Fire is My Friend
I am going to do some lemons in the laters chapters. I know they are 11-12 but I sadly know people who really lose their V cards at that age so in a weird twisted way its alright XD, I will note the chapter if it has a lemon so if you choose not to read them you will be warned.
I do not own Harry Potter, I only own the characters I have made.
Alice's POV
"No one will ever want you Alice!" taunted Jared, another orphan. Weirdly enough he has been here longer than I have.
"Just shut up, Jared!" I yelled at his face, as I tried to push him aside to get to my room.
I guess I should introduce myself, Hello, my name is Alice Sterling. I am 11 year olds. I have straight black hair but in the sun it can become a nice redish bronze color. My eyes are a warm brown color with flecks of gold. I am small in every way, my bones, my waist, my neck, even my height. I don't practically like it but it will do. I lived in the Orphanage for Loving Souls. The name of the place is very ironic. No one here is very loving, not the staff and most importantly not us.
How could we be loving when we were orphaned. Many of us were orphaned at a young age, Jared was left here in a basket as soon as he was born. I would pity him, if he wasn't always taunting me.
"Stupid Alice, listen to me when I am talking to you!" Jared shoved me a bit. I felt myself grab onto the railing for dear life.
I snapped out of my day dream. "What's wrong with you Jared, what have I've ever done to you?"
"Umm, I don't know, the fact that YOU don't want to be adopted when families are literally begging you to be a part of their family!"
"Jared, I've told you why I don't want to be adopted, please stop." I sighed, this is so stupid. Every time a family looked at me he does this. He is so jealous.
~~~Flashback~~~
I unlike him had a wonderful family. My parents Alec and Maria Sterling were the most loving parents a child could ask for. They pampered me; I guess you could say I was spoiled. I never had to worry about anything. My life was perfect, nothing could go wrong but it did.
I will always remember that day, September 21, 1988. I was 7 at the time I was playing outside in the backyard in the sand to be exact. It was a beautiful day, no clouds covered the beautiful blue sky, the sun shined brightly over us. I felt it was shining on our house, as though the sun could not resist my parent's aura.
They were laughing inside. it was afternoon tea time but it was such a beautiful day I didn't want to go inside.
"Alice, love, why don't you come inside the house for some tea and cookies."
"But Mummy, its such a beautiful day outside, last week all it did was rain. I want to be outside, please?"
Before my mother could reject father came to my rescue.
"Maria, let her be outside, she loves the sun. She can't help it, none of us can."
"Ok my Sun" Mummy always called father that, her sun. It was so sweet and it couldn't be truer. He was the sun in our lives. He practically glowed when you see him. He was so handsome and strong and kind. A perfect husband and a perfect father.
"Alice, when you are hungry come inside."
"Ok Mummy! Thank You!"
I waited for them to go back inside. I wanted to go to the small river farther back. I wasn't supposed to travel that far away from the house but the river called to me. I loved the sounds of the river as it tumbles against the rocks. I knew they would be inside for a while; Mummy loves her tea and her husband.
Dreaming about a boy a met here once, I don't remember his name but he was one year older than me and had the most beautiful hair, it was platinum blonde. He had these warm smooth grey blue eyes that looked so perfectly against his pale skin.
When I first saw him here he was looking at the water. He touched the water turning it to ice, it was the most amazing thing I ever saw! But sadly that's all I remember about him. I do remember going back to see him the next day, h promised he would be back. I remember getting to the river but then I remember nothing. I try so hard to remember but nothing ever comes to me. It's just fuzzy and black. I hate it.
I go here every day when I can, I couldn't last week because of the rain, it felt so weird not being here. This is my home away from home. I love my home though, but sometimes it was just too bright, too much. Being here, the river rumbling, the leaves dancing, it is so peaceful. I love it here. I always hope for that boy to come back but he never did. I still wait for him, I always will. All I want to know is his name.
I lost myself again, thinking about him. I will always think about him, trying to remember what I do not. I don't remember how long I've been here but i knew from the setting sun it was time to go home. I get up and throwing one last rock before turning to home. I look towards my house to see smoke coming from the same direction of my house.
At the time, I wasn't worried, smoke, fire, ashes, it never bothered me. My parents told it was dangerous but I couldn't be scared of it. Fire, it's beautiful, the flames, the glow, everything. It can destroy you and everything around it but once tamed it can become your friend. I am fire's friend. It never has burned me even when it should. My parents say I was kissed by the sun.
I start walking towards home, I was hungry. I regret not eating; I loved mummy's tea cakes. I get closer to the house, I smell the smoke and then I looked beyond the trees. My home, it was on fire.
"Mummy! Father!" I screamed out, over and over again. I heard nothing but the crackling of the fire, eating at my house.
