Without further ado... CHAPTER 4... It made me sad writing this. I had problems...
Chapter 4
"Ember, wake up were here!" I heard Jean yell, shaking me slightly. I was on his back we were standing in front of the Rockbell's house.
"You could have woken me up at the station.." I mumbled. Den was barking at Havoc. "It's okay Den. This is Jean. He is a friend, be nice."
"Hey! Welcome back guys!" I heard from the doorway. It was Winry. "Edward and Trisha are playing in the backyard." Trisha was their 2 year old kid.
"Thanks, Win!" I shouted, running around the house to the back to see my twin with a little blond girl on his shoulder. "Ed!"
"Em!" he shouted back, jogging over.
"Aunt Emer!" Trisha yelled from his shoulder.
"Al and May here too?" he asked. I didn't need to answer as they were coming around from the front with Havoc and Winry.
"Brother! Trisha!" Al tackled them.
"Edward!" Then May joined in too.
"Hey, Chief." Havoc said walking up beside me.
"Hey, C'mon guys." Ed laughed. "Get off me." They complied.
"May!" Trisha yelled jumping on to her. Trisha's favorite.
"Havoc?" Ed inquired, standing up and walking over to us. "What are you doing here?"
"Babysitting your sister for the Boss." He responded.
"Freakin'! I'm not a baby!" I shouted, and whacked him on the arm.
"Did you have to hit me with your automail?" he asked, rubbing his arm.
"Yes." I said crossing my arms.
Ed laughed, "Well, don't expect babysittin' her to be easy."
"You're one to talk." He replied smoothly.
"She had to get it from somewhere. Right?"
"Stop your bickering. Oh, and Mustang sends his love, Ed." I interjected.
"He almost torched you for that comment." Havoc muttered.
"Yes, and thank you for saving me." I replied, then asked Ed, "When are we going?"
"Whenever Al and May are done playing with Trisha." he responded.
"Go where?" Havoc asked politely.
"You'll see." Ed murmured
"You guys ready yet?" I shouted to Al and May.
"Sure." They said in unison. May carried Trisha piggyback and the 7 of us headed over to the graveyard. After 8 minutes of walking in silence we were there. First we went over to Winry's parents. Then over to our's. Hoenhiem was buried next to her.
"Hey, mom this is Jean Havoc. First time meeting him, huh?" Ed murmured. "He's one of Mustang's lackeys but he's cool." Havoc looked lost. Like he didn't know what to say.
"Yeah. Mustang promoted me. I dunno if you'd be proud of me or not for still being in the military, but that's something right?" I muttered. "Gah. It's always so sad here. I'm going to the house." I got up and ran.
"She said she was going to the house, but she's not here." Havoc stated when the rest of them were back at the Rockbell's.
"Then she went to where our old house was." Al said.
"The one we burned down." Ed added.
"You burnt down your own house?" Havoc asked, "Why didn't I know that?"
"It's not something you just say. 'Oh yeah and I burned my house down, because it reminded me of what I lost and so we'd never look back.' Yeah you tell people that all the time." Ed growled.
"I think that Ember took it the hardest. They were inseparable, you almost never saw Ember without Mom." Al mumbled sadly.
"If I hadn't thought of that stupid idea..."
"Either, Ember or I would have thought of it if you didn't brother." Al told him. "C'mon we shouldn't let her be there alone for much longer." Al and Ed began to walk off. "Havoc you coming?" He ran to catch up to them, then kept their pace. When they found her she was lying on her back where they had done the transmutation she was sleeping died tears on her face.
"She could sleep through anything." Al laughed humorlessly.
"I got her." Havoc told them picking her up and carrying her like she was a child.
"She might wake up." Ed warned. "Don't drop her if she does or you will get a steel foot to your face."
He gestured to his foot. Just like Ed had said she did wake up thrashing around about halfway back to the Rockbell's.
"Ember! It's okay!" Havoc shouted.
What's going on? Who is carrying me? Where is mom? "Mom!" I shouted, thrashing.
"Ember it's me! Jean!" Shouted the person holding me. Blue eyes met mine. "It'll be okay."
"Okay, okay." I whispered as he pulled me closer.
Havoc POV
What happened to that headstrong girl I know? Why is Ember this shaken up? I guess I really never knew who she was. She is very strong. But I guess everything can break a little. Even if it is just a little girl. What else don't I know about her? What else? I didn't even know that they had burnt their house down. I feel so useless right now, I don't know what to do. I don't know how to help her.
"Thank you, Jean." the girl in my arms said. The distressed look on her face gone.
"I didn't do anything, Ember." I mumbled.
"Sure you did." she responded. Then fell asleep once more. I shifted her into a more comfortable position in my arms and got up off my knees to begin walking again.
"She blames herself for this." Ed murmured after awhile. "She thinks she should have known that mom was sick. And then if mom hadn't been sick we wouldn't have tried to bring her back, and so on."
"You blame yourself too brother." Al told him.
"Only, for what is rightfully my fault." he shot back.
"Yeah, and she believes that everything is rightfully her fault, even though it isn't just like you do."
"Tch, I guess being twins we are a lot alike."
"You kidding me? Ember is way more sane than you!" Al accused.
"You take that back! I'm the one that settled down and has a family!" Ed retorted.
"Settled? You're still traveling!"
"Guys. You're gonna wake her." I told them stopping their brotherly banter.
"Aw, Jean stop pretending to be so gentle for her its not like..." Ed stopped walking and looked at me. "You.. like Em... or anything..."
"Um.." Was all I could manage.
"Holy- Jean you like her?" Ed shouted quietly. Here It comes... "She is what... 9 years younger than you! And more importantly my sister!"
"Brother, please." Al warned.
"Al, you knew? You didn't tell me?" Ed sounded slightly pissed and slightly impressed.
"Well, Edward, I knew you'd over react." Al stated.
"Al!" Ed shouted. We were back at the Rockbell's now. Granny Pinako and Winry were in the entry way.
"Um, where should I put her?" I inquired.
"Her room is downstairs on the left. You are welcome to stay in there also." Pinako informed me.
"No he's -Mhmp, Winry!" Ed was hit on the head with a wrench halfway through his argument.
"He can stay with her in there. Besides there are no more rooms. Just ours, Granny's, Al and Mai's and Trisha's." Winry said making things final.
"Have any sleeping bags?" I asked.
"In her closet." Ed responded.
"Thanks"
I carried her down to the room and lay her on the bed. I found a sleeping bag in the closet and laid it out for me. I took her shoes off and her jacket. Then pulled the blanket over her. I then got into the sleeping bag and couldn't fall asleep. Not with all this new knowledge swirling in my head.
A while later I heard Ember shifting around on the bed. "Huh? When did I get here?" she whispered. I pretended I was asleep. "Oh, Jean must have brought me here." She must have seen me. "Thanks." I felt lips touch my forehead. And after that, I could fall asleep.
End of Chapter 4
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