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CENTRAL HQ 
 
Edward sat in Mustang's office fingering the mission files that were splayed out on his desk.
 
He couldn't believe that the Colonel was sending him on yet another mission after what a failure the last one turned out. It was almost like he wanted to keep him out of the office just to get him out of the way, that bastard.
 
Now he was trying to put him on this year-long mission in a different country. All he wanted to do was research alchemy, it was the sole purpose of his joining the military.
 
His interest in Xingese Alchemy was piqued but he had no clue what this country called England had in store for him. However, if it had Nicholas Flamel there, it had to be good.
 
Edward sighed and looked at the mission file, he didn't know how he was going to do this without Al, he was the one who keeps him on track.
 
"Ok, I'll do the mission but we have a problem, I don't speak English, I only speak Amestrian, how am I going to learn English so quickly? I may be a genius in Alchemy but I suck at languages" Edward said to Mustang.
 
"Don't worry, I don't expect you to learn English quickly, so I made preparations, you will be living in an apartment for the first 3 weeks in London where you will study English, then we have a house we bought for you in a small neighborhood where you won't attract any attention," Mustang said.
 
Edward stared at him astonished at how much he had already prepared. Truth he was a prick! The Bastard knew he couldn’t turn down this mission if he already had so much prepared for it.
 
"I'll make sure that Hawkeye looks after Al while you're gone on this mission since Al would attract too much attention being a suit of armor he would stand out in a crowd," Mustang said
 
Edward sighed "What am I going to do about my Automail? How am I going to hide it? It's kind of hard to hide considering it’s two of my limbs."
 
"Don't worry as long as you don't wear anything like shorts or t-shirts out in public you should be fine, London is a very loud place no one will notice the extra noise you make walking" Mustang said
 
Suddenly Hawkeye walked in, "Sir. We need confirmation on whether Edward is taking the mission or not"
 
"Edward is taking the mission, inform the President,”

Hawkeye walked out of the room content with her superior’s answer. Mustang looked at Edward and smirked. 

Edward scowled.
 
"Now Fullmetal we must do something about your wardrobe, your red coat will stand out WAY too much, so I took the liberty of going out and buying you common clothes in London so you will blend in, if anyone asks your accent is German and you're from a city called Munich," Mustang said
 
Edward groaned, "Can I keep my watch on me still? Also what is my back story since you're so prepared"
 
"Yes, you may keep your watch on you, and your back story is you're from Germany, your parents passed away in a car crash when you were little along with your brother, and you were raised by your family friends the Rockbells until you were 15 when you started traveling on your own," Mustang said.
 
Edward smiled that was such a perfect story. It was so easy to remember, and made perfect sense for him it wasn’t too far off from his real-life anyway, and it would explain why a 19-year-old was traveling alone.
 
"So what does my new wardrobe look like?" Edward asked.
 
Mustang smiled, "You'll see we already packed up your suitcase with everything you’ll need, along with stationery to write Al. You will have to send me updates on your research as well, we have you set to catch a train to London tomorrow at 5:30 sharp, don't be late." Mustang said.
 
Edward saluted him and walked out of the office, in the hallway sitting down on the floor was Al.
 
"How did it go with Colonel Nii-san? You look discouraged" Al said
 
Edward sighed, "I have to go on a year-long mission to a country called England and research in a city called London, Mustang told me you couldn't come with me because you would attract too much attention," 
 
Al looked sad (if armor could look sad).
 
"Ed, I'll be fine, so don't worry ok? You just focus on your research in this country called England." Al said
 
They had just exited HQ and were walking down the cobblestone gray path, the sky was a deep gray and Edward's ports were killing him, it was going to rain soon, but they just kept walking towards the military dorms.
 
They entered the tall cream building when it started to pour out. The two walked up the pale brown stairs to their dorm door, number 145.
 
Edward put his key into the doorknob and turned the key, the smell of oil and paper filled the hallway.

As he entered, Edward saw his suitcase on the couch and his outfit for tomorrow, he could already tell he wasn’t going to like his new style in London, Ed sighed and threw off his red coat and black jacket, and he collapsed on his bed and just laid there messaging his ports.
 
"Edward just try to get some sleep, it's 9:00 and, you have a long day tomorrow," Al said.
 
Edward looked at Al and sighed. He got under his covers and just laid there for a while listening to the rain watching the window as the water dripped down it in a combination of small rivers as his ports ached.
 
He looked up and closed his eyes trying to get some shut-eye for his day tomorrow. He had a feeling it was going to be hard without Al.
 
NEXT MORNING
 
Edward was dressed in the outfit the Colonel had set out for him, a white dress shirt with black trousers and brown loafers, along with a brown trench coat.
 
Ed stood at the door staring out, "Ed it's ok, I'll try to visit you when I can Colonel gave me your address in London, you're in a place called Privet Drive number 5, so you know I know where to go so please stop worrying.” Al said gently holding Ed’s shoulders.
 
Edward sighed and walked out of their room and down the dark gloomy hallway, the snores of sleeping soldiers filled the air. Each step Ed took was one farther from his brother and friends.
 
They saw that Mustang had a car waiting for Ed outside of his dorm building, Hawkeye was the driver and she was all dressed in disguise but you could tell it was her.
 
First Al got into the car and sat quietly across from the other seat.
 
Then, Edward got in to see that Winry was in the car, Winry looked at Ed with a sad smile on her face.
 
She knew.
 
They must have told Winry that he was going on this mission, Edward sat next to her and the moment he did she leaned against him, her head on his shoulder, "I heard you're going on a year-long mission in a country called England, so I took the liberty of preparing a little case for tune-ups since I won't see you for a while, not like much has changed" She chuckled.
 
Edward smiled, "Don't worry I'll try to write to you when I can ok?" 
 
Al was sitting across the two on the deep blue seats staring out the window watching the deep orange and pink sunrise over the city buildings and shops, very few people were out and about, only shop owners just waking up and soldiers heading to HQ.
 
"Al, how are you doing?" Edward asked him seeing he was staring off into the distance.
 
"I'm fine, I plan to research in the libraries here and spend some time back home with Winry."
 
Then the car came to a stop, they were outside the train station, they all exited the car and walked up the cream stairs to the large platform, they saw all of Mustang’s subordinates waiting there to see Ed off.
 
Ed smiled, when he heard, "THE TRAIN HEADED FOR LONDON, ENGLAND IS NOW BOARDING!"
 
Edward hugged Winry, and said goodbye to Al, as he boarded the train, Edward sat in a seat by the window and saluted everyone, and waved goodbye as the train started to move.
 
Edward sat there watching the scenery pass by, trees turned into fields, fields to rivers, rivers to lakes, and soon houses appeared small houses with farmhouses, and soon larger buildings and more people, soon Ed was in a city, it was already 5:45 at night, and Edward still had a long way to London it was a 2 day trip on the train.
 
Edward decided to get some shut-eye on the uncomfortable seat of the train, so he laid down with his luggage across from him and slept.
 
You must pay a toll for seeing what you have my young Alchemist, no one see's the truth without paying a heavy toll.
 
"What? What do you mean toll?" Edward asked
 
Please don't tell me you didn't know my young alchemist everyone must pay the toll
 
Suddenly Edwards’s leg started to decompose as he stood, and he let out a bloodcurdling scream the white figure known as truth laughed
 
Suddenly Ed was back in his house screaming out in pain and agony
 
"Al...... Al....... Alphonse!" Edward yelled seeing Al was no longer there
"No this wasn't how it was supposed to happen!" Ed cried clutching his leg
 
"Mom? Is that you?" Ed asked seeing the creature in the center of the circle
 
The creature was a mishmash of organs and blood everywhere it reached out to him and groaned as hit reached out then its arm snapped and blood poured out and the arm fell to the ground
 
Edward screamed and threw up on the ground.
 
Edward crawled over to the suit of armor his father kept in his lab and knocked it over. he took his finger and blood and drew a seal in the armor the drew the same seal on himself, on his arms and legs, and hear and said,
 
"My arms, my other leg, my heart take them all you can have them, but give my brother back, HE'S THE ONLY FAMILY I HAVE LEFT!" He screamed and clapped his hands
 
Edward shot up in a cold sweat from his nightmare. It was 9:30 in the morning and the scenery outside was large buildings with strange language written on signs passing by.
 
He sat up and lay against the window reading his English dictionary and started reading it to learn the language.
 
Suddenly the train came to a stop "WELCOME TO LONDON, ENGLAND! PLEASE EXIT FROM THE NEAREST DOOR." the station master called out.
 
Edward grabbed his things and headed out the metal door towards the exit of the station, He saw a station master and asked,
 
"Excuse me? Could you tell me how to get a taxi?"
 
"Um.. are you German? I can't tell what you're saying" The station master said
 
Edward realized he couldn't understand him and pulled out his dictionary and wrote down what he said
 
Excuse me? Can you tell me how to get a Taxi?
 
The director immediately understood and said, "Just wait out there and wave your hand one should stop for you, just tell him where you want to go."
 
Edward said "Thanks" and walked out towards the street.
 
He waved his hand and a car stopped next to him he took his luggage put it in the car and hopped in.
 
"Hello young man, where would you like to go?" The cab driver asked
 
"Um, do you speak German?" Edward asked
 
The driver laughed, "Yes boy I speak German now tell me why's a young German boy like yourself in London?"
 
Edward smiled "I’m here to do some research on a science that I specialize in"
 
"Well that's great for you, now where can I take a nice Young man like you?"
 
"I’m going to apartment number 3 on Stephans Street"
 
The driver started down the street they passed all kinds of stores with candy, and other things the red brick sidewalks passed by fast, crowded with people bustling in and out of buildings.
 
