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Seito: YAY!!! My first year anniversary as Seito! Throws confetti in the air Cookies for everyone!! My gift to you guys as part as my first anniversary as Seito is a massive update. (2 Naruto, 2 FMA, stories) FMA fans there's also another FMA short story that I posted. It's called Paper Triangles. The last of my three part Paper Series.

Now let's answer the reviews...

To chickee11

Ooo I can I have that article?

To Lunatic Pandora1

Thanks for telling me it's Chrno. I'll keep that in mind and use it for future reference.

To kimmycat

It's better to put it in bold. If I didn't (for some reason) people always seem to skip it. That's why I put anything important in bold.

To Le Usako

Thanks for giving my story a chance. That brighten my day because just recently I was flamed by someone who hated shonen ai. I also thank you for the 5 reviews you submit in a role. Though I'm not a big fan of nuts...I'll take cookies! In fact here, have one yourself -hands over a cookie-

To Kin Tsuchi

Gasp! –big smile- Brownies!!! (Seika: -hits head against wall- You people are going to make her hyper... Al: Cheer up, Seika-chan. It's just a party. Seika: Seito and sugar is not a good combination, okay? Al: ... okay...) I don't mind glomps. Just as long as you stop so I can continue writing (or breath at least). : P I can't add in Envy and the others cause I don't know too much about them. So they won't be showing up in this book.

To The La/-/er

Hiiii!!!! Have a cookie!! –hands out cookies- (Seika: Two hyper writers. Both of which use me a character in their short stories sometimes... Someone up there hates me)

To Daria

-Blush- Genius? I don't think this story goes that far... Hmm... If I'm reading your review right... are you reading my mind?

To Cor-chan

http : (slash) (slash) w. deviantart . com / deviation / 10568454 / That's the link, put it together and add in two more 'w's and it'll take you there.

To everyone else who reviewed

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR REVIEWING!!! AND EVERYONE PLEASE TAKE A COOKIE! –hands out cyber cookies-

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Yoake Mae

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Chapter VI

Threads of Fate; Snowball and Friends

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Hottokeba, hashiru omoi yo

Yume mo mata, sure chigai

If I let my emotions free,

My dreams will once again not go well.

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The holidays were just about to start and with a guilty heart Ed signed up to stay at Hogwarts. Then he went up to his room and wrote a long, detailed letter to Al telling him what he found and that he wouldn't be coming home for Christmas. Roy had no problem telling his subordinates that he wouldn't be coming back for the holidays. ("Damnit, why does the Colonel get to stay in a big school with tons of food?" –Havoc. 'He just doesn't want to do the paperwork.' –Hawkeye)

The day before the rest of the students left to go home, it snowed several feet. Ed was shaken awake early that morning, disturbing his slumber.

"Ed! Wake up!"

Ed turned over sleepily. The blurry outline of Harry came into his vision. Ed turned back over and fell back asleep. Harry didn't stop. "Ed!" Shinka, who just sleeping seconds earlier, let out a small hiss for being waken from her sleep.

Finally Ed gave in. "What," he snapped.

Harry just grinned and pointed out the window. Ed stumbled out of bed and looked outside. His eyes widened. Outside was a winter wonderland. Everything was covered in snow. The lake was frozen and there was a chill in the air. Ed could even see his breath.

"Nice isn't it," said Harry.

Before Ed could even respond a snowball flew into his face. As he brushed off the snow from his face and looked down, a familiar laugh reached his ears.

Dressed in a long black coat and white gloves, was Roy. The Flame Alchemist was laughing. As Ed glared down at him, Roy's laughter subsided and he smirked. "Good morning Fullmetal," he said.

Ed growled. In a few minutes he was dressed and outside. Seconds later Roy was dodging volleys of snowballs, laughing all the while. "You're going to have to do better than that," teased Roy. He threw another snowball at Ed's face.

"WHY, YOU?!?!!!!!"

Harry and Ron soon joined them outside, but wisely avoided Roy and Ed's battle. Ron and Harry had a snowball fight with Fred and George instead. In the background they could hear Ed's yells a hundred yards away.

"What?! I am not short!!!"

Hermione soon joined Harry and Ron. She blinked as she heard the yells. "Do they always fight like this," she asked. Ed ran by, throwing another snowball, which missed Roy again. Harry and Ron shrugged. They still didn't understand how Ed knew Mr. Mustang in the first place.

Roy dodged Ed's latest snowball. He really enjoyed teasing the younger alchemist. 'He's so cute when he's angry,' he thought. Realizing what he just thought caused Roy to stop and think. 'Wait, what did I just think?' Before he could ponder on those thoughts, a snowball hit him in the back of his head.

"Got you!" shouted Ed.

