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Ed stared at his surroundings. Seconds ago he had been in the creepy shop, now he was in what looked like a completely white train station (*ANYBODY GET IT? ANYBODY? LAST BOOK OF HARRY POTTER WHERE HE SEES DUMBLEDORE? ANYBODY? No? okay...*) that had a disturbingly familiar feeling to it. In the distance he saw one splash of color and after contemplating for a few seconds, he headed towards it. As he got closer, he began to make out a small girl with blonde hair and a lose blue sundress sitting at a table. As he saw this, he realized that it was the girl from before, sitting at a small garden table for two enjoying tea and cake.
Anger boiled up inside of him. Clapping his hands, Ed turned his automail into a blade and charged forward. Without looking up from her cake, the girl waved her hand then flicked it up so that her palm was facing Ed. With the wave, Ed's automail arm disconnected from his shoulder, while the flick left him unable to move. Against his will, Ed's body walked over and sat at the table across from the girl.
She looked up from her tea and cake, gazing into Ed's eyes, which were full of anger, hatred, and confusion, then sighed.
"Truth really should train his pets better." She gave Ed a disdainful, but amused, look as if he were some over active puppy that just peed in her yard, which only served to heighten Ed's anger. In the moment that she had mentioned truth, Ed realized what was so familiar about his surroundings. Similar to Truth's void, the area he sat in had a sense of dread to it, though this certainly had more form to it than Truth's.
Ed tried to talk but could only make muffled noises. The girl flicked her hand as if shooing something and with a deep breath, Ed was again in full control of his body.
"As I was trying to ask, how do you know that bastard truth?" said Ed, clearly annoyed.
"I am Clarity. Similar to Truth, I am a so called 'god' of a world. Therefore, to answer your question, I know Truth through rumors and name only, but that was enough to know that he had something that intrigued me." The girl, or Clarity, cocked her head, her long golden locks framing her face as she stared into Ed's molten gold eyes, never leaving them.
"And what would that be?"
"You, Edward Elric. You are the perfect toy to complete my goal."
Edward, who had not liked the girl from the beginning, was disliking her more and more. Before he could decide if he wanted to strangle her or bash her head in, she continued to speak.
"I was considering your brother instead but decided against it. He is of course bigger (at this Edward twitched deciding to both bash her head in and strangle her) and just as strong, but he isn't nearly as intelligent as you. Not to mention he is much too kind for the job he would have been forced to do. He was all together much too cowardly my purposes. Not to mention in stealing you I was able to steal Truth's favorite toy from right under his nose, which was just too delicious to pass up."
Edward was beyond furious. How dare she insult Al! This shrimp from hell was going to pay, and Ed was determined to be the one to collect the debt. He had unconsciously moved himself into an attacking position, all of his muscles rigid and ready to pounce.
Ed slowly unclenched his muscles from their tense attack state, all the while keeping his guard up. There was nothing he could do in this situation and he knew that. So for now he would sit and listen until his chance came. But he would not forgive or forget this.
As Ed was trying to calm himself enough that he would not try to kill her, Clarity watched silently, a twisted smirk playing across her face.
"Did you realize you were no match for me? Truth trained you better than I thought."
Ed glared at her 'what is up with these gods? First an egotistical bastard of a shadow and now a demonic 7 year old! What next, a shape shifting cross-dresser?'
Clarity quickly became serious. "The reason I have I have brought you is simple. Enter into my world and bring me the boy Harry Potter."
There was silence for a second as Ed's annoyance and anger reached its limit for the 10th time that day.
"You mean to tell me that the reason you kidnapped me was just to so that I could kidnap someone for you?" Ed schooled his voice so that the question was asked calmly, but it did not do much to hide the fury and annoyance that coursed through him.
"Yes, you could put it that way."
At this Ed lost his facade, exploding. "WHY THE HELL DID YOU NOT JUST KIDNAP THIS POTTER GUY IN THE FIRST PLACE?!"
Clarity scowled "Things are more complicated than you know. Unless I am restoring the balance I am unable to directly affect my world."
Edward snorted. "If gods were meant to 'restore balance' then why is my world so screwed up?"
