A/N:

And hey, it is I, Interesto back with chapter two. I hope you all enjoy. And of course

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I do not own Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, or Harry Potter

Chapter 2—the Guards

Kakashi Hatake stared unbelievingly at the old man named Dumbledore who sat across from him. He was probably crazy. The man had requested some of his shinobi to guard a new teacher coming to his school. Why they would need guards at a school of all places didn't make much sense to him. Though, teachers of the shinobi world were occasionally known to have bounties on their heads. No, the real strangeness of the request was that it was at a magic school. There was no possibility that magic was real. Actually, there was, but Kakashi had no proof for it to be real.

"So," Kakashi stated flatly, "You want a team of shinobi to guard a teacher at a magic school."

Dumbledore chuckled. "That's about it, Lord Hokage," he said merrily.

Kakashi sighed in disbelief. "I'll guess I'll have to ask the obvious first," he said. "Is magic even real?"

Dumbledore chuckled again. "Of course it is. I may be a fool, but I'm not so crazy as to say that something is real when it isn't. While at least not yet anyway."

Kakashi leaned back in his chair. "Would you care to prove that," he suggested.

"Of course," Dumbledore nodded. "But if you wouldn't mind, would you dismiss your guards for a moment, I can't let what I'm going to show become common knowledge, as it would break several international laws and whatnot."

Kakashi motioned to the ANBU stationed around the room and they disappeared into puffs of smoke. He didn't what Dumbledore was going to do, but Kakashi was sure that if anything happened, he would be able to handle himself. "We are alone," he guaranteed.

"Good," Dumbledore said calmly. He pulled a stick out of his robes, and waved it at a pen sitting on the desk. It flew over to his hand.

Kakashi thought for a second. "I don't see much difference between your magic and my jutsu," he observed.

Dumbledore nodded. "I think that the only noticeable difference is that magic is controlled with a wand and jutsu is controlled with hands signs and chakra," he agreed.

"Now," began Kakashi, "my second question is why you need guards for a teacher at a school."

"I figured that you'd wonder that," Dumbledore said. "We need guards for our new alchemy teacher Alphonse Elric because he is a muggle. A muggle is someone who cannot perform magic. It's unheard of for there to be muggles at a magic school. Since now there's going to be one, there are going to be some dark wizards after him. Although Hogwarts is a safe place, I am very worried of what the reactions to him being there are."

That made sense, but, "Why would you hire a teacher who would need guarding in the first place? And what is alchemy?" Kakashi asked.

"Alchemy is form of muggle science," Dumbledore explained. "It is based off a principal called equivalent exchange, where anything gained must be acquired by losing something of equal worth. We're hiring him because well, I believe that having only the best at the subject for a teacher makes it the best way to learn."

"So," Kakashi replied, "you hired a teacher that you knew you'd have to protect just so the quality of teaching would be better. Doesn't make much sense to me but I guess my opinion doesn't matter in this situation."

Dumbledore laughed. "Yes I suppose so, but it is your opinion about who should be sent to the school."

Kakashi nodded. "Yes it is," he said. "Let me think about this. You'll need someone who can tell if someone has dark intentions against the teacher, which would be Naruto. Someone who could be able to tell of intruders on the grounds, which would be an Inuzuka, I think Kiba would be the best choice here. Someone who would be able to stop any future trouble, Sasuke's presence alone should accomplish that, if he's willing to go. And finally someone who would be able to make them all work together would be Sakura. Yes I think they'll do, let me summon them."

An ANBU appeared and Kakashi said, "Yamato, go get Naruto, Kiba, Sasuke, and Sakura. I have a mission for them."

Yamato nodded and disappeared in a puff of smoke. They had to wait only a minute before four people and a dog walked in.

"What do you have for us, Kakashi sensei?" the pink-haired girl asked.

"Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba," said Kakashi, "The mission I have for you is to guard the new teacher at Headmaster Albus Dumbledore's school of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

"But, Kakashi sensei, magic isn't real," the blond said in a confused tone.

"I assure you it is, Naruto," Kakashi assured him. "This," he said pointing to Dumbledore, "is Professor Dumbledore, he will give you the details to your assignment."

"Kakashi," began the black-haired guy, "why do I have to go?"

