A/N.- Here's next chappie. Sorry, I said I'd update yesterday, but I wasn't home all day. Anyway, here it is, and thanks to all those who have reviewed.
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Chapter 4.- The Will (Part Two)
Everyone was shocked and surprised by professor Dumbledore's last words; after all, what was so special about these Elric brothers? There was a dead silence for several minutes until
"Very well, you shall leave in thirty minutes to the Burrow through the fireplace in the Gryffindor common, I'll arrive some time later with some other professors" Headmistress McGonagall explained.
"By other professors you mean Hagrid and professor Slughorn, don't you?"
"That's right Mr. Potter, now please everybody leave"
Everybody obeyed.
-----Towards the common room-----
"Excuse me but…umm…how are we supposed to get to Ron's house through a fireplace?" Winry asked.
"Through the Floo network" Hermione replied
"Huh?! What's that?"
"It's sort of a magical network of roads that connect fireplaces, magically of course" Hermione answered, trying to keep it as simple as possible.
"Oh" Winry said, even more confused now than before"
"Why did Dumbledore trust the Elrics so much?" Harry mused
"That's obvious, 'cause I'm the great FullMetal Alchemist hahaha! What is impossible for everyone is a piece of cake for me…even miracles, those take longer but I perform them anyway…HAHAHAHAHA!" Ed exclaimed in Total Showoff Mode.
"Yeah, great…that is the distance between his head and the ceiling, right?" Harry asked sarcastically
"ARE YOU SAYING I'M SO SHORT THAT YOU NEED A TELESCOPE TO SEE ME AND THAT I DON'T EVER GROW 'CAUSE I HATE MILK?!"
"Of course not Elric!"
"Huh?! Really?"
"Sure"
"Oh…thanks" Ed replied, his temper slowly fading back to normal
"If I'd been serious I would've said that I need at least TEN super telescopes one in front of the other to barely make you out pipsqueak"
"I'M SO GONNA KILL YOU SON OF A…"
"NII-SAN!"
"Leave them alone Al" Winry and Hermione commanded him
"WHAT?! They'll kill each other!"
"Al, remember they'll have to be super best friends forever, so let them be" Winry and Hermione repeated
"SHUT UP WINRY!"
"SHUT UP HERMIONE!" Ed and Harry yelled at the same time.
In that very moment, a wrench and a rather thick book hit Ed's and Harry's faces respectively, leaving them half-stunned (they must have a rather thick skull to resist such treatment).
"But…why did you hit me Hermione?" Harry asked, puzzled by Hermione's newest behavior.
"You yell at me I punish you, got it?" Hermione replied, winking at him and shocking everyone.
"My goodness, what did I just say? I'm not like that; It sort of slipped, but…was that sexy or violent?" Hermione thought
"Uhh…Hermione, you alright? Ron asked worried.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, that was rather…feminine…rather…sexy" Ron stammered
"Was hitting Harry sexy?"
"No, winking at him like that"
"Jealous Ron?" Hermione teased
"No…absolutely not…why should I be? Of course not Hermione…well…we better go get changed"
Ron left in an apparent hurry, but everyone within a league could see he looked like hell.
"Need a hand Harry?" Hermione asked, trying to help him stand up
"NO…I mean…yeah, thanks" Harry replied, more nervous, shy and scarlet-faced than ever.
"I better go to my Common Room, since I can't enter yours" Al said
"No, come with us, so you'll be there on time" Hermione replied
"Is it okay if I know your password?"
"They'll change it later today anyway"
Everyone, save Ron who had already left, headed for the Gryffindor Common Room, and twenty minutes later, almost everyone was there, ready for the trip.
"Wonder what mum'll be making for lunch, I mean, since it's a special occasion, maybe she'll make her famous pumpkin pies and will buy butterbeer and…"
"I think the only thought in your head today will be to eat Ron" Harry replied
"What's wrong with that Harry? I bet Dumbledore's will will say exactly the same as the one McGonagall already read so why worry? I mean, after that what could possibly surprise us more?"
"One, it's HEADMISTRESS McGonagall and two, people closest to Dumbledore will be there so you could at least PRETEND you're still in mourning" Hermione reprimanded him while coming down the girl's staircase.
