#chisana

source: fullmetal alchemist

artist: chisana

Everything had always been normal. A normal world. Normal life. Normal toddler. Though by now that toddler barely remembers when things had ever been normal. The last thing he remembered outside of this hell he lives in, was his mother's screams when she saw the wings that sprouted from his back. He wasn’t normal. So they took him away. They were hidden. There had to be hundreds of them, but no one knew. All the kids inside knew was the treatment they had been given, and the training. They were meant to be super weapons for war. So when one was too weak, They would be killed off. This was all Zee had ever known. He had learned to get used to it. He got used to barely knowing any knowledge about the outside world, or even how it worked. Only being learned how to kill in the most effective ways, while nearly being killed himself.

Zee sighs softly as he enters what he was told was his bedroom, but it was more like a cell, after a longer training than he had hoped. Everyone else was already asleep. He sat on what was called a bed, but was just a mattress on the floor, with a few thin sheets as blankets as he looked at the blinding white of the rest of his room, that matched the uniform he was given, and his wings drooped ever so slightly.

then suddenly, a portal opened in the middle of his room. it was see-through, but slightly obscured what was on the other side. so he saw the blurry outline of a bedroom, and... a girl. she stepped through, who appeared to have.. wolf ears on the top of her head... she had two differently colored eyes, the right was white, with an odd, star-shaped pupil, and the other was blue, and a wolf tail to match her ears. freckles dotted her cheeks like stars. she tilted her head at him carefully, a curious, playful look in her eyes. Zee's eyes furrowed, and his wings puffed out slightly. cautious about the girl, though not hostile.

the girl only smiled and offered her hand for him to shake "Hi! I'm Chi. what's your dar??" her tail perked up a little, friendly, and curious about him. Zee's eyebrows furrowed slightly

"Sorry, my what..?" he backed away from her carefully.

she furrows her eyebrows, tilting her head slightly, one ear flopping as she did so. "your dar? gift from the stars..?"

he shakes his head quickly "Gift? No- no these are a curse!" he lets out a soft, dry laugh.

she blinks, before furrowing her eyebrows more, looking around, starting to realize how absurd the surroundings were. this- blinding white room, with nothing but a dirty, years and years old mattress on the floor, with old, ripped sheets... locked secure door, and a large window as the wall for the outer wall, showing a hallway full of rooms just like it, with more kids. most sleeping, getting ready for the long days ahead of them, dreading they aren't good enough to be kept alive.

she looks back at him "What is this place?"

Zee quickly shakes his head "Whoa- back up. Where did you come from?" he was so incredibly confused. he had never seen another person his age so cheery. the most cherry was the kids around 5, old enough to have almost forgotten how they were taken, but too young to really understand the gravity of their situation. plus, he had no idea where she had come from. for all he knew, this was a weird hallucination. he also still couldn't wrap his head around the whole "dar" thing.

the girl shrugs "Fair enough." she smiles "Another universe! I was in my high school dorm before now."

he shakes his head "No- no- that doesn't make sense. how is there... another... universe?"

she hums softly "It's hard to explain? honestly, I'm still new to it myself.."

he whines and looks down, shaking his head ever so softly.

"do... you want to come back with me?" when she said that, it shocked him. there was a slight hope in his eye, that this could be better than what he had. but also... if things were this bad here, how much worse could they be out there? but... what could be worse than this? maybe.. he would just check things out. see if things were safe for everyone else. he would have to come back for them though...

he nods, ever so carefully. She grins and offers her hand, her tail wagging.

he takes it softly, and the first thing she notices is how rough, and callaced his hands were. like he had been a blue-collar worker for 40 years. "I'm... Zee.."

she smiles warmly, and takes him through the portal, which feels like walking into the freezer section at a Costco. a cold chill across his body.

"Momma? Pappa?"

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-The little child stood in the pouring rain, waiting and waiting...-

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-Their parents were inside their house...a small, one-story house.-

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-They forgot to bring the child inside...-

-In fact...they forgot they even had a child to take care of...-

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"Momma? Pappa?"

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-The rain was cold and harsh...the only thing keeping the child warm was their red cloak, protecting their small fragile body...and yet, even that wasn't enough..-

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"Hey, weirdo, what are you doing?"

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-Oh no...not them...-

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"I...I-I'm waiting for Momma and Pappa...."

"Well where are they...?"

"In the house..."

...?!

"Well then open the door, you idiot!"

"I can't...they locked the door...."

"Well I can't blame them...I wouldn't want such a hideous thing in my house."

...!!!

-The kids laughed, then turned abroad, leaving the child there in the bitter rain...-

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-Hideous...-

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-The child just stood there...all the hope they had shattered a bit...-

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