Chapter 8

She felt a cold sensation on her forehead when she opened her eyes. When her vision came back, Dayna looked around at her surroundings. She seemed to be inside of a tent, but she had no idea where she was exactly. Dayna tried to get up, but she was having some trouble.
She managed to get up and she looked at her left arm, which seemed to be wrapped up in something. Dayna then looked down to see a jacket, she figured that someone had put it there; it seemed odd because the last thing that she remembered was finding the flower and then the ground racing up towards her.
'Where am I? Well, wherever I am, I can't stay. I have to get back'
Dayna pushed the jacket off of her and got up on her knees and proceeded to get up onto her feet. She managed to almost get there, then there was a noise outside and someone came into the tent.

Dayna's eyes grew wide when she looked upon him. She had never seen anyone like him before; he looked back at her with an unsure stare. She hadn't seen anyone like him before, but from his features; she knew who he was.
His eyes were as red as rubies and his dark skin was like the sand of the desert and his hair was white.
"You shouldn't be getting up so soon"
Dayna sat back down onto the jacket.
"Are you afraid of me?"
She nodded her head.
"I guess you know who I am and what I've done"
"Y-Yes"
"Is that the only reason why you're afraid of me?"
"No"
"What else is there?"
"Then you probably know who I am also"
Scar nodded and entered the tent. Dayna looked at her arm again, she then looked back at Scar.
"Why did you treat me? You probably know that I'm a State Alchemist and I want to know why you even bother to treat me if you're going to kill me"
"You have something that you have to do"
Dayna stared at Scar. What did he mean? So, she decided to ask him,
"Why else would you climb up a mountain like that just for some flowers, even if you know that it's incredibly dangerous and stupid?"
She turned her attention onto the ground. Her cheeks were on fire; he didn't want to kill her because he knew that she was trying to save someone? It didn't make any sense. She decided to tell him anyway.
"I guess you know who Fullmetal is huh?"
"Yes, I do"
"Well, he's a friend of mine and he's really sick. The only thing that can heal him is a flower called 'The Orchid of New Life' and it grows at the top of those mountains. If I don't get the flower back to him within twelve hours after the flower has been picked, he will die. That's why I was climbing before; I wanted to help save him. I climbed the mountains even though I'd heard that they were dangerous, but I had too. After I got the flower, I can't remember anything after I fell"

Scar sat there for a while, listening to her story. He turned his head slightly to look at her, tears where starting to roll down her face and she was rubbing her wrapped arm. He turned to face her,
"I was walking back to my tent. I've been living out here because I know that any State Alchemists wouldn't spot me here. I almost made it back to my tent when I heard you screaming, I looked up and saw you falling. You were trying to do alchemy, trying to save yourself. As you came down, you hit your arm on a ledge; I ran and caught you before you hit the ground. It came as a surprise to me when I saw the pocket watch, but when I saw the flower in your hand, I knew that you did this stupid thing for a very important reason"
Scar got up and walked towards a box in the corner of the tent, he opened it. Dayna was relieved when she saw the flower in a little vase, safe and sound. Then a sudden thought came over her mind,
"How long have I been here?"
"A few hours. Is something wrong?"
"The train station! I have to get to the train station. I need to get this flower back to Central right away or Ed will die!"
Scar looked at her and saw the worry in her eyes.
"Alright, but I can't let you go alone in your condition, I will escort you there"
"Thank you, but I don't know about you. Col. Mustang said that he was ending someone there to meet me and take me back to Central. I don't want you to get into trouble after all that you've done for me"
"I'm sure that we'll think of something on our way there"
Dayna smiled at him,
"Thank you. You know what, you're not that scary after all"