The five friends walked into the auditorium and climbed up the stairs to the stage, which was a lot bigger than it looked from the seats down below. They all had signed up for Drama, and had decided to walk to it together, chatting away about what ever.
There were others there as well, all chatting and laughing, waiting for the teacher to show up. Right on time, the teacher did, who was a bigger lady with messy brown hair, and a smile so bright it seemed it would shine brighter than the stage lights if it could.
"Welcome!" She sang out, and everyone greeted her who knew her, clearly she was a favorite. Valentine and Jack exchanged looks, both laughing just a bit. "In our first lesson of drama, we will begin by forming groups, and in these groups, each of you will be handed a piece of paper that tells you your roles. From there, it is up to you and you only to decide how you will act and speak. I will come around to each group to see how well you do. As a bonus, you may all use pieces of costumes from backstage!" She clapped her hands three times, and everyone scattered to get into groups.
Rapunzel instantly grabbed onto Jack, Merida, Hiccup and Valentine, smiling widely. "Oh, won't this be fun?!" She exclaimed, and the others nodded. Well, except for Jack, who wasn't too thrilled about being in Drama, but it made Valentine happy, so it was good enough for him.
"Oh! Students!" The teacher called out, and all rumbling of noise stopped. "Forgot one thing! If your group can get an audience, I will add ten points to your group's grade, and if you can get every student in here to watch, then it will be even more of a bonus! Good luck!"
"Oh great, added pressure." Hiccup remarked, his smile fading just a bit. "It's alright, all groups will probably be too busy to notice anyone else's." Merida explained, chucking a bit. The group waited to get their pieces of papers before hurrying over to the costumes backstage.
Merida had gotten The Hero, Jack got The Villain, Rapunzel got Hero's sidekick, Hiccup got Villains sidekick, and Valentine had gotten The Princess. "Great, I'm the Damsel in Distress." She remarked, shaking her head and smiling weakly.
Upon picking out some props, Valentine had just simply chosen a tiara, not wanting to dress up too much. Merida took great pride in being the hero in their little play, and grabbed out a red cape and a plastic sword, grinning ear to ear. Rapunzel took out a brown cape, and a bow, smiling widely as well.
"This is going to be so much fun!" She exclaimed, bouncing up and down.
Jack, wanting to be a show off and have some fun, chose a dark hooded cape and grabbed his wooden staff. He didn't plan on using any powers, just make it look like he was going to, and put on the hood, grinning. Hiccup, not knowing what to really do for his, grabbed out a plastic sword as well, which was black unlike the golden one Merida had.
And then, their own stage was set, not talking it over about how to approach this at all. Instinct just took over them, and just went with it. Merida went for a loyal and humble hero to the princess, Rapunzel going for the rather shy but optimistic sidekick. Valentine was a kind and gentle princess, who did not hesitate to defend herself if need be.
Merida bowed to Valentine, and said, "Your Highness." Valentine returned the gesture by bowing her head a bit, and smiling kindly. "And what news does my valiant hero bring?" The red haired teen sighed heavily, shaking her head. "Ay, I'm sorry Your Highness, but it seems like the dark side is winning. Our troops are dying, more every day."
"We won't give up though." Rapunzel put in, smiling shyly and playing with her hair slightly. "We mustn't! There is still a chance, right Your Highness?" Valentine nodded at Rapunzel's statement. "Yes, I have faith in the both of you."
"Faith will get you nowhere." Hiccup said, pretending to step from behind something, and grabbed a hold on Valentine, raising his sword to her neck. Merida went to reach for her sword, but Hiccup stopped her by saying, "One more move, and I kill your little Spring Princess." He smiled, which was very convincing.
"Let go of her, you bastards!" Merida shouted. "My, I didn't think the Hero had such a bad mouth, nor did I think it'd be this easy to capture your princess." Jack said, also pretending to have stepped out from somewhere. "Now, be a good little princess and keep quiet, and we won't do any more damage."
Valentine showed no signs of being scared, even with the sword at her neck. There was a moment of silence, when she finally said, "Lower the sword, and I shall go peacefully."
"No!" Merida shouted, but Valentine glared at her, as a way to tell her to keep quiet. Hiccup looked at Jack, who nodded and lowered his sword, but didn't let go of her. "Good girl." Jack said, and laughed a bit. "Now, we bid you farew-"
An arrow (which was actually just an imaginary one) shot at Hiccup, which made him jump backwards a bit, and accidently let go of Valentine. Merida bought her chance, and drew out her sword, running at Hiccup. He gathered himself back up, and the two clashed swords, almost able to hear the metal on metal noise they made.