The driver stops in front of a building labeled "Stephens Apartments"
 
"Here we are young man, oh, and don't worry about the cost think of it as a friendly gesture to a fellow countryman. Take my card call me when you like, my name is Ambros," he said.
 
"Thanks," Edward said taking his card and exiting the car.
 
Edward entered the building and was assaulted with the smell of fresh-cut wood, He looked around and saw the building was very cozy, the lobby was a light blue color with family pictures hung up on the walls.
 
On the right was a check-in desk with a man in his 20s sitting there, on the wall behind the desk was a line of keys to all the vacant apartments.
 
The young man looked up to see Edward standing there, "Oh! You must be the new guy moving in! Let me get you your key!"
 
Edward stood there stunned at how quickly the guy had adapted to him, he handed Edward the key and put a clipboard out, and said, "sign here, and you’re good to go"
Edward signed the paper and headed up the stairs toward his apartment. The stairs creaked under his weight.
 
His place had a deep blue door and silver knob with wear and tear on it, Edward put the bronze key in the lock and opened the door.
 
The apartment had three rooms, one was the bathroom, which was colored blue with white tiles on the floor and the sink was a black granite and silver sink, with a single oval mirror that opens and revealed a cabinet. There was only a shower and toilet then a sidebar to put a towel on and a rug beside the shower for when you come out.
 
The other room was a small kitchen with a counter, a fridge, and a freezer with a stove, microwave, and oven, there were light brown cabinets while the kitchen was a light blue color, and one sink with some knifes next to it and under the sink were some pots and pans, and a bowl on the counter that had some red apples in it.
 
The last room was Ed's bedroom it was a red color with a black bed in the corner with a bedside table with a white lamp on it and a drawer in the table then a dresser at the end of the room with four shelves one for underwear, one for shirts, one for pants, and the last one is for anything you want, there's a small closet for jackets in the room too with a small desk and a bookshelf.
 
Edward collapsed on the bed and sighed "So this is my home for the next three weeks here in London while I try to learn English" 
 
He decided that just laying here wasn’t going to do him any good so he got up and unpacked, he then sat at the black desk and pulled out all the books he had on English, he needed to learn the language and fast, so he started by translating simple words like Thank you, and Hello.
 
Soon after a few days he could write a full paragraph in English, and could have small conversations with the doorman downstairs, he finally met his neighbor it was a young girl around his age and she was very sweet, just like Al.
 
Edward hoped he could write and see them sooner than the year he was planned for, and hoped his mission only lasted a year, and that he wouldn't get involved in anything stupid.

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Harry groaned as he woke up, he heard the sound of a truck, and voices outside of the house. One sounded young the other sounded older. Harry looked at his clock it was 9:30 a.m. He groaned again.

No one should be up this early ! 

Suddenly there was a banging on his already fragile door.

"WAKE UP! I NEED YOU TO GO OVER TO THE NEW NEIGHBORS AND GIVE THEM A CAKE I MADE AND DO NOT FREAK THEM OUT YOU FREAK!" Petunia yelled at him.

Harry got out of his bed, and grabbed his glasses off his bedside table, on the table was a picture of his parents, his friends Hermione and Ron, and his wand.

Harry opened the curtains on his windows. The sun shined through into the dark room. He walked over to the small desk he had with school books and a photo album on it was Hedwig's cage, he opened the window and let him out to fly around a little.

He heard stomping up the stairs, "I'm coming Aunt Petunia!" Harry yelled putting on his sneakers and opening his black-painted chipped door.

As Harry started to walk downstairs Dudley shoved him out of the way and into the wall running down the stairs and screaming, "MUMMY! I'M GOING OUT WITH MY FRIENDS DON'T BOTHER ME!!"

Harry scowled as he continued down the stairs toward his overgrown Uncle and thin-as-a-stick aunt, who was holding a box that most likely had the cake in it.

His uncle walked up to him and said, "Now you listen to me boy! Do not screw this up for our family we don't want this new guy thinking we're freaks like you! So just give them the cake, and invite them for dinner this Sunday!"

Harry sighed and took the cake and the letter and walked out of the deep brown door and across the street where everything was now quiet again, it had taken him a solid 30 minutes to get up.

He walked onto the neighbor’s cobblestone path. He examined the house, it was a light brown color with dark brown trimming but the door was what stood out the most, the door was a deep red color making it stand out among the dull building exterior.

The stones crunched under Harry's shoes and he walks towards the door, on the ground in front of the door it says, Willkommen

Harry assumed it said welcome just in a different language meaning his new neighbor was a foreigner.

He rang the small doorbell on the right of the door, but no one answered, he rang it again and heard " Just leave whatever you have at the door, I’ll get to it later, so go away and let me sleep! "

Harry assumed he didn't want to be bothered so he yelled, "Um, My aunt wanted to say welcome to the neighborhood by baking you a cake, I'll just leave it out here with the letter, have a nice day!"

Harry walked back to his house and stepped in the doorway. Only to be shoved back outside and onto the concrete entranceway by Dudley who he thought had left.   

"Mum said you had to be out of the house today while she cleans! She needs a freak like you out of here now leave!" He yelled shoving him out of the way as he walked away towards town.

Harry walked the same way, he stopped at a small cafe he goes to sometimes, called "Magnolia's Key", the owner, Clara Magnolia loves Harry like a son, and when his aunt kicks him out of the house she'll help him out.

"Hey Clara, are you open yet?"

A young lady in her mid 30's walked out of the kitchen.

"Harry! Honey! Your aunt kick you out again for the day? I'm not open yet but take a seat at the coffee bar, I'll get you some Hot Cocoa, and a small cinnamon bun." Clara said smiling seeing Harry standing in the doorway.

Clara's cafe was a small one. The coffee bar was right by the kitchen window that showed where Clara cooked, there was a gap between the windowed wall and the bar so an employee could stand behind it serving the customers.

Harry loves Clara's cafe because it makes him feel like he's back with his friends at Hogwarts sneaking around Hogsmeade late in the wintertime drinking warm butterbeer and eating chocolate frogs.

Clara came out of the kitchen smiling with a blue mug and a small Cinnamon bun with frosting lightly dripped on it.

She set it in front of Harry, "Eat up Hun! I made it, especially for you" She said.

"Business has been slow lately Harry. I don't know how much longer I can keep the shop open." Clara said with a sad smile on her face while she set the tables up.

Harry looked at Clara surprised. "What do you mean?"

"My Cafe hasn't been doing the greatest I think it's because it's such a small space for a cafe and I don't have the means to hire anyone and pay them." 

"I only get my regulars, no one new ever comes in here anymore Harry the new cafe downtown called Aurora Lights is ruining my business, I'm going to have to close down soon if this keeps up," Clara told him.

"But, you have the best coffee in town! No one can beat you! Where will I go when I'm bored and want someone pleasant to talk to? Someone who won't scream at me for a living" Harry told Clara.

Clara just sighed, "Harry I know you have  a very rocky relationship with your aunt and uncle, but when I'm no longer here you're going to have to find someone else to confide in."

Harry sighed and laid his head down on the counter and looked out the window it had started to rain outside.

"Come on Harry don't look so sad, I'm sure there's someone you can make friends with, you go to school right? So what about school friends?" Clara asked

Harry looked at her, "My friends live all over the country, one lives in a farm-like area, the other lives in a very busy city, and I don't really know where my other friends live, I go to a boarding school remember Clara so I could never really know, 2 months of summer and I do absolutely nothing." Harry said

Suddenly Edward walked in and sighed, "Are you open?" He asked Clara

"Oh yes! What can I get you?" Clara asked.

"Can I get a hot cup of coffee and a blueberry muffin?" Edward asked sitting next to Harry messaging his ports.

Harry saw Edward messaging his ports, "What's wrong?"

Edward looked at him shocked that he noticed and said, "I have some old scars that ache when it rains like this" He said

Harry looked at him confused, Scars? Who has scars at his age? He only looks 16.

Edward continued to massage his ports, the rain had gotten really bad so the aching in his ports had only gotten worse, he hoped the hot Coffee would help ease the pain.

Clara came out of the kitchen carrying a coffee mug that said, "Worlds number 1 Baker", and a blueberry muffin steaming hot.

Edward looked at them in glee and said, "why thank you very much for this amazing-looking breakfast."

Harry watched as Edward devoured the muffin and slowly started to drink his hot coffee.

"So why's a guy like you doing here in a place like this, my cafe is old and rundown plus there's a much better place farther in town," Clara asked Ed.

Edward smiled at her and said, "Some places no matter how small or rundown will always be better than the big names."

Harry looked at him surprised, he had never met someone so honest and true other than his closest friends, and Godfather.

Edward continued to sip his coffee when he saw Harry staring at him, "Is something wrong kid?" He asked.

Harry realized he looked really creepy, and stopped staring at him, "Sorry, but aren't you like my age? I'm only 16 you look 16 too"

Edward looked pissed, "Ok, kid I just freaking met you, I'm 19 years old not 16." Edward told him

Harry looked at him surprised at this, this kid was 19 years old. That's crazy.

"So are you new in town?" Harry asked Edward.

"Yeah I am actually, I just moved into my house, hey maybe we could hang out some time you seem like a decent guy, my address is number 5 Privet Drive, the house is messy but if you want to help me move in that would be great," Edward said to Harry smiling.

Harry looked at him shocked, "You're the new neighbor? I was the kid who came to your door this morning my aunt yelled at me to give you that chocolate cake and the invitation." Harry told him

Edward looked at him surprised, "Your aunt is the dummkopf who sent you over, oh and I trashed the cake I hate chocolate cake it's disgusting." Edward said

Harry laughed, "That is perfect! My name’s Harry, by the way, Harry Potter" Harry said

"I'm Edward, Edward Elric" Ed replied shaking Harrys’ hand

"Hey, you want to come over to my place sometime? I could use some help moving too, mostly books but I have some other things." Edward asked Harry.

