DISCLAIMER: I OWN NEITHER HARRY POTTER NOR FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST!

Chapter Thirty-Three

Half an hour later, Ed, Al, Winry, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were in the office that was Izumi's but was now Roy's. Unlike Izumi, Roy hadn't put any pictures in the office to personalize it but had the flag of Amestris draped above the fireplace. Other than that, the office was plain and dull.

"Have we done anything wrong, Professor?" Hermione asked.

"No, you have not," Roy assured, standing from his seat and going to the fireplace.

Ed rolled his eyes.

"Cut to the chase and tell us what you want already," Ed snapped.

Roy turned and looked at him.

"Professor Dumbledore told me that you were attacked, FullMetal," Roy said. "He also said that Harry had a dream and was about to tell him about it until Professor Umbridge came and requested Harry come with her."

"Where are you going at, Colonel?" Ed snapped.

"I want to know what the hell is going on," Roy replied. "I know that something is going on and I demand answers."

"What makes you think we know anything, Professor?" Harry asked.

"Ed, open that envelope," Roy demanded.

"Why?" Ed asked.

"Do it!" Roy ordered.

"All right, don't get all bitchy," Ed remarked, taking the envelope out from his robe pocket.

Ed opened the envelope and pulled out two pieces of parchment. He gave the one with Al's name on it to Al and read the one addressed to him.

"Dear Lieutenant Colonel Edward Thomas Elric, the FullMetal Alchemist," Ed read out loud. "Blah…blah…blah…WHAT?!"

"What?" Roy asked.

"That stupid son-of-a…" Ed grumbled as he wadded the letter up into a ball.

Ed stood up and threw the letter into the fire.

"What is it, FullMetal?" Roy asked.

Ed yanked off his State Alchemist pocket watch and slammed it onto Roy's desk.

"You can tell that son-of-a-bitch Fuhrer that I quit!" Ed fumed. "If you want answers, Colonel, you might as well forget it! Harry told Hermione and Ron the dream, but he hasn't told me, Al, or Winry! So -"

"Fuhrer Bradley is a homunculus!" Al blurted out.

Everyone looked at Al in shock.

"That's a pretty bad accusation, Alphonse," Roy said.

"It's true," Al muttered. "I heard it from two other homunculi. One is called Envy and the other is -"

"Lust," Harry completed.

Then everyone looked at Harry.

"They told me that if I told anyone my dream that they would kill Sirius and Lupin," Harry admitted. "That's why I didn't want to tell anyone else. They knew exactly where Sirius and Lupin were at. I don't know how they know."

"What was the dream?" Winry asked.

"Fuhrer Bradley and this guy named 'Father' are with Voldemort," Harry said. "Fuhrer Bradley said that Ed, Al, and Professor Curtis were sacrifices and that they can't be harmed. He also said that Lieutenant Colonel Hughes was killed because he found out about their plans. And he also said that Al has a heightened awareness now. That father guy didn't tell him why though."

"It's because my body absorbed the Philosopher's Stone," Al said, Ed looking at him. "I was told by Lust that when I was getting my body back, the Philosopher's Stone got absorbed into my body. She said…she said I was like one of them."

"You are NOT one of them, Al!" Ed said. "You are a human!"

"What is a homunca-whatever?" Ron asked. "And why -?"

"We are homunculi, boy," a seductive voice said.

Everyone looked to the doorway to see Lust and Envy standing there. They had somehow come into the room without anyone noticing. Ron blushed at the sight of Lust.

"You promised you wouldn't tell anyone, Alphonse, Harry," Lust pouted.

"Who should we have killed first, Lust?" Envy asked. "We can kill that Rockbell girl."

Ed and Al moved in front of Winry.

"Don't you dare touch her," Ed snarled, his golden eyes flashing.

"You have such gorgeous eyes," Lust complimented. "Don't worry, we won't kill her…yet. She's still needed for you. Besides, Edward, you can't quit."

"Oh, yeah?" Ed asked. "Why can't I quit?"

