CHAPTER 1

"We're like a puppet attached to a thread controlled by fate."

"Come on now, or we'll be late! Hurry!"

It was a busy day ahead of them, as all muggles rushed for their schedule of the train departure. Heartbeats racing and muscles aching as they sprinted with the time. It was 10:53 in the morning and the train will leave at exactly 11 am. Mérida and her red-head brothers, as well as her parents rushed to the crowd and sprinted through the brick wall between platforms 9 and 10 without any word. The train will leave them soon, and there's no other way to get to Hogwarts. Unless one wants to skip lunch, then they may ride with brooms. The four red-heads bumped into the crowd flooded by parents and made their way in to the train 10 seconds before it closed.

"Bye, mum! Bye, dad!" Mérida and the triplets waved their parents, as the train slowly departed.

"Be sure ta' write ta' us, lass! And please improve your grades tis' year!" Mérida rolled her eyes as she remembered last year when she almost failed Potions. She didn't mind failing History of Magic as well as Divination. Those were the most boring subjects she ever had and wondered why she took those subjects during her third year in the first place. But her mother was so furious by looking at those grades and wouldn't even call it a "grade". Her mother had almost grounded her for the whole summer, but took it back when her mother found out she got the highest grade in Defense Against the Dark Arts subject, and ranked third in Transfiguration. But what she did not expect the most is that she got the fifth highest grade in Charms. Her mother didn't think it was the proper subject a lady should focus on, but still, she refrained her decision to ground her.

"An' the three of ye, be sure ta behave tis' year." The triplets just smiled, knowing they would never listen to their mother's demands.

The triplets went to the other side while Mérida was looking for her friends, searching every compartment, and finally, she found them, sitting right next to each other.

"You're very late!" a strawberry-blonde girl greeted her. "I thought you weren't coming this year. I almost freaked out!"

She's one of her major best friend, Anna, which she can enjoy her craziness with. The whom they called "Beauty in Vain". She's beautiful, yes, with her puppy eyes, rosy cheeks and cute little smile. But that only disappeared when she starts to move and talk, which is "not-so-ladylike". She's not as tomboyish-like as Mérida, more like childish. But that's the common thing between them; not having a care to the world of what they think of them, as long as they're comfortable. Yet all Anna's acts change into the opposite when she's face-to-face with her long time crush, Hans Westerguard.

Sitting beside her is her sister, Elsa, whose beauty will melt your jawbone; admired by boys, and hated by girls. Well, some. Mérida does not despise Elsa, as well as the other girls as they admire Elsa's brain and the clearness of whatever she explains. A very hardworking lass. Very mature, and well-poised. Sometimes, she reminded Mérida about her mother. But the only difference is, Elsa always listens about her complains and chose to understand her behavior, and respect whatever she chose, compared to her mother.

And sitting across them is the beautiful blonde girl, Rapunzel. Not so smart, but definitely not dumb. She can paint beautiful sceneries in a 3D form, as if she can turn her paint into life even using muggle tools. She's also famous with the guys, with her witty personality. She's like the sun to her life. Without her, everything seems so gloomy, and she can brighten up every situation without fail. And it seemed like the three of them shared the not-so-interested-in-lovelife personality, since she's so focused in paintings, Elsa with her studies, and Mérida with quidditch. Anna is the only one in the group who's having crushes.

"Yeah, sorry. I woke up at 9:54 am tis' morning. Meh dad an' I celebrated last night when we defeated that stray wolf wandering near the castle grounds."

Elsa chuckled. "Then you should have excused yourself and hadn't stayed very late. You knew today's the day. The train almost left you."

"Yeah, she's right. I'm surprised when you came in late, knowing your mother as she's very curious with the time management." Anna continued.

"Well, since everyone's here, I think we should start." Rapunzel said, wearing her brightest smile. It's THAT game again, they all thought.

As the train made its way through Hogwarts, the four were killing the time where they played different games, including the magical beans which, the moment one eats it, can imitate animal sounds. Elsa's got the sheep, Rapunzel's got leopards, Merida's got horse, while Anna got a tarsier, having her eyes transformed ten times bigger than her eyes. It's lunch time when the woman with the trolley arrived, and each of them exchanged chocolate frog cards.

