Hey you guys! I finally edited the second chapter, I had so many freaking ideas popping into my head, I started to freak out, but no worry, I got this! Oh yea, and a couple of characters are introduced in this chapter, and there are some of Yuki's awesome memories that will be revealed.. ~well, enjoy!~

Warning: mild language, violence

Disclaimer: I do not own hetalia, or FMA, sadly

~Chapter 2~

the red stone

~11 years ago, Italian countryside~

I sat out on the porch of our house, looking out at the edge of the woods, not too far from the white picket fence surrounding our property. I sat, in the handcrafted oak wood rocking chair that my grandfather had made for me, all the way from was beautiful, and I adored it, and my grandfather as well. "Yuki, my little snowflake, why don't you join your mother and I in a game of chess?" I heard my father call from the doorway, snapping me out of it. "okay, daddy," I agreed as I started to follow him inside, but stopped at the door, looking back at the woods. I was only seven years old at the time, yet I sensed something, or someone, staring straight at me, from behind the thick foliage and tree branches. I ignored the tingle in my spine, and ran to my father's side, as the three of us, my parents and I, peacefully played a game of chess, what grew to be my favorite board game, and I became a master at it, over the years of course. At seven, I didn't even know the rules, but hey, I liked the shape of the pawns, and who can blame me?

As we played, my parents seemed to be having a rather strange conversation. I listened in as my father loudly whispered into my mothers ear."Norah, do you think?that they would…" his voice trailed off. What were they talking about? I had to know. "Mommy, daddy, what are you talking about? Who is they?" I asked curiously. My mother looked at me, and her face turned immediately from serious to warm and welcoming. I had always loved that about her."hmm, nothing sweety, your father and I just have a lot on our minds right now, but there's nothing to worry about, okay?" "Nn," I hummed, as I nodded my head. My mother was amazingly beautiful. She had long flowing brown locks that reached all the way down to her lower back, fair , slightly tanned skin, and twinkling brown eyes that could melt you with their warmth. On the other hand, my father had pale skin, dark black hair, and intense emerald-green eyes. I had inherited most of my father's characteristics, along with my mother's hair. Both of my parents grew up in Italy, but my mother originated from Spain, and my father had come from Great Britain. I had gotten my nickname, 'little snowflake' because of my incredibly snow-white pale skin. I loved both my parents so dearly, and they loved me back equally.

Eventually, that day turned into another night, and all I could remember at the time was the three of us, lying out in the spring meadow, gazing up at the stars, and I had fallen asleep. Even so, I could feel the warmth of my mother and father as they carried me to my bed, and tucked me in.

I had suddenly woken with a jolt. For some reason, I was frightened. There was a banging sound, then a strange growl, coming from downstairs. My mother came to my side to wake me completely. "Yuki, you have to get out of here," she said with a rushed tone. Having almost no idea what was going on, I quickly got dressed, and followed her out the door and into the hallway. My mother told me to be completely silent, no matter what. I tried as hard as I could , feeling cold sweat forming in my palms. As we made our way through the house, I saw it, and completely froze.

The dark figure was standing in our arched doorway. It was a wolf like creature, messy black fur, gleaming blood-red eyes,it stood around six and a half to seven feet tall,and was growling angrily at us, pouring fear into our hearts.I hid behind my mother, as we both quivered with fear, but she showed strength, as she stood up to the beast. She was always so brave, willing to stand up to anything that would harm her loved ones. Scared out of my life, I looked for something to distract me. I soon noticed something red, shining in the night, around the animal's neck. It looked like a necklace, an oval-sized red stone, about the size of an egg, and the longer I stared at it, it seemed to have a strange glow... But I had to look away when I noticed that the thing was about to pounce on us. A sudden blasting sound popped my eardrums.I tuned to the source, as I saw my father, holding a shotgun in his hands, breathing heavily. The creature lied there, seemingly dead.I sighed with enormous relief. Finally, it was all over.

I could never have been more wrong.

The bullet had only slowed it down. I stood there, unable to move,in disbelief, as it rose, unharmed. It leaped, ready to pounce, but this time, my father as completely unprepared.I screamed, as my mother had pushed me aside. I stood there, watching the last of my mother, as she ripped the stone from the beast's neck. The beast was even more infuriated, without the stone around its neck. Without thinking, I snatched the necklace that had fallen on the floor, and ran to my father's side, the pendant in my hand, my eyes stinging with tears, and the frightening smell of blood in the air. Almost immediately , it came running after us, seeming to have wanting to retrieve the stone. Now, giant tears were flowing down my face, thinking of what will be of my father and I, and seeing my mother, lying on the floor, motionless, as pool of blood grew at her body.

Trying to calm me down, my father looked straight at me, after he saw what had happened to my mother, I noticed a few tears running down his face. He then gently whispered into my ear, loud enough so that I could hear, and said, "Yuki, everything will be alright, okay?" I nodded. Suddenly, everything around me, except my father and I slowed down, as he said to me,"You have to leave now, my little snowflake,"

"But Daddy, what about you-"

"Shhhh, I'll be fine, Daddy will be just fine, okay? Now you need to promise me that you will stay alive, okay? No matter what, just run, you need to get out of here, now! Go!"

