Here's the next chapter! I'm so sorry for the delay. I'm horrid at keeping promises…I owe so much stuff that I promised to do for people. The longest was 5 years and I still didn't finish! Thanks for the reviews. Anyways, hope you enjoy! Tears are welcomed, reviews are welcomed, flames are forbidden. Oh yeah, and my friend pointed out to me that I misspelled the name of the ruins. I gave two spellings, one was Rouge and the other was Rogue. Just so you know the correct spelling is Rouge. Sorry for the confusion. And for those people who are confused, I'm sorry, I truly am. I'm a very confusing person… he he… hopefully in the next chapter or so things are cleared up. My editing skills are crap…

Disclaimer: I do not own Full Metal Alchemist or any of its characters. Only the OCs.

Weeping Willows

The human being stood in the centre of Rouge Plaza, wearing such grungy clothing, and covered with scrapes. By the looks of it, the person looked like a mere orphan child, looking for a new place to call home. A young girl ran up to this homeless child, tugging on its shirt sleeve asking if they were okay. I simply watched among the shadows looking at this current event with pure excitement. I knew what was bound to come, and I was not going to interfere. The dirty child looked at the little girl with pure wrath in its eyes and grabbed the poor girl by the neck. This day will certainly be an enjoyable one, especially the bloodshed…

Chapter 6: Luna, Go Home!

"Brother, are you up?"

The young alchemist stirred but did not bother to get up. His eyes were transfixed on the burgundy coloured cushioning of the train seats.

"Brother I've been thinking about what you said earlier… about not trusting Ms. Luna… don't you think you are judging her way too quickly? We barely know her and-"

"Precisely," Ed whispered not facing Al, "we barely know her and let us leave it that way. She can't be trusted; the same goes for any stranger we bump into."

Alphonse turned his metal helmet towards the sleeping figure across from them. She was sound asleep, loose strands of her dirty blonde hair from her ponytail fell in her face. The young boy looked hard at Luna and tried to think of a reason of why his brother would think she is a threat to them? The part of why she dislikes men is odd but not way too out of the ordinary. He heard something move and turned around to see Edward sitting up scratching his head. The rash he contracted earlier started to heal, but he did not bother bring that issue back up again.

"Brother?" Al was eager to know everything that was going through Ed's head and knew that Trust was not the only issue.

"What now? I really need to go to the washroom!" Ed exclaimed startling the little girl next to them. She averted her multicoloured irises towards them in confusion. "What do you want?" He barked at her causing her to jump. She simply just looked away towards the transparent glass window and gazed at scenery bypassing them each second. Edward didn't wait to hear what Al had to say and simply walked off to the nearest washroom.

Al's POV

I looked on as brother didn't even look behind him. I glanced over at Luna and sighed. She's just an innocent little girl caught in between this mess. How could anyone not trust her? She stares at me with those solemn dual coloured eyes filled with loneliness, longing for someone to appreciate them in return. I couldn't just sit there and acted as if nothing had ever happened, "Don't mind Brother, he is just having a bad day today that's all…" She simply nodded her head and looked back outside through the clear window. Her body figure, was so small and fragile, it seemed as if she has not eaten in days. But that would not be true since the last meal she actually was willing to eat was yesterday morning. I couldn't just leave her starving like that while Ed eats all of the food, so I grabbed the small paper bag with treats and fruits inside and took out a shiny green apple and held it towards her. "Here. You must be starving."

Her response was hesitant but she clearly needed something to eat or she would faint anytime soon. "Thank you," she stretched her right arm and took the green fruit out of my grasp. "Where are we headed to?"

I guessed that Edward didn't have the time to tell Luna where we were destined to go at the time, "We are headed to an area called Rouge, some distance away from where we found you. Have you heard of it?"

"No. The name doesn't ring a bell. I'm a loner, and besides the residents of Floral-Hill don't care what ever happens to me or if I know what's going on." That statement sure did make me think hard. Why wouldn't the townspeople tell her anything, considering that everyone in that place is "in the know"?

"Why wouldn't the townspeople tell you anything?" I asked. She simply turned her head to the side stating she wasn't willing to talk about it. I understood and didn't push the current situation any further.

"Are you bothering my brother now, too?" Edward yelled arriving from the nearest restroom.

"Brother!"

