Chapter 9: Knowledge

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Anyway, here's chapter 9. Sorry it took so long. I was having MAJOR writer's block. This was a hard chapter so YOU BETTER LIKE IT! Anyway, Enjoy!

When Al woke up, he was in a completely different place. He was hurting both physically and emotionally. His older brother beat him up. Worst, though, his brother turned his back and walked out on him, just like his father did.

"Al! You're ok!" said a familiar voice. He looked up. It was Winry. "What happened to you? I was walking out to find you and I come across your unconscious ass lying in the middle of nowhere. What the hell were you think…" Winry began but stopped after looking at Al. His face was hung over and sad.

"Al? Where's Ed's body?" asked a worried Winry. She was hoping that he didn't do something stupid. "Al?"

"It's gone, Winry." Said Al. He was now beginning to cry. "He's gone. I turned him into a homunculus. I'm such an idiot!" yelled Al now hitting himself on the forehead.

Winry stopped his hand. Al looked up. Winry gave him a slap in the face. He was shocked at this. Winry usually had a wrench…

"Al, you just wanted your brother back. I understand, but how could you do this? You know now that you have to kill the one thing that you love! You should have thought about that!" said Winry. Al knew that she was holding back tears. There was a long moment of silence. Winry thought that she couldn't hold back her tears anymore. To her surprise, Al must have been thinking the same thing. He broke down crying.

"God, Winry! What have I done?" sobbed Al. Winry hugged him. He cried into her shoulder. He kept saying, "What have I done?" over and over. "It's okay, Al, it's okay..." said Winry softly. She started to rub his back as he cried more into her shoulder.

She let him cry for an hour before he had cried himself to sleep. She laid him down on the bed. She walked out, still sniffling. She plopped down on her bed. She thought, 'Ed…Why did you have to be so damn stubborn. You're dead. Now, Al brought you back only so you can be killed again. Ed…Why did you leave before I could tell you!' She slowly drifted into sleep.

The next morning, Al decided that he would go out and look for his sin of a brother. He knew that it would be hard, but, he gripped the lock of hair in his hand, he knew what he had to do.

As he was walking, he thought about all of the times he had left his brother. 'So this is what it feels like when I walk out on brother. No wonder he comes looking for me. It's lonely.' He continued until he came to the train stop. He had to go see his teacher. He would need help finding Dante.

I hope you guys like that chapter. I didn't know what to write so it might be a little weird. I was actually listening to the song Love by Keysha Cole. I LOVE that song! Anyway, please R&R! Ideas are helpful... or I might take even longer to make chapter 10! (NOOOOO) jk... but mabye I shouldn't joke. Anyway... R&R!