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The results are in from the poll:

Al and Winry…

That would spoil this chapter, so you'll just have to read and find out, won't you??

An Interesting Year:

Chapter 9:

The office was very quiet for about a minute, and then Ed continued his story.

"That was how I first figured out the power of each individual Homunculus. Besides the fact that they never die, they each have a special power. Envy is a shape shifter, so you never quite know how he is going to look, Lust has extendable nails that are razor sharp so she can stab her opponents. Gluttony can eat anything and everything, and his saliva is made of an acidic substance so it can melt through everything. Wrath can use alchemy, which is an amazing feat seeing as how it is impossible for most Homunculus to have that power. Sloth has the power to manipulate water to her will. Greed could change his body composition so that he was the ultimate shield and nothing could penetrate his barrier. They are after the Philosopher's Stone so that they can become human, or at least that's what they told me in the Lab 5 incident. As I said before, Lt. Col. Hughes might know more information, he works for the investigative department in the military and he told me he would find out as much as he could, I could contact him and ask if he knows anything." Ed finished. Mustang cleared his throat.

"I don't think that Hughes can help you Edward."

"Why?" Ed asked the General, looking surprised.

"He was murdered not to long after you left Central. We believe that it might have been the Homunculus's doing. The higher ups have done nothing about it though; they have to be covering up something. What information Brigadier General Hughes did manage to dig up points to the possibility that the Fuhrer might have something to do with his murder. I have been investigating on my own hoping to find some evidence on the matter, but all that I know right now is what he was researching before he died."

"Why didn't you tell me?!" Ed asked, his voice low, but sending a chill over the room.

"You had enough on your chest at the time and I did not want you to get pulled off your journey or quit because of this. Hughes wouldn't have wanted it and he would have haunted me forever if I had allowed that to happen." Ed slumped in his seat, shaking slightly. Winry was bawling quietly, and Hermione tried to comfort her only to be pushed away. When Ed heard Winry crying he sat up straight and stood up and walked over to her.

"Winry…" He started only to be almost thrown to the floor as she fell in to his arms now crying hysterically. Ed rubbed her hair allowing her to cry onto his shoulder. Ed picked her up bridal style and carried her back to his chair where he sat down and allowed her to sit on his lap still crying, but softer now.

"What was he researching?" Ed asked quietly still trying to comfort Winry.

"What he found was… well it was about a soldier; a woman who had fought in Ishbal. Apparently she was the one who fired the first shot and caused the war to start, it also shows that she died in the war. When he looked in deeper it showed that the same woman is now the Fuhrer's secretary. Her name was Juliet Douglas. What Hughes found out must have been about this woman and then the Fuhrer decided that he knew to much and killed him."

Ed nodded silently, still holding a now hiccupping Winry.

"That would support our theory." Ed said. Mustang looked up.

"What theory?"

"Al and I think that the Fuhrer is a Homunculus."

Mustang's face showed shock and Winry's head shot up as she had a sharp intake of breath.

"How…how do you know?"

"Al said in his eye was the symbol of the uroburos, the snake devouring its own tail. That would show where all the corruption in the military was coming from. That's must be how Wrath knew we were here." Ed looked down his hair covering his eyes.

"Then we have a lot we need to find out in a short time." Mustang commented and Ed nodded looking up slightly. "Do any of you have any questions?"

Harry, Ron, and Hermione shook their heads, being too much in shock to actually talk. Mustang looked at Dumbledore who stood up.

"Well then you might need to get ready to go to class the bell is about to ring. Oh, and Edward?" Ed looked up at Dumbledore. "I think it would be best if your brother and Miss Rockbell remain at Hogwarts for the time being. It might not be safe in your own country at this moment, and there is no safer place to stay than Hogwarts." Ed nodded.

"If any of you need to ask questions, feel free to come and ask Ed or me at any time, okay?" Mustang said looking at Harry, Ron, and Hermione who nodded. "If you suspect anything or hear anything please come and tell us."

The bell rang and the sound of students heading to their next class filled the silent room.

