Alchemy At Hogwarts

By: Solar Hawk

Disclaimer: I don't own FMA or any of its characters. Nor do I own Harry Potter and its characters. If I did, I wouldn't be writing this now would I?

I rewrote this to be a little better then the old one. Took out some, added a LOT. The time situation is before the death of Maes Hughes and at Hogwarts, the sixth year. Unfortunately, I'm kinda following one series on some parts, on others, not so much. That way, it's a nice even blend! Hopefully. I won't mess it up too much, I promise!

Chapter 1 : When Owls Attack

"OW! WHAT THE-?" Edward Elric was rubbing his head gingerly where a strange animal had hit him seconds ago. When he recovered he grabbed the bird. It was a tawny, brown owl and it was carrying a letter. Of course, Ed didn't notice any of this because he was currently trying to kill the poor thing. "HIT ME WILL YOU?" He was now trying to strangle it.

Ed was grabbed from behind by two strong hands. "Brother, please! It's just a harmless bird!" Ed looked up at his sibling. A silver suit of armor stared back at him. Ed frowned at his little brother. He only said that because he wasn't the one with a huge bump on his head. Which hurt like heck by the way. Not that Al could get hit in the head in all reality.

Another pair of hands grabbed the bird. "Seriously, Ed. I mean...a bird? Come on!" Now Ed was facing Reina, his twin sister. Her dirty blond hair was freely on her shoulders. He frowned at her as well. The way she said it to Ed made him feel like an idiot. Come to think of it, the way she said everything made him feel like an idiot.

Ed looked up grudgingly. "All right! All right! Now...Will you just let me go?" Al and Rei were right; it was just a stupid bird. A stupid bird that attacks people and makes their siblings turn against them. He crossed his arms and frowned, leaning against the wall grumpily. Ed stared at a brick with extreme intensity. His siblings, well one of them, rolled their eyes at his annoying mood.

Al noticed something. "Hey, look! It's got some letters attached to it! And there are three of them?" As soon as he untied the letters the owl took off lest it anger Ed again. The bird looked back at Ed and it almost looked like it was sticking out its tongue. He stuck out his tongue right back at the bird. Luckily, Ed was ignored by his siblings. "Look, they're addressed to each of us!" Al said while hopping excitedly. Al hopping was a rather funny sight, but even though his siblings were staring at him, he held out the letters happily.

Reina opened her letter first, carefully opening it. She raised her eyebrow and began mouthing something that looked like magic and Hogwarts. What in the world was a Hogwarts, anyway? "We better go see Mustang!" she finally exclaimed after reading and rereading her letter. Then Reina Elric dashed off followed by her bewildered brothers.

After they had dashed off, a voice came from the shadows. A tall, feminine figure stepped out and crossed her arms.

"Hmmmmm. This seems interesting, wouldn't you say, Envy?" Lust flipped her hair as she thought deeply. Another figure, more plain, stepped out.

"Of course! But I would've liked it better if we actually got to attack them, like we planned." Envy cracked his knuckles and grinned demonically. "I would've killed that Elric brat right away! Then I would've given his corpse to Gluttony and watch with satisfaction as he crunched on the brats' automail arms and real ones, too." Lust grimaced at the thought; it wasn't like she hadn't seen it happen before, but the way Envy said it made her stomach churn a little.

Lust recovered lest she show weakness, shrugged, and turned to the smallest figure right next to her. "Oh well, it can't be helped. But of course, you know you can't kill them, yet, Envy. Isn't that right, Gluttony?"

"Yes, of course, Lust! Will I be able to eat them soon?" Gluttony drooled happily as he thought about food. He always thought about food. Morning, day, night, twilight, whenever.

"Of course, once we get our hands on a certain stone of course. But first, let's find out what's going on." Then she faded back into the shadows with Envy and Gluttony right behind her, silent as a whisper. There was no sign in the little dark alleyway that, moments before, there had been a group of cold-blooded murderers had been discussing an evil plan.

"Colonel Mustang! Colonel Mustang! This is REALLY URGENT!" The Elrics had burst into his office without knocking. They were breathless, having run all the way and, except for Alphonse, they were breathing heavily while kneeling on his floor. Al was trying to help his siblings up but to no avail. So he gave up and let them sit there, panting on the floor.

