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Chapter 25- Manganese

Edward

Edward looked out the window at the passing countryside and sighed. He looked over to see Al writing something down in his food journal and a wave of sadness followed by fierce determination washed over him. Ron, Hermione, and Harry were all talking about their other classes as they ate some food they had purchased off a trolley that had just stopped by.

Ed looked back out the window and thought about what had happened this morning.

McGonagall had told them that someone would pick them up at the train station to take them to the Order. Ed was a little happy that he and Al would be going by train, as that was something he sort of missed from Amestris. Even though some of the rides were long and boring, and the seats weren't the most comfortable thing ever, it was nice to watch the country pass by the window as they headed off to their next destination.

Al and him had packed his suitcase and Al gathered some of the journals they were working on, along with some of their reference books. They two brothers headed down, following most of the students to the train station. Once they boarded, the Elric brothers quickly procured a cabin and Al put their stuff away.

Both sat down and Ed smiled at his younger brother. "Feels good to be back on a train, huh Al?"

Al nodded. "I don't think we've ever stayed in one place this long since you got your certification."

"Yeah...feels like we've been here forever and not at all at the same time."

"Yeah, but I like it here Brother. The kids in the DA are all really nice to me and there is so much to read in their library!"

Ed chuckled a bit and said, "Yeah, this place is pretty nice considering all the craziness it comes with."

"All of them are full!" Ed heard Ron exclaim and he saw the trio stop by their compartment.

"Oh, hello Professor Edward, Alphonse," Hermione greeted.

"You guys need a place to sit?" Ed asked.

Ron nodded eagerly and Hermione looked over at Edward and asked "If it's alright with you both?"

Ed and Al both nodded and the trio came inside. Hermione sat next to Alphonse and Harry and Ron sat next to Edward.

"Thank you Professor, and Alphonse," Harry said.

"So where are you guys going home?" Ron asked. "Thought you'd both be back at the castle."

"We were going to, but then Headmaster Dumbledore offered us a place to stay during the holiday," Alphonse stated.

"Where?" Hermione asked, intrigued.

Ed pondered telling them about the Order of the Phoenix and decided to go with it. "With some order of his...I don't know where though."

All three eyes go a bit wide.

"A-an order?" Hermione asked, a look of utter shock on her face.

"Yeah...do you three know about it?" Ed asked, noting their expressions.

"What did Professor Dumbledore tell you?" Ron asked.

"Just that this order works to fight that Voldy-guy."

"Dumbledore asked you to join the order!?" Harry exclaimed and Hermione shushed him quickly.

"He made an offer, and I take it you three know about it."

"Why would he ask you!?" Harry exclaimed and Ed frowned a bit.

"Why? Cause I'm in the military and Al and I are both very good alchemists and fighters. And besides, we don't even know if we're gonna join the damn thing. So why are you getting all worked up about it?"

Hermione gave him an apologetic look. "The Order hasn't been very upfront with us and keeping us informed of what's going on. Harry wanted to join, but wasn't allowed."

A look of realization crossed Ed's face. "And since I'm about the same age as him, he's pissed... got it."

"I'm not-" Harry started to protest but Ed raised his hand.

"Look, I don't know much about the situation here. But I'd like to know more. The Order is the best way of getting that information. Al and I discussed it and we're only meeting with them. We are going to wait and see if we want to even join. But they are right to keep you kids out of it. Even though you three are the most experienced probably out of our little DA group, you still aren't ready to get out there and fight."

"But Professor!"

"Harry," Ed said in a very serious tone. "I know you've had to fight this guy before, but you can't go out there unprepared. Use this time to prepare. Get better. Learn how to fight and protect yourself and those you care about so when the time comes and you can join, you'll be more than ready."

Harry seemed to digest this and nodded. "Okay..you're right."

Ed smiled a bit and leaned back in his seat. "I usually am."

Al groaned a bit and pulled out one of Flamel's journals and began to read through it. The train soon pulled out of the station and they were on their way.

Ed smiled a bit and pulled out his travel log and wrote a few notes down and soon saw they were coming up on the station.

"We're almost there," Hermione stated and soon the train was coming to a stop in a crowded station.

Edward pulled his suitcase down from the top shelf and saw that the trio was gathering their things as well and getting ready to leave. The trio had told the brothers that they were staying with the Order, which was a little shocking but Ed accepted it none the less. It definitely helped clarify some things with the trio and made some sense when he thought about it.

They all disembarked from the train and made their way through the crowd. Ginny, Fred, and George found them as well and followed them through the crowded platform.

Ed saw that a red haired woman who looked a little like Ginny was standing on the platform waving at them. Next to her was a woman with dark, twinkling eyes, a pale, heart-shaped face and short spiky hair which was a bright shade of pink.

The red haired woman and the pink haired one came towards them and the red haired one started hugging all the Weasley children and Harry and Hermione.

"Professor Edward, this is my mum. Mum, this is our Alchemy Professor and his brother."

"Pleasure to meet you, Professor. I'm Molly Weasley."