"Sasuke," Kakashi said calmly, "you don't have to go, true. However, I believe that doing this would be good for you as it would be a new point of view, as the people won't know you for what you've done in the past."

Sasuke sighed. "Alright," he said. "I'll do it."

Kakashi eye-smiled. "Good. Now, as I said before, Professor Dumbledore will explain the mission to you, in the other room. I have a lot of paperwork to do."

Dumbledore stood up and said, "If you'd follow me, please." They walked into the next room over. "Now before we begin I would like to ask who you all are."

Naruto pointed at himself and energetically said, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki."

The guy with the dog pointed at himself and said, "I'm Kiba Inuzuka." He pointed at the dog, "And this is Akamaru." Akamaru barked happily.

The pink-haired girl waved. "My name's Sakura Haruno," she said.

Sasuke looked like he could care less. "I'm Sasuke Uchiha," he said.

Dumbledore smiled. "I'm pleased to make all of your acquaintances," he said. "Your job is to guard a new teacher at my school."

"We're going to need a little more information than that," put in Kiba.

Dumbledore nodded. "Yes of course," he said. "The teacher you're guarding is our new alchemy teacher, Alphonse Elric. He's a tall, thin, blond young man with golden eyes; walks with a cane. The school is an old castle built by the founders. The classes are divided into four houses, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. The school teaches for the students for seven years. Its location is classified, I'm afraid, but I can tell you that it is very high up North, so you'll want to bring some warm clothes for the winter."

"That's good to know, but," Naruto frowned, "is there anyone in particular we have to watch out for, y'know."

Dumbledore frowned. "I'm afraid I can't say for sure what they would look like, but most likely it would be a former Death Eater, recognizable only by the dark marks on their arms. Is there anything else you would like to know?"

Before anyone could answer, Shizune walked in, carrying masks in her arms. "I'm sorry if I'm interrupting anything important," she said, "but Lord Hokage requested that you all wear these masks while on duty." She tossed Naruto a mask with a toad face, Sasuke a mask with a snake face, Sakura a mask with a slug face, and Kiba a mask with a dog face.

"Do we get code names too?" Naruto asked, excited.

Shizune shook her head, "No," she said, "Lord Hokage said that was not necessary, as no one there would know your names."

Naruto looked disappointed at that.

Shizune gave Dumbledore a strange look, and the walked out, muttering something about how she wished Tsunade was as easy to deal with.

"Now where were we again?" Dumbledore asked. "Ah yes, does anyone have any more questions?"

"How big are the grounds?" Kiba asked. Akamaru barked.

"They are very large," Dumbledore assured him. "The castle itself is very large. However, the Forbidden Forest surrounds the grounds. Though I'm sure you all have dealt with worse, I would advise to stay out of it, as there are creatures in there that will haunt your nightmares. Also, I would advise you to stay away from the Whomping Willow as well, as it's best to leave that to Professor Sprout. Any more questions?"

Everybody shook their heads.

"Okay," said Dumbledore, "why don't you all get ready? I'll be waiting by the front gate." He walked out of the room, leaving the young ninja to themselves.

Sasuke was the first one to speak up. "That was… interesting," he commented.

"Yeah you could say that," Kiba agreed. Akamaru barked knowingly. "You said it, Akamaru," Kiba said.

Sakura sighed. "We should get going," she said.

They all nodded in agreement.

Naruto was walking towards his apartment when a voice in his head yawned and asked "What did I miss?"

Naruto entered his consciousness and looked at the giant Tailed Beast that he shared his body with. "Well, long story short," he explained, "we've been assigned to guard a teacher at a magic school."

"A magic school, huh," Kurama said. "I've only ever encountered wizards once before. They are very dangerous, but the circulation of chakra in our bodies counteracts the effects a little bit, so with my help you should be okay."

"That's reassuring," Naruto said, "but what I don't understand is why they would need us there, y'know?"

"Well," Kurama said slowly, "I'm not sure about that, but, maybe this teacher is a really important person, and they need extra assistance."

Naruto shook his head. "It's not that, Dumbledore said that it was because he was a muggle, and there would be people after him."

"I guess the quality of teaching matters a lot to these people," Kurama growled, "but I think the teacher is quite a bit like you."

"How so?" Naruto frowned.

"The fact that he's probably really stubborn and most likely is quite willing to throw his life away if his friends are in danger. Also he won't take no for an answer," the giant fox grinned.

