Hi, this story is for a Charlie Bone contest started by, the awesome, Venetia Yewbeam. No, not the real one. I got this idea when I was on Facebook and me and The Dancing Elephant Monkey were both in the same dilemma, we couldn't think of a FanFic to do. Then she said 'I've just finished my icy (meaning ICT) homework not that that will help', okay not exactly that but something like that. Then I thought, maybe it could help. Then I came up with this idea which involves ice (which is obvious if you have read the title). So this is my story inspired by homework...?

It was an icy cold day, which made perfect sense as it was winter. But today Charlie Bone thought the cold was... different. He couldn't explain it but the cold didn't seem like normal cold. Maybe it was something to do with Tancred. A bright flash of colours swooped towards him like a rainbow. Yes, you guessed it, the rainbow was Olivia Vertigo. Olivia was known for wearing rediculously over-the-top clothes and dying her hair colours that no one else would dream of trying, and this is just what she looked like at school! But this time Olivia had gone to the extreme. Any normal person's extreme would be what Olivia looked like normally, but this was Olivia extreme.

Her hair was stripey, not like normal streaks but rainbow coloured stripes. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, you name it! Every imaginable colour was a stripe on Olivia's hair. She wore the usual school uniform, purple cape, white shirt tucked into her black skirt and purple tie. Olivia's skirt was shorter than normal today, this was because of her outragously long, rainbow striped socks. If you think this was far enough, then you don't know Olivia. Her shoes were shiny black with rainbow striped high-heels. Not normal high-heels, Charlie guessed they were at least 20 centimetres high! She strutted towards Charlie like she was in a fashion show.

"Hey Charlie", she said, swinging her hair over her shoulder.

"Olivia... what will Manfred say?", Charlie was almost speechless at Olivia's appearance.

"Manfred will say nothing because Manfred is not here", Olivia walked away leaving Charlie gaping at nothing.

Emma came running up to Charlie.

"Have you seen Olivia?", she asked.

"Have I...", Charlie snapped out of it, "Er, yes. Just gone through the doors, you can't miss her!"

"Oh no, what is she wearing now?", Emma sighed and shook her head.

"She looks like a rainbow, that's the best way to describe her", said Charlie.

"I'd better catch up to her before someone catches her!", Emma ran into Bloor's Academy.

"Wait!", Charlie ran after her, "Have you noticed something about the cold?"

"Yes, I guessed it was Tancred. I'll ask him", Emma looked at the sky when she said the kast part which Charlie didn't quite understand.

Olivia was right, Manfred wasn't in today. It must have been a pretty good reason, Manfred would take any chance he got to terrorise people he didn't like. School was a good excuse as he was a teaching assistant. So Asa Pike was put in charge of the King's Room for homework because he was a prefect (prefect, definitely not perfect).

"Start your homework", Asa ordered.

"Asa...", said Charlie.

"What, Bone?"

"Where's Manfred?"

"Why should you care?", blurted out Dorcas.

"I don't, I was just wondering", Charlie wasn't scared of Dorcas, she was about the same age as him and she couldn't turn into a beast at night.

"You wonder too much", said Dagbert.

Charlie turned back to Asa, expecting an answer.

"Well, he asked you a question didn't he?", said Tancred.

"Get on with your work Torsson! I don't know where Manfred is", Asa said before getting back to his own work.

Charlie couldn't decide whether to trust Asa or not. If anyone knew where Manfred was it would be Asa. They were, sort of, friends. Then Charlie saw Tancred on his way to his dormitary which reminded him about the cold.

"Tancred!", he called.

"Yes?"

"Have you been doing things with the weather lately?"

"No, not unless I did it in my sleep. Why?"

"The cold seemed... sort of strange. I thought you might have attempted snow again"

"No. I don't know what it could be. You'd better get to your dorm before matron comes on her daily hunt for children out of bed!"

"Okay, bye Tanc!"

For some reason, which no one could understand but herself, Olivia decided that what she was wearing yesterday was not enough. Enough for what? I don't know but Olivia was eager to achieve it. Her eye-lashes were so long and thick that Emma couldn't understand how on earth she was able to see. Her lips were bright red, her skirt was, well, barely a skirt at all. Olivia's platformed shoes were so high that she was as tall as some of the sixth formers, being only a second former herself. Now back to her rainbow coloured hair, it was tied up in a ponytail above her head, showering over her and bouncing up and down when she moved.

"Olivia, how can you dress like that?", asked Emma, who looked a bit under-dressed walking next to her best friend.

"I thought I'd make the most of it as Manfred's not being here", Olivia glanced at a window to admire her reflection.

"But you look like an actress that's about to perform a pantomime!"

"Thank you"

"Livvy! You're at school, not at a theatre"

"Why do you think I'm in the drama department?"

"Save your make-up for big performances, not for school"

Olivia walked off to find someone who would appreciate her long hours of work doing her make-up, hair and clothes.

Charlie had always felt like he was being watched by Dagbert but now it had gotten even worse. He had a bit of a suspision over Dorcas Loom too. They always stopped their conversations and turned to stare when someone walked passed. Idith and Inez seemed more alert than usual as well, they didn't just stare in silence, their heads made sharp movements to watch every person. Not to mention Joshua Tilpin with his hair covered in pencil sharpenings and leaves that littering his clothes. Every time someone looked at him, he would take a leaf or piece of litter off of his clothes. This was either self-conciousness or just generally being more alert about people staring.

Billy Raven ran up to Charlie after the morning assembly.

"Charlie! I found something!", he whispered ergently.

"What?"

"Ice"