A/N: Honestly, thank you so much.
009. Unknown Past/Before We Knew Each Other
She sits in the kitchen with her mother, watching her bake. She asks silly question, like most young children ask, but her mother always answers. The young girl knows that they answers are made up but she really doesn't mind. Her father enters the kitchen and shows the letter to his wife. She tells her daughter that they'll be back and they leave her alone to wonder. She hears them fighting and somehow thinks it's her fault. She knows all her daddy does is stay in his study, but that what his job is. She goes up to her bedroom that overlooks the front yard.
She grabs the book that she kept hidden from her mother and tries to read it. She becomes tired but her mother comes in the room and tries to smile, but Riza sees the bags at the door. Her mother tells her things that should be said at times like this. Things like, it's not your fault and, mommy loves you very much. Even those words don't stop her from crying about her mother leaving. After Riza watches her mother's figure fade into the horizon, she wanders into the study. Her father acts as if nothing has happened today and continues to drown in his studies.
He notices her and tells her he has arranged for a boy about her age to live with them. He mentions that the child will be his student and Riza is happy for him. He hugs her and tells her that he loves her so very much. She tells him the same. He asks of her help, which she says yes too. He tells her that it might hurt, for he has never had this done to him. He takes out the needle and starts to draw the clues on her back. She can't help but scream.
He reads the letter and can't help but feel like a millionaire. He has read so much about this man and to be working under him is a dream. He doesn't have much to take with him, so he doesn't even bothering packing anything. All he knows is that he has a good head on his shoulders. He bids good-bye to his family and boards the next train. He watches the world pass by through the window and wonders where he'll be and who he'll becoming. He knows that he wants to join the military. He believes that one person can cause great change and he wants to be that person.
He knows that his teacher knows flame alchemy and he wants to learn it. It really doesn't matter how, but to have that power will change him. He can feel it. His teacher wrote about his daughter. Roy actually wants to meet her, for he has never had friends. He just hopes he won't have to play dolls. His heart beats rather fast with the passing of the train tracks. He can't help but wonder what his life will be like. He wants to stand and rise among the heroes.
The train stops and he is soon at the doors of the home. He takes a deep breath in. This is life-changing. He's going to learn alchemy, be somebody. The name Roy Mustang will be know far and wide. It will be said with admiration and respect. He smiles at the thought and raises his hand to knock on the door.
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