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?

Chapter 3 : Enter the HP Trio!

Before actually going to Ollivanders, Mustang had to throw up in a trash can. "I...hate...Gringotts," he groaned. Ed had been laughing the whole time, leaving him breathless. Mustang shot him a couple of nasty glares before turning green and starting to throw up again.

Rei shook her head and tried to keep a straight face. "Ed, stop it. That's r-r-really m-m-m-Hahahaaa!" she giggled and started to laugh as well. Soon Reina Elric was breathless and gasping just like her brother.

Alphonse shook his head, not laughing. "Brother, sister, please," he sighed. When Al sighed, it sounded sort of like wind going through a metal tube, an interesting sound indeed.

"Oh lighten up Al," Ed groaned, "C'mon! You know it's funny! We never get a chance to laugh at Mustang, so now's your chance!" He started to snicker and was full-out laughing again after a few seconds.

"Who's laughing now, SHRIMP?" Mustang yelled and tackled Ed to the ground. Ed was so surprised that he just let it happen. After a few minutes of wrestling, Ed was flat on his stomach on the ground with Colonel Roy Almighty Pony Mustang sitting on his back.

"Hey! Get off! What the heck was that for?" Ed yelped and struggled, trying to get up. Unfortunately for him, everyone's favorite Miniskirt-Luvin' Colonel was a little too heavy for the young Alchemist. "Get off!" he demanded one last time.

"What?" Mustang shook his head a couple times, his black hair messily covering his face. "What's going on? Why am I sitting on Ed's back?" He got up shakily, still swinging his head. "Ugh.."

"Why don't you tell us?" Rei mused. She raised her visible eyebrow. The one that wasn't colored for those of you that were asleep during the flashback.

"I-I don't know," he groaned, "It was like someone was controlling my body and- THE IMPULSE JINX!" He whipped around and saw a grinning, waving man clutching a wand. He was tall and thin with flaming red hair. Standing next to him was a plump women with a young redhead in front of her. Behind them were two red headed boys that looked strangely alike, a black-haired boy with glasses, a girl with bushy brown hair and another red-haired boy. "Arthur? Arthur Weasley!" Mustang exclaimed and dashed over to meet him. "Wow! It's been a while, still the trickster I see."

One of the teenagers, one of twins as it appeared, looked at Arthur. "Trickster? You? DAD?" he wowed.

Mr. Weasley grinned. "Yes, but not anymore. Unfortunately I couldn't resist annoying Roy here. He always used to play pranks with Harry's dad, Sirius, Remus, and Peter. Ah...yes...always attractive to the ladies it was, if I remember...On-Fire Hot-Bottom Roy Mustang!" Mustang blushed at the use of his old nickname.

"On-Fire Hot-Bottom Roy Mustang?" Reina giggled.

"What's next?" Ed laughed. "Colonel Sexy-Hair Mustang?"

"Colonel Too-Hot-For-You Mustang?" Rei added.

"The So-Hot Colonel of Sexiness?" Ed wondered.

"Colonel Marry-Me Mustang?" Rei quipped.

"COLONEL MINISKIRT MUSTANG!" they both laughed out loud.

"Guys..." Alphonse said warningly. "We don't want Colonel Mustang jumping on peoples' backs..." He was giggling, too, despite himself.

Mustang's face fell. "Oh yes, speaking of which...Why did you use the impulse jinx on me? You know I don't like people controlling me," he growled and crossed his arms.

"Impulse jinx?" a younger female redhead questioned. "Dad? Isn't what you did just like the Imperious Curse?" Her eyes grew wide and she bit her trembling lip. Apparently an Imperious Curse was bad.

"Not exactly, Ginny," Mr. Weasley said reassuringly, "You see, the Impulse Jinx makes the jinxee do whatever they want to do at that moment in their mind. So, apparently Mr.-" The Elrics cleared their throats and interrupted.

"Colonel."

"Ah..yes, Colonel Mustang wanted to tackle this small boy here," he finished proudly. The Elrics, except for Ed, all flinched and slowly began to form a small shield around Mr. Weasley.

"Bad idea," whimpered Al.

"Yeah," Reina agreed.

"Wait for it.." Mustang sighed and also joined the shield.

