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Seito: ............... you people are really trying to give me a heart attack. 58 reviews?! I'm going to need lie down after this. First I apologize for the long wait. My last beta took forever to correct and I'm still posting this chapter without her corrections so if she ever decides to give the chapter back to me with the corrections then I will repost this chapter with them. Secondly school, as I said in the first chapter of this story, has started and once again has me swamp with homework. I can't even write anymore. Grrr Actually you're lucky I'm posting this today cause I'm dead tired. Since 8:45 am this morning I've been on my feet, moving boxes of chicken and putting the bags of chicken in plastic bags. Tired... =Mumbling= stupid fundraiser.
Umm... answer reviews... Just a side note, ummm I have a bad habit of referring to myself in plural so don't get confused if I use 'we' or 'us' in your review...
To HyulRabid Chipmunks? =Blink, blink= Okay you know... too tired to understand that threat...
To SharlEd will go to the library often to read. The actual quarreling...well let's just say I now know I'm missing something. He goes to the library in this chapter but... other then Roy's normal teasing... don't expect a fight or argument.
To lil'mi1
Yeah most fics do that because they want the person to interact with Harry and that's kinda hard when you put him in a different house. Though it would have been interesting had I put Ed in a different house. Hufflepuff is the only house that Ed doesn't really have the qualities for... so it would fun to see what would happen if I put Ed in the Slytherin or Ravenclaw house. Maybe I should do a spin off and actually write a short story... with that idea... hmm...
To The La/=/erThis is almost pointless to write. Once again I'm talking to you when I'm posting. (The La/=/er: You're actually thinking about that?)
To Kimmycat30? Nope didn't get it... but thank you!
To HakaiPopular? Can you believe I was only expecting 10 reviews at the most for the first chapter and maybe 20 for the second chapter.
To Tears of the PhoenixAh well... Ed, Harry, and Ron already met Hermione in the first chapter on the train. Them actually becoming friends comes a little bit later.
To XSRXOkay I don't really understand what you meant by that phrase... I don't get it... (Seika: =sighs and shakes her head= baka authoress)
To kurokiokuWe understand. We just had to point that out.
To Brennend
Yeah we point out that Alchemy and Transfiguration is different, but the general idea is the same, you're changing an item/object. By that logic, Ed should get the hang of Transfiguration pretty fast. That's at least what I think.
To DhrachthYes well Draco can be annoying and in each book he continues to do so... but I kinda like that pairing... but it won't come until later. If I continue with the rest of the books... in maybe in there. Dunno. As far as the age difference we were struggling whether to make this pre-manga or during. We were just went with during the manga. But at the moment we don't have a reason yet... hehe. Unless you want to consider that he's a late bloomer in magic? Or that all his jumping around the world made it hard for Hogwarts to get a letter to him.
To Shadow/phantomnessYup no one knows. Ed's too short to tell. (Ed: I AM NOT SHORT!!!)
To BlindSeerOkay the language part was my fault. I completely forgot about it. Actually I read a lot of fanfics that use a spell to overcome that little language barriar. So I'm going to use that as my excuse. Unless you just want to consider that everyone in the FMA world is well verse in English...
To Lunatic Pandora1
Ed is a late bloomer. Though the actual reason may tied in with the reason why Ed is 15 when everyone else is 11 or so. Look under Dhrachth's review answer.
To Everyone Else Who ReviewedTHANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yoake Mae&-------------------&
Chapter III
Testing Fate; Classes Start
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Sanzan sugite doryoku no ato mo
Naku naru kekka, only no tsuna watari
[You can't see all of my hard efforts, because it's only result
Is that it makes no sense. It really is a "tightrope".]
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Thus began the school year at Hogwarts. Ed discovered some interesting things, like ghosts and that pictures could move and talk. ("Ok I can stand ghosts, but talking and moving portraits?! That's crazy!" –Ed) He was late to class once because no one told him that the staircases MOVED. So Ed ended on the seventh floor instead of the first one. (Luckily he ran into Roy who pointed him to the right direction.) A tip from Harry about false doors and trick steps that suddenly vanishes helped too. The poor boy, Harry, had been in shock when one of the armor suits pointed the way to the class. Ed took it very well. (Seito: Gee I wonder why? XD)
After attending one lesson from each class, Ed could tell you which classes he liked and disliked and which teachers he liked and disliked (AKA hated).
