60CHAPTER 8
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It was quiet. There was a cool, gentle breeze blowing across the blonde's face. She struggled to open her golden eyes and finally succeeded. Her head pounded and she felt dizzy. The little girl sat up on her knees and realized she was in a meadow of flowers.
"This isn't Germany," she whispered and looked around. Across the meadow she found a large yellow house. There was a woman sitting on the front steps of it. The blonde decided to go ask her where she was.
The girl walked through the flowers to the woman on the steps. When she was about five feet away she gasped. The woman looked exactly like her mother and the girl in the pictures she found in her father's box.
"Winry?" she remembered the name from her dad's journal. 'But that would mean I'm in Rezenbool (A/N: I know there a bunch of spellings for that and I don't know the correct one so don't kill me!).' the blonde thought.
Winry heard the rustling of grass. She looked to her left and found a little girl. She gasped when she looked into the same golden orbs that once belonged to her best friend. "Ed?" she stood up and walked over to the child. 'She looks just like him, but as a girl.' Winry noted when she got close enough to make out her facial features.
"Um, What's your name?" Winry asked hesitantly when the little girl looked up at her. The blonde smiled. "My name's…"
"Maggie Elric!" Ed yelled to the ceiling desperately. 'How did this happen?' he asked himself and dropped to his knees. How could he lose his only daughter? " Brother…" Al whispered. He sat on the side of Ed and his eyes were wide. "Al?" Ed asked concerned. "I…I killed Winry…" he whispered. Al was trembling with fear and guilt. He never meant to pull the trigger. Tears fell silently fell his eyes.
Ed sighed and sat next to him. He felt sorry for his little brother. "No, it was an accident. You didn't mean to," he said quietly. He saw that Al wasn't looking at him but ahead.
Ed followed his gaze and landed upon a gruesome sight.
"What is that?" Al asked frightened. "I…don't know," Ed whispered. Ed's eyes widened as memories of his mother raced through his head. 'This can't be happening.' He stood up and paced the room trying to shake the horrid thoughts from his mind. " We have to get Maggie back," he said determined. "But how?" Al asked. He got off the kitchen floor and sat across the table from Ed.
"If the gate opens when some one dies, then, we have to…" the older brother's voice trailed off and he looked down. Al knew what he was thinking. "Brother, I hope Maggie is OK," Al said and put his head down. Ed was hoping the same thing. He prayed that his little girl didn't have to pay any exchange.
"Elric?" Winry asked quietly. Maggie nodded. "Who's your dad?" Winry asked curiously. 'She can't be Al's daughter, but maybe…Ed's.' Winry thought. It saddened her, to think that Ed was with another woman. She loved him with all her heart and it would hurt so much to know that he was happy with someone else.
"My daddy's name is Edward," Maggie whispered. She looked up at the familiar face. Realization soon hit her straight on. Winry looked exactly like her dead mother. Her mother…Maggie felt tears form in her gold eyes and looked down. 'Daddy's not here, Mommy's gone, and I don't know where I am.' She began to sob.
Winry noticed the silent cries from the girl in front of her. "Maggie, what's wrong?" Winry knelt down to her eye level and placed her hands gently on her shoulders. "My mommy and daddy are gone and I don't know where I am," Maggie whispered. Her eyes were wide with fear when she looked up at Winry. "I miss my daddy!" Maggie embraced Winry and cried into her neck.
Winry was a little taken back by the abrupt movements from the short blonde, but she relaxed and comforted Maggie. "Come on, let's go inside," Winry said when she felt a raindrop fall on her nose. "OK," Maggie agreed when she saw the gray clouds above and stood up with Winry. "You look a lot like my mommy," Maggie said to Winry as the rain fell harder. Winry was a little shocked. "Who is your mom?" she asked curiously. "My mom was named Winry, like you. She had gray-blue eyes though," Maggie said sadly. They walked the rest of the way to the house in silence.
Winry was thinking how this child who claimed her father was Ed could get here and where Ed could be. Maggie was busy thinking about what happened before she got there and how. The two of them were very confused as to what was going on.
The two of them entered the Rockbell household and took a seat on the couch. "Who else lives here? This is a pretty big house for just one person," Maggie said when she glanced around the big yellow house. "Well, it's just me. My granny died a year ago," Winry looked down. Maggie gasped. "I'm sorry. My mommy just died. I know how you feel," Maggie apologized. She looked down when the memory of her mother popped up in her head again. Maggie wiped a tear from her eye and sighed.
