Disclaimer: You know funny story, I seem to have misplaced my magic lamp at the moment; so I won't own either Harry Potter or Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (to those who don't know that's Fullmetal Alchemist in Japanese) until i find it again... So Sorry to disappoint.

Chapter 3

123 years.

Time and Truth had not been kind to the Xerxesian, but they hadn't been evil to him either. He was still the same on the outside, well, almost. When he had passed through The Gate he found pretty quickly that Truth agreed with the Bastard of a Führer about his height and had made some modifications to it… Namely, he now stood at a new and permanent height of 5' 10". He smiled grimly to himself when he remembered how the Gatekeeper had been scared of him when he had exploded about his height change. ("You ever insult my height like this again and I WILL carry out every single threat that I have ever made for insults on my height!)

"Are you get'n out or not sir?" the cab driver snapped pulling the blonde out of his revere.

"My Apologies, I'll will be on my way now." Ed tipped the cabby generously as he stepped out onto the pavement in front of a rundown tavern. A scowl lit his features when the cab purposely splashed him as it drove away from The Leaky Cauldron. The scowl turned to a grin when he saw that the street was clear, and after doing one more sweep of the street he clapped his hands softly and brushed them to the ground. His stance relaxed at the familiar hum of alchemy sang through his left arm and a crisp clean sent filled the air; the wolfish grin that had belonged to his late Sensei was in full view as he watched the cabby limp to the side of the side of the road. ( the cabby would be drunkenly complaining to his friends that night about how a spike of asphalt had somehow broken off and embedded itself in the rear tire)

A Butterbeer and a few death-glares later, (As a perfect Philosophers Stone he was rather good at it) Ed was being pointedly ignored in his little solitaire corner by the rest of the pub's occupants while he waited for his long time friend, as well as one of the first people he had meet in this crazy world to arrive.

"How are you Ed? What name do you go by these days?" a warm voice interrupted Ed's thoughts.

"Edward Hagane-no, Ricky; and here I was believing that you knew everything…" Ed teased shaking his head sadly at the headmaster.

He saw his reflection in the half moon glasses; the golden hair that was held tightly in a high ponytail, the youthful face of a 17 year-old, long flowing over coat that was a reverse of the one he wore in Amestris (a red Flamel on a black coat) the leather pants traded with black jeans and the black vest had vanished, the white gloves were black on the right one was his brother's seal embroidered in red and on the left was another red Flamel. What the reflection didn't show was the Flamel that Truth had branded onto the back of his neck, above a mock of Al's seal that lined up with where it had on his armor, and most defiantly not the blown up image of the transmutation circle used to create a Philosopher's Stone that engulfed his back; its counter circle seared into his right hip, nor the Alkahestry runes carved onto his calf. Now he understood what Hawkeye felt like, why she wanted it burned off; hell, he had tried, it grew back with the skin and could have sworn he heard Truth laughing at him. The one that tripped him up the most though was a human transmutation circle that wrapped around the remnants of his left leg above the automail, it was the very circle that had caused him and Al so much grief; the second worse was the Ouroboros that blended perfectly with his skin, right above his heart. As Truth had explained to him, he was like his father; he had a Philosopher's Stone but wasn't a Homunculus, but had branded him with an Ouroboros just to hold up his reputation as an asshole.

"If you insist on calling me Wulfric I'm afraid that that I must ask you to call me by the actual name instead of this muggle nick-name you devised from it. As for my knowing of everything, to the best of my knowledge that was, and has, always been your job Mr. Let's-go-overthrow-the-corrupt-government it has been far too long since I have last seen you."

"Now do you plan on answering my first question?" The newcomer's blue eyes took on that damn twinkle, especially saved for aggravating Ed.

"Did you see the cabby out there old man?" Ed shot back. It was true; over time he had mellowed his temper and had set out to gather as much information as he could. In place of his temper he had started to adopt the attitude of 'don't get mad, get even' and boy, had it worked wonders.

"Yes quite, the poor fellow seemed to be having an issue with that muggle invention of his… Oh, what was it called…? Right! A car! You don't happen to know anything about that right Mr. Hagane-no? Or should I refer to you as Professor Hagane-no?"

"You of all the people should know that I am not tolerant of the brats; Albus Percival Wulfric Dumbledore." He responded lazily. (Though he had flinched at the term muggle, he hated that word, it made them sound less than human, far too much like Ishval and Father, especially now that he had made a very good friend here.)

"So you did know, I figured you would; please Ed, you would only be an Assistant, you would fill in for missing teachers and tutor kids if asked to do so by the student otherwise you would be free to do whatever you want. Things have taken a steep turn for the worse, especially last year; I, no we, the whole wizarding world will fall without your skills, both combative and information gathering."

"Ricky, the reason I know everything is because I am acquainted with the best Fox there is."

It was true, when he had come through The Gate, Nicholas Flamel, a fellow alchemist, (though the Alchemy on this side of The Gate was very different seeing how it was magic based instead of science based. It was also less adaptable, seeing as Human Transmutation wasn't possible with it, had helped him acquaint himself with both the world and the wizarding world. Who would have known that Truth would actually have been nice enough to drop him off with someone who could actually help him...?