"Don't Brother me! For the rest of the trip I want peace and quite. You two are starting to get on my nerves! Especially you, kid!" Ed sat down and tapped right foot against the dusty flooring. And I just sat there, with nothing else to say. It stayed that way until we got off at Floral Hill… wait, Floral Hill?

End of Al's POV

"Brother! Why are we stopping here? I thought we were going to Rouge?"

"Al, for once can you just shut up and follow! I know what I'm doing here; I don't need you to correct me all the time." Ed was furious. The same conflict was occurring again. Al would say something, and Ed would take it the wrong way, much like the incident at Floral Hill a few days earlier. Al stood quiet. In times like these he knew that the best resort was to stay quiet and do what his elder brother told him to do.

"Okay girl, listen," Ed started, "I have a job to do and a position to hold, and I cannot have you tagging along as if this were fun and games! Heed to your rule and stay away from us men. You will get into trouble. So go run along home."

Luna was fuming with anger. Never had she been treated like a little girl, and in such a manner as if she cannot take care of herself. She was starting to get used to them and trust them as well; in fact, this is the longest she has been in close contact with a male since she was around four. "Excuse me! What do you mean run along home? And the name isn't girl either, it's LUNA! Get it through that thick skull of yours."

"And now you know why I can't have you around! You make matters worse for everyone! So go home!"

"Brother! Please just calm down…" Al piped up. No one really noticed he was there for the time being and Al was sick and tired of being ignored. But again no one heard him.

"Because of you, I can't have a decent time with my younger brother, without having him mention about you or something that I did to make me feel guilty. If we never met in the first place, I would have never gotten this disgusting rash from you! If YOU never stole my wallet in the first place, we could all be living peacefully, without having to worry about a little girl under our protection!" Ed clenched his fists so hard, that it started to hurt from the tension on his muscles. This was the perfect time to blame everything on her as he thought. The perfect time to break her down and make her leave.

Al was disgusted by the behaviour of his elder brother. He never knew he could so mean especially to a little girl. He had put her complete trust in her while his brother did not.

"Fine. If it will make you happy, then I will leave and go back home. It was nice knowing you Mister Elric. Have a great day." Luna walked away from the scene of the two boys, knowing that her relationships with any man were not meant to be. And it was becoming clear that she will die a lonely death. What happened to the friends I had when I was four? She had thought. I bet everyone wishes I were dead!

The walk back onto the train was very painful for Alphonse. He had witnessed the cruel side of Edward. The side whom breaks the will and self-esteem of others, making others feel useless inside. Edward on the other hand had enough of today's events and wanted to put that all aside. He was ready for a nap, which will now be uninterrupted because it was just the two of them now. He couldn't wait to get to Rouge and finish his report.

"Edward… did we do the right thing?" Alphonse questioned. He waited for an answer… he waited for over fifteen minutes for an answer. Edward has shut his eyes ten minutes ago breathing soundly in his deep sleep as Al had thought. Alphonse gazed out the window watching trees rush past the train window. The only thoughts in his head were how Winry was doing, and how Luna will be back at home, and the goldenrod kitten. He thought terrible things about how his brother probably acted towards Winry when he wasn't around as well.

"Yes, and no, Al…" Edward whispered, with a great amount of guilt pressed on his chest. "She is a complete stranger to us. A girl who steals, especially one who steals from state alchemists, cannot be trusted. She obviously is planning something, next thing you know she's stealing documents from HQ money from banks who knows." Edward still had his eyes closed, while mentioning all of this to his brother. The train stopped at their destination before Ed got to mention his next explanation. "C'mon Al, let's do some research!"

"Huh? Oh…yeah, sure." Al responded but deep inside his armor, the conditions of the tanned skinned girl concerned him the most. They walked up a steep hill about five minutes away from the ruins itself. They were in shock to see that people were still residing in these parts and rebuilding their lives. The conditions of the town were terrible, construction was still in process and the townspeople went on with their lives most without shelter and desperate need of donations.

"This is terrible." Al stated, "What or who could have done such a thing?"

Edward shook his head, "I don't know. But first we need to take care of what we came here to do in the first place. Ask about any weird activity that has happened recently in the past months."

The first person they asked was a young woman and her grandmother near the marketplace. They told the brothers about a young and innocent child possessed by a demon and abductions. The next witness, a middle aged man, answered "a servant of the devil stole the souls of our children!" None of them could identify if the child was male or female.

"What did this person look like?" Edward asked a young lady in her mid twenties.

