Oh my god this took far longer then I thought... Then again I overestimated how long it would take me to edit this to be how I wanted it to look... plus some complications with life happened as well. If you wanna know then keep reading, but if not then scroll down and get to reading the chapter.
Anyways so first off I did hit a little road block with this chapter as I didn't feel to happy about how some of it was going at first... so I ended up deleting 80% of it and starting over from scratch. The next part that lead to complications was... well one of my managers (who I'm pretty close with; she's cool man) had lost her only child last month. Let me put it this way to the FMA fans of this... my manager is like Maes Hughes about her daughter. Her daughter was her life and she passed away at only four months old. That was the bigger part of why I hadn't written for a while as well. It was... sad to say the least and I along with my other co-workers mourned for her loss.
The next part on a much lighter note... well I went to Meta Con and debuted my Envy cos-play. My god did I feel great about myself (I'm self conscious as hell about my body, but damn I felt complete man)! Then I recently went to the Renaissance Festival and well that was also fun.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own FMA or Harry Potter
Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 1: Preparing and Starting
Lust read through the letter at least twice just to be sure she got everything it said right down to the very last detail.
"... Sooo… you think going to a school that's named after a blemish on a pig's good? Or not?" Harry asked, keeping an eye on his mother's expression the entire time she read through it and only noticing her eyebrows scrunching up at least once during it. Meaning that there was at least one thing she didn't like in the letter.
"More like a good opportunity. For starters this is a school full of young wizards, much easier to make alliances with them as well as being able to manipulate if you pull the right strings. The other thing is this is a school for magic… something that you yourself are capable of so it's much more for your own benefit. But…" Lust trailed off, causing Harry to lean in with interest… only to see a very familiar grin crossing his "mother's" face and a voice that's not hers to continue.
"Personally I think it would be more fun to cause a bit of mayhem with those worms~!"
"ENVY! You know I hate it when you pretend to be mom!" Harry shouted as the red sparks danced across the homunculus, returning them to their much more preferred form and taking on their preferred outfit as well being a form fitting crop top with what could best be described as a black pair of shorts with a bit of fabric hanging off around their right side that left the oroborus marking on their left lower thigh visible, black fingerless gloves that went up to half of their forearm and some form of footwear that had their heels and toes exposed.
"But I had you completely fooled! You should have seen the look on your face brat! Absolutely Priceless!" Envy laughed, making Harry pout and cross his arms with a glare to the youngest homunculus.
"Shut up you bastard!"
"Better yet could you both shut up? I've had a late night and really don't want to be up right now," Greed's voice yawned as the mentioned sin slowly made his way down the stairs, catching both the human and sin's attention rather quickly.
"Dad should I go to a school that named itself after blemishes on a pig?!"
"... What?" Greed blinked, not understanding what was just asked at all. Envy snickered and Harry sighed.
"This school called Hogwarts want's me to join… I'm mostly questioning if it's going to be as good as it's name," Harry answered with a sigh. Envy snickered at the name while Greed went over and took the letter from Envy, reading it through himself.
"Enough titles there buddy?" Greed muttered after reading the Headmaster's name before going through the rest and pausing at one line. "An owl… they want us to send an owl."
"I think the one that delivered this is still outside," Harry mentioned causing Envy to stop their snickering and to stand up and make their way to the door. As soon as they made it they opened it up and took a look, noticing the tawny colored barn owl sitting on a branch on their front yard tree. When the owl noticed them it seemed to back up and lower it's head with ruffled feathers. Narrowing their eyes Envy slowly closed the door and went back to the table.
"Yeah the feathered rat's still out there."
….
About an hour later Harry was writing his response letter, especially since Greed said it was a good idea… well not in those exact words but more like it would be a really good opportunity to improve and that Harry shouldn't pass it up.
The biggest problem that he's currently having though… is the wording and the fact he's having to write a letter. Sure he's had to write before but that was for school… he's never had to write TO a school before.
"What are you doing Harry?" the voice of Pride tiredly asked, making Harry internally grateful for the oldest homunculus coming in and distracting him from the accursed paper.
"Writing a letter to a wizard school for pig sores or something," the young Wizard answered, as he turned to address the tired homunculus and holding back a smirk at the blank look on Pride's expression.
"What?"
Harry soon explained and half way through it Greed came by and smirked a little with a cup of coffee in one hand.
"Trying to get out of writing a letter yourself kid?" Greed asked with a smirk as Harry was quick to protest and Pride was confused as hell. As Harry was halfway through his "explanation" Greed laughed him off. "I'm kidding kiddo. Besides breakfast is ready so let's chow down."