"Oh! Do you like books? So do you like a concept like magic in a book?" Harry asked wondering if this kid was a wizard but trying not to sound crazy.

Edward laughed, "Sorry but I don't believe in magic, I don't think it exists." Edward told Harry

"I mainly read about Alchemy, and science-based concepts, that's what I major in any way," Edward told Harry.

Harry looked at him, "But isn't Alchemy magic-based?" Harry asked

"No, alchemy is a science based on the principle of equivalent exchange," Ed said.

Harry looked at him confused, and decided not to push any farther on the subject and said, "I would love to help you move into your house."

Edward smiled, "Thanks! I really could use the help."

Edward got up and grabbed his coat, he then proceeded to put a very large tip in Clara's tip jar.

"DEAR GOD! I CAN'T ACCEPT THIS!" Clara said seeing how large Edward's tip was.

"Don't worry, you'll make better use of it than I would, besides I want to see this place become as big as it can be, so do that for me ok?" Edward said smiling as he left

"Oh, and Harry, come over to my house today at around 12:30 we can have lunch," Edward said as he left the cafe

"That is one weird kid," Clara said as they watched him leave

"I'm with you there," Harry said confused about Edward.

TIME SKIP

The doorbell to Edward’s house rang, "One Second" Edward said running to the door.

Harry smiled as Ed opened the door, "Hey Ed! Are you ready to head into town? I have our day planned out, it may be the hottest day of the summer but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy ourselves."

Edward smiled, ever since the dinner incident Edward was no longer welcome in the Dursley household.

Let's just say there was whip cream involved and Petunia ended up with pie in her face and other places, it all started with the milk and Dudley insulting Ed about his height which Harry had learned not to joke about, and the two had become great friends.

Edward locked his bright red door behind him and said, "Let's Go"  

Harry sighed, "Edward you know I can't speak German!"

Edward smiled, "I know but I love messing with you!"

They decided to head into town, they went to Edward's favorite store, the book store, Harry literally had to drag Ed out of there several times, because Ed would blow all his money on just books instead of his food, which caused Ed to starve which would worry poor Harry considering the fact the two were close friends.

Edward had to go to his bookstore. Its name was Noah's Arc

The desk is a deep brown color with a small grey cash register with stickers on it from many of the neighboring countries because the owner had been everywhere, His name is Dark Phantom, and one thing that can be said is he is really crazy.

He has spiky dark brown hair and deep sea-green eyes that almost pierce into a person's soul, it's really creepy how strange he is. Edward likes that about him but Harry could live without the creepy feeling whenever he walks into the building.

Ed runs towards the Alchemy section with a tired Harry following behind, Harry had a bunch of bags in his hand, god whenever Harry went out with Ed it felt like he was taking a girl shopping they bought so much stuff.

Harry put all the bags down and sat next to Ed as he read the book he had just pulled from the shelf.

"Hey, Ed! If you want that one take it! It's on me this time you've been one of my best customers so just take it!" Dark said walking over to us.

He was covered in dust, "What happened this time Dark?" Harry asked him.

Dark chuckled and said, "I was in my attic this morning and found a box of Alchemy books, it's strange I was never into alchemy, they must be from the owner before me."

Ed looked up from his books, "What? Can I have those books?" Edward said frantically

Dark looked at Ed strangely, "I suppose I don't know how much good they'll do you but if you're so bent on having them, I'll go see if I can find them again." Dark said walking away towards his stairs

Ed sat there anxious to see what the books had in store for him, it was over many weeks that Harry realized Ed was an Alchemy freak, he lived and breathed for the science, it was strange but intriguing.

I guess you could say he was like Harry but Harry was a Magic freak. Harry could never tell Ed why he was so obsessed with the subject because he could no longer be his friend if he did sadly muggles weren’t allowed to know about magic unless their family has a wizard.

Dark walked down the stairs with a large brown box full of books, he placed it in front of Edward and said, "Here take it, I'll never read them no matter how much I think I will."

Edward took the box and said, "Thank you very much Dark! Harry, you want to head home now?"

Harry jumped with glee, "YES WE CAN LEAVE!"

Edward looked at Dark and said, "Can you look after my things I'll be back tomorrow to get them"

Ed gestured to the one bag he had but it was big.

"Sure it would be my pleasure" Dark replied

Harry held the door open for Ed as the bell chimed Edward called out, " Thank you very much! "

Dark smiled and waved goodbye to them.

The two boys were walking past the playground when Harry got a chill, Dementors.

Harry instantly started to panic he couldn't face Dementors with Ed around.

"Hey Harry is it just me or did it just get really cold," Ed asked Harry

"Um Uh I have no idea what you're talking about," Harry replied

Ed looked at Harry seriously, "Harry you know exactly what's going on right now." Ed said

Harry looked at Ed, "I can't tell you anything but what you need to do is Run" Harry said.

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"Edward all I can say is run!" Harry said frantically pulling Edward after him.

"Harry tell me what's going on!" Edward yelled as Harry pulled him along the rocky paths.

Edward had no clue where they were going but it was obvious that Harry had no intention of staying there.

Soon they were in a dark wet tunnel, still running, Edward’s hands were full with carrying the box and he was trying not to drop it while Harry was pulling him along, it was strange Harry had never acted like this before.  

Their feet sloshed through the water that coated the bottom of the tunnel from the early rain.

Suddenly Ed slipped and fell while he was running dropping the box and falling on his face smearing mud all over him.

Mud had gotten into his long golden ponytail, "Harry, what's the rush, it might be raining now but we could just stay in here for a while." Edward said getting up.

"Edward, just leave the books! They're not worth it!" Harry yelled at him

Ed was taken aback, he had never heard Harry so desperate before, and it was slightly off-putting.

"Harry calm down, I'm sure whatever is freaking you out right now can be resolved very calmly instead of running from the problem,"  Edward said trying to calm Harry down.

"Edward you really don't understand we need to leave and fast this thing I'm afraid of has no reason at all," Harry said grabbing Edward and pulling him along leaving his box of books behind.

"Harry I can't leave the books behind they're important to me, you just don't understand," Edward said trying to pull away from Harry to go get his books.

He struggled as he pushed away from the kid and took a few steps toward his lost objects.

Suddenly Edward got a bone-chilling breeze down his back, he started to shiver and saw Harry was doing the same.

It was as if the world was plunged into an eternal winter as ice started to form on the floors. Edward froze and looked around as if trying to find the cause of the quick change.

All of a sudden Edward was slammed up against the wall by some invisible force, Ed felt like he was being choked by a very boney hand.

He gasped for air as he tried to free his airways from whatever was choking him but there was nothing there.

"BROTHER PLEASE HELP ME!!!" The sound of Al calling for him rang through Edward's ears while everything started to go black, and Ed felt like he was being pulled away when he heard Harry yell,

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" A bright light flashed, and then everything went black for Ed as his body fell limp and ghostly white. The cold biting sensation in the air seemed to fade ever so slightly.

Harry was confused, usually, he only passed out when attacked by a Dementor.

He thought for a little and then it clicked in his mind, Edward must have a terrible past to have lost consciousness so badly, plus the poor kid couldn't even see the things.

Harry tried to pick Edward up but was surprised when he couldn't even lift the kid off the ground.

 He was surprisingly heavy for a kid his size. Edward was skinny as hell and pretty short considering that, so Harry wondered what could make him weigh so much.

Harry heard the sound of footsteps running towards them, "Oh my! Those dammed Dementors! I swear!"

 Harry heard a lady yell, he looked over and saw Figg standing there, "Mrs. Figg! Are you a squib?"

"Yes, son! But that's not important right now! We need to get this poor boy out of this cold, and wet area, the poor boy will get a cold." Mrs. Figg said grabbing Edward's feet.

"Now come on grab the boy under his arms, I will come back and get his things when he is safe at your house, then I will have to go," Figg said scolding Harry.

Harry followed Figgs's orders since he couldn't carry Ed on his own Harry was grateful for Figg's help carrying him home.

"Here set him down on the couch and then you can go back and get his things," Harry said as they set Ed down on the couch

"Ok Harry, I'll be back as soon as possible with the boy's things," Figg said running out the door toward where they had come from.

Edward looked terrible he was pale and his forehead gleamed with sweat. Harry was getting worried about his new friend and the situation they were currently in.

Harry walked over to where Edward was laying to check and see if he was ok. Harry put a hand on Edward's forehead only to find out the poor kid was burning up with a raging fever.

Harry sprang into action and covered Edward in dry warm blankets, Harry didn't know what to do considering he was never allowed to help when his aunt, uncle, or Dudley was sick so he was lost.

Then he remembered, one time when he was in the medical ward of Hogwarts, there was a kid with a fever and Madam Pomfrey had taken care of him, she had a cloth that was slightly damp on the kid's forehead in an attempt to bring his fever down before she could use any magic on him.

Harry ran into the kitchen and ravaged the kitchen for a small bowl until he found one, it was a cream color with flowers decorated it, it was one of aunt Petunia's favorite bowls but Harry didn't care at all about what the hell she would say if she found him using it.

Harry then ran to the closet where his aunt kept all the towels and he grabbed a small cloth and ran back to where Edward was.

Harry heard the door open and his head whipped toward it. He sighed it was just Mrs. Figg, "Ok darling I must be off now, I have very important business to take care of in my life," She said and scurried off.

Harry just stared at the door that was once occupied by Mrs. Figg, He just sat there wondering what was so important that she had to leave the moment she got there.

Harry stared at the books, what was so special about this Alchemy Ed always talked about?

