Title: Molten

Rating: Rated T.

Pairings: None.

Genre: Hurt/Comfort.

Summary: Insignificant, adjective. Meaning too small or unimportant to be worth consideration. Edward realised he was this a long time ago. Maybe this time, though, he wouldn't be. Linear and drabble-esque.

Author's Note: Any questions regarding the story can be asked via PM or review.

Beta: N/A - Help wanted.

Warnings: Language, blood/gore, and violence.

Category: Fullmetal Alchemist and Harry Potter crossover.

Uploaded: February 22nd, 2013

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"I doubt you'll be able to," the professor chuckled. "I'm a bit surprised at your reaction time, though."

"I told you were we in a war recently, didn't I?" Roy muttered, standing up.

Edward looked at the situation, mumuring under his breath towards the people behind him. "Winry, Teacher, Al, get ready. Something's gonna happen."

"Are you sure?" Alphonse asked. "He's hesitating, so -"

"Alphonse," Winry whispered, poking him. "This professor doesn't seem like the nicest person."

Alphonse shifted slightly, but nodded. "I suppose he's not, is he?"

"Shh," Izumi hushed, looking towards Roy. "Something's happening."

The four looked over to see Roy bringing his hand up once more.

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Snape curled his upper lip slightly.

"What is it, Professor?" McGonagall inquired.

"Nothing," Severus replied. "Just some personal business."

Minerva raised one of her eyebrows, putting her knife and fork down. "Is there anything I can do?"

"No," Snape responded. "Would you perhaps know where the Headmaster is?"

"Professor Dumbledore?" Minerva asked. "The last I heard, he's taking care of some business in Diagon Alley. Why?"

Snape ignored her question and stabbed a piece of pre-cut steak.

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"We just want to leave, you know," Roy mumbled. "If you'd stop the needless violence, we'll go peacefully."

"You wouldn't break into Gringotts without a reason," Dumbledore replied. "You must have something that this grand bank held."

"Yeah, we have something from here," Edward interrupted, walking up to Roy. "A cup with an affiliation to Voldemort, in fact."

"Voldemort?" Dumbledore questioned. "What do you plan to do with that?"

"Destroy it, of course," Ed smirked, rolling his eyes.

"You can't destroy a Horcrux that easily," Dumbledore said. "I could destroy it, if you -"

"Like the same way you 'destroyed' that Philosopher's Stone?" Roy asked angrily. "We have our own ways of 'destroying' souls."

"With this alchemy?" Dumbledore inquired, eyebrows raised.

"Human Transmutation, to be exact," Ed replied. "And if we find the scattered Stones, we can do it safely."

Dumbledore lowered his wand. "You appear to have a common goal."

"Common goal?" Roy asked. "Our goal is to go home."

"Then a common stepping stone," Dumbledore concluded. "We can work together, you know."

"We don't need your help," Edward scoffed. "We're leaving. If you follow us, we won't hesitate to attack you."

Dumbledore hummed and stepped out of the way.

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Snape stepped into the fireplace, throwing down the Floo Powder and shouting as the green flames embraced him. After being squished, squeezed, pulled, and pushed, he finally half-stumbled out of the fireplace (though he'd never admit it) and into the pub where the last of the wizards were finally coming out of the marketplace and Minisitry of Magic workers struggling to get in.

Striding over towards the doorway and beginning to walk through the street, Snape took in the large amount of smoke in the distance and the small running figures turning the corner.

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Dumbledore emerged from the rubble with his wand in hand, swishing it around and clearing away loose debris. He walked out onto the street before straightening his glasses, eyes twinkling. Severus, who had just walked up, looked at him oddly.

"What happened?" he asked.

"We gained a potential ally."

"A potential ally?" Snape inquired.

"Yes," Albus responded. "They're after the pieces of his soul."

"The werewolf?" Snape asked, surprised.

"Him and his companions from Amestris, yes."

"Amestris? It's real, then?"

"An alternate world," Dumbledore chuckled. "Part of it, anyway."

"That would explain the language barrier," Severus muttered, then grew louder. "But how did they come here?"