I ran, attempting to avoid any attacks from the beast as it charged at me, spilling anger from its eyes. My father was trying to slow it down and distract it as much as he possibly could, but it seemed completely focused on the stone in hand. My father finally managed to pull its attention from me, by throwing rocks at it. Now mad with my father, it ran towards him. I didn't want to see the rest of that scene, so I ran out of the now demolished family room, and found myself just outside of our house, in the starry night.
I looked around. Our home was very isolated from town, you see, as no one trusted to live near the woods, mostly because of German soldiers hiding there, or dangerous wild animals. Thinking of the best possible refuge besides grass, I sprinted towards the large forest, the safest place I knew besides my home.

As I ran, tripping over rocks and tree roots, the moon's light not reaching through the evergreen branches, I thought how I was going to survive. I had absolutely no sign of relatives in Italy, or what had happened to my parents, who were most likely dead. I tried to blink the tears mixed with blood from my eyes, and the mud and blood stains on my clothes and face. Soon enough, I was winded and on the point of blacking out. To top it off, I had tripped on a tree root, and hit my head on a rock. I forced myself to stand, losing a good amount of my blood, and seeing double vision.

My knees buckled, and I finally fell under consciousness.

~Yuki's POV~

White light shined brightly in my face."Yuki!Yuki! hello?!"A voice had said in the distance. I felt a shaking sensation. "Hey Yuki! Wake up! Wake up!" "Ugh.. yea, I'm up, I'm up..." I grumbled. I turned to my human alarm clock. Alfred was looming over me, staring at me with a concentrated look on his face. "You fell asleep again!" he said as he sat back in his chair. " I heard you screaming too, and mumbling stuff, like 'the stone' and 'I'll keep my promise' and stuff..." It was only until he mentioned it that I had remembered what I was dreaming about, and noticed the cold sweat all over my body. "What were you dreaming about, anyway?"he questioned. "Oh, it was, it was nothing, not anything you have to worry about,at least"I shivered at the thought of the memory, and clutched the red stone hanging around my neck. 'So, you've been really sleepy lately, and I wonder why..." he said. " Well,it's probably because I have a broken ankle, and you've loaded me with so much paperwork lately, that I've had to skip some sleep!" I exclaimed. Flinching at my anger, Alfred cautiously said,"O-Okay, so you want some tea?" I sighed. "Sure," I watched as he poured Earl Grey tea into a first class tea set.

"Where'd you get such a fancy tea set?" I asked. " Oh, this baby? Arthur let me borrow it, since you like tea and stuff, I decided to ask him for it, and he also sent some scones,as a get well gift," he said. "Hmm, 'borrowed' it, huh?" I said, doubting that he had actually borrowed it, especially from Arthur, as my hand immediately flew to the scones, untouched, beside the tea. "How could you like that stuff?!" Alfred yelped, surprised at my satisfied face as I took more and more bites out of it. Honestly, I think it's because British runs in my blood or something of the sort, because everyone else says that they're terrible, but to me, they're not half bad.

"Well, here's your tea," he said while cautiously bringing it over to me."Thanks,"I said. I thought of my nightmare . I shortly gasped, just the thought of it... I tried to ignore the thought as I took small sips of my tea. Earl Grey tea is my absolute favorite tea, ever since i was little. Man, I really miss how it tasted,when my mom used to make it. Almost nothing compared to it. Even so, this cup of tea was pretty good.

I liked this moment. Sipping tea, calmly and quietly, and eating scones. I wish it could last forever. I looked out the window. It was an amazing view. All the trees that were a bright green in the summer and spring had turned to intense colors like a fiery red, stunning orange, and a mix of burgundy and brown in other trees. I had always liked the place where i worked, with the allies. I don't know why, but Alfred's mansion had always given off a kind manner to me.

Alfred purposely dropped a three-pound book on the floor to snap me out of la-la land. He shook his head in disappointment, "Why does your boyfriend never seem to give you the right gifts?I could say that he totally would've done much better that this..." he said as he held up my red stone necklace in the air.

MY NECKLACE!

"Hey! You give that back right now, that's mine!"That bastard, I was too busy daydreaming, that I didn't even notice him robbing me, I guess that proves I'm a huge airhead...He just stood there, laughing as he triumphantly held it in the air like a first place prize. "Hahaha, well, it looks like the hero did it again,"He smirked.

"Oh, well then, I guess there's no need to talk about it," I tried as hard as I could not to start cracking up as he realized that I had snatched it from him, as he was gloating about his new bounty. "What?! Impossible!" he said with some sight disbelief in his voice, if my ears don't deceive me. But then, he relaxed, as he said," well then, I suppose you're not such a bad thief after all," "Well, obviously," I said. Well that was a dumb thing to say,since I had been an expert at thieving since I was ten."And i don't have a boyfriend, for your information,"I added with slight annoyance in my voice. "Yea, sure," He replied, obviously not believing me. "What? It's the truth! I don't have a boyfriend! Besides, they're always a big waste of time..."i grumbled.