"Because if you quit, not only will Winry be killed, so will her grandmother and the whole town of Resembool," Lust answered. "And maybe even…the whole town of Dublith…"

"Stay away from -!" Ed started.

"Be quiet," Lust said, suddenly extending her forefinger and middle finger into lances and formed them into a 'V' around Ed's neck, leaving not even an inch to spare. "If you don't behave, I can twist my hand even slightly, and well…you know what will happen, right? Of course I can't kill you or Alphonse, but I can kill your precious girlfriend, Edward."

Ed growled.

"Good boy," Lust said. "We need you to stay with the military for reasons we cannot explain. And don't worry about what Wrath wants you to do…you can take your time. You do have two more years to get it done."

"Wh-what if I don't do it?" Ed asked.

"Oh, you'll do it," Lust said, her fingers touching Ed's skin. "You have to. Now," she retracted her fingers, "be a good boy and pick your watch back up and put it back on. Now."

Ed went to Roy's desk and got his watch and clipped it back onto his belt buckle.

"Good," Lust said. "We won't be killing anyone this time, but if you alert the Order of the Phoenix - yes, Harry, we know about the Order - then we will kill everyone you know. Agreed?"

"Why did you kill Hughes?" Roy demanded. "He had a family!"

"We know that," Lust said, putting her hands up. "But when we have orders, we have orders. Besides, he would have ruined everything if we didn't kill him."

Then she and Envy left.

"What was it that Fuhrer Bradley asked you to do?" Winry asked.

"It's best you don't know," Ed muttered.

Then he left the room. Al followed and they both went on their way up to the fifth year boy dormitory after getting to Gryffindor Tower and common room. Once in the dorm, Ed and Al sat on the sides of their beds.

"What did the letter say, Al?" Ed asked.

"Fuhrer Bradley, Wrath, wants me to be a State Alchemist, to make sure that I don't make any plans to join the wizarding work place," Al answered. "It probably has something to do with their plan."

"I don't want you to be a State Alchemist, Alphonse!" Ed protested. "You have -"

"If I don't join, Big Brother, I'm going to be sent to the labs like Lust said," Al interrupted, then lowering his voice. "I don't want that to happen. I don't want to be put under a microscope."

Ed didn't say anything and sighed.

"Did you have to let that homunculus kiss you?" Ed asked. "I don't hold it against you. It's just…wrong."

"Sorry," Al whispered.

"Don't worry about it," Ed brushed off. "Just…don't let it happen again. And don't let Cho find out or she'd -"

"I'm not going to tell her!" Al interrupted. "I wouldn't dream of it. Anyway, Brother, I'm a freak."

"You are not a freak!" Ed insisted.

"I am so!" Al said. "I'm…the Philosopher's Stone."

"What?!" Ed asked. "Where did you -?"

Al told Ed what Lust and Envy had told him earlier in the Forbidden Forest. Ed didn't say anything until…

"It doesn't mean you're a freak, Al," Ed finally said. "It just means that you have more abilities than anyone would usually have. You're like a superhero or something. You know, like Super Dude or whatever."

"Superman," Al corrected.

"Whatever," Ed brushed off. "There's nothing you should be freakin' out about, all right? Whenever that bastard comes to try to see us again, you can ask him about it."

"You mean Dad?" Al asked.

"Yeah, or you can talk to the horse dude Freezer about it," Ed suggested.

"He's a centaur, Big Brother," Al corrected again. "And his name is Firenze."

"Close," Ed shrugged off, then turning serious. "Al, we can't let what those homunculi control us. And I'm certainly not gonna do what the stupid Fuhrer told me to do. It's…"

"What did he ask you to do?" Al asked.

"To make a bloody crest around Hogwarts," Ed answered. "He offered a Philosopher's Stone, but I'm not goin' to do it."

"Of course not," Al said. "I - I'm goin' to sleep, Big Brother, I'm tired."

"Go ahead," Ed said.

Al changed into his pajamas, got into bed, and instantly fell asleep. Ed sighed. He changed into his pajamas, got into bed, and fell asleep as well.