They reached Hogwarts; those who were not used to disapparition and apparition were dazed, but soon recovered to notice the giant castle and the grounds it was on, but it was interrupted by a black haired, greasy nosed man, screaming at the top of his lungs.
"POTTERS! WHAT THE BLOODY HELL HAVE YOU DONE?" yelled Snape at the teenagers brandishing his wand at them. "THE WHOLE SCHOOL HEARD A GIANT RIPPING SOUND AND THEN YOU WERE GONE! SOME STUDENTS WERE KNOCKED OUT AND STILL HAVEN'T AWOKEN, AND NOW YOU APPARATE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE GATE WITH A GROUP OF… OF… FREAKS!" spat Snape at them, obviously not aware that any one of these strangers could probably kill him in the blink of an eye.
"WELL SNAPE THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF MALFOY HADN'T…ARGH…JUST GET DUMBLEDORE AND ALL THE STAFF IN THE ROOM OF REQUIREMENTS, WE'LL GET THE REST!" yelled both Potters at Snape, powers emanated from them and they were not necessarily magical.
"Hermione, get the D.A. I have a feeling we may not all be ourselves." Harry ordered. They walked off to the Room of Requirements.
"Brother, we are here among hundreds of people yet none of the find me strange. Some actually greet me with smiles on their faces, I wonder why?" Al said to Ed
'That's because to us walking suits of armor are normal, the suits here do it all the time," said Harry.
"Guys, I know you are looking for the sorcerer's stone, also known as the Philosopher' stone, and I think Dumbledore could be of some help." said Kat.
"But Dumbledore destroyed the stone, he told us so," said Ron.
"Yeah, well, he lied. He had to fake the stone was destroyed or Voldemort," all who knew who he was and were scared to death of his name gasped sharply "would have come back for it. But it is still intact, and it will work in getting Al his body back, but to do this you must face three test, you have already passed 2 of them." Harry directed his words to the Elric brothers.
"What are the tests?" Edward said his voice full of determination.
"Perseverance" said Harry
"Pureness" said Kat
"And protectiveness." Harry said, looking the Elrics straight in the eyes. "You have passed the perseverance and protectiveness test, all you need to do is pass the pureness test."
"And how do we do that?" asked Ed
"Mirror of the Erised" stated Kat?
"Ok, take us!" Al pleaded.
Harry took a turn around a corner that led them to a deserted hallway, there he took out his wand and tapped 7 bricks and said in a low and hushed voice, "A pebble in the water makes a ripple effect. Ain't reaction in this world without a consequence. If you wait around forever you will surely drown, I see what's going down."
The door opened to reveal a dungeon like room with a mirror standing in the middle. Edward started toward the middle, but he was stopped by Kat.
"What did you think there wasn't jinxes, hexes, and traps for any one that managed to enter? You have to deactivate them or you can't reach the stone." She stepped forward and took out her wand; she waved it around in a series of complicated movements, to fast for the human eye to follow. Then she muttered
"Fire part, water gone, earth disabled, and wind disband,
Order thee to stand apart, not to block the path in front.
Behind the gates close, access let none gain.
While I am in here, to my will you bend."
The gates closed behind her, and as Edward turned he saw a tawny cat that looked as though she had gone to tattle on them.
"There was a cat outside." Ed said.
"Probably Mrs. Norris, but if it is a witch or wizard they can not come in, even if they use that incantation, because the incantation is responds to my aura, not my voice." Kat chuckled at her own genius.
"Now you may approach the mirror," said Harry.
Edward slowly approached the mirror, and stood in the middle, where he read the jumbled message that said "itcel ferruoy strae herised." He stood in front and saw his hearts desire, he saw Al back in his body, and then he saw himself appear and stick his hand in his pocket and pull out a blood red stone, wink and put it back into his pocket, and as the image did so, something appeared in Ed's pocket, and when he took it out he noticed it was blood red.
"Wait! This isn't made using humans, is it?" Ed asked suddenly tense.
"No, the ministry persecutes does who use humans for any magic, and nothing is worth spending a lifetime in Azkaban, nothing. Dragon's blood is used, it is much more magical than human's and since they kill each other constantly, we just collect the blood, and some other things." Harry answered calmly. "Now pass the stone to Kat, and she will restore your brother's body."
"Why? I am an Alchemist, a State Alchemist, I can do it!" Ed stated rather loudly.
"No! The stone is activated by alchemy, which I can use sufficiently enough, but it also requires wizard magic so that it goes perfectly well. Don't forget wizards are linked to Dragons, however slight that connection is." She took the stone, and bit her thumb causing her to bleed. She then conjured five shadow clones and placed them around the circle and they started chanting at different times in different languages. She drew a transmutation circle on the stone with her blood and then drew one on the armor.
Alphonse started to glow as the chanting intensified and pretty soon was no longer visible. But the chanting just kept on increasing until it was so loud that the eardrums of those not participating in the ritual seemed ready to burst. And when they felt that they could no longer with stand the intensity, it stopped and then there was a loud crash and where Al used to stand was only fourteen year old boy wearing clothing that resembled that of a certain Alchemist in red and black.
"Your brother is back and in black!" said Harry chuckling at his own joke which no one thought to be really funny.
"Brother!" yelled Al.
"Al!" yelled Edward.
"Well I know you both are happy to see each other but we need to get to the Room of Requirements, seeing as our guests have probably arrived." Kat said as she led the way out of the room, and the others followed except for Edward who stayed where he was and whispered "Thanks, this was the gift of a lifetime." And turned suit to follow her out the door.
A/N: Yeah I know that you would prefer for Ed to be the one to have Al get his body back but wizard's stone, wizard's right to use.