Just a random plot thread that popped into my head while I was daydreaming, and since I have nothing better to do, I wrote it out. Hope it amuses you.
No one knew where Edward Elric had appeared from, least of all Edward Elric himself.
He seemed to be exponentially academically inclined, despite his lack of personal memories, barring his own name. In fact, Harry and his friends would have been almost certain that he was faking his amnesia if not for how bothered Elric seemed to be by his gap in personal information. Whenever anyone, genuinely curious or not, would ask about tidbits such as his family or birth town, he would give a blank stare until the offending inquirer left his presence.
The twins greatly admired his poker face.
The golden haired young man was almost always in some nook in the library during his spare time, furiously devouring knowledge like his life depended on it. Hermione could only look on in incredulous disbelief and annoyance as he went through volume after volume with no apparent trouble at all, all the while ignoring any and all mention of his name or attempt to obtain his attention.
Oddly, the boy seemed to have an opposing relationship to magic, despite being a wizard in a wizarding school. Neville had once discovered the boy levitating a book, and staring at it with such an intense hate, that he was surprised the textbook hadn't gone up in flames from sheer hatred alone. When Neville had inquired shakily if something was the matter, Elric had proceeded to go off on a long tangent about "physics" and "breaking the natural law of things", all the while leaving Neville so confused that he left in the middle of his rant.
Elric, absorbed in his rambling, hadn't seemed to notice.
He had other strange quirks about him, such as the fact that he was probably the only non-Quidditch playing student to even remotely care about his physical ability. He (according to his Ravenclaw dormmates) would spend much of the early morning doing various exercises, (much to their confusion). Despite being fairly small compared to the average 15 year old, not even any 7th years had beaten him in an arm wrestle.
His strange quirks had all but alienated him from the rest of the school, barring one Luna Lovegood, which while did not serve to help his reputation, he seemed to genuinely enjoy the company of. They would sit with each other at mealtimes, Luna telling Elric about some article in her father's paper, all the while he would listen attentively, albeit looking mildly amused. Any and all bullying of Luna had thus stopped, after an incident in which an unsuspecting Slytherin had ended up in Madame Pomfrey's office with a bloody nose.
During classes he would pay very little attention to whatever lecture or demonstration was going on, all the while still managing to get exceptional marks, much to Hermione's chagrin. "Honestly," she said, "it's almost like he's trying to annoy me! I swear I've seen him giving me side smirks while our grades are being handed out!"
No one who sat near Elric would either confirm nor deny these claims.
Nonetheless, despite all the random tidbits of personality and information Harry had managed to gather about Edward Elric, he was still very much a mystery to him. All he really know about him was that Dumbledore himself had enrolled the boy into the school after an incident in a foster home Elric had formerly been instituted in for about 6 months. Elric also refused to comment on what exactly the incident was, and when Harry had pushed him, he had been threatened with a fist the the forehead, to "give you another scar to match the one you already have."
Harry had backed off after that.
But Edward Elric was still a mystery, one that Harry Potter was determined to unravel.
Do you know the last time I wrote anything like this? Literally 3 years ago when I finished school. Jesus.
Anyways I have no idea if I want to continue this, I might do small one-off chapters, but I honestly haven't thought of any plot to continue this with. You can throw some ideas about this in the reviews if you so desire, but no promises i'll write anything else. But for what it is, I hope you enjoyed it.