The tale of The Deathly Hollows had caused him to stumble upon the Immortal world later on(not that he would ever tell the wizards about that) and developed quite a surprising relationship with the Immortal of Death (Thanatos, he said was his favorite name, he incidentally was the one who had given the deathly hollows away and had gotten yelled at by Keres for getting drunk again) and Lady Death herself (she called herself Keres, not like the death spirits, the keres, they are more like her co-workers, she was much older than any of them). As Death, Keres could not have children of her own, which was something that broke her heart, so she had apparently decided enough was enough, during the Ishvalan massacre and had adopted a young Ishvalan boy named Tokala Ohanzee. In doing so she had broken many of the Ancient Laws about interfering with the mortal world by rescuing him from the dog cage that the military lab had kept him in for testing; as if he was an animal. In order to save him so that he wouldn't die of blood loss, she gave him her own blood; the trans-fusion had altered him quite permanently, making him immortal, giving him the ability to talk to the shadows as well as the dead, and altering his physical appearance to vaguely resemble his adopted mother: black streaks in his shaggy white hair and deathly white skin, his cheek bones took on a exotic slant and his red eyes were shaped like those of a wolf. (It was because of this as well as an agreement to have him follow a majority of the same laws that stopped her from getting in trouble for her actions.) The immortal teen was quite adept to both alchemy and Alkahestry; and sadly due to military alchemical experiments, could do both without a circle. With his Umbrakinesis there was very little information he couldn't get a hold of(he had no qualms about sharing, provided he only shared what the Laws allowed him too; with Ed; in turn Ed had discovered that he had helped quietly behind the scenes in the war against the Homunculus... After being freed) , and could travel back and forth between all the dimensions without a serious issue. (Being truth's adopted Nephew has some apparent perks...) He had been more than happy to play postal service for Ed and his friends on the other side of the Gate while they were still alive. Being the same age had only furthered their friendship and Ed considered him as another brother, and Tokala regarded him as the one he had lost to the Gate as payment during the experiments.

"Fox?"

"Informant, Ricky, and no he will not work directly with you, but if he finds out anything important he will pass it on." If he's allowed too...

"Ah… very well is that a yes?"

"Yeah, why not? Its not like I have anything better to do besides stopping genocidal megalomaniacs who want to be immortal."

Ed would never say it out loud but he was a little perturbed by how similar this 'Tommy-boy' as Tokala referred to him, was to Father. The main difference was that Father was much closer to his goal, and much more dangerous, then this 'Voldemort' ever would be. The fact that Father also had seven other almost completely immortal servants also had helped in the belittling of Tom Riddle. It also bothered him about how Ricky was keeping information from his so called "chosen one", Ed knew from experience that doing so would cause the boy much more pain, emotional and physical, later. Also it was much like how he had been with the Homunculus, had they had more information sooner, Hughes wouldn't have died. Never the less, by working at Hogwarts he could inform the teen on what was going on and perhaps it would be easier to destroy the Horcruxes if he could find out more about how they are created, and not just the overview and basics that Tokala had given him when he had first informed Ed of their existence. He knew that Ricky wouldn't approve of him telling the boy everything, so he didn't even bother to try to talk sense into his friend; after all Ricky made the decision out of morals, out of his sub-conscious desire to shield the student from the war, while Ed was more than aware that Ricky's good-willed intentions would either kill the boy or someone quite close to him. After all, there was no fairness and justice in war, no morals or heroism; just the cruel Truth and the Equivalency he brings.

The old man across from him smiled. "Well if you are ready to come now, then let's get going I would like you to spend the rest of the summer with my team, as well as the children. However there is a Fidelus Charm on the place so you might want to bring your 'fox' as you called him, with you?" He ended on a hopeful note.

"Nice try, but my 'Fox' will have no problem passing on information to me, no matter where I am." After all, wards didn't affect Umbrakinesis.

"Read this if you will." Ricky handed him a piece of paper.

Number Twelve Grimmuald Place

Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix

"Done?" Ed nodded. "Then let's go, I am well aware that you carry all your belongings around in that charmed travel bag of yours. I must hurry back as young Harry has gotten into some—" He was cut off by Ed.

"Trouble concerning a dementor attack under orders of a Delores Umbridge, and possible expulsion from your school for under age magic abuse." The Philosopher's Stone finished for him. "Well? What are you waiting for? Voldemort to win the noble Peace Prize?! Let's go!" Ed snapped at Ricky's stunned face.

"Right you are, I suppose this Fox of yours told you about that, though I was unaware that Madame Umbridge was the one who ordered it. It is concerning to say the least as I am sure you are aware that she is the DADA teacher this year that you will be working with." Ed nodded and with that they Apparated away.

A/N: I am SO SO SORRY about making you all wait so long I had severe writers block! This is only half of the chapter, I'm uploading it like this so that you have something from me till I finish it tomorrow. Also Tokala Ohanzee (Incidentally is Native American Tokala: Grey Fox Ohanzee: Shadow) is an OC, I personally do not like OC's in general unless they are very minor and are but there to A.) Fill in Gaps; or B.) help move the story along. he is there to do both and will most likely rarely, if ever appear in person, maybe just for the occasional prank or funny scene. Another Kinda OC who will probably never appear except for maybe once in their 7th year is my personification of Death, Keres. Yes I named her after the Female Greek Death spirits who carry of the bodies of the dead (children of Nyx and Erebus). The main reason that I added the Immortals at all is so that not all of his friends are in his head, also so that in future fanfictions I have more room to work with. (I plan on making several Crossovers with this Idea.)

I know Ed is way out of character, that is partly because I was struggling with the accent, partly because I intended too. Also I know that the telepathic thing didn't show yet... it will next chapter that will hopefully be up by tomorrow!

Thanks for the Patience! So sorry about the wait!

-Stormphase