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CHAPTER TWO! ((by the way, I don't own harry potter OR fma TTTT))
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Edward trudged towards the main office building, through the door and towards Mustang's office. He growled silently to himself, it was his day off and that bastard was calling him in. Dammit, he probably has a report due and now he's gonna make me do it, Ed thought sourly.
"What the hell do you want now, Mus –" was all he got out before Roy called…
"Think fast, Fullmetal!" and threw a shoe at him, and having the excellent reflexes that he has, Edward caught it. "By the way, when you arrive, look for a man named Hagrid, he'll fill you in on everything, and don't worry about Al, he will be staying with me while you're gone, have a nice trip." Mustang smiled and waved after saying all of this very fast.
"What in the Hell are you –" Ed began but stopped when he felt a tugging at the back of his temple. Then there was a whooshing sound and bright lights, then it was all over and he was lying on his back in a dingy-looking alleyway holding a moldy old shoe, which he threw immediately away with a loud "YECH!" and then a, "WHERE THE HELL AM I!"
"Are you Edward Elric?" a gruff voice asked from somewhere behind him.
"And if I was?" Ed snarled, whirling around to face a giant man, even taller than Al, with a beard that should be outlawed in certain countries.
"Hallo, my name is Rubeus Hagrid, just call me Hagrid, Dumbledore said you would be comin'" his black eyes crinkled and Edward was sure he saw a grin in his tangled beard.
"Okay, 'Hagrid', just where the hell am I?" Edward didn't want to sound rude, but it just came out that way, "And just who is this 'Dumbledore'?"
"You are right outside Diagon Alley," Hagrid informed him, not sounding offended, but a little confused," Didn't your colonel tell ya what ya are goin' ta be doin'?"
"Are you kidding me? All that bastard did was chuck a nasty shoe at my face and tell me to look for you cause he said you would explain everything." Edward huffed.
"Oi," Hagrid clapped a giant hand to his forehead and then said, "well, an alley isn't type of place for this kind of discussion, follow me."
He then proceeded to pull out a giant pink umbrella and tap randomly on the bricks above a couple of trashcans. Edward looked at him like he had lost his mind, but that look soon turned to one of amazement when the wall began to arrange itself into a doorway leading to a rather exotic-looking street full of people.
"Wh-what kind of alchemy is that?" Ed squeaked.
"We have more to be coverin' than I thought," Hagrid sighed and led him through the door, which closed behind them. He then began to tell and teach Edward anything and everything of use to him, about the wizarding world and of Hogwarts.
"I see," Ed said slowly," so I'm supposed to stay close to this Potter kid without his knowing that I'm with the military and was sent to be his body-guard?"
"Yeah." Hagrid nodded.
"Oh," Ed was taking this all way too calmly, but that wouldn't last very long," in that case, the next time I see Mustang I'm going to –" Hagrid cut him off by clapping a large hand over Edward's mouth.
"Those are some mighty strong words comin' from such a small –"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A SPECK OF SAND SO SMALL THAT IF YOU GOT IT STUCK IN YOUR EYE YOU WOULDN'T EVEN NOTICE?" Ed screamed, attracting some odd looks from passerby's.
"I never said any 'o that." Hagrid changed the subject quickly," You haven't got your stuff yet, right?"
"Well, duh, no." Ed growled.
"Then common, let's go." Hagrid motioned to Edward to follow him, and he grudgingly obliged.
Their first stop was to get all the books Ed would need for the coming year then came the caldron and potion ingredients. Then a quick stop by Ollivander's wand shop, and Edward was on his way to get his robes.
"Why can't I wear the coat I have on now?" Ed looked distastefully at the robes on the mannequins at the front of the store.
"S'not school dress code, you'll get used to the robes soon enough." Hagrid pushed him inside the shop. "I'll meet ya outside, pins make me nervous." He strode out, leaving Edward alone with Madame Malkin.
"Arms out." She commanded, and Edward was quit certain that if she hadn't been in the robe-making business she would make an exceptional military commander. By the times his robes were ready and he had stumbled out to Hagrid, Edward was ready to go find the nearest bed and crawl into it for the next week.
"Please tell me this was the last place."
"Just one more stop." Hagrid chuckled, "Trust me, you'll like it." He added when he heard Ed groan.
The last place they visited, unsurprisingly, was Eyelop's Owl Emporium. Ed looked around at the many different cages, he came upon one with a calico cat that seemed infatuated with its metal water bowl. Ed bent down to examine it closer when the witch behind the counter cleared her throat loudly.
"I wouldn't take that one is I was you." She looked over at him, "It has a strange liking for metal, you can't get it away from the stuff." She shook her head in a very irksome sort of way. Her perfect golden curls fell across her shoulders in a very feminine way, and her bright violet eyes seemed to pierce his very soul as she smiled, revealing perfectly white straight teeth behind rosy lips, the least to say, she was gorgeous.
"What's you're name?" he asked, entranced.
"Me, why my name's Mary-sue –" just then a rather large vault appeared out of nowhwhere and squashed her flat.
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Many miles away, the author, now in a car infront of the local post office smiled triumphantly, "No damn Mary-sues in my story!"
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Paul, the normal, uninteresting wizard sat behind the counter where the unfortuanant Mary-sue used to occupy.
"A strange affinity for metal, did you say?" Ed picked up the cat, Happy birthday, Al, he thought, "I'll take her then!"
Paul took the money from him, (A/N: the military is paying for all his expenses by the way) "Have a nice day, sir." He said in a monotone voice and handed him the change, Edward nodded to him and laughed as the cat rubbed against his automail arm.
Then the thought hit him, "Hagrid, will I be able to wear my gloves?" he asked, half not wanting to know the answer.
"Yeah, but I don't know why ye'd want to, don't they get hot?"
"Not really." Ed assumed that Hagrid didn't know about his missing arm and leg, and unless something came up, he wanted to keep it that way.
"Well, I've got me own matter's to attend to, if you need anything just send a letter with one of the owls they've got at the Leaky Caldron." Hagrid led him back through the wall and into what Edward presumed was the Leaky Caldron.
"Tom will show you the ropes around here, see ya at Hogwarts!" Hagrid clapped a friendly hand on Edward's shoulders, making him fall forward a few steps, and strode off.
For the following weeks Edward spent much of his time conversing with whoever and whatever he could that could tell him more about this world. He couldn't find a sensible way to send Al his "present" yet. As for he so-called present, Ed decided to name her Cat, original, ne? I'll just give Al the cat when I see him next, and he can re-name her if he wants, Edward reasoned as he crawled into bed the day before he was to go to the train station.
" I wonder how Mustang's doing." He yawned aloud, not thinking it pculiar that he was thinking about his raven-haired colonel, with his dark colbalt eyes, and his nice -, "Wait a minute, since when did I begin to refer to Mustang as 'raven-haired'?"
"Meow…" Cat jumped onto the bed.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Edward petted her and turned off the light.
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R&R people! Hope you guys liked it? And ummm Ed's wand is ….hmmmm… lemme think…. Hold on, almost got it…… ?inches, made of red oak, and has a dragon heart-string in it! UUUU