"Right. First, we go into the phone booth," Harry recalled, stepping in. With much luck, everyone was able to squeeze in. Harry dialed "62442".

"State your name and business."

Harry called the names of everyone who was there, finishing with "We've been sent here to find something." Cards with names and "Search Mission" printed on them were published, and Harry handed them to their respective owners.

"Where's the Stone?" Ed asked the Baron.

"We put it in the Department of Mysteries," said the Baron.

"That's in Basement Level 9.This elevator takes us to 8," Luna told everyone.

"So we'll just go until 8 and take the stairs," Harry decided. They did exactly that. When they reached Basement Level 8, they all bounded out, eager for personal space.

"Harry Potter! Fancy seeing you here!" they ran into a large man with a huge mane of hair and bushy eyebrows. He peered at the alchemists, homunculi, witch, ninjas and ghost standing behind him.

"Oh! Good morning, Mr. Scrimgeour!" Harry greeted the man. "Everyone, this is Mr. Scrimgeour, the Minister of Magic. Mr. Scrimgeour, this is, er,… everyone."

"You're Hogwart's guards, aren't you? I've been meaning to have a chat with some of you. Do you have time now?" Scrimgeour inquired.

"Are you kidding me, man? We're on a mission!" Ed rudely refused.

"Professor McGonogall wanted me to give them a tour of the Ministry," Harry lied.

"I could do that myself!" Scrimgeour exclaimed. "We can start with this floor. That fountain you see there is the Fountain of Magical Brethren. Saved you from a nasty end in your fifth year, didn't it, Harry?" Scrimgeour pointed at a repaired fountain.

"Actually, what we're interested in is the Department of Mysteries," Lust, who was sitting on Gluttony's shoulder, informed him in her satin voice. "As you know, we are from worlds different than yours. It has come to our knowledge that there are things in there which may interest us."

The Department of Mysteries was not one of Scrimgeour's favourite places. He tried to avoid it whenever he could, and when he couldn't made his stays there as short as possible. It was cold, creepy, weird… he shuddered even thinking about it.

"May we pass?" Lust raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, certainly," Scrimgeour bobbed a bow. "Have a good day, then."

They all piled into another lift, which took them to Basement Level 9. The door opened, and they faced the entrance room.

"Okay, Baron. Where is it?" Ed asked the Bloody Baron.

"We went through the door over there," the Baron remembered.

"Great! Let's go!" Ed chirped. He, Al and Naruto bounded towards the door that the phantom pointed at.

"Wait, guys-!" Harry called out. Suddenly, the walls began to move. The doors moved 'round and 'round in a circle for a few seconds. Ed, Al and Naruto crashed against the door that had taken the old one's place when the walls stopped rotating.

"The walls move," Luna explained serenely.

"I think we've figured that out!" Ed snapped.

"We'll just have to go through all of them one by one, then," Ed decided. He peered into the room, and turned around, a sickened expression on his face.

"What?" asked Naruto, peering in after him. "Hey, cool! Floating brains!"

"Stay away from them!" Harry instructed.

"Next room!" Ed announced. The door closest to the Thought Room was still closed. He kicked it. "Open!"

"That's the door that never opens," said Harry, passing by. The door on the other side of that one opened, and he looked in. "And the next one is the Time Chamber."

"Here's the Hall of Prophecy and the Space Chamber," Luna, Gaara and Hinata walked over from the opposite direction. "And then, we have the…"

"Death Chamber." Harry remembered.

"I remember the room had a lot of stairs," said the Baron. "Yes, it's this one! Hohenheim and I put it on the dais! Then, he drew a circle around it and did some sealing alchemy!"

Everyone crowded around the entrance. Their eyes were all drawn to the arch with the tattered curtain. It was just as Harry remembered. The curtain was still blowing in the wind, and Edward could still hear the voices.

"No point just standing around." Edward stepped carefully down the tiers. He kept on walking until he reached the pit. He hopped up onto the dais, standing in front of the arch. The veil of death engulphed him in an ethereal glow.

"Don't go any closer, Edward!" Harry was reminded of how Sirius died.

"Come on down!" Ed waved at them. "Help me look!"

Al walked towards him. Luna and Gaara fearlessly followed. Naruto bounded down, and Harry reluctantly pursued them. The Baron floated down as well. Hinata nervously joined them. Lust strolled a few steps into the room, gazing at the arch suspiciously. Gluttony stayed by her side.

"We put the Stone right here," the Baron pointed at the space the arch now occupied. "The sealing circle is gone, too."

"Just keep looking!" Ed instructed, "Look around the whole room!"

"What if somebody moved it?" Luna spoke up after fifteen minutes of searching.

"In that case, this would be a pointless mission. We should go back," said Gaara.