Clarity gave an exasperated sigh then began. "To understand the balance, you must first understand the way of the gods. In the beginning, each god was given a world to rule over. In that world, they had to choose an overriding power which served as their main domain. For example, your Truth chose Alchemy. As an alchemist yourself, I am sure you are familiar with the Law of Equivalent Exchange"
"This law holds throughout the universe, including when the people of our world used their power. If the users of the power do not uphold the balance, the god in charge of the world must pay it. Truth chose the easiest option. Through Alchemy, the casters must uphold this rule themselves or they are ripped apart, as you know from personal experience." At this Clarity paused, taking a moment to smirk at Ed, glancing at the Automail that sat next to her on the ground. "All Truth has to do is enforce the laws, not pay for what is done. For those like Truth, who have chosen paths where the power rules itself, they are required to pay almost nothing to uphold the law of Equivalent Exchange."
"Unlike the realm you came from, my world has the power of magic, where the casters, other than a slight drain of energy, are not affected their use of power. Due to the fact that the Law of Equivalent Exchange is completely ignored by the casters, I must pay a heavy price to restore order to the universe."
"Why the hell would you be willing to use so much of your energy fixing their mistakes? I am certain that you don't do it out of compassion."
Clarity smiled wickedly. "Sharp, Edward. Each god feeds on some sort product of the power they rule over to help sustain them. For example, Truth feeds on the mistakes of the users of alchemy, but since he puts so little into the upholding of Alchemy, he does not need it to survive. If Alchemy dies, Truth can live on, just not as powerful. I only the other hand, am dependent on the product to survive, because I use up so much of myself to restore the Balance. But the rewards I reap are very large indeed, for I feed upon every bad feeling created by magic. Hatred, pride, jealousy, fear, all of them serve to restore my energy. Due to the fact that I do not need to interact with the world to restore the balance, I am not allowed to interfere with them directly. This is where you come in. I will send you down to my world so you can retrieve the boy."
"And what will you do to him once you have him?"
"That does not concern you."
"And if I refuse?"
Clarity's face darkened. "Then you can kiss any chance you have of seeing your world again goodbye. Also remember, I was able to bring you to this world, I can take others too. Refuse me and the first one over will be Al. There are ways to torture even a spirit."
"Fine I accept." Ed spat out the words as if they were poison. "But remember, if you threaten Al again, you will not survive it, god or not."
Fear flashed in Clarity's eyes. But it was gone just as quickly as it had come, and she quickly regained her composure. She handed him a small book and a dried hand. "The book will be our means of communication. Write any message you have for me in here and my answer will appear. As for the hand, I am sure you recognize it?"
"Yes, I do. That doesn't mean I know what it is."
"That hand is what remains of one of my old toys who would not listen." Clarity stared at Ed as if warning him that he may have a similar fate. "I have enchanted it so that if blood touches it, it transports the owner of the blood to the place where the hand's master died." She thoughtfully picked up Edward's automail arm, which lay on the ground next to her and said, almost to herself, "I wonder if it would work with your metal hand? Unfortunately, I am unable to try it as you will need it for your upcoming task."
She sighed and waved her hand, causing the arm to float back to Edward and reattached itself. Edward, who had not been expecting this, yelped in pain, as all the muscles in the upper half of his body spasmed, making him drop the hand and book. He shakily bent down to retrieve it. As he straightened, Clarity spoke once more, making a simple blue bottle and a bag about the size of Edwards head materialize and handing them to him. "Drink the contents of this bottle. It will give you the basic information you will need about the world you are entering, similar to what happened when Truth gave you your alchemic knowledge. The bag contains money from both wizards and muggles, which is a term for non-magical humans. You are to use this money to buy the supplies necessary for school."
Ed stopped her "School? You never said anything about a school."
"Of Course. To be able to become close to Harry Potter you must attend the school he attends though you are not to kidnap him until after the year is over. I kidnapped you when I did so that you can enter the school and become familiar with him and his ways so you can easily kidnap him. I also have one more job for Potter before you bring him to me. anyways, it should be early September, meaning that school will be starting soon. The second you enter the world, you will show up on a radar that shows magical abilities in humans. As you are several years past the age and are not registered in any school, I am guessing they will send someone to investigate the strange occurrence. As to what to do to explain yourself, you will have to figure that out by yourself."
