The tour of the grounds had lasted at the least an hour. Merida for the most part observed the captivated Jack and Rapunzel who both seemed to soak up the glory of going to school like this one. It didn't really do too much for Merida though.
For years and years she had remembered he parents spelling out every tedious detail as to how the school ran and functioned. Half way through the tour she learned that Hiccup had the exact same attitude towards it as she did.
Apparently his Dad had went to the school years ago, and always talked about his glory days in the hero's class. He had expected nothing less from his son, and that was why, Merida assumed, Hiccup had been so uncomfortable being assigned to hero support.
Even though Merida felt bad for him, she couldn't help but feel a little happy that someone else knew what it was like, to try to live up to a parents standards. Although, her case was a tad different. Hiccup couldn't deal with what life had dealt him, but on Merida's part, she couldn't handle it.
Sure, Hiccup might not have the most dangerous power, but that wasn't his fault, and his dad would have to be daft to not see that, but on Merida's part, she had a strong, dangerous power but she couldn't control it. If anything, she was out of control. On behalf of her parents though, especially her mother, she refused to have the need to live under their, somewhat huge, shadows. That wasn't what she wanted.
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After the tour ended, Rapunzel was handed a sheet of paper, along with all the other students, with her name, schedule, and dorm house. It also had various other detail scrawled on it like contact information within the school, her locker number and combination, and the exact time plate.
Rapunzel decided it would be best to go to her dorm room first since that was where everyone was advised to settle in anyhow.
The dorm houses were unique because they weren't all built in one area, rather, they were all scattered around the schools platform. Hers, the hero support girls, was in the center of the schools common grounds, which had several trees providing shade for the students, and a garden that was maintained by the grounds keeper and volunteer students.
Rapunzel strode through the area of grass to a trail that had been packed into the soil by the girls who left and entered the house daily. If Rapunzel had to put into one word, she would say it was quaint. It had a long porch with patio furniture resting on it, and white framed windows, which had beige curtains to close over them on the inside.
Rapunzel squeezed her paper in her hand and nodded her head in determination. As she approached the steps she thought to herself, Alright Rapunzel, today's the day! You can do this! You're gonna walk in there and own it. Just be brave like Merida told you, and it'll be fine…
Rapunzel then remembered how she'd lost sight of Merida after the tour. Since she was in hero support too, would that mean Merida would stay at the same dorm with Rapunzel? Rapunzel assumed that Merida was already inside waiting for her, so this was going to be fine.
She returned to her thoughts, Come on Rapunzel, you can do this, you can do this… She finished walking up the steps to the porch and reached for the front door handle. It was stuck so after wrestling it for a minute, she open the door wide open to face an open concept dining/living room with at least thirty girls staring directly at her …you can't do this.
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Oh great, Hiccup groaned to himself. He'd lost sight of Jack. He guessed that now he was in hero support with him that he'd be going to the same dorm house, but now, he wasn't so sure.
Hiccup held his sheet of paper close and found out that the hero support boy's dorm, was right next to the bus garage, so he'd have to make it all the way down to the parking lot. Just as he neared the large area of pavement he heard shouts of distress as he watched a tall skinny boy with a bit of scruff and curly brown hair shout and reached out into what seemed like thin air, but no, Hiccup looked closer and saw that it was a blur of something that was zipping around.
"Hey!" the boy called again and snatched his hand at the blur. A girl who looked similar, with the same curly brown hair shouted "Leave my brother alone you butt face!" The blur just stop and took the shape of a person.
It was obviously a boy in their grade, he had ginger-ish hair and charming brown eyes with a wicked smirk "I don't think I will," he retorted and zipped off again. Super speed, Hiccup assumed.
It was obvious the helpless boy was getting more irritated and started grumbling some curses. The charming bully only responded by pushing him around as he sped by, each time getting harder and harder.
This was getting way too out of hand and before Hiccup could stop himself he ran out into the parking lot. "Hey!" Hiccup shouted before immediately closed his mouth. What are you doing you idiot!? You can't take that guy! The blur of a boy stopped and starred at Hiccup.
Hiccup noticed he held a blue and white hat which he assumed belonged to the curly haired boy. "You have a problem?" Hiccup rubbed the back of his head frantically "What… uh, me? N-no no… of course not…"
The ginger-ish bully just looked back to the boy on the ground of the parking lot and tossed the hat far away so he'd have to go farther to get it. He snickered then sped off, not before saying "watch your back" to Hiccup.
Meanwhile the boy's sister ran over and got the hat, dusted it off, then put it on top of her brother's head saying "He's just a bully…" Hiccup walked over and asked "Hey, uh, are you O.K?" The boy stood up and straightened his hat which had a blue pine tree on the front of it.
