Chapter 4 is here at last! Yay! Now, before we begin, I must tell you, I have a new fanfic up called Brother Mine. It's a story of Ed and his feelings after the 5th lab incident. So check that out.

Disclaimer : I don't own the frickin' awesome, blonde, teenage, alchemy teacher. Nor his new magical companions.

Harry: So you go into a big description of Professor Elric but we're just "Magical Companions"

Me: Basically, he is the main character of this Fic.

Ed: Take that Magic Boy! Alchemy trumps all! Go science!

Ed strolled into the Great Hall. He took his seat at the teacher's table.

"It really is interesting to see such a young boy sitting in that chair."

Ed turned and saw Snape sitting there.

"To think, Dumbledore let someone like you teach. I'd like to sit in on one of your classes if you don't mind.", he said. (He's NOT being a creeper, he's just curious at what make's Ed so good that he can be able to teach!)

Ed was really bored with this conversation, "Yeah, sure" Luckily for him, Dumbledore had gotten up to come talk to Ed after he 'magically' brought dinner around.

"Well Mr. Elric, how have your classes been going?"

"Ah, good. Although, one particular student I saw in the hallway gave me some trouble."

"Hm? Who would that be?"

Ed put his fork in his mouth and pointed,"Oh, that blonde kid sitting at the Slytherin table. Malfoy, I think it was."

"What did he do?", McGonagall asked, joining in the conversation.

"Oh, he was smart talking Potter and then when I came over, he started smart mouthing me and even added a threat at some point. Honestly, I couldn't care less about him but I don't wanna have to put up with that everyday.", Ed continued eating.

"We really need to have a serious talk with that boy!", McGonagall said, annoyed.

"Yeah, that would be nice.", Ed just kept stuffing his face.

Hermione was sitting at the table. Harry was talking to Fred, or George, whichever one it was, and Ron was eating. She was contemplating Edward. "How did he do that earlier? He had no wand or transmutation circle, he just clapped!", she said, infuriated.

"Because we care, Hermione!", Ron said sarcastically, with his mouth full of food.

"I just think it's odd, that's all.", she pouted.

"Hermione, how do you know he didn't just draw a circle before he clapped?", Harry asked, quite annoyed with both of them.

"I don't think he could draw a circle that fast! I mean, really!", she protested.

Harry just continued his talk with the twin and Ron went back to eating.

Hermione looked at her food, and then she looked up at Edward. He was talking to Snape. She then looked at his companions, Ms. Hawkeye and Alphonse, was it? Hawkeye was daintily eating her food, and Alphonse…Alphonse wasn't eating at all. He had a whole plate full of food and he wasn't eating. He didn't even lift his helmet to send food down to his mouth. Hermione thought that was even more suspicious than Ed just clapping his hands to transmute. Her eyes narrowed and she started to eat.

Riza looked up from her food just as Hermione started eating. "Was that girl staring at us?", she thought. Riza's own eyes narrowed. She continued to eat and when she finished she immediately got up and left. She walked down to the room she was given. She almost ran over to the phone and dialed a number. When the recipient answered she began to talk. (Evil Me: No, she stayed silent and waited for the guy to hang up in confusion. Me: heh heh yeah…)

"Hello?"

"Colonel, it's me."

"Well Hawkeye, it's about time."

"I know sir, with protecting Edward and all, I lost track of time."

"That's alright. So, how are things there?"

"It's all good sir."

"Then why did you call me?"

"I….."

On the other side of the phone, realizing that Hawkeye had no explanation for calling him, Mustang smirked., "You there, Lieutenant?"

Riza blushed, "Oh, yes sir, I uh, I called to be sure you were ok, and that you were doing your paperwork. Did you remember to feed Black Hayate?"

Mustang laughed, "Yes, I have him right here with me."

"Alright, take care Colonel."

"Sure thing Lieutenant."

She hung up and turned to leave.

Hermione ran to the nearest door and hid. She didn't want the woman to know she was there. She saw the woman head back towards the Hall. Hermione cautiously stepped out of her hiding spot. She knew it was wrong to spy and it wasn't really like her to do so, but she got a weird feeling about the three and that phone conversation didn't help at all. She about ran to the Great Hall, she didn't want to get caught out here. She took her seat and began talking like she had just left for the bathroom.

The next day, Ed was preparing for those magical freaks to come in for their lesson. He drew a basic transmutation circle on the chalk board. When class started, Ed looked at them and asked, "Any of you remember yesterday's lesson? They all raised their hands. "Good, now today were starting off with transmutation circles." Ed walked to the middle of the classroom, "The circle itself is a conduit which focuses and dictates the flow of power, tapping into the energies that already exist within the earth and matter. It represents the cyclical flow of the world's energies and phenomena and turns that power to manipulable ends. Did you get that?"

Everyone stared at Edward, but they also nodded their heads.

"Good, now, the basis of the transmutation array is the power of the circle. The circle denotes the circulation of power, and by drawing a structural matrix over it, it becomes possible to invoke that power." He turned to the chalk board and began to point at different parts of the circle. He turned again to look at them, they all had blank expressions on their faces, so, he turned to Alphonse and Hawkeye "Am I going to fast?" Hawkeye, too, had the blank expression on her face.

Alphonse shook his head, "No brother your doing well!"

Hermione's head snapped up. "Brother?", she thought.

"I think that your doing quite well myself.", Snape commented.

"Wh-when did you get here!", Ed looked at him.

"I've been here this whole time."

Ed looked at Alphonse, who shrugged.

"Well, next time were moving on to the actual alchemy training, but first, I have homework for you!", Ed told them. He pointed at them all with his left hand, "One is all, all is one! You have until next class to figure out a meaning. This is also a test to see if your worth teaching alchemy to. So be ready for me to ask you when we meet again!"

They all left after packing up their things.

"Brother, don't you think you should have given them more time for One is all, all is one? I mean we had a whole month and we barely figured it out.", Alphonse said.

"Yeah Al, but they aren't being stranded on some island or thrown onto a mountain so they don't have survival to think about in addition! If we were at home instead of trying not to die, than I bet we could have done it in one night!", Ed somewhat complained.

"Yeah, but they aren't us."

Yay! 2nd class done! So, I've been thinking about Hawkeye, what I'm thinking is that some part of why she is here is because of the Alchemy research on her back and I want to find a way to weave that into the story somehow. I also want a dramatical lesson on human transmutation. And a part where Hermione confronts Ed and then have an awesome back story bit on him and Al. Tell me what you think! The Hawkeye part isn't coming 'till later but the reveal of Ed's automail and maybe Al's emptiness will be in the next chapter. P.S. Everytime you don't review, Hermione eavesdrops on Riza's phone conversations with the Colonel. Please protect their privacy and review!