter so it doesn't sound much like me. Again, alot of the ideas are Ambers. Everyone give her a warm round of applauds. I may not get the next chapter up as quick as I have been for the past couple of days because i now officially have a timelimit on the computer (is depressed) but anyways. Oh! I got volume 9 of the manga FMA a few weeks ago and I was too lazy to mention it till now. (actually I forgot but whatever.) And now I shall stop babbling on about pointless things and get on with the story! Please R&R!

DISCLAIMER: Don't own FMA. Also I don't own some of Amber's ideas cuz well... they're hers...

ONWARD!

Amber drew a large circle on the ground in front of her. She surrounded it with small runes and lines. She stood up and walked to the center of the circle. She put her hands down in front of her and closed her eyes. She gasped as she felt something burning her skin. Alerted, Amber opened her eyes and looked around to see what it was. She glanced at her arm and saw runes being burned into her skin. Her chest began to burn as well. A circle was being imprinted an inch below her collarbone. She started to cough violently. Almost sure she was about to throw up, she covered her mouth.

Amber sat up gasping. Hot tears burned her cheeks. She glanced down at her hands to see that her arms had burn marks, just like in her dream. She started coughing and ran to the bathroom.

Ayla greeted her sister with her usual cheer. "Good Morning!" she chirped.

Amber looked up at her sister from where she had seated herself at the kitchen table. Without a word she got up and pushed her way past her sister and out the door. Ayla watched her sister and jumped as the door slammed shut. 'Whoa. What'd I do now?'

Amber walked through the park. She came to a stop under a tree by the lake. She flopped down and leaned against the tree staring blankly at the lake water. She wore a baggy sweatshirt and sweat pants. She snuggled up in the baggy clothing to protect herself from the cool morning air. It may have been 10:00 am but man it was chilly. She turned to see Crystal running down the path laughing. Ed followed close behind yelling something at her. Amber smiled inwardly. Crystal probably took something and was running for her life. She squinted to see if she could see the object Crystal had in her hand. It was some sort of silver pocket watch. Amber shrugged and turned her back on them to look at the lake once more.

She sighed and closed her eyes. Gasping, her eyes shot open. Somebody had touched her shoulder. She turned her head to see who it was. Al stood next to her, smiling tenderly. "Morning!" he greeted.

Amber looked up at him for a moment before turning away. Al was silent for a moment. "Is something wrong, Amber?"

No response. She just stood up and began to walk away. Al was completely shocked. He stood there for a moment before running after her. He slowed to a quick walk, keeping pace with Amber. He raised a hand to grab onto her shoulder. Amber's hand slapped his away from her. She turned and began to run. "Amber…?" Al gasped. "Amber!!" He yelled and started to chase after her.

Amber sped up, trying to get away from Al who was closing in on her at a fast pace. Crystal and Ed were stopped up ahead, not aware of the two oncoming people. Crystal caught them out of the corner of her eye just as they started to get extremely close. Ed turned to see them and fell backwards as Amber slammed into him. Al skidded to a stop and took hold of Amber. Crystal helped Ed up and moved behind him as he confronted the struggling girl. She looked at him with rage filled eyes. A fire seemed to burn within them. Her ice blue eyes seemed so unbelievably cold. Crystal stepped back a bit. Edward shifted a bit, in a somewhat protective manner, in front of Crystal.

"Why did you run from me, Amber?" Al asked, demanding an answer.

No reply.

"Answer him!" Edward growled.

"Ed… There's something different about her." Crystal thought aloud.

Al frowned. "Amber… Are you okay?"

Still no reply.

"Amber!" Al exclaimed. "Please answer me!"

Amber whipped her head around. "Let go of me!" she snarled.

"No!" Al scowled.

"Let go, you fool!"

"No!"

Al could feel the heat of rage radiating off of her. She seemed to be almost glowing red. 'Glowing… She's… glowing?'

"I don't even know your sorry ass!" Amber hissed.

Al was taken aback. "Y-you don't mean that!"

"Moron!" She brought her foot up and stomped hard on his.

Al gasped. His grip loosened just barely but enough for her to spin around and knock him over. Edward flung his arms around her. One around her neck and the other bound her hands together. Crystal walked towards Ed and Al a bit. Edward turned his head a bit. "Stay back!" he warned. Crystal stopped and quickly retreated.

Al stumbled upwards. He couldn't believe she just did that! He stood in front of her now. Amber scowled. "What's wrong?" she smirked a bit.

Al looked at her. "What's wrong?" he raised an eyebrow. "You're asking me that?"

"I'm not talking to your brother now am I?"

"Why are you glowing?" Al growled.

"I don't believe that's any of your business now is it?"

Al scowled. "Actually it is."

"Why's that?"

"Because whatever it is hurt Amber and allowed you to take over her."

"My, my. You do your homework don't you?"

"I do my share."

"Well it obviously isn't enough."

Al steamed. 'Sorry Amber.' SMACK!

Amber gasped. A red mark began to form on her cheek. Ed stared at his younger brother for a moment. He'd never hurt a girl before. But this wasn't Amber. It was someone else. Something else. Crystal stood in horror. She couldn't believe Al just hit someone!

Ed was obviously concentrating on something because he began to loosen his grip on her. Amber took this opportunity to slip from his grasp and began to run. Al took after her. They ran a few meters before Al caught up and shoved her into a tree. He pinned her against it and stared into her blazing eyes. There was something beyond the fire. Something pleading to be saved. He kept his grip on her, firmly. She struggled for a while and finally gave up.

"What have you done to Amber?" Al demanded.

Amber grinned. "Whatever do you mean?"

Al glared at her. "You know exactly what I mean. Who are you?"

Amber rolled her eyes. "We've met before, Alphonse."

"Who are you?!"

"I am The Gate," she responded coolly.

"What have you done to Amber?"

"Oh don't worry about her. She didn't get too hurt."

"What did you do to her?!" Al nearly screamed.

"She's fine. She got a few scratches and some burns. Nothing she won't recover from over time. The frights of hell she'll face are far worse."

"Why are you doing this?" Al asked pathetically.

"She was pretty much begging me to."

"What do you mean?"

"She wanted to bring her parents back and summoned me in a dream and asked for help in doing so. If you're going to blame anyone, she's who you should go to."

"Liar!" Al yelled.

"It's the truth. I wouldn't lie, for I am the truth."

"That's a completely different thing!"

"On the contrary, I hold the truth to more than I show. I only show the truth of alchemy. Nothing more. I hold the truth to all. Therefore I am the truth, the truth is I."

Al looked away for a moment before tightening his grip. "Give her back," he muttered.

"I beg your pardon?"

"Give her back!" he yelled.

"Why?" she raised an eyebrow.

"Because I… I need her." Al trembled a bit. "She's my life."

"Ah. So you love her."

"Give her back!" Al dropped his voice a bit, "Please."

"Only on one condition."

Bwahahahaha! Bwahahahahahaha! Bwa hahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa!!! Cliffhanger! Man i felt mean in this chapter. Lol. I wont have many more Amber chapters. Two tops but I'm hoping it'll only be one cuz I feel like going back to being mean to Crystal. (insert a gasp from Crystal and some weird laughter from me here.) I was listening to a bunch of songs when I wrote this. Here are a couple.

Flawed Design by Stabilo
You Got to Me by Rex Goudie
Love You Lately by Daniel Powter
Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer
How to Save a Life by The Fray