Was it a childhood obsession of his? He seemed so bent on researching it; he remembered hearing Edward talk about a dumb superior of his who was a big prick.

Harry watched Ed, Edward was in a cold sweat and was super pale his cheeks were a deep red because of his fever.

Harry thought of what he should do because his friend was so sick, 'Maybe I should run over to Edward's house and see if I can find anything in there

Harry looked back at Edward in concern and decided that the situation required he go over to Edward's house and scope it out to see if he could find anything useful

Harry quickly grabbed his wand when suddenly a letter landed on his counter, "What's that?" Harry said and ran over and opened the letter, the letter itself started very politely

Dear Harry James Potter,

Due to recent events, we have been informed you have used magic in front of a muggle and are hereby sentenced to the Ministry of Magic for your punishment for using magic in the eyes of a mortal and are hereby expelled from Hogwarts school of magic. Thank you for your time Mister Potter and have a good day,

Sincerely,

The Ministry of Magic  

Harry just sat there trying to take in what the letter had just told him it was outrageous he was forced to use his magic in front of Edward because he and Edward would have died! It's beyond reason.

Suddenly another letter showed up this one less formal than the first.

Dear Harry,

This is Arthur Weasley you know Ron's father, I'm here to tell you do not leave your house no matter what or your neighborhood, and don't use any magic no matter what I've sent some people over to pick you up from the Order, don't move.

Yours truly,

Arthur Weasley

Harry quickly glanced at Edward really worried and ran up to his room and grabbed a plaid red and green blanket and put it over Edward, Edward was breathing pretty heavily now

Harry knew he needed to help Edward so he defied Mr. Weasley's orders and ran over to Edward's house to search.

He opened the large door and was greeted by the smell of oil, strangely enough, the opening hall was a big long one colored a deep maple leaf red that made the room look warm there were brown frames with pictures scattered on the wall occupying every nook and cranny of the warm wall.

The picture that stood out the most to Harry was one with a multitude of people many of them were in Cobalt blue military uniforms which struck Harry as odd since Edward is only 18 years old and not old enough for the military yet and the uniforms were not the typical military uniforms you see nowadays.

There was a blond with eyes that looked like they could bore into your soul, like that of a hawk, a redhead with a silly smile on, and a blond man with a cigarette in his mouth goofily smiling with the redhead. A black-haired young man with glasses on smiled sweetly next to the blond Hawkeyed lady, and the one who seemed to be the most important was a man with midnight black hair and coal black eyes with a smirk on his face.

Then in the center was Edward his golden hair was in a braid and he looked truly happy next to him was a beautiful young lady about Edward's age she had Sun blond hair in a ponytail with a white tank top and a navy blue skirt and brown boots on and her sky blue eyes shined in the light showing her sweet nature even though it was a picture, Harry could tell she was very important to Edward because they were close and Edward's arm was on the young lady's shoulder.

What stood out the most was the large Grey armor next to Edward even though it was armor it looked like it was smiling in a way and had a soft nature or aura to it and it was strange considering it was just armor and it wasn't like you could see the persons face but the armor looked important to Edward as well considering how close they looked in the photo.

Harry ran down the rest of the hallway to a small tandoor and hesitantly opened it showing a small kitchen "Damn not the room I was looking for" Harry said to himself

Harry closed the door and ran down a new hallway now colored a deep chocolate brown and there was a Deep rose-red door and a light grey door, Harry opened the door and was greeted with a bunch of mechanical parts and oil as if Edward were a Mechanic.

Harry then proceeded to open the Grey door and found a large room that was colored a sunset red color with midnight black sheets and a large red blanket with a black symbol on it the one Edward always wore, then there was a mahogany desk with papers scattered all over the place and all in a strange language that Harry couldn't understand at all so he rummaged around for anything that could be of any use to him.

Then he found a leather-bound notebook that smelled of fresh flowers and oil, the book smelt like Edward strange as it was Harry could instantly tell the book was very important to Edward so he grabbed it and decided he wasn't getting anywhere tearing apart his poor friend's house and he ran out of the house and back to his.

When he go into his house he quickly locked the door and pulled the shades down he then proceeded to sit next to Edward and change the cloth on his forehead. Edward was breathing very heavily and it was very concerning to Harry, suddenly there was a crash in the kitchen.

"GOD DAMNIT MOODY BE CAREFUL!" someone exclaimed, Harry recognized that voice and said, "Is that you Professor Lupin?"

Lupin looked over "Ah! Harry my boy how are you!"

Suddenly a foreign female voice called out Lumos and Harry could now clearly see the people occupying the room, Mad eye moody, Lupin, and well those were the only two he knew the other 7 were complete strangers 

"Oh! Harry let me introduce the new faces! The old guy is Alastor Moody" Lupin began 

"HE ALREADY KNOWS ME JACKASS!" Moody called out at Lupin, 

"OK! NO need to be so rude, the multicolored young lady is Nymphadora Tonks, but she would rather you call her Tonks".

"Nice to meet you Harry I'm sure we'll get along great!" Tonks said.

"This is Kingsley, Elphias, Dedalus Diggle, Emmeline, Sturgis, and Hestia," Lupin said gesturing to the rest of the group.

"Now we need to get going to the Hideout, and fast, so grab your things and give them to Tonk's she'll carry them, and you'll ride on your own broomstick," Lupin said quickly to Harry.

"Wait a minute Professor! Um, I uh..... well I um...... I have a muggle friend and he's out cold on the couch right now with a high fever, I can't just leave him here! we got attacked by Dementors and he almost got kissed and ever since he's been out cold with a fever and it's only getting worse" Harry exclaimed to Lupin.

"YOU'RE KIDDING BOY YOU SAVED A MUGGLE?" Moody exclaimed at Harry in surprise at the boy's actions.

"Uh yeah he's a great friend please let me take him with us! I can't leave him like this he's really sick and I think he's having nightmares! I have to stay with him!" Harry begged Lupin and Moody.

The two adults both looked at each other Moody was not convinced, but it looked like Lupin had won the mental war and staredown.

"Alright Harry, we'll take the Muggle with us, he'll have to be on Moody's broom and I'll ask Molly to take care of him once we get to the hideout," Lupin told Harry.

Harry's emerald eyes lit up in joy, "Thank you very much Professor!" he exclaimed.

Soon after that Harry got his things on Tonks' bike and helped Moody get Ed onto his broom, "WHY IS THIS SHRIMP SO GOD DAMN HEAVY!?" Moody asked Harry.

"To tell you the truth I don't know why he weighs so much, but I can say this I went into his house he had a bunch of mechanical parts in one of the rooms but I figured I could question him when he wakes up," Harry said to Moody.

The 10 wizards proceeded to travel to number 12 Grimmauld place, also known as Sirius's place, Harry's Godfather. Sirius cared deeply for Harry, so Harry hoped Sirius would understand that he wanted to take care of his close friend.

The Building slowly appeared between numbers 11 and 13 magically and Harry and Moody dragged Edward into the building his heavy body yet small physique made it through the door.

"MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT POOR BOY!" Molly Weasley exclaimed at the young boy in the men's arms, Edward was freezing and very pale and the sweating and the fever did not help his situation.

"Hello Molly, where should we put the boy? He has a terrible fever and is wet from the trip here and the boy's a muggle but he's a close friend of Harry's apparently so we figured we would take him with us" Moody said.

"My dear! Put him in the room upstairs next to the library the red one." Molly said leading the men upstairs so she could tend to the poor boy who looked like he was dying.

Harry entered the kitchen only to be greeted by a big hug, "SIRIUS! hi!" Harry exclaimed hugging his godfather back.

Harry looked around only to see that the house was practically empty and they were the only two in the kitchen at the moment. It was strange the somewhat small old kitchen seemed so alone without Harry's dear friends and the rest of the order in tow.

The old worn down cabinets seemed to add to the homely feeling and the long table where they've had so many meetings and dinners together and it just added to how much Harry realized he missed his school and his wizard friends, but Harry cared about Edward just as much he made his summer enjoyable and bearable.

Harry was seriously worried he has never seen someone react so badly to a dementor he was usually the only one to pass out but that was only for about a second, right now Edward was out cold and sweating buckets of water.

"Harry, what's wrong?" Sirius asked him,

"I'm worried about Edward that's all," Harry said to Sirius worry clear in his voice for his newfound friend and neighbor as well.

"Well, Harry I'm sure Edward will be fine knowing the Patronus spell you used there's no way he can't not be ok," Sirius said trying to cheer his godson up with kind words and a smile.

Suddenly the two men hear Mrs. Weasley scream an ear-shattering scream.

"WHAT'S WRONG MOLLY!" Sirius yelled bursting into the room Mrs. Weasley currently occupied

"This.... this.... this boy is missing a leg and, arm and has Fullmetal muggle limbs," Molly Weasley said horrified.

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"My god what do you mean he has metal limbs, Molly, be more clear," Sirius said.

"I'm being as clear as I can be Sirius he has a metal leg and arm and the scars around where the limbs are connected look horrible."

Sirius ran over to Molly's side, "By god, his right arm and left leg are fake the scaring around the area of connection looked deeply scared, this boy must have gone through hell to get these limbs attached but, my question is why did he need them in the first place, the boy is only 18"

All of a sudden Edward started to mutter something, "What was that dear??" Molly asked going into full-on mother mode.

"Hold on Molly it doesn't look like he's awake I think he's talking in his sleep," Sirius said looking at the boy.

"Mom please don’t be angry," Edward said out loud.

"What did he just say?" Molly asked confused.

"'Mom please don't be angry that's what he said," Lupin said walking in on the two.

"Lupin! what are you doing? I asked you to distract the kids so they wouldn't see Edward in such a rough state" Molly exclaimed.

