A/N: Hello my awesome readers! Happy December! Holidays are in the air and I'm that one person standing off to the side, not making such a big deal. Don't get me wrong, I love the holidays. I get some nice stuff, I make gifts for friends, and I get a week off of school. I just hate that it's cold as a frozen over hell in the morning. Good thing this year I'm making "knitted" hats.

(Sigh) Sorry for rambling. In other news now that TSSA's side story is finished I feel like some pressure is gone. Now I just have this and FBN (everything else has been stopped. sorry, but I can't worry about the others right now). Onward we go!

Disclaimer: I don't own the FMA manga or the FMA: B anime. If I did then I'd make Winry less wrench happy and Hughes wouldn't have been killed by the genderless palm tree. All I own is Myra and the other extras.

We had gotten to the edge of Resembull and I'd just woken up. My fuzzy brain didn't register anything outside of a 50 centimeter radius. The rest of the world came flooding in, the moment Ed said this:

"Can you let go of me now?"

The walls my mind put up shattered into a thousand pieces and I felt my face get warm as it flushed a bright shade of red.

'Oh god,' I thought. 'This is worse than on the train!'

I quickly let go of him and sat up. "Uh, sorry about that. I fell asleep again."

He nodded as if he already knew. "It's okay."

I nodded in return. I looked down and frowned.

'I got on here easily enough, but how can I get down without something to steady myself on? I don't want Ed to make this anymore awkward by helping...'

It was too late. Ed had already turned to give me his hand. I gave up trying to avoid physical contact and grabbed it. I used my other hand to push myself off of the horse. I hopped off and continued to blush.

"Uh, thanks," I said.

•••

The two of them turned down a road and began walking.

"So are we going back to Central now?" Myra asked.

Ed glanced down at her. "No, not yet," he said. "I wanted to stop by the Rockbell house while we were here."

Myra nodded. "So a family visit then," she said, not so much a question as statement.

Ed hesitated as he answered. "Yeah, that's what you could call it."

Neither of them spoke as they continued on. As they passed by the cemetery, a dark figure caught Ed's attention. He looked closely at the figure and froze.

Myra looked up at him, confused.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

Old memories came to the surface and he narrowed his eyes in disgust. 'Who does he think he is!?' Ed thought angrily.

I frowned at Ed. There was an angry flame in his gold eyes and his whole body had gone stiff.

'What's up with him? I know he can get on edge about things but this is freaking me out.'

I waved a hand in front of his face. "Edward, what's wrong?" I repeated, using his full name like I used to.

He didn't look back at me as his hands made fists. "What the hell is he doing back here?" Ed growled.

The person in the cemetery seemed to notice us and turned around. I looked closely and my eyes grew wide.

It was a man. He had long blond hair and his eyes glinted gold from behind a pair of glasses. He looked a lot like Ed. I mentally face palmed at this.

'Duh! It explains why there was only one grave and why they look alike. It's gotta be Ed's father,' I concluded. I furrowed my eyebrows as I thought about Ed's reaction. 'They must've had a falling out of some sort.'

The man came towards us and Ed only got tenser.

"It's good to see you," the man said. "You appear to have grown taller."

Ed scowled and turned his head away.

"I spoke with Pinako," he went on. "You tried human transmutation."

My eyes grew wide as I looked from Ed to the man. 'How can you be so blunt about a topic like that!?' I thought.

Ed looked up at him with a look of hurt and disgust before looking away again. "What are you doing here? There's nothing left for you."

The man looked at a certain spot. "I noticed. Tell me Edward, what possessed you to burn down my home?"

I was shocked and unsure of what reaction to take. 'I didn't know...'

Ed broke through my thoughts. "We promised ourselves that we'd never turn back. We did it as a symbol of our resolve..."

"No you didn't." The man cut in bluntly. The hurt look came back on Ed's face. "You did it to hide the evidence. You thought that by erasing what you did you would also erase the memory. It's no different from a small child hiding the sheets after wetting the bed."

Ed was speechless and I was pissed off. 'I don't like this guy either!'

The man would have said something else, but I cut him off. "Well what do you know!?" I exploded, tired of standing by quietly while Ed got chewed out.

Ed and the man looked down at me, their turn to be speechless as I went on. "You weren't around so what gives you any right to talk!? Have you ever seen something so horrible!?"

"Myra," Ed said, the hurt still on his face with an added emotion I couldn't read.

I blew him off and kept going, my irritation fueling my words. "You have no right to talk to your son like that, no matter where you stand as his parent! We all make mistakes we can't take back, no matter how much we want to, but at least he's trying to right his wrong!"

I turned on my heel and walked off, not giving either of them a chance to react or respond to what I said.