"Well then, it's been fun, but I gotta go, chief. There is a very important matter I must discuss with the Elrics.." he said, as he began to gather his coat and hat. "They said they would come to check up on you later, oh, and there are some, other visitors waiting to come in," he said with a smirk. He left out the door, without another word. A while after he left, I couldn't help but wonder what he meant by 'other' visitors.. Whatever, I just hope it's not-

"Hey, Yuki!" said an all too familiar voice as Arthur Kirkland walked through my bedroom door, without even knocking.. How rude. But my mood immediately changed when I saw the chess board in his hands. "I see your awake, now, how are you feeling?" He asked kindly. " I'm much better that before, at least,"I replied with a soft smile on my lips."That's good,would you like to join me?" he asked, as he pointed out the rather large rectangular board game."I'll take you on any day" I said, expecting said answer, "Is that a challenge?"

So far, out of the three games we've played, I had won two of them. I wasn't doing too bad, Arthur was a little wiser that I was, but he had nearly no chance against me, if it wasn't for that brain of his. I'm not saying I'm better than him, it's just that I do stand taller that him, in experience.

"Ha! Check mate, my friend!" I said in triumph, as he looked at me in disbelief. "Well, you just got lucky, again." he grumbled. "Yea, I guess so, I'm just too good at getting lucky al the time, aren't I?" I said, mocking him with his own words. Apparently, he didn't get the joke, and he just gave me a blank stare. We were both sitting there, at the sitting area, near the fireplace. I faintly heard something. It was like steps, marching up the stairs, and fast. "Do you hear that?" I asked Arthur, just to make sure I wasn't going crazy, or anything. He took a moment to concentrate."Yuki,I can't hear anything...what are you talking about?" "It's getting louder," I said, as I could now hear the footsteps, loud and clear, that I knew exactly who it was, and held my breath.

"Surprise!" yelled Edward as he, Alphonse, and Winry suddenly burst through the door, almost giving Arthur a heart-attack, but I merely looked up from the game, as I greeted the three of them."Oh, hey you guys. What are you doing here?"I asked, trying to keep my anger contained.

"Well, we were about to board the train to central, and Winry forgot her toolbox, so we had to go back, and while we were here, we heard that you went all crazy, and you broke your ankle, so now,we've come to visit you." I focused on his facial expression, and noticed something." Well first, I did not go all crazy like you said, and second,"I directed this to Winry,"Winry, do you really need your toolbox 'that' badly?"I asked, suspiciously."Well, yea. If these two wouldn't keep getting themselves into such a mess, I wouldn't need it, but unfortunately,they can't help it..."she answered, Ed and Al shaking from fear of her deadly stare.

This proved my point.

~Al's POV~

"Hmph," Yuki smiled,seeming victorious in something. "What? What's the matter?"asked Arthur, who had somehow recovered from the state of shock that he was in because of our surprise visit. "Yes, I'm pretty sure I'm right, and it wouldn't be possible for me to be wrong either..." Yuki was thinking out loud now.

I looked at my brother, who had a nervous look on his face. I gasped. Could it be? Is it even possible? No.. No..

"Hmph. They're lying." She stated. All three of us were in shock. "What- but..." Ed stammered. "Yes, I figured it out, after all, it was a pretty bad lie," Yuki smirked. "Well then, how can you prove it?" Asked Ed, testing her, if she really knew that we were lying, or if she was just pulling our leg. She replied confidently," Well, I know you like the back of my hand, and you, Ed, couldn't look at me while you were talking to me, Al didn't say a word, and he was just facing the floor. And Winry had a strange worried look on her face, as if she had committed crime or something," As scared as I was to admit it,she was right. she saw right trough the lie that Alfred had told us to say.

She continued, as everyone else in the room was frozen,"So, what kind of secret were you hiding that I wouldn't want to hear about?"

This was it. We obviously had to tell her, or she would force it out of us, and both Ed and I knew that wasn't a fun path to choose... We had to say something. Something that could get her off our backs for now and give us enough time to go and tell Alfred what had happened. "Brother..." I said to him as we looked at each other, and both understood what we had to do. Yuki was still sitting there, waiting for an answer. Ed let Winry know what we were going to do, and soon, we all agreed that it was the best thing to do.

All three of us jolted out of the room, and ran as fast as we could, before she could catch up to us. Even with a broken ankle, we knew Yuki can be capable of almost anything."RUUUN!" yelled Ed, as we were scared that she and Arthur would be right behind us at any second.

"HEY! COME BACK! We heard Yuki yell,still in the room, unprepared for what we had just pulled off.

"Are we crazy?!" said Winry, who was starting to panic already. "Brother, where exactly are we going?" I asked, as we made our way through maze-like halls and rooms of the giant mansion. "I don't know! Let's find Alfred, I bet he'll know what to do!"he replied. Aww man, were dead...

So yea, this chapter was a bit longer than the last one, I'm still pissed that I made it so short, but that's no biggie, the plot will soon be introduced in no time! so PLEASE REVIEW! that's the only way you can encourage me to write the next chapter!