Thanks for being so understanding guys. Here's the new chapter I promised. It's just a little bit later than I'd promised. To all my loving and loyal fans. Ok so maybe that's exaggerating, but thank you so much for your continued support. It is greatly aprreciated.
Ed was finally thinking things were beginning to look up for him. It had been three days of traveling since anything bad had happened to him. He must just be able to reach Samarkand. The group stopped for the night in a town called Blankersville. Ed found a cheap inn and paid for two rooms. He fell asleep almost as fast as his head hit the pillow.
The next morning Ed woke up early and headed down fro breakfast. He ordered two eggs, three pancakes, and two orders of bacon. He was incredibly hungry for some reason. He sat down to eat when A messenger ran into the room shouting, "Is Edward Elric here?"
Ed looked at the man. He looked sweaty from his run. Then he said, "I'm Edward Elric" The man handed him a letter addressed in Aunt Pinacko's (sp?) handwriting. Ed opened the letter as fast as he could. It read:
Dear Ed and Al,
Winry was taken into the hospital last night. We were working on a new arm for a man who just moved into town. She fell passed out cold on the floor. The doctor's think that she may have a severe case of food poisoning. Please come back and see her. She really misses you both.
Aunt Pinacko
Ed's eyes began to water at the sides. I will not cry in front of all these people. He ran upstairs to get Al and the driver up. He explained the situation to both of them and within the next hour all of them were back on the road again.
Thoughts kept spinning through Ed's mind. He'd been so busy with Mustang that he hadn't had time to visit Winry. What if it was too late by the time he go there? What would he do without her? Ed began to fall deeper and deeper into depression. Nothing Al could say would cheer him up. Both boys fell silent for a long spell. Winry had always been there. What would happen if she never got better?
Two long days went like this. The boys thought they wouldn't get there in time. There was a chance that Winry might not've made it. Ed thought he'd never forgive himself if he didn't see his love one last time. It was late the second night that they finally rolled into town. They barged into the hospital and Ed walked up to the station centered at the entrance. "Which room had Winry Rockbell in it?"
"Sir, Please settle down, visiting hours are over."
"What do you mean over?
"Sir, you know very well what that means."
"Well make them open now."
"Hold on! I'll call up to the room."
Ed waited patiently as one can be expected to be when one's love is in the hospital. "Miss Rockbell? Yes. I have two young men here eager to see you. Yes the one has a bad temper." Ed threw a death glance at the poor nurse. "Shall I send them up?" She looked at the two boys and said, "You may go see Miss Rockbell now. She is in room 110,
"Was it that hard to tell us that information up front?" Ed didn't wait for an answer, instead he took off towards room 110. He couldn't wait to see Winry. He had missed her, but he only wished that they had not been reunited under such conditions.
When Ed entered the room he saw Winry sitting up in her bed. Thought she was smiling he could tell how bad she felt. Her skin didn't have the usual glow that had. Her eyes looked deprived of sleep and sunken in. Not to mention the fact that she looked like she hadn't eaten in days. She had lost a lot of weight since being in the hospital, and he wasn't the only one to notice.
Ed walked over to Winry and said, "Hey! How are ya?"
"Oh, Ed! I'm fine now that you and Al are here. It's been so long. Sorry that we had to see each other again on such bad conditions."
"Winry, It's ok. Don't overexert yourself. I've been meaning to call you, but things got so busy. Did I tell ya that Mustang adopted Al and myself?"
"You've gotta to be kidding me! And the poor man is still alive?"
"What do you mean he's lucky!" Ed told Winry everything that had happened lately. Al, tired of being ignored, interjected his thoughts ever now and then. Ed left out two key parts of his story thought, the secret room and his real reason for wanting to go to Samarkand.
Winry listened to the story without complaint, but she was still very sick. She even threw up a couple of times. Ed tried to do his best to comfort the poor girl, but there was nothing he could do.
Ed finally looked at Winry and said, "I'm sorry Win. Here I am babbling on and you're obviously sick and tired. Lay down and go to sleep. We'll see you tomorrow."
Winry set her head down on the pillow and sleep began to take over her. Ed got up to leave but she yelled,"Wait! Ed!." He came back to her bedside and took her hand in his,"Yes Winry?"
Winry looked into his handsome amber eyes and softly said, "Stay with me. At least till I fall asleep." Ed nodded in agreement and watched her gently fall back to sleep. He looked at her sleeping form and sighed. He only wished he could make her feel better.
Ed and Al left the sleeping Winry and headed towards the home that had always been there for the both of them. The rest of the family that those boys had left from their childhood. Aunt Pinacko and Winry's house.
As they boys came to the doorway that noticed that the light was still on and Aunt Pinacko was sitting in the front room reading a book. They knocked on the front door and she let them in. "How are you boys? It's been a while."
"Hey there Aunty. Sorry we've been kinda busy. Right Ed."
"Um yeah. So how are you Pinacko?"
"Oh things have been going good and business has been booming, but it's been mighty lonesome without Winry here. Well boys come on in. No need for aimless chatter outside when we could be inside getting warm.
The boys went back to the room that they had been given so many years ago. It was good to be back home, but Ed knew deep down that this good feeling could not last. Winry was sick and they were nowhere closer to gaining real knowledge on the Philosopher's Stone.
Thanks for reading. Does neone kno how to spell Pinacko? b/c i have no idea. Thanks for reading and I will update soon. But reviews do tend to motivate me.
ttyl,
Dani