Meanwhile, Jack sat alone, well, not alone, since he shared compartments with the red-head triplets. He was so glad the moment he found an empty compartment just for himself, when this trio arrived at the last moment. Must be DunBroch's siblings, he thought. He just sat there, feeling out-of-place since the triplets were busy planning for pranks this year. Jack is also well-known as a prankster, but this time, he's not in a mood. He just sat there quietly, thinking of who the bastard is, daring to ask his sister, Emma, to go on a date. Emma never mentioned her "mysterious boyfriend", knowing that Jack will tear him apart, limb by limb. It's like planning a murder in the shadows. His thoughts went back to reality when someone's voice woke him.

"Hey, mind if I share the compartment? I don't like sitting with the others." Right, just in time. The brunette boy who's the favorite of those Slytherin bullies, Hiccup Horendous Haddock III. The boy with the freckles, and not to mention his fishbone-built body. The tiny his body, the bigger his brains. Must be very expected from a Ravenclaw lad. Once upon a time, this guy just mysteriously transformed into another being. Once he was just a fragile fishbone, and now he's having this muscle, and a great build, too. Yesterday, he's just being bullied by boys, and now he's well-respected and has the power to turn the girls' cheeks to red.

"Yeah, I think it'll be fine." Jack responded. Even though each compartment's maximum is four, the five of them fit perfectly, since the triplets were so tiny and it seemed no one could ever tear them apart, sitting right next to each other and not leaving. It was the second year in Hogwarts for the red-heads, while it's the sixth year for Jack and Hiccup. Time passes so fast, and Jack still didn't know what to do after Hogwarts. Hiccup sat next to him lazily. Like him, he was sharing the not-in-the-mood atmosphere.

"Astrid and I broke up." he said plainly, as he saw Jack's curious expression. He talked even before Jack could spit out his question.

"Oh." Jack responded, not feeling any shock at all. "Must be why you've got that body now, making the girl regret and all."

"No, I broke up with her." Now Jack felt the cupid of shockness hit his heart with an arrow. Hiccup was so obsessed with this brute blondie and, thus the reason Hiccup was trying very hard to kill a monstrous gigantic dragon to get her attention. And now, they broke up.

"You must be so obsessed with your dragon and planned to marry it." Jack replied sarcastically, knowing Hiccup's strong bond with his dragon.

Hiccup punched Jack's shoulder lightly. "Stupid dork. Seems like you're not in the mood, either. You got dumped by Rina Anderson, eh?"

"Ew!" he jumped out, disgusted. "Why would anyone pair me up with her? I would never date someone who looked a lot like Pansy Parkinson!"

"Yeah? Then why are you having the time traveling the fantasy world when normally you would join the discussion with this three heads here?"

Jack gave him a stare that would mean he's ready to facepalm himself. He turned around and looked at the window. "Don't judge me. No one plans a murder out loud."

The triplets suddenly paused their discussion and looked at Jack, with wide eyes and mouth half-open. Hiccup did not react to this, though, knowing Jack's personality and all.

"Let me guess. Is that the mysterious boyfriend Emma talked a lot, and, by chance, that one guy I know?" Jack suddenly turned around and grabbed Hiccup's shoulders. Unfortunately, he dodged. And both of them are childishly playing chase at the compartment. The boys forgot the scary moment and joined the fun, where they randomly set traps they've gotten from Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.

"Who is he, Hiccup? Tell me!"

"No can do!" Hiccup replied teasingly.

And by the time Jack successfully grabbed Hiccup, the woman with the trolley arrived, not noticing the obvious mess on their compartment. Jack was forced to let Hiccup go.

"All right. First years! First years, over here!"

The train had finally arrived in its destination as students, already wearing their uniform, are already going out of the train. Tiny first years,looking very scared, made their way following Robert Spikestand, the big man with a scary scar on his left eye going down to his cheeks, called them, and assisted them to the boats they were taking.

"Come on, let's get a carriage so that we'll not be left." Rapunzel ran as she gestured the others to hurry. Mérida carried all the stuffs her mother told her to bring, included some useless stuffs that she accidentally bought, followed by Anna who was just carrying some very necessary stuffs needed for the year, and lastly, Elsa.

