It took a bit longer then I anticipated and I'm sorry! As my school is staring up soon, I'm getting busy. Updates will be a bit slower, but there will be updates, I can promise this.

Thank you so much for the reviews. I love getting feedback on how I could improve the story.

Sailormoonrocks826- Thanks for letting me know. I promise that wasn't intentional, as I don't support unoriginal ideas being published.

I also want to say that I am planning to edit chapters 3 and 4. I'm not entirely satisfied with how the characters are portrayed, and certain details are nagging at me which are rather irritating.

Alright then, Moving on to why you're actually here!

I DO NOT OWN FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD, OR ANY PART OF THE HARRY POTTER SERIES!

Ed shivered. 'These people are capable of so many things, and here I am getting caught up in their problems.'

On that grim note, he laid on his bed, almost instantly falling asleep.

Chapter 5- Bad Combinations

He was running down what seemed to be an endless hallway. Footsteps could be heard in hot pursuit but from what he couldn't tell. He didn't dare turn, for fear of what would happen if he did. "Why are you running, Edward?" his breath caught in his throat. "Mom?" he asked. "You don't need to be scared. Just turn around" he felt his body betraying him. His feet were growing heavy. 'I should just stop' he thought. "Yes Edward, just turn around and come here" his adrenaline was at its peak, and his panic only increased when he saw the end of the hallway. He clapped his hands together, pressing them to the wall. A door appeared, but it wasn't right. It was far too large, and the framing was wrong. Ed hastily destroyed the door and ran through the hole, it was all on instinct. As long as he could get away. As a crash sounded behind him he turned, to find that there was no longer anyone following. He cautiously took a step towards the hole, before it appeared. A mass of meat, skin, bones, and organs sat in the middle of what seemed to be a transmutation circle. "No!" Ed said, turning around and running again. 'it isn't real, that happened years ago!'

Just then, he felt a tap on his shoulder. "Look at it Ed. look at what resulted from your mistake." Where did he know that voice? He looked up and stared at the person in front of him, and immediately charged. "You!" Suddenly, he stopped. It was as if some force had stopped his movement. "Turn around. Face the truth of your sins" Ed couldn't bring himself to do it. He only turned around when he heard that horrible sound Brother! Please!"

"Al?" Ed said shakily. "This could have been avoided" He turned back to Hohenheim who had spoken. "Look what has become of Alphonse" said Hohenheim, with a disapproving glare. "What do you mean? Where's Al? What's happening to him?" Ed asked, desperate for answers. "Look behind you Edward" he said and Ed turned, before giving a harsh scream. Where the thing had been, sat a suit of armor, limp and unmoving. On the ground were pieces of metal, with red markings that looked like blood. "Why?! How, when did this happen?" Ed said, falling to his knees. "Had you been there this may have been avoided. But you were gone. You were off in England" tears fell in a rapid stream as Ed stared. He turned back to Hohenheim in fury "he wouldn't have been so fragile if you hadn't left us! We would all be living a normal life with mom if you hadn't gone and left her to die!" Hohenheim's face was stern, his eyes were cold. "I'm not at fault for your decisions. Because of your selfish reasons, Alphonse has to suffer, and left this world alone" Ed refused to believe it. He wouldn't have done anything that he had done, had he not been left alone. All the same, Al's words resounded in his mind.

"It's not like I asked to be this way!"

"No… Al…. it's my fault… it's all my fault… you're all I had… I promised to get your body back! Now…"

"How can I trust anything you say in this body?" Al yelled.

Hohenheim had disappeared, but Ed didn't care. All he cared about was the problem in front of him. Nothing else mattered. "I couldn't bring back mom, I couldn't save Nina, I couldn't even keep my promise to my brother… Alphonse.. How can I ever repay you?" someone was speaking, Ed could hear it clearly. What were they saying? His name? "Ed! Get up!" someone called. "What?" Ed said. He turned to the voice. "Harry.."

"Get up! It's a dream! It's not real!" said Harry. Just then there was a hiss from the darkness behind him. "Avada Kedavra!" Harry's eyes widened and green light blinded Ed. When it cleared, Harry was limp, on the ground, and Ron and Hermione were next to him. "Harry…" Hermione sobbed. "no.." Ed said, his voice barely a whisper. Ron turned to Ed. "why didn't you do anything? Why did you let this happen? You monster!" Eyes appeared from the darkness behind them. "I'll show you the Truth" More shrieks filled the air. "FILTHY HALF BREEDS! MUDBLOOD FILTH!"

"NO!" Ed said, shooting up from his original sleeping position. "Blimey, mate, you're nightmares might be worse than Harry's and that's saying something" Ron said. Ed chuckled lightly, "I guess so. Wh-" He was interrupted by more shrieking. "MUGGLES! BLOOD TRAITORS! BEFOULING THE NOBLE HOUSE OF MY FATHERS!" Ed groaned saying "What a way to wake up in the morning! I swear one of these days I WILL destroy that portrait!" He got up and stomped out the door, leaving the other two smiling.

