Fullmetal Wizard | Chapter 57

Title: Part 4. Hostel ErrandsMuggle side.

Harry looked about the small room they were in.

It was little more than a broom closet in size. The only light he could see by was from the soft blue light of the ungodly amount of what he supposed were computer monitors that occupied nearly all the walls and the shallow shelf right in front of him. They were even hanging down at odd spots from the ceiling. Every conceivable size of monitor was there..from wallet sized, to a particularly large one that nearly took up a wall. It was this that Ed and his friend were looking at.

Ed was standing casually in front of what looked like a kind of folding card table; he knew he had once seen one like it. His Aunt Petunia had him dig the Dursley's own card table out from the heaps of accumulated things in her garage, just for the celebration of a birthday party for his fat cousin, Dudley. It was metallic by the gleam of the dim light, and certainly not very big.

"Ok..looks like it's just us, and your four friends in here, Eddie." The friend said, and then turned around. The first thing Harry noticed about his was the pair of too thick glasses he wore, ones which made his dark eyes appear far too large for his rather thin, and pale, face. Said eyes glanced at Harry, and he supposed the others, and then to the rest of the room behind them. Then, it scrunched in confusion. "What happened to the lovely Tonks?"

Ed shrugged. "Guess she snuck out vhen you found my 'brodder' on da screen?"

"I thought I was doing a better job than you at the very least, bookworm. I swear! Do I smell funny or something?" Ed's friend frowned.

Ed snorted, and Harry distinctly heard a undercurrent in his voice that sounded much like, "Geer freak".

"So. Introductions are in order, I believe?"

After introductions, Harry learned that this Jon was surprisingly friendly and talented for a Muggle. He was obviously an adult, but Harry could only guess him to be about the old age of 20 or so. He even proudly showed them all his latest creation, though it was little more than a mess of wires attached to a greenish card thing, and had bits looked suspiciously like tiny pieces of metal and screws.

"Whats it for?" Ron asked, wide eyed with wonder, as Jon set it aside onto the shallow shelf.

"Uh..It's better for me if I don't tell you that."

"Huh?" Ron said.

"He means he's going to be using it for illegal tings. Most likely very soon." Ed said with a smirk, as he stuffed his trenchcoat inside his green knapsack. He then picked it up and slung it to his back.

Jon stuck his tongue out at Ed. "Just blurt it out, you...."

"I say noting." Ed said and waved both hands up in mock-surrender. Harry noticed he was missing a dark glove.

"What sort of..illegal things.." Harry asked, honestly having no idea, though the mere mention of it brought out his mischevious side. He saw Hermione frown slightly at the thought of the word "illegal".

"Can you four keep a secret?" Jon said, and looked around the room as if there were more people listening than he was comfortable with.

Harry nodded. He glanced at Ron, and then to Hermione. They too nodded, however slightly. He saw that Lupin backed off a bit, as if unsure if he really wanted to know, then thought better. He, too, nodded, though it was clearly with great reluctance.

"The fun kind, of course. No one gets hurt if its done right. Redirected traffic..inconvenient road closures...bomb scares that just happen to empty out entire buildings for days on end..." Jon said as he ticked off the items on his fingers one by one.

"Get to point...Iz for illegal dances." Ed said, and he looked over some of the monitors thoughtfully. Ron backed up to the cheap card table as Ed eased past him, and getting whacked a bit with the knapsack for his trouble.

"They're called Rave parties, you recluse! You's know that if you actually went sometime." Jon said loudly over his shoulder in Ed's general direction. Then turned back to Harry. "It's how I met this bookworm in the first place. About 6 months ago..come to think...didn't even speak a word of English then and he just..."

"How do you get that "GooOOooey" ting to vwork?" Ed interrupted as he poked a finger experimentally at a monitor with his ungloved hand.

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