To my dearest sister,

I love you...

Even as I think of you now, and about the past. I wonder if there was once a way to keep our 'happy' family in one piece. I keep seeing you, in my dreams. You talk to me. But I'm not always sure, what you're talking about. I was just happy that I got to see you, and that you were talking to me. I'm worried. Now as I look at your and my past, I don't remember a day we weren't happy. Unless you count all of those pointless reasons for being unhappy, but after a while, we were happy again. When I say that phrase, don't remember a day we weren't happy, I mean like depressed. Like how Mother was, when she was young. She never grew up with a mom and dad, like we had.

We got to have everything Mom didn't have. I feel guilty to a point when I think about it. Then I end up wondering where you are now, my twin sister. Then I can't get your face out of my vision as I work. I worry and only see you. Our friends are worried about us. I don't know why, but they are. I'm glad for their friendship. Maybe if they weren't here, I wouldn't be here. I'd be with you. Somewhere on this damned country.

My sister, do you watch over me? Do you still think that I'm naive and innocent? That I'm incapable of defending myself? I've grown. Not in height, but in mind. With that growth, I see new things about this world that I wish I could not see. I can't help but wonder what we did to make this world as messed up as it is.

You were always better then me at things other then alchemy. I was always better at Alchemy. Don't know why. I guess I got it from Mom, like Dad said. I miss you.

I miss you so much.


There's a whole where my heart was once located,

My sister.

I miss you.

The Past

"Brother! Where did you go?"

A blonde haired child yelled lost in the woods. She couldn't have been older then five years of age. She had on a simple child's dress. Her golden hair was short and curled around her face. Her dark eyes, that were so different from her sibling's eyes, were watery with tears. "I can't believe, that dummy left me all alone like this!" She pouted as she wandered through the woods. She sat by the base of a tree and cried softly. "I'm lost and scared." She wrapped her arms around her knees and pulled them close to her chest. She laid her head on her knees and cried into them. Brother, why did you leave me all alone? The young girl fell asleep in that position. The bird's chirps sounded far away at the time.

A boy with short and choppy blonde hair and amber eyes licked away at his ice cream as he walked home without a care in the world. He only slightly wondered where he lost his sister. The sun set behind him. He thought she probably ran home after being ditched like that. Then he felt guilty and promised himself that he'd make it up to his twin. He finished his ice cream as he neared his driveway. He wiped the sticky mess from his hands and mouth on his shirt. He lazily walked up the long driveway that lead to his home to see his mom standing on the porch waiting for him. Uh-oh. She told on me. He thought as he walked up the stairs waiting to be yelled at. "Kyo-dear, where's your sister?" His mother asked with a smile. Kyo blinked slightly then frowned. "Me and my friends left her in the woods. Didn't she come home?" He asked innocently. Then he saw his mother's expressions darken.

"You did what?" His mother yelled and glared at him. "I can't believe you'd do something like that! She's your sister! She doesn't know her way around the woods like you do! " Kyo look down at the porch as his mother looked even more worried. "How long ago did you ditch her?" His mother asked in a slightly worried but furious tone. "I donno, a couple hours ago." His mother gained a very worried look and then called for his father. "Roy!" His father came out of the house, dressed casually. "What's wrong?" He asked at her expression and tone. "Kyoko didn't come home, she's probably lost in the woods, go get Al and Winry, and I'm going to look. Kyo, you go to your room and think on how you're going to apologize to your Father, Aunt, Uncle, and Sister! " The women yelled and the boy did as he was told.

It was dark and hard to see the different branches in the woods as the women with long blonde hair and bright amber eyes searched in frenzy. "KYOKO!" The women yelled in a worried voice. Through out the woods the women also heard her husband, brother, and childhood friend calling out her child's name. She looked as if she was about to bust into tears, until she saw the young child curled up at the base of a tree. She ran up to her child and shook her lightly. "Honey, wake up" The blonde women said in a soft voice. The young girl opened her eyes and smiled when she saw her mother's face. "Mommy!" The girl cried and hugged her mother. She wrapped her arms protectively around her child and yelled for her family. She then carried the girl home, refusing to let her go.

I'm sorry for every little thing I did to you, my sister. I guess I was always a little mean to you. I could have a relationship with you like Mom and Uncle Al had. They had a sort of "Bond", I guess. That 'bond' will be forever stronger then ours. You and I are complete opposites. I was always quick with my temper and overzealous, while you on the other hand were always calm and collected.

I shouldn't have ever left you alone. Ditched you like I did in the past. I should have clinged on to you and held tight. But how was I to know you'd disappear like that? How was I to know? How? I'm sorry, just doesn't cut it anymore. It didn't then, and it would be a damn out lie if it did now.

My sister, Do you remember when we caught Dad and Mom in the "act"? I do. I guess that's the only time we really agreed on anything, and managed to embarrass Dad and Mom at the same time. We agreed on a few things, but never fully like that day. But Mom and Dad did get their revenge then. How old were we then? 10 maybe 12? Just learning about sex and how babies were made. Staying up later and later each night.

Roy nibbled on the base of her neck, and she let out a playful purr. Roy pulled off Ed's shirt. He grinned against the skin he kissed. Ed giggled as Roy blow against her stomach. They lean into a deep kiss unaware of their unwanted company.