"Like how we have magic, they have alchemy. Alchemy, however, isn't kept a secret from normal people." Dumbledore laughed lightly. "It's quite intriguing. They were also mentioning the Philosopher's Stone like the one Nicholas used."

"Nicholas Flamel," Snape murmured. "The alchemist, huh? Speaking of which, the Dark Lord needs new information."

"Meet in my office tomorrow morning," Dumbledore said, looking at the evening sky. "I'll tell you what we can do."

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"Has he responded yet?" Voldemort quiered.

"N-no, my lord," Wormtail replied. "He said that after the attack in Diagon Alley, Dumbledore hasn't been letting him out of his sight."

Does Dumbledore suspect him, then? Voldemort wondered. If he does, I will have to dispose of him if his benefits become meaningless. It'd be a shame – he's so... devoted...

"Very well. You are dismissed."

Wormtail gave a low bow before exiting the room.

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"Was that really wise?" Winry inquired, looking at Roy.

"It's better than fighting," he answered. "Besides, it's not like we'll get penalised for lying here."

"Even so, it doesn't sit right," Winry huffed. Roy chuckled slightly.

"I still can't believe you didn't just burn him," Edward muttered. "There was so much anticipation, too!"

"As immature as ever, Fullmetal."

"Shut up."

"That's kind of rude, Brother," Alphonse chasticised. "They did manage to come here."

"By the way, what was that about scattered Stones?" Roy asked.

"The Stones we brought here were way too much payment, so the Truth decided to scatter them across the general location," Izumi said. "In other words, we need to find those now, too."

"Wonderful," Roy murmured. "Anyway," he continued, raising his voice, "you've found the first Horcrux, yes?"

"It's technically not the first," Alphonse responded. "There were two others that were previously destroyed."

"So we have to find three more?" Winry asked.

"Seems that way. From what I've heard," Edward continued, "then we have to go after the original soul, too."

"The original? You mean Voldemort himself?" Izumi questioned.

Edward nodded. "We have to destroy that one, too."

"Killing him, in other words," Alphonse whispered quietly, answering the silent question.

The group of five said no more, continuing to relax on the train towards a more remote part of London.

(Section Break)

"Are you sure?" Severus asked softly. Dumbledore nodded gravely. "If you're certain, then," Snape sighed. He raised his wand and swiftly snapped it in two, sparks flying everywhere. "As requested, I will leave Great Britain until you deem it safe."

"Thank you, Severus," Albus said warmly. "I feel best with you out of Voldemort's reach. If I recall correctly, his spell cannot reach you if you're both out of the original casting's general area and under wards."

"I certainly hope that's the case," Snape muttered dryly. "If not, well, you know what happens."

"Have a little faith in me, Severus."

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"Now that we're here, what do we do?" Izumi asked, hopping off the train with a swift jump.

"We're looking for Stones. We're also looking for Slytherin's Locket." Edward sighed, hoisting some luggage off the train. "If I had known this would have happened, I would have asked you to not bring those Stones along."

"It's not like we had a choice," Winry replied indignantly. "You'd been gone for a long time!"

"It's actually been much, much longer for us, Winry," Alphonse said quietly. "A few months short of a year. At first, neither of us could even speak the language here. We were thrust into a world, unprepared for anything at all. I sacrificed my leg to come here."

"But you have your leg," Winry said, confused. "And why would you even do that?!"

"I admit, it was a bit stupid of me," Alphonse giggled, rubbing the back of his head. "It doesn't mean I didn't lose my leg. Rather, the wizards here have remarkable medical skills. They were able to grow it back and have it fully functioning in about a month."

"W-what the -?" Winry stuttered. 'You mean that you actually lost your leg, then regrew it?"

"It hurt, but yes," Al smiled. "You seem surprised."

"That'd be an understatement," Roy muttered, though was a tad surprised himself. "I'm assuming this is just a magic thing?"

"Potions, actually," Edward replied. "You need magic to brew the potions correctly, though. We could always get some potions for that if you'd like."

"That may be useful," Izumi inputted, clutching her stomach.

"It has a nasty side effect, though," Alphonse murmured. "It doesn't feel like it's yours."

