Falling For The Right One, A Hogwarts Fanfic Love Story

Connecting With Fire

*Alicias POV*
Sebastian and I were huddled over books on one of the tables in the great hall as we were eating breakfast.
We were trying to find the last pieces of information about fire, as we were unsure if we could start the fire or if it had to be one made by nature.
"I think we should just start a fire and be on with it none of these books have been helpful."Sebastian muttered in frustration.
"We can't just run into this head on, Poppy said if the element rejects you that the consequences could be dire. I don't feel like being burnt to a crisp. There has to be something that tells us on how to do this right. Unfortuneatly the only two people who might know are currently at the Gaunts manor."
Sebastians eyes glimmered with mischief, "you will never guess what I got in the mail today."
"If I will never guess what is the point of me guessing what did you recieve?"
"An invitation to the engagement ball between Ominis and Poppy for the 23rd and I am allowed a plus one."

"Thats wonderful for them. It was really only a matter of time."
Trying to keep myself from sounding as upset as I was feeling.
It felt as if someone had twisted my heart apart.
I was devistated that last night would never be repeated.
I had never felt so alive.
"Ali what's on your mind you have grown quiet."
"I can't help but this is rather rash on both of their ends to be wed so fast."
"You know Ominis once he sets his mind to something he is all in.
But lets get on with this." he apparated us into the ancient chamber.
He started a fire,
"Sebastian I told you we can't go into this knowing nothing."
"I think fire is an unpredictable force of nature, I don't think it will care either way on how you connect to it.
I will stand back though, that way it doesn't find me to be an inteferince. "
Sighintc "I need complete silence in order to do this it won't work if I don't clear my head of any thoughts."

I sat down to the fire and closed my eyes only listening to the fire crackle and burn it's way through the wood.
A voice hissed out from the flames. "Who comes to seek a connection with me."
"Alicia Evermore I am vessel for the last bit of ancient magic, I am asking you to test my skills and find me worthy of your flame."
I could feel the fire start to circle around me as if it was measurin every aspect of me.
"You Alicia do hold great power and you have withstanded my flame. As I already have been coursing through your veins.
Your desires are questionsble but your need for control us much greater. We the fire accept you to bare the flame. "
It was if I was with Ominis again as I felt the flames burn me from the inside out.it combined with my powers.
The fire slowly dissapaited leaving nothing but ash.
"Holy Fiddlesticks that was one of the craziest things I have ever seen it was like you were enveloped in fire. I thought for a second that you might actually be burnt to a crisp."
"I thought the same thing to be honest.
The heat was almost unbareable."
Sebastian looked around the chamber. "It's hard to believe that this place has been here since Hogwarts began and no one had every came across it."
"Well you do kind of have to have Ancient magic have access to it.
I laughed and pushed him. Well it looks like I just have the Earth and air left to bond with. Thank you for pushing me Seb."
"Anytime being pushy is kind of something I am well known for.
He smiled at me
The question is do you want to finish the connections today or did you want a break I was thinking about heading into hogsmeade. Did you want to join me?"
"That sounds like a date I smiled back at him and it is a yes I could use a break."
I didn't want to admit that I also wanted a destractiom from thinking about Ominis and Poppy.

*Sebastians POV*

I couldn't put my finger on why Ominis being engaged upset her in the way that she was.
She tried to hide her dismay but I noticed it.
But I left it alone as I honestly didn't want to know why it affected her so.
I figured going into hogsmeade snd parusing the shops might didtract her.
We were gathering our cloaks when the first snowflakes started to fall.
Alicias smile bloomed on her face when she saw them.
"Oh how much I love the snow it always brings such silence into the world. We must be on our way a nice warm pint of butter beer sounds delightfull."
I laughed giving a cheeky grin, " I know of something else that could make you very delighted but we would have to remain in the castle."
"In your dreams lover boy. She smiled as she took off into a run whoever gets to the three broomsticks last has to buy the first round."
"Well you better cough the gallions up now as I aim to win."  Taking off after her. We pushed and shoved each other playfully it reminded me of all the good times we had together. Our relationship had always been playfull like this.
We had made it into town when Alicia darted from me.
I laughed and picked up my pace but she had a running start and made it to the three broomsticks before I.
"Sallow it looks like the first round is on you. She laughed as she walked in.
Her mood instantly changed and I realised that the town had been rather empty and there were maybe one to two people inside during a time that it was nearly impossible to find a seat.
Sirona walked over to us when we sat down at the bar. "Two butterbeers please Sirona."
She silently went and grabbed us a pint each as I slid a few gallions her way.
"I am sorry to ask but what happened I hadn't noticed till now but it's almost like Hogsmeade is a ghost town." Alicia asked.
Sirona sighed, " there was an attack on a muggleborn  it was Ellie Peck she barely managed to hold onto her life. She is currently st St.Mungos. After last year people don't to stick around when these things happen."
"Oh no tnat is quite terrible I wish the ministry would actually do something more than just talk about it. When is it too much for them to just sweep it under the rug." My anger filled my veins this had been going on for far too long.
Alicias face was filled with an anger that could match my own.
"The ministry are a bunch old fools who probably share in the mindset that muggleborns should be shunned from the wizarding world.
There is no use in counting on them.
Alicia spat through her teeth.
Is it possible for me and Sebastian to head over and make sure her creatures and beasts are okay? I know she would be terribly upset if they recieved no care."
"That would be lovely here is the spare key she had given me in the past. As she handed us a rusty old key. Just make sure to bring it back."
We walked out of the three broomsticks and head over to the Brood&Peck.
"Smart thinking Ali it will give us a chance to look around. It looks like Ominis isn't the only one who gets to investigate."
I picked up my pace. "Slow down Sebastian  no one is that excited too shovel poo from enclosures."
I smiled Ali had such a direct way with words.
We made our way to the front door of the Brood&Peck and unlocked it.
The inside had looked like she put up a good fight.
Her desk had been flipped over the chairs laid on their sides broken, disgust filled me as it was more than obvious that the ministry wasn't going to waste their time to properly investigate.
There were blood splatters on the floor.
There was broken glass all over the place.
"I will take care of the animals you stay up here and see if you can piece together what happened. So we can clean this up.
I went into the next door and entered a room full of small creatures and birds.
I filled their food and water and mucked out their living areas.
"I promise your owner will be back soon but this town will take care of you until than."
I walked back into the shop area and Ali was looking at a powder that was on the floor. "That looks like flu powder, if it is than the person who attacked her had been here before.
She collected a small sample into a vial and sealed it.
I guess we really do need to take that trip to Lomdon to have this analized.
He had came into the Brood&Peck in this corner and left in this corner.
I suspect he was waiting for her, and tried to cast an unforgiveable curse on her she managed to duck and hid behind her desk. That broken window is from the spell that missed her.
She fired back missing him as well but breaking objects around him.
He flipendoed her desk and made the chairs fly across the room where they broke.
She managed to get back outside but he had already cast crucio on her but with her screaming he couldn't finish the job and escaped from the way he came in."
"Well we better get ready for our trip to London it does nearly half a day by train. Lets go home today has been a quite eventfull day just let me go drop this key back off too Sinora."