Beyond the Nightmare of Life

(A/N: To please most of you, the OC has been changed from being the main character in the story to only being in few chapters...you may thank me later! Anyways, enjoy this chapter~!)

Chapter Three – A Rainy Day without Clouds

Tomorrow came all too soon for Hawkeye and the others, cruelty had shined down on everyone's lives yet again. It was only a half a year ago that they were all gathered for the death of Maes Hughes. But this time it was for two people. One had yet to begin his life, and the other was rising to the top only to be shot down by the person that supported him.

Riza held her head down as the two caskets passed by her. Even though Alphonse did not have a human body, they all thought that it would be respectful to at least put his broken blood seal and photos of him with his family. Including Edward.

To the left of her, was a silent Winry Rockbell and her grandmother. They were both the last to be told the news due to them living so far from Central. Riza remembered trembling before she picked up the phone to call her. Winry went into denial, saying that it was all a hoax and Edward would never do such a thing. That Alphonse would never allow himself to be killed so easily. But in her eyes she knew that it was the truth. She broke down, refusing to talk to anyone and look at anything but the ground. It had been four days; she had yet to speak to anyone.

And to the right of her were Gracia and her young daughter Elicia.

"Mommy," the young girl whispered "Is the little Brother and daddy's friend going to the happy place now?" she asked. Gracia cradled her tightly against her. It reminded her of him...he died a cruel death...just like Roy and Alphonse had.

"Elicia..." she sobbed under her breath. It was exactly like when her husband had passed on.

It was after the caskets were placed that the Furher, walked in front of the crowd of people. He hung his head low to the ground, and then lifted his sword into the air. It signaled the canons to be shot in the air. After the funeral for both of them had ended, Riza turned taking one last look at Winry, then heading towards the car. But as she walked, away from his body, tears fell down her face.

"Looks like...it's going to rain today..."

The others were also behind her, ready to head to Kalahari, and possibly end Edward Elric's life.

~ Kalahari Woods: Place of Mysterious Events ~

Edward Elric stumbled into a tree, flopping down onto his back. This had happened twice now all because he had been too lost in thoughts. He didn't remember killing them. But yet in his pocket was a bloody knife. And even if he had tried to kill them, wouldn't have Mustang torched him before he could even reach them? Or...did he stab him in the back and kill them off one by—WAM!

He slammed into another tree rubbing his red face. "Damn it..." he cursed. He opened his eyes and looked at his hands. They still contained that repulsing and invisible blood. But they were wet and the more he thought about it, he realized that his whole face was drenched.

He turned his head and let his had fall to the ground, "Is that all I can do? Cry? Even so, what else is there to do besides run away from the military and cry?"

"Why did I kill them? That was my only brother damn it! I...I had already taken his life once. I pushed him into bringing back mom and now there's no way to pull his soul back to the gate." Then he stopped thinking again. After he realized that he had taken Mustang's life as well "And him...he was the only guy that was kind of like my father."

That was when more tears streamed down his face. He was shocked. Crying for Mustang? He thought that he would never see the day. "Even though he was a stuck up bastard with a god complex...he didn't deserve to...to..."

Edward covered his face and began sobbing. The tears were moving faster down his face. "W-why?! Why did this happen! Why can't I remember?! It should've been me that died back there!" he sobbed into his hands.

His tears came to a sudden halt when a nearby bush shook. Edward jerked up, quickly preparing his Auto-mail into a blade. That was when a girl...appeared from the bush.

Her night and innocent eyes were fixed on him, she was wearing a coat similar to Edward's but it was black. Her light brown skin was glowing along with her rosy cheeks. It was hard to tell, but she had black and long hair pulled back into a ponytail. In her arms she had a basket of bandages and medicine. So this was the person who treated his wounds while he was unconscious. But she looked like she was his age.

"Who are you?" they both said in unison, startling one another.

The girl cleared her throat, "We'll I saw you passed out earlier and I was coming to help you...but it seems like you're doing ok now. Anyway, my name is Sieza. Who might you be?"

"It's...Edward Elric." He said dryly. "Thank you for tending my wounds."

"Well you look like you could still use some rest. I snuck out of school to come back and help you. We can go to my mother's house."

"No!" Ed chocked "I'm fine."

The girl took off her hood and grinned devilishly "Well considering that you face is all over town you might not want to stay here in the woods."

"What do you mean?!"

"You're wanted by the Central Military and you seem to have a heavy price over your head. My family could really go for the extra sens right now. Now either you come with me or I'll call the police."

Edward put away his blade, "Honestly I deserved to be turned in. But I want to know more about my situation before...I'm put to death. Fine. I'll go with you."

Sieza gave him a confused look, but then nodded. She seemed very interested in his past. Why was a young boy that was close to her age ready to die? "Alright, Kalahari is just a little more ways from here. Let's get going."

Edward took one last look at the dark forest, before following the girl out of the woods and into the small place, known as Kalahari. Not yet knowing that everything he knew was a lie and something much larger was hiding behind the bloody knife and his temporary memory loss.

So as I said before I have worked out something to where the OC is only going to be in a few chapters. However, this does come with a cost. Remember when I said I had written a lot of chapters? Well all those chapters contained the OC... XD So that means I have to retype this without her. Plus now that I think about it, the story's new plot is a lot better. So it will take a little more time to post.

Also it's very important that you remember that there will be major twists~! ;) That's all I'll be saying for now.

Thank you Otaku4eva99, kitkat101, meladi1, and BlueFire21 for the reviews. Also shotouts and many thanks to , and HowsBoutNo for the follows! And lets not forget the marvel tiger, and Ciels'sxBlackxDiamond for the favorites.

The next chapter will be up really soon~!

To Be Continued...

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