"No offense dad… but you're cooking sucks." Harry winced while Greed looked unamused and Pride joined Harry's expression in total agreement with the statement.
"Well then I guess someone isn't getting that cake from Bernie's Bakery," Greed could barely hold back a smirk at Harry's expression at being denied a cake from his favorite bakery.
"I TAKE IT BACK!"
"Good, besides it's Envy's cooking today. Not mine."
It was still weird to the homunculi how Envy seemed to be a pretty good cook. It was even weirder to them that the shapeshifter never seemed to consider poisoning the food as a way to off someone… though maybe it's from the fact that they only started the cooking about 20 to 30 years ago and the only ones who ever seem to eat it mostly are their family… who can't really be killed by poison anyways.
Though it might also be good to point out that any poisons are usually locked away in an area that they never tell Envy about. Mostly for safety precautions. Envy still finds that really annoying to have so little trust placed on them with the concoctions especially when they actually need to use it for things like rats or mice… or the occasional asshole from the neighborhood.
"HELL YEAH!" Harry exclaimed and ran into the kitchen while Pride yelled out to him for language.
"Ah let it go Pride. We both know I was swearing up a storm at that age."
"Yes but should you really be using yourself as a comparison for a human?" Pride pointed out with crossed arms. Greed just rolled his eyes and followed after the excited child while taking a sip of his coffee.
….
Harry was quick to question if Lust was going to be joining in on breakfast or not… only to get the answer that she had been called into her current place of work early and wouldn't be back for a few more hours now. Though he was disappointed to be unable to see his mother this morning, Harry was able to shake it off rather quick as he remembered that Greed and Envy had the whole day off and instantly grew excited.
Well… until Pride just had to bring up the topic of the letter he was supposed to write. Harry could only look to the oldest homunculus with a look of betrayal. How dare Pride make him have to do boring writing during the summer?
While Pride was helping Harry write his letter, Envy was about to head out for a walk when they noticed that the owl was still there… and it seemed like it had a friend with another letter.
"HEY YOU DUMB RATS GIVE THE ANKLE BITTER FIVE MINUTES!" Envy shouted, causing the bird who brought a new letter to drop its delivery and fly off but for the first one to hold it's ground and take up the agitated position once again. Envy just gave the remaining owl an unamused look before giving the bird the one finger salute and going off on their walk… in a more "acceptable" outfit then their preferred one.
Why do humans have to be so picky on what's acceptable to wear? Comfort and being cute is way better then these standards of acceptable.
….
When Lust got home she mostly just wanted to collapse into her bed and just take a nap. The humans at her place of work were grueling and she still couldn't understand how people could put up with other's stupid questions or requests. Oh how much she wanted to stab at least one or two people during her entire day.
Unfortunately for her when she got home she discovered that the living room was a mess, another table and at least two chairs were broken, and her two younger siblings were restrained face down on the ground (and probably being stabbed or cut into from the evident red sparks) while the human child was sitting next to them, looking away from the agitated looking Pride and with his head lowered.
"I'm almost afraid to ask…." Lust said while feeling the beginnings of a headache brewing. Knowing that this had something to do with one of her younger sibling's strange ideas of a game… she really didn't want to know just which one they decided to "play" this time nor did she really care at the moment. Her lush king sized bed was calling her name and the sheets were beckoning her into their comforting embrace and she really wanted to follow their call instead of dealing with her family at the moment.
"Don't…." Pride responded with an annoyed look on his face and making Envy stick their tongue out at their oldest sibling.
"It was just a game Pride!" Envy exclaimed only to feel another stab coming through their gut from the black shadow wrapped around them.
Lust did not look pleased herself… nor did she even want to know the exact details of this "game" they were playing.
"If any of you need me I'll be in my room…" Lust sighed, brushing her long hair behind her shoulder, hanging up her jacket on the coat rack and then making her way up the stairs. As soon as Lust was up the stairs Pride shot a glare to both his siblings and the human in their care. Only Harry and Envy couldn't meet the oldest homunculi gaze while Greed stared it head on with a defiant look in his own eyes.
"You three better clean up your mess," Pride hissed while letting his two siblings go finally. Harry only turned his head upwards to get a peek at Pride's expression before shooting it back down.
"Y-Yes Pride…." Though Harry hated to admit it… but if he was to say what one of his top fears were it would be Pride's anger. Well his Acrophobia was worse than his fear of his older brother figure, but fearing the eternally young homunculus wrath was still pretty high up there.
"Not like we have a choice," Envy scoffed.
"Do me a favor while we're cleaning and get that stick out of your ass," Greed huffed while stretching his arms a little, causing both Harry and Envy to flinch and glance between the xingese looking homunculus and the oldest one.
