ello! i'm here again! as promised! i didnt take that long to update, huh? n.nu... i kno, i kno, it's a short chap, but i just wanted to bring u a new 1 as soon as possible... i think this can work: shorter chaps andless time. What do u think? or would u like it better like before? Longer chaps but more time?... i leave it up to u... n i hope u like this n.n!

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Chapter 4.- Rage

"So, where do you have to go next, Ed?" asked Ginny as they walked down the street.

"Hmm. I need to check out some books." He said after a moment.

"Don't you have yours already? You should have started long ago! You have to read the ones from the previous years, I suppose. You don't have enough time!" said Hermione concerned. Harry and Ron rolled their eyes.

"Easy, there. I already finished reading them all. I just want to see something." Ed backed out of Hermione's way seeing she was going psycho; but she calmed down right away.

"You finished?... all of them?" she asked skeptically.

"Sure. Just last night… dad made me" he said the last words in a whisper with annoyance.

"Huh?"

"I-it's nothing! Just that-… wow…" he stopped suddenly. Everyone looked up at whatever Ed was looking at.

It was the ice cream place he had been before with Hohenheim, who, casually enough, was right there looking at the building just as Ed was.

"Bloody hell!" was everything Ron managed to say.

The building was a total mess: broken tables, chairs here, chairs there, cracked glass, broken glass… blood; lots and lots of it, on the walls, on the floor, on the ceiling. People the crew recognized as the Ministry went in and out the building carrying things, cleaning, sealing, investigating the cause of such a disaster.

Edward ran up to his dad.

"What the hell happened here?" he asked with his eyes still on the building; those stains of blood brought a familiar sent to him.

"There was an attack…" Hohenheim started.

"Dead Eaters." A voice came from Edward's left. It was Harry, looking at the sky.

Ed turned to see what had caught Harry's attention and gave him such a stern look. But he didn't like what he saw.

Up in the cloudy sky, Ed could clearly see two faces: the one of a skull, and the one of the snake coming from its mouth; definitely a grotesque figure.

"Harry!" someone yelled from behind, but neither of them turned around; Ed and Hohenheim didn't recognize the voice, and Harry was too deep in thought still looking at the mark to pay much attention to anything else.

A man approached making him to turn around. "Harry, we're going back to the inn. It's not safe now. Much less for you." He was agitated as though he was frightened and had just finished a race. He looked at the Elrics from the corner of his eyes and pulled Harry to where the others were waiting with Mrs. Weasly. The other two stayed there unaware, still staring at the destruction in front of them.

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They were all having dinner in their rooms at the Leaky Caldron after spending the entire day in there. Hermione and Ginny had sneaked out of theirs to come to Harry and Ron's. Everyone was quiet.

"He used to give me free ice cream…" said Harry all of the sudden. "Mr. Fortescue, the owner." He finished clarifying.

"What do you think happened to him?" asked Hermione in a low voice.

"I don't know." Everyone was playing with their food, barely eating; but Harry was the worst, not having eaten at all.

"Dad said they couldn't find the body." said Ron.

"Maybe he's okay! Maybe he managed to escape or-" but Hermione was cut off by Harry.

"Don't kid yourselves. Didn't you see the blood? He's dead, and if he isn't, he soon will be!" he exploded.

"Harry…" said Ginny taking his had. He pulled away.

"I'm going to sleep." he said rushing to the bed.

No one talked. They just stayed there, watching. Harry could feel their eyes on him even though he had his back to them.

How idiotic; they pitied him. They thought his reaction was due to fear. They thought he was scared of being the next one. They thought he always looked back from his shoulder to see if a Death Eater would jump to him and finally kill him. But that wasn't it. He wasn't scared. He knew he wasn't the next one; Voldemort was going to finish him off slowly, torturing him. He knew he was being watched by Death Eaters while in a public place such as Diagon Alley. But then again, who wasn't? They where everywhere… waiting.

