Man, I'm sorry everyone, this chapter is soooooooooooooo (ok you get the idea) late. I was working on "The Dog, The Bean, and The Well…"it's almost done T.T. Anywhozles, all these happy reviews makes me all worm and fuzzy inside huggles reviews. If there are any suggestions for what the three tasks should be tell away! Should I keep the three original tasks? ( ta see Edu-kun duke it out against a dragon would be interesting…refried beans!) Or should I come up with three new ones? OR should I have four events instead of three? Cause you know it is the Quadwizard Tournament and whatnot? Ideas? Suggestions? I'll make sure to give credit to those who's idea's I use…if I use any…I usually do (gasp! I should go back and check something! Make sure I give credit to someone has a really bad memory). But I'm rambling so I'll just get on with the chapter! Enjoy!

Chapter Four: Arrival

The Hogwarts Express pulled into a dark and foggy station. All the students on board bustled out and stood around talking. Edward found it odd that nobody was carrying their things. His first thought was to ask Artimus,

"Hey, Artimus!"

"What?"

"…This uniform is itchy…" he only said this because he noticed Harry, Ron, and Hermione walking towards them and figured they'd know more. Seconds later he deeply regretted have saying that because Artimus had landed a hard smack up-side the back of his head.

"Deal with it!" she hissed "Jerk…"

"Brother? Are you ok?" Al asked.

"Nrg…ow…"

"Hey guys!" Harry said as he and his friends walked up to the three alchemists. Artimus smiled and waved, Al waved also, Ed on the other had rushed up to them and said,

"Ah! Just the people I was hoping to talk to!" Ed said, he was rubbing the back of his head, Artimus had hit him pretty hard.

"Really?"

"Yes! I have a few questions, starting with…why is everyone leaving their things on the train? Also, how are we going to get to this Hogwarts School of yours?"

Artimus smacked her forehead and thought,

'Prodigy? More like an annoying brat that doesn't pay attention.'

"Well, all the luggage is brought up to the castle and to the owners room later…how they do it exactly we've never really figured out. As for getting to the castle, some carriages will be coming to pick us up. The first years get to cross the lake though." Harry answered. Ed just nodded and looked over his shoulder at Alphonse and said,

"You heard'm Al, we can just leave our stuff on the train and they'll bring it up to us later."

"You sure brother?"

"Yeah."

Al sighed and nodded, turning he went to put the bags back on the train. When he got back he found the tension in the air to be most tense, Al walked over to Harry and the gang and asked,

"Um…did I miss something when I was gone?"

"Those two don't get along very well do they?" Hermione asked.

"Not really…" Al sighed.

"Ed was complaining about how stiff and itchy his uniform was, Artimus seemed to take it quite offensively and kicked him in the leg giving him a charlie horse…though I must admit it's quite entertaining." Ron said.

"Ron!" Hermione scolded.

"Oh brother…" Al just shook his head.

"What the hell is your problem shrew!" Ed hissed.

"You are bean alchemist!" Artimus retorted.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A BEAN SPROUT MIDGET SO SMALL HE CAN'T EVEN BE HIT BY THE SUNS LIGHT?"

Before Artimus could answer, with a rather nasty retort, a series of carriages had appeared. They seemed to be pulled by strange creatures, dark and nasty looking.

"Finally!" she said exasperatedly, she walked over to one of them and climbed in. Ed and Al followed; Ed was grumbling and fuming. Because Al was so big Harry, Ron, and Hermione had to ride in a separate carriage.

Once everybody was in a carriage they lurched forward and headed up a dark and dusty path. It wasn't a first class ride up to the school to say the least, the carriage smelled of moldy straw and the seats where less then comfortable. To add to this discomfort every time one or both of the wheels would hit a pot hole it leave your bottom sore and bruised.

"You know Al, you're lucky you can't feel how nasty this ride is." Artimus grumbled.

"Heh" Al laughed meekly, he got that a lot from his brother when ever they where on long train rides.

"I wonder what the library is like." Ed muttered.

"I heard it was really, REALLY big and had loads of books." Artimus said, she knew it was a big library but not nearly as big as the one in Central…at least she didn't think so…she just wanted to see how Ed would react to this.

"Really?"

"Sure, it IS a school isn't it? Schools normally have libraries and books. Besides, you'll have plenty of time to check it out later…as in not right when we walk in the door. Besides that's not why we're here." Artimus said looking out the window at the surrounding darkness.

"Maybe for you, but the only reason we're here is to find more information about the Philosophers Stone."

"What are you a broken record?" Artimus hissed not looking at him.

"What?"

"Never mind…"

"What is it with you? Who are you really?" Ed questioned.

"Like I said on the train, I'll tell you later." Artimus shrugged still looking out the window.

"It is later." Ed grumbled.

"Later as in MUCH later…or maybe when we get settled in and have less on our minds. I said I'd tell you didn't I?" Artimus said only this time she turned and gave him a questioning look.

"She's right brother, she did say she'd tell us later." Al said, he was only trying to break the tension.

"Fine…whatever." Ed leaned back in his seat crossing his arms and glancing out the opposite window, his sulking was violently interrupted when the wheel on his side hit a particularly deep and nasty pothole. He fell forward and hit his head off of Al's knee; Al had been sitting parallel to him and Artimus.

"Brother? Are you ok?" Al asked franticly, Artimus just cackled and had a rather satisfied look on her face.

It was about twenty minutes later that Hogwarts came into view of all the carriages. Alphonse looked up at it in wonder; he'd never seen such an old and yet wonderful building before. Edward on the other hand was impressed with how…old…the castle was but he had better things on his mind.

The carriages came to a halt and everyone climbed out, making their way up the front stairs and into a long hallway. The group had met up with Harry and the gang, they made their way towards the Great Hall not really saying anything, it wasn't until they where at the doors to the Great Hall that Hermione asked,

"What do you think so far?"