Roy pushed aside those thoughts and threw another snowball. It hit Ed on the back. Ed growled and resumed his chase as Roy took off. Roy would ponder about those thoughts later. He had a snowball fight to win.

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"What is this," demanded Ed.

"A snowman," Roy answered casually. He patted the snow on the snowman. Ed glared at the snowman before glaring at Roy.

"This is an insult!" yelled Ed.

Roy looked at him. "Why?" he asked.

Ed's glare grew fiercer. The snowman Roy was building stood just an inch taller than Ed and the assistant librarian wasn't making any movement to change the size of the snowman.

"What?" asked Roy. There was a small smirk on his face as Ed continued to glare at him. Just rub it in that Ed is short, why don't you Roy? Ed maintained his glare as Shinka, who followed her master out, decided to perch herself on top of the snowman's head, declaring it as her territory much like everything else that Ed owned.

&-----The Next Day-----&

Harry, Ron, Ed and Roy (for some odd reason) were down at the train station to say goodbye to Hermione who would be leaving to go home for the holidays. "Have a safe trip," wished Ron.

"Bye," said Ed.

"Goodbye," said Hermione. She was about to get onto the train when something decided to hug Ed.

"Nii-san!"

Harry, Ron, and Hermione stared in bewilderment as Ed and Roy blinked in shock. Who wouldn't? A giant suit of armor came out of nowhere and hugged Ed. "Al," asked Ed. "What are you doing here?"

The suit of armor let go of Ed. "Your headmaster sent a letter saying I could stay here for the holidays." Ed blinked trying to understand what his brother just said before it hit him.

"That's great!" shouted Ed.

Roy smiled until he heard someone speak very softly. "Colonel."

Roy turned around. There behind him was First Lieutenant Hawkeye, Second Lieutenant Havoc, and for some reason, Major Armstrong. Hawkeye was the one who addressed him. "Hello, Colonel."

Before Roy could even say anything, Hawkeye handed Roy an envelope. Roy blinked and asked, "What is this?"

"Your paperwork sir. Well, part of your paperwork," Hawkeye explained calmly. She then pointed to the boxes that Major Armstrong and Second Lieutenant Havoc were holding. "And that's the rest of your paperwork, sir." Roy could only stare. How on earth?! When did his paperwork pile up so high?!?!

In the background Ed and Al were chatting up a storm. They were happy to see each other. All the while Harry, Ron, and Hermione stared in shock; the three of them, speechless.

"Ummm, who are you people?" asked Harry.

Everyone stopped what they were doing. (Roy was grateful because it just saved him an earful from Hawkeye.) Al walked over to them. "Nice to meet you. I'm Alphonse Elric."

Hermione blinked once, twice, three times. The suit of armor just spoke. How was that possible? The ones in Hogwarts couldn't even do that! Then Al's words sank in. "Elric? You're Ed's brother?!"

Harry and Ron were still too shocked to say anything. Al nodded. "That's right. I'm Ed's younger brother."

"But how?! You're just a suit—" Hermione found her mouth covered by Ed's hand.

"He likes wearing a suit of armor, okay?" whispered Ed. "It's insulting if you say he's just a suit of armor." Hermione nodded.

"So who are they?" asked Ron, temporarily recovering from his shock. He pointed towards Hawkeye, Havoc, and Armstrong.

"Just some of my friends," said Roy quickly. "No mentioning of rank, alchemy, or military," he whispered to the three standing behind him. The three looked at him, confused at what the Flame Alchemist meant. Havoc was about to ask 'why' when Roy shot him a look that said, that's-an-order! Havoc immediately shut up and didn't say a word.

Hawkeye decided to speak up and introduce herself. "Hello. I'm Riza Hawkeye. You can call me Riza." She held her hand out. Harry realizing what she was doing, shook it.

"Hi. I'm Harry Potter and these are my friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger," said Harry.

Armstrong introduced himself and Havoc next. "I am Alex Louis Armstrong and this is Havoc." Harry, Ron, and Hermione were trying to get over their apparent shock, but nodded in understanding and as a hello.

&-----On the Train-----&

The only heir to the Malfoy name sat inside of the train compartment. He stared outside the window as the scenes went flying by. Crabbe and Goyle were somewhere else, since Draco sent them away. Draco was trying to figure out what happened two days ago.

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"Malfoy!"

Draco turned around. There was the 'boy-who-lived' heading towards him. Draco wondered if Potter was coming here to yell at him. After the side remark he made in potions class, he wouldn't be surprised.

However, he was not expecting Potter to say 'catch!' and then disappear. Draco caught whatever it was with ease. He still wasn't expecting to catch a small box that said 'Merry Christmas, Malfoy.' Did Potter just give him a gift?

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Draco still didn't understand. He fingered the small box. Why the hell did Potter give him a gift?! It didn't make any sense at all!

