Second Chance

Disclaimer: I Just own the ocs

A/N: God it's been so long since I touched this. I have a love hate relationship with anime where I hate it 89% of the time (except Dragon Ball Z). But still I'm being paid to illustrate a manga for a friend so I need to work on anime shit at least a little. Anyways I hope my readers will still come back but if they don't I understand.

Chapter nine: Settling In

The house is bigger than any house Chance has ever seen. This makes him nervous, not having a clue what kind of people would live here.

"Don't worry," Al says making Chance jump. "Gracia and Elicia are nice." Chance isn't sure he believes that and Daniel is thinking the same thing. They approach the door and Mustang knocks lightly. A blonde little girl opens the door and squeals with delight as she rushes to hug Roy around the legs.

"Uncle Roy," the girl cries out in joy. Roy chuckles and pats the girls head. The woman now appears a warm smile on her face.

"Ed, Al I'm glad to see you again," the woman says. "Please come in." the group enters and stands in a well decorated entry room. The woman looks to Chance and Scar.

"I'm Gracia," the woman greets. "This my daughter Elicia." Chance attempts to smile which is more than Scar gives. They stand in awkward silence until Elicia approaches the two.

"What happened to your faces," she asks. Notably Chance and Scar are taken back but than a gain scars are common among there people.

"Elicia that's rude," her mother chastises. "I'm so sorry."

"It's okay," Chance says. More silence now before Gracia decides to show her guest to their perspective rooms. Scar and Chance are given a room with twin beds. Chance almost cries with joy when he sees a bed (he and Scar had uncomfortably been sharing a couch). The teen flows town on it and sighs in relief.

"I thank Ishval for this gift," Chance beams with his eyes closed. Scar chuckles and sits on the empty bed.

"You really enjoy the little things," Scar notes.

"I have to," Chance says. "Or I get sad. Mostly I read and rewrite stuff but…it's kind of gone now."

"I'm sorry," Scar says.

"It's okay," Chance says lightly. "I'm still alive." That's true, Scar thinks and it's certainly not something he takes for granted.

"Do you think you guys will figure this out," Chance asks lightly.

"I don't know," Scar says. "I hope so. Than we can get the hell out of here." Chance nods and rolls onto his good side. Ever since the war he's had a habit of waking often from sleep, something useful with unfortunate side effects. Still better that than dead.

The two lay in quite, both resting but neither sleeping unaware of how much time has pasted. Suddenly Gracia knocks on the door.

"It's time for dinner," She calls. The two Ishvalan's rise and stretch. They walk down the long halls and note a picture of man who seem to absent. Scar knows him from somewhere but can't place it. Now he's really hoping he didn't kill him. The two find their way to the dining room and see a massive amount of food.

"I didn't know how much you'd want," the woman says. Chance almost cries in joy when he sees how much food there is. Scar and he sit down next to each other across from Ed and Al. Chance knows he can't eat as much as he likes, going a long while without a lot of food eating to much could make him ill. Still he take bread and potatoes.

Gracia talks to Ed and Al about what's happen in the past view years and Elicia talks about school and her new friends. Scar feels the little girl is lucky; she's had a chance to be a child. That's a lot more than either he or Chance got, but he guess Ed and Al never got that either. He never really thought of that before and he's not sure he wants to ever again.