Hiya;) chapter 2 is now up for reading. sorry it took so long but the good thing is it's up so enjoy. Please review!!!

Chapter 2-The Letter

It was a small morning funeral. Mostly neighbors and a few friends came to pay their respects to her, many were crying silent tears. Only one person was crying, though she very much wanted to but all of her tears had already been cried out. By late afternoon only one person was left standing in front of her grave.

Miya had dead shortly after Saya got her out of the burning house. She had dead in Saya's arms, trying to tell her something that seemed very important but just as she was about to tell Saya she breathed her last breath.

Saya had been staying with a neighbor for about two weeks. She was sitting by the window in her room looking out at Miya's grave and what was beyond that...her house and the spot were Miya had died. She couldn't stop thinking about the night Miya died. All she wanted to do was forget everything that had happened because it caused her too much pain. She wanted the pain to stop and the hard ache in her heart to cease to exist.

She got up and went outside for the first time in what seems like days. She started walking on the road that lead to Miya's grave and Saya's house. She stopped at her grave but as soon as she looked at it tears started to fill her eyes. She tried to wipe them away but more fell in their place. She turned and ran as fast as she could away from the grave.

Halfway down the road Saya fell to the ground, with her hands covering her face in an attempt to stop the tears. When the tears were finally coming to a stop, moved her hands and to her horror she had stopped at the exact spot where Miya had died in her arms, trying to tell her something.

"What could she have been trying to tell me? What was so important?" Saya thought out loud as flash backs from that night popped into her head.

"Why? Why did she have to die? Why do I have to live with the pain of being alone and knowing that it's my fault she's dead?!" she bawled as she remembered all the fun Miya and her had. All the joys the two of them shared while helping the town with the alchemy they knew.

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't went to get more candles, Miya wouldn't have been alone, and that guy might not have broke into the house but if he did we most likely would have been able to stop him. If only I had stayed then maybe just maybe Miya, the sweet girl who wouldn't hurt a fly might still be alive and with me. It's all my fault that the one person I need the most is gone forever." she crying as she stared at the blood stained grass beneath her.

"She's really gone forever. There's nothing I can do to see her again..." Saya uttered. "Unless...Unless I use Human Transmutation to bring her back."

Fuzz

"What's that your carrying Miya?" Saya asked as Miya came through the front door with a box in her hand.

"It's a fire proof safety box. We can keep important papers, books and money in here." Miya explained to Saya.

Fuzz

"Saya? What are you putting in the box?"

"It's an alchemy book. It's about Human Transmutation." announced Saya.

End flash backs

Saya got up and walked toward her house. She stopped in front and then started to go though what remained of the house in search of the box. She found it near the back of the house under what seemed to be Miya's closest door. She picked up the box and walked to Miya's grave. Saya had thought it might be a good idea to read about Human Transmutation next to Miya's grave since Saya was going to bring her back know matter what the cost.

Once Saya sat down next to the grave stone she opened the box and took out the small old book that was on top then she started reading. By the time the sun was almost out of the sky Saya had fell asleep.

Saya awoke to the warmth of the morning sun on her face. She was laying up against Miya's grave stone with the alchemy book on her lap open to the page she had been reading before she fell asleep.

"Did I sleep out here all night?" Saya asked herself as she rubbed her eyes and stood up. When Saya picked up the alchemy book that had fell on the ground a small pink envelope fell to the ground.

"What the hell is this?" Saya wondered as she picked up the envelope. She turned it over and her name was written on the front.

"Hey! This looks like Miya's hand writing." noted Saya as she opened the envelope to find two letters written by Miya. The bigger letter had Saya's name on it and the smaller one had the name Winry Rockbell on it.

Saya brought the envelope and the letters to her room. Once she was there she took out the letter that had her name on it and started to read it.

Dear Saya,

If your reading this that means I'm no longer here with you, but there are somethings that I need to tell you. The first is that I'm leaving my parents house to you. The house is in the East in a small town call Resembool. After my parents died and I came to live with you, I left the house in the care of a girl one year older then us named Winry Rockbell who just lives down the road. When you get to Resembool go to a house that has a dog with an automail front paw. Ask for Winry and show her the other letter that I included in the envelope that explains that you are the new owner of the house. Please take good care of my parents house cause it is the only thing I had that reminded me of them. I'm trust you. Also, please don't be sad that I'm not there with you. I will always watch over you and I know that you will always be thinking of me. So, don't be sad that I'm not standing there next to you cause I will always be with you in your heart know matter what happens to me.

