A/N: Hi!! I'm here with chapter 4! I hope you enjoy it!!

Chapter 4:

The Funeral

Roy

A couple hours had passed since Riza left my house. I was now clad in black clothing, for the worst day of my life was starting and I need to dress the part.

Now I was at the flower shop, looking for flowers for Ed's grave. Do I want to bring a standard bouquet of white roses or something red for him? Hmmmm.

"Excuse me young lady, but what is the reddest bouquet of flowers you have?" I asked the young girl that was running the shop at the moment, being sure to use my famous charm on her. They call me a womanizer for a reason right?

She blushed as she pointed towards a stand near the back of the shop, full of red flowers. "Thank you young lady." I said to her with a wink. At that her nose was starting to bleed slightly. Still got it! I thought to myself.

And to think that I wanted to kill my self earlier today. That's when I saw them. The people I dreaded seeing most today, second only to Al, The Rockbels were here.

"Oh! Colonel Mustang! Over here!" Winry yelled to me.

Dammit! Now I can't ignore them! "Oh hello Winry, Pinako." I said.

"Are you getting flowers for Ed too?" Winry asked.

"Of course!! Why else would I be here right now?" I asked, actually innocent for once.

"Oh, I don't know... MAYBE YOU'RE A NOTORIOUS WOMANIZER AND COME HERE FREQUENTLY?!" Winry yelled at him.

"Actually I am getting my youngest subordinate flowers for his grave." I said.

"Aren't you supposed to get white ones?" Winry asked, a little confused.

"Red was his favorite color. He'd be bored with just white ones." I stated blatantly. It was true though. He would be bored without any red at his funeral.

Winry's lips formed a silent O as she began to understand his thoughts. "You really cared about him didn't you. And here I thought you really were the Bastard he said you were" she said quietly to him. Pinako just watched them sadly.

Ed's death has clearly shocked them. After all, it's not often a 14 year old dies in action. Hell, the whole country knew about Ed's death. It took up 3 pages of the newspaper! At least 500 people would be at his funeral today, if not more. After all, he was the "hero of the people"

Amestris Times

Today is a sad day countrywide, for we have conformed the hero of the people, Edward Elric has died. He died at age 14, impales by an iron pole after the building he was in had been blown up while he was still inside. We have found the murderer, our very own Crimson Alchemist, someone who was famous for his actions in the Ishvalan War of Extermination, for he committed many war crimes at the time. He was sentenced to life in prison, but recently he was released by someone still unknown to us. However, he was put back in prison on death roe for the crime he had committed, as he not only admitted to it, he explained exactly what he had done in detail, and clearly had enjoyed doing so. Furthermore...

That was when I had had enough and stopped reading it. I was already crying reading only that much of the article. I should have killed that bastard back in Ishval while I had the chance. Then Ed would still be alive.

I was staring at the ground beneath my feet as I walked to the cemetery, as slowly as possible, trying to delay the inevitable. This wasn't even the worst part. That was definitely when they buried him. That was always the worst.

I continued to walk slowly until I reached the cemetery to find that the open casket had begun.

When I looked into the casket, tears filled my eyes. Ed was wearing a blue uniform, specially made for his small body, for he was the first child ever to join the military. But it didn't look right. Ed never wore blue. He despised the color in general and always refused to wear the uniform, instead he wore black leather clothes with a fiery red coat over them with platform boots on his feet, as a desperate attempt to look taller.

The small child wearing the military uniform was just wrong. A child should never have to wear that uniform, ever. This had happened to him because of me. I thought. He has to wear this because it was my idea to let a kid join the military. It was all my fault. I'd be better off dead...NO! I CANNOT LET MYSELF THINK LIKE THAT AGAIN! THINK OF HOW IM NOT USELESS!! IT MAY BE MY FAULT, BUT I AM STILL NEEDED HERE!!

It was hard to stop thinking suicidal thoughts, but I found a way. I'd say to myself, Al needs you. I'd say it as many times as it took to push the thoughts away and imagine the suit of armor, sitting alone in a corner, alone. Then I imagined myself walking over to him and sitting down beside him, and he would get visibly happier, his eyes less dull and he would sit up straight and tall. This was the only thought that kept me going.

Memories of Ed, good ones and bad ones alike, flooded into my head, one by one, making his eyes leak silently. I stood there for a moment, reminiscing about all of the times him and Ed spent together, wishing that there were more of them.

"Goodbye Ed. I'll never forget you." I whispered to the still form lying in the casket. "I'll never forget"

Then I turned away from the casket and walked to where young Edward Elric was to be buried. I was right. Watching the dirt fall on the casket, shovelful by shovelful, was terrible. And as I was Ed's CO, I got a spot in the front row to stand in.

By now, I was sobbing, no more silent tears. While I watched the dirt get higher and higher, I imagined Ed slowly walking away into the great white space in front of him. When they were finally done burying the child, each person had a flower to put on top of the new grave. I waited until all of the others had placed their flowers on the grave before I went up and placed mine. There were only 3 other red roses there, from Al, Winry, and Pinako.

Once I got home from the funeral, I just layed on my bed and cryed, until I eventually fell asleep, with the tears still falling.

A/N: How was that? Is this chapter OK? Let me know with a review! As always thank you for reading! If you want me to write an idea you have PM me! I love hearing ideas from others!

-Animegirl4466