Here's chapter two. There isn't going to be any schedule as I only write the story when I have free time or ideas. Again, my english isn't perfect so there are going to be some messed up words or wrong verbal times. Oh and idea inconsistency, that too.
Thoughts
"Normal Speech"
"Truth's speech"
Disclamer: I don't own FullMetal Alchemist or Harry Potter.
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The next two weeks passed fast. Edward was mainly in the library, eating maybe once per day. The books Sirius had in the there were very interesting, but it looked like everything needed a wand. He already concluded that the wand should be an amplifier, but he didn't know from where would all the power come from. Maybe it comes from the nature...but that would mean that something in the nature has to deconstruct. Unless somehow, the natural energy keeps refiling. Magic was fascinating, but also stupid. But the thing that scared Edward the most was the fact that those guys can kill with just one sentence. The curses were a thing to avoid, for sure. Getting controled to do something was a very nasty stuff, too. Just what else can those guys do?
There was a knock on the door:
"Ed you in there?"
"Yes, come in."
"There is someone here that needs to talk to you. Come downstairs."
Ed grunted. He really wanted to see what else magic can do. He saw this book on transfigurations and the term looked very much alike transmutations. Maybe there was some alchemy in this world.
"Fine, I'm coming!...So who is the person who wants to see me?"
"I'll let him present himself. All I can say is that he's on the good side."
"So, you mean he doesn't do dark stuff. Roger that."
Sirius laughed "You know, you managed to learn all of this stuff quite fast. I'm amazed."
Ed grinned "I'm a genius after all!" Ed's eyes now shifted to the table: next to it there was an old man, a very old man, waiting paciently. His sight went on Ed:
"Ah, I take you are the misterious boy Sirius told me of. I am Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwards."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Edward Elric. What is that you want with me?"
"I've heard from Sirius that you are quite passioned on the research you are conducting on magic, so how about learning at the best wizarding school there is to offer?"
This seemed fishy. There was sure more to it than just a free invitation to a, it seems, a very prestigious school. "No thanks, I feel like the library I have in here is good enough. With all its evilness."
"Oh, but we also have a library...and let's say that the Black's library could be just one small sector of ours. And there you could also find books that you can't find in any place, except for ours. So, is the offer interesting now?"
Ed started thinking...He didn't really want to go to a school with kids of his age as he only gets along with adults, but the library was more than tempting. "Yeah...I think I'll take your offer. As long as I can read anything I want from that library."
"Very well! I will send you a list of everything you need for the school along with the required money. You will be placed in the fifth year and your sorting will be done along with the first years."
Ed was lost. "Ok." was all he could say and then the old man waved his hand and dissapeared. "So, there was something he wasn't telling me, right?"
"Yes... You see, right now, we are in a war with a dark wizard and his faction: Voldemort and his death eaters. And he really wants to get rid of a certain boy...You'll meet him soon enough. He might want you to protect him or protect the school."
"But he doesn't even know what I am capable of. Why would he want me to protect anyone? It doesn't make sense!"
"Sometimes he seems to not know what he is doing, but it always goes well in the end."
Ugh...What did I get myself involved into?... "Then I'll go back in the library. There are still some books I want to read and I didn't get the chance."
"Didn't you finished already half of them? I swear that you look like you never sleep when you're focusing on reading."
"Who says I sleep?" Ed grinned and started walking towards the place he knew for the last two weeks. "Oh, Edward? In two days some guests will arive here. They are also students at Hogwards so maybe you can get along with them."
"Yea, yea. I'll see about it then. Bye, Sirius!"
What a strange kid he is.
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The meeting with the Weasley's wasn't exactly a very nice one, especially for the Wealesy boys. The twins got exactly the same treatment from Ed: broken noses, and that was because Sirius managed to bind him to a wall, while Ron felt Ed's dark aura at his fullest. That day the boys learned that nobody should ever speak about Ed's height. While they tried to not somehow piss off Ed, the rest of the Weasley's were actually getting along with him. Ginny was curious about his origins and Mrs Weasley was acting...like a mother. It didn't piss him off, except for when she forced him to come to dinner, interupting him from reading, but having someone act like an actual mother towards him was something he didn't expect he'd see again in his life. The amount of social interaction he got with people was low, even if the house now had five more people in it. He just didn't like talking to them all that much, especially to the boys. So he just stayed in the library, trying to finish all the books he had there. He came up to a conclusion that magic has never been tried to get explained, seeing as there was literally no book on this subject so he decided that he's not going to try and do it...for now. Nothing changed until one day when he met a certain someone.
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This was the third day since the Weasley's came in the Black house. They didn't really enjoy staying in it, as Sirius's mother made sure to yell almost every god damn day whenever they passed on the hall...except for when Edward passed there. Whatever he did to the painting, he sure managed to give it a hell of a time, and yes, the dust. Sometimes there was so much dust put on the furniture that it would make you think nobody lives in the house. And the twins didn't make things better either will all their pranks. But today was the day Hermione was going to show up too:
"So, kids, today your bookworm friend is going to come here. She is going to stay here until you all leave for Hogwards and yes, that does mean Harry will come too. We just have to wait for the him familly to read that god damn letter." Sirius added as a note for everybody at breakfast. Ron looked slighty happy while Ginny's face just illumimated. She really can't talk anything with her brothers Sirius thought just as Edward came to eat.
