Disclaimer.- The only way i can own HP and FMA is in my own little world which is far far away from here in a place named Nightmareland... so...
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ello! thanks y'all for the reviews! i'm sooo happy n.n!
I'm sorry i took so long to update but i'm in finals and, also, it looks like, for some weird reason, the spelling corrector (or w/e it's called) doesn't work in this specific document... strange, huh? so maybe you'll find spelling errors moreless from the middle to the end. -.-u
Anyways... i hope this chap 'meets your expectations,' as Edward 'meets fate'... jejeje n.n
please enjoy!
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Chapter 2. – Meeting Fate
"First things, first." said Hohenheim leading Ed to the back of the Leaky Caldron. They found themselves in a small 'backyard' with a bunch of overloaded trashcans.
"Umm… wrong way…?" said Ed looking confused at the very obvious mistake.
"You'll see." Hohenheim walked up to the front wall, pulled a wooden stick out of his coat's inner pockets, and tapped the blocks.
They started moving the very moment he took the stick off the wall.
Ed looked in amusement as the blocks formed a clear entrance to a crowded alley.
That wasn't alchemy; that wasn't equivalent exchange; there wasn't anyone performing alchemy; and there was no transmutation circle. Unless… maybe the wooden stick and the wall made some sort of alchemic reaction when they came together, just like Hohenheim had taught Ed to do with his hands. But it still wasn't right, it didn't follow the steps: Determine the make up, then decompose it, and then reconstruct it. These blocks just moved by their own, THEIR OWN!
"You can close your mouth now." said Hohenheim trying not to laugh, pulling Ed from his thoughts.
"B-but… how…?" he was trying to ask but the words didn't come out.
"It's magic. I've explained to you before."
"So, you were serious." Ed hadn't blinked in a while.
"Of course I was serious." Laughed Hohenheim "Now, come on. We need to change some money." He said as he started walking down the street with an astonished Edward behind.
Hohenheim guided him to a big, white and weird building called Gringotts. Little, scary, annoyed creatures were everywhere inside. They didn't look very friendly, so Ed stayed quiet while his dad gave a little key to one of them that led them to a chamber full of copper, silver, and gold coins.
On their way to the chamber, Edward had an only thought of "I'm going to die." He tried really hard not to vomit, so, he couldn't avoid the desire of kissing the floor when they finally got to the place. The little creature gave him a disgusted look, but, in that moment, Ed couldn't care less, especially because the creature was a lot smaller than him. HA! Eat that!
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'Note to self:' thought Ed when they were finally out, 'never go back to Building of Hell. Stay poor and starve if necessary.'
"Enjoyed the ride?" asked Hohenheim when he saw the sick look on Ed's face.
"I bet you did that on purpose." said the young alchemist with a hand on his stomach.
Hohenheim just laughed with a laugh that neither said 'yes' or 'no'.
They decided to stop in the ice cream shop until Ed felt better; of course he tried some ice cream after that. Then Hohenheim guided them to another shop.
"Olivander's?" said Ed.
"He's got the best wands" answered Hohenheim going inside.
"Welcome" said a soft voice behind Edward when he entered the shop that almost makes him die from a heart attack. "Wand arm?" the man asked. Ed just looked at him puzzled.
"The one you write with" answered Hohenheim.
"Oh! Left." said Edward. Almost immediately, the man started measuring Ed's left arm.
"Well, I'll leave this to you. I'll go get your books to spare time." said Hohenheim.
"B-but…" Ed couldn't reply. Hohenheim was already gone.
Minutes passed with nothing but 'Hmm's from the old man.
"Good, good. Let's see what I can get for you," he finally said. He went to one of the small hallways full of boxes and came back with one. "Twelve and a quarter inches, vine wood and unicorn hair. Excelent for charms" he handed the wand carefully to Ed.
Knowing what was coming, he added "swing it".
The moment Edward did it, a whole bunch of boxes came over him. "AAAGH!'
Coming out from the pile he saw Olivander with another wand ready. But the boxes attacked him again with that one too.
That went on and on for the next two hours. Ed could now dodge the attacking objects, but was very irritated.
