Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist/Harry Potter
Title: Mr. Elric
Part: 03 of 15
Genre: General
Rating: G
Warning: Crossover
Spoilers: FMA episode 51; HP book 5
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Master ListSummary: Edward Elric from various points of view.
Chapter 03: Ron Weasley
Ronald Weasley remembers the first day he saw Mr. Elric. It was on September 19, a full three days after he'd arrive. Of course, he had heard plenty of him through the local gossipers of Gryffindor, Lavender and Pavarti. Upon learning his job, they swooned out the library door and swooned back through the portrait hole moments later, gushing madly of his apparent 'hotness'.
The two of THEM were mad.
Mr. Elric did not ever eat with the rest of the school, which was quite odd seeing how even Madame Pince, the most reclusive staff member second only to Trelawney, joined them every night. Of course, his 'fans' dismissed it as shyness and it endeared him to them, so he was pardoned. And watching Snape's eye twitch at an empty chair was rather humorous.
On the day he first saw Mr. Elric, Hermione had sent him to research an antidote on the muggle poison cyanide, but not before blowing up briefly at him for copying her paper ("She had a 2-meter long parchment, why can't she share?"). When he first entered, the first thing he saw was a long blonde ponytail sitting at the front table where Madame Pince normally resided.
The back of the head was so feminine that he had to look twice and even then, he had to wonder if the girls were actually swooning over a 'Ms. Elric'; a very disturbing thought indeed. And since curiosity killed the stinking cat, Ron just HAD to find out.
'He' was deeply absorbed in a book with a 5-centimeter wide spine, but not so that he didn't notice Ron sneaking around the desk to get a closer look.
"Can I help you?" he asked.
Ron jumped when he spoke. The face could go either way, but the voice was decidedly masculine.
"Antidote," he stammered out. "On cyanide."
Mr. Elric wrote something on a sheet of paper and handed it to Ron, who took it and left quickly to nurse the scars of his embarrassment. One thing he did notice: Mr. Elric did not take his eyes off the book the whole time Ron was there.
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