Rise of the Serpent

Summary: Hogwarts never has been a peaceful place, but when the homunculus show up in disguise to make contact with Voldemort, it becomes chaos. Add Al, Mustang and Hawkeye to the mix... it's going to be a long year. Pride!Ed fic. HPFMA Xover. Set in OOTP, spoilers for those who haven't seen the movie and/or read the book series up to there. BBI universe.

Disclaimer: I don't own FMA or Harry Potter. All I own is the plot. Otherwise, in OOTP Harry would have probably joined Voldemort or become very angsty and Ed would have become Pride at the end.

Warnings: There will undoubtedly be bad language, possible gore (not as much as my other fic mind you) as well as possible bashing. If I don't like a character, you'll be sure to find out. Pride!Ed will not act like at the end of BBI. He'll act noticeably angrier, VERY sarcastic and more than a little insane. Also, he'll be very violent. The ending of BBI will also be slightly ignored as Al and Roy are alive. Same excuse as my last fic. Those who can't be bothered enough to read that fic, it'll be revealed in the story for you. Characters will be possibly slightly OOC.

Author's Notes: Hey! Look, I know I'm meant to be working on Bit Beast Chaos (don't worry, new chapter is on the way!), but I got this story idea into my head and just couldn't get it out. This is my second Pride!Ed story, the first being Empty Gold so I guess you could see it as a slight sequel. Also, for those who have read Empty Gold, this will be set roughly a year after the encounter with Pride!Ed in the cemetery. Oh that reminds me, Amitris is a country like Canada or whatever in this.

Pride will be OOC compared to my last fic. This is because of hanging with Envy for too long and he began to develop his own personality. He has ALL of Ed's memories, but chooses to ignore them and live his own way. The other homunculi actually LIKE him now and see him as family, particularly Envy who sees him as a brother because they are now so similar. Sloth will be from the anime to make it easier on me because I haven't read the manga yet. No FMA pairings but I may choose to imply Royai in later chapters depending on my mood. There may be HP pairings. Whew! That's all, time to begin the fic!

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Chapter 1 Prequel-Plans

It was a cool summer evening and Dumbledore wished nothing more than to leave the stuffy office to go for a walk on the school grounds. Instead however, he was stuck indoors, listening to the arrangements of Furher King Bradley about foreign exchange students as well as some of their teachers.

"-so five should be enough." The Furher finished, obviously unaware of Dumbledore spacing out for the previous five minutes of discussion, or in fact on his side just listening, but his secretary seemed to notice for she handed him a sheet.

"Just read this form, it includes every detail about the whole arrangement. It also requires your signature." Juliet Douglas explained smoothly, no trace of emotion present on her tone. Dumbledore figured it was normal to act like that when in the military. Nodding politely, he gently took the sheet and quickly scanned over it, noting the terms and conditions as well as agreements. It was undoubtedly a beneficial contract for both sides: it would strengthen the countries unity and allow for a possible treaty. No doubts in his head, Dumbledore grabbed a nearby quill, signing in the correct places near the ministers already present signatures. The Furher smiled and nodded as he took the contract, a slight twinkle akin to Dumbledore's own appearing in his visible eye.

"Thank you Professor Dumbledore. The students and their teachers will arrive on the Hogwarts Express on September 1st. Good day." Now that the plans were made, the leader of Amitris and his secretary grabbed some floo powder, threw it into the fireplace then stepped into the emerald flames. With a shout, the blaze erupted, and then disappeared into ash, leaving no trace of the beings once present. Dumbledore smiled at their departure. They had certainly learned that trick quickly from him after only one demonstration. As he was now free to go, Dumbledore walked out the door, fully intent on enjoying the rest of the evening.

Back in the Furher's office, they had arrived back, the Furher wearing a slightly evil smirk plastered on his face. Twisting her head to look a slightly bulge on the edge of her sleeve, Juliet smiled lightly and whispered, as if afraid of being over heard.

"Envy, you can come out now. It's time to tell the others to prepare." With a blinding flash of white light, a bug crawled off the sleeve and transformed into a young male teen with long green spiky hair. The teen smirked before nodding and transforming once again, this time into the form of an eagle. He flew out the window, no doubt going to inform the others of the newly made arrangements. Turning back to her leader, Juliet nodded at him, and then left the office through the front door. As Furher Bradley, otherwise known as Wrath, stood alone in the spacious office, his smirk widened. There was no doubt in his mind that Sloth was waiting for him outside so that they could return to the hideout together, Wrath began to walk over to the door, only stopping as he rested his hand on the handle and turned slightly.

"It has begun." He whispered, and then opened the door, following his fellow sin. The door closed softly behind him as he disappeared into the night.

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Okay I know its short, but I couldn't drag it out any longer. This is just the prequel, something to show how the whole mess started. The next chapter will be at least a thousand words, no authors note included. I'll update again soon. In the meantime, REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!