"I knew I wasn't made for this. Magic just doesn't like me. Alchemy on the other hand…" Ed was saying to himself, when he noticed Olivander deep in thought. "Old man…?"
"Wait here" and he disapeared to the back of the shop.
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"So… how did it go?" Hohenheim found Edward in the outside tables of the ice cram place they had gone before. He didn't look happy.
"I don't want to talk about it" Ed answered looking to the other side.
"I bought all your books and some extra ones. You have a lot to read. I left them in our room in the Leaky Caldron. If you want to go and keep yourself busy for a while… I'll bring up some food later."
"Sure. Thanks" and he left without even looking at him.
A couple of hours had passed and Edward was barely starting with the second year books. He had to read some stuff twice trying to find some logic to it, but with no success until now. The lack of equivalent exchange confused him and the ever-present words of the wand maker in his head didn't help much.
"Stupid wand. I didn't even want to come here in the first place" he kept hitting his head with the book feeling stupid. "Why did it have to be…?" he stopped when he heard a knock from the door.
Without waiting for an answer, the door opened and a girl more-less his same age came in. It was the same one he had crushed with in the stairs.
"I'm sorry to interrupt" she said blushing. She was wearing an apron and had a plate full of food on her hands. "I-I know you are studying, I just… came-to-bring-you-some-food-but-I'm-very-truly-sorry-if-you-are-mad-at-me-I-totally-understand-it-was-an-impertinence-to-come-and-enter-just-like-that-I-…" she said everything in just one sentence and would've never stopped if she hadn't noticed Ed's confused expression. "Your father asked me to give you this" she said stretching her arms with the plate towards him and hiding her face. Ed still hadn't blinked or moved.
The girl decided just to leave the food on the coffee table and get out of there as fast as she could. Of course that would've been possible if Ed hadn't stopped her.
"Mari, was it?" he asked. Mari froze.
"Yes. I-I'm sorry about this morning." She said turning.
"No prob. So, you work here?" Ed stood up and went to check out the food.
"I… yes. I'm trying to earn money before school starts… I mean… me and my friends. We asked if we could help here during the summer."
"School?"
"Umm… yes, Hogwarts. I guess you're going there too," she said apparently noticing the whole bunch of books everywhere in the room for the first time.
"Mhmph" Ed was too busy eating to pay much attention.
"I… I'll be going now. Excuse me." and she left.
Ten minutes later Ed was done with the food.
"Sigh. Well, I guess I have to go back to those books" he said turning. He took a book from the desk and went to the bed. "I don't understand any of this. Where's the math? The equations? I'll ask dad when he comes back. Maybe he can get some logic out of all this" but Hohenheim didn't go back that night.
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Edward heard the door open and woke up but, when he opened his eyes, he saw it was still dark. Then he realized he had fallen asleep with the book on his face. His muscles ached from sleeping in a weird position and he had saliva running from his mouth, all the way to the neck. All because of Hohenheim.
"It was time for you to…" he started saying sitting up but then noticed that the person in the room was not the one he was referring to. Instead, there was a girl his age, wearing the same apron he had seen Mari wear. She had brown hair in a pony tail and brown eyes.
"Sorry pal. Wrong one." She said. "I suppose you're… Edward Elric, right?" she was reading from a peace of paper. Ed nodded. "Well, Mr. Elric, I have a message for you from your father. He says he's sorry he came so late last night and left so early this mornin', but he had some 'business' to attend and he didn't wanna wake you up. So, here's your breakfast on the table and some money to buy your robes and all the other junk you are missin'. Any questions?" Ed shook his head. "Good." For a moment, he thought she was about to leave when she started to walk around the room looking at his stuff. "You're a book worm aren't cha? I have a friend like that. She's workin' at the robes place while Mari and I are killin' ourselves servin' food here. Anyways, I'm Simone, nice to meet cha." She said stretching her hand to Edward but barely giving him time to shake it. She went on talking. "You kno', you got a nice place here. This is one of the biggest rooms. You must be rich or somethin'. Lucky you. We gotta work to bring our food to the table. We're all workin' our ways up, you kno'. Well, I guess I gotta go now. They won't pay me for talkin' to the clients. See ya later." And she left, leaving Ed with the words stuck in his mouth.
