A Million Tales 1/1
Title: A Million Tales
Author: Sofipitch
Series: 2003 anime
Word Count: 250
Rating: G
Characters: OC, Winry
Summary: Grandma seems to keep a lot of secrets.
Warnings: Very vague spoiler for the ending of the first movie.
For as long as you could remember, there had been a tiny photo album situated above that brick fire place. One day, once you were tall enough to reach it, you decided to see just what was hidden inside it. Grandma had always been very secretive about that album, so of course this led you to be very curious.
You stand on the very tips of your toes and your fingers grasp the edge of the book cover. As you’re easing the album down carefully, you don’t hear Grandma come into the room. She says something to you; you jump and the album falls to the ground. As it tumbles, a single photo slips out and lands right between you and Grandma. Three young children are standing together into the photo, a boy with soft brown hair and round features, a short golden haired boy with a scowl on his face, and a blonde girl with eyes as blue as Grandma’s.
Grandma snatches the photo up before you can move and shoves it back into the album. She puts the album back where it belongs and hurries out of the room, informing you that lunch is ready. She never does bring up the photo that is now permanently etched into your brain and neither do you.
They say an image can tell a million tales; you wonder how many of Grandma’s secrets can be found in that one picture. And how much those two boys have to do with it.