Warmth

The Dream and Call

It was a dark alley, a soft breeze blew against her neck. Where is this place? Winry thought. It sure didn't look familiar. There was a soft light at the other end of the alley and she walked towards it. Winry poked her head out into the dimly lit street. She stepped out of the alley and looked around. There were rows and rows of townhouses. Several wearing strange clothing walked along the street. The colors of the clothes were dull. Some of the people were wearing scarves. Winry walked up to a black haired woman wearing a dark green out coat.

"Excuse me," Winry said

"Yes?" the woman replied.

"I know it might sound weird, but where am I?" Winry asked, looking a bit embarrassed.

The woman chuckled a bit and said, "A newcomer are you? Well, it's Mun-.." The voice faded away and when Winry was about to open her mouth to ask the woman, the black hair person walked away. Okay, what just happened? She was about to go grab the woman's shoulder but she had disappeared. That was creepy, Winry shivered. She was about to turn to ask other people who were walking on the street, but they had disappeared too. It was like they just evaporated into thin air. Seriously creepy. Then, Winry heard someone, or rather something, muttering behind her. She didn't dare to look back, instead, she quickened her pace. Without knowing it, Winry ended up in front of a house. She noticed a faint beam of light coming out of one of the windows. She walked up to the window and saw the back of a man, writing something on a piece of paper. She looked carefully at the paper, and saw a bunch of chemical formulas. If only Ed or Al was here, she would've known what the formulas were.

The man turned his face towards the window. Shoot! Winry quickly ducked, fearing that the man would spot her. However, she had caught a glimpse of the man's face. No, wait, it can't be… that person… looked identical to Al! It can't be! Because Al …Al…where is Al? She didn't know where Al went. She looked through the window again, and looked that the person who looked identical to Al. Nope, not that identical, the person she saw had blue eyes. Alphonse Elric had brown eyes.

The doorknob to the room turned. A woman stepped in. Waaiit a minute! That was Gracia! So, this Mun-whatsis place was in Central? But she had never been in a place like this in central. To add to that, Gracia didn't live in a place like this, and where's Elycia? The door opened again. The person that stepped in had blond hair, just like Ed. But, it was tied up into a ponytail. His clothes weren't the style that Ed liked to wear, so Winry concluded that it wasn't him.. or was it? She waited for the person to turn around, but he didn't. When Winry was about to pull out her wrench, she heard a sound behind her. It was the same sound that she had heard earlier in the streets. Winry whirled around to see what it was. What Winry saw was the woman she met earlier in the streets.

"Hello," said the woman coolly. What the woman did almost scared Winry to death; she had changed herself into another person, with black hair and a weird hair style, wearing a miniskirt like thing, and tight top.

"Y-y-you..." Winry, who was still shocked, said.

"You are Edward's friend? Hasn't he told you about me? I'm Envy" Envy replied coldly. All of a sudden, he turned into a huge green dragon. Winry stepped back, but she hit the wall behind her. She looked through the window and saw Ed facing his back to her, Alphonse and Gracia gone. Ed…Ed…help… please…Winry thought pleadingly.

"Its useless," Envy the Dragon hissed, "He has forgotten about you, my dear."

Edward! Winry thought.

Envy flew up into the night sky. Winry tried to run, but her feet was stuck to a bush…crap! The dragon dived towards Winry at full speed. She closed her eyes tightly. Ed! Edward Elric!

Winry sat up straight in her bed. Sweating all over, hands clutching tightly to her blanket. It was just a dream, just a dream. It couldn't have been real. Heart still thumping extraordinarily fast, hands still shaking, she reached for the lamp and turned it on. She looked at the alarm clock. It was still 2 in the morning. She turned the lamp off, and tried to get back to sleep. But, everytime she tried closing her eyes, she would only see an image of the green dragon. Crap… She can't even close her eyes. She decided to go downstairs to get something to eat. Maybe that would help.

Winry got out of bed and walked downstairs and then to the kitchen. She opened the refrigerator and got out an apple. She took a bite, and another bite, until she finished eating. After Winry threw the remains of the apple away, she was about to walk up the stairs until the phone rang.

Bring! Bring! Winry quickly walked to pick up the call. Who the heck was calling at 2 in the morning!

"Hello, and why the HECK are you calling at this hour!" Winry scolded the caller.

"Winry? It's me.."