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"That's it! I'm going out!" said Edward sick of waiting for his dad. "He thinks he can leave me just like that. Well, I've got other ideas." He murmured walking down the street.
He decided he would check out what they had in Diagon Alley that didn't have to do with school. Soon he found the right place to spend his money and get his revenge. (Insert evil laugh… OK, no.)
'Weasley's Wizard Wheezes' was the name of the shop full of junk inside. Ed got to get inside through a small crowd.
A redheaded guy, older than him, pulled Ed from his sleeve the moment he stepped inside.
"Hello, there!" the way this guy looked at him was scary…
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Ed strugled to get out of the frikin shop as fast as he could while the redhead and his twin came after him. Those guys were crazy! First they played jokes on him, then they wanted him to buy almost the entire shop! 'Don't try to take advantage of me just because you're taller, damn it!'
He ran and ran until he found a door and went in without bothering in looking where it led to.
He waited enough for the twins to pass.
"So, everything's ready…" a voice came from deeper inside. Ed then realized he wasn't supposed to be there… but of course he stayed to listen a little more.
"Yes, Sir." Was the response to the first voice. "Everything is just as you ordered."
"Good." Ed got closer to see who was talking. He was on a balcony covered in wooden boxes, and down , he could see a circle of people dressed in black robes and masks. "Was he given the proper information?" the apparent leader asked.
"Yes, Sir. Although, I doubt he has enough interest in our mission. I fear he will put it aside or give any information to other sources."
"With the information he's got, he can't be much of a danger. But, we'll still keep an eye on him."
"And what about the kid Malfoy, Sir? I don't think…"
"Your job here isn't to think! This is what we were ordered to do, and so this is what we must do. Do you understand!" The 'leader' was pointing at him with his wand.
"Yes, Sir. Please, do forgive me." The other vowed.
"And have you thought about the other 'problems', Sir?" the voice of a woman came from one of the other individuals.
"That's not what we were sent to do. Someone else is already taking care of it. We must make sure noone gets in our way. Potter must die this time, for the sake of our lord!" cheers came when he was done.
Ed thought it was enough of the peeping thing. Those guys were talking about a murderer and he didn't want to get involved… before he knew the details of it. 'I can't stand people killing eachother.' he thought turning back to get out, but the moment he did he almost fell back. The door had disapeared leaving only a dark hallway behind.
His surprise made him stumble, and in a desperate try to keep his balance, Ed accidentally broke a copper cable with his automail arm, making a bunch of metal things fall to the floor and, therefore, making a lot of noice.
The individuals in black robes were startled by the commotion. They acted quickly, knowing they had been discovered, and went up to persecute whoever was there.
Ed went on the running again; he had gotten himself more involved in that matter than he had wanted. The only thing left to do was to run in the search of a damn door… if there was any. He could see the flashes of light passing by his ear or crashing on the walls as he made a turn. Hohenheim had told him not to use alchemy or show his arm in Diagon Alley, Hogsmade (wherever that was), or Hogwarts.
But…
'I'm not in Diagon Alley anymore; and this couldn't be Hogwarts. And, unless this was Hogsmade… which isn't likely… then the rule is not applied… right?'
Doubting a little, he turned to face his persecutors. They had been running for a while and it didn't look like there were any doors near… or even far. So he decided to use his last resource.
'They have wands after all, so they can attack me by distance. Self-defense wouldn't work. -Tsk- Nice day I chose to leave my wand at home…did I just think that?'
He clapped his hands once and touched the nearest wall. A hand emerged from one side after a flash of light, trapping four of the others. The rest stopped on their tracks, watching. Ed took advantage of the situation clapping his hands again and this time touching the floor.
The same light was seen again but this time it brought with it a wall that grew from the floor to the ceiling.
He started running again.
'Damn doors! Where the hell did they go!'
A 'boom' came brom behind, and he knew they were on his heels again. He saw a green light coming right at him, but it was too late for him to dodge. It hit his right arm.
