Title: Part 1. Hostel ErrandsMuggle side.
"He means he's not well." Hermione said, and she narrowed her eyes. "Tell me, by the way you say 'magic'..."
Ed snorted.
"I am scientist. I do not believe in magic. Just because I cannot explain a ting, does not make it magic." Ed said, looking at her with a scowl. "Most of vwhat I saw in dat house looks to me like overuse and abuse of tings that I am familiar vwith and fill me vith disgust."
"Well, we WERE cleaning it out for a reason." Harry said.
Ed smirked.
Hermione looked down, face scrunched in confusion. "A scientist...? How can a scientist...do what we saw you do?"
Ed's eyebrows rose and he looked over at her. Her voice had seemed so lost to his ears, his smirk faded from his face.
"What's a scientist?" Ron said, and looked to Hermione, frowning at her expression.
Harry cleared his throat.
"It's a Muggle thing, Ron. I would like to know how he did what he did too." Harry looked pointedly at Ed, and raised his eyebrows.
"Den you can say vwhat I did vas a "Muggle" ting as vwell. It vwas but a thing of applied science. No more. No less." Ed said. He watched as they all blinked at him and raised their eyebrows. He sighed, shook his head, and looked away.
"You say that..hair thing...was this 'science'?" Tonks said. Ed glanced back at her.
"Yeah. Vas but..vhat..ting of water...a.." Ed blinked, and grimmaced, "'Change of status'....no. 'State'. Change of state. Dat Severus called it vright ven vere talking after, calling it 'parlor treek'."
"Snape?? That greasy git called that wandless..magic..you did..a trick?!?" Harry said, mouth dropping open.
Ed shrugged.
"It vas obvious to any that knew that vwas vhat it vas." Ed took a breath, and blinked."Vwhat's vith dis 'Muggle' and 'Mud-blood' stuff anyvay? Those vords have been tossed at me since you took me to dat place. I know dat they are meant to be insults, and. I vould like to know de reason I am being insulted!"
"You really don't know, do you?" Remus said.
"No..I alvready know de answers to my questions before I ask dem. Vreeaally." Ed said and rolled his eyes.
"It's not just you Ed. Those words are also meant for me. And Harry." Hermione said softly. "It's because we have non magical parents. Both of mine. One of his."
Ed blinked. And scowled. Several moments passed in silence.
"Dat vould be like if one parent loved the science or math, and the other didn't..? Right?" Ed looked at them one by one.
"Magic is said to be something passed on in the blood. It's inherited. Like your..um..er..hair color." Harry said in nearly a whisper.
Ed smirked. Then jerked at a lock of the black mop that passed as his hair.
"Just dye." He said simply, and looked to Harry, then to Tonks with a raised eyebrow, knowing well her abilities. He looked down for a few moments, smirk gone as fast as it had appeared, thinking. "I am not liking it. This secret. This 'Ministry'." Ed said. "It gives too much power to too few. It is unbalanced..."
"If we are going to be speaking about things like this, I suggest we head back to the house." Lupin said quietly.
Ed clasped his black gloved hands together in front of his face and leaned his elbows on the table. "It's not vright." Ed said, and frowned. "People. Ordinary people. Can. Be trusted vith tings like dis. It should not be a big secret."
"It's the law." Tonks said firmly.
"Some are trusted, Ed. Just..give us a chance..." Hermione began softly...
"I saw dat courtroom. That vwas no school expulsion hearing." Ed said. "Fact is dis:I am Muggle. You can not be telling me anyting without taking big risk and maybe get charged with a terrible crime. I myself can not know a ting without getting shot at by those stick tings you people like to be using." Ed absently rubbed the bandage with his left hand, and looked at each in turn.
"I'm not sure if you are a Muggle or not, Edward." Remus said. "Those things that you did were certainly..special."
"It really looked like magic to me." Ron added enthusiastically.
Ed said "Fucken dumbass!" venomously in Amestrian. Then, in English:
"That is making tings better!?!" Ed demanded as he slammed his right fist to the table, and glared at Remus and Ron.
A few uncomfortable moments passed. Ed snorted and sat back.
"Tch. I vould like to get some tings if I am to be going back to dat house. Like my clothes. Books. vResearch notes..Being locked in and having no ting to do makes vant to be climbing valls..."
'Or destroy the whole damn structure altogether...' Ed thought to himself.
"Right. Shall we?" Tonks said with a cheery smile plastered on her face. To Ed, it looked entirely fake.
They walked as a group until they reached a well lit, glass fronted store front that had a cheery sign lit up that said "Mail Boxes Inc."
Without a word, Ed headed inside.
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