Title: The End of Heartache
By: Korin Amaya Starr
Written: 21.Oct.05
249 Words
WARNING! SPOILERS. And when I say "SPOILERS" I mean it. Try, "Episode 51" spoilers. Having seen this episode, I know what I'm talking about. Therefore, the following fic is entirely accurate, though with my spin on things of course. If you don't want to be spoiled, don't read this. If you don't care, go right ahead and keep reading. God knows I spoiled myself thoroughly…
Disclaimer: Don't own. Don't wanna talk about it. Don't want to remember that I don't own it. Wish I owned it… Don't own it.
Clenching his fists -- both flesh and blood once more -- Edward stared down at the swooping lines of the array. Al had done something stupid. His life was worth so much more, and he had given it up. Ed had to fix that mistake.
This is for you, Al. I won't let my sins ruin everything. Not again. Stripping off his black jacket and undershirt, Ed proceeded to draw alchemic glyphs on his chest, forearms, and forehead.
He slammed his hands together, feeling the familiar jolt of power surge through his bloodstream. Only, there was something different about it. The array beneath Edward's feet started to glow, and he could feel its soft tendrils of light reaching up and seeking him. He wasn't going to hide from them. He had vowed to do whatever it took to get Al his body back. He was going to keep that promise.
Thinking back on every bad thing he had ever done, Ed let the array take away the guilt, the sorrow, the pain. He was going to give everything he had. And he wouldn't regret it at all. Edward was sick of so much responsibility, truth be told, but he wasn't going to give up now. The alchemy was already moving, and it was too late to turn back. If this was how he would get rid of all that secret pain and heartache he had carried for so many years, so be it.
He let the light take him.
The End
Review, onegai!