Kyo and Kyoko (age 12) eyes widen as they watched the unspeakable from the hallway. They watched as their father kissed their mother in all of the wrong spots (well what they thought were wrong). Then they screamed "EW! DAD! PLEASE KEEP YOUR PANTS ZIPPED!" The parents fell off of the couch, Ed quickly got dressed with a light blush on her face. Roy had an equally bright blush as he sent the children back to bed. He was about to return to his previous activities but the children yelled "WE WON'T GO TO BED IF YOUR DOING THAT IN THE LIVING ROOM!" Edward started to burst out laughing. Roy muttered. "Pre-teens,"

I remember everything that we did together. From embarrassing mom, to us yelling at each other. I remember all of our hideouts. I remember how mom was always a better cook then dad. Dad always burned dinner when he tried to cook, and we'd end up going out to eat instead. I remember.

That's a good thing right?


Remembering your family.

The only people that really give a damn about you?

I'm scared.

I want to see you.

I miss you.

Love

Your brother,

Kyo Mustang

"Mom it hurts" The girl cried as her mother held her. A pair of bat wings sprouted from her back, tearing the young girl's nightshirt. Tears streamed down the girls face as her mother cleaned blood from her back. The smooth bat-like wings were greasy to the touch and there were down feathers on the inside part of the wings, which were unusual for bat wings. The feather's were a black and blended nicely.

Tears were bridged at her mother's eyes. "I'm so sorry!" The mother cried as she held her child. Even though, it wasn't her fault. It was an alchemical reaction that her child had done, and it rebounded. The wings slowly moved back into the skin, causing the child more blood loss. Her mother cleaned the two long cuts at her shoulder bones, and then she wrapped the wings inside of the cuts. " I hate having to hide this from brother, but he'll think I'm a freak." The girl said quietly to her loving mother. Her father came into the room and looked sadly at his daughter. "No matter what, your mother and I will always love you. So will your brother." He told the girl with an honest but sad smile. "I know" the girl muttered quietly against her mother's chest.

"It's okay, everything will be okay." She said sadly as she held her crying child.

To my brother,

I don't understand, why we started writing to each other. I mean, we do live in the same house! Right? I love you! And I'm sorry for yelling. I guess your right. I did to the wrong thing.

Love,

Your sister

Kyoko screamed as she watched the men in dark suits bind her mother to a tree with alchemy. The roots of the tree wrapped around Edward's waist. Edward hanged limply in the air and blood ran down her face. Tears streamed down Kyoko's eyes. "MOTHER!" She yelled as they chained her and threw her in a car. "MOTHER!" Edward opened her eyes slightly seeing her daughter for what she thought would be the last time, and fell unconscious.

Armstrong pulled against the roots of the tree, trying to free his friend. "Edward, hold on." He whispered as he got the roots off of the girl and she fell limply against her brother. "Alphonse-kun, they got her good." Armstrong said sadly as he picked her up from her brother's hold and carried her to the nearest doctor's office/Hospital. When they reached there the doctors immediately took care of Ed. Al cried in his hands as he watched his only sibling go into the ER. I would have thought that I'd be used to this, I should go look for Kyoko. Ed will be mad, but I'm torn here. I don't know what to do.

Alex Armstrong talked to Kyo over the phone, telling him that he found their mother, but not Kyoko. He heard a worried sigh on the other line. "Is Uncle Al with you?" The boy asked in a tried voice that reminded him of Edward years ago. "Yes. He's a mess." Then he heard the boy starting to cry. "It's all my fault. She told me to run! Why didn't she come with me?" The boy cried and Armstrong frowned.

I've raised my children, like my mother. They're good kids. I love them with all of my heart. I've always worried about them when they went outside to play. Like I'd worry when Roy was at Central and there was a serial killer going around. I've helped raise Al and Winry's kids too. We both shared parts of babysitting. What did we do to deserve this?

I've failed, Roy. I couldn't protect her. Am I dying? Did they beat me that badly? I've gotten weaker. I've never seen alchemy like that. Who are they? Why did they take her? Why did they take Kyoko? Why?

Ed opened her eyes to see her lover's face lying near her. There were tears running down her face. She wiped them away from her eyes. It was uncommon for her to cry of all people. She covered her face with her hands. Why can't I live happily?

For all of those,

Who has suffered life's wrong turns,

I've written this for them.

Because,

They remind me of you.

Ed stared at Roy for a long time, until she saw his eyes flutter. She closed hers, and felt his weight leave the hospital bed. Then she fell back to sleep, with worry hanging over her head like a thick cloud. She heard several other people come in.

"Sir, we couldn't locate your daughter"

"But we do know where she is"

"Remember Ms. Glory sir?"

"Yes I do."

"Good sir, She and a group of unknown people have made a hideout."

She guessed that Roy nodded and the people started to leave, "I'll be back, Edo-koi" She heard Roy say and then he left. She sat up and cried. She sobbed into her hands, unaware on how long she was a sleep while she was injured, all she knew what that she was up now and crying. "Kyoko, I'm sorry... I couldn't save you..." She sobbed into her hands, which were bandaged. I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry. Ed's thoughts were so jumbled up that she didn't even notice the nurse enter the room. She only noticed when the nursed wrapped and arm around her, and then she sobbed into the nurse's shoulder.

No words were needed to be said.

Mom, I didn't mean to hurt you. Or dad. They wanted me because of what I did. I'm sorry. If I listened to you and brother more often, you wouldn't be hurt. You wouldn't be crying because of me. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. Brother. I'm sorry.

Mother.

Are you okay?

She cried in the room, she was curled up. She was scared. "Mother... mother..." She chanted in a hoarse voice as she cried. She was alone, and unable to leave. She could feel the wings press against her skin. She cried as they burst through the scabbed skin and ripped through her shirt. "Mommy...mommy... I hurt." She said as she fainted on to the ground bat-wings wrapped around her.

Everyone cries,


But only for themselves.

Do they ever think?

Of the people who were hurt?

Victims of a crime.

I cry for them.

The fallen.

I never,

Cry

for

me.