"You're probably right about that," Naruto said as he began to pack his stuff, "but then again you haven't even met him."

Kurama grinned. "Yeah I know," he said, "but, I like to tease you."

"Do you think it would be necessary to bring these sealing tags?" Naruto asked.

"No it wouldn't be, but they don't take up much space so it wouldn't be troublesome if you did," Kurama responded.

Naruto finished packing all of his things, and looked around the room. "It's going to be a while before we're back. I hope the rooms aren't too bad at where we're going."

Kurama sighed. "You've been gone from this place for nearly three years before," he said.

"Yeah I know," Naruto said. "I just wonder what the quality of the rooms are like there."

"That's trivial," the giant fox growled.

Naruto just sighed and exited his apartment. He jumped from rooftop to rooftop before he saw the others at the front gate. Dumbledore was having a conversation with Sasuke, while Kiba was grooming Akamaru's fur.

Akamaru barked as he saw Naruto walk up to them. "Well look who finally made it," Kiba smirked.

"What took you so long?" Sasuke asked.

"Well, just remembering things, y'know," said Naruto.

Sasuke was just about to make a remark when Sakura entered. "Glad I made it," she said to herself.

Dumbledore smiled. "Good, we're all here," he said. "I'm going to apparate you to London. But I probably should give you all translation spells first. It will make life easier if you can understand everyone."

"How come we can understand you without translation spells then?" Sasuke pointed out.

"When you get to be my age, it's not uncommon to have learned a couple of languages," Dumbledore laughed. He pulled out his wand and asked "May I?"

They all nodded, and Dumbledore pointed his wand at them. He muttered something, and then there was a feeling of water trickling down your throat. "That will only last about a day," he said, "but we should have gotten you something that lasts longer by then."

"So we can understand a different language now?" asked Naruto.

"That's about it," Dumbledore smiled.

"What is apparition?" Sakura asked.

"It's a form of teleportation, which is the only way we can actually get to where we're going in time, but be warned, it make you vomit." They walked outside of the gates and Dumbledore motioned to them. "Take my hands, if you would please."

The ninja looked at each other, but Naruto and Sakura each took one of his hands, then Kiba took Naruto's and held onto Akamaru tightly, and Sasuke took Sakura's.

Dumbledore looked at them, then the world began to twist around them violently. Images shot past them, and they seemed to go through a tunnel. The twisting evened out, and they landed in a restaurant, it seemed, with a bang. Naruto almost lost the contents of his stomach.

"That was unpleasant," Kurama grumbled.

"Hey Albus," said the man behind the bar. "Are these the guards for the new teacher?"

"Yes they are Tom," confirmed Dumbledore. "Now if you would excuse me, I have to take them down to the Ministry."

"E-excuse me, H-headmaster," said a pale man with a turban, "b-but I thought I-I s-should t-tell you that H-Harry P-Potter came through h-here t-two d-days a-ago."

"Really," mused Dumbledore. "Any news of Hagrid's job?"

"A-as f-far as I k-know, h-he succeeded, h-however, there w-was an a-attempted r-robbery just y-yesterday," the Turban guy said.

"That is worrisome, try to find out anything you can," instructed Dumbledore.

"Of c-course," Turban guy nodded.

They walked out of the building and Kiba asked "Who was that guy?"

"That," answered Dumbledore, "was Professor Quirrell, our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Though I'm not sure of how well suited he is for the job. He's brilliant, for sure, but a couple years ago he took the year off for some real experience. Had a nasty run in with some vampires and a hag in the Black Forest, never has been the same since. He's scared of nearly everything, including his own job."

Sasuke and Sakura shared a look. "Vampires?" they seemed to ask each other.

"Who's that Harry Potter kid that he was talking about?" Naruto asked.

"He's a very famous wizard, actually," Dumbledore explained. "When he was just a baby, one of the darkest wizards the world has ever seen, Voldemort, came after him. James and Lilly Potter gave their lives to protect him. His mother's love is what protected him from Voldemort's killing curse, causing it to rebound, killing its caster instead. Well, supposedly killed him. Some, such as myself, believe that he survived and ran away."

It struck Naruto that Harry's story was somewhat similar to his and Gaara's. He could only hope that the kid's life had been good, and was not in the same place Gaara had been when Naruto had met him.

