Harry Potter and the last Potter (fanfic)

Fight Fire with Fire

"I hate him!" I yelled. I had just made it into the Gryffindor common room and found Harry and Ron laughing over Seamus blowing up last year - whatever that meant.

Harry looked at me like he was saying sorry but I told you so. "He's- it's- the whole thing is just dreadful"
"Well, we did try to tell you," said Ron, "I mean, the boy is pure evil"
"No I don't think he's evil. He's just a dick," I replied. They laughed and I smiled at their laugh. I looked up at Harry, "There's zero need for me to be there, Harry. I'm not going back."
"It's ok, you won't have to, we'll set up a bed for you on the sofa. I'd offer you my room but girls aren't allowed in the boys rooms, so"
"It's ok bro, we'll make do"
He smiled so greatly at that, "brilliant" he grinned. I nodded and watched the fire burning in the fireplace. I watched and I watched. In my ears I could hear the flames, in my hands I could feel the heat. My body became so warm. I could faintly hear my name being yelled in the background but I didn't care. I felt so warm at the heart. I felt so much... Spark. In my hands, I could feel power. I always felt like that when it came to flames. Almost like I love the dangerous beauty of it. "MARIA!" Harry yelled. I snapped back to earth, "what?!" I yelled back.
"How the hell do you do that?!" Panted Ron
"Do what?" I asked
"Firebend," answered Hermione from behind us, "you're a bender!"

"I'm a what?"
"A bender! You can manipulate one of the four elements. Fire!"
At this point, everyone in the common room watched us.
"One minute I'm a wizard, next minute I'm a 'bender'. The universe needs to make up it's mind." I bantered
"It's not a joke!" She told me off, "this is serious! It's dangerous! You need to tell the head master!"
My heart sunk at the idea, "hell no! He's doing enough as it is! Anyways I didn't do anything! I watched the fire big deal! The flames a pretty"
"You did more than watch it, mate" said Ron. I looked around me. Everyone was looking a little shook up, and so did Harry.
"What did I do?"
"The flames, they came out of the fireplace like it had arms and climbed up and around the walls. It was quite frightening." Said Ginny, Ron's sister.
"Talk shit!" I yelled defensively, "I was watching the flames myself!"
"Look around! Does it look to you like I'm talking shit?"
I did look around. The walls were burnt black. The end of the rug closest to the fireplace was scorched. My end of the sofa was charred. It was not looking good for me.
"Ok," I said shakily, "ok. Let's just keep our cool. No one tells anyone. Ok?" I waited for ok's back but all I got were unsure faces. "Ok?!" I yelled.
Harry sighed stressfully, "come on" he pulled me outside.

"You need to tell Dumbledore. You don't know what this could mean, you don't know if you can control it"
"I'll be fine, Harry! Please don't tell him!"
"I'm sorry..."
"Can't we tell someone else?"
"I dunno, forget about it for tonight. We'll talk about it some more tomorrow, ok?"
"Ok," I replied and we hugged it out.
"It's going to work out. I promise," he said, "come on, let's go down for dinner".

We began to make our way down to the great hall where there were 4 rows of long dark wooden tables and benches with all kinds of weird and whacky (but tasty-looking) foods piling the surface area. The most beautiful and fantastic thing was the ceiling. It resembled the night sky with floating candles. I'd never seen so many stars in my life.

Harry and I took our seats on the third row of tables. "Ah! These are great! Try one!" He said picking up a round cake-ish looking thing with what looked like icing completely covering it.
"What is it I asked?" Picking it up. It was soft when you squeeze it and he icing melted on my fingers.
"Just try it!"
I took a bite and wow! The amount of flavour in one bite was so fulfilling. It was like sugar but better in so many ways! It was like a donut but it tasted like bubblegum flavoured jellybeans and candy floss. I've never had anything that tasted so good in my life!

The hall filled quickly with all the other students from 4 different houses. Hermione and Ron had found us and took their seats. Hermione sat next to me with Ron's sister, Ginny, while Ron sat with Harry, Seamus and Dean. I asked Hermione what each of the houses were called, she said there are 4: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. "Each of the first years (including you) will be separated into your destined houses"
"How do they choose?" I asked
"The sorting hat," she said knowingly
"The what?"
Professor Dumbledore shushed the whole hall and welcomed everyone. Then Professor McGonagal walked through with a large group of kids who looked 12. "Now, before we begin, Professor Dumbledore would like to make an announcement," said Professor McGonagal.