A/N thanks to everyone's support for this fanfiction. I wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year. I will likely not update after 27th I am leaving the country for a week or so. I don't know how often I'll be in wifi but I promise there will be several chapters posted upon my return or when I'm on wifi.

Dedicated to Riddle-Snape for his reviews. I look forward to your reviews with each chapter so this one is for you.

Sirius' POV

It was early in the morning on November 1st when Lucius Malfoy burst into the Auror's office. None of them liked the man but knew better than to piss him off. By the looks of things someone had taken care of that for them. He stomped his way to Sirius' desk and said," I wish to file charge on someone for assault and attempted murder." Sirius raised an eyebrow and asked," Who? Who was assaulted and almost killed?"

Lucius glared at the man before saying," Draco Malfoy. My son was nearly killed last night in an unprovoked attack on his person. The one who attacked him is Alex Potter's bodyguard. My son says that the bodyguard isn't even of age. He says that he's thirteen."

Sirius groaned aloud he knew exactly who Lucius was talking about. Lucius narrowed his eyes seeing the man's reaction and said," You know who I'm talking about." Sirius nodded even though it wasn't a question. He said," Major Roy Mustang of the Amestris State Alchemist. He is the youngest person to become a State Alchemist in the world."

Lucius asked not amused by the knowledge," What is a State Alchemist, Black?" Sirius noticing the curious looks whispered," Think of them like Aurors. Each has a special form of fighting. Roy's is in his gloves they were created by him. All State Alchemist are automatically made Major's in the army. That's fairly high in the muggle ranking system."

Lucius looked thoughtful for a moment before saying," I would still like to file those charges immediately." Sirius sighed and began to fill out the paperwork. He was going to visit Hogwarts a little early today.

Roy's POV

I yawned as I followed Alex to breakfast. The dance had been long and tedious the night before. Using my alchemy the way I did caused me to feel slightly more tired than normal. It was days like today that I hated the alchemist laws of equivalent exchange.

Fire alchemy required me to transmute flames using the oxygen density in the air. To do so it took tiny bits of my internal energy at a time in exchange. The more I needed to transmute the more energy it took. When we reached the great hall I immediately got a large cup of coffee to try and wake up. I was half way through it when I felt murderous eyes upon my back. I didn't have to turn around to know that it was the young Malfoy staring. I didn't even give him the courtesy of a turn before I said," I do not like people staring Malfoy tell me what you want or go away."

I heard the boy puff and said with his usual arrogance," Well Mustang if you must know my father is going to have you put in Azkaban for attempted murder." I gave a bored yawn as I said," It's not attempted murder when you weren't the one who attacked first. It was self defense. Besides you were not even hurt that badly. I just made an example out of you."

He said indignantly," I spent the evening in the hospital wing because of you." I grinned maliciously," You could have spent several weeks in the burn unit if I was so inclined. But you didn't now go away."

I could feel his anger rising and said before he had the chance to draw his wand," Think about what happened yesterday before you draw your wand on me. I'm wearing my sidearms and have my gloves. If you attack me I'll make last night seem like a stove burn." He paled and began backing away from me quickly. I smirked at him before returning to my food. I heard the hall doors open. I looked up and noticed Sirius with several other men had entered.

I gave him a confused look it was too early for our normal practice sessions. So why was he here? Sirius gave me a nod in acknowledgement before heading up to the head table. After a moment of speaking to the headmaster Sirius motioned for me to follow him.

I stretched as I stood up then followed Sirius out of the hall and to an empty classroom. He introduced the two people he brought with him as fellow aurors. I shook their hands silently judging there skills in battle. The taller of the two was black but had kind eyes. He had the tell tell signs of someone who had seen battle though. The smaller of the two was a woman with pink hair. She looked like she was a rookie but could hold her own if it came down to it.

Sirius rubbed his eyes tiredly and asked," Did you attack Draco Malfoy last night unprovoked?" I shook my head and said," I did not attack him unprovoked. He attacked me first and clearly meant to do both Alex and myself harm. As Alex's bodyguard I did what was necessary to protect him. I am willing to give my memories of the incident as proof."

They looked at each other before nodding. Sirius extracted the memories and the young woman was talking to me about different alchemy skills. Sirius and the man viewed the memories. When they returned they both looked positively furious. The older said," Thank you for your cooperation. We will have the charges dropped immediately. Lucius may want to try and take this to trial but you would win easily with your memories." I shook my head and said," I won't be here long enough for a trial. My time in England is drawing to a close. Soon Furher Bradley will call his alchemist to battle."

The older man was shocked as he asked," They would make a teenager fight in a war?" I said meeting his gaze with my own serious gaze," I am a State Alchemist it is my duty to fight for the Furher." The older man held out his hand a faint light of respect in his eyes," I can respect that. I'm Kingsley nice to meet you."

I shook it and said," Mustang nice to meet you as well." We all shared smiles the woman said her hair changing from pink to green," I'm Nymphadora Tonks. If you call me by my first name I will hex you into next week."

I grinned at Sirius and said," I like her." He smacked me upside the head and said," That's my cousin you little demon."

I stuck my tongue out good naturedly. In that moment i realized it was going to hurt when I had to leave for war. I never meant to grow attached to anyone. In the few short weeks that I had spent they had wormed their way past my defenses. Sirius, Tonks, and Kingsley left soon after that so they could file the reports. I expected Malfoy to throw a fit over me not getting punished.

The fit came in the way of his father that night at dinner. I was having pork and mashed potatoes when the doors to the hall opened with a bang. Alex poked me in the ribs when he saw who it was. He whispered in my ear," That's Lucius Malfoy. He's lord over the entire family right now. Boy does he look pissed." I looked over my shoulder blinking lazily at the man heading our way. He stopped directly behind us and I turned to face him.

He said his face an emotionless mask," You attacked my son last night." I said rolling my eyes," Last night your son attacked me first. As you can plainly see I don't have a wand. I have no need for them. Your son attacked me while I was standing with my charge. That puts me in my right not only to defend my person but my charge's as well."

I could feel his anger rising and my hand went to my gloves. I could feel his eyes watching my every move. I had a feeling his wand wasn't hidden on his person. Looking at the cane the handle interested me. Likely his wand was hidden in the handle. I just had to wait for him to make the first move.