A Piece To The Puzzle

I open my eyes slowly to see a man leaning over me. "Aaaaah" I yell scrambling back and hitting the wall behind me with a force. "Are you okay" the man says with worry in his voice. "Yeah I'm fine" I say sweating. "I think I just got heat stroke" I say wiping the sweat off my forehead, getting up I stumble over to the window feeling really sick now. "I'm going to get help stay right here" He say's as I lean against the cool window as the man runs off. I sit there as the first wave of sickness hits me like a giant wave hitting the shore with great force. I fall to my knee's as images of people I didn't recognize flash through my head like a slide show, as I start coughing up blood. Which splattered onto the clean floor leaving a pool of blood. I hear footsteps draw closer as I try wiping the blood off my face. But I just want to close my eye's and disappear as I grow dizzy from lost of blood. Just wanting all the pain to end as I grab my head. Laying on the floor all curled up next to the pool of blood one last picture comes to my head of a place covered in snow with tall pine tree's everywhere with a snowy trail in the middle leading to a old cabin long forgotten for many years. Before everything went black.

I hear birds chirping and people talking in the background as I slowly try opening my eye's, but quickly close them from the blinding light that came in from the windows. Instantly I jerk upwards not knowing were I was. As I feel someone grab my arm to keep me still, but that just made it worst. So instinct kicked in, not being able to see yet from the blinding light, I jerk backwards hard, freeing myself from whoever's grasp, but of course I end up falling out of bed. Dazed, I look up steadying my eye's as my cat ear's and hair stand on end from fear. Noticing a older man by the looks of it a doctor. "Aaaah" I say stumbling backwards even more terrified know. As someone comes into the room "Nora" Mustang says looking at me. Sitting there on the floor in an old pair of shorts and a shirt with my ear's and eye's wide open and my tail lashing with my hair all fluffed up from surprise. "What happened" Mustang says looking at the older man. "I didn't do anything she just freaked Roy, but don't worry she looks fine it was just heat stoke by the looks of it, but the vomiting blood is something a bit more, you should take her to the hospital if it get's worse" The old man says grabbing his bag "But otherwise your niece looks perfectly fine, so just keep her out of the heat because she seems to have a bit of a fever" He says leaving the room, Roy following. Me sitting on the floor still as clueless as ever. So I slowly get up and peak my head out the doorway as I hear a door close and footsteps coming my way. I walk out into the hallway feeling still a little dizzy still, meeting Mustangs eye's. "What was that all about Nora" Mustang questions. "What part" I say giving a sad smile trying to get out of whatever I somehow got into. "And why did that guy called me your niece and didn't he see my ears" I say turning the questions onto Roy. "Oh him, he's half blind, but he's still a good doctor and a old friend of mine, so I just said your my niece that's staying in the area for school" Mustang says walking away and into the kitchen. "So and since I'm your higher ranking officer I don't want you wandering off because your still just a kid and seem to be getting into trouble" Mustang says while making a cup of coffee. "What why not and I,m not getting into trouble" I say standing straighter to appeal more taller, but I just seemed more childish. "Okay fine, but one more accident and no more wandering around for you" Mustang says then taking a sip of his coffee. "Okay deal" I say surrendering knowing that it was useless to argue on a subject that I knew I couldn't win. "Hey were am I" I ask looking around at a shabby little apartment. "My apartment, why" Mustang replies. "No reason" I say looking down at the tile floor. "Well I better get going thanks for taking care of me" I say really not knowing what to say. "Yeah I'll walk you home and just for now you should say that I'm your uncle for a good cover because you don't who to trust nowadays" Mustang says taking another sip of his coffee. "Okay, But I also have a another question, Why am I here" I ask puzzled. "Because I'm basically your guardian at the moment and I couldn't take you to the hospital" Mustang says sighing and putting down his cup of coffee. "Oh sorry" I say putting my head down ashamed a bit for bothering him. "It's okay you gave me a brake from the mountain of paperwork at my desk" Roy says smiling and grabbing his coat. "Well I have to drop you off and get back to work before Riza gets mad" Mustang says walking out of the room. I followed him out into the hall way and up a flight of stairs. "Hey Mustang why are we going upstairs" I ask, but was ignored. Until we came to my apartment. "Where here" Mustang says unlocking the door and letting it swing open. "What you live a floor below me" I say dumbfounded. "Yep, well I got to get going" Mustang says turning around. "Okay, Thanks for everything and enjoy the mountain of paperwork at your desk" I say smirking. Mustang looks back at me "Don't worry I got a treat for you to keep me out of my hair Nora" Mustang says Back leaving me all alone again. In my bedroom with Shadow curled up on my bed (Basically a mattress on the floor with a heap of blankets and stuffed animals) I look over at my old duffle bag my old family gave me before I left. Feeling tired I flopped down on my bed startling shadow awake. Thinking of the last image I thought of that snowy scene with the old cabin knowing it was a piece to the puzzle that one day would come together, but for now I was clueless, laying on my bed just looking up at the ceiling hearing shadows soft breathing next to me. I lean over and hug shadow wishing my family back south were here, But not wanting to drag anyone else into this mess. Lying there as tears slide down my cheeks I decided I was going to visit my family because even now I have a few friends here it is still pretty lonely being alone mostly all the time and having hardly no one to talk to. So the next day I told Mustang and Riza I was going to visit some friends for awhile and bought a ticket to Dublin.