I ran to the house, Fire will not hurt me. I knew it wouldn't. I was right, the fire parted for me. I saw my father, he was crouching down, protecting my mum. My mom was there, she was unconscious.
"father!" I ran to him
He turned around and smiled, mouthed the words "I love you"
Everything went black
~~~Present~~~~
"Jared, I don't want to be adopted, I've told you this! I honestly don't care. I unlike you had a perfect family. No one wants you Jared, not even you parents they left you in a basket on the day you were born! Get a clue! You will never be adopted!"
I was so tired of him yelling at me, taunting me. It all came out at once. I am ashamed of myself. I looked at the floor scared to look up.
"I hate you, Alice' Jared whispered.
He turned and left, never looking back.
"I'm so sorry' I say to myself, I knew he couldn't hear me. He was already back in his room. I slowly walk to my room. I lay down on my bed. The bed was a simple iron bed. It was nothing special.
~~~Flashback~~~
Starting to remember the day I was brought here, it was 2 days after the death of my parents. My parents, dead. It doesn't fit how could fire do that? Kill my parents. They said I was kissed by the sun, saying I was blessed with the power to be fire's friend. Why did fire take away my parents? Why?
I was unconscious for a day. I looked around my room, no one was here. It was all white, so sterol and clean. It felt like this place was washed down with bleach. I smelled death, tears, lost love, heartbreak. It made me cry. Bleach could not wash away the pain of the memories that have sunken into the walls.
"Why hello Ms. Alice, my name is Betsy Colman. I am sorry for your lost. Your parents were crushed by the house. They were badly burnt as well; there was nothing we could do. Lucky for you, you were protected by the beams of the house, the way they landed around you made a protected tent sort of thing. "
Funny, she didn't sound sorry at all. I just stared at her, my eyes leaking tears.
"Your parents left you with a lot of money but no relatives. You are going to the orphanage for loving souls. All your money has been put into a trust fund. You will be able to excess the money when you turn 18. You will also be able to leave the orphanage if you are not adopted before then."
She paused to see if I was listening, I nod.
"but I don't think we will have a problem, with you being adopted, you look like a charming girl"
She smiled at me, I smiled back only to be polite. I don't want another family.
She later told me there would be no funeral, they were cremated and given to me in a white porcelain vase.
There ashes mixed together, I was glad for that. I knew they would have not wanted to be separated.
The Betsy lady was nice enough to take me to a store with a lot of nice porcelain jars. I picked a beautiful vase. It had the sun painted on the lid and there were licks of flames on the bottom. But what made me buy it was the phoenix. Its feathers stretched the entire jar. The wings embraced the sky, the head looking up too the sun.
Betsy though it was a weird choice but complied. She didn't understand why I would pick something with fire, after all it was how my beloved parents died.
After we bought and put my parents in she took me to the orphanage.
I remember looking out of the window, the vase on my lap. It was a deary afternoon and only a few rays of sun light poked through. It was far out of town on a hill. It reminded me of a prison. There were iron gates around the rather large property. I saw a playground off to the sides. Some kids were playing there, I remember wondering how they could play at a time like this. They had no family.
The building was dull gray stones that has been washed and smoothed from the weather. There was a thick wooden door leading us into the parlor.
"Ah! You must be Miss Sterling"
~~~Present~~~
The knock on the door made me stop my thoughts.
"Alice, dear. This nice man would like to speak to you about your education"
She opened the door. I got up and was sitting on my bed. A man came to see me. My first impression was that he was very old; he had a long thin white beard.
"Hello Alice, its very nice to see you." He said to me, he turned to Ms. Summer "may I have a few minutes with her?"
Ms. Summer, the strict lady who runs this place nods and closes the door behind him.
"Hello Alice, as Ms. Summer just stated I am here to talk about your education but first how are you, your look very upset."
I forgot I was crying, I wiped my tears away.
"I am alight Mr.-" I didn't catch his name when he came in.
"Dumbledore"
"Well, Mr. Dumbledore, thank you for asking but I am fine. What would you like to speak with me about?"
"You my dear are a witch" he looked at me with a certain twinkle in his eyes.
"Excuse me?" what was this person talking about, what a rude thing to say to a person. A witch?
"Yes, Alice, a witch, if you want I shall prove it to you."
"Please do" I would love to see what this person could do.
He pulled a long carved piece of wood out of his sleeve and flicked it. My bed leaped into flames.
I did not move. I am not affected by fire. I have forgiven fire for taking my parents a long time ago. It took a while but fire is my life, its apart of me. My best friend.
I forgot though I was in a presence of another and quickly got up. He noticed, I did not move and my clothing was not burnt, neither was I.
