Yo everyone, I know I promised a same-day update, but my computer literally died. We had to order about $370 in new hardware for it x.X So I overtook my parents computer just for you guys :D I do apologize, though. I felt really bad T.T

Oh, for those of you who won't pick up on this without me telling you, they're currently in the Hogwarts hospital wing.

Chapter 2

Ed groaned at the sound of Envy's voice. He felt that he was laying on something soft, the first indication that they were no longer at the place where he had lost consciousness. It also seemed strange that Envy wasn't attacking him in any way.

"What the hell...?" Ed muttered, trying to sort through his thoughts.

"Oi, Chibi-chan, chill for a bit. I'm not going to fight you here. We're definitely not in our world anymore, and if you die, who'll make the Philosophers Stone for us?" Envy called from what seemed far too close for Ed's comfort. He could practically hear the smirk in Envy's voice.

"Of course," Ed mumbled, glancing at his enemy, "If being civil to me means it'll somehow pay off for you later, you'll endure it a thousand times over, right?I should have figured."

Envy laughed. "You know me too well, Chibi." Ed twitched at the nickname and sat up, pushing the thin white sheet off of himself. It was then that he became aware of a sleeping figure taking up a good portion of the lower part of his bed. Ed's eyes widened as he caught sight of a golden head of hair and the peaceful, relaxed face under it.

"A...Al?" he gasped. The mop of hair stirred, and two bleary amber eyes crawled out from under their lids. Said amber eyes stares at him, and for a few, brief seconds, nothing happened. Suddenly, there was a rush of movement, and child-like arms were wrapped around his neck, cutting off his air.

"Nii-san! Nii-san, you're okay! I was so worried! You and Envy were out for days! Envy just woke up this morning. Oh Nii-san, look at me!I'm in a human body again, my human body! Isn't it wonderful? It must be because we went through the Gate. Oh, and there's only one person here who can speak out language, and his beard is really long and his accent is really horrible!" Al talked very quickly, making everything come out in a big rush. Ed blinked and uttered a sound something akin to "uh..."

If they really had traveled through the Gate, what had been the exchange? Al? Or had they simply run into Al's body inside the Gate? Despite his happiness for his brother, the seemingly overlooked price for passing the Gate plagued his mind. Envy rolled his eyes at the lack of response from Ed.

"He always was a man of few words." he commented, boredom evident in his voice. Ed glared at the sin, not bothering to detach Al. He looked down at himself and noticed the absence of his normal attire.

"Ne, Al, do you know where my stuff is? As much as I love hospitals, gowns don't suit me." He gestured at the thin material that was doing a rather poor job of keeping him warm in the cool hospital. AL smiled and pulled a piled of clothes off of the floor,

"I have your things too, Envy. Do you want them?" Al asked, holding up the garments. Envy shrugged.

"Hell, why not. I know how good my clothes look on me. You probably can't resist me, right?" Envy stretched out provocatively on his bed, his own hospital gown riding up dangerously high on his long legs.

Ed growled and slammed his hand down on the bed. "Will you shut the fuck up! You are not the first thing I want to hear after being alchemically teleported to some random dimension!" he snapped, making a violent hand gesture in Envy's direction. He received a look of mock hurt in return.

"You've wounded me Chibi, you really have," he taunted as he caught his clothes that Al tossed at him. Eds face darkened, and he sat up straighter.

"Nii-san," Al said, worry evident in his voice," Envy hasn't done anything untrustworthy, I promise. Can't you two just relax? You may still be injured."

Ed scowled. "I feel fine. Sitting next to him is what makes me ill," he spat. Envy gave a barking laugh.

"Oh, Chibi, trust me, the feeling is mutual."

"So something that isn't even human can feel hate? I wasn't aware that was possible."

"You'd better watch it, Chibi."

"Oh, and if I don't?"

"You may find that newly restored brother of your suddenly missing mysteriously."

"You leave Al out of this, you bastard!" Ed snarled, clenching his fists.

"STOP!" Al yelled, his bright eyes squinted shut. Ed's features immediately softened, and he laid a guilt-ridden hand on Al's head.

"Ah, gomen, Al..." he said awkwardly

There was the sound of a door opening and closing, and a very tall and very odd looking man strode down the rows of beds that Ed was just now noticing. The sweeping midnight robes, to Ed, looked downright ridiculous with the waist-length white hair. Beside him, Envy made a face of unmasked disapproval of the older mans appearance.

"Well," the man said, coming to a halt between the two beds, "it looks like everyone is alive, awake ans well today."

Ed twitched slightly. There was just something about this man that bothered him. It was like he was emitting a superior aura, and Ed hated being downsized, even if it was by some damn aura.

"Dumbudoru-san! This is my brother, Edward Elric." Al introduced his brother politely with a soft hand gesture. Dumbledor bowed, then extended a hand.

"Elric-san, allow me to formally welcome you to Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

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This is my guess of how a Japanese person would pronounce Dumbledor's name. I know that technically Ed and the gang aren't from Japan, and it peeves some people when they're written using Japanese words, but tough luck if that applies to you, because in the anime, they speak Japanese, not German.

I actually wrote this chapter on a piece of receipt at work ( I work at a store) while I had nothing to do. It's still in my pants pocket somewhere, and I'll probably write the next chapter the same way tomorrow XD Hopefully we can revive my computer soon, because my Dad was like, "Watcha writing, huh? Let me look!" and I was all... "SHUN!" I hate it when people do that >.>; Anyway, I'm sorry if the chapters aren't long, but I'm just sort of going with it right now.

Ja ne amigos! X3