Class/Teachers
-Charms/Professor Flitwick: Not Ed's best class, but not his worse. He really liked Professor Flitwick. ("Finally someone smaller then me!" –Ed)
-History of Magic/Professor Binns: Ed's favorite class to sleep in or do homework that he didn't finish. He admitted it was kinda strange for him to be taught by a ghost but Binns turned out to be the most boring teacher in the most boring class. It didn't help that he already read the textbook and knew it like the back of his hand.
-Herbology/ Professor Sprout: Okay Ed didn't like this class. Professor Sprout was okay, but he didn't like the class. One of the plants tried to eat him, thinking he was a afternoon snack. He had to resist the urge to kill it or transfigure it into something. ("Grrr..." –Ed)
-Transfiguration/Professor McGonagall: This was Ed's absolutely favorite class. Why? It was the closest thing he got to Alchemy. Granted the rules and way of doing it was a bit different, but hey, he was alchemist, this was his field. Just like he thought, Professor McGonagall, who happened to be the head of the Gryffindor house, was a very strict teacher. The first day they had her, her first words were: "Transfiguration is one of the most complex and dangerous magic you will learn at Hogwarts. Anyone messing around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been warned." Despite what she said, Ed caught on very fast. While everyone was trying to turn their match into a needle, Hermione was the only who turned hers silver and pointy, but Ed got his turned into a needle pretty fast. Professor McGonagall was impressed and gave five points to Gryffindor for such a good job. Hermione was glaring at him for the rest of the day. That brought a smile to Ed's face. ('Ha! Take that Granger! This is my field!' –Ed)
-Defense against Dark Arts (DADA)/Professor Quirrell: Ed wasn't sure about this guy or this class. It was like a big joke and it seemed Quirrell didn't really know what he talking about. Ed stuck to learning from the book. That seemed to be the safest way to learn.
-Potions/Professor Snape: Ed was torn between hate and like. Potions turned out to be a bit like Alchemy (at least in sense of measuring and combining ingredients like chemistry). But Snape.... Oooo Ed found himself wanting to strangle the potions teacher. If he thought Roy got his nerves... he was wrong...
=Flashback=
Ed walked into the Potions classroom, located in the dungeons. He took a seat next to Harry's right while Ron took a seat on Harry's left. Professor Snape came into the classroom soon after.
"You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making," he began. He spoke in barely more than a whisper. Ed had to strain his ears a bit to make sure he hearing everything. "As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses... I can teach you how to bottle frame, brew glory, even stopper death— if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach."
Ed mentally rolled his eyes and let out a sigh. Snape decided who his first target would be. He was planning Potter, but this boy would have to do. "Elric! What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood," he snapped.
Ed didn't meet his teacher's eyes but calmly spoke in a bored tone, "Professor, you would get a sleeping potion known as the Draught of Living Death."
Snape bit his lip. "That is correct. Then where would you look if I told you to find me a bezoar?"
Ed was suddenly glad he had read One Thousands Magical Herbs and Fungi first. "A bezoar is a stone found in the stomach of a goat. It is said it will save you from most poisons."
Snape's lip curled into a snarl. "And tell me, Elric, what is the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?"
Ed knew that one too. "They're the same plant, just different names, which is also known as aconite."
Snape growled before barking at the class, "Well, why aren't you writing this down?!" Then he looked back at Ed. "A point from Gryffindor for being too smart, Elric." Ed's hands tightened in fists, but decided not to tempt fate. (Who would have thought coming here would help with controlling his anger?)
Snape then paired them off and had them mixing a simple potion. He was criticizing almost everyone except Malfoy, even Ed who was doing everything correctly. (He was an alchemist and alchemists were like scientists.)
"What are you doing, Elric?" questioned Snape. Ed looked up, almost glaring at his teacher. He got this feeling that he was on Snape's hit (or was it hate) list already. He was about to answer when a green cloud appeared. Neville somehow managed to melt Seamus's cauldron. Their potion was leaking onto the floor, burning holes in people's shoes.