"You mean like with automail?" Winry inquired.

"No, like you have a fully functioning piece of flesh attatched to you rather then a leg." Alphonse squeezed his eyes shut. "It's worth it, though."

So selfless, Roy thought. "We should go."

"Where, though?" Edward asked. "None of us can track a Horcrux."

"This was your idea, pipsqueak," Roy taunted. "However, I'm beginning to wonder myself."

"Perhaps there's a spell or something?" Izumi suggested. Edward shook his head.

"No, there's definitely not," Ed muttered. "We'll need to go information hunting."

"How so?" Alphonse asked.

Edward smirked. "One of us needs to go undercover, little brother."

"You mean -?"

"Yup," he grinned devilishly. "One of us is gonna become a Death Eater."

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Snape sighed as he packed his bags. He nodded curtly to the Deputy Headmistress on his way out.

"Where are you going?" she asked.

"Away on personal business."

Minerva made a humming noise in the back of her throat before stepping out of his way. "Stay in good health," she murmured.

Unlikely, Snape thought crudely.

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"You can't be serious, Fullmetal," Roy muttered, bringing a hand up to his face. "How'd you get to that conclusion?"

"Well, I didn't mean actually get the weird tattoo thing," Edward huffed. "There's a potion that turns you into a perfect replica of anyone if you have their biological data, be it hair or skin or anything. It takes a while to brew, but for the right price, it can be bought quickly. It lasts and hour and is almost foolproof."

"Who's going to do it, though?" Winry asked, looking thoughtful. "I doubt I'd be very good at this."

"Does Voldemort have descriptions on us is the real question," Izumi muttered. "Any of our habits. Even if he doesn't, replicating someone's personality can be very, very tricky."

"Especially since they're our enemies," Alphonse sighed. "How are we going to do this?"

"No worries," Edward laughed. "I have a plan."

"And that would be?" Roy asked.

"Well, you know how there's a list of known Death Eaters?" Edward asked. Al nodded. "Well, we can't just turn into one of those, now can we? It's suspicious."

"I suppose it would be," Winry noted, "but how do we know who is a Death Eater?"

"There was one kid at Hogwarts named Malfoy," Edward continued, "real ass. He kept bragging about his father for some reason, and I got curious." He grinned. "His father's known for sucking up to Ministry. Why? He does it because it helps them overlook his deeds, there being no need to dig into his past. In other words, he's a real suspicious one."

"You want to steal DNA from a rich guy?" Izumi summed up.

"Precisely. An evil rich guy."

"You're real weird, you know that?" Winry muttered.

"Don't even talk to me about weird, automail freak."

Winry growled and threw a wrench at his head.

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"He lives here?" Alphonse wondered aloud. The mansion was extravagant, white, and the complete opposite of "death."

"Yeah, him and the fancy peacock," Edward murmured irritably, looking at the albino bird. "Who the hell has something like that?"

"In any case," Izumi interrupted, "we need to go inside and find him."

"Like hell we do," Edward replied confidently, slapping his hands together. Alphonse sighed.

"Brother," he scolded, holding a hand to his head.

"It's fine, it's fine!" Edward said back, dropping his hands to the ground and lighting the surrounding area blue.

"Fullmetal, we might be alerting someone doing this," Roy inputted. "Be on guard."

"I know."

His words, however, were almost lost in the sound of crashing rubble and alarmed shouts.

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Lucius Malfoy had been having a bad day.

When he had gone to the Ministry that morning, the Minister had been busy and couldn't meet with him. After that, he discovered someone had been attempting to savatoge his vault. And, after that, he came home only for there to be a message from the Dark Lord saying that someone was attacking Diagon Alley under his name without his permission. If that wasn't bad enough, the Dark Lord then said that the men attacking it were looking for something of his and he would need a place to stay. Lucius, of course, quickly offered his home (how could he not?) and was told that the Dark Lord would arrive tomorrow.