"Has there been any evidence of him?" Sasuke inquired.

"One hears things," Dumbledore said. "Small rumors from the forests in France and Germany surfaced soon after his disappearance, but they stopped after only a couple of months."

"Hn," was Sasuke's response. He wondered if this Voldemort guy was like Orochimaru in any way. In that he had ways of surviving even after he had seemingly been killed. If it wasn't the case, the better. But Sasuke had a sneaking suspicion that it was. He would have to check later if Voldemort had in any way branded himself onto his followers.

After a couple minutes of silence, and several people staring at them strangely, they arrived at a large brick building. "This," said Dumbledore, "is the ministry of magic." They entered it, and the inside was a far grander place than the outside. There was a large fountain in the middle of the room, and the arched ceiling was up on the heavens. "If you'd please follow me."

They walked up to the receptionist. "How may I help you professor?" he asked.

"Ah yes," said Dumbledore, "I'm here to register the guards for the new teacher."

The receptionist nodded. "Registration is down the fourth hall, second door on the left."

Dumbledore led them down the hall and into the room. There was a man waiting in there. As they entered he turned around and said "So you're actually going through with it Dumbledore?"

"I am, Cornelius," Dumbledore said.

Cornelius sighed. "I suppose it is kind of my fault that you've hired a muggle. I figured you would do something like that. I do trust you, but as the Minister of Magic I had a very hard time convincing the council to go through with your decision. This had better be worth it."

"I assure you that Mr. Elric is the best choice possible for the position," said Dumbledore.

"And these are the guards then?" the Minister asked. "Are you sure that they'll be successful? I don't know much about these shinobi, so I'm quite concerned about this. He even only has one arm."

"I assure that it is not my arms that you need to be worried about, but my eyes," Sasuke said, allowing his Sharingan spin to life.

The minister looked rather perturbed. "Quite," was all he said. He sighed in relief as Sasuke's Sharingan died down. "The registration papers for guards are in the bin by the window. Now if you would excuse me, I have other duties to attend to." He walked out of the room.

"I'm sure you can fill these out on your own just fine," Dumbledore said. "I have to await the arrival of our new teacher, so I must be going." He left the room as well.

Kiba was the first one to actually walk over and grab one of the registration forms. As he looked it over, he grimaced and exclaimed "What the hell is some of this stuff?"

Sasuke grabbed one as well. On it there were things such as nostril measurement. "I'm not sure why this would be necessary either," he said.

"Well some of this stuff seems at least somewhat normal," Sakura muttered.

Kiba looked close at his form. "I think the only normal things on this are 'Former Guarding Experience' and 'Mentor'," he said.

"Maybe we could fill out some of this magic stuff with jutsu's and chakra natures, y'know," put in Naruto.

"That's actually not a bad idea, coming from you," Sasuke smirked.

"Huh, that could work on some of this," said Sakura.

"Now the real question is where the pens are," Kiba wondered aloud. Akamaru whined. "Yeah, I think they should have told us too," he said.

"Maybe it's those quills over there," Sasuke pointed out. "There's an ink pad too."

"How do you know what a quill is?" asked Sakura. "I just thought that they were feathers."

"Orochimaru used them occasionally," Sasuke said simply.

Naruto looked at his sheet and started to fill out. Some things he left blank, like nostril measurement. Why that was necessary was beyond him. He filled out some things like wand core with his chakra nature. Useful guarding spells? Well the closest things to that would be his Shadow Clone Jutsu and Kurama's negative emotion sensing. Not that he was going to put in there that he had a giant fox demon inside of him. He had a feeling that fact would not be appreciated. His rank, well he was a Jonin now. The rest was rather simple, such as height and weight, and mentors. Finally there was a section on former guarding experience. The only one he could think of was the Land of Waves mission.

"They really want a lot of information don't they?" said Kiba.

"My guess is that they really want to be sure about the guards that they hire," Sakura pointed out."

"Well, I don't think that they need to know the length of my toes," Kiba argued.

"Obviously people can transform into other people here, and without something like the Sharingan they won't be able to tell if it really is them. So they need as much information as possible," Sasuke told him.

"Well we don't need this," Kiba retorted. "Even if their transformation is on par with Zetsu's, with Naruto, we would be able to tell if they're real or not."