Snape cleared the potions with a wave of his wand and instructed that someone take Neville to the hospital wing. The boy had broken out with boils when the potions spilled on him. Snape looked around the classroom, looking for someone to blame. Harry came into his vision.
"Potter, why didn't you warn them not to add in the porcupine quills before taking the cauldron off the fire? Another point lost from Gryffindor," said Snape. Harry was going to open his mouth to protest when Ed elbow jabbed him. "Don't test fate," he whispered to Harry. Harry nodded and rubbed his arm. Ed had a hard arm.
=End of Flashback=
'Okay... where am I?' thought Ed. He scratched his head. Ed looked down the hallway, no one. He looked down the other one, no one.
Ed sweatdropped. 'Okay I'm lost.' You would think after being in this school for a few weeks, he would, at least, have a basic idea of where he was... Okay so he had no idea. He didn't even know which floor he was on and there was no one to ask; no pictures, students, not even a ghost. Ed let out a sigh. How was he suppose to get to the library now?
Fate seemed to be on his side today. Nearly Headless Nick decided to float by. (Ed had found out why the ghost was called Nearly Headless the first night, it wasn't a pleasant memory to remember when he was eating.) "Nick!"
The ghost stopped. "Oh hello... Ed was it?" said Nick.
Ed nodded. "Do you know how to get to the library from here?"
"Yes."
"Great! Can you show me," said Ed.
"Yes. Follow me," said Nick. He floated down the hallway. Ed followed. Suddenly Nick passed through a wall and Ed ran right into it.
"OW!" Ed fell down to the ground. He glared at the wall as he rubbed his head. It seemed Nick forgot that mortals couldn't walk through walls...
=A few corridors away=
Nick looked around. There was supposed to be a student following him. "Ed?" he called out. "Where did you go?"
=An hour later=
"It's about time you got here. I thought you were coming an hour ago," said Roy.
"I got lost," mumbled Ed. He rubbed his sore forehead again. At the moment both he and Roy were standing in the restricted section of the library. Roy pulled a dusty old book from the shelf. He handed it to Ed.
"So how did you get the bump?" Roy asked.
Ed glared. "Don't ask."
"I presume that a note with a teacher's signature is present."
Both Roy and Ed froze and slowly turned around. There, standing behind them, was the head librarian, Madam Pince. She was a tall old lady who reminded Ed of Professor McGonagall, just slightly more menacing when it came to books.
Roy shoved Ed around the corner. "Of course Madam Pince. I was just helping him get it." Madam Pince looked at her assistant with a questioning look. Roy just smiled nervously.
"Just be sure that he returns it," she said. Then she walked away.
Ed came around the corner holding the book. "What was that about?" he asked.
Roy pointed to the book. "Student aren't allowed in the restricted section without a note from a teacher. Both you and I would have gotten into big trouble if Madam Pince found out that you don't have a note. Not that Dumbledore would do much about it." He scratched his head and sighed.
"Oh."
Then something decided to land on Ed's head, bounce off and leap onto Roy's shoulder. Roy picked up whatever it was. He twitched. "Shinka?" he questioned, half glaring at the kitten.
Ed looked up to see his cat. "Shinka, why are you here?" Shinka just meowed. Roy handed Shinka back to Ed, who went and perched herself on top of Ed's head. Ed scowled. Shinka must believe she's some sort of queen or something, sitting up on Ed's head.
"You two make a real cute picture," teased Roy. There was a playful smirk on his face. Ed merely glared at his superior. Shinka meowed.
"I hear you had flying lesson this afternoon," said Roy, changing the subject. They walked down the aisle.
Ed nodded. "Yeah, with those Slytherins and that bastard Malfoy," he said.
"Yes. I saw."
Ed paled. "Y-you w-were w-watching?!" Roy smirked and Ed's hand slapped his forehead. Of course you would too if you just realized that you made a fool out of yourself in front of the person you li— errr... your superior.
=Flashback=
Madam Hooch, a lady with short, gray hair and yellow eyes like a hawk, started the lesson. "Everyone stand by a broomstick. Come on, hurry up."
Ed looked down. His broom was a very old one with twigs sticking out in different directions. He gently nudged it with his foot. It rolled over like good dog. Ed wasn't feeling very confident about flying anymore. Not with this old thing as his transportation.