The sound of chairs being pulled back and steps let Harry know his friends where finally leaving after a moment of silence that looked like eternity. He could hear them opening the door and Ron talking to Hermione: "I'll come with you." He said as they left. Another moment passed as Harry began to relax. Then a voice spoke:

"Good night, Harry." It was Ginny.

She stayed a few more seconds before walking out and closing the door behind her.

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"Is this what you meant? Is this what we're dealing with?" said Edward in a low voice to the man sitting across from him. The other didn't answer, nor did he look at him, instead they both dedicated themselves to look at the dying fire.

The air in the room was tense, specially the space between the two only figures in it.

The day's events were still on their minds.

"Is this what I have to protect him from?" spoke Ed once again. In his mind, this was the first murder scene he had ever witnessed.

"It's not like you to take these kinds of things so seriously." Hohenheim finally said.

"W-what do you mean? T-this is the first time I…" he stopped. "Isn't it?"

"What I mean is that you shouldn't take it so seriously." He corrected himself.

"That I shouldn't…? Do you even realize what you're saying! SOMEONE WAS JUST MURDERED!"

"And this is how it's going to be from now on, Ed! This is what we compromised to do! This is what we're going to have to deal with! Like it or not!"

"NO! I don't like it! I didn't compromise to do anything! You did! I never asked for this! I never wanted to come! You dragged me into this! This has nothing to with me! Only you!"

"You have to do this, Edward." Hohenheim returned his attention to the fire and now spoke with a more calmed voice, even thought his face said otherwise.

"WHY? Why the heck to I have to do this! Just because you don't wanna do it alone? Well? Answer!"

"If you want to know what really happened to you, you'll do it! Am I clear?" he had stood up and was now looking down at Ed in a way that he couldn't read; something between sadness and anger.

As he lost the stare contest, Edward left the room without a word.

He didn't return until next morning.

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"Mrs. Weasley!"

"Mom!"

"Dad!"

"What? What is it?" asked Mrs. Weasley anxious as she turned to face the three frightened teenagers: Ron, Hermione and Ginny. She had been talking to his husband down in the bar since early morning.

"It's Harry!" shouted Hermione.

"What! What's wrong with him?" it was now Mr. Weasley the one startled.

"He-he…" Ginny was about to cry.

"He disappeared!" said Ron.

A loud thud behind them left no opportunity to react. A chair had been thrown to the floor by no other than Ed, who was now rushing out the door to Diagon Alley as fast as he could.

The others followed a second later.

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There u go... u like it?... i wanted to ask u if u would mind me doing the fic yaoi?... if yes, i want to ask u for the couples u like... they can be even xover couples from both FMA and HP... there is just 1 untouchable couple that i think u already figured out: RonxHermione... PLZZ! i luv those 2 together n-n!...

Review Responses:

Kurosawa-san
Prego n.n

tediz-leader
'course i did! u kno i luv that lil crazy mind of urs!

miroku-has-darkness
srry... but as i said, i promised i would use the OCs, and i actually enjoy them!.. and about the languajes... well.. i said it before.. i luv different cultures appart from my own, including the ways they speak... it's not like i kno any of them... i get the words from the internet... the only ones i can say i'm good at are: spanish (my first), english, and french (i'm barely starting to learn it, so i just kno how to form really small sentences)... and i'm really bad at spelling, doesnt really matter the languaje... i'm not trying to look smart or anything... i just wanna hav fun and maybe learn a lil...

InsaneBlackHeart
jejeje... yep n.nu... well, these r hard times in the wizardy(ing) world (is that how u say it? o.o?) and so, they cant actually trust just anyone... n.n.. i also hav fun doing this w/ them.. -evil laugh-... ejem...

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plz consider the YAOI thing... ok?... i'm asking u 4 the couples u like... so, i cant really do it w/out ur opinion... n.nu

thanks 4 reading!