MEANWHILE IN EDWARDS FEVER-INDUCED DREAM

Edward suddenly found himself in an empty void of white, "Where am I?" he questioned suddenly he turned and saw a white figure sitting in front of a large Black door with alchemic symbols all over it.

"Who are you?" Edward asked the figure.

The figure responded, "I am the called by many names I am the world, I am the universe, I am god, I am Truth, I am all, I am one, and I am you."

All of a sudden the large door opened revealing a large eye shocking Edward.

"You have dared to knock on the door and now the door is open," Truth said

Edward screamed being dragged into the gate by black hands he tried to claw his way out of the gate.

Truth then stated "Quiet, child. This is what you wanted, isn't it? I will show you... the Truth!"

Then the door shut and the hands dragged Edward through the gate shoving knowledge in his head until he screamed, feeling his head would explode when suddenly he was back outside the gate.

"How was it?" Truth stated asking Edward.

"I see, my theory of human transmutation wasn't wrong, it can be done, it's possible, It's still just missing something. All of the answers I need are all right here, the truth about human transmutation, PLEASE you have to show it to me again!" Edward said touching the gate.

"I can't do that, I've already shown you all I can for the toll you've paid" Truth stated

"Toll? What toll?" Edward asked confused

"This surely you knew," Truth said as Edward's left leg disappeared and appeared on the Truth

"It's the law of equivalent exchange right young alchemist?" The truth said close to Edward's face smirking.

Suddenly Edward was back in his house screaming clutching the stump of a left leg bleeding out.

"Dammit! This can't be happening, it can't be! This wasn't... this wasn't supposed to...He's gone what have I done!" Edward screamed trying to crawl across the floor.

"Somebody help me... somebody... please mom... mom please," Edward said looking to the center of the transmutation circle.

He gasped seeing the no longer human creature in the center of the transmutation gasping he let out a blood-curdling scream.

"No, this... this is wrong, this isn't... this isn't what we wanted!" Edward cried.

"Al... Alphonse...Alphonse! ALPHONSE! This is all my fault! Alphonse, no! No, dammit. You won't take him too. Give him back! He's my brother! Take my leg. Take my arm! Take my heart, ANYTHING, YOU CAN HAVE IT! Just give him back! He's my little brother, he's all I have left!

MEANWHILE BACK IN CENTRAL

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T FIND FULLMETAL!" Roy yelled at the officer across his desk.

The officer shook with fear, facing an angry Colonel was not something easy for a lower-ranking officer not under the command of the Flame alchemist.

"S-sir there is no other way for me to say that Major Elric is missing, we've searched his house to find it empty of any life other than a dog." The soldier reported.

Roy's face twisted in anger, HOW COULD HE LOSE TRACK OF FULLMETAL? Edward was his responsibility and he had promised Al he would watch him while he was in London.

"UGH just get out of here," Roy said to the soldier standing before him.

"y-yes sir!" the soldier said sprinting out of the office.

Roy sighed, "What am I going to tell Al? Oh by the way we can't find your brother but it's all good because you still have Winry?"

"Ugh, even I know I sound like a Jackass saying something like that,"

"Sir beating yourself up will do no good in the long run," Riza said, Roy, suddenly aware of her presence in the room.

"Riza! When did you get in here?"

"Long enough Sir, now please don't beat yourself up over this, it's not going to help Al or the situation by beating yourself up"

"I suppose your right..." Roy replied looking outside, seeing rain start to pour down just like the day before Edward had left.

Edward had left at the end of August, it was now September, and suddenly he had gone missing this didn't sit right.

Meanwhile, Alphonse sat in Ed and his dorm room, without his brother he seems to have lost most of his motivation, his big brother was his purpose.

Al was worried, to say the least, he had yet to receive a letter from Edward ever since he went on his mission and it had been about a month since he had left.

"Al are you in here?" A voice asked from outside the door.

WINRY! Al had totally forgotten about Winry she was most likely just as worried as he was!

"I'm sorry Winry..." Al said guiltily as he walked and opened the door.

"What are you apologizing for?" she asked confused

"I totally forgot you were still in Central because I've been so worried about brother this past month," Al said guilt weaved in his voice.

"Al...", he must be really worried about Edward to be too entrapped in his thought to forget about their childhood friend.

"It's ok, trust me I know how you feel I'm worried too you know, but worrying won't do any good! I know! Let's go visit the Colonel to see if he knows anything about Ed's whereabouts! Then we can go visit him!" Winry said.

"YEAH! You're right Winry! Let's go see Colonel Mustang!" Al said his spirits lifted.

Al raced off toward the command center in hopes of getting info on his brother who seemed to have gone missing from his and Winry's lives for the past month.

"AL! WAIT UP!" Winry yelled chasing after her childhood friend.

Plowing through the crowd of people on his way to Central command center Al saw something strange, two men with platinum blond hair in a bookstore looking at the Alchemy books.

He walked over to get a closer look, from what he could see they looked like father and son, Al decided to walk in and say something.

He opened the door, and the two men looked at him in shock, well... that was kind of typical considering he was a large suit of armor.

Al walked over to the two, "Are you interested in learning Alchemy?"

'Um..." the boy responded still unsure how to react to the appearance of the person before him considering he had never seen anything like this in his life before.

"Yes we are, I am Lucius Malfoy and this is my son Draco"

"Oh well, I'm Alphonse! It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Malfoy. Now you said you wanted to learn Alchemy?"

"Yes, I did" Lucius responded.

"Well I'm in a hurry but I can point you toward a good teacher!" Al responded.

"Oh that ok young man, my son and I have to get going soon to get back home anyhow"

"Oh! Where do you live" Al asked politely inquired,

"London, England is where we live we just wanted to see the Magic of this country" Lucius responded.

Magic? Al thought to himself, "Oh my Truth! You're from London that's where my brother is!" Al said, trying to find out if these people knew him.

"Your brother eh what's his name," Lucius asked, he was getting annoyed and FAST with this Muggle he just wanted to get out of this disgusting Muggle country.

"Edward is his name!" Al responded happily.

"Sorry, don't know any Edwards now if you'll excuse us we must be going," Lucius said cutting off the conversation in order to get out of this situation.

"Oh uh ok! Bye, Mr. Malfoy, Draco I hope we meet again sometime" Al said to the two men who were now practically spiriting out of the bookshop.

Al just stood there for a few minutes realizing he was in Edward's favorite bookstore, and he started to get sad again, he looked around the dusty old bookstore he spotted Edward's favorite place to nap in the corner in the very right of the store all the way in the back.

He would often fall asleep from reading too much and the owner would often come over and cover him in a blanket.

He and Ed were his best customers and he was really nice to them.

"I should get going now,"

Al walked out of the bookstore only to be greeted by a wrench to the face, Winry’s wrench to be exact.

"ALPHONSE ELRIC! WHERE WERE YOU I THOUGHT I HAD LOST YOU!"

"I'm sorry Winry I got too ahead of myself, I wanted to see if Mustang had anything on Brother but I saw two men looking at alchemy books and I was interested in helping them, but they didn't seem very interested after I questioned them about it, OH, and they're from London, so I asked them if they knew Edward but they didn't,"

People from London? that's strange, we aren't allied with London so how could their citizens get inside our borders? Winry thought to herself.

"Well, that's beside the point, Al! I thought we were on our way to check in with Mr. Mustang"

"Right!"

The two continued down the main street to Central Command occasionally running into officers which they were friends with or just people who knew the name of the Elric.

They were just about to enter the command center when the two teens heard,

"TAKE A LOOK AT MY GLORIOUS ALCHEMY PASSED DOWN THE ARMSTRONG LINE FOR GENERATIONS!!!!!"

Then a huge blue spark shot in the air creating smoke and in the smoke stood a ten-foot-tall statue of Major Armstrong... shirtless as usual.

"Major's at it again," Winry said laughing to herself at the kind man's antics.

"Hahaha you're right, when is he ever not at it" Al responded laughing with her.

The two entered Central Command center and made their way to see the Colonel when they heard muffled talking so they put their ears to the Colonel's door.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T FIND FULLMETAL!" Roy yelled.

"S-sir there is no other way for me to say that Major Elric is missing, we've searched his house to find it empty of any life other than a dog."A soldier responded.

"UGH just get out and leave please before I end up burning something," Roy said.

"y-yes sir!" the soldier said.

, "What am I going to tell Al? Oh by the way we can't find your brother but it's all good because you still have Winry?"

"Ugh even I know I sound like a Jackass saying something like that," He said

"Sir beating yourself up will do no good in the long run," Riza said

"Riza! when did you get in here?"

"Long enough Sir, now please don't beat yourself up over this, it's not going to help Al or the situation by beating yourself up" Riza replied

"I suppose your right..." Roy replied

"Ed is missing?" Al asked

"Al, I'm sure the Colonel will do everything in his power to find Edward,"

"I hope" Al replied, you could tell just from his voice he was losing hope, and Winry was getting worried about what the young boy might do.

BACK TO EDWARD IN LONDON

"The boy still isn't up yet Molly?" Sirius asked concerned.

It had been about a week since Harry and his Muggle friend had arrived, and Ed's fever was still raging on in his immune system, it had finally broken on the 4th day, but the boy still had yet to wake from his slumber.

"Yes he's still out cold Sirius, the poor boy has been moaning in his sleep speaking in German, I can't understand a word he says," Molly replied worriedly.

"What's he been saying?" Lupin asked as he walked into the room in which Edward has been staying.

"Well I'm not sure," Molly said.

Suddenly Edward started to talk in his sleep, "Al, do you hate me? I wouldn’y blame you if you did."

"He said, 'Al, do you hate me? I wouldn't blame you if you did.'" Lupin translated.

