Living a Memory part 1

I grew up in the small town of Resembool. It lies in the grassy hills of no where, in the great country of Amestris. You’re probably thinking, ‘Oh! She grew up in the same town as the Elrics, they must have been best friends...blah..blah..blah.!’ You’d be mistaken. I didn’t meet the Elrics for several years. But I’ll get to that later. Let me start off by introducing myself. My name is Avery Kinsle. When I lived in Resembool, I lived with my parents Phillip and Tanza Kinsle. They were simple bakers in town and usually left the kids home to watch over the house. I had two other siblings. There was my older brother named Hunter who was 2 years older than me, and my little sister named Finn who is 3 years younger than me. I loved to tease her and call her my little Finn Kin. She always gets so testy when I do, but we love each other very much. Both my siblings inherited my mother’s deep black hair and only I got the musty brown hair of my father. I had always loved my hair, when I was younger it always flowed down my back. My mother often braided the girls hair during summer, so it’d be out of our faces. Hunter had his short hair and he loved to spike it up in the front.
My siblings and I were all we had when our parents worked. We didn’t have any other friends because we had each other, and thats all we needed. We had no other family members except for our beloved grandmother. But she didn’t live in Resembool with us. She lived all the way in East City in her Flower shop. We didn’t get to see her very much, but when she did come to visit, we loved seeing her. Other than that, it was just us 3 while Mom and Dad were working. It probably doesn’t sound like the best childhood to others, but for us it was the best time ever. We loved going down to the river. It was our favorite spot to play in the summer. We were as close as close could be, and Hunter made it a point to keep us safe. We thought nothing could separate us, but we were wrong.
When I was six years old, the Eastern Rebellion War moved into our part of the country. There was a great uprising when these men from some other part of the country tried to convince the people of my town that the military were horrible people. They managed to convince half, and everyone else hid or fled from the town. I had never seen the military. I remember Hunter, Finn, and I watching the town from the front windows of our house. Little did we know that our parents had been brutally slaughtered in town during the uprising. We saw many explosions and lots of fire. I tried to make out who was down there. I saw a lot of the towns people, and people with weapons that I had never seen before. Hunter told us that he was going to go down and find Mom and Dad while seeing what he could do to help. He told us to stay in the house and to hide in case something bad were to happen. I grabbed my sister’s hand and we hid in our parent’s closet. It was probably the safest place we could think of. About an hour passed, and Hunter hadn’t returned. Finn had fallen asleep. I covered in one of our father’s giant jackets and crept out of the closet. The house was dead silent. I quietly walked down stairs and looked out the window. The fire was still blazing but there weren't as many people as before. I noticed people with strange clothes on. It was hard to tell, but they looked Blue. I had never seen people like that before.
Then suddenly I saw a figure running up the hill. I looked closely to see that it was Hunter! I tore open the front door and stepped out onto the porch. He was being chased by a group of men. They were wielding weapons. I was terrified that they were going to catch him.
“Get inside! Avery! GET INSIDE!,” Hunter screamed at me. I fled in and up the stairs. Hunter made it in and locked the door behind him. He managed to get upstairs and into the closet. By that time, Finn was awake. I hugged her tightly and pulled her into my lap and held her so she’d stay calm. I could hear the men banging on the door downstairs.
“Just stay quiet ok girls?” Hunter whispered to us. We nodded and I rested my head onto Hunter’s shoulder. I felt something wet and looked up to see my brother’s shoulder sliced open.
“Hunter! You’re bleeding!” I exclaimed as we heard the front door slam open. Hunter covered my mouth and shushed me. We listened as we heard the group of men trashing through our house. I heard picture frames crash. Tables and Chairs were thrown across the room. I could hear them yelling at each other.
“We need to find him! We can’t let that little runt get away!”
I felt Hunter shaking. He seemed to know something was going to happen. I just stayed quiet and listened.
“Maybe he ran upstairs. Let’s go!”
The men pounded up the stairs and trashed through all the rooms on the top floor. I was terrified they were going to find us. Then we heard them enter our parents room. Hunter held us tighter as we peered through the cracks and watched them trash the room. They began to leave. When we thought we were in the clear, one of them tore open the closet door right off the hinges. Finn and I screamed.
“There you are you little monster!” The man yelled as he grabbed my brother by the arm and dragged him out. The other men came running in and helped to beat down my brother. Finn and I hugged each other tighter. I covered her eyes so she wouldn’t see what was happening, but I continued to watch. After beating Hunter senseless, one of the men grabbed hunter’s hair and yanked his head up. I saw his face; Hunter was bloody and bruised, but yet, he smiled at me. I saw twinkling in his eyes and he mouthed the words “I love you..Be safe,” as the man sliced his throat with a dagger. It was over, or so it seemed. I saw as my brother’s lifeless body bled out. I screamed and ran to him. Blood soaked me through and I dragged his body back into the closet. The men just laughed as I hugged my brother for the last time. They began to turn on us, when all of a sudden flames poured into the room catching the men on fire. However, none of the rest of the room caught. One man avoided the flames and tried to escape through the window. That’s when gun shots came through the flames and hit the man dead center in the back. He fell through the window and died before he hit the ground.
That’s when a man with short, jet-black hair walked into the room. He was followed by a woman with light blonde hair pulled up in the back. They both wore the strange blue uniforms I saw down in the town earlier. They hadn’t noticed us yet and were examining the room as the flames began to die down revealing the charred bodies of the men. The smoke was beginning to be unbearable. I remember seeing the room beginning to spin. Finn whimpered, alerting the man of our presence. He turned and saw us with our brother’s bloodied body. I was soaked in Hunter’s blood. My eyes were distraught as I nearly passed out. The man picked me up leaving Hunter’s body. The woman called in one of their companions. I watched as a giant man with huge muscles and a thick, blonde mustache picked up my sister, who had already passed out. I looked up at the man who was carrying me. He just smiled as we left the house. That’s when I blacked out.
As I was wiped out, I dreamt. I was in a dark place. I couldn’t see anyone or anything.
‘Where am I?’ I thought to myself. Something tapped my shoulder. I turned out to see my mother forming before me. She was translucent, like an apparation, but I could visably tell it was her. My father came next and finally Hunter. They surrounded me, yet Finn was no where to be scene. My mother smiled and pulled me in for a tight hug. Hunter joined in, and my father placed his giant hand on top of my head. I was surprisingly small for my age, so his hand practically covered the entire top of my head. I began to cry because I knew this was only a dream. They all whispered simutaniously, “We love you Avery. Please take care of Finn. Bye..” Then they faded away, leaving me alone once again. I sobbed as I curled myself around my knees. My parents were gone, my brother was gone, and my little sister was no where to be seen. For the first time in my life, I was alone. And it was too much to bare. I screamed at the top of my lungs as tears poured out of my eyes. Then the world began to shake.