"What is it, Fullmetal? I'm busy!" In all truth, he wasn't. In fact he was reading "How to Attract your Female CO-Worker". Mustang quickly hid the book in his desk and slammed the drawer loudly. "Well Fullmetal, Rose? What is so urgent that you must charge into my office? I was doing some paperwork!" He complimented himself for making up such a good excuse. If word got out...

Alphonse spoke first. "We're terribly sorry, sir! Really sorry. But it's really urgent!" His hands were balled into fists for emphasis and he looked tired although it was physically impossible.

"And what is so terribly urgent?" Mustang was starting to frown. He thought it was another failure on the track of the Philosopher's Stone. Emphasis on the word, ANOTHER. He put his hands behind his head and waited for the excuse to come out.

"Well sir, we received these letters." Al held out his and Ed's unopened letters and slammed Reina's opened one on the desk. Mustang jumped slightly at the sudden noise, but had enough sense to recover quickly.

Mustang was starting to look annoyed. "And?" His hands were now crossed and his face was growing peeved. Plus to top it off, his tone was really impatient.

Edward spoke this time, having recovered enough to talk in full sentences. "And they were delivered by an OWL!" He looked both excited and confused at the same time. His bright golden eyes were almost on fire with anxiousness. As if he was hoping something was really true.

All the color drained from the Fire Alchemist's face. He bit his lip until it was white. "Did you say...owl? What did they letters say?" No, not now, why now?, Mustang thought desperately.

Rei looked confused and said, "I'm not sure, exactly. But here's my letter and I'm really kind of confused." She handed him the letter gingerly. He took it slowly, as if expecting it to explode.

Please don't be a Howler, oh Alchemy, please don't be a Howler, Mustang thought as he unfolded the parchment carefully. "Ahem," he cleared his throat nervously,

"Dear Ms. Reina Elric,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. We understand yours is a special case. If you accept, you will be allowed special tutoring so you may catch up with the other students. Please find all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall,

Deputy Headmistress."

Mustang sat back in his chair massaging his temples. He sat back up and turned to Al and Ed. "Well? Does yours say the same thing?" They opened their letters, read them, and nodded. Mustang growled, "Great. I wasn't enough. Now they're after my State Alchemists! Geez..."

"Excuse me?" chorused the Elrics. What did he mean? They had blank looks on their faces, well, two of them did.

"I mean...this is a joke, right? And what do you mean by 'I wasn't enough?' WHAT IS GOING ON?" Ed was shouting so loudly that Riza, Hughes, and Armstrong had burst into the room as if expecting a bomb or someone holding a gun to the Colonel's face. They relaxed when they saw it was just Ed having another outburst.

"Is everything okay, Roy?" Hughes walked over to Mustang's desk. He spotted Reina's Hogwarts letter and picked it up with a grin on his face. He began to read it and said, "Oh! A letter! Is it from your girlfriend? Because you really need a wife, R-" He stopped as he really read the letter. At first his face was unreadable, and then he started to laugh crazily. Hughes had to support himself on Mustang's desk so he didn't roll on the floor in laughter.

"What's so funny?" Riza demanded. She snatched Ed's letter and Armstrong took Al's, with his permission of course. They both opened them and started to read. Then they both were laughing as well.

"Ahahahahahaa! Good times, eh Roy?" Hughes had finished laughing as did Riza and Armstrong. He gingerly wiped a tear that had leaked from his eye.

"WILL SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON?" Ed was screaming and nearly pulled his blond hair out. His eyes had narrowed to slits and he was growling almost.

"Geez! Calm down Ed. You're going to have a heart attack before you even turn twenty." Hughes had sat on Roy's desk and crossed his legs and arms. "You guys are going back to school! Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, to be exact."

"And why a school of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Magic ISN'T REAL!" Ed ranted and hit the desk with his automail arm. The result was Hughes falling off the desk and landing on his bottom. There was a soft thud and he cringed as his poor bottom felt the pain.

Hughes stood up shakily and dusted himself off. "Actually Ed, it is," he sighed. "Plus you didn't have to hurt my poor bottom."

Ed groaned and hit his head on the desk. "Of course it is. Now will you explain your great intellect to me?" he asked sarcastically.

