Chapter 7

Safety?
I do not own FMA if I did Hughes wouldn't have died. :'( RIP anyway I like this chapter it keeps even me on edge hope you enjoy please R&R thank you my amazing Beta *gives cyber cookie*

When I awoke I found my necklace lying beside me. I lifted it up and tried to put it on but it was no use, the clip was broken. I remembered when Breeze had given me that necklace it was a silver heart and had sparkly diamond looking stones embedded in it. She got it for me a few weeks after we became friends and it was my birthday. It had been with me through thick and thin. I tried to latch it back together but it wouldn't work so I slid it in my pocket giving up. Then the door opened and in came Breeze and Amanda. They didn't look hurt they actually looked as if they healed a bit.

"How are you feeling?" Amanda asked still worried about the results of the fight I had with greed.

"Better I'm not sore anymore." She smiled happily and we began to walk out the door. Our time here was up we could go back to central HQ. We arrived and I was so relieved when the furor left us alone with Ed, Al, Mustang and Hawkeye. They asked us a few questions but we told them the truth refusing to tell them what happens in the show because it would ruin it and throw everything out of whack and our knowledge would be useless. After a while Ed, Al, and mustang decided we needed some place the homunculi couldn't find us. Someplace rural, unheard of and somewhere quiet. So we went to Risembool. The train ride was BORING! I can't understand how Ed and Al sit through so many of them. Ed fell asleep resting on the window sill Al just sat there looking out the window and Breeze Amanda and I were reduced to hand games, such as rock paper scissors and when Ed awoke he played. But when anyone beat him he would say how he could transmute the rock into a blade and cut the paper and went into scientific speeches which we didn't understand so we used the skill we learned at school, zoning out. Then Ed got annoyed and left us alone. Finally we arrived at the Rockbell house and Winry nearly killed Ed for expecting so much and not calling or keeping up with his automail. But we were welcomed in after it was explained we needed a safe house.

Days went by, each dragging into an endless mist of boredom. Ed and Al would take a walk around Risembool watching for danger, while Pinako and Winry would make stew. Then one night Amanda came up to me and asked,

"April….can you tell me about the show?" Breeze, Amanda and I were the only people in the room so it was safe to talk about. Breeze hadn't been talking much she was homesick and it was making her a little depressed.

"Sure," I answered, "Well, the people who kidnapped us were the bad guys, homunculi is what they are called. They aren't human they are monsters, there are seven of them; Lust, Greed, Envy, Gluttony, Sloth, and Pride."

"They are named after the seven sins." She stated and I nodded.

"Each of them has a power or something that represents their sin. Greed wants everything so he has the ultimate shield made of carbon, which is also referred to as black diamond. Envy can transform so he can imitate anyone but can't actually BE that person. Lust...well, I'm not going there. Gluttony is self explanatory and so on so forth." She nodded understanding. Breeze glanced up at us but stayed silent as I explained the rest of the show, about Ed and Al, the gate, the truth, the two versions, and about the adventures.

I finished explaining everything after an hour or so because I give really detailed summaries.
"I understand." Amanda said smiling. She was happy just to know what was going on. After that Breeze disappeared on a walk to break her boredom only to return an hour later when a storm started. I sat beside Ed staring out the window while Amanda was talking to Al and Breeze was in her room sleeping. Then I heard it.

Thump

Thump

It sounded like someone approaching the house. Ed sat up and ushered the Winery into the upstairs bedrooms out of sight and out of harm's way. Breeze, Amanda, Ed, Al, and I readied ourselves and opened the door. Something was wrong, the air wasn't right. The second we opened the door Lust's spear shot at us, missing our heads and carving into the door. A couple other homunculi (like anime wrath) appeared I stood defensively in front of Amanda and Breeze, trying to shield them if anything where to come at us.

"Run!" Ed yelled. "Go out the back and run!" we all turned to run back inside but Lust's spear shot at us aimed right at Amanda.

"Watch out!" Al yelled and jumped in front of her protecting her. He ushered us inside the house and Winery came down the stairs.

"What's going on?" she asked worried.

"Go upstairs hide!" I ordered she looked at us all scared. Amanda grabbed her arm and went upstairs leading her while she did Breeze said to me.