However Ed wasn't done talking in his sleep, "I’m nothing like you Tucker I would never transmute my own family we are not alike"

"'I'm nothing like you Tucker I would never transmute my own family, we are not alike'" Lupin continued to translate.

However Edward was done talking for the moment, "He's been speaking of his family eh"

BACK IN EDWARDS DREAM

" Mom! Mom!" Edward yelled running towards her

"What do you have there, Ed?" She asked

"It's a present! I transmuted it!" Edward responded

"You did? You're your father's son, all right. Thank you very much. That's an amazing thing you did. Creating something as neat as this takes talent. But..."She said

"Huh?" Edward replied

Suddenly Trisha changed into a deformed monster that Ed and Al created.

"If you can do that, why couldn't you make Mommy better, Ed?" She asked

"Big brother!" Nina said.

Then Nina changed as well,

"Let's play!" She said.

Suddenly the scene changed to an ally way.

" An automail arm... Then that explains why my attacks didn't do the damage I expected. Most unusual." Scar said approaching his next target.

"Brother, don't! Just run away!" Al yelled.

"You idiot! I'm not going to leave you behind, Al!" Edward said transmuting his automail arm into a sword.

"You press your hands together to make a ring, and then you perform transmutation... Now I see." Scar muttered to himself as Ed charged screaming as he approached him.

"Then I will have to start by destroying this abhorrent right arm of yours." Scar said grabbing his arm and destroying it knocking to the boy to the ground.

As he tried to back away the lack of an arm made him fall onto the ground on his empty port leaving him in the open lying on the ground.

"BROTHER!" AL screamed as his brother lay there.

"Now you will not be able to use your heretic's alchemy." Scar said walking over to Edward.

"I will give you a moment to pray to god." Scar said standing over Edward ready to end his life.

"Brother! Run away! Brother!" Al yelled struggling to reach his brother.

"Unfortunately, there isn't any god I'd like to pray to. Am I the only one you're trying to kill today? Or are you going after my brother Al, too?" Ed demanded.

"If he interferes, I will eliminate him, but, Fullmetal Alchemist, you are the only one who's receiving judgment today. You alone." Scar replied to the elder brother.

"Okay... In that case, I want your word. Promise me you won't hurt my brother!" Ed said determination in his eyes.

"Brother...!" Al said shocked that he would even think of giving up.

"I will keep that promise." Scar said to the boy.

"No, brother, what are you trying to do? What are you thinking? Run! Get up and run! Stop! Don't touch him! No...! No, you can't! Stop it!" Al screamed reaching out for his brother.

OUTSIDE OF ED'S DREAM

"Look! He's starting to wake up!" Molly said happily seeing the boy was stirring finally from his long slumber.

"Unnn" Ed opened his eyes his vision was blurry at first.

"Ugh, where am I?"

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"Why you're in London darling, in the Order of the phoenix!" Molly replied.

"What's going on?" Edward asked confused and on guard considering he was in a strange place with people he didn't know.

"Honey Harry brought you here while you were passed out, you poor deary you're in a place you don't know no wonder you a little frightened!" Molly exclaimed.

'Frightened?!' Ed was anything but frightened, he was just confused and on guard, he's been in much more scary situations than waking up in a place he doesn't recognize this kind of confusion was a welcome change in Edward's mind.

"Molly give the poor kid some space for Christ's sake." A man with orange hair said coming out of what looked like a hallway.

"Oh hush yourself, Arthur, I was just concerned, me being worried isn't going to kill anyone" Molly replied

"I'm going to step in you two and ask for a moment alone with the poor boy," Lupin said while the two Weasley parents argued.

"Alright, Lupin" The two replied and left the room.

"So want to tell me what your dream was about?" Lupin asked in perfect German.

"You know my language?" Edward asked surprised, due to the fact most of the people he's met know only English.

"Yes I know German young man, so now do you want to tell me who Tucker and Al, are?" Lupin asked cutting straight to the point.

"I'm going to guess I was talking in my sleep from the fact that you know those two names" Edward replied.

"You were speaking in German so I'm one of the few people here who knew what you were mumbling in your sleep," Lupin replied.

"Well, I suppose I should tell you who the two of them are," Edward replied.

He sighed, this was one of the last things he wanted to talk about with a stranger, curse his nightmares, he didn't even really know how this whole thing happened, one moment he was in a bookstore with Harry enjoying himself, the next thing they're running from something that Harry knew was bad news.

And now he was here in a strange building with people he didn't know... WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START THE DAY.

Meanwhile In Central

"Riza is there any news on Fullmetal yet?" Roy asked while sitting at his desk doing paperwork for once in his life.

"There is nothing new Sir, please be patient" Riza replied calmly while working on her pile of papers.

Suddenly Roy's door was slammed open with such force it almost fell off its hinges.

"What on earth was that?!" Roy exclaimed

"S...sir! It's General Armstrong!" Fuery exclaimed a panicked look in his eyes.

"You're kidding what's she doing down here in Central, she never leaves Briggs unless it's an emergency" Roy replied

"I don't know what's going on sir but she coming for you and she's pissed" He replied.

"Well, shit..." Roy said to himself.

This was the last thing he wanted to deal with today, especially with Fullmetal missing, he didn't have time to argue with the general he had to search for his subordinate.

"God just let her in I'm going to have to deal with her eventually," Roy told Fuery, and the young man was off with his orders.

"Sir, what did you do this time?" Riza asked expectancy in her voice.

"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WHY DO YOU ASSUME I'M IN THE WRONG??!!" Roy shot back at her.

"Because it usually is your fault, sir," Riza replied monotonously.

"ROY!" General Armstrong shouted coming through the door.

"Yes General how may I help you?" Roy replied calmly.

"My men are going missing and I heard it might be connected to Fullmetals disappearance, and I want answers NOW" the general demanded.

"That's what I'd like to know too General But I DON'T KNOW EITHER SO WHY DON'T WE ALL SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP BEFORE WE START DEMANDING THINGS!" Roy yelled finally losing it.

The General looked at him shocked that he raised his voice knowing him to be a usually calm and collected man, so she sat down and just let him collect himself before saying another word.

"Ok now that you've cooled down let's talk like civilized people." The general said seeing that Roy had calmed down.

"Yes, ok so you said your men are going missing right?" Roy asked.

"yes they are, It started about 3 weeks ago during a bad snowstorm which is typical for Briggs, however when I had a headcount down for the men I had patrolling out during it 3 of them had gone missing out of the 20 I had sent out, so I waited a day or two because it's not odd for men to go missing for a day or two but when they didn't show up I got concerned, So I sent out a rescue team to find them, and guess what THEY'RE MISSING TOO. My men are being taken right under my nose Roy AND I DO NOT APPRECIATE IT NOR WILL I STAND FOR ANY PUNK ASS GROUP WHO THINKS THEY CAN KIDNAP MY BRIGGS MEN" The general yelled angrily.

"Alright now I'm going to let you in on what Fullmetals mission was, as a fellow soldier can I trust you not to compromise Him?" Roy asked her seriousness in his eyes.

"Of course" she replied instantly.

"ok, so We sent Fullmetal to a country by the name of England, over there they have strong information on the Alchemist Nicholas Flamel, a famous man said to have created a way to live forever, however we both know that's not what Edward is after, so I authorized him to go there and research further on the man but about 2 days ago Edward fell off the map and we still haven't been able to locate him." Roy explained hands crossed in front of him face clear concern evident.

"So are we thinking the two are connected?" Armstong asked.

"I think we are." Roy replied.

"Should we make a plan of action?" She asked.

"We should." He replied

"Let's get started then." She said getting up and closing Roys' office doors to ensure they couldn't be heard.

BACK WITH OUR DEAR EDWARD

"Ok so I don't have a choice but to tell you about the two people talked about in my sleep so I'll choose who I tell you about first," Edward said looking at Lupin while he sat on the bed looking up at the lanky man.

"Go ahead and start then," said Lupin.

"Let's start with Al. Al is my little brother he's 17 years old, and he's my world. Despite me having really fucked up our lives he still sticks with me... Only Truth knows why, I've done nothing but hurt him yet he stays with me through it all, he's the kindest boy you will ever meet, and the kindness can be a flaw at times, he's gotten himself in trouble more times than I can count because he's such a kind hearted soul, but I wouldn't change anything about him. Ever. He's my baby brother and if you even think of going out to find him and hurt him, trust me when I say IT WILL be the last thing you ever do." Edward said, with a mix of love and hostility towards Lupin.

"Alright then, now who's Tucker?" Lupin asked.

Edward sighed, He didn't want to dig this whole thing up, it's been years since he's even thought of the Man, individually.

"Tucker... He was a fellow Alchemist. His nickname was the sewing Life alchemist, and he lived up to that name. He had a daughter named Nina, Nina was about 8 years old, and she had a dog named Alexander, Tuckers wife had APPARENTLY divorced him and left him with his daughter, but that wasn't the case, He had transmuted his Wife with a bird to create a talking Chimera, and he did the same with his daughter and her dog... I couldn't stand the man and I almost killed him if not for my brother holding me back." Edward said anger and sadness plaguing him.

"I think I know enough, Edward if you want, Harry is most likely downstairs with Hermione and Ron," Lupin said leaving Ed to his thoughts.

The moment Lupin left Edward let out a sigh, and he started to shake. He's never in his life in the Military been in a situation like this one, he decided going downstairs was most likely the best decision in his interest.

Edward came out of his room and was greeted with Blood red wallpaper, and stained trimmings, 'Odd' he thought this building seemed pretty well taken care of, yet everything seemed like it was in shambles.

"Like me," he said out loud to no one in particular.