"Oh come on Hermione, don't be so…so…what the bloody hell are you wearing?!"
"What, do I look bad in it?"
Hermione was wearing a black silk dress, and even if it had no cleavage, it still hugged her curvy figure perfectly, highlighting it and stunning everyone.
"Hermione, are you ill or is something wrong with you today?" Ron asked again
"Do I look that bad?"
"NO…you look rather hot…I mean…it seems like it's rather hot in that" Harry said pretty much dumbstruck
"Not really…uuh…Al, why will you go in that?" While Winry, Harry and Ron were staring at Hermione the Elric brothers had come down the stairs.
"Huh, is it bad for the occasion? It's just I don't know how wizards dress in occasions like this so I dressed like a normal person…how do you call them? Mukles?"
"It's 'muggles' and we dress just the same for events like this but what I don't really understand is why don't you remove your armor suit?" Hermione asked back
"Uuh…well…because…you know…I just…" Al stammered
"It's because that suit of armor is a present from his mother before she dies, right Al?" Winry covered for him
"Exactly, Al is rather attached to that armor, some even like to say that they're one same thing, but our mom died when we were very young so it's his greatest treasure"
"And they say I'm the weird one" Harry muttered "Well, let's get going"
"That was TOO close" Ed, Al and Winry thought at the same time.
"Well, come on or we'll miss the pumpkin pies" Ron ushered them
"Excuse me, but how do you enter the Floo network?" Winry asked
"Let me explain, you walk into the fireplace, take a handful of Floo powder (he pointed at it) and say CLEARLY "The Burrow", you'll be engulfed by bright green flames and at the most unexpected time you'll be at my home" Ron explained as simple as he could.
"But we don't have enough Floo powder, so we better go in couples" Hermione proposed.
"OK, we'll decide with an 'up or down'" Al suggested.
"UP OR DOWN" The first couple was Al and Ron
"Here I go pumpkin pies" Ron said drooling slightly.
Ron and Al (the latter rather difficultly) squeezed into the fireplace and Ron exclaimed "The Burrow" while dropping the powder and they were gone behind bright green flames (Ed and Winry were open-mouthed and wide-eyed)
"Ed, Winry, we better continue, we'll be late" Hermione reminded them
"Oh, right" They replied in unison
"UP OR DOWN" The four remaining shouted and the next couple was Harry and Winry, who left followed by Ed and Hermione.
-----At the Burrow-----
Ron was entering the living room with a tray full of desserts he was eating when he spotted Harry knocked-out in a corner, Ed with swollen and reddened cheeks and Fred and George rolling in the ground with laughter.
"What the hell happened here?"
"It was…HAHAHA…so…funny…HAHAHA" George tried to say
"Ok…ok…after you and the guy in the armor arrived, the blond arrived, followed by Harry and…and…HAHAHA" Fred managed
"So…what's with that?" Ron asked
"That…that that blond girl landed face up on the ground and then Harry…and she…HAHAHA" George tried again, but started laughing uncontrollably
"They were literally thrown out of the fireplace so Winry landed back first on the floor and then Harry fell on top of her" Al explained.
"So…?" Ron still didn't understand
"Well, you see, Harry's face ended up on Winry's breasts and she got so mad that she hit him repeatedly with her wrench, till he was out cold"
Ron broke into uncontrolled laughter "HAHAHA and…wha…what else happened…to Ed?"
"Then my brother fell back first out of the fireplace and Hermione's bottom landed on his face so she slapped him hard"
After hearing this, Ron stopped laughing immediately and and sent half-knocked-out Ed a murderous glare.
"Is Ickle Ronniekins jealous?" Fred and George taunted
"OF COURSE NOT!" Ron asked furious, storming out of the room.
After Harry and Ed regained conscience, they headed out for the back yards, where there were only members of the Order; they took their seats after greeting everyone and McGonagall read the will.
If you read this, it means I lost my life. Do not grieve over me; do not keep resentment, hate or worse, desire of vengeance against no one. I lived a long and prosperous life and know that I don't regret anything. Even if the situation seems rather dark and critic, I already took necessary measures all of the presents are aware of.