"Shut up!" Ed yelled. "Keep looking! We'll find it! We'll definitely find it!"

"Brother! What Luna said isn't impossible!" said Al.

"Yes it is! We've searched for so long, Al! I can't accept that we lost another opportunity because some pompous idiot in a robe decided they wanted to hang their ratty old curtains here instead!" Ed shouted. "There's no way it's not here! It's gotta be here! We've worked so hard for it! I have to fix my mistakes! I have to get your body back, Al! I just have to!"

"A good speech. Nothing is comparable to the love shared by brothers." Everyone turned to the direction of the voice. They looked at the entrance, where Lust was standing. The silouette of a muscular man emerged behind her. His sunglasses caught the light from the veil. His X-shaped wound came into sight. It was Scar.

"You're that psycho!" Harry proclaimed.

"The murderer from Central!" Edward remembered.

"Correct. I am Scar." Scar stated. He placed his right arm on Gluttny's head. His tattoos glowed through his sleeve. Gluttony's head blew open in a grotesque manner. Scar pushed him aside, going for Lust next. He stopped short, gasping.

"What's wrong? Aren't you going to blow me apart like you did Gluttony?" Lust smirked.

"You're her... but you can't be, she's dead… unless… did he succeed?" He pulled out a locket with his other hand and popped it open.

A sickening gag came from Lust. There was an expression of shock on her face. Pain flashed across her eyes. She opened her mouth to let out another cough. And collapsed.

"Lust!" A regenerated Gluttony cried. He saved her from a tumble down the stairs. Carrying her, he hopped over to join the rest of his group.

"Those who sin against Ishbala must be annihilated!" Scar cried. He raced down the tiers, destroying them as he went along. Large chunks of stone flew everywhere.

"Crap! He'll destroy it!" Ed yelled.

Scar went for Gluttony again. He stumbled back, not noticing what was behind him. He knocked over Al, Hinata and Naruto, who were standing directly behind. Together with Lust, they all fell through the veil. They didn't emerge from the other side. Scar stopped just in time.

"Al!" Ed cried, racing over.

"No! It's too late!" Harry restrained Ed just as Lupin had held him back.

"Let me go!" Ed yelled.

"No!" Harry maintained his grip on Ed's arm. Scar stood in place, panting. Luna approached him. Stopping a short distance away, she stared at him.

"The way you attacked just Gluttony, like you blew his brains out… a man with white hair, a scar, and sunglasses…" she gasped. "You're the murderer! You killed my father!"

"So you are the offspring of that scientist. The nature of his experiments was different from alchemy, but he was conducting them just the same. He was twisting the natural world of Ishbala," said Scar.

"He was a magazine editor and an inventor!" Luna protested, bursting into tears. "How could you do that? He wasn't twisting nature! He was inventing cures for illnesses!"

"He destorted the way things were supposed to be naturally, just like an alchemist would. He sinned." Scar cracked his knuckles. "So he died."

"You're sick! He was doing it for the good of people, just like my mother before him! And I will continue their experiments now that they're gone!" Luna declared.

"You will make use of the evil you inherit? Then you must die as well!" Scar placed his arm on Luna's head. "You both meet your end at the hands of Ishbala's right hand."

"No she doesn't. Let go." Gaara sent a stream of sand rushing towards them. He broke Scar's contact with Luna, sending them both backwards. Luna stumbled through the veil.

Scar and Gaara began fighting, blowing up some more of the room. Ed still struggled to get away from Harry. Gaara dealt Scar quite a few nasty bruises, but in the end. Scar was able to push him through the veil.

"He's my only brother!" Ed cried. He ran towards the arch with a sudden burst of energy, dragging Harry with him. They both leapt through the veil of death.


"Luna? Darling, wake up." Luna opened her eyes a tiny bit. A woman with warm brown eyes and gentle golden hair smiled down at her.

"Mummy?" Luna sat up.

"Yes." Lorelei Lovegood embraced her child. "Look at you, Luna. How you've grown."

"Daddy said I look more and more like you everyday." Luna smiled.

"You're a picture of beauty and grace," Lorelei praised her.

"It's so good to see you, mummy." Luna hugged her again. "But where are we?"

"That's a good question," to her right, Edward was just waking up as well. The whole group was there, and most were coming to. Lust was still passed out. They were sitting in a room that was completely white. A small wooden door seemed to be the only entrance or exit. Besides the group and Luna's mother, there was one more person in the room. It was a thin man with greasy black hair and tattered robes. He was sitting with his back against the wall.

"Most of you have been unconscious for three days. Gaara took the liberty to introduce everyone," said the man. "It's good to see you again, Harry."

"Sirius?" Harry gasped.