A/N I would like to thank everyone for reviewing. Guest reviewer in a way your going to get your wish in this chapter. James is not going to be the who blurts out the truth though. I would like to dedicate this chapter to Kourtney your reviews are always encouraging and I thank you. Also I would like to remind everyone I do not take flame reviews or cursing within my reviews. If you don't like my story it's simple find something else to read. For those of you who do enjoy!
Roy's POV
The next morning I had just changed into civilian clothes when a knock came at my door. I called out as I was putting on my gun holster," Enter." I heard a sharp intake of breath behind me and knew whoever it was had seen my gun. I rolled my eyes in annoyance before turning to face the person. It was Alex my new charge and he was as pale as a ghost. He asked fear in voice," Is that real?"
I sighed and nodded before saying," Yes it a glock. They are common handguns all over the world. They can kill you faster than any spell so don't touch them." Alex sneered and asked," Then why can you carry them? I bet you don't even know how to shoot one."
Before he could say another word I drew my weapon and fired. The shot rang out just inches from his head. The behind his head exploded with the force of the bullet. I said," If your meat to be the "savior" of the wizarding world you should learn who not to taunt. Otherwise you will end up dead." He gulped before nodding hurriedly. I placed my glove in my pocket before I said," Time to go. Lead the way please."
He led the way to the great hall. The school hadn't changed much in since the one time James Potter had brought me. When we arrived there was one long table that everyone was sitting at. Professors McGonagall, Snape, Flitwick were sitting by Dumbledore. The Potters were sitting with Sirius and Remus. I decided to sit at the far end of the table away from the Potters. I could see Sirius and Remus glance at each other before they picked up their plates and moved closer to me.
I had piled my plate high full of eggs, bacon, and toast with just butter. I glanced at the juice before I asked," What kind of juice is this?" Sirius said his face full of shock," It's pumpkin juice. You've never had pumpkin juice?"
I shot him warning glance that he promptly ignored and stalked over to James Potter. I groaned I knew exactly what Sirius was going to do. He pulled James from his seat and punched him square in the nose. He immediately got to his feet and yelled at Sirius," What the bloody hell was that for Sirius?" Lily said in surprise," Language James."
Sirius moved his hand in my direction and yelled," How could you disown your son?! You deserved that and so much more!" I snickered quietly he did have a point. James looked at me as if seeing me for the first time and snarled," You!"
I said with a shrug," I'm surprised you didn't recognize me yesterday. After all you were the one who abandoned me in London after you disowned me." James paled considerably at his secret being revealed. I wasn't stupid I knew he had come up with an excuse for my disappearance. Lily rounded on him and screeched," You did what?!"
I saw the potion's master smirking to himself and nodded in his direction. I had heard about James and Snape's rivalry and didn't want to make this man my enemy. The man raised an eyebrow before tilting his head to the side. I had just enough time to duck before James' fist swipes at the air where my head had just been. He came at me again and I grabbed his arm twisting it painfully behind his back. I whispered dangerously twisting his arm so that the bones ground together," Struggle and I will break the arm. You maybe able to fix it but it won't stop the pain of the break."
James went completely still at those words. He growled angrily," What do you want?" I said pushing him away from me and letting go of the arm," I didn't want to come here but orders are orders. You disowned me so I owe you nor anyone else in this room anything. I will do my job until Pettigrew is caught or the State Alchemist are called to war."
James glared at me but Alex was the one who spoke up," Dad said you ran away. If he did disown you it's because your a worthless squib. I believe in dad that he made the right decision." Lily looked conflicted on one hand she wanted to greet her son that she hadn't seen in eight years. On the other she knew as a good wife she should support her husband. She sighed and stood beside James. I had no family in this room except for maybe Sirius. I still did not know how I felt about my godfather but I was not about to accept him just yet.
I said glaring at them," I am here for only one reason," I stuck my thumb out at Alex," To protect him. My name as I said yesterday is Roy Mustang. Major in the Amestris State Army. Don't like it I would love to go home. Otherwise get over yourselves the world doesn't revolve around you."
Grabbing my plate of food I spun on my heel heading back to my room leaving behind a stunned room. Safely in my room I breathed out a sigh. That was not how I planned for this day to go. I had hoped to hide my identity for as long as possible. Curse Black and his big mouth. Thankfully since I was disowned the Potters held no rights to me. Though Dumbledore may try to interfere with my life.
Once I had calmed down some I finished my breakfast. I disassembled and cleaned my gun before reassembling it and putting it back in its holster. With that done I searched the grounds looking for any sign of the illegal animagus. I knew from the stories that James used to tell that he, Sirius, and Peter were all animagus. Peter was a rat animagus so it would be easier to look or signs of him in his human form. Two hours of searching the grounds led me nowhere.
I went back to the castle only to run straight into Severus Snape. I said," Sorry sir. I didn't mean to run into you. I was just coming back from checking the grounds for signs of Pettigrew." Severus looked at my attire disapprovingly before he said," You are a wizard yet you dress like a muggle."
I glared at him slightly before turning my head away slightly. I said in a soft voice," Unlike everyone here. The muggle life as you would call it is the only life I have ever known. The Potters would never let me anywhere near anything to do with magic. James is convinced I'm a squib which I'm not. I have a tight control over my magic. If it were to go wild it could destroy anything within ten miles of me." Snape accepted my words without comment. After a moment I said," I never wanted to return to this country. My home will always be Amestris. This... It's just full of memories best left forgotten."
Snape looked like he wanted to say something but decided against it. Instead he nodded and walked away. I may not like England but I would make do until I could return home. With a sigh I went to the library looking for books on alchemy. I found basic books on alchemy in the library but nothing on flame alchemy. I wanted to improve my skills.
I was searching through one of the books when a shadow appeared over me. I said not looking up," If you are not dead or dying go away." An angry voice said," You cannot talk to me like that brat."
Still I did not look up James thought he could intimidate me. That wasn't going to happen anytime this century. I was not the same little boy he pushed around eight years ago. James slammed his hands down on the desk and said his voice dangerously low," You do NOT belong here squibling. This school is for wizards in training not for those without magic." I sighed closing my book and said my hand already on my alchemy gloves," I do not need or want your approval, Potter. If you must know I am in fact not a squib and I do have magic. I chose to keep it on a tight leash and use alchemy instead. Now I don't need anymore problems today so if you would kindly leave so I can get back to what I was doing."
I turned my back to go put the book back on its shelf when I heard the district sound of a wand being drawn. I dodged to the right a red curse missing me by inches. I pulled on my right glove and snapped. I controlled the flames so that they only burned James and nothing around them.
I stopped the flames when the burns would have gone past 1st degree. The man was in obvious pain and I said," Don't ever attack a State Alchemist. I went easy on you for that was just a warning. The next time you attack me I'll make sure you don't leave St. Mungos for a long time." With that I left the room heading towards the Great Hall for lunch.
