Equivalent Exchange

[Evoth]

Edward stepped through the front door and was greeted by Winry, "Where have you been." Ed, not wanting to reveal the truth simply lied to her, "I was out exploring the woods, just like the old days." Winry placed her hands on her hips and sighed. It was blatenly obivious that he was lying to her. But she didn't wish to push the subject any further

"Where is Al?" he asked. Winry walked away from him, "Hey!" he cried to her. "He's at your house. Unlike you, he admits it." Ed became flustered and scoffed. It's true that he didn't want to admit where he had gone. The last time he truely followed his emotions nearly took away his world.

[Ben]

As Shara walked out of the kitchen she paused at the door and watched the excange between Ed and Winry. She sighed and walked right past the both of them. "Thanks for the arms Winry, going hunting Ed..." She said as she opened the door and walked right out. Hunting? Yes hunting, but what for? Well Edward woulod be forced to come after her to find out.

She started off across the yard and wanderd down the street. She looked about and then spotted where she wanted to go and headed off in the direction of a lone tree sitting upon a hill. The tree turned out to be a giant Weeping Willow. She made her way through the curtain of vines and leaves and stopped by the trunk and placed her had on the rough bark. "It all comes back to me... eventualy..."

[Evoth]

Winry smiled when Shara thanked her. When Shara said she was 'going hunting' Edward tilted his head, "Wait." but before he could say anything Shara was out the door, "Damn it. She's always doing that!" Winry laughed silently, "You better go after her Ed." The State Alchemist sighed.

"I guess so. Tell Al that I went with Shara when he gets back." Winry nodded and Ed went off. The thought of Shara going hunting puzzled him. "Why would she need to go hunting?" he questioned himself. He followed the way she went and came to an abrupt stop when he spotted her upon a hill with a solitary tree, "Hey!" he called out to her before running up the hill.

[Ben]

When Shara heard Ed call out her name she turned her head and torso so she could see him running up the hill. "I knew you'd come after me." She said softly when he reached her. "I'm hunting for clues of my past. I don't remember where I came from or how I managed to get here when I was two and all I have a gap in my memories, an entire year from when I was twelve to my thirtheenth birthday."

She looked over at him "I rember looking up and seeing the branches of this tree spread above me on a sunny after noon and three heads, that of my family appearing over me and asking me if I was lost." She sighed and then fingered her braid "Like my hair?" She asked with a warm smile.

[Evoth]

Edward was somewhat taken back by Shara. Never would he of thought that she would share something so personal. Then her sudden change of the subject threw his mind off the matter at hand, "Um...yeah. It looks good." His attempt at the words were weak.

He turned his gaze to that of the tree, "So, you have no clue of you're past. That's interesting." Edward looked back to Shara. It seems that another mystery had managed to crop up with this girl. Ever since that night he met her in Central his life had been thrown a curve. Even more than usual. "....Why...why are you telling me this? It just doesn't make sense to me."

[Ben]

"Because with two diffrent people to look at the same thing, it's like looking at clouds." She said her gaze going upwards to where a few fluffy clouds floated across the sky. "You can look once and see something, a train perhaps and when you ask the other what they see they may see something diffrent than you." She giggled "I never did make sense, I've allways lived my life as it comes to me."

"Your brother depends on you, he trusts you dosen't he? Well for the sake of telling you, i trust you too..." She sighed softly, her mind returning to when they found her beneath the tree. After a bit she snapped out of her reverie and looked at him "But I may have a clue that might help you." She said with a grin. "That is if We're not called back to central..."

[Evoth]

Edward stayed silent for a moment. Trust, it was something hard to obtain. But once it's had it's priceless and as fragile as glass. "I'm glad that you can trust me." he managed to say, "It's nice to have ones trust." Ed looked down at his feet as he shuffled them. For some reason he couldn't look her in the eyes. It puzzled him.

"You have a clue that might help me?" He looked up at her with a tilted head, "Why do you need to help me? I thought it was me who was going to help you out."

[Ben]

She ruffled his hair "Equivalent Exchange" were the only words she said in reply to his question. She stood there for a bit more and then her stomach grumbled and she sighed. "Well I'm heading back, comming with me?" She asked sticking her hands in her pockets and turning around so she was facing the road. Her blue eyes studied him intently, her cheeks turned a soft shade of red.

"I will end up going back eventualy, Sothe will be waiting..." She said softly and started off. She's let Ed try to figure out what she was saying. Riddles were escatly what she was best at, riddles and making logic sound like nosense.

[Evoth]

A smirk crossed his face, "Equivalent exchange eh?" Edward followed her closely. He felt a bit like her shadow. "The only clue you seem to have is that of the tree. Did your sister not tell you of anything else. Anything at all that could possible help us out?" With a small sigh Ed slipped his hand into his pocket and pulled out his watch. He gazed upon the silver coating and ran his thumb across the symbol.

He caught up with her and walked beside her. Placing the watch away he looked at Shara out of the corner of his eye.