&------Christmas Morning-----&

Ed awoke to Shinka's meowing. She was meowing rather loudly. There was a light 'thump' and Shinka's meows turned into hisses. Ed half assumed that someone threw a pillow at his kitten. He felt sorry for whoever it was.

Havoc's yells and screams were heard as Shinka got her revenge. Annoyed, Ed threw a pillow in the direction of the noise. The sudden stop of screams told him that he hit his target. Ed was just feeling that sleepy feeling returning to him when Ron and Harry busted into the room.

There were two groans and a yelp. Shinka bit Havoc's leg, which explained the yelp. The two groans came from Ed and Roy, both whom wanted to sleep. ('I should burn them.' –Roy) Al merely looked up and Armstrong was still sound asleep, not noticing the commotion that was going on.

"Merry Christmas," said Ron happily. There was a big smile on his face.

Ed considered hurting (Roy greatly considered burning) Ron, but decided against it and fell back asleep. After all it was too early. Six in the morning is always too early. So unless there was a fire or danger there was no way Ed was getting up.

"How can you still be sleeping?!" asked Harry. "It's Christmas morning!" He got two grunts and another 'Ow'. (Shinka was still attacking Havoc. "Damn cat." –Havoc -bite- "Ow!" –Havoc)

"There's no use trying," said Al. "You wouldn't be able to get them up without getting hurt in the process."

"Yeah, but don't you want to open presents?" asked Ron.

"Ah... well... we don't really celebrate Christmas," said Al.

The two boys just stared in shock. Not celebrate Christmas?! That was absurd! "Why not?" asked Harry. That was all he could muster. He never had a true Christmas before and never thought he would meet anyone who DIDN'T want to celebrate Christmas.

"Nii-san and I are always traveling. So if anything, we get each other something small. Everyone else is kinda busy all year round and some don't even have families to celebrate with," explained Al.

Hawkeye appeared in the doorway. "Good morning," she said.

"Good morning," said the three boys who were awake.

Just then Shinka came trotting by, carrying a fuzzy nightcap. Havoc tripped, covered in scratches and teeth marks. "Come back here, you damn feline!" Harry wondered if Shinka was actually a lion/tiger or even a dog underneath that reddish-brown color fur because she certainly didn't act like a kitten.

Hawkeye then noticed that Roy was reaching for his spark glove. The Flame Alchemist was not a morning person at this hour and if they didn't get out of here fast, they were all going to become cinders soon. Acting fast, she threw Havoc out of the room, pushed Al out, grabbed Harry and Ron, and closed the door.

"What did you do that for?" asked Havoc. He rubbed his head where it had hit the wall. Another thing he could add to his list of injuries.

"Do you really want to become a pile of ashes?" asked Hawkeye. Havoc's mouth shaped an 'o' shape when he realized what she meant.

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An hour later, Armstrong appeared, wishing a Merry Christmas to everyone and giving everyone a bone-crushing hug. An hour and half after that (8: 30 am) Roy and Ed woke up. Shinka was on the prowl, having found the pile of presents which acted like a hunting ground. She managed to attack Havoc twice already.

"Good morning," said Al as his brother and Roy walked into the common room. Ed yawned and mumbled a soft 'good morning'. Roy just collapsed into one of the chairs still half asleep.

As you are probably wondering why Roy, Hawkeye, Havoc, and Armstrong are in the Gryffindor common room, that answer will be explained. Dumbledore, knowing almost everything, allowed the four adults to board in the near empty Gryffindor tower. Harry and Ron didn't really question why, just assumed that Dumbledore had a good reason to do so and the four adults seemed to be good friends of Ed.

The four adults, the two Elric brothers, Ron, Harry, and Shinka were the only ones in the common room. Fred and George opened their presents, grabbed Percy (Ron's brother, third oldest, and Gryffindor perfect) and left. There was a second year Gryffindor that stayed back for the holidays, but he left early this morning too.

Harry and Ron were playing wizard chess (a game Roy had taken a liking to) in the corner. Hawkeye was going through some of the papers Roy finished. Armstrong was reading a book and Havoc was on the look out for Shinka, who attacked him again in the past ten minutes.

Half an hour later was when Ed and Roy were finally awake. Everyone opened his or her gifts.

Ed:

-Several books –Al, Hawkeye, Armstrong, ("Geeze Ed, you're going to have more books then Hermione soon. You sure you weren't supposed to go into Ravenclaw?" –Ron)

-Shinka –Havoc "Here kid. You can have your damn cat back." –Havoc "Very funny." –Ed "Meow!" –Shinka)

-A box of chocolate frogs –Hermione ("Hmmm.... This is coming from a girl whose parents are dentists." –Ed)

-Various other candies and a book titled "How to Fly For Dummies" –Ron and Harry. ("Haha very funny guys, very funny." –Ed)

-A bottle of milk and an IOU a gift –Roy ("Milk?" –Harry. glare -Ed)

-A Weasley sweater, red and black. –Weasley Family.