"How are you feeling Ed?" Hermione asked, to Ed she sounded like he was on a death bed, which he wasn't happy about. "Fine, why wouldn't I be?" he said, biting into a piece of toast. "Well from what we heard" Fred said, smirk in place. "you were having quite the dream, weren't you Lil' Eddie!" George finished.

"WHO'RE YOU CALLING SO SMALL YOU CAN'T SEE HIM WITHOUT A MICROSCOPE?!" Ed said loudly, resulting in laughs from the other kids and a "now now, Edward..." from Remus. "What are you guys laughing at?!" Ed said, only causing them to laugh more. He folded his arm with a huff, and said "you get used to nightmare after a while. It's nothing to be fussed about" his words were mostly directed toward Harry, who he knew was also dealing with them. Ed had finally gulped down the last of the food before standing up. "Edward, dear, you didn't even touch your milk!" Molly said, pointing to the glass of cow excretion. "I hate milk" he said plainly. "Come now, a growing boy like you needs to have proper sustenance!" she protested. "You would grow taller!" the twins said, an evil glint present on both pairs of eyes. "SHUT UP!"

After finishing his breakfast, Ed thanked Molly before rushing to the library. He fully intended to continue his experiments until he found out everything he could. He had already read all of the books in a few of the smaller shelves, and was a good portion through a large one. He found that most didn't even mention the magical 'power' that Dumbledore had mentioned. The only progress Ed made was that he could now predict how off his transmutations would be. After a few tries, he was able to transmute things with the correct adjustments. It was a relatively simple ratio, the more complex the transmutation, the more interference. However, after another hour of practice, Ed had once again come back to his flawless transmutation. Once he reassured himself his transmutations were normal, Ed resumed his reading and note writing.

If this magic power is in the air, then why are only select people able to use 'magic?' there's something missing. Something that I'm missing. What if… Realization dawned on him, and once again he was scribbling away. Time flied past and Ed soon found himself surrounded by books. He went back and forth, between writing and experimenting, immersing himself in the work.

Harry and Sirius were headed to the kitchen for lunch, both were just now recognizing their hunger. They had decided that, knowing Ed, he was still in the library studying, and that he needed to eat as well. They were walking down the hallway when they saw something come from the library doors. It suspiciously looked to harry like blue light. He exchanged a glance with Sirius before walking toward the doors. Harry cautiously opened the door and his eyes widened at what he saw. A large mound of books sat in the corner of the room, and in the middle of it was Ed, sitting on the ground next to a table full of papers spread all over the surface. "Ed?" Harry called uncertainly. The blonde turned at the sound of his voice and said "Hey Harry, Sirius."

"Did you see a really bright light just now? It looked like it came from here" Harry asked, concerned. Ed paused, before shaking his head. "Nope. Nothing abnormal" He said, getting up and stretching. Harry stared at the boy oddly. I could have sworn I saw a light come from here. Was he doing magic? "You should come for lunch, before all the food is gone" Harry said awkwardly. Ed nodded, saying "Yeah, I'll be there. Just give me a bit of time." Harry nodded, leaving his friend to his privacy. "Sirius, do you know what that was?" Harry asked. "Not a clue. It most certainly wasn't nothing, I can tell you that much" I wonder if that has something to do with what we heard last night? Harry thought as he walked back with Sirius.

Later that day, Harry's nerves and anxiety had reached a new level. The grim prospect of the hearing was enough to keep his thoughts completely out of focus. If that hearing goes wrong, I'll be expelled. He hated the idea that his whole life in the future rode on this hearing. It would be nice if I could at least stay here if that happens. At least I'll have Sirius, and still be involved. Harry was interrupted from his musings by a tap on the shoulder. He turned, to see none other than Edward Elric. Harry was immediately reminded of the blue light from earlier. Should I ask? "Oh, hello Ed" Harry said, still not entirely focused. "Have any clue where the twins are?" Ed asked. Harry immediately felt anxious. Not only was the look on Ed's face setting off several mental alarms, the glint in his eye was one identical to the twins when they were up to something. He's thinking something evil, I know it. All the same, Harry was in the mood to witness this, and see how the twins were doing. "They're in their room. I'll take you" Ed grinned, once again making Harry wonder if he did the right thing. "Sure, thanks"

As the two walked up the old, creaking stairs, Harry once again saw Kreacher walking around muttering to himself. He saw Ed looking at him in a mixture of confusing, disgust, and interest. It was an interesting expression, one Kreacher seemed to notice. He looked at Ed before turning away. "The filthy muggle is looking at Kreacher. Kreacher will pretend he cannot see him"

This seemed to tick Ed off. "Why you little-" Ed was about to start ranting when Harry said "SHH! The last thing we need is Sirius's mother to start yelling" Ed snorted, muttering something about "finding a way to destroy it" causing Harry laugh lightly. Harry noticed that Ed and Sirius seemed to have quite a bit in common, in terms of attitude. It was something Harry always appreciated, when they could get him out of a mood with a few choice words. They finally reached the twins room where Harry knocked on the door. "It's open!" came two matching voices. Ed took this cue to open the door. The room was an absolute mess, though not in the way most would think. Many different odd looking items scattered the room, as well as several odd candies. "Ah! If it isn't Mr. Potter and Lil' Eddie!" said the twins. "DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Ed yelled.