Jack had grabbed Valentine unnoticed, and slipped away with her. The scene continued off with Merida fighting Hiccup, till finally Hiccup fell over, apparently passed out from exhaustion and blood loss. "Is he dead?" Rapunzel asked, and Merida shook her head. "Sadly, nay. Come, we must find the Princess, they couldn't have gotten far!" And the two hurried off.
Valentine and Jack had once again appeared on the stage, and Valentine had removed her arm away from him. "Why?" She said, her voice menacing. He turned to her, smirking. "Why, what?"
"Why must you terrorize my people, and cause such a war?"
"Is it not obvious princess? It is because I am ice, and you are warmth. The two cannot be together."
For some reason, his words seem to have a deeper meaning than just the two being opposite seasons, and Valentine looked at him for a long time. "But, they can." Jack looked back at her from where he was looking around the corner, surprised by her words. "The two can be together, mixed in with each other evenly."
Jack got closer to her, both staring into each other's eyes. It took a moment, before Jack finally said, "I believe the Princess of Spring has stolen my heart." "And the Prince of Winter has stolen mine."
The two jumped when they heard applause from the students, and their faces instantly became a deep shade of red and move away from each other. "Bravo!" The teacher exclaimed, smiling widely. Rapunzel, Merida and Hiccup came over to the two, and they joined hands and bowed, each smiling widely.
"That was truly magnificent! The way you two portrayed the love the two characters had for each other! And you all stayed in character so well, you all seemed to be in your own little set! That is what true talent and acting is!"
Everyone started to clean up, putting away their extra props and costumes, now just realizing how late it had become. The teacher held back the five after class though, beaming with happiness. "Now, you five, you did such a remarkable job today, that I want you to star in the main roles of the play we are going to put on!"
"Oh? What is it?" Hiccup asked, and the other nodded, wanting to know. "We are putting on Cinderella, certainly you've all heard it?" They all nodded once again, and she smiled more. "Wonderful! Auditions are next week, and I'll make sure you five get one of the main parts!" They each grabbed a copy of the script, thanked their teacher, and left.
Once outside, Rapunzel cheered in happiness, grabbing Merida and the two spinning around in a circle. Merida couldn't help but laugh and cheer in happiness with the blonde haired girl. "So, Jack, what did you think?" Valentine asked, smiling so much. Jack laughed a bit, and shrugged. "It was alright." "Oh stop lying! You liked it!" The two laughed, and Hiccup couldn't help but laugh from overhearing their conversation.
Jack had to admit, it was rather fun, even if he didn't really like acting too much.
The next few days, the five spent time together during their free time and whatever time they could in the auditorium, practicing. The boys of course rallied over getting the Prince, trying to claim who was better than the other. The three girls really didn't care too much, there was a bunch of female parts, so they were not as worried.
Auditions soon came, and during lunch, they were hung up in the hallway on the bulletin board. "Come on, Jack!" Valentine said, smiling widely and pulling along the white haired boy, who was shaking his head and laughing, struggling to keep up. "I'm coming! Sheesh, you're going to rip my arm off!" They made their way to the sheet of paper, and read the roles.
ROLES FOR THE DRAMA CLUB PLAY "CINERELLA"
CINDERELLA – VALERY 'CUPID' VALENTINE
PRINCE – JACK FROST
LADY TERMAINE AKA STEP MOTHER – FLAME INFERNO
ANASTISIA TERMAINE AKA STEP SISTER 1 – RAPUNZEL FITZHERBERT
DRIZELLA TERMAINE STEP SISTER 2 – MERIDA
THE GRAND DUKE – HICCUP HORRENDOUS HADDOCK III
FAIRY GODMOTHER – AMAYA CAPALA
The rest of the names the two did not bother reading, for they were happy everyone had gotten in anyways. They hurried back to lunch with wide smiles and told their other three friends their roles, and they all cheered in joy.
"Fairy Godmother?" A brown haired girl said, studying the list with a rather dull expression. Next to her was a girl, whose hair was the brightest red, and was literally on fire, but it didn't burn her hair or anything around it. The flamed girl smiled, as she read her part, and noticed the others. "Well, looks like you can get some sort of revenge at Frost here."
The brown haired girl nodded, and her eyes flashed of yellow a bit, some anger starting to form in her, but calmed down. Now wasn't the time and place. "I'll get him some day…" She mumbled, and walked away, the other girl following behind.
