Everlasting

By LadysWords

Previously on Everlasting:

Magic was unfair.

It had no laws. No boundaries of any kind. It was simply intangible where as Alchemy was not.

"Erm? Professor Elric?" a female voice interrupted of him of his thoughts.

He wanted to hit Dumbledore on the head for bloody telling him sooner.

Unfortunately for him that was not possible for him.

"Professor?" The voice asked once more.

'Why didn't you inform me of this sooner, headmaster?' Yellow eyes wondered with sorrow.

He blinked as he stared at the form of Hermione Granger.

"Are you alright?" Granger asked worriedly as she spotted him on the floor.

"Just dandy." Edward gritted his teeth as he stood up.

"Right. The Headmaster asked you to-"

"I know already." He snapped at her, and at the unfairness of it all.

She eyed him worriedly, "Alright. As soon as Harry wakes up we can save everyone that needs to be saved- Buckbeak, Harry's godfather and..."She drawled.

"Yes, yes." He snapped at her again.

Because obviously a hippogriff's life was much more important of a life than his own mother or his brothers current metal form for that matter...

Or Hughes life...

Pissed, he avoided Granger as much he could. Because of her and her predicament, everything he had known just fell apart.

For a Alchemy master, that was like his whole scientific world collapsing in on it self. All because of that necklace that Granger had in her grasp.

"Harry's awake you ready?" Hermoine's voice interrupted his thoughts.

'No' he wanted to tell her.

"Yes." He said begrudgingly. If only to satisfy the headmaster's request of protecting the two delinquents.

Chapter 26: The Past & Present

His personal opinions were disregarded completely as he witnessed déjà vu; snippets of images of the past blurred together in quick consecutive sequences and then it ceased in a blink of a eye it ceased.

He blinked, it lasted only a second. His mind hadn't totally grasped the concept of time-travel. To him, it was a nauseating thought. It shouldn't be possible to bend time and yet here they were three hours in the past, with a necklace.

'Fuck it,' Edward thought. If he thought over this now they'd waste the time, they just went back for. He'd deal with his own personal opinions of time travel.

Quickly to not hinder their limited time, Hermoine grabbed the necklace over their heads and glanced at the time behind her.

"Seven Thirty. Where were we at Seven thirty?" She muttered in concentration.

Green eyes narrowed in concentration,"Hagrid's. We were at Hagrids."

"Hurry, and we can't be seen." She then, grabbed both his hand and Potters hand and ran out of the now empty room, and went to the directions of Hagrids.

Seeing someone else physically elsewhere was strange, especially since, that person was beside you. He watched in amusement as Hermione Granger- his favorite non-annonying pupil- back mouth Malfoy for insulting Hagrid. He'd never liked that blonde kid.

"You- You foul, loathsome evil little cockroach!" Screeched an enraged Hermione Granger as she approached the platinum blonde. The said blonde whipped around smirkingly.

"I see you've come joined the show! Father said I can keep the head as the trophy." Draco informed the enraged trio with a evil glint in his eye.

Hermione growled,and pulled her wand out threateningly towards Draco.

"No, he isn't worth it-" Ron informed Hermione.

Edward's eyes shot open he never heard his favorite pupil bath mouth someone.

"Well, that's a first." Murmured Edward in amusement as Hermoine sock Malfoy in the face for laughing at the false bravado.

"Erm Professor?" He heard Hermione beside him.

"Yes?"

"Your not going to reprimand me for that punch, right?" She hesitantly asked him. He chuckled.

"Technically I can't. Since, I wasn't actually there physically, at the time."

"Oh. Thanks." She blushed in embarrassment and looked away.

"Your welcome, and good punch." He grinned at her.

"Thank You Professor."

"Besides- he deserved it actually."

He heard Harry snicker behind him. "See? I told you so."

Hermione coughed next to him, "We have to keep moving."

Edward blinked as he watched the past trio go down the slop of the mountain towards Hagrids hut.

"Right, let's follow," Edward agreed with her.

"Hey, Professor?" Hermione asked curiously as they knelt down behind a bush that was behind Hagrid's hut near the hippogriff that they were trying to save.

"Yes?"

"How'd you know?"

"Know what?"

"That we were in that Shrinking Shack? Did-?"

"No, Dumbledore didn't tell me, I followed Snape, because he seemed suspicious to me."

"Snape is always suspicious.He was even suspicious of me during first year, because he thought that I was going to become the exact replica of my father... actually he still is, I think." Harry drawled.