The twins were unfazed by the outburst and continued, "What is it we can do for you on this fine evening?" Ed grinned, an odd glint in his eyes. "I was wondering what kind of pranks you had that explode"

Harry felt the chills pass down his body. Ed, explosives, twins, bad was all his jumbled mind could put together. "We have quite a few! Though it depends how much big the explosion may be, what might happen as a result, and of course what it is for…" his tone was suggestive, as if asking for something.

"Let's say there was a certain pyromaniac who has a smug attitude and a god complex. Do you have something that would explode in his face and make a nice mess?" Ed asked, his tone innocent enough, but his expression one of supreme mischief. The twins looked pleased, and intrigued.

"This person…" one said.

"How soon will you contact him?" the other finished.

"Next week." Ed said, smiling as he caught on. The twins broke into identical grins. "Perfect. You came to the right place, Eddie"

"QUIT IT WITH THAT NAME!" Harry knew this was destined for disaster, and that it would be his fault when it happened. He sighed, wondering just how bad it would be.

Ed was quite satisfied when he left the twins' room that night. After lots of strategy and explanation, the twins had decided to get to work. Watch out, colonel bastard.

At dinner, the air was tense at the prospect of Harry's hearing. Ed didn't know the details well himself, only that Harry had been attacked and that because he was underage and used magic to protect himself, he was being tried. Ed found the idea ridiculous, without, Harry could have been in deep trouble. They can apparently suck out a person's soul. That's sick.

Ed was growing to hate this society's government more and more. And if these people are dangerous ill have to make friends with them? That sounds impossible! Ed groaned at the prospect of having to stay in this place for a year. A detour from hell.

"Ed? You alright?" Ginny asked. Ed looked up hearing his name. "Uh, Yeah I'm fine." Why does everyone think something's wrong with me?

"Well, you just look really tired" Hermione said. "It's from all that heavy research he's doing! Honestly, why you do this kind of thing when you're so young..." Molly said. Ed scoffed. "Please. I've gone a full 10 days of researching and been fine"

"10?!" Ron said in disbelief. "Yeah. and as for my age, I've been doing this since I was really young. It's just something I got used to" Ed added. They all gawked at him. "And we thought Hermione was bad.." Ron said to Harry, loud enough for everyone to hear.

That night, everyone went to bed early, which Ed found quite odd. I expected them to be poking around a bit more. Ed decided to go back to the library. He had formed a theory as to how the magic worked, but it had many flaws and holes. He was surprised that he had already found that much in the first week. Then again, I am a genius.

As Ed continued to read and research, his mind spun. There has to be more to it. Something that complicates everything. Any other alchemist could have found this if they looked hard enough. Hell, if they had just transmuted here they would find out.

Ed was once again completely consumed by the task at hand. The book he was reading, Magic Across the Globe, proved far less useful than he hoped. It basically told history of different schools rather than about the technique itself. He continue to read until he came upon a chapter that caught his interest.

…One of the most curious of the many mysteries of magic, is the fabled Amestris. Said to be surrounded by many magical countries, yet completely void of magic itself. The odd country is said to be completely muggle-inhabited, and renders wizards and witches to be completely unable to use magic. The ministry to this day knows very little about the country except-

Ed was interrupted from his reading by a voice yelling in his ear. "OI!" Ed's head shot up, smashing into someone else's.

Rubbing his head in pain, Ed surveyed his surroundings. He saw Sirius right in front of him, saying "quite the hard head you got there"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ed grumbled. His eyes moved to the door landing on a tall man, with an impressively long silver beard, and a knowing smile that made Ed want to hit him. It made Ed feel like this man knew everything about him, which only made him think of the colonel. "Nice to see you Edward" he said. "What are you doing here?" Ed asked.

"There is a matter of utmost importance I need to speak to you about, if you don't mind." He said, and Ed couldn't help but notice his resemblance to the bastard. "Sorry, old man, but I'm busy at the moment" He replied. "It's quite important to your research. I would think you would like to hear it." Dumbledore continued. This got Ed's attention, if he knows anything that can help me, I have no choice. I need to get this done ASAP, so that I can get back to searching for a way to help Al. Ed sighed. "Fine old man, but this better be good" The older man smiled and Sirius excused himself. He locked the door and waved his stick at it, before turning.

"So, Edward, how has your research been doing?"

"Fine" Ed said. "How much have you found out?" Dumbledore asked.

"I have a theory, but it has holes, it's not too solid." Ed said, once again being very vague. "I see, I am impressed you managed that in so little time" Dumbledore said.

"Can we just get to the point?" Ed asked.

"Alright then Edward. You see, you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" Dumbledore said. Ed's eyes widened.

"…What?"

Done! This was more of a fun chapter (besides the beginning… I couldn't help it.) Next chapter, LOTS of explanations.

Ed and milk, Ed and twins, Ed and wise old men, Ed and explosives, Ed and tall people, Ed and evil portraits, Ed and Kreacher.

All combinations destined for disaster.

Thank you for reading

-SevenBlazingSkies