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After the first years were sorted and the feast began, Jack had quite a shock when the food appeared. He blinked in surprise and Jamie laughed softly. "It's food, Jack. Nothing that can cause harm,"he promised. "Just eat,"
Jack frowned at the food that had appeared on the plate in front of him with a scowl before he peered into the goblet as well. "What is this stuff?"he asked, setting the goblet down again and leaving ice on the outside of it.
This made him scowl at the metal glass in distaste.
Jamie laughed softly. "You're really suspicious of things, did you know?"
"Call it a habit,"Jack mumbled, poking at the food on the plate with a fork. "This stuff doesn't look normal, though."
One of the guys sitting just across from Jamie spoke up. "New transfer student, I'm guessing?"
Jamie looked up and gave a faint smile. "Yeah, sorry. He'll warm up to it,"
"I'll do what?!"Jack yelped. "Are you insane?"
Jamie laughed lightly. "No, but apparently you are. No harm meant, just some silly phrase."
Jack huffed, glowering at Jamie in suspicion before his shoulders sank. "You've changed,"he pointed out.
Jamie sighed. "Eat."he said. "You'll need some energy to make it through the speech that Dumbledore's going to give afterwards."
Jack's eyes narrowed. "Wanna bet?"he asked, a playful grin showing up. "I bet I could make in entertaining."
Jamie rolled his eyes and did introductions when he got an odd look from the people sitting near the two.
Jack's eyes followed where Jamie pointed.
Harry, who was sat directly across from Jack, held out a hand to shake, and Jack gave it an odd look before he shook his hand.
He half grinned when Harry shook his hand to regain the warmth after he was released.
"You're freezing,"Harry remarked.
Jack gave a teasing grin. "Of course."he said.
The twins kept a careful eye on the silver-haired frost child, judging what kind of person he was by his actions.
Jamie noticed and glanced at the Headmaster, who seemed to think it was about time to start the speech.
As soon as he stood and moved forward, the food and drink disappeared, and Jack looked up at him curiously, an odd light in his eyes.
Dumbledore wasn't so bad, Jack thought. He had a sense of humor, albeit a bit more weird than Jack's own.
When Umbridge, a woman who looked exactly like a toad dressed in pink stood, Jack faked gagging, gaining a quiet laugh from those near him.
Jamie gave Jack a worried look, but said nothing, returning his gaze to the woman politely.
Harry seemed highly uncomfortable, and Ron and Hermione seemed to be very tense about this woman. Jack noticed this when he glanced around once he got bored with the woman's speech. Then he shared a look with Jamie, who was half asleep next to him, before he gave a mischievious grin and looked to Umbridge.
Not a moment later, a glob of snow fell over the woman out of nowhere, causing her to stop, and the hall to burst into laughter.
Jamie grinned, tapping Jack on the shoulder.
Jack looked at Jamie with a bright smile, eyes narrowed. "Let's have a little fun, shall we?"he asked quietly.
Jamie raised an eyebrow, and Jack glanced around before he nodded to the clear space between the House tables and the Head table.
This got some attention from the twins, who were still grinning from the sputtering that the atrocious woman was doing due to the cold.
Jack cast a glance around before he got his wand out - he still wasn't keen on this thing, but it was better than nothing - and a moment later, a thick amount of snow was falling, not touching the students, but dusting everything else.
Jamie looked at the flakes falling and grinned.
Dumbledore's eyes went to Jack, who gave a soft smile and a wave, going back to an old conversation with Jamie.
"So. Still up for our annual snowball fight this year, Jamie?"
This got some laughter from the fourth year.
That night was calm. Jack stayed up all night, not needing the sleep. First thing the following morning, though, he met Jamie and headed down to the Great Hall, which was still covered in snow. Jack was back to wearing his hoodie and tattered pants, still without shoes.
Jamie gave Jack a look. "You realize you'll get into trouble for being out of uniform, right?"
"Uniform,"Jack said, "is boring. C'mon, you're talking to the Guardian of Fun. Live a little,"
Jamie huffed. "I just don't want you to have detention your first full day as a student here."he pointed out.
Jack gave him a kind smile. "You worry too much, Jamie."he said.
As soon as they took seats at Gryffindor table, the twins spoke up.
"So. Jack Frost, is it?"Fred asked.
Jack looked up curiously at that from where he had been sniggering about the fact that some of the students entering were shivering at the snow surrounding them. "Yeah."
George smiled faintly. "That was a nice trick last night with the snow,"
Jack gave him an odd look. "What d'you mean? That wasn't a trick,"
Jamie elbowed him, but said nothing, continuing with his breakfast like it had been an accident.
Still, their breakfast was calm.
At least, until McGonagall passed out their schedules. She stopped after she gave Jack his and frowned. "You are out of uniform, Mr. Frost."she pointed out.
Jack frowned. "Am I?"he asked, looking down at his outfit. "I wasn't aware."
She gave him an appraising look before moving on.
Jamie gave a surprised smile. "Well, that's a first."
Jack shrugged. "What can I say, even adults have to enjoy a bit of fun now and then. She wouldn't dare get onto me for something so stupid as being out of uniform. I could do much worse,"he said, leaning against the fourth year.
"Jack, you're cold, quit."Jamie mumbled, pushing at Jack's side to get him to let up.
Jack frowned. "Geez, sorry. Forgot."he said, sitting up immediately. "Can't have you getting sick after you saved my butt back a few years."
Jamie rolled his eyes, shoving him lightly and causing him to fall off the bench.
"Woah, hello."Jack said when he landed in the pile of snow below them, covering him in it. He shook it out of his eyes so he could see Jamie. "Are you trying to break my neck or something?"
Jamie snorted. "Not like it'd do much to you."he remarked.
Jack half smiled and retook his seat after brushing the snow off himself so he didn't make the cold too much worse.
The twins watched this interaction with soft smiles. It had been a while since they'd seen such an easy friendship like that. It was definitely a nice change.
Here ya go. Now, I need a bit of sleep.