Thankfully nothing broke out from that comment and Pride just rubbed his head as if to calm a headache and left the trio to clean up the mess they created.
"Hey Envy…" Harry started up as all three got up and were beginning to clean.
"Don't say it…"
"But… Dad did-"
"Don't do it."
"I so won the bonus round and you know it," Greed chimed in with a smirk on his face, which caused the shapeshifter to let out a groan of irritation.
Let it be known, that Harry, Greed and Envy had developed a game that they play every time the three have some time off and Pride's in the house. The objective is at first to cause as much damage or move as many things out of place as possible before getting caught by Pride. The first one caught is instantly the loser and when all three are caught it ignite's the bonus round, where someone had to keep a straight face the entire time Pride lectured them.
Whoever usually won the bonus round usually ended up winning the whole game, even if they were the first one out.
"You're just jealous you got caught first~" Greed grinned as his sibling flipped him the bird and Harry tried to stifle a laugh.
….
The day came when Harry finally turned eleven. It was also the day (that was requested) when he would be taken to Diagon Alley to collect his supplies for Hogwarts. To say Harry was thrilled about this was an overstatement. In truth he just wasn't all that interested in the Wizarding World… mostly because from what he's gathered from the very, very few times he's ever actually spoken to a wizard they seemed to be more interested in a sport called Quidditch that involved flying on a broom and that they still seemed to think Robes were still in fashion.
"Can one of you guys at least come with me instead of this 'Representative'?" Harry asked, never liking to admit he hated to be away from his family for a while… or the fact he felt kinda uncomfortable without at least one of their presence being there. The eleven year old hated admitting it most to Envy…. After all the youngest sin would make fun of him for it.
"Harry, Greed and I have work today-" Lust started off only to get cut off by Envy.
"Long story short it's more to get ya used to what the teachers might be like, being away from home for a while, blah blah blah. You get the picture?" Lust hit Envy upside the head soon as they finished. "Ow! What? It's True!"
Soon after a loud knock was heard at the door, to which Harry answered and by god everyone felt their eyes widen at the sight of a very large man with a long messy beard. One collective thought passed through the homunculi before a single question popped up in only one's mind:
"This human's almost as big as Sloth!" while the single question was "Wait… haven't I seen this guy somewhere before?"
Well the question was soon answered when Greed… and by default everyone heard the giant man say how he hadn't seen Harry since he was a baby. Greed was soon reminded of the night he picked Harry up and more importantly the single want he had from that night came to the forefront of his mind.
I want a god damned flying Motorcycle.
….
Harry wasn't surprised by the questions he received from the giant man before the shopping trip… mostly the biggest one being why he wasn't with his Aunt and Uncle. The young wizard shrugged and said they probably didn't want him. Which he would never know if it was true or not but in all honesty Harry could have cared less. He loved the family he had now and wouldn't give them up for the world.
Shopping turned out to be a little more fun then Harry was expecting… well except for when he was getting robes and this blond boy just rubbed him the wrong way… talking about his family and status and shit. Could his dad harden his sin to be like diamonds or cold hard steel? Harry highly doubted it and brushed the boy's bragging off… mostly because he knew that his dad was 100X cooler than any other dad out there.
Then again when he did get to thinking about his dad, Harry started to feel the weight of what's to come… he's going to be going to a school and staying there until holidays and summer breaks come up… and realizing this the young raven haired boy already began to feel homesick.
Harry was thankful though for Hagrid, the giant man who picked him up, bringing him a pretty snowy owl as a birthday gift. Sure he knew that all animals tend to freak out or not want to be around his family…. But the fact that he now had his own pet brought a smile to the eleven year old's face. Sure it's not the dog he once begged for but hey an owl was better than nothing!
Though he couldn't shake the feeling that he had seen a black cat following him around…. Well almost everywhere. Then again this is a place full of wizards and witches so it might just be someone's familiar or someone.
What Harry didn't notice was the dark almost unnatural looking shadow that followed the cat around… and by default the young Wizard as well.
….
The day came for Harry to board the train for school. His family coming with to see him off.
"How the hell do you make a platform ¾'s?" Envy questioned looking at the ticket.
"It must be a wizard thing Envy… though that does beg the question on finding it…." Lust pondered all of them keeping a lookout for the platform or anything unusual that could lead to the platform. Pride was doing the same but also using his shadows to help.
While the other three were busy looking for the platform, Greed was going over a check list with Harry.
"Alright you got your school supplies?"
"Pretty sure I got it all."
"Clothes?"
