Chapter ten, you guys are truly awesome! -sniffsniff- sooo many reviews, -bows to everyone and then glomps them-

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Ed had been gone for a long time now, too long. Roy opened the door of his compartment and looked out into the hallway.

There's No Edward…

He walked down the halls, down towards the cargo.

Still no Edward…

Willing himself not to worry, Roy opened the door of the cargo car (for lack of better word) and stepped into the dim room. The first thing he saw was a large mirror; he didn't give it much attention because he heard a small sound coming from behind a large crate in front of the mirror. "Edward?"

He walked around the crate.

There's Edward.

The younger alchemist was rocking back and forth, his eyes were wide and tears were openly pouring down his face. His lips were moving frantically, but no sound aided them in forming words.

"Edward." Roy kept his voice low, the boy was obviously in shock, and he knew from first hand experience that yelling would only make matters worse. He put a gentle hand on the boy's shoulder, saying his name softly again, "Ed, what's the matter?"

----- wahahaaha! Scene change! I got a Spiderman tie and I mean business!--

Al was currently situated outside the entrance to the grand hall, he had to devote a part of his willpower to not fidgeting in boredom, even if he's a suit of armor, he still has the soul of a fourteen year old boy. Hermione, Harry and Ron had made it back to their common room without causing much trouble, even though Al had to divert Filch the caretaker's attention to keep them from getting caught.

Now Hermione and Harry were sitting at the table, talking and plotting on how they would make sure that Harry was murdered in cold blood by the Fullmetal Alchemist. "Now, Harry, " Hermione didn't have to keep her voice very low, after all not many people were inclined to stay at the castle over break, "Ed is an alchemist, but I'm not exactly sure of what he's capable of, these articles aren't very informative." She looked disgustedly at the parchments, "Although it's been rumored that his arm and leg aren't even 'real'!"

"Not real? But how could that be?" Harry looked at the girl like she had lost her mind.

"I would tell you more, but these damn papers!" Hermione threw them down on the table, "They don't tell me a goddam thing about his past!"

"Who's past?" Neville had made his not-so-grand-as-I-planned entrance.

"Ed's." Harry said immediately and Hermione clapped a hand to her forehead.

"You're just a locked vault, no one could get any information out of you, Harry." Her voice dripped with sarcasm.

"Ed's? Why would you want to know about his past?" Neville sat down next to Harry, obviously Ed had done some socializing other than what the author had put in the story. (A/N: P!))

"Well…" Hermione had no choice but to tell him, and at the end of her ('theory', shall we call it?) Neville looked shocked.

"So it is true what my Gran told me!"

"What did your gran tell you, Neville?" Harry asked.

"She told me that the military and its dogs are evil and no good will be coming from them!" Neville nodded.

"Well put!" Oliver Wood, the quidditch team captain piped up.

"Oliver," Harry blinked, "When did you get here?"

"Eh?" Wood looked at his surroundings, "Actually, I'm not sure what the hell I AM doing here."

"Interesting, very interesting." a devious look spread across Hermione's face. Of course, this must be the military's doing! I can't find any relevant reason to why they're to blame for Oliver's sudden appearance, but hell, when in doubt, blame the military! Or was it 'pinky out'? Oh, who cares…?

"Well, I must be going!" Oliver Wood, quidditch captain extraordinaire, got up and walked out of the great hall. Everyone watched him go.

"Hey, where's Ron?" Harry asked suddenly.

"Who knows?" Hermione shrugged, "He'll turn up eventually."

MANY HOURS LATER…

"Okay, Ron's been missing for way too long." Harry stood abruptly after sitting many long hours in the Gryphindor common room with Neville and Hermione.

"I agree!" Neville stood with him, "We must go search for him, in the name of JUSTICE, before those damn military dogs get him!"

Hermione and Harry just looked at him, "Neville, you need to STOP hanging out with the picture of that knight that we're not supposed to know about until the third book, but oh well…"

"Ummm, yeah…" Neville turned pink, but they headed out to search for their lost comrade.

Many fruitless minutes later Hermione leaned against a spare broom cupboard, "This is going to take forev- ARG!" she fell back into the cupboard, almost landing on Ron, and Oliver Wood. (A/N: I really hope you guys saw that coming XDDD))

"RON! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU AND OLIVER WOOD DOING IN A LOCKED BROOM CUPBOARD? AND WHY ARE YOU BOTH RED?" Hermione shrieked, and before Ron or Oliver could say anything in their defense, she gasped, "OLIVER! WHY IS YOUR SHIRT UNDONE!"

"Bloody hell, Hermione!" Ron got her attention by stepping out of the cupboard, and stretching, "I got locked in there by Peves, Oliver got locked in there after I did."

"You'd be surprised how quickly air turns hot in a locked broom cupboard," Oliver stepped out behind Ron, buttoning up his shirt.

"Oh," Hermione said in a small voice.

"Besides," Wood grinned devilishly, and grabbed Harry's hand, pulling him to his chest, "Harry's the only one for me!"

"EEP!" Hermione fainted in shock and Harry pushed himself away from Oliver.

"The hell was that!" He spat.

"Ah, I didn't mean nothin' by it, just wanted to see what her reaction would be," Oliver scratched his nose, "just a joke between teammates."

"Umm, Oliver, I'm not on the quidditch team…"

"You're not?" Oliver blinked, then clapped him on the shoulder, "Well, you are now, the new seeker! Congratulations! J.K. said you would be an excellent addition to the team!" he laughed and walked off, leaving four very confused first-years in his wake.

"Come on," Harry sighed to Ron and Neville, "We better get her back to the common room…"

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To be continued in the next chapter!

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Coming next: Why does Neville hate the military so much? Where's Alphonse? What's happening back at headquarters? AND WHAT ABOUT ED?