~The Lovely Bones~
A young Ishbalen girl replaced the newly wet cloth on the forehead of the patient she was attending to. She wondered what kind of person he might be after how he had been found. She thought he must be dangerous getting into so much trouble but unlike the rest of the Ishbalans who would take whatever he had in his pockets and leave him without a second thought, Kala felt a connection with the young boy at the fact that he was running from something as well. So she offered to care for him when no one else would.
Edward was deep under, swimming against drug and nightmare and waking dream. For now he wasn't the son of a deceased mother, a cowardly father, brother of a broken spirit or the friend of a dead girl. For now he had been blessed with sweet oblivion.
Trisha joined me in my field. She picked one of the dead flowers and blew on it till it blossomed fully and beautifully. "When the dead are done with the living," she held it out to me, "the living can go onto other things."
"What about the dead?" I asked looking up at her, my eyes wide like a child, cheeks stained with tears that would not stop falling until Edward opened his eyes, "Where do we go?"
She wouldn't answer me.
In Rush Valley Granny Pinako had already earned a reputation as a skilled mechanic. She had even taken on an apprentice. She had refused to at first but he insisted. He was very serious about his future in automail and to prove it to her he sat outside her apartment for three days without moving even for food or water. Finally she let him in with the excuse that she didn't want to be responsible for him getting sick. In reality she was lonely and his love for automail reminded her very much of me.
His name was Marcel Garcia. He was 14 and had run away from his home in West City in order to study Automail. Granny worked him very hard but he never let on when he was irritated. He kept his eyes on his work and took her flat out insults as constructive critism which he used to better his technique. Even so, Marcel had a temper like a certain someone I know and sometimes they would butt heads but at the end of the day I knew Granny was happy to have the company.
On a bad day Marcel had come home to the sight of my grandmother so intoxicated that she couldn't even stand on her own two feet. He had carried her up the stairs and all the while she had been apologizing to ghosts of her past. After placing her in bed his eye caught sight of a picture set on the desk at his side. He picked it up and saw Pinako holding a new born child. He set the picture back down and decided he wouldn't bring it up.
Two weeks had gone by since Ed had disappeared and Al was a mess. He had helped the military in their search at first but nothing worked. In the midst of the investigation Pinako tipped them off. She had been the only one that Ed had told about Capone. After that the military stormed their base and took them into custody. For the first few days following Roy couldn't bring himself to tell Al about Edward's supposed tragic end. He knew how much the brothers meant to each other and was afraid of how he would take it. Unfortunately, because of this Al overheard the woman Riza, a Lieutenant who worked at his side, trying to convince him to that that they couldn't keep it from him forever.
Colonel Mustang and First Lieutenant Hawkeye realized what happened as soon as they heard the clanging of armor racing down the hall. They tried chasing after him but it was no use. I watched in fear, hoping that he wasn't thinking what I thought he was. Finally, I was given my second miracle in this terrible situation. After all the terrible things that had happened it was well earned at that. That miracle's name was Maes Hughes.
HA! You all thought I killed Ed! Nu-uh! No way I would leave poor Al all alone like that. Eds been through worse than this and lived to tell the tale! In case some of you haven't realized yet (which I would think its most of you since no one caught on to the whole, Susies dad gets hurt, Ed gets hurt thing) A majority of the character's actions are based on what the characters did in the book. Ed-Susie's Dad (no this is not meant to be weird, just the fact that Ed would be most worked up like her father was), Pinako-Susie's Mom, Al-Lindsey, Trishia-Franny, Nina-Holly, Roy-Len Fenerman and of course Winry-Susie.
I know this wasn't very long but I really wanted to update for you guys! As always, thanks to my reviewers!