Roy:

-His paperwork and a bag of coffee –Hawkeye and Armstrong (twitch -Roy)

-??? –Havoc (Roy wouldn't let anyone else see but he did blush a deep shade of red.)

- A box of chocolate frogs and a request to browse the restricted section –Hermione ("She's bribing me?" –Roy)

-A wizard chess set –Ed and Al ("We were thinking of getting you coffee too," –Al)

-Various other candies –Harry and Ron. ("Let me guess, the two of you went shopping together." –Roy)

-A Weasley sweater, blue with red streaks –the Weasley family.

Hawkeye

-??? –Al, Ed, Roy, Armstrong, Havoc ("It's waiting back home." –All of them)

-A box of chocolate frogs –Hermione

-Various other candies –Harry and Ron

-A Weasley sweater, yellow –Weasley Family ("Tell your mother thank you for the sweaters." –Hawkeye.)

Havoc:

-Shinka –Ed ("Shinka you are allowed to attack Havoc all day if you want." –Ed "Nii-san!" –Al "WHAT?!"- Havoc "HISS!" -attack- -Shinka)

-Earplugs –Hawkeye ("Why?" –Havoc)

-A gift certificate to his favorite restaurant and a annoying singing hamster –Armstrong ('So that's what the ear plugs were for.' –Havoc)

-A box of chocolate frogs –Hermione

-A book on 'How to Get a Date for Dummies' –Roy, Al, ((and Ed))

-Various other candies from Harry and Ron. ("Every flavor jellybeans? You're kidding right?" –Havoc)

- A Weasley sweater, gray. –The Weasley family.

Armstrong:

-A gift certificate –Al and Ed ("We didn't know what to get you." –Ed)

-Weights –Hawkeye, Havoc, Roy ("Why did we think of that?" -Ed)

-A box of chocolate frogs –Hermione ("What did she do? Buy them by the boxful?" –Ron)

-Various other candies –Harry and Ron ("Sorry we didn't know what you guys liked." –Harry)

-A Weasley sweater, white. –Weasley Family ("Thank you!" –Armstrong -Hugs everyone-)

Harry:

-A wooden flute –Hagrid

-fifty-pence piece –Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia ("They're sure thoughtful." –Ed "Fifty-pence? You think they would sent more." –Roy "This is money?" –Ron)

-A box of chocolate frogs –Hermione

-Various other candy –Ed and Ron ("Sorry we didn't know we would be celebrating with other people." –Armstrong)

-A Weasley sweater, emerald green –Weasley Family

Ron:

- Various Candy –Ed and Al ("Sorry." –four adults)

-A box of chocolate frogs –Hermione

-Rock cakes –Hagrid ("This is cake?" –Havoc)

-A new set of quills –Harry (Ron broke his last one in potion class. He's been borrowing one of Harry's for a while.)

-A Weasley sweater, maroon –His family

There was one more package for Harry lying hidden under his covers...

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Without a home to return to and no family left, Ed had never seen a Christmas feast this big, this grand in his life. The table was covered with a hundred fat, roasted turkeys; mountains of roasted and boiled potatoes; platters of chipolatas; tureens of buttered peas, silver boats of thick, rich gravy and cranberry sauce –and stacks of wizard crackers every few feet along the table. Ed pulled one and it went off like a cannon. (Roy, Hawkeye, Armstrong, and Havoc all jumped and almost reacted to the sound.) Out popped a wizard chess set and several live white mice. Shinka quickly attacked them. Ed gave those mice until the beginning of dinner to live.

By the time dinner was over and everyone was stuffed, Ed collapsed onto his bed. This Christmas had been great. It had been years since he had one this fun. A wave of sadness passed over him as he suddenly remembered the last time he spent Christmas having fun and opening presents. His blood ran cold.

As he pushed those memories back into the corner of his mind, Ed didn't notice Harry was opening one more gift...

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"Hai!" Yoh said backing away. But as he did, he tugged at Hao's cloak one last time and said calmly, "Nii-chan, don't worry. Everything will be okay."

-Yoh, 'Aniki' by Shiroi Ai, Chapter 1

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Seito: Everyone enjoy? It's a little early for Christmas but a celebration is a celebration. Ah the quote above is from a fanfiction cause I couldn't find a good quote for this chapter and I rereading the story when I wrote the chapter so yeah... any Shaman King fans should go and read it if you haven't. It's a good story. Now I have a question for everyone.

Should I do the other books as well? Or just finish up this one?

Seito: Answer that question k? Majority rules k? Now one more thing...

PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!