[Ben]

She closed her eyes and walked along the road, correcting her course only if she started straying onto the grass. She was wracking her memories and her mind, searching her mind for metal photographs or some refrence of her past. Finaly she lifted an arm and pointed off to the North East "A house over grown with vines with a bolt hole under it. Daddy used to do his alchemy there..." she let her hand drop to her side "...I remember that every now and then mass amounts of people went missing from the surrounding area. During thoughs times daddy didn't want me or Eve to bother him, he said he had important work to do for some kind of war or something." She shook her head softly and her right hand clenched to a fist

"What he didn't say is that he was plotting to create a real philsopher's stone. Thats why the mag stones i have with me look like the real things. Only so many people could go missing in one location before..." she had to trail off and clench both of her fists and her face had gone completely red "...bef....before..." She was seathing anger and without thinking she smacked her fists together and then punched a nearby tree and then squeaked and shoved Ed out of the way when she realized what she'd just did. The tree changed from a tree to an off blanace and very tall cylander and fell over. Shara was qick enough to roll out of the way before she got squished. She got to her feet and helped Ed up "Sorry, Sorry!" She managed to gasp while trying to calm her racing heart and re-gain her breath.

[Evoth]

Ed rubbed his eyes and shook his head. He was trying to regain his senses. With a grunt he got back to his feet. Shara kept apologizing for what she did. Edward waved his arm dismissively, "It's okay...Just don't attack me again." Regaining his footing, Ed steadied himself and looked at her with flared eyes.

"You've got to control your anger or next time someone could get killed!" He didn't like the fact that he was scolding her but it was something that had to be done, "You're a State Alchemist! You can't let yourself go off the handle like that." He let his commanding tone slide off, "I know that the past is painful. But we can't always dwell in it. It's hard to break away from it. Believe me, I've tried." Ed let his head rest on his fist, "We all have to let go at some point. No matter how painful or hard it can be." Edward clasped her by the wrist, "I'll help you in anyway that I can. You have my word."

[Ben]

((*snickers* And now for the worst twist I can throw into this RP))

Her worried gaze met his flaring eyes and she slid her wrift out of his grip and stared off down the road, her pace lengthened and she walked in the weirdest sort of way, like she was walking on a blanace beam and she quickly outpaced him. When his words finaly hit her about the past she stopped and then she looked over her shoulder at him. "You know thats why your my teacher right?" She asked with a sad smile.

"Come on, I can wrestle my emotion, but my stomach won't wait..." she said and started off again her mind still busy going over the snippits of her past, tying to figure things out. Why, why was she so diffrent from Ed, or Al or even Eve? She shook her head softly and threw off her current thoughts and stopped and waited for ed to catch up before she started off again.

When they got to the house Shara trudged up the steps and kicked her boots off at the door and then trudged into the kitched and got herself something to eat. She'd been silent the entire way back to the house and also ate quietly. It really didn't matter that it was about two hours till lunch, not to her at least. When she was done she washed her dishes in the sink and wanderd out into the main room.

[Evoth]

Everyone sat at the table and finished. Pinako stood up from the table and grabbed her plate, "I'll be going back to work now. Alphonse, I'll be needing your help again." Al pushed himself away from the table, "Yes Ma'am." Both of them left the room. The faint sound them working could be heard.

Both Ed and Winry watched as Shara left the room in silence, "I've got to ask." said Winry quietly, "What happened out there? Ever since you two got home you've been quiet." Ed sighed and looked down at this plate. Scraping his fork gently across the china he spoke, "She told me of her past. How she only knows certain things in life. Ever since then it seems like this."

Ed drop his fork to the plate with a clatter. Placing it in the sink he turned to Winry, "Don't worry Ed." She gave him a smile, "Everything will work itself out eventually." Edward nodded slightly, "I hope so..."

[Ben]

Shara sighed softly and took one of her books with her outside. She read the last few chapters of the book and then set it down on the porch and wanderd around the sideo f the house. Seeing all the un-cut wood there she sighed and sat on the pile and thought some more. She'd seen that they had a rather simple shower on the other side of the house. She smiled and snuck off around the back of the house.

Shara stood under the bucket in a sports bra and shorts. The cool water raining down upon her felt good and cooled her off. She turned the water off and shook the water out of her hair. Still soaking wet she slid her shirt and pants on and hung her over coat over her shoulder. She pulled her watch from her pocket and studied the front and then flipped it open and looked at the inside of the cover and then flipped it closed and placed her hands together around it and there was the crackle of alchemy and a blue glow emitted from the crakcs in her hands. When she opened them again the dragon on the front had details and carved on the inside were five names.

[Evoth]

The door opened with a small creak as Edward stepped outside. He let loose a breathless sigh and shook his head. There came a sudden flash of light that cast a shadow on the surrounding area. Ed walked behind her and peered over her shoulder to catch a glispe of what she was doing.

Placing a head on her shoulder and asking gently, "What are you doing?"

ooc: sorry for the short post.