{Hey guy! We are back in busniess! Alaila-}
Kile-
And Icalte-
{At your service! While on vacation!}
{Note to readers... Buses are EVIL!}
No they aren't! They're FUN!
At least it's not as bad as the plane.
{*groan* the PLANE}
Come on Ala, it wasn't THAT bad.
HAHAHAHA
{Says the conspiritor...}
Weeeel, since Ala is brooding... it's up to me! ENJOY THE STORY! Oh, and I hate humidity!
Chapter 5
Two Panic Attacks and a Library
The pure white ferret was shivering on the stone floor right where Malfoy had been a few seconds ago. Ed dropped the book he had been holding out of shock. He was semi-oblivious to what was happening around him. The ferret was bouncing up and down due to some sort of spell that Moody was casting, Mcgonagall showing up,and all the yelling that commenced. The only thing that really noticed was when the ferret turned back into the slimy git. The short boy's mind was too preoccupied by other thoughts to care about little else.
Malfoy. Ferret. Malfoy turned into a ferret. A real ferret. Malfoy was gone. Ferret. Human to ferret. Human transmutation. They did human transmutation. They did it like was nothing! The biggest taboo! Bypassed in one second! WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE! This is wron. This is all wrong! We paid a price. They paid nothing. It's wrong. They can't do that! He's back. No more ferret. Bypassed all the laws. Then... WHY IS THIS HAPPENING! Equivalent. Exchange. Have to find the equivalent exchange. Equivalent exchange. Equivalent exchange. Have to find it. Have to find the exchange. Hav-
Edward was pulled out of his thoughts by his friends starting to move towards the great hall. He grabbed his book and rushed after them, his thoughts still running ten miles a minute. He arrived in time to hear Ron say, "Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret!" The blonde forced himself to laugh along with his friends, although it was a bit stiff seeing as he was still on the edge of a panic attack.
At the Gryffindor table, Ed started eating quickly and noticed Hermione doing the same.
"Don't tell me you have to go to the library again?" Ron asked as he watched her scarf down her food.
"As a matter of fact, I do."
"But you said Professor Vector didn't give you any homework," Harry pointed out.
"It's not schoolwork."
"Hey!" Ed cut into the conversation. "Will you take me with you this time?" the boy asked, the excitement in his voice just covering the panic.
"Oh, uh, sure."
FIve minutes later found the two friends walking down the stone hallways on their way to the library. "So, what did you think about Ancient Runes?" Hermione asked, trying to spark up a conversation to cover the silence.
"Oh," Ed jerked himself out of his thoughts in order to answer the question. "It's quite interesting. I recognise some of them, but a few of the less familiar ones seem a bit different. I wish I was taking that class instead of Divination."
"Yes, well, that class is a complete waste of time. The teacher is a complete fraud." The bushy haired girl's reaction was different than what Ed had expected. She seemed like the type of person who wouldn't even dare to think about treating a teacher with a sliver disrespect. The blonde decided to not mention how close to the truth the professor had been during their class. The rest of the walk was in silence.
The library was larger than Ed had expected. Not nearly as big as the one at home, but it was still big. Hermione could feel the excitement coming off of Ed in waves. She glanced at the boy and found his eyes shining. Before she could say anything, the blonde had already raced to the closest book shelf. For a few seconds, she watched him pulling down books and flipping through them eagerly before she walked to another part of the library with a muttered, 'Well. I'll just be over here then.'
When the brown haired girl finished her work, she went off in search of her missing friend. He was discovered in a far corner of the library surrounded by piles of open and closed books. There was a leather bound book open on his lap that he was making notes in using the pencil in his hand while checking and flipping though other books around him. Hermione was almost reluctant to disturb him.
"Um, Ed, Are you ready to go?" she asked. The boy showed no sign to show that he had heard her. "Ed," she said a bit louder. Still no response. "EDWARD!" she finally yelled. This startled the boy who jumped up, dropping his notebook and upsetting a few of the books around him, and held his pencil in a weapon like manor. He relaxed once he recognised the girl in front of him.
"Hey Hermione," he said casually as he reached down and picked up his fallen notebook.
"A-are you ready to go?" The girl was still in slight shock at his reaction. She had expected him to jump, fall out of his chair, scream from surprise, anything other than what he had done.
"Yeah. I'll put these books away and meet you at the checkout," he said gesturing to the few book in Hermione's arms. She nodded and walked to Madame Prince's desk to check out her books. She was surprised to find that Ed wasn't too far behind her.
"Are you sure that you put away every single one of the those books in the correct place?" the librarian asked him with a small glare, refusing to touch the books he had placed on her desk to check out. Students who paid no respect to her books or left them lying around or in the wrong spot weren't privileged enough to check out her books.
