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CHAPTER XXIX – Unknown Factors

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"That was the stupidest move anyone would have done!" Tony ranted and glared.

They were back in the hospital wing. They being Professors Snape and Flammel, students Ginny, Harry and Edward, parents Luka and Tony, Thor and lastly muggle Nick Fury. This time it was not Tony or Hermione or Draco in the hospital beds. It was Ginny, Fammel, Edward and Harry.

Harry lay resting with bandages bond tightly around his chest; a couple of his ribs did not like being bashed into the wall by a Basilisk's tail and broke in protest. Luka sat at his side lovingly combing her fingers through his messy dark hair.

And there were cards and candy on every surface nearby, but that was not the focus of Tony's attention and anger.

The receiving end of his verbal assaults attention and anger was a tall blond who has the power to smite the many times billionaire off the face of the earth.

The said tall blond had the grace to look sheepish in spite of being Thor. It was not wise to frighten a child especially a very powerful child. But that was what Thor did earlier down in the Chamber of Secrets.

When Snape struck and somehow bound Nick, Thor had advanced on Harry with all intention of taking the boy by force if necessary. Luka had moved to block him.

"Step aside, foolish woman; I only want the child." Thor rumbled.

"No, leave Harry alone! Take me instead! I beg of you-"

Hearing that triggered something deep in Harry's memory, he went white and dropped onto his knees screaming. Warned by wisdom from beyond, Harry's and Edward's familiars ducked for cover. And all hell broke loose.

With a suddenness that frightened everyone, a tsunami of wild magic power surged out of Harry, and everyone even Thor were thrown to the across the Chamber of Secrets. As Harry continued to scream his magic became wilder and started to attack everyone with not regards to age or gender.

Edward barely had time to alchemize up a wall to block off most the of the magic's assaults.

"Wh-what going on?" Nick gaped as Tony pulled him down behind Edward's wall.

"Accidentally magic, Harry has lost control of his magic. At this rate he will drain out his magic core." Snape explained as he joined the others behind Edward's wall. With a quick wand waving Snape accio-ed Harry's and Edward's familiars to safety.

"Then we have to stop it, but how?" Tony asked as he took a look over the wall and was promptly knocked off his feet as a bit of broken statue hit him right in the face, hurled by the wild magic. Tony still got his good looks thanks to Jarvis quick execution of the safety programme prompting the Iron Man's face mask to slam shut.

"By bring Harry out of it. Ready Luka, Prof. Snape?" Edward answered grimly.

"What do you have in mind?" Snape started to demand when Edward leapt out from behind the shelter of his alchemised wall.

It was like trying to walk against very strong winds, strong winds with weapons of broken statue and anything else lying around in the Chamber of Secrets. Edward was starting to gather cuts and other injuries as he leaning forward in a sharp angle, struggled to get to Harry. It looked like Edward was getting nowhere until with a cry of frustration the gold headed boy clapped his hands together.

Blue/white alchemic energy arc and danced over the strange black and white patterns of elegant lines and hieroglyphic symbols on Edward's out stretched arms.

"Divinite merci!" Flammel gasped weakly. "He'z using alchemy to neutralize 'arry's wild magic."

"How is that even possible?" Snape demanded in shock.

"De Dree – comprehend, deconstruct, reconstruct. With de Dree alchemists learned how to manipulate matter, with transmutation circles, dey can reform one object into another dat shares a similar molecular make-up to its original form. What Edward is doing to de wild magical energy is comprehend and deconstruct but 'e iz stopping short of reconstruct de energy." Flammel explained as he watch carefully over Edward's wall.

"But the magic has to go somewhere." Snape objected.

At that moment, Edward pulled in his arms the strange black and white patterns of elegant lines and hieroglyphic symbols on his arms were now glowing so brightly it was almost painful to look directly at them.

"Oui, 'e iz daking de energy into 'imself." Flammel gasped paling.

"What!" Tony cried out in shock.

Edward's finger tips touch his chest and a flash radiate out burning away the clothes off the gold headed boy's back. Blue/white alchemic energy arc forming circles with hieroglyphic symbols on the forearms near the elbow, at the centre of his chest and back.

"Non… Edo iz channelling de magical energy into the Gate, using 'iz body as a conduct! Magnifique!" The Alchemy professor squinted at the new alchemic markings.

