Hello again, readers and reviewers. Matsu has returned. I apologize for the long wait... I have no excuse but my writers block vampire and my discovery of the anime Death Note. My obsessions take up too much of my time…Anyway, on with the chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Full Metal Alchemist. If I did…Well…I would have an Edward friend! I also don't own Death Note…I just mention it here sometimes…

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Eternal Life or Normality

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CHAPTER 2: HUMANS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WHO FEEL

Mayori tossed and turned in her sleep, her dreams slowly turning into nightmares.

Mayori stood in a white room. There was a bed in front of her, the same shade of white as the walls. On the bed there laid a girl with short black hair, her eyes closed. Two men hovered over the girl. One, looking old and wise, held a stethoscope to the girl's chests. The other, a worried looking young man, kneeled on the floor, his face close to the girl's.

"I'm sorry. She's gone."

The older man sighed and put away his equipment and disappeared from the dream.

"She can't be…"

The man shook the girl, but she did not respond.

"Mayori, wake up dear, Mayori!"

He shook her harder, but the girl was still lifeless.

The room melted away into blackness, until a fire lit somewhere in the darkness.

"I'll bring her back…I will…"

The fire became brighter until Mayori could see the man, who was probably the girl's father, standing in front of her, drawing on the floor with chalk.

He placed the chalk down and sighed, looked at Mayori, and pressed his hands on what he had drawn.

"I'll bring her back…"

He chanted, a bright yellow light appeared around Mayori.

"What are you doing daddy? Why is it so bright?"

Mayori looked around to find the source of the unknown voice, only to realize that it was her that had spoken.

Her father looked at Mayori in shock.

"This can't be…" He muttered. "You're dead. The doctor said you were dead."

"I'm not dead, daddy, I'm fine. My fever's gone."

Her father shook his head and placed his hands back on his drawing.

"I must be going crazy." He said softly

"But I'm not dead, daddy."

Mayori pleaded.

The yellow light around her turned to a dark purple and her vision went black. A scream that could've only been her own was the last thing she heard.

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Edward

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"I'M NOT DEAD!" Mayori screamed.

She opened her eyes to see that she was on the floor, her blankets wrapped around her. Her long black hair clung to her face as she tried to push it back behind her ears.

She looked up at the clock on her table and saw that it was already noon.

Mayori picked herself up and headed downstairs.

Winry was at the table, her head resting against it. Mayori thought she was sleeping until she heard her sobbing.

"What's wrong, Winry-chan?" Mayori asked.

"We just received this." Pinako handed Mayori a letter

Dear Rockbell family,

The letter read.

It is our great misfortune to tell you that the doctors, Mr. and Mrs. Rockbell, were killed in a surprise attack in Ishbal.

Mayori stopped reading the letter. She didn't need to know anymore.

"Oh, Winry-chan, I'm so sorry."

Mayori hugged Winry around her neck, feeling tears coming to her eyes.

At that moment, Edward and Alphonse burst through the door, smiling.

That is, until they saw the crying Winry.

"What's wrong, Winry?"

Alphonse was the first of the brothers to speak.

"My parents are dead…And they're never coming back."

Winry barely lifted her head off the table.

"That's not true."

Edward said quietly.

"I've heard of this thing called a Homunculus, that doesn't have a real heart or brain to begin with."

A scowl appeared on Mayori's face and her hands tightened into fists.

"Is something wrong, Mayori?"

Alphonse asked while Edward was being scolded on the forbidden uses of alchemy.

"It's nothing." Mayori's happy tone contradicted her scowl. She turned her back on the group and fumed quietly.

"How dare he say something like that!"

She thought, her fingernails cutting into her palms slightly.

"We think! We feel!"

The second Ed and Al left, Mayori stormed up to her room and slammed the door.

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Envy

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Envy leaned again a tree outside of the Rockbell home, arms folded.

"You've come here every day for two weeks, don't you think you should forget about her and focus on the mission."

Lust appeared behind him, a slight smirk on her lips.

"I'll stop coming when she stops writing."

Envy replied cockily, gesturing to the letter tied to his wrist.

"You really enjoy being with her don't you?"

Lust muttered.

"I've taken care of her for a long time."

Envy sighed. "It's just hard to let go."

"You'll figure it out eventually."

Lust's slight smirk reappeared and Envy turned away from her. When he turned back, she was gone.

"I guess I should go deliver this…"

Envy muttered, shifting into the form of a crow and flying up to Mayori's windowsill.

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Human

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Mayori stared angrily at her wall, still ticked off about what Edward had said.

Her death-glare on the wall was broken when Mayori heard the crow land on her windowsill.

She took the letter off of its neck and threw it to the side without even reading it. The crow squawked in disapproval.

"I'll read it in a minute."

Mayori snapped at the bird while she pulled out a piece of paper and a pen.

My dear family,

She wrote; her handwriting even worse than usual in her anger.

Sometimes humans can be so mean and thoughtless! Just today one human said that Homunculi like us can't think or feel! How stupid is that?!

Mayori could feel the tears of anger coming down her face. The crown tapped her arm gently with its beak.

"I'll be done in a minute."

Mayori said, the crow tapped her arm again.

"What?"

Mayori looked up at the crow, which held a sliver bracelet in its beak. Mayori delicately put on the bracelet and smiled at the crow.

"Tell Envy thank you for me."

She said, the crow squawked happily.

Mayori finished her letter and attached it to the string around the crow's neck.

The crow then flew off into the distance, leaving Mayori staring out of her window.

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Homunculi

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And that, my readers, is the end of this chapter. I hope that you enjoyed it and that your wait wasn't in vain. Poor Mayori, she takes things kinda personally…I'm kinda depressed after writing this and I don't know why…Mello, can I have some chocolate?

Mello: No

Matsu: Please?

L: Can I have the chocolate?

Mello: No.

Matsu and L: -sigh-

One last note, I am looking for a beta reader for this story. So contact me if you are interested.

Domo!

Matsu Hamisura