"Morning..." he said with a tired tone.
"You didn't sleep again? You know, Ed, this is going to get the best of you!" Mrs Weasley warned him but Ed just gave a short nod.
"Hey, Edward? How did you manage to get Sirius's mom to not shout at you?" Ginny asked.
Edward grinned "Ah, yes. I have my ways on dealing with people that annoy me." Ron's face was showing fright, while the twins gulped. Edward just laughed and left as soon as he finished.
"He's so bloody scary..." said Ron.
"That's just because you called him short."
"But I didn't know he would react that way! And I tought he was younger than me..."
"So people being short and younger is a reason to insult them? Ron, you are such a douche."
"...Sorry"
"You should I apologize to him, not to me!"
Ron gulped. He felt bad and scared at the same time. Maybe I do need to apologise...
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Hermione was unpacient. Meeting all her friends again was a thing she was looking forward too. Too bad Harry isn't there yet... The letter that she received from Dumbledore was right in front of her Grimmauld Place, number 12...Wait there isn't any number 12
Lifting her head she saw how the buildings started shifting around, revealing the house she was suposed to enter. Magic never ceases to amaze me. Entering the building she noticed that it was quite quiet. For 2 seconds at least because that is all it took for the twins to surround her. While the twins kept talking about their new tricks, probably not all anyway, since they will try some on her too, Mrs Weasley came too look at why there was too much noise all of the sudden.
"What's with all of this fuss, Fred, George?"
"Well mom"-"You see"-"We just welcomed"-"Our new guest"
"Umm...Hello, Mrs Weasley!"
"Hello, dear! I didn't know you'd come this early."
"Yeah, my parents let me leave sooner that I have expected too."
"Well, then I'll show you the way to the room you will sleep in. George, Fred, help her with her luggage! No magic!"
The twins just groaned and took the bagages upstairs. "You will be staying with Ginny. If you need anything come to me, okay, dear?"
"Of course, Mrs. Wealsey" Hermione smiled. It was good being back with this familly. Hermione opened the door to see a bored Ginny on the bed, reading a book. At the sight of Hermione, Ginny's eyes lit up. Seems like she really wanted to see someone she could talk to.
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Edward almost finished all the books in the library. And that meant he was about to get bored really soon. Damn his social awkwardness... if he didn't stay locked in the library he would have still had books to read. He sighed, going back on the little amount of books he still had. How much until I get into that magic school? he looked at a calendar on the wall
Two weeks...maybe I can make a schedule so I don't stay out of books or...
But his thinking was interupted as the library's door was opened. Most probably Sirius or Mrs. Weasley
Ed already expected the ever-present talk that Sirius had with him about too many books and Mrs Weasley's one regarding the lack of sleep...but it never came. Huh, that's weird, by now they would already be here giving me warnings about my health.
Ed stood up, deciding to stretch a little.
All this standing got me out of form. I really need to start doing exercises, but first I wanted to look at that transfiguration book again. As he headed towards the section where the book was, he saw a strand of brown hair next to one of the bookshelves. Curious, he headed towards the said bookshelf, thinking about any persons he knew with brown hair. His thinking got interupted when he colided with someone and he heard the wood crack.
"Hey, are you okay there?"
"Mm...Sorry, I didn't look where I was going...wait, who are you? Are you a part of the order? And why are your eyes golden? Are you..."
She was a curious one.
"Woah, slow down there."
"Sorry..."
"So. I'm Edward Elric, nice to meet you too. I'm not a part of the order, I least I think I'm not and my eyes are golden because..." Images of his bastard dad came to mind "because of genetics. So no, I'm no werewolf." Over the days he'd been in the library Ed learned quite a lot about the magical world. All the creatures that exist here are like chemiras, except for dragons. He really wanted to see one after he read about them.
"Oh...I'm Hermione Granger. I really didn't know that there was going to be another kid here with us."
Ed started to get angry, but when he looked at her face, all the anger washed away. "You know, I'm actually 16, so I'm not exactly a kid." Ed laughed.
"Wait you are 16? But the other boys I know are so much taller."
Ok, maybe he will get pissed off.
"It's not my fault everyone is a god damn giant! Besides, I am still growing!"
Hermione laughed. "Now that you mention it, they are quite tall. So, are you going to be a student at Hogwards? Because I've never seen you there before and your accent looks like a foreign one."
"Well, the old man did say that I am going to be one...But I need to see everything until the fifth year."
"Wait, you didn't go to school until now?"
Ed didn't want to lie: "Not exactly...I was home schooled. I just want to see what I was suposed to know until now."
"I can help you, then!" Hermione beamed with happiness. "I mean, I have all the books with me...so I could lend them to you...and I can even help if are going to need it."
Ed showed a big smile. "Yes, I'd definetly want all help."
Hermione blushed "Um...I have to go back to Ginny...Just call me when you want to start...okay, Edward?"
"Sure...Oh, and Hermione? Call me Ed." Hermione's blush intensified.
"See you later then, Ed."
Edward was happy and that said quite a lot about what happened.
