Disclaimer: I don't own FMA or it's characters...but I do own my story and the characters that I made up...so HA!

This chapter is a tad shorter than the past few, but oh well. I know in the end Scar isn't that bad of a person, but I had to make him the bad guy...it was the only thing that fit...you'll see. Enjoy the chapter, and remember to review!

When they reached the Eastern Base the children realized that the east was like Central City only run down and nearly empty. It was a depressing place. The people were either dead or hurt, so the streets were empty and a dark haze seemed to hang above the city. This was where the Ishbalans were contained by the military.

"No wonder they're angry..." Calien whispered to Ed and Al as they entered the compound. She was full of sympathy for these people though she didn't know why. When they got inside Roy told Calien more details of her father's death.

"We think the young man who blew up the building we were in was Scar...He was trying to kill us and for some reason I lived and your father died, but he wanted me to remind you that he loved you..." Roy explained. Calien listened to the story of her father's death silently. Daisy jumped on her lap and meowed trying to comfort her. Ed and Al just looked at the floor, in front of Roy there was nothing Ed could do for her. Ed didn't want Roy to know about his feelings just yet, but soon everything would come out.

The next day they were going into the heart of the Ishbalan village to try to stop the people from rioting. The crowd was huge and Calien was so small, even at 15 years old that she was lost quickly. Roy was frantically looking for her with the Elric boys not far behind him. A large hand had grabbed Calien and pulled her away from Roy and the boys. By nightfall, they hadn't found her. Roy thought he had looked everywhere. He got down on his knees and screamed, there was no other way to get his fear and frustration out at that moment. His little girl could be dead.

Ed and Al were still with him, "We can't give up, Roy..I won't let you quit..not now..." Ed forced Roy to his feet. They decided to check back at the base to see if there had been any word from Calien. There had been a call from a man who said that he had Calien. He gave his location, but said if anyone besides the person he requested showed up, he would kill her.

"Damn it!" Roy shouted, punching the wall in frustration. He was worried about his daughter. The man asked for Edward Elric, the Full-Metal Alchemist.

"I'll go, Roy...Calien will come home alright..even if I don't." Roy frowned.

"Kid?" He asked...there was something he had to know.

"Yes, Sir?" Ed asked quietly.

"Do you love Calien?" Roy asked in his serious voice that he always used when what he was saying required a lot of thought.

"Yes." Ed answered quickly.

"But she doesn't know..." Ed looked at the floor, "and now she might not ever find out..."

"Tell her if you get a chance..." Roy said with a slight smile. This boy was ready to give his life for Calien...he was brave, like her father had been, Roy knew that Ed was good for Calien, and he could see it in her eyes when she looked at Ed that she loved him too...Maes had been right all along.

Calien was with Scar. He had kidnapped her. When they got back to his house, he tied her up so that she couldn't use alchemy. She struggled so hard her wrists were cut by the ropes. She was crying and struggling desperately trying to break free. She was sure he would kill her...this was the man who had killed her father. He cupped her tiny chin in his large hand.

"You're beautiful...like your mother was." He said with a grin.

"Shut up! You didn't know my mother!" She screamed through her tears.

"I know much more about you than you even know about yourself..." He answered with a smirk.

"Your father was a good for nothing state alchemist, so I killed him to get him away from your mother."

"I hate you!" Calien screamed. She was full of anger. Suddenly the door was kicked in and Ed stood in the doorway.

"I'm here, Scar..let her go."

Scar turned and grinned, "Calien needs to learn the truth, Elric...and so do you...something your precious Roy would never tell you..."

"Shut up!" Calien screamed again, "I won't listen to you...never!"

"I'll make you listen..." Scar glared at her angrily. He quickly grabbed Ed and put his hand on his back and the room glowed red for a moment, then Ed coughed up blood and collapsed.

"Ed!" Calien cried.

"He's not dead...but he will be soon if you don't listen..." He said angrily.

"Alright, I'll listen, just don't hurt him anymore..." Calien sobbed.

