Ed had the bertie botts every flavored beans on the train. He got a sour milk one.

me the first six chapters: wow
me this chapter: Griffindor Ed? really?

this is amazing but I feel like I should mention that innit isn't in it but isn't it

Why wouldn't their first assumption be that he went to stop Snape on his own? It just seems a bit sudden.

Ok, but Ed didn't scream at all during the surgery...

I am disappointed that there will be no military whatsoever, but then again we have enough of those fics

There are so many things I would complain about, like Dumbledore randomly coming out of nowhere to ANOTHER COUNTRY, to which Hogwarts should carry no jurisdiction, and continually insisting that anyone who has the capability of alchemy has it because of their ability of magic. That just BS, because it's basically saying that Ed lost his limbs and Al lost his body to MAGIC, when it is clearly ALCHEMY that took their limbs. If magic, which has virtually no restrictions was Alchemy, then why would they have lost so much because of their miscalculation of something they thought they could do, to which they couldn't? Truth wouldn't exist if Alchemy was Magic, and Magic wouldn't be so open and free if it was Alchemy. Aside from that, why would Ed and AL be the only ones who are wizards if Hohenheim was from their side of the world? He was an alchemist and certainly could not perform the amazing feats he had without the use of the Philosopher's Stone which, even in the Wizarding world, is not referred to as a stone made from magical means, but rather from Alchemical means. And if magic WAS Alchemy, why would they ever differentiate from it in the first place? It would certainly have been marked off as an extended branch of potions or something rather than Alchemy. So why try to insinuate that they ARE the same thing when their differences are seen as clear as day? After all that the Elric brothers have suffered through as well as the alchemists who came before them, it's a little strange that all of a sudden the Elric brothers are shipped off to Hogwarts, by themselves, without any other alchemists' children who would certainly be residing in Amestris, and withot having ever heard about it in the first place. Certainly previous alchemists would've said something about a magical school and told their children and their children's children and so on and so forth, considering how long the school has existed. But no, magical plot convenience by making the Elric brothers the only people in all of Amestrian history to have ever gone to Hogwarts because plot convenience.

Alchemy is clearly a completely different art, and so is magic. They share practically nothing in common aside from the way that they both require gathered energy in order to work. If Alchemy was referenced to as an art similar to Magic but different on the basis of their laws, I would accept that, but the way they are supposedly the same when thats clearly not the case, it's very insulting. And why did Edward have anything to hide? If the two worlds were connected, then certainly if they saw his automail, he could have just passed it off as being a specialty of his country and said that he got it in a huge accident that he doesn't like to talk about. That could have cleared up any misunderstandings between the group and they would still have been friends, just without all this unecessary BS tension. And throughout the chapters, I didn't really see any notable differences that actually could impact the story and make it noticeably different from the original book, which kind of berates the point of a fanfic. What's the point of throwing Edward into Hogwarts if all he does is make friends and follow along on all the events, picking up a few detentions that barely make any impact on the story aside from make him OOC and adding even more unecessary tension to the group's friendship? It could've been that he completely changed the whole time line to actually fit him in it, rather than just featuring him as yet another replaceable character who's amongst the whole crowd of replaceable characters. This story just shows him taking the different parts of the main characters and having him play their roles instead of having his own adventure at Hogwarts unique to this particular storyline. And what's with Ed getting all scared of showing his automail when, within the story itself, it clearly said how he wondered how he got so good at lying when he could've told a better lie by showing them his arm and telling them he got into an accident, like I mentioned before? And then at the end at the infirmary, Hermione and Ron, who are less forgiving than Harry and who still held suspicion against him even as they worked together to get through the obstacles, forgave him instantly because they are 'friends', even holding so much against him. And it was not so long ago that their mother passed and Ed and Al still talked about the incidents so openly, when all of this trouble between each other could have been avoided in the first place by him telling the lie that I suggested above. Also bringing up Madam Pomfrey, if she knew about automail surgery and the side effects, then she obviously knew about it, so why doesn't anyone else? Please take the time to consider all of these things if you do ever write Harry Potter and Fullmetal Alchemist crossovers in the future. It would benefit you so that you have all the loopholes fixed, and the storyline and background information would be solid, so the story would make sure to cover everything properly.

Noooo! Go become a state Alchemist, Ed!
Urg, I want to punch Dumbledore so bad right now.

Awesome work! Thank you for writing it! :D

I found another inconsistency in this chapter, which lies in Ed's lie about his past. (The number of reviews I post about story errors should be kinda bad, but I swear, this fanfic is great.)

If Harry, Ron, and Hermione reason it out, Ed's backstory doesn't make sense. If Ed had thought before that alchemy was banned, after all the library books, along with knowing of alchemy classes in Hogwarts should've made him realize that it was not illegal, allowing him to talk freely of his alchemical knowledge to his current friends soon after entering the school. Therefore, the trio should've questioned Ed, (like, "Why didn't you realize sooner that alchemy isn't illegal?" "Why didn't you tell us?") instead of accepting his story, albeit hesitantly.

Again, thank you for the extremely lengthy chapters!

Hello. I'm really enjoying reading your story right now, but I found two inconsistencies in this chapter.

1. Ed eats Bertie Bott's Beans (or something) twice for the first time. Which should be impossible...
- when Ed, Harry, and Ron meet in the train
- Christmas Day

2. Dumbledore knows Alphonse's physical description from the Mirror of Erised. How? The Mirror shows each person only their own, individual desire. The only way of Dumbledore knowing this that makes an inkling of sense is if he performed Legilimency on Ed. And he wouldn't do that in this fic, would he?

Otherwise, thank you so much for the honestly interesting, reasonable (dialogue/grammar/plot), awesome, long-chaptered story.

I liked it a lot. Great timing with when the secrets that Ed's an alchemist and that he has automail comes out, although I was disappointed that Quirell and the other teachers, did indeed, know about Ed. I'm guessing (especially looking off your description for the sequel I'm about to start reading) that in the next fic, what the Elrics did with their alchemy will be a mystery the rest of Ed's friends will have to decide whether to look into or not with Alphonse there?

Ohh the irony omfg xD

Ahhhhhhhh, this was a great read. I'm been really into the hp FMA crossover but this one is one of the most unique onces I've read. I like the blending you did between the two works, just enough to keep what reader love while ing making somthing new out of it. I saw you have a sequal so I'll be reading that soon, but I hope that this keeps going. Thank you for this amazing story!

hi! i brought you up to 300 reviews! because really, we all know this story deserves it! it's really wonderful...