"What is going-"

Ed's eyes grew black and his face spelt death. "WHO'S SO SMALL THAT A GRAIN OF SAND COULD CRUSH HIM?" He dove for Mr. Weasley but was stopped by a very big metal thing...his brother. "Al! Move out of the way so I can kill him!"

Alphonse, brave little Al, shook his helmet. "No! You'll hurt him!" Reina almost laughed herself into a coma. Alphonse was so naive sometimes.

"Of course I will! Didn't you hear me just say I'd kill him?" Ed said angrily and clapped his hands. "NOW MOVE!" he shouted and placed his hands on the ground. A shockwave of earth went straight through Al's open legs and would've hit Mr. Weasley if Mustang hadn't had the foresight to move him. Instead the shockwave or "EARTHWAVE OF SHOCKIENESS!" hit a pale blond boy and knocked him back a couple hundred feet.

"Oh dear!" the bushy hair girl exclaimed. "You've just hit Draco Malfoy!"

"Yeah," the black haired boy agreed, "Hermione's right, you're in for it now."

"Well I don't agree with Harry and Hermione," the shorter red-head boy snorted, "I think the git deserved it."

"Either way, Ron," Ginny sighed, "He's coming over here right now." She was right, Draco Malfoy was walking over to the group with an extremely enraged look on his face.

"Who cast that spell?" he demanded when he had made it over to the group. His robes were torn and his hair was mussed. "Well?" he snarled. "Whoever it was has a lot of gall!"

Ed rolled his eyes, put his hands on his hips, and walked up the snot-nose. "Well, if you must know.. It was me. But, one, it wasn't a spell, and two, it was Alchemy," he stated as-a-matter-of-factly. "So back off, Genius. I've got better things to do than to explain Alchemy to you."

"Do you know who I am?" Draco growled. He crossed his arms and glared at Ed. Ed's eyes stared at him mockingly, driving him into an even deeper rage.

"An idiot?" Reina suggested helpfully. Malfoy whirled to face her and she smiled innocently. Just like Ed taught her when Al and Rei stole cookies from the tray. Her innocence also worked on the higher-ups in the military or was good for distracting guards whenever Al and Ed wanted to sneak into a secret military establishment, restricted section, etc.

Two very large boys had caught up with the group and each stood on one side of Draco Malfoy. The one on his right side cracked his knuckles loudly and the one on the left stared stupidly at Al. Then they sort of shrunk back when they realized Al was a lot bigger than them. Al stood menacingly and balled his hands into fists, letting them fall to his sides. He would've smiled, but we all know a suit of armor can have a little difficulty doing it, so much that it's not usually worth it unless you have a pack of Magic Markers.

Draco did a little mental Arithmetic and decided that Crabbe and Goyle could take down this armored menace if they worked together. "Crabbe! Goyle! Take care of that armor guy first!" he instructed. They nodded and dove for Al.

Luckily for the Elrics, but not for Draco and his cronies, Al had the foresight to draw a quick array on the ground. Now he pressed his palms flat against it and the circle glowed as is normal with most transmutation circles. The earth underneath the two gargantuan boys started to creep up their legs, wrapping like a snake going in for the kill. They yelped in surprise, trying to move backwards but to no avail. Their peanut-sized brains didn't register this menace until it had reached their chests and stopped.

They struggled for a few seconds, then gave up and looked towards their boss hopefully. Draco Malfoy's face was twisted with rage and disgust at his cronies' inability to break a couple inches of topsoil and cobblestone. "You idiots!" he hissed and pointed his wand and them.

"No!" Crabbe cried out and struggled harder.

"B-b-b-but!" Goyle whimpered, not struggling harder.

"Don't hurt us!" they sobbed, tears running down their face. Draco Malfoy's face looked confused as he dissolved the rock surrounding them. Next his face almost looked as if he was blushing, but it was basically unnoticeable. Then he looked absolutely annoyed.

"What kind of idiots are you?" he hissed and turned around, walking away. But his stride was not as proud nor was it concrete. He walked as if in a daze, shakily. Crabbe and Goyle shrugged, their stupidity making them forget the incident that just happened. But the Elrics and all those present didn't forget. In fact, the image was burned into their minds.

