FMA Fic: "Between Right and Wrong"
Title: Between Right and Wrong
Author: lalikaa
Series: Manga; chapter 80, page 14 >> link <<
Word Count: 181
Rating: K
Characters: Mei Chang, mention of others; implied AlxMei
Summary: She doesn't want to leave.
Author's Notes: I absolutely adored this part in the manga, and thought it deserved some attention. Written for fma_fic_contest, for the prompt; "Set your fic on a specific page of the manga or a specific part in one of the anime episodes".
Wrong.
This wasn't how it was supposed to end.
Right.
Everything was how it was supposed to be.
Right?
She had acquired a philosphor's stone. She could save her clan!
Wrong.
This wasn't how she imagined it to be.
She wasn't supposed to form such close bonds with these people.
Right.
Mr. Scar, Mr. Yoki, Dr. Marcoh, Winry, Zanpano, Jerso...
Alphonse.
Right. Right right right.
The Chang clan would be restored.
Right.
...But she would have to leave her comrades behind.
What about their country?
What would happen to the good people of Amestres?
Wrong.
She wanted to help... she knows she could.
Right.
They are all looking at her expectantly.
She cannot bear to leave them.
Mr. Scar assures her that they can take care of themselves.
She is foolish to be so hesitant to return to her country.
Right?
Right.
She will go now.
Wrong.
Her clan needs this.
Right.
She will miss them... will miss him.
Wrong. Wrong wrong wrong.
She bows. "Thank you all so very much!"
But she will make it right.
She will return.
Right.
Author: lalikaa
Series: Manga; chapter 80, page 14 >> link <<
Word Count: 181
Rating: K
Characters: Mei Chang, mention of others; implied AlxMei
Summary: She doesn't want to leave.
Author's Notes: I absolutely adored this part in the manga, and thought it deserved some attention. Written for fma_fic_contest, for the prompt; "Set your fic on a specific page of the manga or a specific part in one of the anime episodes".
Wrong.
This wasn't how it was supposed to end.
Right.
Everything was how it was supposed to be.
Right?
She had acquired a philosphor's stone. She could save her clan!
Wrong.
This wasn't how she imagined it to be.
She wasn't supposed to form such close bonds with these people.
Right.
Mr. Scar, Mr. Yoki, Dr. Marcoh, Winry, Zanpano, Jerso...
Alphonse.
Right. Right right right.
The Chang clan would be restored.
Right.
...But she would have to leave her comrades behind.
What about their country?
What would happen to the good people of Amestres?
Wrong.
She wanted to help... she knows she could.
Right.
They are all looking at her expectantly.
She cannot bear to leave them.
Mr. Scar assures her that they can take care of themselves.
She is foolish to be so hesitant to return to her country.
Right?
Right.
She will go now.
Wrong.
Her clan needs this.
Right.
She will miss them... will miss him.
Wrong. Wrong wrong wrong.
She bows. "Thank you all so very much!"
But she will make it right.
She will return.
Right.