"How old are you?" Winry asked suddenly. Maggie looked up from her lap and into Winry's blue eyes. "I'm 8. My daddy says I'm smart for my age. I told him though, I'm not because I'm very clumsy," Maggie said with a bright smile. Winry laughed. "Hey, what's funny?" Maggie pouted. "Nothing," Winry said and stopped laughing.
"So Ed is really your dad?" Winry asked. The two of them were in the kitchen. Maggie said she was hungry so Winry said she would make her something to eat. "Yup, I read about you in his journal and Uncle Al's. Then daddy told me all about this place and his adventures with Uncle Al," Maggie said. Winry placed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a glass of milk in front of Maggie. "Thanks," Maggie smiled.
Winry sat across from the mini girl version of Ed. 'So Ed and Al are alive, and Ed has a kid.' Winry thought. She had to admit she was upset that Ed got married and had a child with another woman but she was glad that Al and him were doing well where ever they were. She smiled down at Maggie who, for the moment, looked up at her.
"Something wrong?" Maggie asked when she finished her sandwich. "Huh? Oh, nothing," Winry said. She saw that the glass of milk was untouched. "Your not thirsty?" she asked curiously. "No, I just don't like milk. It's evil and very tricky," Maggie scowled at the milk hoping it would disappear. Winry laughed loudly. 'She's so much like Ed.'
"I don't see what's funny, Winry," Maggie said and tapped her fingers on the table. "It's just that you remind me so much of Ed," Winry said with her laughter dieing down. "Oh," Maggie sighed.
"We are going to get Maggie back, don't worry Al," Ed flashed a smile at his little brother. "Ed, this reminds me of when we tried to get mom back," Al said sadly. Ed's smile was replaced with a frown. He knew how his brother felt, but this was different. Maggie wasn't dead, just not there with them and somewhere else.
They were about to kill the creature that was still lying on the floor of the kitchen. They figured that the gate would have to open and then they could get Maggie. Ed set off to finish the job quickly. Ed gulped and closed his eyes tight. Al didn't want to look and closed his eyes when his brother did it.
After Ed finished the gruesome job a flash of purple light surrounded the two Elric brothers. The gate appeared before them. " I want Maggie!" Ed yelled with Al. Ed had a determined look on his face and stared at the gate. It opened. Millions of purple eyes stared at them and little black hands stretched out. "Give me Maggie!" Ed yelled once more.
The hands grabbed Ed, Al, and the creature. They were pulled in and the gate closed.
"Hey, Winry?" Maggie asked. They were sitting back at the couch talking about random things. They were becoming quick friends. "Yeah, Maggie?" Winry answered. "Do you like my dad?" she asked. Winry whipped her head around to see Maggie smiling. Winry blushed as she answered. "Well, we were best friends so, yeah," she said. "No, I mean, do you love him?" Maggie smiled evilly. "Um…" Winry was interrupted by a loud crash outside. Maggie and Winry exchanged glances and jumped up.
Maggie and Winry raced outside and found a cloud of smoke. The sun was setting, giving everything an orange hue to it. "What happened?" Maggie asked. Winry didn't answer but ran to where she saw two shadows through the cloud of smoke. "Hey, are you alright?" she called out when she reached the shadows. The dust cleared as Maggie ran up to them. Maggie widened her eyes when she saw the oh so familiar faces.
"Daddy! Uncle Al!" Maggie shrieked and jumped into her father's arms. "Maggie!" the two hugged her. Winry stood there, speechless. 'They are really here.' She thought. Winry never figured they would come back, this way at least. Maggie cried into Ed's neck. "I was wondering when you would come get me!" Maggie whispered. Ed laughed slightly.
By now the sun already had set and stars twinkled in the sky. "Ed? Al?" Winry moved towards them with tears brimming in her eyes. "Winry!" Al and Ed exclaimed. "Ed, Al, you idiots!" Winry yelled. Out of nowhere, she threw her wrench at both of their heads, but avoided Maggie's. "Daddy! Uncle Al!" Maggie shrieked. Al fell on his back and Ed stumbled backwards with Maggie still in his arms.
"Damn, Winry! You could have hurt Maggie!" Ed yelled. Winry ran up to him and embraced him in a hug. Maggie was squished in between the two of them. "Ah, air, I need air!" she gasped. Winry pulled away from the Elric's and Maggie took a deep breath. She let it out slowly and dramatically. "I could have suffocated!" Maggie exclaimed, pronouncing the word suffocated. Ed, with Maggie still in his, Al and Winry all laughed at the way Maggie acted.
Maggie narrowed her eyes and scowled. "Daddy, Uncle Al, Winry, please tell me what's funny," she demanded. They all just laughed harder. Maggie sighed and gave up. "Looks like I will always be laughed at."
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