Ed saw what looked like stairs, and went down them, he was greeted with what looked like a family tree of sorts only, one face was black and torn. Strange he thought, why is one face like that?

"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU MUGGLE!!!!! GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT! YOU FILTHY RETCHED DISGUSTING MUGGLE!" A voice shouted out of no wear scaring the living shit out of him.

"Where the fuck did that come from?!" Edward shouted to himself.

"It came from me ya stupid ass Muggle, now get out of my house before I kill you!" one of the photos on the wall, of a woman yelled at him.

"How on earth are you talking?" Edward asked looking at the woman on the wall.

"Magic You dumbass NOW GET OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU FILTHY MUGGLE!" the woman continued to scream.

"Jesus, I'm leaving you crazy ass lady." Edward replied walking away.

Edward started to wander about the house, in search of this Kitchen that Harry and his friend were most likely in.

Instead, he came across what looked like a Library. There wasn't much in it maybe 4 columns shelved with books. Strange this was the last place he expected to find a somewhat decent reading space.

He decided against better judgment to go inside it.

Taking one of the books off a shelf he read, "Ministry Of Magic Basic Laws" by Lovely Green.

He opened the book and read off,

"Laws- The most important law in the magical world is the International Statute of Secrecy, which was passed by the International Confederation of Wizards in 1692. This statute directs that the Wizarding World be kept secret from the non-magical community and most other laws in the Wizarding World stem from this statute. A few years later, the Warlock’s Convention of 1709 added a number of other restrictions meant to further that goal, including the outlawing of Dragon Breeding and the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery (1875)."

"Damn that's a whole lot of restrictions," He said to himself and decided to keep reading to see what other nuts things the book contained.

" Judicial System - The high court of Wizarding Britain is known as the Wizengamot . A panel of wizards, or sometimes the Council of Magical Law preside during trials in one of the courtrooms on Level 10 of the Ministry of Magic. It is not known if lower courts exist and the Wizengamot constitutes a sort of Supreme Court of Wizarding Britain, or if this is the only court system.

The Wizengamot Charter of Rights grants the accused the right to call witnesses and be represented by another person."

"Damn," Ed muttered to himself reading through the book.

"Punishment- The Improper Use of Magic Office issues a written warning to under-aged wizards who conduct magic on their first offense. A second offense results in the expulsion of the wizard from school, the destruction of his wand, and the wizard is no longer allowed to use magic. This punishment applies to other infractions of underage crime as well.

Serious crimes result in imprisonment at Azkaban . Azkaban is a fortress on an island far out in the North Sea guarded by Dementors , which are dark creatures who suck all of the happiness out of a room like it was air, leaving people with only the darkest, most horrible memories of their lives. An even more severe punishment is the Dementor’s Kiss."

"Ok this is making my brain hurt," Edward said to himself and decided he was done with this book.

Putting the book back on the shelf, he noticed something moving in the very back of the room. Deciding it was a good idea he went towards the noise and saw that there was a trunk moving around, locked up and old.

"What could be in here that's making such a ruckus?" He asked touching the truck gingerly.

"Maybe if I unlock it and peek inside it won't hurt right?" he murmured, touching the lock.

Edward flipped the lock up and opened the top slightly peaking in the tiny crack, when all of a sudden the top slammed open.

"What the!?" Edward cried

All of a sudden a large figure showed up in front of Edward, it was Al.

"Al? what's going on?" Edward asked confused.

"Ed why did you do it?" Al asked.

"What... what are you talking about Al?" Edward asked

"You didn't listen to me brother, I told you to stop, why didn't you listen, now I'm stuck like this. Why Didn't You Stop?!" Al started to yell closing the distance between Edward and him.

Edward was starting to get scared, what was happening? How did Al get here?

"Al I thought we got past this didn't we?" Edward asked fright visibly heard in his voice.

Suddenly AL grabbed Ed by the throat and slammed him to the wall closing his fingers around Edward's neck.

"A....l....St...Op....p...le...ase.....I....m....S...o...r...r..y" Edward choked out, hands clawing and the hand around his neck.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO ME ED" Al yelled.

Edward cried out gagging and gasping for air as the hand around his neck got tighter.

"I HATE YOU ED" Al shouted out

And that's when Ed's eyes went wide and all his fight left him. His hands weakly holding onto Al's hand, tears filling his eyes, lungs deprived of air, his vision starting to blur.

Suddenly Ed heard, "STUPIFY!" and Al disappeared and was sucked back into the trunk.

Edward fell to the ground and collapsed on the ground on his side hands at his throat gasping for breath choking on the sudden rush of air, tears falling out of his eyes.

"ED! are you ok!?" a voice yelled out.

He barely registered the voice too busy taking in air.

"Good lord the boys only been here for 2 or 3 hours and he's already been assaulted by a boggart and a dementor, I don't think he can take this anymore!" Molly exclaimed on the ground with Ed rubbing his back helping him take in the air.

"What's going on Mrs. Weasley?" Harry asked coming into the room and seeing Edward on the ground.

"OH MY GOD  WHAT HAPPENED?" Harry asked seeing his friend on the ground.

"Your friend found my trunk with the boggart in it and opened it, letting it lose and it attacked him nearly choking him to death." Lupin said looking at the kid on the ground.

"I'm... I'm ok.... I'll Live.." Edward said softly looking at Harry.

"Dear don't talk we don't know how badly he damaged your vocal cords," Molly said softly.

"It's ok" he replied getting up and leaning against the wall.

"Can I just go home please?" Edward asked looking at the group of people in front of him.

"Come on Lupin we own him as much as to let him go home his been through so much" Molly and Harry said.

Lupin sighed, "Fine I suppose it's ok, BUT, only for an hour or two" Lupin compromised. not very happy.

"Thanks," Edward said softly leaning on Molly

they led him into the hallway and to the kitchen when suddenly the front door was slammed open.

"WHAT WAS THAT!?" Harry yelled

"I don't know, Sirius what was that?!" Lupin yelled.

"WHERE THE HELL IS FULLMETAL?!" a voice yelled vibrating through the house.

"Colonel?" Ed softly said looking up.

"IF YOU DON'T TELL US NOW WE'LL BE FORCED TO USE DRASTIC MEASURES!" A female voice called out.

"General?" Ed said eyes widening even further

"You know them?" Harry asked

"Yeah I do, please tell them to step down, I can talk to those two and they'll calm down, please," Ed said looking at Harry's pleading eyes.

"Alright," Harry said

"Roy, General stop," Ed said standing in the hallway.

"ED?!" both shouted out looking his way.

Chapter Text

"ED!?" They both yelled, looking at Ed like he'd grown a second head.

"YEAH I'M ALIVE THAT MUST SUCK FOR YOU TWO."

"I swear to Truth, you two are going to be the death of me," 

"YOU WANT TO FIX THE DOOR, OR DO I HAVE TO?" He continued to yell at the two shell-shocked soldiers standing in front of him

"Oh! Um, I'll fix it," Roy replied, going up to the door and fixing it in a flash.

"Wha? How??" Harry said, looking at the completely fixed door

"What, you never seen Alchemy before, kid?" Roy said to Harry.

“Um, no… no I haven’t actually,”

Suddenly, the General decided she would get involved in this whole situation, but as everyone knows, she doesn’t get involved in a normal way, but the General way…. 

With swords

She pointed her sword at Harry and said, “Who are you, and how do you know Fullmetal?” she asked with that loving look she always has.

“General, please put down the sword. I know I can’t make you put it down, but unless you want us to get kicked out of this house, just put it down.” 

“Very well, I will lower my weapon, but be aware if they show any sign of suspicious behavior I am fully prepared to destory everything and everyone in this house,” She replied.

“Um… what are you all saying to each other?” Harry asked

“Sorry, I was just telling my friend here that she should lower her weapon because your friends behind you look like they’re ready to tear us apart at a moment's notice,” Ed replied, looking back at the group of adults behind Harry.

The normally empty and dead hallway of Sirius’ home was now filled with as many people as could fit inside the tiny, dark hallway. Every wizard had his or her wand out and was ready to strike at a moment's notice.

“Guys, Guys! Put the wands away, especially you two Ron, and Hermione, I don’t want you two getting expelled for using magic too!” Harry yelled, turning around to the group of people behind him.

Reluctantly, they all put their wands away, but none knew what to think of this whole situation, considering a mere Muggle had found their hideout when even the best wizards couldn’t find this place.

“Ok, now that THAT whole conflict is over why don’t you introduce us to your new friends Fullmetal?” Roy said, coming up behind Edward.

Ed just looked back at him and flipped him off. He knew he didn’t know how to explain any of this to him, when HE BARELY UNDERSTOOD HALF THE STUFF THAT WENT ON IN THIS PLACE HIMSELF!

“Um excuse me, not that this hallway isn’t lovely but why don’t we move this conversation into a… well, more, OPEN, area?” Molly suggested considering that half of them were squished against the drab gray wallpaper.

“THAT’S A GREAT IDEA!” Harry responded, and he then proceeded to push everyone into the kitchen area.

They all entered the deep brown kitchen, the wall is lined with plates, and the absurdly long table is already set and ready for the next meal.

“So Ed, who exactly are these people?” Harry asked, looking over at Ed, who sat across the table from him.

Edward sighed, “Ugh, this man with the stupid smirk on his face and horrible attitude is my, well, 'Guardian' at the moment, and the woman, and to be totally honest, I have no idea why she’s here. These two kinda hate each other, is Miss. Armstrong, a friend of mine,” Ed explained, trying to leave out as much as he could about his involvement with the Military.

Thank Truth for the fact Roy came in a dress suit with his stupid cream scarf and black coat, and who knows how he got the general to wear some blue jeans and a black shirt with just a Briggs snow coat on, how one of those coats existed without all the military signs on them he doesn’t know but it worked out all the same.