"Actually, Potter... that's not Snape being suspicious of you, that's his opinion of you." Edward replied matter-of-factly.

Harry grumbled, "I should've known."

They watched as the saw trio inside the hut speak in hushed tones.

'Strange, I should be angry right about know..' Edward thought. But blast it, he had promised to the headmaster that'd he would keep an eye on things for him. He could rant at the headmaster later for neglecting to him about something as important as time-travel or rather purposely not telling him about time travel.

"Time-Travel?"

"Yes Time-Travel, Elric,"

"It exists?"

"It most certainly does,and three times should do it, I should think. Oh and one more thing Professor- keep an eye of out for trouble." Blue eyes twinkled as he let his eyes gaze on the immobile form of Harry Potter.

"Why?"

"Something tells me they would want to change certain events that would occurred tonight."

"Ow!"

Edward blinked as he as he saw Hermoine put down her arm.

"Did you just chuck a rock at Harry's head?" Edward murmured.

"You were awfully violent today. I didn't beg you the type for it." Edward informed her. He'd honestly didn't.

"Sorry Professor." She replied sheepishly.

"That hurt you know." Harry informed Granger as he watched his past self rub the back of his head.

"I know, sorry." She replied back.

"Out of curiosity, why did you hit him?" Edward asked curious.

"We weren't moving, and it's getting late." She informed him as she pointed to the sky.

"You have a point, but still."

"The executioner is coming." Edward informed them as he looked closely at the slope and saw three moving figures.

"Yeah."

Edward blinked as he saw the trio hurry out from Hagrid's hut in the back door and watch them hurry up at the slope once more.

"We have to move."

Quickly as to not be caught by themselves they hurried to a different spot.

Harry made his move to try and coax the Buckbeak to move.

"Professor?"

"Yes, Hermione."

"What does Hippogriffs eat?"

Edward glanced at her, "Ferrets."

Quickly she grabbed the ferrets that were placed near by the hippogriff and approached the creature.

"C'mon..."

Eager to get it's treat from the human's hand, the tied up hippogriff stood up as Harry untied the knot and then followed the human with its meal.

Hurriedly they hid once more in the Black forest.

Shortly after the Headmaster, the Executioner, and the Prime Minister looked around for the said creature and then they proceeded to look at Hagrid questioningly.

"Where'd it go?" The Prime Minister asked accusingly.

"I have no idea." Hagrid said truthfully.

The Headmaster frowned at the Minister distastefully," Your not thinking that he had anything to do with it? He was here the whole time."

"Let's search the grounds!" Barked the Prime Minister.

"If anything, Prime Minister search the skies. Oh, and I suppose Mr. Executioner, your services are no longer required." Headmaster informed to the Prime Minister of Magic and said executioner.

"Damn."

They heard the Minister of Magic curse out as a crow landed on his head. Edward grinned, so that's what the Headmaster had meant. He frowned and thought, who was the second life they would save tonight?After all the Headmaster said,"You'll be able to save more than one life tonight."

"So..where do we go next?" Harry asked a while later as they walked through the Black Forest.

"To the Shrinking Shack."

"Right."

"I'm curious, who's life do we save next?"

"Sirius Black, and Professor Lupin I think." Harry informed.

"Black, Why?" Edward narrowed his eyes.

"He was innocent."

"Says you. Weren't you trying to kill him, before? I remember clearly that Snape said that you had wanted to kill him. Now, you say he was innocent?"

"He was set up!" Snarked Potter.

"Set up? Set up? That's what any criminal would say!"

"He isn't any criminal, he's my godfather!"

"What?" Edward blinked.

"He was set up because of the real traitor - Peter Pettigrew!" Exclaimed Potter.

"Who?"Edward was now confused of the new information.

Harry said and glanced at Hermione Granger who nodded to continue.

"He was Ron's pet Scabbers, except that rat was really an animagus. By the name of Peter Pettigrew."

"What?"

"He was the secret keeper of my parents.." Harry scowled at him as he unveiled the information.

Edward eyes widened and then it dawned upon him, as he remembered Fudge's conversation from Professor McGonagall.

"Black was vicious, he killed twelve people and left poor Peter with just a finger for identification."

"Doesn't Scabbers have a missing finger?"

"Yes."

"So..that means."

"Yes."

"I don't fully believe you and I won't, not until I know everything."

Harry then proceeded to inform of him everything.

Harry glanced at Professor Elric.

Golden eyes looked at him sternly, and then he the Professor sighed,"Very well, for now I will trust your opinion."