And then, of course, right after he had finally started relaxing by the fire with some tea, his house started shaking and began crumbling down around him. He heard his wife and house elves screaming in terror as it began collapsing in on itself. Yes, he was very fed up, which was why he didn't even begin to suspect that his house collapsing was just a freak accident. No, he wanted someone to blame, which was why when he stormed out of his house with a thunderous expression on his face and his wand in his hand, he didn't think twice about casting the spell Crucio as he spotted people. That was also the reason why he was then hit in the face by a wrench and then kicked in the gut by a man with bright, shining molten eyes. Him fighting back was also the reason that another man with black hair snapped his fingers (which, in his esteemed opinion, seemed fairly stupid the moment he had performed the action) and his ruined house was then lit on fire. That was why, when he was so furious that he forgot about the two others there and cast another Crucio at the blonde girl (who fell down screaming), he didn't expect a skinny blonde boy to punch him in the neck. And then in the chest. And then kick in the shins. It was also why he didn't expect the woman that he didn't notice to walk up to him and proceed to violently beat him up using Muggle methods.

Yes, it was a very bad day indeed. Not to mention that after they got a little bit of his blood, they knocked him out and left. It was even worse when he woke up and thought that they were just after his pure blood instead of DNA.

And, on top of all that, his master was coming tomorrow.

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"Damn bastard," Edward growled as his carefully handled Winry's limp form.

"He hit her with a curse, didn't he?" Alphonse asked, helping Edward lay her down on a bed in the inn they were currently staying at after transmuting a bit of gold and exchanging it for cash at a thrift shop.

"The torture curse, in fact," Ed muttered, putting a hand on her forehead. "She seems to be doing better, but she has a fever. I'm surprised it wore off so quickly."

"It's probably because we knocked him unconscious," Roy said, walking up with a wet towel. "We got the DNA, so all we need to do is find the potion, yes?"

"I'm not sure it's the best idea with Winry out cold," Alphonse stated uncertainly. "Then again, I don't want her in danger."

"I'm sure she'll be fine if we leave her here with a note," Izumi responded, taking her heartbeat. "As far as I can tell, she just needs to rest it off. We'll leave her here with some food in the small fridge in the kitchen."

"Are you sure?" Al asked.

"It'll be fine, Al," Edward inputted. "Winry may not look like much, but she's such a hothead that she'd just get mad at us for taking care of her or something. Besides, I don't want her to get hurt and cry."

"Yeah, I guess so."

"Either way," Roy interrupted, "we need to get the potion. I doubt normal potion stores would sell this one. Not to mention that the normal potions store is probably closed."

"We can always go to Knockturn Alley," Edward muttered, thinking. "It's a lot more shady, so they'll probably have it. Who knows, there might even be another Stone there.'

"Another Stone?" Izumi inquired. "You mean -?"

"Yeah," Edward grinned, pulling a small vial of red liquid out of his pocket. "There was one at the house."

"Where?" Roy questioned.

"In the man's pocket, actually," Edward replied, grin fading a little bit. "That might be a problem. If they've been picked up, Voldemort may already have some."

"That would be bad," Izumi murmured. "They may not be alchemists, but it could empower their magic."

"That is worrisome," Roy said quietly. "We need to find them quickly."

Edward nodded.

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In response to Guest:Wow, I didn't know I did it that often. I had planned something out for the whole werewolf thing, but I (also) didn't know no one's played that much on the idea. Logically, it makes sense. Edward's eyes are unnaturally golden and the fact that I made him disappear on every full moon to keep up appearances would give someone the assumption, now wouldn't it? Besides, I only did it so that Edward and Alphonse would have an excuse to go out of the castle about once a month or so.

Not even gonna lie – I have no excuse (coughcough yesido). I got pink eye, then an eyelid infection, and now I have a dreadful cold... I also was trying to work my way through One Piece, then I got caught up writing a chapter for TES... Meh. In any case, thanks fo' reading and stuff.

(Did I ever mention I love this story more than TES? Because every time I get an alert for this story, I smile in pride because I came up with this and did everything by myself without anyone's help god damn it I can fucking do shit myself [please excuse my language].)

I have a friend over too and can't get to the computer. I'm on it currently due to my friend playing Oukami. Great game, by the way.

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