The lady shut her brown eyes remembering the tragedy that had fell upon their home. "She is a young girl. Around 13 years of age or less. She has come about nine years or so before and has killed innocent people, most of them young children. Her eyes are cyan blue and she has a small figure. Barely hit puberty, she still has child like features. As well, spirits and monsters have been roaming the town…I'm sorry my English is terrible. I'm probably saying nonsense!" The lady exclaimed.

"No, Miss. Your English is just fine everything makes sense. Please, continue. " Alphonse reassured.

"I'm sorry, that's all I can remember. It is very painful to remember indeed."

"Oh." Al answered, "Thanks anyway, you helped us out a lot."

"Your wel-" the eyes of the young lady grew wide as she say the sight of terror behind the two boys in front of her.

"Miss! What's wrong?" Edward questioned.

"Brother! You might want to look behind you!" The scene of a young boy being suffocated to death by a chimera was the main attraction now in the town. "We've got to help him Brother!" Alphonse started to run off ahead until he noticed that his brother wasn't moving, but instead holding his throat, his pupils getting smaller, gasping for air.

"Brother!" Al yelled confused on which action to take. Let an innocent boy die because he ran to his brother's aid instead? Or help the boy and have his brother die before him?

The seconds went passed the Elric Brothers slowly. Edward holding on to his dear life, his brother completely still, not knowing what to do. Whatever that was happening to Edward was the work of some spirit, a spirit filled with rage and wants nothing more but to see him dead.

The young boy who was attacked in the first place was rescued by a young girl. Dirty blonde, and rough, tanned skin. It was Luna. She had some how calmed the lost soul of the chimera and retrieved the five year old from it. Much was damaged in that small area, but the one thing concerning Luna the most was the safety of a child. She just didn't know of the conditions of the Elric Brothers as of yet.

Ed plummeted towards the ground, skin colour turning red from the lack of oxygen in his lungs. He was going to die any second now. Alone just as he figured. The screams of the townspeople and his brother have faded, his limbs were numb, all he could see was a bright light, and a picture of Al, Mom and Mandarin…the girl he had hoped to see again after all these years.

"Edward! Luna, Edward is dead! It's my entire fault!" If Al had a body, you would be able to see tears of sorrow and lost hope in his eyes. He was on the ground crying, gripping on Luna's clothes afraid to be let go. If Edward died, that would mean Alphonse was the only one left in his family. He would be alone. He would be afraid. He would be stuck in that rusting suit of armor forever.

"It's going to be all right, Alphonse. I can revive him before he has fully gone into the afterlife. I can call back his soul…I think." Luna mumbled without listening to the Elric's protests of not trying human transmutation and that's it's not worth it. Luna sat on the right side of Edward, still in his position of holding on to his throat, eyes and mouth open.

He looked completely helpless and scared, completely the opposite of the eldest. His face was showered with small beads of sweat, rolling off his cold cheeks. A small stream of saliva with tints of blood travelled from the creases of his pale lips.

She closed her eyes, "Edward… this is your guardian angel speaking…I want you to stop where you are and listen to what I have to say. Today is not the day that you will die…you have a brother depending on you, as well as family in outlaying areas," she spoke. She rested her cold, clammy palms on Edwards left breast and prayed. A light blue aura emitted from her hands while doing so. She then said, "Edward, hear my voice! Follow it and walk towards the light! Come back and returned to your body, for which this is where your soul belongs at this time!"

Over two minutes had passed. There was no sign of Edward Elric's return to the world. He lay motionless on the concrete ground, the look of pain, the last emotion he witnessed displayed on his face. "I don't understand. He should be back; he should be alive right now. It worked on my pets, and I knew it had to be a gift that I held! What did I do wrong?" She wondered.

"You liar! You said you could bring him back! You said you could bring Brother back to me!" Alphonse had said. Luna looked back down at the Edward's face, tears falling from her now cyan coloured eyes. She clenched Edward's clothing tightly, the tears falling on his chest, soaking his clothes. She might not like men as much, but seeing anyone die, male or female, was a tragic sight to witness.

"I was too late…it's all my fault. I'm sorry…"

The Full Metal Alchemist, Edward Elric, was dead. A young soul drifted off to the other side, leaving the one who loved him behind…

OMG! I killed Edward! I had so much fun writing this chapter, and once again I'm sorry for the super duper long delay. I procrastinate… A LOT! Please review! I hope to update soon.

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