After about a half and hour Ed got curious and worried. "How far does your sister usually go when she is upset?"

Asuna thought about his question for a moment then answered, "She usually goes about two miles before she stops. I think we can walk to where she is without getting hurt now."

Then Asuna noticed something then stopped a moment. "By the way where is Al?"

Both of them looked around where they had stopped and then looked at each other.

Ed was the first to speak what she was thinking. "You don't think he ran after her, do you?"

"Sure hope not, otherwise we won't get her out of a tree for another hour or so." Asuna looked horrified as they both took off running in the direction Calkie went.

After about a mile and a half they started calling for Al and for Calkie.

They came to a manmade lake and a small river flowing into it and stopped short. They looked up one direction and realized the river followed back to where they had come from. They looked ahead to see a bridge next to a group of trees that lead into a small grove. At the edge of this grove is where they found Al and Calkie. The manmade lake also stopped there. They were standing at the edge of the manmade lake as Calkie was staring into it. Al who had followed her was trying to see what was wrong.

"What's going on? Calkie are you ok?" Asuna approached her sister and heard her mumbling something.

Calkie immediately started to look for something blindly with her hand as she kept staring at the spot she was fixated on when she found Ed's foot. She broke her gaze and looked to see what she had hold of. She then followed the foot up and smiled at Ed.

"Ed? Can you go get me a fish?" Calkie was looking at him in hope that he would do her this small favor.

Ed looked at her then back at the lake. "Are you serious. You run off about and hour and a half ago and you want a fish from the lake." Her grin widened and she nodded.

He shook himself and looked to Asuna. She was beside herself trying hard not to laugh. She had realized her sister had gotten distracted from her tale and found her favorite food swimming in the lake. All Ed could do was nod as he prepared himself for a transmutation.

He clapped his hands together then dropped to the ground. Somewhere in the middle of the lake, a bowl had came flying and landed behind the group. Asuna was impressed it didn't shatter much less filled with water as well.

Calkie and Al went and gathered around the bowl. Calkie squealed in delight as she saw fish in it. Ed and Asuna soon broke out laughing, and soon the entire group was laughing.

After a quick lunch the group started out at a run again. The road turned rock and uneven after a while and Asuna had sprained her ankle along the way. Ed was now carrying her piggy back and just talked to her and didn't complain at all throughout the duration of it all though.

"You are extremely light for someone your age!" Ed commented.

Asuna looked at him. "I always thought I would be heavier than you expected. You know to either piss me off or get their head slammed in."

Calkie giggled up in the tree she currently hopped into. "Just take the complement. It's not going to kill you Asuna!"

Asuna looked at Ed, "Thank you for complementing on my light weight… I guess?"

Calkie hopped down and continued ahead with Al as they were on their own subject on traveling.

Ed carried Asuna until they reached their next camp. As she had sprained her ankle, this dampened their efforts to get to Central before the afternoon. They were close enough to Central that by noon they would get there. So Ed wasn't that upset.

He had set her down so she could sit up against a tree they had stopped by for the night. And was examining her ankle for swelling.

"I am sorry I slipped back there. I should have watched what I was doing." Asuna apologized about her ankle.

Ed shook his head and looked up at her. "Its alright." He went back to looking at her ankle then thought of a way to help her. " Do you still have some of that medicine?"

Asuna nodded and reached around her waist and pulled the medicine out of her pack.

"Here you go. What are you going to do with it?" Asuna looked at him and watched as he transmuted four large sticks he had found into a foot brace.

"Well what is a sprain but a bruise in the joint. I am going to put this medicine on you and follow it up after it is wrapped properly with the brace." Ed explained.

Asuna then realized he was helping her with her healing process. She nodded and Calkie handed Ed some bandages after he applied the medication. One the foot brace was in place he stood and looked at his handy work.

"I am still going to have to carry you though. Your foot won't heal all the way in one night. You will need to stretch the muscles a little." Ed informed.

Asuna smiled at him, "Thanks Ed. You really are a good person. Thank you for taking care of my sister and me."

Ed blushed a little and smiled, as he turned and lay in the grass and go to sleep for a while.

"I think Ed's got the right idea. We need all the strength we can get to reach Central tomorrow." Asuna smiled and looked up into the tree."You ok up there?"

Calkie looked down and gave a nod. "I'll be alright! Let's just hope those dreams don't come back tonight."

Asuna took first watch again. She stood up and grabbed the walking stick that Ed made her after he made the brace. She almost jumped out of her skin as Ed gave her a warning.

"Don't go too far. You don't want to get stuck somewhere that I can't reach you."

Asuna noted the word 'I' in that statement. "Don't you mean where 'we' can't get you?"

Ed stayed silent after that and Asuna assumed he went to sleep. Al walked up to her after she went a few yards out of camp. "I honestly think Ed likes you. He hasn't shown any interest in a girl as long as I've known him. He's just a little unsure about what to do."

Asuna turned and looked at Al, "I… Didn't think he liked me all too much. To be… to be completely honest… I started to like him when he defended my dead parents." A slight blush over took her face as she confessed to Al.

Al giggled, "I already knew you did. I won't tell him until you're ready. Since you are helping me with my problem, Thank you, Asuna."

Asuna looked at him and smiled. "Thank you, Al. You also need to go back and get some rest. You'll need it in the morning."

Al nodded as he turned and went back to the camp. This left Asuna to stare at the stars and pray to the moon that Al was right.

Shifts changed as normal throughout the night right on into morning.