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Weeping Willows

Chapter 2: The Thief Strikes Again!

Edward and Alphonse roamed the busy streets of Floral-Hill Town, looking for a pleasant accommodation to stay. Both siblings kept quite, not looking at each other. Ed hummed to himself while Al looked at all the stores and costumers. Al grew worried and turned his attentions to his gloomy brother. Alphonse knew if he asked him if he was alright he would just bark at him. It did not hurt to try though. "Brother, are you alright?"

"Of course not, Al! I just got robbed, by foolish little girl! And you expect me to be alright!"

Al sighed deeply, Why I even bothered…"Ed," Alphonse started, "you said that you were cool about it. Why are you stressing over it? At least she apologized and returned your wallet. She also promised that she would never do it again. So drop it will you?"

"Yeah, maybe you are right after all Al…" Ed gave in. He was very tired and was not in the slightest mood to keep arguing. Sometimes it was best to leave the past behind you. And he knew Al would win this fight anyway. Edward looked around, still in search of a comfortable inn. After five minutes of continues walking Edward noticed a huge crowd of people gathering at Centre Square. "Hey, Al?"

"Yes, brother?" Al asked quietly. Edward pointed to the direction where the people gathered and gestured Al to follow. The people shouted and cheered, making way for the special guest of the evening.

"Looks like some kind of show… " Edward mumbled. He pushed his way through the crowd, hoping to get a closer look at the attraction.

"I need a volunteer from the audience in order to perform my next trick!" A man with a black hat, and thin cape yelled. He was a magician, probably famous in the community, but he definitely did not impress Ed.

Alphonse looked at his brother and then to the magician, "I guess magic is what keep this town going."

"Well, it's crummy magic," Edward stated "like, come on! Who would want to waste their time standing around just to see some stranger shuffle a few cards? Let's get- huh?" Edward stopped as soon as he felt that cold sensation again. It gave him shivers down his spine; the feel being a lot colder and noticeable than before. He swung himself around to see the same cloaked figure from earlier, pushing themselves out of the crowd. That hooded figure… Edward quickly pushed his auto mail hand into his right pants pocket, to find his wallet. "Oh gosh, not again!" Edward dashed straightforward towards the culprit at full speed.

"Brother! Wait up, where are you headed to!" Alphonse grabbed hold of Edward's compact suit case and jogged after his furious brother.

The culprit ran in many directions, not giving up their prize. Edward was running out of breath but was not willing to give. They then turned into an alleyway with a dead end. The thief slowed down, panting hard, sweating in panic. Why did I take that stupid turn? The thief slowly took a step back bumping into something.

"Guess this is the end of the line." The voice mentioned. The thief turned around to see a young man in rage. "I thought you said you would leave us alone!" Edward grabbed her wrist and slammed her hard against to concrete wall. He was inches away from her face, staring deep into her pupils; until it hit him. "You're…you're not her." This thief looked exactly the same as the young girl this afternoon, the only difference was that her right iris was cyan and her left was magenta. He quickly let go of the female's wrist, still carrying a frown. "Ahem, I believe you have my wallet, miss."

The girl hung her pale face low and shook her head, "I'm real sorry, but you see, I'm afraid, I cannot survive with only a few cents in my pocket. So, please spare some change?" She looked up and gave a sweet smile.

Edward softened his gaze. I guess it would be going towards a good use. "Pass me my wallet," she looked at her hand and hesitantly gave it to him. He opened it and took out a crisp 100 dollar bill. He placed it in her hands softly, "Here, just make sure you put it to good use, and no more stealing got it?"

She opened her mouth and shook Edward's hand hard, "Thank you! Thank you so much, sir!" She let go and dashed towards the streets of downtown.

Edward scratched his head, pondering about the situation, "I could of sworn that was the same girl from this afternoon. Strange."

"Strange indeed."

Edward looked over his shoulders and saw his younger brother behind him. He turned around and started to walk out of the alley, "Come on Al, and let's find a place to stay."

"Ah! Stop! Someone help!"

Both brothers ran towards the source where the screaming came from, "Excuse me, Madame, what's wrong?" Alphonse questioned.

The woman held her face in shock, "That thief! That thief stole purse! Please, stop them!"

"Don't worry, Miss; we'll retrieve your belongings," Edward answered, "Come on, Al, we've got yet another thief to catch!"

"Yeah, okay," Alphonse replied.

Both brothers towards the cloaked figure, who was not that far away. Suddenly, the figure tripped and fell face first in a puddle of mud. They were completely soaked and their clothing was now extremely heavy. "Ugh! Yuck!" the figure spat out.

Then, the figure felt great tug on their hood and was now face to face with a steaming Ed. "I thought I told you to stop stealing! Wasn't the money I gave you enough?"

"I'm real sorry!" The young girl exclaimed.

"Yeah, right! Stop jerking us around! I had enough- huh?" Edward's lecture was interrupted by the colour of the girl's eyes. Her wet and scared eyes changed from magenta and cyan, to a pale blue colour. "You! It was you all this time!" He grabbed her neck, digging his fingers into her throat. "By now, you should now that I despise crooks, especially liars!"

"Brother, please!" Alphonse begged, "You are going to kill her like that!" Edward let go of the child's neck and back up. The girl spat out blood on his shoe, got up and ran off, leaving the purse behind.

Men… I hate all of them. Tears weld up in her eyes as she dashed off into the shadows.

"Let's go, brother. That woman is waiting for us," Al whispered. Edward merely nodded, following his armored brother.

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