"I see, you are truly a sterling." He looks at me, his eyes twinkling away.
"Of course I am a sterling." I am very proud of that name; it was one of the only things my parents left for me, my name and a gold key. They told me to never lose myself.
"A beautiful Phoenix indeed.' He flicked the stick again, the fire went away. The bed was cool and looked untouched.
"Can you do anything else with fire?"
I wasn't sure if I could trust him. He looks harmless but I soon found out he was not.
"Fire is my friend" I sounded so lame when I said that but how could anyone understand, no one has ever heard of fire being your friend before.
"Yes, it is. Your parents were a part of a group of people, House of the Phoenix. They experimented with fire; they wanted to be able to control it. The group experimented, pushing the laws of magic. It was dangerous, the Ministry got involved. But it was too late."
"What happened?"
He pulled out a newspaper article. But it so much more, the pictures moved. It was amazing. It was called the daily prophet, funny name. On the front page was a beautiful stone Victorian mansion. The picture moved, the house burst into flames. I could feel the heat coming off the page. Then you see a phoenix coming out of the flames, landing a safe distance from the house. But before you could get a clear look of the phoenix the picture went back to the untouched house. It replayed over and over again like a small video clip on replay.
"Everyone that night survived, the people inside was untouched. As soon as the phoenix died away so did the fire. You were in place of the phoenix. The Sterlings took you in as their own. This is not said in the paper, its top secret and only very few people know about it."
"So I don't have any parents?"
The ministry has done many tests on you, you do not remember because we made you forget. The tests showed that you were indeed human but you have some phoenix qualities. For example, your tears could heal most wounds and is the antidote for many poisons. You do not react to poison. You are stronger than most humans. Physical wounds heal by catching on fire. I also know that if you want your voice can calm down people.
"So I am special?"
"Very special, but I also need to tell you about your future, your education."
I forgot all about the reason why I first came here, it was to talk about my education.
"You will be going to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"
"That school doesn't exist."
"Not to muggles, muggles are non-magical people. They cannot see the school and they do not know about it. You cannot tell them about the school or your powers, understand?"
He looked for the first, serious.
"I understand"
"Good, now you will begin Hogwarts on September 1st. Go to King's Cross Station 9 ¾ but 11 a.m. sharp. Here is a list of everything you will need. Also I see you have a key to your Gringotts vault."
He pointed to the key I keep around my neck.
"This, it was the only object my parents left to me"
"This key is used to open your family vault in Gringotts. Gringotts is wizarding world bank. I know your parents also left you a part of that money in a muggle trust fund that you will be able to use when you turn 18. Gringotts has no age limits."
My parents left me more money? I didn't think we were that rich, I knew my parents had some money put away but never this much.
"Thank You Mr. Dumbledore for everything'
I truly meant it, he gave me the truth. I do not know why my parents didn't tell me this before their death and why they never told me about this other world. But there is no reason to dwell on it now. I will never know why and I accept it.
"Ms. Alice, since September 1st is in 3 days I will be seeing you again tomorrow to take you to Diagon Alley. O, dear I forgot to tell you about Diagon Alley. Diagon Alley is in London, it's a wizard world ally. I will see you tomorrow, good bye Alice."
"Thank You Mr. Dumbledore"
He nodded and walked out of the room closing the door. I quickly opened the list he gave me just a minute ago.
It was a list of all this stuff I needed, some of the items were very weird. I needed a lot of books by some guy named Gilderoy Lockhart. He must be pretty famous in the wizardry world. It reads on the bottom that I am not allowed to have a broom. A BROOM! I can't believe it! It's like those old stories, about witches on brooms. Its so cliché and cute! I wish I could bring a broom, we have a broom here to do our chores with I bet no one here would be sad to see it go! I would be doing everyone here a favor. Well at less until Ms. Summers gets another broom! I also need a wand, so that's what he was wavy around, a wand. I wonder if my will look like his.
It says I can have a pet toad, cat or owl. But I can't because the orphanage won't let pets in. I never had a pet before, mummy was allergic to animals. I always wanted one though a cute kitty would have been nice.
A cauldron, another cliché item for a witch like me! I can't wait to make all those potions! It sounds like fun I love to cook with Mummy. It was so fun; my favorite dish was this spicy sausage soup she used to make for me. I miss her so much. Her and dad, I love you.
Slowly I drift off to sleep. My eyes were tired and heavy from looking at the list. I need sleep. I have a long day ahead of me.
REVISING:
I just finished revising this chapter. This means I added, deleted, fixed, and/or changed some parts of the orignal story. If there is ANY GRAMMAR OR SPELLING MISTAKES, please tell me!
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