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Chapter 7: The Festival

"Scar please," Lila begged, hooking her arms around his neck and looking at him pleadingly. "Everyone will be there!"

"How do you know? So many are dead," retorted Scar.

"PLEASE! Come on, the festival only comes once a year," Lila begged. "All the villages get together."

The Ishbalian Festival of Life was coming up soon. It was celebrated every spring to celebrate life. There was food, dancing, music, and all the villages and Ishbalians get together to celebrate this.

Scar hadn't gone to it, not knowing about any survivors till a few months ago. He really didn't feel like going to the festival. Now all Lila had to do was stop with the eye thing.

"NO THAT DOESN'T WORK ON ME!" He looked away. 'It isn't working, it isn't working, it isn't working. Crap. It worked. Shot.'

"FINE!" Scar threw up his hand and stormed off, looking annoyed when inside, he was in a state of relief.

Lila jumped up, and smiled, locking her arms around his neck and kissing his cheek. "Thank you so much Scar. We need to leave this afternoon! Let's pack."

Scar grabbed her shirttail as she started running. "Remember, we don't have anything extra, except a few clothes, and a bit of food. That will take five minuets."

Lila sighed, and then smiled. "Ok, get a horse ready. Then we'll go."

They were staying at a simple cabin they found in the woods. There was a horse there too, which would provide transportation.

After six minuets, they were already off, mainly because Lila had dragged Scar out of the cabin, and took off before she herself had gotten completely on.

"Stupid," Scar mumbled, his arms around Lila, holding the reins.

"Yes you are."

Insert glare here.

"Remind me never to let you talk me into letting you drag me halfway across the continent in two days," Scar mumbled, getting off the horse, which quickly raced over to other horses.

Scar looked around, not showing it, but he was in total awe. He hadn't seen so many Ishbalians in years.

"SCAR!"

He turned in time to see Leo and Rick running over, before the younger one collided with him, clinging to his leg. "YEAH! YOU'RE BACK! AND YOU'RE NOT HURT!"

Lila laughed and walked over, smiling. "My, my, never knew you were good with kids."

"Aunty Lila," the two yelled, running over and hugging her.

Lila smiled and winked at Scar. "I met them a year ago."

Scar rolled his eyes, looking up to see the sun going down. "The first day of the festival will start soon."

The festival started at night in truth, with a big party. Every year, Ishbalians gathered from all around to come to this. They risked life itself to come, as they would pass cities with not very nice people in them. But all the time, they came safe and sound.

"Scar you need to stay with us this time," Rick stated as they walked over to a tent. "That way, incase anyone causes trouble. WHAM! You can hit them hard, and send them home like the cowards they are!"

"Yes, perhaps," Scar said as Lila clung to his left arm, smiling up at him.

"See, I told you."

"LILA!"

Lila blinked as about twenty other women hailed her. "Oh hello everyone. Nice to see you. Oh, yes this is my fiancé Scar. Um… really? Oh let's go see! Ok, I'll help… Um… Scar, apparently I've got to go, see you later."

Scar was too busy trying to keep his face go back to normal to notice her leave.

The two boys looked up at him with devilish grins. "Ooo, Scar's got a wife! Scar's got a wife!"

Scar hit the two over the head lightly before walking on, the two now clinging to his legs.

Familiar faces met him as he looked around. There was Kevin, and his sister Trinity. There was Sandy and Kristine, the most mischievous tricksters he ever knew. And others.

"Scar!"

"Hello!"

He nodded at the people who called out to him, talking to a few for a few minuets. Something just didn't feel for some reason. He knew something would happen. The military would do something. So many of his people in one place, a perfect chance to wipe them all out.

"Look, they're lighting the lanterns," Rick yelled, pointing up at many lanterns being lit. Each one had a word, family, love, peace, happiness, friendship, kindness, faith, trust, freedom, hope, and those kinds of words.

Scar looked around, a small smile on his face. There were children and teenagers playing and talking together, mothers with their babies talking to each other. People of all ages talked and laughed and played together as though they were back home.

Scar shrugged. He must just be being paranoid. After so long chasing and running from the military, he was just overreacting to simple things.

Rick and Leo looked up at Scar, before smirking at each other, and tackling Scar to the ground.

With Lila

Lila smiled as she talked to friends she hadn't seen in years, laughing and joking along with them. She felt at ease, and very happy, like she hadn't in so long. It was like everything was coming together. First she found Scar again, and now she was with friends and her kin.

She looked up as they lit the lanterns, smiling as each word glowed in the darkening night.

"Hey, what's going on over there?"

Lila followed the other women gaze towards the west. The sun was low, casting long shadows on the ground. The clouds were a bloody red, in an almost eerie way. In the distance, and coming closer quickly, were many trucks, and men in them.

"THE MILITARY!"

"RUN!"

"AHH!"

The sounds of happy people were quickly replaced by screams, and cries as people ran from the camp, away from the soldiers.

"SCAR!" Lila looked around frantically for Scar, hoping that she would find him. She could be killed! He could be killed! And to think only a minuet ago, she was laughing. "SCAR!"

"LILA!" Scar called out for Lila again, trying to hear over the sounds of screams and crying all around him. The trucks were closer then ever, in firing range.

'I should have known,' Scar thought, pushing past some people, and slamming his hand against the ground. Red lightning appeared and shot at the oncoming soldiers. Not caring whether it hit or not, he continued his search for Lila.

There was no way he'd let the military take her from him now, right when he found her.

"LILA!"

A loud explosion near him sent Scar flying back a few feet. Great, now finding anyone would be a piece of cake, smoke is so easy to see through. "LILA!"

"SCAR!"

Turning quickly at the sound of Lila's scream, he saw exactly what was wrong, and I don't mean the firing soldiers. Lila was struggling against two soldiers, who were trying to force her into one of the trucks along with others.

With a roar of fury, Scar raced forward, pulling his fist back and slamming it into the closest soldier he could hit. There was no way in hell he'd lose her now, not after having lost her for so long.

The trucks had started up again and were moving away from the camp.

Scar sped up, his eyes fixed on Lila, who was reaching out for him. He wouldn't lose her, not again, not ever again. The military killed his sister and his brother, and many of his people. If he lost Lila to the military, he'd kill any dog of the military he came across.

He reached out and grabbed Lila's hand, his other hand grabbing the bar door.

"Don't you dare let go," yelled Lila over the roar of the trucks.

"I won…" The sound of a gun going off echoed in Scar's ears as a burning pain erupted in his left arm. Lila let out a yell of horror as blood poured from a wound in Scar's arm.

The next thing Scar felt was a horrible burning sensation as something exploded about two inches from him. His hand slipped from Lila's as he crashed to the ground, pain racing through his body.

"SCAR!"