"There is a flaw in your plan. How do you know that I have the ability to use these magic powers?"
Clarity rolled her eyes at Ed's attempt to soil her plan. "If you have the ability to use power in one world, you can use the power of any other world as well."
Looking at Edward, she frowned. "There is no way I can send you down on that attire. It is completely different from the current style."
She flicked her hand and smoke surrounded Edward. When it cleared, Edward found himself wearing strange dark pants, a loose fitting red shirt with his familiar flamel sign on the front in black, and strange black shoes that were laced and tied. What surprised him the most was that although the shirt was short sleeved, his right arm looked as though it was made of flesh.
Seeing his confusion, Clarity sighed "The pants are called Jeans, the shirt a T-shirt and the shoes are Tennis shoes. As for the arm, in this world automail does not exist, so I created a cover to hide the fact that you have metal for an arm and a leg."
The last thing Clarity conjured up was a smallish black backpack. "here, put everything inside this. You will draw too much attention carry if you carry around all everything in your arms." Edward opened his mouth as if to make a comment but was quickly cut off. "And yes, it will be able to hold everything. I put an enchantment on it so that it is seems smaller than it actually is. If I recall correctly, it would be able to comfortably hold a full grown elephant." Seeing Edward's confusion at the word 'elephant', she shook her head and sighed. "All you need to know is that it is an incredibly large animal, therefore the inside of the backpack is incredibly large."
"Now that we have that out of the way, it is about time I send you down. I would advise you drink the potion before we head down." Edward did as suggested and quickly reached into the backpack and after some effort (and a scare where he almost fell into the backpack), he took out the bottle and downed its contents and was immediately hit information of the world he was about to enter. Clarity was right when she said that it was similar to when Truth had given him the alchemic knowledge, although this time around it was much less intense and didn't make him feel as if his head was about to split open.
Through his given knowledge, Edward saw a world of silver and glass. When it came to technology, this world was more developed than his, although they still were lacking in the field of science and prosthetics (and although Ed had never been into fashion, he preferred the clothing of his world much more, it was much more durable and practical then their factory made pieces of cloth). This magic that Clarity had talked about was just as she had said, powerful and over used. As Ed scanned through his new knowledge, he almost laughed when he discovered how lazy these wizards were.
After about a minute of analyzing, Clarity broke in with an inpatient cough. "Although you may be content wasting time, I am impatient to start this operation so that I may rest easy again. So if you would so kindly save you processing for later, then we can send you off."
Ed was still very much annoyed and angry and the girl impatiently tapping her foot, and her recent remark was not helping his view of her. Despite this, he grumbled his consent, and grabbed his backpack, swinging it over his shoulder. As soon as she saw that he was ready, she took a small pouch of a blue powder out of the pocket of her dress. After sprinkling it on him, she stepped back and blew on him, and he was gone
Ed is finally heading to the world! For those of you who care, I thought of this plot as an answer to a problem I found in a lot of the crossovers I read. In most of them, Ed was freaking out trying to find an answer to how they used magic with no consequence, and wanted to create a story were there was a definite energy that magic drew its power from. I was originally thinking of making the magic a living, thing (anybody read the Magic Thief?) that they communicated with through words and their wands, but this ended up making more sense, so this was the result.
Now to answer your reviews!
Oeve- THANKS! *hands cookie and puppy. and kitten. and kittenpuppy*
Mcat9905- aw gee thanks! As for the anime, it is Fullmetal Alchemist, the 2003 version, after episode 10. As for Harry Potter, they are in Book 4, the Goblet of fire. Thank you!
CressidaRene- Thanks for the luck! I will need it... anyways, what do you think of Clarity? did you see that coming? I mean you probably did because of the summary but still, I hope you liked it!
Guest- I DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT! Sorry to say that it wasn't the monkey's paw but that was a really good observation! THANKS FOR READING!
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU, ALL MY LOVELY READERS! I would love it if you would review and tell me what you think! I have the next chapter planned out, I just need to transfer it to the keyboard. It should be ready by next week though, maybe earlier if I find the time like I did with this chapter.
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