"Ow! Hey!" Elsa held her head as she bumped into somebody. She looked at whoever she bumped, or bumped her, then immediately recognized the culprit. How could she not notice? That annoying messy white hair, and that pale skin, Jack Frost.

"Watch where you're going, stormhead!" Jack said angrily, looking at her, his eyebrows almost met.

"That's my line, pale noob!" Now Elsa had hit a nerve. Everyone teased Jack as a trickster, prankster and frostbite. It's all nothing compared to pale noob, the most annoying word he'll ever hear in his whole life.

"Better be thankful you're a girl, or else I would have turned you into a snow troll." Jack threatened, but Elsa was not affected. Instead, she turned around, going to the carriage with her friends without any comments. The carriage pulled by invisible horses made their way to the castle as Jack was left.

"What an LQ you've got there." Hiccup patted his arm gently, looking towards the carriage as it disappears slowly through the fog.

"What now?" Jack waved Hiccup's hand out of anger, "Don't tell me you're going to pair me up with her?"

"Nahh... At least she's way better than Anderson. Admit it." Jack just raised his left eyebrow, making no further comments as he and Hiccup went for another carriage and made its way to the castle.

"Are you okay? Does your head still hurt? I could cool it up for you until we get to Madam Pomfrey, you know." Anna asked worriedly to her sister, readied her wand if she agrees.

"Anna, I'm fine. Don't worry, it's nothing serious." Elsa responded, and touched her forehead again for when there's signs of pain.

"Yah', yer' right. It's not like it'll kill her. She just bumped thru'." Mérida said, comforting Anna.

"I agree with Mérida. I see no signs of bruises, and Elsa doesn't look like she's in pain." Rapunzel continued, examining Elsa.

"Guys, she bumped through him HEAVILY. It's a big deal that-.. Oh, Hans!" Anna stopped and looked at her long-time crush that just passed by their carriage dreamily. Hans was talking with his gang. "Oh, his eyes are so dreamy."

Everyone rolled their eyes as they listened to Anna's comments. Mérida was so ready to talk back when Rapunzel held her wrist, telling her to just respect it. Of course, no one could understand Anna since none of them had experienced love life and was not really interested with guys. Rapunzel only look at guys equally, as friends, not breaking the boundary to love. Mérida thought of them as a competition, while Elsa never really thought about what she thinks about the guys. She's too busy loving her sister.

"Oh, come on. Don't wear that face at our first step of another year in Hogwarts." Rapunzel gestured the others, brightening up the mood again. It was the 5th year for Merida and Anna, while Elsa and Rapunzel is on their 6th year. The carriage stopped as they reached their destination, and the four of them entered the gates while their Charms teacher, Prof. Mansnoozie, check up their names, then followed by other students who just arrived.

The Sorting has begun as the scared first years went up to the stool to be sorted shakily. They were assisted by the Deputy Headmistress, as well as their Transfiguration teacher, Prof. Toothiana,. Every student of each houses stood up and clapped their hands loudly as one student gets sorted into their houses.

"Can't they do the sorting faster? I'm starving." Kristoff looked at the first years tiredly, his stomach growling. He was so tired of doing his ice business so that he can have some money to buy his requirements that he did not get enough sleep.

"The more you wait, the tastier the food you'll eat. Be patient." Mavis, a girl with short, jet-black hair and pale skin, confronted Kristoff as she watched the first years.

"Here, you can have my chocolate frog, if you want." Rapunzel offered him.

"Oh, thanks Rapunzel! You're a life-saver." Kristoff sighed happily as he ate the delicious chocolate frog. Rapunzel just smiled then continued looking at the first years with Mavis.

At last, the last student was called and was sorted in Ravenclaw. Some of the students sighed in relief. After this, the headmaster Prof. North stood up and made his speech. It was the same thing every year; welcoming all the student, the rules of winning the house cup and all the things forbidden at Hogwarts. After his speech, the long, empty tables of the Great Hall were soon filled with delicious meats and delicacies. Everyone ate all they might while the first years paused for a second, watched in awe, then ate together with their seniors.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: In case someone did read this story, (thank you, anyways.) I apologize if my English is not that good. English is not my mother tongue, you see. It would be so nice if you'll do a correction with my grammar. It would be most appreciated. ^_^

Anyways, hope you enjoyed.