“Oh, ok,” Harry replied, unsure of what to say.

“No,w boys, I hate to interrupt this lovely conversation, but Harry has a Disciplinary hearing to attend,” Mr. Weasley said, looking at Harry.

“Shoot! That’s today! I’m sorry, Ed, but I need to go. Can we finish this when I get back from my hearing?” Harry asked, running to get himself together.

“Um, sure, why not?” Ed replied, and with that said, Harry and Mr. Weasley disappeared out the door.

NOW TIME FOR A SHORT THING FOR HARRY'S HEARING CUZ I’M SURE WE’VE ALL READ THIS

“Ok Harry, hopefully, this hearing will be nice and short I wish you luck!” Mr. Weasley says as Harry goes off to his hearing.

When Harry enters, he sees Fudge and, to his surprise, Percy is the scribe.

“Mr. Potter, will you please take a seat so we may get started with this.” 

Harry sits down, and then Dumbledore enters. As he comes in, Fudge immediately starts the trial.

“Mr. Potter you are charged with using magic outside of school, underaged and to add onto this LONG list you used magic in front of a MUGGLE for Pete's sake what else do we really need to convict you of these crimes we have all the evidence we need to end this right here, right now” Fudge quickly spit out not giving Harry a moment to defend himself.

The hearing continued to go on like this for a bit, with Fudge and Dumbledore arguing.

In the end, Harry was cleared of his charges thanks to Dumbledore, but Harry just wanted to talk to Dumbledore for a bit, but the man leaves before Harry can even say a word to him.

Harry then proceeded to go back to Mr. Weasley to take him home. As they walked out, they passed Fudge and Malfoy, who were deep in a conversation, but he was more concerned with the Fact that Ed was at the hideout alone with his friends, who still don’t really trust him.

BACK TO OUR FRIEND EDWARD

During the time Harry was at his hearing, it was the most awkward duration of time Ed had ever been through. They all just sat there in complete silence. Harry was Ed’s way to these people, but with him out and about, Ed had no clue how to talk to these people. Especially considering Armstrong and the man named Moody were having a glaring contest, and Mustang was also in a staring contest with Sirius.

“Um, ok, this tension is killing me. Can we please do something other than stare at each other because I’m sure we could all be doing something MUCH more productive than this while we wait for Harry to come back,” Ed finally broke the ice between the group. 

“Oh that reminds me, dear, Harry brought a few books he said you found and told him were important,” Molly told Edward.

“Really?! He brought those with him?” 

Molly got up and grabbed a brown box from the cabinet next to the sink. She came back over and handed the box to Edward.

“I hope they’re all still in there Harry says they all are, but you never know with my boys and their pranks,” Molly said, looking over at the twins, who just shrugged and grinned deviously.

Edward proceeded to open the box. Inside, there were four books, each had a different color binding cover.

One was black, the other a deep red, then a grass green, and finally a pure white one, with the titles, Alchemical Symbolism, Alchemical Healing, Alchemist’s Handbook: Manual for Practical Laboratory Alchemy, and Spiritual Alchemy.

Ed had his suspicions about the last one; it sounded like something a psychic might buy to con their clients.

“Thank you, Mrs. Weasley, they’re all in here and in the same condition as when I got them,” Ed told Molly to rest her fears that her sons had messed with his books.

“Oh? Did you actually find some useful books here?” Roy asked.

“So… why are these guys actually here?” Ron inquired, looking at Edward.

“Um, to tell you the truth, I honestly have no idea why they’re here,” Ed replied, glaring at Roy, who just shrugged his shoulders.

“Well, you know, when I can’t contact you from HQ, that’s kind of an issue, Fullmetal,” Roy whispered in Ed's ear.

“We’re here because Edward hadn’t called in a while and we were getting slightly concerned about him so we took it upon ourselves to come looking for him and to our surprise, he wasn’t home he was here with people he has never mentioned to us before so I think you could understand our concern” Olivier replied calmly without a hitch, little did they know she literally made that up on the spot.

After this conversation, the time between Harry’s hearing and his return flew by without any conflict. Roy got to know Sirius, and they discussed how Harry and Edward gave both of them heart attacks. Roy was doing well, keeping the whole Foster father act up, I mean, he is the Flame Alchemist, flames aren't the only thing he’s good with. The general decided to interrogate Moody, and SOMEHOW the two carried out a civilized conversation, somehow. In order to pass the time, Ron and Hermione tried to open up to Ed. This essential translated to Ed and Hermione having a long conversation about Alchemic basics and how the science was done, and Hermione loved it. Ron… Not so much.

The LAST thing Harry expected when he walked back into the hideout was to find everyone getting along famously.

Ed and Hermione were in a deep conversation about Alchemy while Ron sat there looking confused.

Roy and Sirius were laughing together, and Moody, of ALL people, was having a conversation with Olivier.

“I guess you guys don’t need me here to keep the peace after all?” Harry asked, looking at the room.

“Harry, thank god you’re back. I can’t understand a word coming out of their mouths,” Ron said, running up to Harry as he gestured to Ed and Hermione.

Harry just laughed when Molly came bursting back into the room.

“YOUR LETTERS ARE HERE!” she exclaimed, running in with 6 letters in her hand.

The twins grabbed theirs and proceeded to head up to their room. Hermione grabbed hers and thanked Molly. Ron took his, as did Harry, but she had an extra one.

“The last one is addressed to Edward Elric,” She said, looking at Ed.

“It’s addressed to me?” Ed asked.

He grabbed the letter and looked it over. There was cursive writing on the front in the typical Deep red ink, with a Red wax seal on the back.

Ed reluctantly opened the letter and pulled it out. It read,

Dear Mr. Edward Elric,

We at Hogwarts would like to extend an invitation to you to teach a brand new class at our esteemed Magic school. We here at the school believe our students should be prepared for any situation and be able to live under any circumstance, including living in the Non-Magic world. We would like you to teach two curricula at our school because we believe you are the best fit to teach said subjects. The first would be a Basic or Advanced Alchemy class; we believe students would benefit from knowing the science. The second would be a Non-Magic lifestyle, or as it would be called, Muggle Studies. It is a chance for our students who don’t live in the Non-Magic world to see how normal lives are led without magic. We would be honored if you would accept the position. Should you accept, you will have full access to our restricted library and other beneficial rooms. Please respond immediately and come visit our school.

Sincerely, 

Albus Dumbledore

“Um did I just get a job offer at a Magic school??” 

“THIS IS GREAT! YOU’RE GOING TO BE TEACHING AT HOGWARTS!” Hermione exclaimed, stars in her eyes.

“Um, how does this Dumbledore even know I can teach Alchemy?” Edward asked.

“Dumbledore just tends to know this kind of stuff; he’s weird that way,” Ron replied.

“Well, are you going to take this job, Ed?” Roy asked.

“I guess I should, I mean, he mentioned a Library I have yet to look in, so I’m all for it,” Ed replied.

The idea of raiding a new library was always thrilling for Edward.

“Well, if you’re going to take the job, just say so, my friend,” A voice echoed behind Edward.

Freaking out, Edward whipped around to see Dumbledore standing right behind him.

“What?? How’d you get there?” Ed asked.

“Magic my boy, now if you are willing to take the job just tell me and I can get your classroom and room set up at the school in a jiffy.” He responded with that whimsical smile he always has.

“Um, why not I’ll teach?” Ed said, more of a question than an answer.

“Perfect, well, you have today to pack, the train for the school leaves tomorrow. That goes for the rest of you as well,” He replied, looking around the room.

“I look forward to seeing you all this year,” He continued as he walked to the door and left as fast as he came.

“Now that was weird,” Roy said, just as confused as Ed was about what just happened.

“Is this normal for you??” Olivier asked.

“No, it's really not, General, this just has been my life as of late, nothing has made sense,” Ed replied.

“Well! Now we have a new teacher amongst us! Congrats darling let’s get your stuff all ready!” Molly started.

“Um, all my stuff is back at my house,” Ed replied.

“But you’ve unpacked practically nothing Ed so I think you’re ok, Olivier and I will go grab it and drop it off here,” Roy replied smugly.

They had gone into Ed’s house earlier and found that nothing had been unpacked.

“Fine, fine!” Ed replied.

“Well, I think we’ve overstayed our welcome here. We’ll go get Ed’s stuff and drop it off here, oh, and Edward, please keep in touch,” Roy replied, guiding the General out the door.

“Yeah, yeah, whatever you want, Roy,” Ed replied nonchalantly.

With Roy and the General Gone, Ed proceeded to pack his 4 Alchemy books back in the box he was given and wait for the two to come back. It took them around 2 hours to travel back and forth between the two places, and Roy showed up with 3 medium-sized boxes, Ed’s typical dark brown suitcase, and a small box that was the size of a letter.

“Don’t be stupid, Fullmetal, watch your back,” Roy said as he handed Ed his things.

“Right,” Ed replied.

The rest of the night was uneventful: dinner and bed. Molly threw a party for Ron and Hermione, being Prefects, and Ed just debated how he was actually going to teach a class.

The Next morning, the group was taken to the station where Ed almost caused a scene about running through the wall to get to the platform, THAT ISN’T HOW PHYSICS WORKS, AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RUN THROUGH A WALL.

After that whole conflict was over, Ed parted ways with Harry and the others, he was a teacher after all he had to ride in the teacher's carriage, he proceeded to go as far back as he could and sat in an empty area, alone where he could read a book in peace, however, fate had other plans when his door was opened and in came a toad looking lady with the brightest of pink coats on and the ugliest hat.

“Hello! My name is Dolores Umbridge, I hear you’re new this year as well!” She said.