The moment the circles with hieroglyphic symbols completed drawing the whole array flash and for a brief moment everything froze, like something hit the pause button on Harry's wild magic.

In that moment of calm, Luka and Snape leapt into action.

Three big leaping steps, Luka and Snape threw themselves out and onto their knees beside Harry's prone body. With fear driven strength, Luka pulled Harry's small stiff body onto her lap and into her bosom.

"Legilimens!" Snape snapped as his stabbed his wand at Harry, staring into the boy's glassy green eyes.

"Harry is suffering a memory flashback; he is reliving the night his parents were killed by the Dark lord." Snape hissed in horror as Harry's memory play out in his mind's eye.

"Harry, Harry dear; hear my voice. Come back to me, Harry dear, come back." Luka whispered into the boy's ear; her hands one combing through his messy hair and the other rubbing gentle circles onto the boy' back.

Her voice drew Harry out from his living nightmare, the dark hair boy shuttered as if suffering an epileptic seizure, then as suddenly as when the maelstrom of wild magic began, it died away.

"Mama…" Harry moaned, tears streaming down his cheeks as he slum boneless against Luka.

"Edward!" Tony cried out, almost stepping onto Nick in his haste to get to his boy, who had crumbled to the ground.

Tony still shuttered whenever he remembered how pale Edward had been and the sight of new patterns of elegant lines and hieroglyphic symbols, burnt into his precious little Edward's skin causing second degree burns.

"You should have known better than to scare children, especially ones with special abilities-!" Tony started ranting again to forget how fear squeezed his heart as he rushed his little golden boy to the hospital wing.

"Tony." The plea from a soft voice from the Harry's bed.

"Sorry Luka." Tony lowered his voice.

Like Luka Tony was also seated by a hospital bed, in this bed laid Edward, his chest and arms wrapped in bandages and held down by stick spell. Harry's and Edward's respective familiars cuddled against the bond mate's neck or shoulder, giving comfort in their own way.

It had been seventy-two hours of tense, nerves wreaking wait before Harry then Edward woke up. During that time, Nick Fury had been called away but he came right back to wait with Tony.

With a smirk, Tony reached out and rubs the tip of his golden hair boy's nose.

"Thank you Dad, that itch was driving me crazy." Edward sighed.

Tony smiled softly and shifts his hand to comb through Edward's golden locks, his smile widen when his boy leaned into his hand all but purring. He concluded that the cause of grey hairs was not old age but parenthood, not that Tony would trade any of his grey hairs.

It was into this scene Dumbledore walked with a cheerful. "Good afternoon... Ah. Tokens from your admirers, my boys?"

"Admirers?" Harry exchanged looks with Edward even as he shifted to sit up with Luka's help.

Dumbledore chuckled. "What happened down in the dungeons between Edward, you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally, the whole school knows."

"The dangers of idle children confined in a school." Tony snorted getting a smirk in response from Nick, and Snape standing off to one side in the shadows.

"How's Professor Flammel and Ginny? What about Draco and Hermione? I don't see them here?" Edward asked.

"Fine. They're all just fine, in fact Nic' and Ginny will be discharge before dinner." Dumbledore smiled. "Ah. Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans. I was most unfortunate in my youth to come across a vomit flavoured one, and since then I have lost my liking for them. But I think I could be safe with a nice toffee..."

Dumbledore hopefully fished out a brown bean and pops it into his mouth and grimaced. "Mm. Alas. Earwax."

"Ew~" Both Edward and Harry chorused, their faces twisting up into masks of disgust.

The hospital doors swung open and Lucius Malfoy flounce into the hospital brushes past Pomfrey and Nick Fury.

"Matron Pomfrey. Out of my way, muggle."

To Dumbledore, Governor Malfoy sneered. "So! Here is where you choose to hide. You have a lot to answer for. I will have you suspended for the endangerment of our children. I could not believe what was written in Draco's letter."

Dumbledore merely gave the platinum blond a wry smile. "Yes. When the governors heard that Arthur Weasley's daughter had been taken into the Chamber, they were also demanding for answers."

"I assume the culprit has been identified." Governor Malfoy sniffed with dislike; it seemed that he had come straight from the governors with their demand.

"Oh yes. It was Voldemort. Only this time, he chose to act through Quirinus Quirrell and by means of... this." Dumbledore pulled a badly burnt diary out of his pocket and held it out toward Lucius Malfoy.

