Chapter 3: Long Needed Explanations
Ed took a deep breath.
"It all started back when Al and I were still looking for the Philosopher's Stone. You know after all those years of searching, research, leads, whatever, we never even got close to it. So we gave up and decided to go back home to live with Winry. It was not an easy ride home. We took about four different trains. Each time something terrible would happen. Al and I started thinking it was no accident. Someone was following us and thought that we should be nonexistent in the near future.
"So in other words they were trying to kill-"
"WOULD YOU STOP INTERRUPTING ME?"
"Sorry, continue."
"Anyways, yes someone was trying to kill us. We decided to find out who it was naturally. So we looked around and spotted someone who looked suspicious following us. He looked oddly familiar. It was none other then the Isballan, Scar. We followed him to some desert alley and met up with him. Looks were exchanged, and then, he started going after us, well more so for Al. So I started yelling at him, 'STAY AWAY FROM MY BROTHER!' And I went for Scar… and I punched him… and I kept beating him, and beating him. He took a few punches at me. So, I-I….I clap my hands together, and…and… and…"
Mustang repeated, "And? What happened? What happened next?
Ed started crying, he couldn't hold it back anymore.
"Edward, what did you do next?"
Ed started stalling. Finally he bursts out, "I KILLED HIM! I CLAPPED MY HANDS TOGETHER AND I KILLED HIM! WITH ALCHEMY! SOMETHING I SWORE I WOULD NEVER DO!"
"Oh Edward,"
"Damn it Roy, don't feel sympathetic for me. I don't deserve to live."
"Oh Ed, don't say that-"
"BUT IT'S TRUE!"
"If you believe you deserve to die then what are you doing here trying to kill me?"
"Just let me finish. After I-I, you know. He was lying on the ground and I was just standing there, but all of a sudden his body started to disappear. So I wiped the tears from my eyes, and I started walking over towards him. As I started walking towards him my arm started feeling funny. I looked down and it was glowing white. The pain was too immense to handle, I screamed out in pain. I couldn't take it any longer. My knees buckled beneath me and the last thing I remember was Al's voice saying, 'Brother? What's the matter!" When I came to ,I had at first completely forgotten about the incident. I glanced at the bloodstained ground and it came back in an instant, including the pain in my arm. I looked down and…"
Mustang said, "What Ed, what?"