The Wind Alchemist

What Lies Inside the Heart

Warning: Spoliers inside. Please do not read if you have not watched the episode 40 or more.

Sara couldn't believe she had actually done it. She had successfully made it into Scar's most private region, his heart. Few people attempted such a feat, but Sara had been sure she would be able to pull through. Her whole purpose was for her to explore Scar's heart and find out why he would suddenly turn evil at the drop of a hat. She started out with his childhood, one that was mostly happy.

She whizzed through memories of Scar and his brother, of Scar training, of Scar meeting her and Parry and then training with them. She saw Scar's older brother's lover, who looked strangely familiar. She watched as Scar witnessed his brother try to bring her back to life once she had died. She turned away from those memories and cointinued on.

She was about to keep going, but something caught her eye. She had caught the first memory with a strange aura. It was glowing a deep purple and she pressed her hand against it. Immediately she was placed into the memory, invisible. She saw Scar lying the desert, the scar on his face still brand new. She wanted to reach out to him and help him stand, but she couldn't. She saw his older brother, alchemic circles all over his body, begin to do things to Scar though she couldn't exactly tell what he was doing.

When his labors were over, though, Scar's right arm was covered with alchemic marks. Sara's mind was desperately trying to take all the information in. She had had no clue what all the signs on his arm meant, or why there were even marks there to begin with. She had been born with her tatoo, she assumed, since it been there for as long as she remembered. She knew it was the mark of wind but why she had it no one could ever explain. She exited the memory and continued in her search.


Scar looked away, the memory of how he acquired his tattoo flooded into his mind.

"Sara….now she knows." he said, grimacing at the memory. He had loved his brother, but also hated him for turning against god. He had never known how much his brother suffered. The tattoo brought power, but it also brought pain. All the lives of the Ishbalans who had died were kept in that arm, which was a heavy burden for even the strong to bear.


Sara looked down as the memory continued, she had seen enough. She exited the memory and continued look through the memories. He vividly remembered when he and Parry had passed out, Sara being taken to be a State Alchemist in his unconscious absence. She watched silently as he woke up, he and Parry searching frantically for her.

"I can't watch." she said quietly, turning her eyes away and hurrying to the next memory. Most were uninteresting, Scar powering up, training, living his new life on the run. Until she came across a disturbing memory.

"General Gran…" she said as the man came into view. He was being pursued by Scar, and unfortunately, didn't stand a chance. She looked into Scar's eyes and realized, that like his encounters with her before, they weren't his own. She watched the battle until the end, and then left as Scar quickly fled the scene.

She skipped past memories of Scar killing even more State Alchemists, each one his eyes differing from his normal ones. He said something interesting, she noted in one memory. He was just leaving the scene of another murder and he murmured,

"Just a few more and I can find out where that damn traitor is." Her eyes widened when he said this. If he had continued killing, he would have eventually made it to her. She stumbled back out of the memory and paused, she had missed something…once he had begun the murders his eyes had been taken over by that eerie red glow.

What was driving Scar over the edge? She began going back, carefully reviewing each memory stored away in the depths of his heart. And then she found it. The memory was black, glowing, steaming, writhing. She gulped, how could she have missed it? She closed her eyes tightly and pushed her way through into the memory.

Scar was sleeping, dreaming, squirming in his bed as if in pain. Sara bit her lip, it was hard for her to see him in pain, even if it was just a memory. Her ears perked up, though, when she noticed him beginning to speak softly in his sleep.

"Where is she…? I have to find her…punish her…all she's done to me." he moaned as Sara, once again, felt guilty in her action to become a State Alchemist. She gasped though, when she felt a change in the atmosphere, something only she would feel. Moisture was present…but why all of the sudden? Then she saw it. A dark, billowing cloud.

Evil in it's simplest, plainest form. It neared Scar and she wanted to send a gust of wind at it, but she knew it would do no good. She was then, amazed, as it began to speak! In all her experience with evil, she had never heard of any of it's inhuman forms speak. The only exception being the Homunculi, seeing as they're not actually human, either.

"Scar…you want revenge, no? Revenge on the one you loved…the one who left you to die. You can have your revenge…let me inside. Let me become one with you, Scar. Let me merge with your being…taste sweet revenge, Scar." Sara breathing sped up, she couldn't believe what she was hearing! All those State Alchemists died…because of her? He killed them all to get to her? She closed her eyes as the picture began to fill in…she knew what was happening now. All too clearly.

'The evil…it was Envy, the Homunculus, is disguise. He wanted Scar to join them!' she continued watching the scene as Scar, in his sleep, turned the offer down angrily.

'But Envy became angry when Scar turned him down. So, he forced as much evil on Scar as he could without Scar willingly accepting it. Thus resulting in Scar's infrequent demonic states. But…how do I rid Scar of the evil Envy placed upon him?' Sara wondered, he mind darting back to the scene in front of her. Envy was angry inflicting the evil on Scar, who a still in a dream-like state.

