Yoohoo! Told you I would upload soon! Anyway feel free to tell me any mistakes I made and enjoy the chapter!

After the visit to Gringotts, Ed was surprised to see so many supplies for one student. He had only gone to school till age 5 but even then all they needed was a book and a pen. Then again, that was a village school for farmers and sheep owners.

As they got the  last step they saw a man as tall as Armstrong, maybe even more. His face was almost completely hidden by a long, shaggy mane of hair and a wild, tangled beard, but his eyes could be seen glinting like black beetles under all the hair.

“Holy shit you’re huge”

Winry and Al might have scolded Ed if they themselves wasn’t gapping at the man.

“This is Hagrid, the Care of Magical Creatures teacher and groundskeeper of Hogwarts. He will help you in shopping things from your list.” With that he gave three Hogwarts acceptance letters to the trio.

“You will have an exam before the year starts to know which class you should start attending. I have heard many greats stories about your intelligence, Elric brothers. Ms. Rockbell also seems very smart for her age. I will be sending someone with the details of the exam in the next two month. We have made all the preparations for Amestrians to use and understand magic, even if they are underage, for this year”

“Wait, what do you mean underage?”

"Wizards aren’t allowed to use magic outside school until they are 17. There has been special changes that allow Amestrians to practice magic for the exams. Now, I will see you at Hogwarts in 2 month.”

Then with a smile and a crack, Dumbledore disappeared.

"Should I even ask how he did that?!" asked Ed.

"It's called Apparition," said Hagrid. "You'll learn that in your sixth year if you want. I never did learn it. Don’t think I would too, heard some nasty stories about it. Now come one, Ollivander’s right around the corner."

The shop they went to was narrow and shabby. Peeling gold letters over the door read Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC. A single wand lay on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window.

“You get your wand and I’ll get all your supplies. Think you’ll take some time. Older ones always do.”

And with that Hagrid went away leaving the trio in front of the old shop. A tinkling bell rang somewhere in the depth of the shop as they stepped inside. The first thing they noticed upon entry is how clustered and dusty this place is. The second was how quite it was.

“Is anyone here” Al asked nervously.

“Good afternoon” said a soft voice near Winry causing her to jump. An old man was standing before them, his wide, pale eyes shining like moons through the gloom of the shop.

“Amestrians, I see.” He says looking at Winry. “It seems there has been an increase of magic in your people. Can’t be surprised, with what all have been happening there I am surprised that the country still exists.”

The trio were shocked. Not even the citizens of Amestris had know what had happened on the Promised day and here is a foreigner talking about it so freely.

“Don’t need to be so surprised. I knew your father, you see.” The old man said to Ed and Al. “Actually, my grandfather knew him. Such a strange man he was. Helped us a lot for our business. And now comes his sons in need of our wands. The last two of Xerxian descendants.”

The Elric brothers squirmed a bit. They were not used to people pointing out their ancestry. The old man was also extra creepy with his wide, slivery eyes, like he was seeing something different from others.

“I have a feeling you all would be very interesting customers. Let’s start shall we? Which is your wand hand”

The trio looked at each other confused before deciding that ‘wand hand’ was the dominant hand. Both Al and Winry stuck out their right hand while Ed showed both his hands.

“I’m Ambidextrous”

“Oh! Haven’t had one of those in ages!”

After many tries that resulted in explosions, fires, glass shattering and many more, Ollivanders was finally able to find three wands that fit the Amestrians very well.

“11 inches, hazel wood with Veela hair as core. Very sensitive and fiercely loyal to its bearer. It’s as temperamental as the one who holds it.”

Ed huffed. Sure, he was angered easily, but that doesn’t mean he was that temperamental. Behind him Al and Winry snicker.

“9 inches, vine wood with Thestral tail hair. The core is one of the most unstable substances to use. It takes a special kind of person to world this wand, someone who is intelligent and selfless, in essence.”

Al blushed. He was kinder than his brother but that didn’t really mean he was selfless. He has been selfish many times in his life, most of the time to protect his family.

“13 inches, elder wood with Dragon heartstring. Only the ones born with natural talent can use the elder wood, and the core is very powerful, capable of some of the most advanced spells.”

Winry grinned. This was the first time in a while that all three of them was into a single thing. The boys had alchemy and she had automail. Now they could share something together. If Ed got over bitching about magic, that is.

“Very curious wands indeed. I expect wonderful things from you three.”

They left Olivander’s shop to see Hagrid with tons of books, cauldrons, phials, telescopes, and many others things they’ll need. Winry starting looking into all the supplies but the brothers looked shocked at the books. Hagrid almost thought they were miserable about how much they will need to read when-

“You went to the bookstore without us?!” the brothers yelled as Hagrid flinched at the volume.

“Don’t worry, you have plenty of time to explore there. You’re a couple of bookworms, aren’t you.”

“You have no idea.” Winry mumbled.

The next stop was the pet store. While Ed wasn’t particularly interested in it Al was jumping in excitement around the Magical Menagerie.

“Brother! Can I please get a kitten? Please? Please?!”

“Fine! Its not like we’re travelling anymore.”

There wasn’t much room inside and everywhere they looked there was some kind of creature, some not even normal. Ed shivered. The place was too similar to Tucker’s lab for his tastes.*

“Brother, look! This kitty looks just like you!” Ed examined the little kitten that his brother was showing him. Sure, it was golden but other than that there was no other similarities (he decided to ignore the fact that even for a kitten it was too small.) Besides-

“It has blue eyes Al.”

“Good thing I found someone with your eyes.”

Ed turned to see Winry holding a great horned owl with golden eyes.

“Guess you're buying that owl too, huh”

“Yup”

“Don’t bother about the money. Dumbledore took care about that. A little welcome gift from him.” Hagrid informed them as he looked at a basket of funny custard-coloured fur ball looking things.

Ed looked around, finding nothing interesting. Weird and magical sure but not interesting to him. If Dumbledore was handling the money then he was not giving up a chance to loot him for bringing him into this nonsensical world. He went a little more deeper into the shop when he saw something small and white.

“What kind of snake is this?”

“It’s a ball python. But it has some magical essence to it. That’s why its white in color. Pretty harmless and a small diet.”

Ed looked into the black eyes of the small snake who also seems to try to figure out the golden eyed boy before him.

“Do you want to come with?”

“Kid, it’s a snake. It will only understand parseltongue.”

Parseltongue, huh.

The shop keeper seemed a little freaked out by Ed talking to the snake but he couldn’t understand why. If snakes were freaky then they shouldn’t try to sell them.

“Do you…want to come…with me?” Ed asked with many gestures pointing to him and to the outside.  The snake seem to understand, nodding its head and the shop keeper slowly moved it to a transportable cage.

Ed went back to others who has already done their purchase. Hagrid also seemed a little spooked by his snake but both Al and Winry looked so resigned with him that Ed actually grinned.

“Guess I got a pet too.”

Man, 1430 words! Quarantine is really making me do work, isn't it. I got this chapter done but I don't know when I'll update the next chapter. I do promise 3 chapters during quarantine and I have one more to go.

*That's from FMA.

If anyone wants to see pictures of the pets here it is:

Al's kitten

Winry's owl

Ed's snake (though the breed is different)

Till next time!