Ed put up his hand. "Edward is fine. And this is my younger brother Alphonse."

"Hello," Al waved.

Molly turned to the woman beside her and said, "This is Nymphadora Tonks."

"Nice to meet you."

The woman's hair then changed colors from bright pink to a flaming red as the woman glared at Molly and Ed's eyes went wide. Tonks then turned her attention back to Ed and Al "It's just Tonks"

"How did you do that?!" he and Al exclaimed.

She looked a little confused at this but quickly stated "I'm a Metamorphmagus. I can change parts of my appearance."

"But how?!" Ed pressed.

"Magic," she replied.

Ed groaned and rubbed his temple with his free hand. "But- you know what...I'm done."

Al sighed and put his hand on Ed's shoulder. "It's alright Brother."

Ed groaned and looked to a confused Molly and Tonks. "Let's just get going."

Fred and George laughed a bit and smiled at Ed's reaction to magic.

Mrs. Weasley nodded and quickly led them out of the train station, through a freaking brick wall, which caused Ed to curse very loudly. That made Tonks smirk a bit and Molly mortified.

The two women led the group to a secluded alley where Tonks stated that it was a portkey. Ed groaned a bit cause he knew the sensation was not the most pleasant one but they all grabbed on and next thing they knew, they were in front a row of homes.

"Here we are," Tonks announced and handed Ed and Al a small slip of paper as Mrs. Weasley helped Ron, Hermione, and Harry grab their things and lead them towards the houses.

Ed looked at the slip of paper handed to him and Alphonse looked over his shoulder.

The Order of the Phoenix can be found at #12 Grimmauld Place

"What the hell is this supposed-"

Ed was cut off from his little rant when a new building slid into place, between the other two.

"To...be..."

Tonks smirked at Ed's shocked expression and walked up to the door, along with Mrs. Weasley, Harry, Hermione, and Ron.

"How do you think they did that Brother?"

Ed sighed and said "Probably some crazy ass spell that if I look into won't make any scientific sense."

"Probably."

Ed sighed and he and Al walked up to the building where Tonks held the door open for them.

Inside, Ed noticed the state of the house was drab and gloomy. It looked like it hadn't been well taken of in years.

"Come on in," Mrs. Weasley said, ushering them in. "I made you all supper. So sit down and Tonks will take your things to your rooms."

"We got ours Mum." The twins said together. "Yeah, we have some work to do as well, right George?"

"Right Fred." he nodded.

Fred and George then apparated to their rooms and Mrs. Weasley jumped a bit. "You don't have to use magic for everything you know!" she then sighed and looked back at the Elric brothers. "Sorry about them. They're so eager to use magic for everything."

Ed heard his stomach growl but he looked at Al he said. "Oh well.. It's fine Mrs. Weasley. And I can take our things to our room."

"Are you sure dear?"

Al nodded, "I had a big breakfast and the portkey made me a bit nauseous."

"Oh, well then if you get your appetite back then let me know and I'll fix you something."

Al nodded and Tonks lead him up the stairs while levitating Harry, Ron, and Hermione's things. Harry was looking around and was beaming when a tall dark haired man approached and hugged him.

"Harry! It's so good to see you!" he said.

"Sirius!" Harry exclaimed and hugged the man. Ed could easily tell that Harry and him were close, and wondered how they were related or knew each other.

Sirius then looked over at Ed and he looked apprehensive. "You're Edward Elric I presume?"

Ed nodded and extended his right hand. "My younger brother Alphonse is putting out things away and turning in for the night."

Sirius nodded and shook Ed's hand. "Well I'm happy you both are staying with us."

Ed still wondered what relation he had with Harry but decided to ask that later.

Mrs. Weasley ushered them all to the dining table and placed a lot of food in front of them. All of it smelled and looked delicious and Ed quickly dug in, not really have eaten all day.

"This is really delicious, Mrs. Weasley." Ed said after clearing his second helping of Shepherd's pie.

"Why thank you dear. You must have been awfully hungry though."

Ed nodded. "Yeah, I usually am."

Mrs. Weasley smiled and both she and Sirius started talking to Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Hermione about different things at school.

"So...Professor, since you're staying with us during the holiday..."Ron started and Ed put up his hand. "Just call me Ed or Edward, Ron. We aren't in school and it feels weird here."

Ron nodded and continued. "So Edward...since you're staying here, I wanted to ask why you or your brother didn't go home."

Ed shrugged. "Dumbledore gave us the offer to stay here and if I went home I'd have to go on missions again."

"But wouldn't you be able to take a break?" Harry asked. Tonks came back down and sat beside Molly.

"No breaks in the military, Harry. Gotta keep moving."

"So it's true...you are in the military," Tonk said and Sirius nodded. "For how long?"

Ed nodded. "Have been for three years."

"How'd you do it? Dumbledore said it was cause you're an alchemist."

Ed smirked. "That's right. I'm a State Alchemist with the Amestrian military. They didn't have an age rule for the test so I was able to get in."

"And your brother didn't join?" she asked.