"Harry. How'd you escape?" Hermoine asked of him after a moment of silence.

"Escape?" Harry wondered.

"From the Dementors..? Professor Dumbldore was saying that only a really powerful wizard could've cast it."

"It was my dad." He informed her.

"Your dad's dead, Potter." Professor Elric reminded him.

"I know, but still, I'm just telling you what I saw, and swear I saw him cast the Patronus Charm."

"That's not possible." The Professor informed him.

"Time travel isn't supposed to possible." Harry replied back.

The Professor scowled at him, but said nothing in reply.

"Professor?"

"Yes?"

How'd you get the map?"

He watch the Professor smirk.

"That's my secret Potter." The Professor chuckled as he knew the Professor was remembering how he gained it.

August, 1992

Somewhere in the skies of England (headed presumably North)

Edward decided that he did not like the game of 'fetch' as he as he held his hands around a Thestral neck Dumbledore had lent him to use for during of the assignment that he had been assigned to.

"I have task for you.."

"A task?"

"I need you to search for something of great importance."

"Of great importance?You said that to me last time.. and that ended up disastrous you know." Edward repeated.'Here we go again'

Last time, he had been told to go across Europe to speak to Giants, and well.. that didn't go so well.

"Alright, it holds sentimental value... and it's quite important as well." The headmaster clarified and twinkled his eyes at him.

"Sentimental value?" Murmured Edward.

"An old relic of sorts..."

'That Headmaster, I think he enjoys sending me on wild goose chases all over the place...' Edward thought as he walked with a frown. It had reminded him of the too many times Mustang had sent him on those types of chases.. which had often left him destroying a town or some building because he had been pissed off (the amount of destruction had really depended how pissed of he was because of Mustang). And yet here he was years later doing same thing, but with less of a tantrum so to speak.

Edward scowled, 'It holds sentimental value my arse, it's a just a bit of parchment paper!'

He was very tempted to destroy this bit of parchment he had to get from a safe in Potter's Manor. "It should be in the black safe behind a picture of The it, and grab what's inside of it."Dumbledore had informed him.

But no, he couldn't very well do that. He could almost hear him saying,"Don't even think of trying to destroy it, Edward."

Go to hell.

He couldn't believe he flew all the way to ... retrieve a sentimental piece of parchment paper.

Couldn't any other parchment paper be used the same way? What was so damn important of this particular parchment paper? It was blank for Christ Sakes!

When he would return, Dumbledore and him were going to have a small chat. Hopefully he would't accidentally destroy anything in the process... like the bit of parchment paper he was supposed to give back.

Hermione glanced at the scene and watched Harry being attacked by Lupin in his werewolf form.

Then an idea stuck to her and she howled.

"What are you doing?" The Professor blinked as he came to. It was rather odd to hear your pupil howl.

"I'm trying to save Harry from getting himself killed."

"Yes, that was certainly good idea. Expect, now were going to get ourselves killed." Professor Elric informed her. She blinked as the werewolf stopped his assault on Harry and started to head their direction.

"Not good, run!"

"Brillant job Hermione, now what?"

"Run." She choked in fear and ran.

Hiding behind a tree wasn't the safest thing to do in mist of a beast such as werewolf, after all their sense of smell was heightened, compare to a human.

To face a beast or not to.

The answer was obvious; as Edward didn't want to wait and see if Lupin- who was now a werewolf- remembered that they were friends. He whistled and hopped that help would come.

A screech responded and then suddenly he heard large wings flutter and he blinked in surprise as of both Buckbeak and Stormswift had begun to attack the werewolf.

He chuckled,"Good hippogriffs." He watched as the larger of the two hippogriffs, Stormswift, slash at Lupin's werewolf's face. Edward winced and thought,'That's going to leave a mark.'

"Thanks Professor," Hermione and Potter sighed in relief at being saved.

He idly wondered were Stormswift had come from, but never mind that. He shuddered suddenly as he watched as the forest freeze around them.

"Dementors..." They said in unison. Quickly they hurried were the creatures were gathering, which where gathering around a large frozen lake.

"This is horrible." Breathed Hermione as she watched hundreds of dementors swarm around Harry and his godfather, Sirius Black.

"Don't worry, any minute now, my father will appear, and..." Potter assuringly said to Granger.

"Your father's dead and no one else but us, are here." Edward reminded him.

"I know what I saw," Harry replied back.

"I know what you saw, but this is what your seeing now." He watched as dementors suck precious memories from both Black and Potter.

"But I swear."

