Sunday, September 10, 2006

   Memories
"Daddy no! don't leave!" a little girl cried, trying to stop her father from leaving to join the war. Her father picked her up from the hard-wood floor and hugged her. "Don't worrie Emmie, I'll be back before you even realise i left" The man said "Daddy just has to take care of some bad guys ok?" "But what if you get hurt?" the five year old cried. "don't worry, no one can hurt General Mitchel Rosa, The Earth Alchemist" the man said in a deep voice. The Man wiped away the little girls tears and gave a big smile. The mother walked onto the room with some bottles "Here" she said and handed the little bottles to the man "I made some medican just incase you or one of your commrades needs it, there's a lable on each bottle saying how much to take each hour and what it helps." the man smiled thanks honey. The woman smiled back and reached into her apron pocket"Emma made this one for you" The girl looked at the bottle and smiled. The woman handed the bottle to the man, the bottle read "home sicky". The man gave a big smile and gave the girl another hug."Thank you every much Emmie" "your welcome daddy" the girl replied.
*BEEP BEEP*
A military truck was waiting in front of the house. The man put the little girl in the mothers arms."I'll be back soon Emmie ok?" the girl started to get tears in her eyes again but tried to hide it by smiling "okay daddy". The man smiled kissed his wife, picked up his things and walked to the truck in the cold dark rain. "WE LOVE YOU DADDY!" the mother and daughter yelled, the man turned around and smiled "I LOVE YOU TWO MORE!" he yelled back. He waved and started walking to the truck again. The car drove off into the darkness. The mother looked her daughter and smiled holding back her tears. "How about some cookies and ice cream before our bedtime story tonight Emmy?" the mother said trying to change the fact of what just happened "Okay" the little said quietly. The mother closed the door and carried the little girl into the kitchen.The man opened the bottle that said "home sicky" "your daughter make that one for you mitch" havoc said "yep" he said opening the bottle and he took out a golden necklace with a heart locket. HE opened the locket and found on one side a picture of his daughter and wife, on the other side there was a note "Come back home soon!"
A YEAR LATER:
"I bet I can run faster then you guys!" Emma claimed "Oh yeah we'll see about that" Ed said and ran off. A few seconds later Emma ran up next to him "too slow" she said a bolted off leaving Ed far behind. Al and Winry just sat under a tree watching Ed have a fit saying she cheated and wanted a do-over while laughing in his face saying he couldn¢®¯t out run a turtle. It soon grew dark and they headed off to dinner. Emma ran back home half starved and hoping that her father sent her another letter. Emma opened the door and ran into the kitchen where she found her mom with her head on the table with a crumpled up piece of paper in her hand quietly crying. "Mommy? What happened?" The woman quickly lifted her head still trying to hold back her tears. She got up and kneeled down in front of the little girl and hugged her tightly "I just got a letter from one of daddy's friends... they said there was an accident. Emma, daddy won't be coming back home this time" the mother said bursting into tears. The little girl just stood there her eyes widened, she couldn't believe that it was true.

*sigh* Emma now 16 looking like she was zoning out was holding a picture of her mother and father and herself, it was the last picture they took when they were all together. "Mom, Dad..." she mumbled under her breath. "Hey Emma you in here?" Ed shouted. "Yeah im here" she said. Ed walked into the room, Emma sitting on her bed with a white box set beside her. "What are you thinking about....?" Ed said sitting next to her. She looked at him and then looked back at the picture "nothing just looking at some old stuff, its bringing back memories is all" "Ok well just wanted to let you know that me and al are going to the mess hall so if you wanted to come...." "Sure that sounds good" "Okay come on lets go then" Ed said walking out of the room. Emma got up and placed the picture in the box, and walked to the door way. "Just memories is all" she said under her breath. She turned off the lights and walked out of the room.

This is a bit more detailed story of Emma's father's passing. Emma was going threw some old pictures and stumbled across a picture of her family. She then zoned out remembering when her father left for the war on Ishbal and a year later when she first got the news of her father's death. The it goes back to Emma in the present time. Hope you like it!
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