I've left Harry and young Edward a mission that only the two of them can accomplish and no one else must intervene unless requested by them specifically; I'd also like to add that all of the D.A. Members, the Elric brothers and miss Rockbell are officially members of the Order now…Minerva will give you the details later. But this testament is to give out my material goods, so let's begin.
Arthur, I know your fascination with muggle objects, so I leave you some rather curious objects, along with the explanation of how they work, I hope they'll be as fun and useful for you as they were for me.
Molly, to you I leave all of my cookbooks. Truthfully I was never good at this cooking business, but the recipes I read there seemed to be delicious, and I'm pretty sure you'll make them even better.
Remus, to you I leave two things: one of them is the Defense Against the Dark Arts, I already discussed it with the Board of Governors and the post is yours for an indefinite time, I know you won't let me down. The other thing I leave you is all of my money, please don't reject it, it is no charity nor donation, I do this because I want you to be happy and am sure that you'll give it a good use.
Edward, I never met you personally, but I know you have a promising future in you hands, so I give you all of my Alchemic research and the most powerful sword in the world, Excalibur, I know you'll give it a good use.
Finally, to you Harry, the grandson I never had, I leave my beloved Fawkes, take good care of him, since he is rather fond of you. I also leave you the sword of Godric Gryffindor and my pensieve, use them well.
So long my dear friends, I know I'll meet you on the other side someday, I'll be waiting for you happily but please…try not to come so soon.
Affectionately,
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.
There was a moment of complete silence until Molly invited everyone inside for a cup of tea, everyone was heading inside until
"I can't understand why this had to happen to him, it's not fair, he was a good wizard, and he shouldn't have died! Not like that!" Harry said, crying.
"It's not so bad Potter, that's how it is, it is an equivalent exchange" Ed said, trying to make him feel better.
"Equivalent exchange?"
"The basic principle of Alchemy and of Nature itself, for life to exist, there also must be death"
"Easy to say, but that's not true. You don't know what it is to lose someone, do you…mommy's child?"
If there was something that angered Ed more than any comment about his size, was if someone messed with his mother.
"You're the one that know nothing, daddy's kid"
That was the lowest blow for Harry, and one he had never forgiven so easily.
"EXPELLIARMUS!" Harry yelled, but Ed, used to combat, clasped his hands and created a stone wall which absorbed Harry's attack.
"BOMBARDA MAXIMA!" The spell turned the wall into dust and sent Ed flying backwards several yards.
"SO YOU THINK YOU'RE THAT GOOD EH PRETTY BOY? TRY THIS!" Ed now transmuted a giant stone punch that headed towards Harry.
"REDUCTO!" Harry countered, but much to his surprise, instead of stopping the attack, hundreds of smaller stones hit him, breaking his nose and mouth. Harry was barely getting up when he heard
"Stupefy!" The jet of light hit him and he was sent backwards, crashing onto a tree.
"You really thought I'd only use Alchemy? You're so naïve"
"It takes more than that to beat me Elric"
"We have to stop them!" Hermione commanded, seeing how savagely Ed and Harry were fighting, but she was stopped by Lupin.
"Let them do it, it's better if you don't intervene, I know what I'm telling you"
"But…but they'll kill each other!" Winry said crying
"No Winry" Al said softly "When my brother fights he focuses so much forgets everything else, if you intervene the one who could get hurt or killed is you"
"He's right, it's best if we do nothing" Lupin seconded.
"Besides, it's been years since I last saw such a magnificent duel" Mad-Eye mused.
"They both have talent" Slughorn affirmed
"Harry's got a great future, just like James" Lupin added.
While everyone was watching, Harry was thrown at the fence, breaking it.
"What's wrong Potter, six years in school aren't enough to beat me?"
For the first time in his life Harry felt a sensation he had never felt before, his blood was boiling, his breath was fast, adrenaline was rushing through his body at maximum levels. Yes, he had one only thought, something that would change his life forever and no one expected.
"You think so Elric? Let me show you something special"
"Give me your best shot" Ed taunted.
"Don't worry, I will…" And after thinking it over several second he shouted "AVADA KEDAVRA!".
A/N.- Pam, pam paaaaaam! Bet you didn't expect that, did you? hehe, well there it is...chapter 5, and the outcome of the duel will be up soon!! Please review will ya? Thanks.