My hands made fists as I closed my eyes. 'I can't do anything to fix my problems; it's over and done. The least I can do right now is help these guys.'

I kept going down the road, my only memory of this place failing to guide me to the automail shop Ed and Al now called home.

'Dammit!' I wanted to scream. I was lost, it was almost dark, and I was even more pissed off than before.

I sat down at the edge of the road, deciding that I shouldn't bother trying to find my way back.

I pulled my legs to my chest and rested my chin on my knees, watching as the last rays of sunlight disappeared from sight.

Sighing I wrapped my arms around myself. 'I give up. Unless someone comes by in the middle of fricking nowhere, I'll find my own way back later.'

•••

'Where the hell did she go?' Ed thought as he walked down the road she'd turned down. 'If she hadn't yelled and stormed off we'd be at the house by now.'

The sun had set and he was having difficulty seeing. At night even someone from the area could get lost. To top it off the storm clouds that were coming in blocked out the small amount of light that was coming from the moon.

'I'd better run into her soon or else I'll never find her.'

As if on cue Ed's foot hit something hard when he took his next step.

"Hey! Watch where you're going next time, asshole!" Myra's bitter voice said. She was clearly pissed off.

Ed smirked at her reaction. "If you didn't run off then maybe we wouldn't be lost."

My eyes grew wide when I heard Ed's familiar voice.

A mix of emotions overwhelmed me I sprang up from where I sat. Guessing where he was from when he kicked me, I got into my fighting stance and swung my right leg into his side, knocking him to the ground.

I heard a loud thump as he hit the ground.

"What the hell was that for!?" he screamed, obviously confused.

I narrowed my eyes in his direction. "For not finding me any sooner!"

"Well I'm sorry but unless you hadn't noticed it's almost pitch black out here!" he snapped back. "Maybe I should just leave you here so you can find your own way back."

My eyes grew wide at the threat. "You wouldn't dare."

I heard footsteps and my heart jumped. "Try me," he said.

"Ed!" I shouted. I started following the sound of his footsteps. The thick cloud that was covering the moon moved some, and I was able to spot the dark figure that was Ed. The cloud came back, but I had already caught up to him.

"Don't do that," I warned.

•••

An evil smile creeped up on Ed's face as he walked faster down the road.

"Ed, stop it," she warned, picking up her own pace.

"If I don't?" he teased.

He couldn't see her but he knew that she was pissed.

"Just stop," she said.

The smile on his face stayed as he started running. Her own footsteps got faster as she tried to keep up with him. Ed had the unfair advantage of knowing the area, so he could easily get back to the house if he wanted.

He began running down the road with Myra trailing behind him.

"You jerk!" she screamed, the faintness of her voice signaling that she was a good distance behind him. "Fine! Go ahead and run! See if I bother to give a shit!"

Ed stopped running and looked behind him. He didn't hear any other footsteps and frowned, wondering if she'd really stopped.

'Where'd she go?' he thought. The clouds moved again and he saw that the road was empty.

"Myra!?" he called out.

Clouds came back and made everything dark again.

"Myra!" he called out. "Where are you?"

The next thing he knew he'd been knocked to the ground again. He fell face first and groaned when a lot of weight was put onto one spot on his back. He was reminded of the fight with Myra at her exam.

"I told you to stop, did I not?"

I kneeled down and dug my automail knee into Ed's back. I heard him groan in pain and a sick smile spread across my face.

"Why?" he asked.

"This is what you get for pissing me off," I growled, putting more weight on his back.

"Yeah I get it!" he cried out, groaning as I tortured him. "Can you get off of me now!?"

I stayed there for a few moments, debating if I should let him up. Eventually I came to a decision.

I dug my knee into him again and he groaned once again. "I'll get off if you stop messing with my head," I offered.

"Yeah, sure. Whatever. Just get off of me before you break my spine!" he cried out, trying to push himself up.

I narrowed my eyes at the direction of his voice. I dug my knee into him a little more to hear him cry out in pain.

"Ow! Come on! I swear I'll stop! Just get off!" His voice told me he was irritated and in pain.

After one more shove I moved my knee off of him. "There," I said, still annoyed.

I heard gravel on the road crunch as he sat up. "You just had to use your automail leg," he complained.

"You just had to piss me off," I copped back. "I've been sitting there since sunset because your old man got on my nerves, and then you think it's funny to leave a girl alone in the dark. I never realized how anti-social you must be."

"Like you think it's fun to be around other people," he shot back.

I narrowed my eyes again. "I don't but I'm better than you when it comes to crap like that."

He laughed at that. "Yeah sure. A girl that grew up beating up every other kid she knew is talking to me about social skills. That doesn't sound right."

I continued glaring in his direction. "I get pissed off easily," I said defensively.