(Please listen to the song moral sin while you read the rest of the chapter. It's from FMA)

"Come on, she'll catch up, we don't have much time!" She grabbed my arm and we ran to the back yard. We both froze at the sight. One Lust, both Envies, both gluttonies, and both Sloths were waiting for us. I glanced around and took a step back. I turned to Breeze and told her,

"Go! Run while there's still time!" when she didn't move I grabbed her arm and tried to force her back into the house but she didn't budge. I stopped and stared at her scanning her eyes. But they were icy and frosted over. She jerked her arm hard and shoved me backwards, away from her, towards the homunculi. I stumbled but my foot caught slick mug and I fell on my butt. "Breeze wait stop! What are you doing!" I shouted to her. The homunculi, all watching, some were smiling and some were smirking. Breeze looked at me her face expressionless.

"I'm sick of waiting in your shadow." She said curtly. I stared at her in surprise. "Everything I do you do better. Alchemy, school, fighting, singing, grades. I'm sick of being known as April's friend." The homunculi began to slowly approach me, ready to take me.

I stared up at Breeze in complete shock. I was aware of the homunculi closing in around me but I was too dazed to move. This can't be true it can't, be happening! The cold rain pounded against me, chilling me to the bone.

I looked at Breeze's eyes the place that always offered warm comfort and shelter now only showed pure cold hate. Breeze betrayed me. How could this be? I thought she was different, I didn't know she was just like them. My mind raced my thoughts became jumbled thinking between the past and the present. I sat there unable to move, unable to fight; I had lost my will to do anything in this moment of hurt.

"Breeze," Amanda started, "What's going on?" she had just walked out from the house and was shocked to find me on the ground surrounded. Amanda once again sounded confused. Deep down she knew what was happening but she didn't want to believe it.

"Amanda." Breeze said trying to sound normal her voice was no longer filled with hate. "This isn't what it looks like. She has been lying to you." I looked up at them and Amanda took a step away from both of us. "She wasn't telling you the truth about the show. Father and Dante are the good guys, but April likes the bad guys Ed, Al, and Mustang."

"THAT'S A LIE!" I shouted, "Amanda, I would never lie to you, Breeze is lying! The story I told you was the truth Father and Dante are evil, the homunculi are evil, and Breeze is a traitor she's evil now!"

"But you agreed with her when she told me the story." Amanda pointed out.

"No, I didn't." Breeze responded, "I stayed quiet; I didn't want to lie to you."

"Then why didn't you tell me the truth?"

"Because April threatened me, she said if I told you there would be trouble."

"NO! That's a lie! It's all a lie!" I screamed tears rolling down my cheeks but they were unnoticeable in the rain. "Amanda I would never lie to you, have to believe me!" I looked up at Amanda my eyes showed my pleading, my hurt, my sorrow. Amanda looked back at Breeze and Breeze said.

"What reason would I have to lie? Breeze, you have known me since we were kids. Are you going to believe her, someone we just met this year, or me, your own flesh and blood? Amanda, I'm only doing what has to be done, she needs to be brought to justice, she needs to see the light." Amanda took one last look at me and spoke barely above a whisper,

"I'm sorry April." My heart dropped and I fell into a daze. I couldn't move, I couldn't talk, I couldn't, think. I was soaked to the bone and I felt as if I weighed a thousand pounds, too heavy to move. I could feel the two new stab wounds in my back as if I had been struck twice with a sword. Just then Ed and Al came running out from around the house. They looked at Breeze and Amanda then at me sitting on the ground surrounded my homunculi.

"What's going on?" Ed demanded.

"Oh, Ed, we aren't staying here any longer." Breeze said, "As you can see, we have to go." My mind was still racing and I was still too dazed to move. But I felt the homunculi grab me and snapped out of it. I began to resist and struggle.

"LET GO OF ME!" I screamed, but couldn't break free. I was lifted into the air still kicking and screaming. Ed's face twisted into a scowl and he let out a battle cry as he ran to free me, But Breeze jumped in front of him and clapped her hands touching the ground making a large stone wall jump up between them. Ed broke through it, but I was already being carried off still struggling. Breeze quickly caught up and they managed to lose Ed and Al in the chase. Amanda kept glancing at me. I looked hurt. Not physically, but she knew once again I had been back-stabbed.

"It has to be done," Breeze said soothingly to her, "She won't resist long, eventually she will see this is what's right." Amanda nodded slowly then looked at me watching them glaring. I made eye contact with her for a second and shook my head no then turned away. I was no longer fighting; I had nothing to fight for.