"Most people don't have a perfect Jinchuriki," Naruto pointed out.

"And," said Sakura, "if said person were to transform into Naruto, how would we know?"

"Fine," Kiba sighed. "But still, this is a lot of information they need. And I can barely write with this quill."

"I don't think any of us really can," Sakura muttered.

"It takes a while to get used to using them," Sasuke told her.

Dumbledore walked back in, this time followed by a tall, thin blond man with golden hair; as well as two other large men. "May I introduce," he announced, "our new alchemy teacher, Alphonse Elric, and his friends Misters Jerso and Zampano."

Alphonse waved at them. "Hello," he greeted them.

Jerso and Zampano waved with a less emphatic "Hi."

Dumbledore pointed at the ninja, "And these are your guards, Sakura Haruno, Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru, Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki."

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Sakura smiled.

Naruto was about to say something, but suddenly disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"That was rather… unexpected," Dumbledore commented.

"Where did he go!?" Alphonse exclaimed.

"I believe Lord Fukasaku and Lady Shima summoned him," Sakura said. She shook her head. "It always seems to be at the most inconvenient time too."

"Who exactly are they?" Dumbledore asked.

Sakura sighed. "Two of Naruto's teachers. He has a summoning contract with them, so he can summon Mt. Myoboku's toads to help him, and they can summon him in return."

As was usually the case, when arriving at Mt. Myoboku, there was a large plate of insects waiting for him to eat. Even though he had gotten a little more used to eating it over the years, the food still usually made him vomit.

"Come on Naruto, eat up," said Shima's friendly voice.

Naruto rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "Sorry," he said, "I'm not very hungry, y'know."

Shima hung her head in disappointment. "It's not 'cause you don't like my cookin', is it?" she asked.

"No, of course not," Naruto assured her. "Why did you summon me?"

"Well, Naruto-boy," said Fukasaku, "we heard from Kakashi-boy that you got a job guardin' a teacher at a magic school."

"Well you heard right," said Naruto.

"I hope we don't have to tell you to be careful around that magic business," Fukasaku said.

Naruto nodded. "Kurama already got to that."

Fukasaku nodded. "Good," he said. "That old fox'll be able to give you some good advice on how to deal with that magic business. Better than I could, anyway. I'll send you back now. Don't want to be wastin' any more time than we already have." Fukasaku made the hand seals, and Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Alphonse nearly fell off his seat as Naruto reappeared suddenly.

Sakura sighed. "What did they want this time?" she asked.

"They just wanted to tell me to be careful around magic, y'know," he said.

"You missed out on introductions," Sasuke said.

"Sorry," Naruto apologized.

"Oh yes, you need to take one of these," said Dumbledore, holding a small golden pendant. "It has a permanent translation spell as well as other enchantments that will allow you to enter the castle grounds as well as see magical creatures."

Naruto took it from him and put it on.

Dumbledore smiled. "Good, now that we're ready, it's time to go to Hogwarts." He held out his hands. "If you'd please take my hands, the quickest way to get there is to apparate."

The all took his hands, and the feeling of twisting appeared again. After a couple of seconds of nauseating travel, they landed in a small town with a bang.

"God I hate that," Jerso mumbled.

"You said it," Zampano replied.

"Welcome to Hogsmeade," Dumbledore said. "This is unfortunately the closest I could get to Hogwarts itself with all of you. But there is a carriage nearby, and the weather is rather lovely, if I may say, so a short walk would be nice. And Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Kiba; I'd advise putting those masks of yours on sooner rather than later."

The young ninja did as he advised, and lucky they did, because just after they did, an old man walked out of the nearest tavern.

"Albus," the man called, "This is the new teacher, I suppose?"

"You are correct, Aberforth," Dumbledore replied. "Meet Alphonse Elric, our new alchemy teacher."

Aberforth shook his head. "You must be crazy if you've hired a muggle to teach here.

"You aren't too far behind either," Dumbledore replied merrily.

Aberforth shook his head and walked back inside.

"Well," said Dumbledore, "shall we continue?"

As they walked over to the carriage, Alphonse asked "What can I expect from my classes?"

"Well," Dumbledore said, "Each class is made of a mixture of two of the houses, and each class is a different year. You'll get your schedule along with the rest of the staff tomorrow. Classes start the first of September, but the staff is supposed to be there by the eleventh of August."

