Beyond the Nightmare of Life

Chapter Six – The True Feeling of Being Scared

Edward stared back at the boy in front of him. Just the sight of him made his eyes water and itch, and his hair tingle and even his skin sweat. That boy was him looking at himself in the mirror. Edward's golden eyes were now hidden behind green contacts and glasses. His blond hair looked like it had mud slung on it, because now it was a light brown. His attire had also been altered completely unlike Winry's. He looked like a paper boy, which made him feel poor and dirty. But...it was a nice outfit.

"Hey," Winry came into the room with a light smile on her face "You look great."

Edward simply rolled his eyes and look away, however, when she wasn't looking he was. Her hair was a dirty brown as well, along with her eyes being green. She had on her normal black collar shirt with her white t-shirt hiding under it. Her short skirt was enough to make Ed blush.

Sieza followed her in and clapped her hands, "My work here is done! I feel like I've mastered the art of true disguise!" After Ed and Winry rolled their eyes Sieza smirked and began explaining the plan. "So you two are going to go to the forest? Well then you should at least be back before dawn. Since you two don't look like a pair of criminals my mom should allow you to stay with us for a while. Remember, if you're caught just say you're my cousins who's come to sight see. If they ask what you're doing out so late say you lost her ring that your deceased mother gave you~!"

"Boy you sure are good at making up stories..." Winry said with a sigh.

"It's my specialty!" she bragged "I'm a young author."

Ed smiled a bit and signaled Winry that it was time to go. She nodded and grabbed her bag, of course it only had a spare Auto-mail arm and leg inside. She also placed her trusty wrench inside her pocket.

Sieza guided them outside, "You both need to be careful. If anything happens come running back into town. Alright?"

"Ok, thanks Sieza for everything. You really saved my ass." Ed blushed with a small smile.

"Ah...it's no problem. Remember, for now this is your home too. Just be careful..." Sieza closed the door and Winry and Edward began walking to the forest.

Once they reached the edge of the forest Edward stopped and looked around. It was incredibly dark, and with one little step you could fall and break every bone in your body.

The memory of waking up there made him quiver. That was when something popped inside his mind. He watched Winry stop walking and look back at him, "Ed? Are you alright?" she asked.

Edward muttered as he looked down, "Winry..."

"Huh?" she replied.

"What was it like...being at their funerals?"

She stopped completely and turned around. Her face went pale and her blood ran cold. She honestly didn't know what to say.

"They're blaming me...huh? And Riza...she probably wants to see me dead. I murdered the man she loved. Even though those two didn't act like they loved each other, they did. I could see it in that bastard's eyes. He wanted her more than being Furher.

"I had heard from Miss Hughes that Riza was promoted Colonel. She was denying it that you killed them both. She knew that even though you hated Mustang at times that you would never kill him. All I know now is that they were coming here to find you and investigate." Winry explained.

Edward held back tears, "Listen," he paused looking up at her worried face "If anything happens to me...just know that I deserved it. And-."

"SHUT UP!"

Edward gasped. Tears were streaming down her face. That was when she came up to him and stared him down, "Nothing is going to happen to you! And...God forbid if anything does happen then we'll die together!"

Edward's shocked expression changed into a hurtful smile, "Thank you...Winry...you've always been there for me and Al both."

She nodded and turned back around, acting as if she were the leader "Now come on, we have to hurry before dawn."

"Right."

Both of them quickly ran into the forest where they then found themselves standing in front of the old abandoned house...The Nightmare House.

~ The Nightmare House ~

Edward opened the door, and as soon as he did both he and Winry were smacked in the face with the smell of rotting flesh and blood. It was enough to make Winry almost vomit.

"T-that smell!" she covered her face. Edward immediately turned on his flashlight and shinned it around. It was the place the place he had woken up from.

"Ok, this is where I woke up. Why don't we start looking for clues here."

They both began looking; Winry was able to find signs of a struggle. "Make sure you don't touch anything Ed." She warned.

"Alright." He replied. He suddenly felt his foot slip. The hard sound of the wooden floor breaking filled his ears. Winry shot around and ran towards him knowing that he was going to fall but it was too late. The floor broke and the darkness below swallowed them.

It wasn't a large fall but it was enough to shock them both.

"Winry! Are you alright?" he turned back on his flashlight and shinned it on her. She rubbed her bottom and nodded, still groaning softly. "Did...did we fall into a basement?"

"It looks that way. AH! W-what is this?" Edward yelped shinning his light all around the room. There were strange markings all over the wall. And weird enough there was a lamp sitting on a desk. Winry reached over and turned it on revealing the entire room. It was a study.

"Hey Edward," Winry reached over and handed him a piece of paper. "Look at this."

He let his eyes scan the words. It was very short but it was defiantly a clue.

Took them there. If you find this go there.

"What does this mean?" he questioned. Winry looked over his shoulder and shrugged. He quickly put it in his pocket and continued looking around. That was when their attention turned to a shelf of books and surprisingly, they were Alchemy books!

"Did an Alchemist live here? Why did we come here? Wait...could this be...Fukai's house?!"

Winry gasped, "That means that you three were fighting him in his own house!"

That was when something hit Edward in his mind. He held his head and yelped from the pain as a memory played in his mind.

"Leave them alone you bastard!" he screamed.

The shadowy figure smiled, "I don't think so you little piece of trash. You Alchemists need to die!"

Blam! The pain in his head grew strong and he fell to the ground. The pain in his side appeared and his skin sizzled from unseen burns.

"Fullmet-AHHHK"

"NO! Get away from (crack) AHH! Broth-!"

Edward dropped to his knees; the last sound was a dreadful laugh playing in his ears.

"Edward! Answer me! What's wrong?" Winry frantically shook him with tears in her eyes. He gasped and held his chest. "Winry...I remembered something...it was him! He killed them!" he broke into a sob and began to quiver violently. Above them Winry could see a hint of daylight.

"Edward, we need to leave...the military will be here soon." Winry panicked.

He nodded and clapped his hands building them a stair case to get out. After making it back up he broke it down and covered up the hole. They had received all the information they needed and wouldn't be coming back. It was just too dangerous.

Both Winry and Edward looked around one last time before running away from Fukai's house and back into town. What they didn't know was that things were about to change for the both of them...and not in a good way.

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