( Where the Stories stay... )

The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
--Charles Dubios

Title: One Broken Faith
Scene Title: Changes in Sacrifice
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Size: 304 words
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Do not own FMA.

( When Father came home, everyone was happy. )

Title: Once Broken Faith
Scene Title: Shave and a Haircut
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Size: 380 words
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Do not own FMA.

( 'YOU NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT CHANGING MY LOOKS, YOU BASTARD!' )

"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom." -Bertrand Russell

Title: Once Broken Faith
Scene Title: The Beginning of Wisdom
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Size: 1,307 words
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Do not own FMA.

( There had been a reason why she and Al had locked the room and left it and the house alone those past seven years. )

Title: Once Broken Faith
Scene Title: Antagonism
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Size: 1,094 words
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Do not own FMA.

( He hadn't stayed long--never did. )

Title: Once Broken Faith
Scene Title: Journey of a Thousand Miles
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Size: 1,214 words
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Do not own FMA.

( ...apparently, the old man thought it would be a nice joke to go and disappear on him again. )

Title: Once Broken Faith
Scene Title: You're Not Here
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
Size: 2,057 words
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Do not own FMA.
Summary: AU. The bond of brotherhood is torn by one of the Elric brothers leaving with their mysterious father to attempt to learn the secrets of alchemy to help save their mother...

( That boy...they shouldn't have left him without his brother... )