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An Interesting Year
Chapter 15
Last Time:
"The headmaster of the school is here waiting to talk to us. I'll let him show you what he showed me." With that, Roy walked over to a door that was adjacent to his office and opened it allowing the strangest person that Ed had ever met walk through and hold out a hand for Ed to shake.
"Hello Edward Elric. I am Professor Albus Dumbledore."
Edward looked in between the old man with the beard that reached down long enough for him to tuck it in his belt and the hand that was held out for him to shake. After a second, Ed reluctantly stuck out his right hand and shook the Dumbledore's. The old man's blue eyes sparkled and he sat down across from Ed in a chair.
"Professor, would you mind showing Fullmetal exactly what you showed me?" Dumbledore smiled and withdrew a stick from the inside of his sleeve.
"I most certainly will Colonel." With a quick wave of his wand, Dumbledore turned the coffee table in front of him into a pig and then back again. Ed stared in disbelief before standing up and examining the table and tapping on the floor. He then stood up and looked at Dumbledore.
"Alright, I'm stumped. How did you do it?"
"Magic."
Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat in the Gryffindor common room without speaking. After everything had been explained Ed went off somewhere to talk with Winry and they had ended up in the common room staring at the floor. Harry was caught between being unbelievably mad that he was being followed yet again and being, for some odd reason, thankful. Hermione and Ron were both trying to think of a way to cheer Harry up or really just to find something to say to him at all.
After what felt like hours later, Harry stood up and went upstairs to go to bed. He could feel Ron and Hermione's eyes boring into his back as he made his way out of their sight. Once inside the room, Harry changed and went to bed. He fell asleep right after he heard Ron shut the door some minutes later.
Edward sat in the empty classroom with Winry in the chair beside him. She was giving his automail a through comb over for the second time that day. Ed and Winry both knew that the only reason he was tolerating it now was because Winry thought best when she was working on automail and Ed thought best while he was calm. So they had the best of both worlds in the situation.
As Winry tinkered around with some cords in his arm, Ed thought back to Harry's reaction at the end of his tale. Without a word he had left the room. Ron and Hermione both apologized and hurried quickly from the room to follow their friend. Ed had become friends with his charge (something he knew he should never do) and was actually starting to worry about him. With a deft movement Winry put the cover back onto his arm and screwed it in.
"I think it's time we go to our rooms Edward." She said softly. Ed could tell that she was still thinking and going over everything that had happened earlier in the day. He sighed and gave her a quick hug.
"Don't worry about Harry Winry. He'll come around… eventually." A small smile graced Winry's lips and she nodded.
"I know. I get the felling that you offended him. I don't think he likes being followed around like he's being babysat. He's gone through a lot, maybe not as much as you or Al, but a lot and it's insulting to him that Dumbledore would think he couldn't take care of himself." Ed nodded.
"I would feel the same way. I'll talk to him in the morning and all will be fine." Winry smiled wider and put her arm through his, leading him out of the room and down the hall. When they reached the Alchemy classroom they both entered. Everyone was still awake and discussing what was going on with the military. Ed nodded to Roy and gave Winry a quick goodnight kiss before leaving the room with Al following after him. Winry knew they were going to talk about many things that she wasn't welcomed in yet.
With a wide yawn, Winry entered the office and went through the door that led to her room. She stood up long enough to change, and then fell into bed, exhausted.
A/N: Yep. It's short, no need to tell me. It seemed like a good place to end so I cut it off. Summer has started now, so I should be able to update, but I might not be able to. A lot of my friends are leaving for college and I'm trying to spend as much time as I can with them before they're gone. My best friend is going to be at App. And that's five hours away so I won't get to see him again until I don't know when.
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All fifteen of you are amazing for reviewing!! I know I must be irritating only having updates occasionally and having them short, but this is the best I can do at the moment. I was a little depressed until school let out and I was majorly stressed out. Summer helped a lot though and I don't have a whole lot on my shoulders right now.
I am going to TRY to get another chapter out soon. I might be able to get one out while I'm at the beach and that's in a few weeks so hope for one soon.
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