"I believe I can explain that one," Riza interjected. She walked over to the Elrics. "That is," she started, looking at Mustang, "If the Colonel believes it is all right for you to know." He nodded in an exasperated way, so she took that as confirmation and continued. "Well, in the Wizarding world, one uses a wand. Now imagine that wand to be a transmutation circle. With that wand, one can transmute objects in a way, that is, of course, without equivalent exchange. I guess it's like a Philosopher's Stone in a way that interests you." Riza finished with a nod.

"She's got a point there, brother." Al had decided to join the conversation. He was right, she did have a point. And really good one, involving a Philosopher's Stone in it!

"Oh and speaking of the Philosopher's Stone..." Mustang had caught Ed's attention. The young Fullmetal Alchemist was listening to Mustang with intense attention. "The headmaster there, Dumbledore, is rumored to have been the only known creator of it. Along with some other man, Nicholas Flamel. It was actually at their school for a while."

Al looked up, his voice confused. "What? Flamel? Like these things?" He pointed to his shoulders and to Ed's jacket.

Mustang shrugged. "Yeah, I guess it's sort of like that," he mused in an interested tone. "Maybe he's the reason it's called a Flamel?"

Reina looked intrigued and cocked her head. "Maybe we should find out! He was probably a great Alchemist to create a Philosopher's Stone!" Her hair bobbed excitedly and she was basically jumping up and down.

Maes grinned at Ed. "Are you interested now? Philosopher's Stone, an Alchemist, and a school that teaches magic? What more do you want?" He put his hand on Ed's head, a gesture that the Alchemist hated, but he ignored it.

"When are we leaving?" Ed's eyes were twinkling happily. He had now fully completed a mood swing cycle from annoyed to joyous.

"As soon as I owl Hogwarts. Maes!" Hughes lifted his head to show he knew he had been acknowledged. "Send the owl A.S.A.P."

Hughes saluted. "Whatever you say, Roy." Then he walked out of Mustang's office to send the owl.

As Ed hopped about excitedly with his siblings, Sins were in the shadows. Plotting, waiting, but mostly plotting.

"Philosopher's Stone? Finally. Let's go, Lust!" Envy was rubbing his hands together. "We don't need those Elric brats after all! Now I can get rid of them!" He was almost jumping with joy. His green tinged hair was spread out in excitement.

"Two things Envy. One, yes, we still need them. And two, we will as soon as I put together a plan. Which to choose? The stone itself or the man who made it?" Lust asked thoughtfully, "Which would give us the better benefit?"

Envy shrugged nonchalantly. "I dunno. It depends on how it was made and if it's still there. But I guess our best bet would be to go after this Dumbledore. We should get ready." He began to pace a little.

"Can I eat them soon, Lust?" Gluttony hoped. Lust smiled at Gluttony and shook her head. He was just like a child. A child with a very high metabolism and teeth of steel, that is.

"Well? What's our plan?" Envy asked impatiently. He had stopped pacing and put his hands on his hips.

"I believe the best course of action would be to..." And they plotted for their little trip. After discussing their plot for a good few minutes, they left. Presumably to return to Daddy Dearest. After they had left, yet another person stepped out from the darkness. This one was a male with red eyes, white hair, tan skin and a big white X on his face. Scar. He had been standing there for a few minutes until he overheard the whole situation from outside the window where the Alchemists were discussing their trip.

"Hogwarts," he growled. "Never thought I'd have to go back there." He had gone there in his younger years, through a foreign exchange program, but he soon realized that this Wizarding world was a direct violation of all that Ishbala taught. Acting as if they were gods themselves was the way Scar saw it, just like those dirty alchemists. And so he left, returning to his master and later, becoming a State Alchemist killer. "I guess this is Ishbala's will, then," Scar sighed and walked towards the train station.

He knew the way; he had already been there once before.

SH: Soo? How was it? I think it's a lot better! Don't you? Plus it's longer so you can read more in a chapter than just the dialogue I usually put in. And those of you that critiqued me, please tell me what you think of it now! Please and thank you. Luff you all.

S.H.: Heheee...You guys are all probably like, WTF is she doing!

Well, I'm changing the chapters a litttle because I noticed a buttload of spelling and grammar errors in the original context. So I had to change it a lot.

Okay, next chapter is also changed. Nothing different in the actual story, just some spelling.