"So I'm guessing the reason why we're here a whole day early is so that we can get familiar with the grounds?" Alphonse asked.

"Precisely," Dumbledore beamed at him.

"Jerso, Zampano, what are you two going to do?" Alphonse asked them.

"We'll probably just stick with you," Zampano said.

"It's not like we'll have much better to do," Jerso added.

"What are we going to do?" Kiba asked.

"Your main job is to keep Alphonse safe, so at least one of you has to be close to him at all times," Dumbledore began. "But aside from that you can do whatever you want. Wander the grounds, sit in on a lecture, mingle with the students, it's all your preference."

They reached the carriage, which had a black skeletal horse harnessed to it.

"What is that!?" Alphonse exclaimed in horror. "Is it some sort of chimaera!?"

"I don't know what a chimaera is," Sasuke commented, "but that thing is quite the… something."

"That," said Dumbledore with a sad look, "is a Thestral. They are very friendly animals, but unfortunately are on the brink of extinction due to the fact that they can only be seen by people who have seen death. It makes them hated against."

"It's quite sad then, isn't it," Sakura said. "To be seen only by people who've seen the worst kind of sadness, only to be greeted with hatred."

"Yeah it is," Naruto muttered.

They got into the carriage which began the ride to the school. Throughout the whole thing, there was an awkward silence hanging in the air, which none of them could seem to break. Occasionally someone would try to break it with some small talk, but the silence would fade back in. Eventually, they could see the outline of a castle jutting through the clouds.

"Is that it?" Alphonse asked.

"It's huge," Kiba said.

"The natural energy is really thick here," Naruto muttered to himself, "you can see it swirling through the air."

The path got steep for a bit, but it evened out pretty quickly. They neared a large gate, and Dumbledore motioned to them. "The carriage can't go any farther," he said. "Now we walk."

They walked up to the front doors, which Dumbledore opened with a dramatic sweep of his wand. "Welcome to Hogwarts," he announced.

They walked into the main hall, where a stern looking woman was waiting for them. "Hello Albus," she said. "Glad you could make it, there were some problems with getting the barriers in place for the stone."

"I'm sure you got them all in just fine without me."

The woman frowned. "Not quite," she said. "Fluffy is not very patient and tries to constantly escape and run around the castle."

As if on cue, a large howl sounded from the upstairs.

The woman sighed. "There he goes again," she said.

"If I may, I would like to handle this," Kiba interjected, "this sounds just like my kind of thing.

The woman stared at the people gathered behind Dumbledore. "Are you sure about that?" she asked.

Kiba nodded. "Akamaru and I will show that mutt its place," he grinned.

"Are you sure about this Albus," the woman asked.

"Of course I am, Minerva," Dumbledore responded. "These are the new guards."

Minerva sighed. "Alright then," she said. "Follow me." She led them up to the third floor, where a giant three-headed dog was prowling around. It growled as it saw them approach.

Kiba stepped forward. "Alright Akamaru," he said. "Are you ready?" Akamaru barked in confirmation and the braced themselves. "Alright, let's do this! Transformation: Three-Headed Wolf!" he shouted. There was a burst of smoke, and Kiba and Akamaru had been replaced with a giant three headed dog that looked like Akamaru. The giant dog growled at Fluffy, and Fluffy slunk back into his room, where he layed down and whimpered.

In a burst of smoke, Kiba and Akamaru were back to their original selves. "Piece of cake," he smirked. Akamaru barked. "Yeah, he wasn't that big of deal," Kiba agreed.

With a flourish of his wand, Dumbledore closed and locked the doors to Fluffy's room. "Impressive," he clapped.

"Yes, I do believe that you've made the right choice with them, Albus," Minerva commented.

"That was something," Alphonse said in awe.

"Oh yes," Minerva said if she'd forgotten something. "You are Mr. Elric, I presume?"

Alphonse nodded. "Yes I am," he said.

"Good," Minerva said curtly. "If you'd follow me, I will show you to your classroom."

Alphonse nodded and followed her. This was going to be the start of an interesting year.

A/N:

So, what did you think? Please tell me. I really like it when you tell me how I did. Also constructive criticism is very highly appreciated. It makes me very happy. But no flames please. A few questions: What do you think of my choice for the guards? How do you think everybody will get along? Please review and I'll see you all later.