'No wonder he has no clue what happed! He remembers it as a dream!' Sara exclaimed in her mind.

"I'll get you when you're weak Scar…when you're weak." Envy said angrily, now in his Homunculus form as he exited Scar's tent.

"I have all the information now…I have to get back to Scar, so we can figure out how to overcome this!" Sara exclaimed, focusing all her energy on wanting to return to the present time.


Scar sat by Sara vigilantly, he had been watching over for the last 24 hours. It was night now, he was tired. He was hoping Sara was on her way out, but he could never be sure when she would wake-up.

"The heart is a dangerous place, Scar, I can't believe you'd send your loved one into its depths…" a voice crooned from outside.

"Who's there?" he called as Envy stepped into the tent.

"An old friend…how about a nice chat, Scar?" He said, an evil glint is his eyes.

"Get away from Sara!" Scar exclaimed, jumping up defensefully. "Now now, Scar…I just wanted to have a chat with you!" the embodiment of evil said calmly.

"By chat do you mean fight?" Scar asked, powering up his right arm.

"Perhaps." Envy said lunging in to fight. Scar growled and make his best attempt to draw Envy away from Sara, he didn't want her to become injured while still unconscious. Envy sensed his apprehension while fighting though.

"Trying to protect your girlfriend, eh? I thought you wanted to kill her, annihilate her!" Envy grinned.

"That was a long time a go!" Scar growled dodging Envy's blow and trying desperately to strike back.

"Why the change in heart Scar?" Envy panted, slashing blindly.

"I found out the truth!" Scar said between heavy breaths, neither of them noticing Sara slowly awakening.

"I thought you knew the truth!" Envy said cornering Scar preparing to strike a killing blow.

"I thought I did too." Scar said, closing his eyes, but not before seeing Sara standing right behind Envy, Kaze Katana in hand. Sara swung madly towards Envy's head, but the shape-shifter was quick and darted out of the way.

"Two against one…I'll deal with you later, Scar." Envy said menacingly. Before mysteriously disappearing.

Sara dropped her sword and plummeted into Scar's arms. He quickly checked her pulse and laid her down.

"You've done too much too soon after awakening!" Scar said, worriedly as Sara's eyes fluttered to stay open.

"I had to…he was going to-"

"Quiet. You need to rest and get your energy back." Scar said rising from Sara and going to stand outside the tent. Scar was thoroughly puzzled now. His encounter with evil so long ago had been a dream…how had Envy known about it? He looked up as a figure approached. It was Wella and she wore an expression of mixed emotions.

"Scar, what was all that noise? The others are wondering what's going on! Is Sara ok?" she asked as Scar sighed.

"Sara's fine. Ignore the noise, it was nothing." Scar said firmly, but Wella saw through the lie.

"Scar, that noise was nothing. It sounded like a fight. Did you lose yourself again?" Wella questioned but Scar turned away to enter the tent again.

"Scar! Don't you turn your back on me!" Wella yelled, but Scar didn't listen. She let out a 'humph' and hustled off in the opposite direction.

Meanwhile, Scar knelt down and felt Sara's pulse. She was asleep, but she was breathing heavily, which worried him. She stirred slightly and rolled over mumbling something softly in her sleep. He smiled, he loved watching her sleep. He didn't exactly know why he did, but he did, and gazed upon her intently. It was then he realized he was truly in love with her.

Sara awoke the next morning with a yawn. She rubbed her eyes and stretched as Telina bounced over to her.

"Sara!" she cried flinging her arms around her joyously.

"You were asleep for so long! I thought I had lost you again!" Telina cried as Sara wrapped her arms around the girl tightly.

"I already told you, Telina, I'm never leaving you again! I'm sorry I was asleep for so long. These past two weeks have been tiring!" Sara lied and kissed Telina on the forehead.

"What time is it?" she asked as Telina shrugged her shoulders.

"I dunno, it's afternoon though. You've been sleeping for four days Sara!" Telina exclaimed which alarmed Sara. She had only meant to be gone from the rest of the village for a day at the most, not four!

"Telina, where is Scar?" Sara asked and Telina smiled.

"He's over by the river, he hasn't left your side except for a minutes here and there." Telina said as Sara rose. The two exited the tent and Sara made her way to the river. Scar was sitting with his feet in the cool water his head lowered in thought. Sara made her way over to him and wrapped her arms around him from behind, taking him by complete surprise.

"Sara!" he exclaimed in shock.

"You're awake!" he said as Sara nodded.

"Telina told me you were here." Sara said as she sat down next to him. "I-" Scar began to speak, but he was cut off by a frantic yell from and Ishbalan woman.

"ALCHEMISTS! Alchemists are invading!"

A/N: I just realized you're probably wondering where this story fits into play with the episodes. Truth is, it doesn't. Sometime after episode 20 (Scar has calmed down in his hate for Ed a little by then) but sometime before episode 27 or so, before Yoki opens his big mouth about the Ishbalan camp and whatnot. Just use your friggin imaginations, people.