"W-what just happened?" the kid called Harry wondered aloud. Everyone was thinking the exact same thing. They began to bounce ideas off of each other as to his strange behavior. Reina and Al were quiet until..

"Hey..Does that Draco kid have many friends?" Al asked quietly. Everyone grew silent and looked towards him. Finally Hermione came forward, shook her bushy head, and sighed.

"Actually, I believe he doesn't have "friends", only "followers". I guess Crabbe and Goyle are the closest thing he has to friends. Why?" she finished and looked towards Reina only to see her back as she ran in the direction that Malfoy had left. Alphonse was right in front of her.

"Where is she going? And where is HE going?" Ed demanded, crossing his arms and wrinkling his nose. "Going to apologize to him? For what?"

Mustang put his hands on his temples and closed his eyes. "I swear...her niceness is going to be her death wish. I can never understand how such a posy made it into the military," he sighed. Mustang was silent for a minute then shook his head. "Alphonse I'm not worried about. It's not like he has a few mass murderers after HIM. Let's follow them," he announced and they headed off in their trail.

Meanwhile, Reina had found Malfoy sulking against a wall with Al standing in front of him. She leaned against the wall right next to him, right next to Alphonse. "Are you okay?" Al asked quietly. He looked startled and then blushed.

"It's none of your business," he sniffed, turning away and facing nothing. Reina sighed and tapped him on the shoulder. He whipped around quickly. "What?" Malfoy fumed.

"If you were nicer to people on the spot, I bet you would have a lot of friends. And I also believe people wouldn't be afraid of you either," she announced boldly. His face was that of a shocked one, his mouth hanging open.

"So if you ever change, Brother and Sister and I can be your friends," Alphonse said kindly and Reina could tell by his body language that he was winking at him. They both turned, walking away. Malfoy mumbled something and they turned around. "What?" Al asked.

"Thanks," he mumbled. They could hear from his voice that he didn't really mean it, but they also could see from his eyes that he did mean it. Rei smiled and he turned to leave. But he paused and turned back around. "What..what were your names again?"

Rei smiled and grinned at Al. "I'm Reina, my blond brother is Edward, and this is Alphonse," she said, jabbing her finger towards Al. Draco nodded and then left. "That felt great!" Reina exclaimed and did a one-eighty on her heels.

Alphonse nodded and said, "I know! I feel like one hundred Philosopher's Stones!" They were so busy laughing, that they didn't notice themselves running straight into Ed. Reina twisted and fell backwards.

She landed on the ground on her bottom and stared up at him. "How long have you been standing there?" she groaned.

"Long enough, Miss Reina Draco Malfoy," Ed teased. "You must seriously have "love at first sight" to fall for someone with such great people skills," he said sarcastically. Ed was finally the one doing the teasing and he enjoyed it immensely.

Alphonse was looming over Ed and didn't sound happy. "She wasn't flirting or anything!" he growled and crossed his arms.

Rei glared at him with all the hatred in her being. "What you mistake for love," she huffed. "I call kindness." She turned to Mustang, ignoring her annoying brother. "Can we please go get our wands now?" Reina sighed. Mustang grinned and nodded, heading down the street.

"Oh wait!" Hermione pleaded. "Could we come with you? And maybe get ice cream afterwards?" she said hopefully. Ed looked surprised but nodded. "Thank you!" She was positively beaming.

When they were out of earshot, Ron turned on Hermione. "You just want to hear about Alchemy, right?" Hermione nodded weakly and was about to ask a question when Harry interrupted.

"We saw your book," he said airily, waving his hand nonchalantly. Hermione blushed and nodded again. "But I'm curious about Alphonse, too, so let's catch up!" Ron and Hermione grinned ear-to-ear and followed Harry.

Ginny was left behind in the dust with the others. "And what are we?" she fumed. "CHOPPED LIVER?"

Thus the boy who lived met the boy who hates being called short, the boy in the armor, and the girl who may have a crush on his school-nemesis.

Note: I hope you are happy! It took me forever to stop playing my game long enough so I could write this chapter. /quickly plays more Animal Crossing: Wild World/ But, yeah. Soo...PLEASE REVIEW!