"Fullmetal, I need you to take over my class this period, I have to talk to the Fuhrer and ask him what he wants done with Wrath. I have lesson plans on my desk and Lt. Hawkeye is in the room if you need anything. Dismissed." Ed stood up and saluted Mustang before helping a still shaking Winry from the room and down the steps.

"Harry, I have something for you." Dumbledore said handing Harry a thin scroll. Harry took it and turned to walk out of the room.

"Try not to give our young friend too much trouble in class." Dumbledore told the trio as they walked out the door still in complete shock as to what they had heard.

"I would never have believed that Ed would have gone through so much." Hermione said with tears in her eyes as they walked down the almost deserted corridor towards the Alchemy class. Harry and Ron could only nod. Both were thinking that they didn't know if they could ever do anything so brave.

"Even after everything they told us… I still think that they are hiding something." Harry said quietly causing Ron and Hermione to look up at him. "I mean, Ed said he lost his arm in the eastern rebellion, right?" Both nodded. "But that doesn't make since. If he was twelve when he joined the military, and he had his arm at least a year before that, how could he have fought? It just doesn't make any sense." Harry said looking at them.

"You're right, Harry. Maybe Ed is hiding something he doesn't want us to know," Hermione started. "But I think that we should give him some space before we ask him, he just told us a lot that had to be hard to relive. Maybe we can ask him later." Harry nodded seeing the sense in Hermione's words. They walked the rest of the way in silence, and stepped into the alchemy classroom just as the last bell rang.

A/N: I hope that answered any questions from the last chapter. The poll results, as you already know show that Winry and Al will both remain at Hogwarts, and boy do I have big plans for them! One character will be leaving in the next chapter, and I haven't decided if they will come back later.

Okay, now we have the boring parts of the story out of the way and I can promise that it will become more exciting later. Don't be surprised if some chapters don't come out the day that they are supposed to, because I really need to study for my tests, and right now I might fail if I don't. But that's what I get for taking five honors classes this year. Once I'm out of school on June 7th I will have more time to write and update, so until then please bear with me. I promise to have more chapters out soon!!

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I have another poll! This one runs until I update again:

DO YOU THINK THAT ED SHOULD STAY IN HIS MILITARY UNIFORM, OR SHOULD HE GO BACK TO HIS REGULAR CLOTHES? JUST TO MAKE IT INTERESTING YOU CAN ALSO VOTE TO HAVE HIM WEAR THE HOGWARTS UNIFORM.

MILITARY UNIFORM

REGULAR OUTFIT

HOGWARTS UNIFORM

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A/N: This is just a fun chapter that I decided to write!!

Hope that you enjoy it!!

How Winry Got Her Wrench:

"Hey, Winry?"

"Yes Hermione?" Winry asked looking up from her sketchbook.

"Why do you carry a wrench around all the time?" Winry smiled pulling out her trusty wrench and hugging it.

"Well… about four years ago, right before Ed left to join the military, my toy wrench broke that my grandmother gave me when I was born. It was very special to me and I was devastated when it broke. In fact it broke when I was hitting Ed with it, so he felt that it was his fault. It was right after he had the automail surgery and he was still having trouble moving around, so he found a catalogue and ordered me a specially made wrench with my name engraved on it. When it came it was right before my birthday, so he gave me that. I used it a day later to hit him after he tried to back flip off the porch. He was still to weak to do that, but he didn't listen to me." Winry said caressing her wrench, and smiling. "Besides that… I MIGHT NEED IT TO TAKE SOMETHING APART!! What if I find something and want to see how it works? Now I have a trusty wrench to Brea--I mean take it apart with."

Hermione sighed. Winry sure was weird.

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Meanwhile Ed was walking down the hallway with Harry and Ron trying to massage a new bump from Winry's wrench. Harry and Ron were still laughing. Ed had told Harry and Ron the same story that Winry had told Hermione.

"Ed, if you knew that she was going to hit you with it, why did you buy it for her?" Harry asked drying tears from laughing so hard.

Ed just growled at them. He would never tell them why he had really bought it. He would never let them know about how he felt.

A/N: So what do you think? Please R&R!!!

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