Love Forever

Miya❦

Saya read the letter once, then twice, and then a third time. She put the letter down and closed her eyes wondering if she was going to cry. Before she knew it she had tears running down her face and into her hands. All the pain and loneliness she had been feeling since Miya's death just got too much for her to deal with that it all came out in her tears.

One Week Later

Saya was getting off at a train station in Central where she was stopping to get some more alchemy books so she could gain more understanding of alchemy. She bought a least 15, if not more, alchemy books. Once she had a quick lunch she was on board another train and this time she was headed to Resembool.

When she got to Resembool she headed down the road in search of Winry Rockbell's house. Finally after some help from some kind farmers she spotted a big, lovely house that had a dog with an automail front paw sleeping on the grass. She went to the front door and knocked once. Twice, and then a third time.

"Winry?! Winry! Get the door!" someone yelled from the other side of the door.

"Why?! Your closer to the door! Why can't you get it?!?!" complained another voice, this one sounding younger then the first.

"Because I'm busy right now! NOW ANSWER THE DOOR!!" boomed the first voice.

"Alright, alright I'm going." howled the second voice.

Saya could hear the second voice complaining about not being able to finish what she was working on when the front door opened.

When the door opened Saya came face to face with a girl about 14 years old with bright blonde hair that was in a pony-tail.

"Can I help you with something?" the girl asked as she looked at Saya.

"I'm looking for someone named Winry. I was told that she lived here." Saya answered.

"That's me. I'm Winry Rockbell. Now, what can I do for you?"

Saya took out the letter out of her bag and handed it to Winry. Winry took the letter from Saya and began to read it.

"Oh...ok. Well...I'm sorry about Miya. I haven't seen or heard from her since her parents died but we used to be good friends. Why don't you come in and have something to eat. You look hungry."

"Umm. Yeah. I'm a little hungry. Thank you."

Saya walked into the house and looked around while Winry closed the door and went to get something for them to eat. Saya walked over to the table and sat down at one of the five chairs. She looked around the room and saw a couch, a work table that was covered in tools and parts that look like they are for automail. There was also three other doors and some stairs that lend to the second floor.

Winry brought over a bowl of fruit and placed it on the table and then took a seat on the other side of table across Saya. Winry was just about to ask Saya where she came from when one of the three doors opened and two people walked out.

One was a man in his late twenty's, early thirty's that was pulling his pant leg down over his right leg which Saya noticed was fake. Standing next to the man was a women who only came up to the man's waste who was talking to the man and handing him something.

"You know, why don't you up-grade to automail?"

"Are you kidding?! I heard that the pain is unbearable. No, thanks. I think I will stay will the old fashion lims."

"Ok then suit yourself but I know of a little brat that got automail on his arm and his leg. At the same time."

"Well, I'm not that crazy. Anyway thanks for the matinees. Bye." said the man as he headed out the door.

The old women then turned her eyes onto Saya and Winry.

"Who's this young girl?" the women asked Winry.

"This is Saya. She came to get the key to the house down the road." Winry explained as the old lady gave her a confused look. "You know. The house that Miya and her parents had lived in before...they died."

"Oh that house! Yes, how could I forget sweet little Miya. If my memory serves, after her parents died she went to live with you, am I right?" The old lady looked at Saya as she spoke. "How is that sweet Miya nowadays?"

"..."

"Ah...Grandma Pinako..." Winry started while turning a worried face to Saya, who was looking the other way biting her bottom lip. "...Miya's dead."

At this Saya bit her lip even harder, casing it to bleed slightly.

"That's way Saya's here. Miya gave the care of the house to Saya, who will be staying in it." Winry continued.

"Oh, I'm sorry dear. Here's the key to the house." apologized Pinako as she took a key from the bulletin-board and handed it to Saya.

"Thanks. I better be going now. Bye"

"Your welcome to come over for dinner any day. Ok?"

"Ok, thanks. I think I will" Saya answered with a small smile on her face. "But not tonight. There are some things I need to...do." The smile fading from her face just as fast as it got there.

"Ok, then. See you tomorrow night then."

"Ya. See you tomorrow." and with that Saya was out the door and headed down the street toward Miya's old house.

"Ok then. Here we go." Saya thought out loud as she put the key in the lock and opened the front door. She walked into the house and closed the door behind her. As she looked around the what seemed to be the living room she noticed a small picture frame.

She walked over to the picture and picked it up from the coffee table. Wiping off a thick layer of dust she noticed the picture was of a little girl with the biggest and brightest smile you have ever seen on her face. When she looked at the big yellow/green eyes she knew who it was. And the thought and sight of the girl brought tears to Saya's eyes.

...It was...

...Miya.