Soooooo, this is one of the first chapter I have ever written, I didn't know if I was going to use it or when I was going to use it. I just figured Alice and Harry could use a bit of bonding time... I hope you'll like it! I don't own Harry Potter.

When they arrived to the common room, they saw Ron and Hermione both seated as far as possible from each other. Ron was setting up his Wizard's chess game and Hermione had her nose buried in a big book. Hermione looked up and saw Harry and Alice together.

"I'm gonna go see her." Alice said, taking her books from Harry's hand. Once she was there he distinctively heard Hermione say 'you forgave him already?' He sighed and went up to Ron who was glaring at Hermione from his spot.

"See you've made up with Alice." He said coldly.

"Ron... Maybe we should just forget it, Wood said he'd talk to McGonagall about the brooms." He said but at that exact moment Wood came up to him.

"Bad news Harry, McGonagall won't hear me out... Maybe you should just look for another broom, Malfoy has a Nimbus 2001, maybe you could..." But Ron interrupted him.

"He's not using anything that Malfoy think is good!" He said. "Of course we wouldn't have come to this if some people could keep their mouth shut!" He added loudly enough for Hermione and Alice to hear. Hermione snapped her book shut and ran up the girl's dormitory while Alice sighed and ran a hand through her hair.

"Never mind I'm going to bed." Ron said picking up his chess pieces and shoving them in his bag. Harry saw Alice sit by the fire and went to join her.

"You know, I think Ron is madder at Hermione than me and Hermione is madder at Ron than I am." She said. Harry nodded.

"So it's Christmas tomorrow?" He asked and she smiled.

"It's Christmas." She said.

"And you're going to get even more presents?" He asked.

"Yeah. From my grandparents. But I know Grandfather's going to send me lot of thing without Grandmother knowing. He always does that. Dyadya's going to give me a present too" she laughed.

"Merlin I wish I was Russian." Harry groaned.

"Everyone wishes they were Russian, Harry." She said smugly.

"Shut up." Harry chuckled and she grinned. She looked around and grinned when she saw that everyone else had gone to bed.

"Do you want to spice things up a bit?" She asked and Harry stared at her.

"What?" He asked and she let out a bark like laugh.

"Do you like spicy things Harry?" She asked again.

"Er...I guess?" He said not knowing where she was going with that.

"Good." She took something out of her bag and showed it to Harry. In her palm was a bunch of tiny red peppers, the one that were usually very spicy.

"Fire Peppers." She said. "I usually eat them on Christmas eve with my Grandfather but since he's not here...

"What are Fire Peppers?" Harry asked.

"Watch and learn, Harry, watch and learn." She winked. She sat in front of the fire and set the Fire Peppers in front of her. She took one and ate it. It was very small but Harry saw that she was doing a lot of chewing. Her cheeks began to turn pink and grew redder by the minute. Finally she swallowed it and began blowing air out of her mouth. Suddenly, flames sprang from her mouth and Harry gasped. He stared as she blew fire, just like a dragon. They weren't really big but it was fire! Finally, the flames stopped and she grinned.

"Fire Peppers, makes you breathe fire!" She said. "It doesn't hurt, it feels hot but doesn't damage your mouth."

"But isn't it dangerous? You could light the whole place on fire!" Harry said.

"It's not real fire, and as soon as you want the flames to stop, they stop. So wanna try?" She said. Harry looked warily at the peppers and sat down in front of Alice. He took one and looked at it.

"Once it's in you mouth, chew on it. It makes it less spicy. After that you'll just know when you have to begin blowing air. I suggest blowing slowly since it's your first time. As soon as you stop blowing, the flames stop." She said. Harry nodded and put the Fire Pepper in his mouth. E began to chew it and he felt the spiciness of it. His cheeks felt hot and suddenly, it was as if hot air needed to get out of his mouth. He swallowed the pepper and slowly blew air towards the ceiling. A small flame came out of his mouth and he couldn't help but gasp in amazement, causing the flame to stop.

"Woah! Did you see that?" Harry asked and Alice laughed.

"Not bad for a first timer..." She said.

"Where did you get them?" Harry asked.

"You can buy them anywhere in Russia but I take the ones from the Fire Pepper trees of our garden. They feel more... Natural. I just took some before leaving home and Grandfather sent me some more the other day." She said.

"It's amazing. I wonder if they have some at Honeydukes..." Harry said.

"They don't. This is purely Russian." She said proudly. "I'll send you some over the summer."

"That would be nice." Harry said.

"Want some more?" She asked.

"Yeah." He said. They spent the night messing around with Fire Peppers, seeing who could produce the biggest flame. Eventually, Alice said it would be better if they stop.

"It's not health to eat too many. You'll see how you're tired when you'll get to bed. Grandmother doesn't like Grandfather taking some since it's bad at his age. It takes away all your energy." She said.

"I understand. But we will do that again won't we?" Harry asked. This was probably one of the funniest night of his whole life.

"Sure." She grinned. "We could get Hermione and Ron to try it too!"

"Yeah, sure." Harry said. Somehow he didn't want them to. He wanted the Fire Pepper to be Alice and his 'thing'. It was like Chess with Ron. Harry didn't play chess with anyone but Ron, it was their thing. He often went to Hermione to talk about his worries, she was motherly and so he went to her, it was their 'thing'. And with Alice, he wanted the Fire Peppers to be the 'thing' just the two of them did. Alice noticed his expression and smiled.

"But Hermione might think it's dangerous and I think spicy food is the only food Ron doesn't like so maybe we could just leave them out of it..." Alice said.

"Yeah, I think it would be better that way." Harry smiled.

Hehehe I find this chapter quite adorable...But that's just my opinion! Tell me what you think about it! By the way, the Fire Peppers are from my imagination... Well I haven't heard of Fire Peppers before... Anyway I invented them but I'd like to thank my friend Olivia (Nicole I'm counting on you to tell her for me), she was the one who came out with the name. Thanks Liv. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW YOU SHOULD ALL REVIEW SINCE YOU'RE ALL SO HAPPY I UPDATED 1) BEFORE I WENT AWAY TO UK 2) IT WAS RATHER QUICK!

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