Author's Note: I do not own FMA, Harry Potter, or their characters. This is AU and takes place after the fifth book.
The State Alchemists and the Stupid Assignment
"This is a stupid assignment." Fullmetal glared at him from across the train compartment.
"I'm not arguing with you on that point." Roy wasn't happy about this either, but there was nothing they could do about it.
"This is a waste of my time."
"I agree with you."
"Then why are we doing this?"
Mustang sighed. "Because we were ordered to."
"I know that. I mean, we both think this is a stupid order, and yet we're following it. Why?"
Mustang sighed again. "Because we're afraid of what will happen if we don't, even if neither of us will admit to it."
Edward scowled at him. "You just don't want to leave the lieutenant on her own for year because you're afraid she'll come to her senses and get on with her life."
Roy noted that the subject had been changed but went along with it. He didn't really want to talk about the reason they were following these idiotic orders either. "And you're not afraid of Ms. Rockbell doing the same?"
After Edward had settled down from the inevitable hissy fit, he went back to complaining about their mission. "We really have to do this? We have to spend a year living in a foreign country, working a school that has nearly nothing to do with alchemy?"
"For the last time, yes. Be grateful that it isn't worse."
"How could it be worse? They're making me go to school there because I'm not old enough to be considered faculty. I don't need to go to school."
"At least, they didn't make you a teacher, then you'd have to be nice to the other children. Besides, if worse comes to worst, Hogwarts will get destroyed, and we can go home early."
Theme: Parting/Seperation