"What the—" he arm had stopped working; it was completely dead! "Now I'm in trouble alright.." and he was. He couldn't perform alchemy and he had the feeling that they were getting closer to him by the second; his arm felt heavy and only made him slow.
"ED! Over here!" he heard.
Right there, in front of him, he saw Hohenheim waving though another hallway.
"Come on. Through that door." There was a door!
"But, what are you…" he tried to ask but Hohenheim pushed him out into the sun, closing the door, don't even bothering to get out himself.
Ed was on the floor again trying to adjust his eyes to the light. It was the first time he noticed how dark that place had been.
"Hey!" someone called but Ed didn't answer. "HEY!" he opened his eyes as wide as he could. A readhed, very alike to the twins of the shop, was looking at him. "Are you OK?" he asked.
The first impression of the twins he had on the boy made Ed jump already looking for another escape route. But then he recognized the boy as the guy from the Leaky Caldron with the girl and the cat. He relaxed.
"Hey! I asked if you're—"
"Knock it off Ron! He's confused… or looks like it" the same girl with bright brown hair said kneeling.
"Geez. I'm sorry for being nice." Ron said.
"Th-those guys! Quick! You need to get out of here!" Ed started saying remembering what was happening.
"What are you talking about?" a black headed guy asked him. He had a strange scar on his forehead.
"They are…!" he continued but stoped when he turned back facing the wall. The door was gone… again. "B-but… it was here…"
"What was here?... Are you sure you're OK?" the girl asked.
"Yes. Sorry, it's just that… I guess I'm not used to this place yet." Ed decided not to talk about it. They would probably think of him as crazy. But, wait, this is a magic world, isn't it? This kind of stuff was supposed to be normal, right?… Anyhow…
"I'm Hermione Granger. We didn't have the chance to introduce ourselves before." The girl said helping him up. "And this…" she hit the redhead with her elbow, "is Ron Weasley."
"Ouch!" complained Ron.
"I'm Edward Elric" he said vowing. They just stared at him. Ed then turned to the other guy with the scar. "And you are…"
"Harry, Harry Potter" he said.
'Potter?'…
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Ok, then... so, Hohenheim is acting a little 'strange' and there's a complot going on against some 'Potter'... -chan-chan-chan-... hahaha.. i hope u like it so far... the HP crew finally meets the fullmetal alchemist (even though, not even the so called 'hero of the people' knows anything about it) and we all meet new characters that came from this crazy mind of mine.
i have only 3 tests left to take and OUT OF SKOOL! so... maybe i wont take that long to update.. n.n..
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Reviews responses:
tediz-leader
i updated, i updated.. calm down...
Jasmine Dawn Pendragon
Thanks 4 the idea... it really helped me.. i had already started this chap when i published but i didn't know how to finish it... i changed it a little... i was actually going to wait a little more for them to meet but then u said it and i went "oh! what the hell!" and so they met.. hehe...
miroku-has-darkness
yeah... i know what u mean... but still, i wanted to make a fic with characters based on my friends... and so that's what i did n.n
Bluie Twilight Star
wow! thanks n/n... i blushed...
Crimson Cutie
Darn! i thought i had corrected that mistake about the taught/thought thing... thanks 4 pointing it out n.n, i'll change it (when i find out how o.oU)... yeah, mangas can be educational (mangas these days o.oU)...and about the brain sections and the memory stuff... what u said about the psycomotor tasks... sounds interesting.. let's see what i can find about it and use it n.n... thanks 4 the info
Rayel
thanks 4 the compliment... this is my first fic in english and the first 1 i publish here too.. so i was a little nervous -.-u
Purple Lurker
yeah, they r addicting... if u ever make 1 (or if u have 1 already)... tell me and i'll try to find time to read it..n.n
Shadow Eclipse
ur wishes r my orders (is that how u say it? o.o?).. i have updated! n.n
hikaranko
-goes and hugs him too- our lil Ed is confused and in need of love :D.. hehehe
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Thanks a lot 4 reading! C ya next time! n.N ( -- those are lil faces by the way..)