Governor Malfoy glared at the daily with disgust and concern warring for first place on his face, before looking at Luka. His face smoothed out and a pleasant mask dropped into place.

"From the beginning, my only concern has been the welfare of this school. And its students, of course."

"Indeed." Luka bowed her head acknowledging the assurance in the platinum blond's words. She had out her hand in thanks.

"My dear lady, allow me to assure you that I, Gilderoy Lockhart will look into the welfare of this school and its students." The fraud swept in and captured her hand.

Much to everyone's vexed dismay as nobody saw the man coming into the hospital behind Lucius. The wizarding celebrity dropped onto Harry's bed beside Luka without a thought or care that he was almost butting the boy off the bed. Lockhart held onto Luka's hand, kissing her knuckles ignoring her attempts to pull her hand free.

"Unhand the lady now, before I fail to restrain myself and hammer you into the ground like a tent peg with my Mjölnir." Thor snarled fingering his war hammer as he lean his considerable tall frame over the narcissistic man.

With such a warning, Lockhart scooted off. "Ah … well, alas; my adoring fans awaiting me; until next time dear lady."

Dumbledore chuckled as he tucked the diary back into his pocket. "Fortunately, our young Mr. Potter and Elric-Stark discovered it."

A chill came to his voice, as the headmaster continued. "One only hopes that no more of Lord Voldemort's old school things find their way into innocent hands. The consequences for the one responsible could be... severe."

Lucius Malfoy glared icily at Dumbledore before turning away to the boys.

"Malfoys never owe anyone, and yet I am indebted to the both of you for my son's life. We of the old and pureblood take life debts seriously, you need only call and I shall answer." The platinum blond man bowed his head. "One can only sincerely hope Mr. Potter and Elric-Stark are always around to save the day."

"Don't worry we will be." Edward said softly.

"Edo, you do know that this is only delaying your punishment, don't you?" Tony said sternly.

"But Dad!"

"Is it really necessary to punish Edward so harshly?" Dumbledore asked as he watched them.

"Indeed." Malfoy agreed and Snape nodded even though it was clear that they loath to agree with the headmaster.

"What, writing lines and not books for a while are too harsh?" Tony scoffed.

"Why should –" Lucius' question was cut off when the hospital doors slammed open.

"ANTHONY TONY STARK!" A female voice announced the arrival of a very annoyed P.A.

"Oh damn…" Tony winced.

Severus Snape was truly entertained watching the shadows; he had to fight down sniggers watching the smaller Tony Stark verbally attacked Thor the Asgard god of thunder. But now Snape's breath escaped him in a sharp gasp.

"Lily."

"Pepper, I have been meaning to call you but you see… things got in the way." Tony smiled sweetly hoping to cut off the fiery redhead.

"I have no time for your excuses … -" Pepper started ranting but cut herself off when she saw Edward.

"Why is Edward looking like a monster trunk just rolled over him? What happened? Why is Harry looking like that too? Tell me who, I'll start calling your lawyers, after I give whoever who dare to hurt our Edo and Harry-dear a piece of my mind!"

Her questions came fast as she got more furious.

"Lady, there's a lot to tell. Have a seat?" Snape stepped out of the shadow waving his wand to spell up a chair.

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While Pepper accept the chair, many rooms away and levels below, in the Chamber of Secrets all appears to be quiet, darken and damp. That was until a blue/white spark flash into existence. The blue/white spark stretched drawing a line in mid-air, stretching even more until it draws out the outline of a tall standing rectangle. From the corners of the rectangle more blue/white energy arc and stretching to the other corners forming a perfect circle.

The rectangle spilt open and a man stepped out. The light from the blue/white alchemic energy showed that the man has jet-black hair, a black overcoat and a blue uniform like tunic underneath that. Hard midnight blue eyes scanned the room even as his hand shot out to catch the small only waist high body that followed on his heels. That small body was a boy with rich blond hair, dressed in blood red overcoat on black short waist coat, black leather pants and combat boots with thick soles.

The small boy was quickly followed by a woman also dressed in a black overcoat and a blue uniform. Her hair as blond as the boy's, her hazel eyes as hard as the man's.

"Now, let's find our missing Fullmetal Alchemist." The man drawled.

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Reference & Foot Notes:

Here are some French words that Nicolas Flammel will say:

(Yes-oui), (No-non), (Magnificent-Magnifique), (Deity's mercy-divinite merci)

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