"Don't I know it," he said with a slight laugh. I frowned at this.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I questioned.

He blew me off. I heard the gravel crunch as he stood up. The clouds parted again and I saw Ed standing in front of me, arm stretched out and offering a hand. Moonlight glinted off of his gold eyes and there was sliver of a smile on his face.

"Come on. Let's go," he said.

My face got hot as I blushed and I momentarily forgot why I was pissed off. I reached out and grabbed hold of his right hand. It was hard and cold through the glove he was wearing.

He helped me up and we began walking. He kept his promise by not running off again.

It took some time but we managed to get the house.

"Took you two long enough," Pinako said when they got inside.

"Myra got lost and it took me a while to find her," Ed said.

I glared at him before turning away in a huff. "Wasn't my fault," I grumbled. "It was that old guy that pissed me off."

"Well you're here now and you're safe. There are some leftovers in the kitchen the two of you can eat if you want. We'll catch up tomorrow when we have more time."

I looked back down at her and nodded. "Thanks," I said.

She ignored my thanks and frowned.

"Hm," she said as she looked from me to Ed. "It seems that either you've grown some or Ed's just shrinking."

This hit Ed's trigger and he and the old lady began yelling at each other.

I sighed. 'I know they're not really related, but they sure do argue like a family.'

When they were done Pinako kept talking. "The guest room upstairs has been set up for the two of you." She turned to me and said, "It's a different room from when you were last here, so you shouldn't be bothered by the disinfectant smell."

I nodded. "Thanks," I repeated.

"It's no trouble," she said. "Some people are more sensitive to chemicals like that than others."

'Not exactly the reason, but yea that works,' I thought as I nodded.

•••

Ed glanced down at Myra as he remembered what happened the last time she was here. She had gone into a coughing fit because of the smell.

'Al told me that the smell brings back bad memories. If that's so, will the nightmares be worse?'

That night I borrowed some of Winry's old clothes to sleep in. I couldn't sleep though. This time it wasn't because of a smell, and I still didn't think that Ed would do anything creepy. No, I was afraid of what would haunt me tonight.

I lied on my side and stared at the wall. 'This is so stupid. I'm tired, yet I'm afraid of something that can't hurt me.'

The last nightmare came to mind and my hands gripped the sheets. 'Can't hurt me physically at least.'

I heard the door creak open and footsteps as some one came in. I froze, not even breathing at this point.

A few moments later the door closed again. The footsteps continued on down the hall and I held my breath until they had faded out.

I began breathing and I let out a deep breath. The bed across from me creaked and I frowned. I looked over my shoulder and saw a dark figure head towards the door.

"Pst!" I whispered. "What are you doing?"

My eyes had adjusted and I saw Ed reaching for the doorknob.

Frowning, I moved the blanket and got up.

"Ed, where are you going?" I asked as I quietly stepped towards him.

He didn't respond. He just opened the door and went down the hall.

I continued to frown and followed him.

"Ed," I whispered.

He shushed me in response and went down the stairs.

'What is he doing?'

I went down with him and stopped when I heard two voices, one Pinako's and the other sounded like Ed's father.

Ed stepped over to the wall beside the kitchen entrance and stood there. I tiptoed over to him. I went dead silent when I heard the conversation.

"Pinako, are you sure that what my sons created was actually Trisha?" Ed's father said.

My eyes grew wide. 'Trisha is the name I saw on the grave marker. Is he talking about her?'

I heard Pinako make a gasping sound out of confusion before she spoke. "I don't know. It didn't look human to me, so I wouldn't think of it..."

"That's not what I mean," the old man said, cutting her off. She made the same confused sound.

He went on. "Did you notice the eye color, or the hair color?"

"What are going on about?" she asked him angrily. "Are you telling me that that wasn't even Trisha? That even after all they sacrificed, that wasn't even their mother!?"

"I'm only asking," he said.

Pinako kept going. "What about the girl? You're telling me that she lost everything for nothing as well!?"

My chest got tight and my heart felt as if it had stopped beating. 'What!?'

"I don't know about the girl,' he said. "Though it's possible as well."

I took the chance to walk away and head back to my bed. Ed stayed were he was, completely shocked.

I hid under the covers and closed my eyes. For once I actually wanted the nightmares to come.

A/N: AND done. Well there you have it, some fluff at the beginning, a bit of Myra kicking Ed's ass in the middle, followed by some shocking discoveries. Yeah I couldn't resist fudging with the time line up, and had Myra get lost in the dark. I like how it turned out. I'm also still trying to keep Ed's personality intact. Did I do okay?

Well be ready for chapter 30 next week! I'm working on it now, so I should have it for you soon. Be prepared for more! I'll stop this A/N here because I really need sleep. Sayonara my fluffies *:-{)