"Awww...do you love him? Do you love a worthless state alchemist...just like your mother did?" He asked.

"Yes..." Calien whispered looking at Ed helplessly, "I do love him...so much.." She finished, afraid that this would be her last chance to tell him. Ed was still on the floor, he reached out to her, then his eyes rolled back in his head and he passed out. Somehow he heard everything that Scar said anyway.

"Your mother...She was my cousin," Scar said seriously.

"She left our village..here, to be with her lover...your father. You're an Ishbalan, that's why you look so much like us, dark hair, dark eyes...how could you not see it before? Your very name is Ishbalan...'Calien' means Eastern Rose." Calien looked at him with tears in her eyes, how could Roy not have told her that?

"Something else..." Scar said with a smile.

"Listen up, Elric...I know where the Philosopher's Stone is..." Ed forced his eyes open and sat up, ready to do anything to get the stone.

"The stone can take any form, even a person...remember hearing that, Ed?" Ed nodded as Scar spoke. He cupped Calien's face in his hands again.

"You're it..." He said grinning at her.

"Don't believe me? Go home and ask Roy...he's known all along and tried to hide it from you." Scar wanted her to hurt, wanted to punish her for both her mother's and her own love of state alchemists, when they should be with Ishbalan men. Ed was shocked, he had searched for the Philospher's Stone for so long, yet it had been under his nose all along. Scar untied Calien and told her to leave.

"Not without Ed..." She said glaring at Scar with pure hatred in her eyes. Ed stood up quickly, there was pain in his body like he had never felt before, but he had to make sure she was safe.

"Run!" He shouted as he prepared himself to fight Scar. She wouldn't leave. Scar ran at him and this time remembered Ed's automail. He tripped him and Ed fell backward hitting his head on the floor. He groaned and tried to get up, but Scar pinned him and hit him. Ed brought out the blade from his arm and stabbed Scar in the side. Blood poured out and Scar got up and moved away from Ed. Ed followed him and caused the roof of the buiding to cave in in hopes of distracting him.

"Calien, you need to get out of here...please..." Ed begged.

"No, I lost my parents and Maes...I won't lose you too, I'm staying..." Scar caused the floor to split open and Ed almost fell in, but Calien grabbed his hand and held it as tight as she could. She could feel his hand slipping. Ed knew he would die if he fell.

"Calien, Roy told me I should tell you when I got the chance...we knew this was a suicide mission for me, but I had to get you out of here, even if it meant I would die. I love you so much. You make me so happy..in ways that no one else can. You have to be safe...please...run..."

"Ed...I love you too, I just didn't want to tell you...but...we'll get out of this together, you'll go home with me and we'll be ok...you'll be ok..." His hand slipped from hers and he fell to the floor below. His body landed with a loud thud and he didn't get up or move. Blood trickled from his mouth. Calien could not believe her eyes but in her heart she knew Ed would die if she didn't kill Scar and get them out of there.

"Scar, I didn't want to kill you...but I have to."

He laughed, "you can't kill me...you're just a child." She held up her hands and concentrated. She drew the water out of Scar's body causing his skin to cling to his bones. Humans are mostly water and without water, a person will die. Scar's body had no water in it at all. His dried up body fell to the floor. He was dead. Calien now ran to the hole in the floor.

"Ed!" She screamed, but he didn't answer. She felt a burst of strength and she jumped down to him and picked him up, she never would have been able to do that under normal circumstances. She carried his limp body back to the military compound. Roy and Al were the only two in the office when Calien ran in carrying Ed.

"Please, Daddy, we have to help him..." A doctor was hurried in and said that Ed was dying. Calien began to cry, she could almost feel his heart slowing.

"I must do something..." She closed her eyes and put her hands over Ed's heart and began begging him not to die. Her hands glowed white and began to feel warm as Ed's body became healthy again. She seemed very tired, but Ed groaned and woke up. Calien had proved that she really was the Philospher's Stone.

OH MY GOODNESS! This chapter may have been short, but it was a very important one. Don't forget to review!