Prompts: "Small fire. I said small fire. This is not small." From the QP in the HHC

"So...oops?" From the DC in the HHC

Struggling Artist!AU From the RoR in the HHC

Word Count: 848


"A piece that demonstrates the terror of Pyrophobia and a piece that demonstrates the cleansing properties of fire." Ginny deepened her voice in an imitation of their art teacher for the week. "How are we supposed to do that!? It ridiculous!" The red haired girl fell back onto her mattress.

" We'll figure it out, Ginny. Don't we always end up figuring it out and making 100's?" Hermione stated, stepping over a blank canvas and grabbing a mug out of the cabinet. The brunette quickly filled the cup with coffee and turned around, bracing her hip on the counter as she looked at her Roommate and Art partner.

Both girls went to Hogwarts School of Arts, a school that provides supplies, homes, and teachers for those who have showcased a talent in the department of Arts and Humanities.

"Yes," Ginny groaned, throwing her arm over her face. "But that doesn't mean that this project is harder than the last one! I mean, it's not like we can go and set fire to a bunch of things and take pictures of it!"

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"So why are we out here in this abandoned building again?" Ginny huffed as she climbed through a window and landed in a heap on concrete. "I mean, you literally threw my shoes at me and dragged me out the door so I would love to hear your thought process on this."

"We're going to burn a couple different things and a fake skeleton." Hermione stated brightly as she started down the stairs and into the basement of the building. "Harry and Ron should already be down there with Seamus."

"Why Seamus?"

"He's the one majoring in Pyrotechnics over in the film department." Hermione grinned over her shoulder as she pushed open a door.

"Hermione! Ginny! Good ta see ya!" A tall tan man rushed over to them, his black hair hanging into his eyes, to pull them both into a large hug. The girls hugged him in return before separating and looking over his shoulder. A man with long black hair down to his shoulders stood flipping a lighter back and forth between his hands. His jade green eyes locked on soft brown eyes and then he grinned.

"Hello Hermione, how have you been?" Harry grinned at her, his mouth tilting up a little bit more on the right side than the left. Hermione took a deep breath, bracing herself for the rush of guilt that comes whenever she's around Harry and Ginny. The two had dated all through High School and then Harry had that stalker going after him and he broke up with Ginny to keep her safe. Then when the stalker was caught and Ginny tried to get back together with him, he told her that he didn't have feelings for her anymore because while he was gone for a year he developed feelings for someone else.

"Hello Harry." Hermione gave him a hug and pulled back with a strained smile.

Can you guess who it was he fell in love with?

"Are you guys ready to set fire to some shit!?" A man with short red hair popped up behind Seamus, holding a stack of newspaper. Ginny laughed and hugged her older brother, Ron. Hermione rolled her eyes.

"We're making a small fire Ronald. Keyword Small!"

"Whatever," Ron scoffed, heading over to a pile of newspaper already there. "Let's just get this over with before the cops are called."

Hermione grinned, he was pouting! She turned towards Ginny and the other girl grinned back, wiggling her eyebrows. Both girls laughed and when they turned around the group of boys was staring at them in confusion.

"What?" Ginny questioned, her hands on her hips. "Have you never seen two girls laughing before?"

Both girls walked over to the scoffing boys and they gathered around the pile of crumpled newspapers and cardboard boxes. Ginny pulled out the camera and nodded to Seamus who snatched the lighter out of Harry's hands. With a grin, he flicked the lighter on and tossed it into the pile.

And the pile exploded.

Hermione let out a screech, grabbing Harry and Ginny's arms, pulling them back and away from the raging flames. Ron let out a manly squeal and dived back, landing on his butt. Seamus, Seamus just stood there, eyes wide in awe. When the flames had died down and everyone was staring with jaws dropped at the pile of ashes, Hermione finally registered what had just happened. She spun on her heel to point at Seamus.

"Small fire! I said a small fire! This is not small!" She pointed at the pile two feet away from them. "It was practically a large fireball and almost killed one of us!"

"So...Oops?"

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"Excellent girls, where did you get the idea for such wonderful pieces?" Professor Trelawney asked. Hermione and Ginny exchanged a look.

"One of our friends loves fire so we just watched him and went from there." Hermione stated with a nervous smile.