"Yes, Ma'am, I did. I can recite which books were placed exactly where if you want." When she didn't respond he said, "Theodore's Guide to Wizarding History in Less Than 500 Pages by Theodore Bighaud on shelf-"
"Yes, yes, I get it!" Madame Prince quickly checked out his books and gave them to him so that he could leave her library and her in peace. He was a nice kid, from what she could see, with a love of knowledge and books, but she simply couldn't stand his sarcastic attitude.
"Did you find anything interesting?" Hermione asked as they walked back to their dorms.
"Lots." Edward refused to share any more information, although he was carrying quite a few books, double the amount Hermione had checked out. She was going to be more persistent, but it was too obvious that he was unwilling to share any more information even though Edward was itching to talk to someone about his new research and get more than his opinion on the matter. He rationalized that she wouldn't understand it anyways.
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Edward sat on his bed with the curtains drawn around it. He was reviewing some of the notes that he had made earlier in the library. He hoped that he was getting somewhere otherwise he would go insane this year.
A slip of paper fell out of the book. He picked it up and read it. It was his schedule. Then his noticed something. He read one of the columns. He re-read it. Oh, this was bad. He checked a page in his notebook. Oh, this was really bad. He had transfigurations tomorrow.
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It was time for the first Transfiguration class of the year. Ed was trying to mentally prepare himself for what he knew was coming. Her knew what was possible with transfiguration, he had read all of his text books for this year and earlier after all. That didn't mean he had to like it. He kept trying to remember his research. That would help him rationalize everything. At least, he hoped.
Edward's nervous attitude wasn't noticed by anyone other than Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "Anything wrong, Ed?" asked Ron as they walked to their seats.
"No, nothing is wrong." Ed sat down and rearranged his expression to be careless. The trio noticed this, but chose not to comment. Mcgonagall came in moments later and started class. The blonde's eyes closed as the teacher started explaining the lesson. Soon he was fast asleep. The trio made a silent decision to not wake the boy in fear of his violent reaction when woken up. It would be best for everyone else in the class's physical health if the boy was not woken up.
Mcgonagall, on the other hand, refused to let someone sleep in her class and get away with it. She walked up to the sleeping boy's desk. She slapped something on the desk in front of him, causing the sleeping boy to awake and look at her.
"Do you need something, Professor?" he asked sincerely and without any trace of disrespect.
"I expect my students to pay attention and do the activities assigned," she said with venom dripping off of her tongue. "Would you care to explain why you were asleep instead?"
"I was tried Ma'am."
"Tired?"
"Yes, Ma'am."
"Make sure it doesn't happen again. Now that you are awake you will perform the spell assigned and I shall get you the extra homework that you will be doing tonight." Mcgonagall returned from her desk with a thick packet. She sent him one last glare before walking away from his desk to review the progress of her other students.
"All you have to do for the spell is-"
"I'm good without your help on this one, Hermione."
"But you didn't hear the instructions!"
"I know."
"But-"
"Hermione! I'm good. Just leave me in peace."
"She's just trying to help!" Ron defended his friend.
"Well, I didn't ask for her help."
"Are you sure nothing's bothering you?" Harry asked. This was most definitely not how their newest friend usually acted. It was enough to get the Boy-Who-Lived worried.
"I said that I'm FINE!" On the last word, Edward angrily slashed his wand at his brick, which they were using for class. The brick turned into a small, brick statue of a strange looking dog with long hair, especially on it's head, and a sad posture. It's eyes and face were covered by the hair. It most certainly was a strange statue.
Hermione looked at Ed with concern. He was leaning back with his eyes closed. He looked careless and slightly peaceful, but the cleaver which noticed how his eyes moved beneath his eyelids, how his wand had that was on the table kept twitching ever so slightly, and how his right hand would randomly clench into a fist. The trio having a silent conversation with themselves.
Something's wrong with him.
He is definitely not okay. His behavior is so strange today.
Is he off his rocker?
And something that was on all three of their minds... We need to find out what's wrong.
How'd you guys like that?
{Sorry it took a while. We were busy... you know... vacationing... visiting family... and stuff.}
YAH! STUFF! Stuff is fun!
Sorry, she had sugar tonight after dinner. That's what happens when grandparents bring dinner.
{Man that dinner was good. Aaanyways... how'd ya like the story? Want Ed to freak out more? Want any charecters from FMA or FAMB to come into the picture? Anything you despritly want to happen? Let us know!}
HAHA! We'll try to make to fullfill all reqests. Mabey I can do somwthing even more crule to ED! Hehehe!
{In case you were wondering... she's the mastermind responsible for most of the crule things that happen in our stories.}
Back to what Kile was saying... we can't always fit everything in... but we can try!
{Thanks for reading! Please review, we'd like to hear what you think and/or any requests!}
