Many Circles
Many Ties
A new bright morning dawned and Alphonse opened sleepy eyes to a whole new world that awaited him. His eyes closed once more before he worked to pull himself out of his sleep.
"Al, are you awake?" A gentle, almost comforting voice spoke out. For a moment there was nothing Al could place it to. No memory of who it was filtered through his brain. He again made himself open his grey eyes and finally pushed himself up to sit up in the bed.
"D-dad?." He whispered.
It wasn't a dream. He's alive. Al thought before a huge smile nearly seemed to split his face in two.
Remus Lupin gave a happy nod to his youngest son and then left to give Al some privacy to get dressed. The boys were to share a room for a while, but Remus's thought's soured when an image of a frowning Ed came to mind.
"He didn't show up last night, and all the headmaster would tell me is that someone gave him a place to sleep." He murmured as he sat down in a plump chair that was in the living room area of the place. He secretly hoped his sons would want to stay here for a while longer. Not just at the school itself but in the rooms he had been placed in so that he could keep a good eye on them. At least most of the time.
Edward sighed as he listened to another comment about how he could be pureblood and full of status. Yeah right he thought a bit bitterly, there no such thing as magic, even in this messed up reality I seem to be stuck in. The quicker this passes, the quicker I can get Al and me out.
He would have kept up with his train of thought but Crabb and Goyle (the two biggest yet empty headed cronies he had ever seen. This magic junk didn't seem pre-equipped with knowledge now did it?) Followed by Draco who had been so kind to transfigure quite badly a couch into a lumpy bed that Ed was still sitting on. The braided blonde still had kinks in his back from sleeping on this thing.
He felt bad about leaving Al alone for the night, but dealing with his father had not been in his repertoire that day. Al had been able to take care of himself when Ed had been unconscious for days, so he was sure to have been alright for one night.
"Hey, Edward, it's time for breakfast." Draco said, pulling Edward's mind back to the present. Ed stood up and followed the few Slytherins, Draco included, to the Great Hall.
"The teachers sit at the horizontal table up front. The Slytherins have their own table. The Gryfindors are the enemies of all Slytherins. They think their so great yet they can't do anything memorable. Hufflepuffs! What a waste of space, and even though Ravenclaw was smart it doesn't exactly mean it transferred to her precious students. Their knowledge doesn't hold up in a real fight." Draco informed, while Ed just nodded, his eyes scanning the hall for his brother.
His golden orbs landed on his little brother without too much difficulty. Al was by the 'teacher's table', a happy smile came to his face when he made eye contact with Ed. The younger of the two waved him over and Ed nodded over to Draco, disappearing into the crowd to greet his brother.
Draco stared after him for a second before deciding to sit down by Crabb. He let his eyes drift over to sneer at the Gryfindors table for a moment. His eyes narrowing and a spark of anger making his hand clench when he noticed Potter had stopped talking to stare at the Elric boys.
Harry stopped mid sentence as he was telling Hermoine and Ron that he didn't think there was anything wrong with Pro. Lupin that Sirus couldn't handle on his own. We'll he hoped so anyways. He flinched when he saw that boy (who was definitely not a girl!) walking past their table.
"Psst, Ron, that's the bloke I told you about last night." Harry whispered to Ron, who looked slightly aghast.
"Him? He came in with Malfoy a minute ago if you hadn't noticed. What if he's just like him?" Ron said, eyes wide. He did not want to deal with another pureblood enthusiast. Not this year.
"He looks like he's talking with that other boy. Oh! Dumbledore's about to make an announcement, so two be quiet!" Hermoine said, effectively finishing the conversation.
Harry nodded his head to her words and settled for drinking some juice as Dunbledore stood at the front table.
"Good morning to all! I have a special announcement that you all need to hear. There are two students who were not admitted until last night for Hogwarts." Dumbledore gestured to the two boys standing in front of the head table.
"Since they are new to the wizarding ways, I sincerely hope that all of you will be kind to the Elric brothers who will be attending our school from now on. These bright young minds will now be given over to the Sorting Hat, that, as you all know, will sort them!" He said jovially.
Harry noticed that Professor Lupin had a large smile on his face, while Hermione thought he looked rather proud.
Minerva stood up from her seat and walked around the table to stand before Alphonse.
"Alphonse Elric, you will be first." She said whilst Al gulped. It seemed their adventures at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry would really begin!
Krylancelo note:
Yes it has been quite a while since I worked on this one. I feel like I should put up a disclaimer (no clue why at the moment but I will) I do not own any sort of rights to FMA or Harry Potter and all characters associated with either or both fictional accounts.
It's all for the fun of playing with already made characters!
Review, since I so do like those!
I'll write more in due time. It took me a while to crank this one out. Still deciding on the sortings!