Ed shook his head. Alphonse was more than capable of joining, but the physical beforehand had prevented that. "No..he's a great alchemist but we decided he shouldn't join."

Mrs. Weasley nodded. "Why did you?"

Ed looked down and sighed. "There was something I had to do."

Mrs. Weasley gave him a sympathetic smile and Hermione quickly changed the subject to some exams they had to take that year.

Edward continued to eat and Mrs. Weasley asked him "Do you like being a professor Edward?"

Ed shrugged a bit "It wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be, to be honest."

"He's a good teacher though," Hermione beamed and Ed chuckled a bit. "Flattery won't raise your grades Hermione."

Hermione blushed a bit and exclaimed "I wasn't trying to Edward!"

Ed laughed a bit and waved his hand. "Just joking Hermione."

She rolled her eyes and they all finished eating.

"Would you like some dessert Edward? I made some chocolate cake."

Ed nodded "Sure. No milk though."

Mrs. Weasley looked a little confused but nodded and served them all a slice, but gave everyone else a glass of milk as well.

"I'm just so happy you're all home for the holidays." she said.

Ed finished his dessert and nodded, his mind wandering to Resembool. He and Al always liked the winter solstice festival when they were kids. There were fireworks and treats, and bonfires. It was usually a pretty fun time. But they hadn't really celebrated over the past few years. But they would sometimes take part in the festivities in whichever part of the country they were in.

"I was told you don't celebrate Christmas, Edward."

Ed snapped out of his thoughts and nodded. "We have something similar in Amestris. It's the Winter Solstice festival. Lots of feasting and fireworks and bonfires."

Mrs. Weasley nodded. "Well I'm happy you're spending the holidays with us. You and your brother."

Ed smiled a bit and knew that he liked Mrs. Weasley. She was sweet and very caring.

But then, Ed heard a door slam and he jumped a bit, his hands moving to clap. A man with a crazy swirling eye and staff came into the dining room.

"Mad-Eye!" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed. "I didn't know you were coming a day early."

"Dumbledore told me there were two others joining us so I came by," he said, the other eye focusing on Edward as he glared at the young alchemist.

Ed returned the strange man's glare.

"Oh, well Mad-Eye, this is Edward Elric. He's the alchemy professor at Hogwarts and will be staying here over the holiday."

He made a sort of grunt and Ed smirked a bit. "It's Major Edward Elric of the Amestris military. Otherwise known as the Fullmetal Alchemist."

Molly's eyes go a tiny bit wide as Ed listed all of his titles, as did Tonks and Sirius's.

"Fullmetal? Is that because of your metal limbs?"

Ed scowls and clenches his fists. "How the hell do you know about them old man?"

Mad-Eye smirks "Wouldn't you like to know?"

Ed growls and grinds his teeth "Well Dumbledore probably told you since he already knows about my automail."

"Automail?" Mrs. Weasley questioned.

Ed looked at her and said "I thought Dumbledore would have told you, but..."

He removed his right glove and showed off the shiny metal. "It's a armored prosthetic for my arm and leg."

"And why would you need them?" Mad-Eye questioned.

"I lost my limbs in an accident. What about you?" he challenges, seeing the missing eye and leg. "Care to share your story?"

Mad-Eye glared at him and Ed smirked a bit as he put his glove back on.

"Mad-Eye. Edward and his brother Alphonse are here as guests of Dumbledore. Remember that."

"Where is your brother anyway?" Mad-Eye asked.

"He's up in our room. Was tired from the train ride today and decided to turn in early." Ed replied smoothly.

Mad-Eye grumbled a bit and replied. "Very convenient."

"I'd say it isn't since you seem so suspicious of us," he countered as he crossed his arms. "But I'm pretty tired as well so if you're done with your interrogation I'll be going to bed."

"I'll show you to your room," said, smiling at Ed and then shooting Mad-Eye a look.

Ed followed her up the stairs and to his room. Mrs. Weasley wished him and Al goodnight before Ed walked over to one of the two beds in the room and sat down.

"How was dinner, Brother?"

"Good. Mrs. Weasley is a good cook."

"Maybe when we come back after I get my body back she can make some stuff for me."

Ed nodded "Yeah, sure."

He pulled off his red coat, boots, pants, and black jacket. He then laid down and put his hands behind his head. "So...what do you think of this place so far Al?"

"It seems nice. I like Mrs. Weasley."

Ed nodded. "There was a guy from the Order that stopped by. I don't like him."

Al sighed and looked at his older brother. "Brother, you can't just hate people who comment on your height."

"It wasn't that!" Ed exclaimed and glared at Al. "But he gave me this look...he doesn't trust us."

"And that's a bad thing? He just met you."

"No...I just got a feeling. Be careful around him Al. He's got this weird eye and I got the feeling he could see my automail despite it being covered."

Al nodded and said "Okay. I'll be careful."

Ed sighed and pulled the blankets over him. "Night Al."

"Goodnight Brother."

Ed then closed his eyes and let himself fall asleep.

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