"School and normal. Like hell I'm going to wear the robes all day."
"Snacks for the road?"
"A bag of potato chips and a few cookies counts right?"
"You got your money?"
"Of course." Harry gave a look that questioned if the Xingese looking homunculus thought he was stupid.
"You sure on that one?" Greed smirked a little causing the young human to blink and check his pockets… only to find his coin bag full of galleons was missing.
"What the hell dad?!"
"Gotta keep you on your toes kid!" the homunculus laughed before pulling out the small bag from his pocket and tossing it to his adopted son, who caught it with ease. "Now then remember what I said about the ladies?"
"Don't pick a fight with them, flirt only if they seem interested with the wink and smile to start off, and try not to be too much of a dick?"
"Atta boy!" Greed laughed while ruffling Harry's slightly messy hair that went down to the nape of his neck. Harry couldn't help but laugh and try to push Greed's hand off his head.
"Dad!"
"Oi you two mind helping out here?!" Envy shouted, catching more than just their two family member's attention as some of the station goers turned their attention to the shouting sin as well.
Shortly after the outburst, which Lust slapped Envy upside the head for, Pride was the one to overhear a family of gingers calling the people of the station Muggles. Understanding that the Wizards called non-magical humans that the oldest homunculus alerted the others and instantly they followed the gingers and observed how they got to the platform for a moment… which Envy couldn't help but point out as being a stupid way of hiding.
….
Harry sat in his compartment watching out the window, feeling homesick already. He was also still impressed that Lust seemed to get along well with the Wizard mother, Molly Weasley as she introduced herself… then again the raven haired wizard was pretty sure that his mother was just acting the part. Envy seemed to disappear which Greed scoffed at and thought that they got bored and left to get some coffee then say bye. Pride simply told Harry to write often… though Greed went a little excessive by telling him to write every day… thankfully Lust got them to compromise on having Harry write once a week just to tell them how he's doing and if anything interesting happens.
Then there was the fact that the same black cat that he saw back at Diagon Alley seemed to have found him on the train and made itself at home in his compartment. Sure it was kinda strange but he figured whoever owned it would come in looking for the cat and Harry would give it back.
"Wow are you going to be this glum the entire ride brat~?" the familiar voice snapped Harry out of his thoughts and made his green eyes widen in shock at the source… the cat. The "cat" was grinning in the same way only one being that he knew would do that no matter what face they wore.
"ENVY?! What the hell?!" Not that the young wizard wasn't happy that his older sibling figure was here… but the fact that they were coming to school with him in the form of a cat was both weird… and terrifying to think about as he's heard the stories that surround their sibling.
"For starters Pride and Lust wanted more info on this school for magic. Buuut seeing as neither could go for a few obvious reasons they decided to recruit little old me to do the dirty work," Harry could have sworn Envy had quietly let out a "like always" at the end but he wasn't exactly sure. "Also no, Greed isn't in on this. Mostly because he would have ruined the surprise."
"... But I thought the rules said I only could bring one animal…"
"Did it? I clearly remember it saying 'An Owl or a Cat or a Toad' not that you couldn't have one that 'accidentally' got into your luggage and followed you to school. Plus if you really think about it it's not specific on if you only HAVE to have one, just that it's recomended."
As much as Harry didn't want to admit it, Envy did have a point. The wizards really should have made it a little more clear… (A.N. No but seriously it never mentions if they can or can't have more than one so I'm just rolling with it.)
An Ed sized moment later, as Envy would have put it, the youngest male of the gingers walked in, causing Envy to clam up and lay next to Harry as the ginger asked if he could sit there. Harry shrugged after glancing nervously at Envy and motioned for the guest to sit down across from him.
After all it was going to be a long ride so why not try to make a new friend… Dear God Harry hoped this kid didn't force him into playing Quidditch if they became friends. With how obsessed he seemed to be Harry wouldn't put it past the ginger known as Ron Weasley.
Well I hope you enjoyed... Now I'm gonna go rewatch the first Harry Potter Movie a few times before writing the next chapter and I hope to see the poll sky rocket during that time as the second chapter will have the results finally shown.
OH on a side note for anyone interested in Bleach, I've finally started to write a drabble crossover series that I'm planning to call Adventures of Old Man and Hollow it's literally gonna be about Old Man Zangetsu and Hollow Ichigo trying to get back to Ichigo over the two years he lost his powers.
Reason why it's gonna be a crossover? Well let's just say Hollow is not very good at transporting people.
Anyways sorry about that Advertisement there but I hope to see you all next time!
Leave a Review if you enjoyed this chapter or have suggestions for a future chapter or short I can focus on in between chapters!