"Stick out your right hand over the broom," called Madam Hooch at the front, "and say 'Up!'"
Ed wondered it that would work since his right hand was an automail one. Oh well, only one way to find out. "Up!" His broom hit him on the forehead. "Ow!" Ed glared at the broom this time. Well, at least it moved. He looked around. Harry's went straight into his hand. Ron got it about the second try. Neville's didn't move at all and Hermione's just rolled over.
Ed tried again. "Up!" This time the broom jumped into his hand. Then Madam Hooch showed them how to properly grip and mount their boom. Ed had been delighted when Madam Hooch told Draco that his grip was wrong and had been doing it wrong for years. He wasn't the only one. Harry and Ron were probably delighted as well.
"Now when I blow my whistle, you kick off from the ground, hard," said Madam Hooch. "Keep your broom steady, rise a few a feet, and then come straight back down by leaning forward slightly. On my whistle—three—"
Ed watched as Neville suddenly pushed off hard before the whistle was even blown. 'Idiot,' he thought. "Neville Longbottom come down here right now," demanded Madam Hooch.
Neville came down alright, just the wrong way. He fell off. WHAM!!! In seconds Madam Hooch was at Neville's side, checking to make sure the poor boy was alright. "A broken wrist," she mumbled. She then turned to the class, "None of you is to move while I take this boy to the hospital wing! You leave those brooms where they are or you'll be out of Hogwarts before you can say 'Quidditch.' Come on, dear." She led Neville back to the castle.
Ed sat down on the grass and pulled out a book. That's when Harry got into a fight with Malfoy. Malfoy took Neville's Remembrall and took flight. Harry followed. Ed snapped his book shut and scrambled to his feet. "Harry, you're going to get in trouble!" Harry didn't listen. Ed was about to grab his broom and go after him when Malfoy dropped the Remembrall. Ed stopped heading towards his broom and ran towards where the Remembrall was falling. Harry was too...
And Harry got there first...
Then Professor McGonagall came.
"HARRY POTTER! Never— in all my years—," she started. Her face was red, presumably from anger. "—How dare you—might have broken your neck—"
"It wasn't his fault," protested Ed. Professor McGonagall didn't listen. "Malfoy—"
"That's enough Mr. Elric. Potter, follow me, now," she said in a strict tone. Harry followed her glumly back to the castle. Malfoy and his goons, Crabbe and Goyle, had looks of triumph on their faces. Ed glared at them.
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Madam Hooch soon came back and the lesson continued. Many of the Gryffindors weren't paying attention, half distracted from wondering what happened to Harry. Whether he was worried about Harry or not, Ed wasn't having much lucky on a broom anyways. So far his broom seemed to have a mind of its own and threw him off a couple times.
'I wonder if I'm allowed to set this thing on fire,' he thought darkly glaring at the broom. He could hear Malfoy's snickers from here. 'I wonder if Colonel would let me transform Malfoy into something... a frog maybe? Actually better yet, I'll take a leaf out of Scar's book and just kill the guy.' (Yes, in Ed's mind, Malfoy was so annoying that he was willing to kill him, but that won't happen in this fanfic.)
Ed got back onto his broom only to fall off again. As he silently cursed, he never noticed a certain flame alchemist, watching from the tower behind him with a dreamy look and a smirk on his face.
=End of Flashback=
"So what happened to Harry?" asked Roy.
Ed shrugged. "I don't know. I skipped dinner to come here. So I don't know if this is his last night or not." Ed felt sorry for Harry if it was his last night. It wasn't his fault; it was Malfoy's.
"Halloween is coming up," Roy said suddenly, changing the subject completely.
Ed blinked. That was right. Halloween was just around the corner. Ed smiled. "I wonder how they celebrate Halloween here," he wondered. Roy shrugged. Ed smile turned into a smirked. Either way, he was going to have fun this Halloween...
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You were persistent, you know.
That calling...
A voice, but not a voice.
I couldn't help but hear
I was rather annoyed. So I simply took you with me.
-Koumyou Sanzo, Saiyuki Vol 3 'Calling'
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Seito: Well that's it for now. I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
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