Disclaimer: I still don't own Fullmetal Alchemist or Harry Potter. I also don't own a Ferrari.

An Interesting Year

Chapter 4:

Harry couldn't help laughing. In the past day that Ed had been with them he had thought him incapable of fear, (Winry proved otherwise) and laughter (courtesy of Hawkeye). Although Harry was a little curious as to what automail was. He had never before heard of it, but apparently Winry made some for Ed and he had broken it, making Winry very mad.

"Stupid trigger-happy lieutenant! What possessed me to buy Winry that wrench in the first place?!" Harry heard Ed mutter under his breath as he sat down next to Harry.

"Hey Ed, what's automail?" asked Hermione who had recovered from the incident.

"It's the most wonderful thing in the world!!" Winry said sitting down beside Ed. "Ed has-" Winry had started to say only to have Ed interrupt her.

"Machine Junkie."

"Alchemy Freak!"

This caused Harry to laugh even harder and louder now that the Hall had started to mummer about their new guests. Even the teachers were talking.

"EDWARD ELRIC! IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU AGAIN!" Armstrong said running up and then picking up Ed and squeezing him into a tight hug, pink sparkles surrounding them.

Ron looked at Armstrong, absolutely terrified of him.

"Uh, Ed? Who is this guy?"

"Can't…breath…" Ed wheezed, out of breath due to Armstrong's vice grip. Armstrong set him down. "This is Major Armstrong," Ed told them. The sparkles grew.

"It's wonderful to meet you!" Armstrong said, shaking Harry, Ron, and Hermione's hands, all of them cracking.

"Wow…you're pretty strong," Harry commented.

"It's a trait that's been passed down the Armstrong line for generations!"

"Yeah, we know already!" Ed said walking in front of Armstrong as another bullet whizzed through the hall. "I think that you should go and save Mustang from Hawkeye, it looks to me like she's about to kill him," Ed said sitting back down as Armstrong looked up to see Hawkeye pointing her gun at Mustang's head.

"Of course!" Armstrong said as Ed sighed. He looked up and saw a teacher walking down the length of the table, handing out class schedules.

"So…Ed." He looked from the teacher to Winry who was talking to him. "Are you really going to be here for a whole year?" Winry asked sweetly. Ed gulped, knowing that the wrench was hidden under the table.

"Not a whole year exactly, more like ten months or so. I'll also come home for breaks." Ed told her trying to sound calm even though Winry's face darkened some. Ed could feel the wrench already, and he braced himself.

"I guess that's okay, at long as I come and visit some." Ed sighed as someone tapped his shoulder.

"Mr. Elric, I have your schedule. Professor Dumbledore already had yours made out since you have a job." The be speckled teacher told him before moving on to the next person. Ed looked down at the paper as Harry looked over his shoulder.

"Excellent, we have the same classes!" Ed looked back down at his paper. He had a free period then and after break.

"We have Snape, Slughorn, and Mustang today!" Ed complained as he looked over his schedule again. "Just what I need! Two extra hours with General Sarcasm." Ron snorted into his oatmeal.

"Do you call him that to his face?" Hermione asked, appalled with the way that Ed referred to his commanding officer.

"Duh! Of course! Why wouldn't I?" Ron looked at Ed with a new respect for him.

"Oi! Pipsqueak!"

"WOULD YOU STOP CALLING ME THAT!!" Ed yelled at Mustang, who in turn, flashed one of his award winning smiles to Ed. All the girls sighed.

"What? I'm only stating the truth."

"Jerk! Just wait. One of these days I'm gonna-"

"Personally I don't care what you're 'gonna' do. We need to talk."

"Fine." Ed walked over to Mustang still grumbling.

"Edward, while we're here I need you to act like a well trained military dog. People might think something if you don't. A few other things, people here are more accepting so you don't have to keep your automail secret unless you want to. Just don't tell anyone how you really lost your arm and leg, okay?" Mustang cleared his throat. "And you have to draw a transmutation circle when performing alchemy. Unless you're being attacked."

"Yes, sir!" Ed said with a sharp salute and sarcastic smile. Mustang sighed.

"Dismissed," Ed walked back to the table. Ron, Harry and Winry stood up. Hermione had already left for her first class.

"Winry, can you do the automail check now since we have some time?" Winry nodded as Harry and Ron headed to the staircase. Ed and Winry followed behind, listening to Harry and Ron's heated discussion about Quidditch.

A/N: Wow. This is my longest chapter so far. It was ten pages long, but I'm making half of it into a new chapter. The EdWin poll ends tomorrow at midnight, so please vote soon! Thanks for reading, and please R&R!