"It's…old." Ed said not really giving it much thought.

"It's amazing!" Al said he was still looking around amazed at all the paintings and suits of armor.

"Hey Al, you'd fit right in here wouldn't you?" Ed chuckled; Artimus elbowed him slightly in the ribs saying,

"Don't tease your brother that's not nice."

"What?" he said in a questioning manner, 'Man…she's abusive…more so then Winry almost.' Ed then thought remembering all the times he'd get a wrench to the forehead whenever he'd bust his automail.

"Yes, Hogwarts is very old. But you should see the Great Hall." Hermione said opening the doors. If possible Al became even more amazed, he slowly walked into the Great Hall completely ignoring the strange looks he was getting from all the other students. Ed to was quite impressed with this room, he wondered how they managed to get those candles to hang in midair like that, surely there was some sort of plausible explanation to it.

"Wow…" Al stopped in the middle of the Great Hall and looked up at the ceiling, he could see the night sky and all the stars. The ceiling too was another thing Ed wanted to know about…though he couldn't help but get lost in it.

"Well, as you all can well see we have some very special guests joining us this evening!" a slightly cackled but still strong voice said. Ed, Al, and Artimus all looked straight ahead to see a large table with some elder witches and wizards seated behind it, one of which stood out considerably. He had a long white beard and half moon spectacles, the old man continued,

"I would like to introduce to you all our guests from a very exclusive school of alchemy; Mr. Edward Elric, Mr. Alphonse Elric, and Miss. Artimus Derrick."

Everyone clapped, but Edward was giving Artimus a questioning glare, she only returned it with an innocent smirk.

"That must be Albus Dumbledore." Artimus said.

"They have traveled a long way to be here for a most momentous accession! This year Hogwarts will be hosting a once in a life time event in which four schools will be participating. It is known as the Quadwizard Tournament!" Dumbledore continued. He was met with a sudden silence…nobody had heard of this event.

"Now, the Quadwizard Tournament is not all that different from its counter part the Triwizard Tournament. In fact, the one who wins the tournament wins whatever that person wants the most. The prize can be anything…anything the winner wants no matter what it is." Dumbledore had a smile on his face but those who noticed, noticed he did not seem very pleased about this.

"It is true that the prize is indeed grand but a word of warning, the grandness of the prize is coupled with the grandness of how much more you could lose. There is a reason why this tournament is a once in a life time event and all who choose to partake in this event should keep this in mind." he glanced around at all the students "The other two schools will be arriving in one week which means I will be repeating this message upon their arrival. Now, I think this speech has gone on long enough." The old man just waved his hand somewhat absentmindedly and all the tables where filled with food.

"You guys, sit over here." Ron said sitting at one of the tables, the three walked over to that table and sat down, Ed had to drag Al though because he was too drawn into the ceiling.

"Look at all this food!"

"Easy boy don't hurt yourself." Artimus retorted after Ed's comment.

"You hardly fed us while we where at the Leaky Cauldron so I'm hungry!" Ed practically dived into anything and everything he could get his hands on.

"Hey! You're alive aren't you; it's not like you starved or anything. Pig…" Artimus turned her attention back to Harry, who said,

"So, where were you three planing to say?"

"We were told that the Gryffindor house would be where we were staying." Artimus answered.

"That's our house!" Ron said, he too was eating just like Ed…Artimus just forced a smile.

"Great…so you guys didn't know about this tournament?" she then asked.

"Nope…" they all said.

"Well, you all know now. So which one of you are going to give it a whirl?"

"It does sound interesting." Harry said piling mashed potatoes onto his plate.

"Yeah, and to win anything you want…that would be wicked." Ron agreed.

Ed looked up from his plate and said,

"I doubt they'll be able to give you WHATEVER you want if you win, there's probably a limit to what you can ask for."

"Why don't you give it a try?" Artimus hinted in a not so stealthy way.

"What for? I have my reasons for being here and it's not to play games." Ed replied reaching for a bowl.

"Yes, and if you where to partake in this tournament and win…what would you ask for?" Artimus pressed, she was amazed at how slow he was on the uptake.

"Why would it matter what I'd ask for?"

"ARG! Because, if you win you get whatever you ask for! Think about it for a moment!" Artimus snapped, when she did it made everyone within ear shot jump.

"I don't know what…wait…hmmm" Ed stopped for a moment and thought about it "How much of a guarantee is there that you'll actually get what you ask for?"

"Much more then there is of you finding what you're looking for in a mountain of books." Artimus said with a smirk.

"Brother? Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Al asked.

"Maybe Al…maybe…" Ed went back to eating but only one thought was on his mind, 'If I enter this tournament and win…could I actually get the Philosophers Stone?'

The feast was coming to an end soon and most of the students where preparing to leave. Harry, Ron, and Hermione where going to show them the way to Gryffindor Tower, but it took a little more time because Al didn't want to leave just yet…the ceiling was so pretty.

-To Be Continued-

I was originally going to go more into who Artimus is in this chapter but I'm one to make rather short chapters…I dunno why I just can't write long chapters. Ok I probably could I'm just so lazy and tend to procrastinate (sigh…it's a curse but I live with it). Anywhozles! The next chapter will most definitely have more on Artimus; in fact now that I think about it…most of the chapter will probably be her telling the Elric's about herself…more or less. Oh and about her last name, it's actually the name of one of my other made-up characters. Not one I'm using in this story though, no just Artimus, I have this thing with coming up with last names…I'm not very good at it. So all of my own characters don't have last names…with the exception of Zekke Yokkomaru (kewl name huh?). Well, I'm rambling again so I'll stop…for now…please read and enjoy!