"Potter, if you don't do anything, I will. Because the both of you are dangerously close to a Dementors kiss!" Edward hissed quietly as they hid behind a tree while watching the scene.

"I-" Potter began.

"That's it!"

Edward, hurriedly step around Potter as he couldn't watch Potter's feebly excuse of a Patronus charm ebb away as he defended his godfather from the onslaught.

Dumbledore would be mad at him if he didn't protect Potter.

"Wait!" Potter yelled at him. Edward turned as he watched Potter near the edge and shout out, "Expecto Patronum!"

The effect was blinding as he watched the charm emerge out from Potter's wand and expand through out the area.

Edward looked at Potter and then at the scattered Dementors.

"Well done.I couldn't of have had done it better myself." Edward honestly told him after a moment of silence.

"Thanks."

"So it was you." Edward yelled to Potter as he held onto Stormswift as they flew above the castle.

"Yeah, when I realized it was me the first time, I knew I needed to do it the second time." Potter yelled back,"Does that makes sense?"

"I don't care, but I really don't like flying!" Screeched Hermione.

Edward and Harry laughed as they flew towards the designation.

"Ladies first." Edward gestured as they landed on the tower to free black.

"Bombarda!" Hermione quickly yelled as she pointed at the bars that held Black.

"Thanks, for the rescue," Sirius informed them with a smile on his face.

"Think nothing of it, I'm only breaking a few hundred rules. Besides it was Dumbledore's orders that I had to keep an eye on you." Edward grumbled out as Black climbed the back of Stormswift.

"You-? Your the one who was spying on me? That means-"Black breathed out.

"Yes, I knew it was you, in your animagus from."Edward grinned back as they landed.

"Spying?" He watched as Potter's eyes widened, "Wait, I thought that you didn't know!"

"Your right, I didn't know." Edward replied easily, "I didn't know everything."

They landed near the clock tower after a short flight from the tower that had held black as prisoner. Onyx eyes eyed him in amusement, "Well Dumbledore, chose well then. Also, thanks for keeping an eye out for my godson."

Edward chuckled and nodded, "Anytime."

"Take me with you-"Interrupted Potter as he watch Black take Buckbeak by the reigns.

"At the moment I can't, but I wished I could."

"But-"

"You'll be living as your life as a rogue, Potter, it isn't well advised." Edward informed Potter as he scowled at him.

"I-" Potter began, "Thank you!" Potter eyed him as Buckbeak reared back and took off in the starry night.

Edward sighed, "Well, let's go you two."

"Alright."

Hurriedly, they ran back to the where they began, the infirmary. When they arrived they saw Dumbledore coming out of the room.

"We did it." Edward reported cheerfully to the headmaster.

"Did what? Have a good one."

TBC..

AN: Done! I apologize, this chapter was rather tricky to write, I had to keep jumping 'point of views.' so the flow would be good. Sorry for updating erm slowly? I am rather busy.

Responding to a few reviews that I can't by PM:

Guest 1/11/13 . chapter 11

'...why is it that every time you eat I begin to think that rather than going to your stomach the food you eat simply reappears on your plate.'

Clearly, that is the ultimate form of food-related magic. Someone must give an award to Snape for having discovered that.

^-Gives Snape a award (I knew someone would figure it out!)

I'm not sure if this is a different Guest but..

Guest 1/11/13 . chapter 25

Ed's focus on the differences between magic and alchemy, and on his mother, are fairly accurate, I would say. He would be pretty angry at how easily a witch or wizard could go back in time (if they had a Time Turner) and fix a problem or problems with magic... while he had to endure the pain of not only failing to bring back his mother, but also losing Al, dealing with the Rebound, and losing both his arm and leg and all the pain that occurred because of the automail surgery. All of that could have been avoided with a Time Turner; so to Ed, it would seem that the world, fate and Truth were against him, conspiring to make his life as horrible as it could possibly, while the magic users had the 'luxury' of being able to fix their problems with a wave of the wand or the turn of an hourglass.

^-AN-Exactly what was going through my mind. Personally, I believe that most fanfictions don't touch base on what I would believe would be Edwards genuine reaction towards time travel. The mere fact that he is a non-believer and a scientist. He would loath, but accept it's possibilities begrudgingly, after all, in my story he has been immersed in the world magic for years, and so he has learn to expect the possibilities of such a thing. After all, Wizards magic pretty much is intangible. Therefore, it's possibilities are endless.

Guest 1/14/13 . chapter 7

*Pets parrot*

Parrot Post, you say.

^- Parrot post?