"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks for that," Hiccup gave a reassuring smile and waved it off "Yeah? Well, shouldn't get used to it, I'm not what you'd call valiant" They all sort of chuckled at Hiccups weak attempt for a joke.
After, the boy spoke up and said "I'm Dipper, and this is my sister Mable," Mable smiled widely and waved "Heyo!" Hiccup looked closer and saw that she was wearing a bright sun dress, lots of colorful plastic jewelry, and at least five temporary tattoo's scattered around her arms and face. Meanwhile, her brother wore a simple pair of jeans and red flannel. They looked like polar opposites but non-the less, Mable clung to Dippers arm.
"So…" Hiccup broke the silence "You two twins?" Mable nodded and said through a smile "Yup. And deny all he likes but I'm the oldest" Dipper frowned a little "Yeah? Well, I happen to be the smartest" Mable laughed and punched him in the arm "That's cause you're a giant dork"
All three of them laughed it off and Mable spoke again "Welp. See ya' around dippin'sauce…" she gave her brother a hug then turned to Hiccup "and thanks again…" Hiccup filled in the pause and answered "…Hiccup" Mable giggled a little then clicked her tongue and saluted "See ya' around Hickey," then ran off.
Hiccup turned and began to walk away with the thought, It's bad enough my name's Hiccup, but Hickey? Dipper suddenly laughed from his spot beside Hiccup. He furrowed his brow "What's so funny?" Dipper kept pace besides him and answered "Yeah, sorry about my sister, and don't be surprised if she comes up with more nicknames for you," Wait, Hiccup thought, I didn't say that out loud, did I?
"No, you didn't" Dipper suddenly answered. Hiccup stopped in his tracks and Dipper turned around "Sorry," he tapped the top of his head "Mind reader"
"Oh" Hiccup said in realization and continued to walk to the boy's dorm besides Dipper "Does your sister read minds too? I heard somewhere that twins usually have the same powers"
"No, she' more… colorful with her power"
"What do you mean?"
"I don't really know what it is exactly, but I've speculated she can control light spectrum, so, you know, alter the sun's rays, create rainbows and such…" Dipper sighed "she's also a sidekick," Hiccup pondered her power. Judging about what he already knew of Mable's character, it seemed to fit. Same goes for Dipper.
He and Dipper then approached the blue dorm house and it's slightly rotted porch. They exchanged glances before making their way inside.
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The tour ended and Jack watched as students names were called off and they were sent to retrieve a slip of paper from Ms. Tooth. Finally it was only him and Merida left. "Alright, for you two…" the short teacher had lead them back into the class they had started the tour in and took out two slips that were nearly identical.
"You two are going to be lodging in the suspension house," she said as she handed the slips to the two teens "The house is usually used for when we have extra students, or when there are those suspended but have to stay on school ground, and, in your case, when there are two students who need to learn to get along."
Jack and Merida exchanged glances. As much as they distasted each other, these new arrangements had to be worse.
Both Merida and Jack looked down at their slips to find that their dorm house was the furthest point away from the school and was directly next to the supplies shack, which probably just held tools or spare parts amoung other things.
Merida groaned and turned with Jack to exit the school and find their way to their new living arraignments. Jack walked besides Merida and shoved his hands into his jean pockets "This sucks…" he said under his breath. Merida rolled her eye "Ya', it does, but ya' don't have ta' keep whinin' 'bout it,"
"Whining!? About the house?" Jack defended himself then let off a short angry laugh "It's not the house I have a problem with," Merida stopped in her tracks "then wut' are ya' goin' on about?" Jack ripped his hands from his pockets "The person I have to share it with," He then stomped off ahead of Merida.
"Aww," Merida said in a mocking tone "Tha' poor wee babe's cryin' 'bout how he can't be with the big boys. No, instead he's got ta' share with a lady,"
"You, aren't exactly what I'd call a lady" Jack called back without turning around. "Why you…" Merida grumbled. She looked all around her for something to throw at his head, but it was too late. She felt a gust of wind sweep through her hair and watched as Jack began to fly over to their dorm. Leaving her to walk the rest of the way.
When she made it to the house she was a little disappointed that it looked exactly how she imagined it; outdated and run down. It wasn't as big as the other dorm houses, but it still was a fairly large size for only her and Jack.
Merida sucked in a large breath and stepped up onto the small deck and reached for the door. The entire building was two story's, on the bottom, a small boot room, a living room, kitchen, dining room, and a bathroom. Jack was in the living room sorting through a heap of bags, Merida recognized some of them to be hers and she assumed that the other's belonged to Jack.
Jack threw all of his bags to the side, and instead of grabbing them to put away, like Merida suspected, he went over and reached for Merida's bags. As soon as he unzipped the first bag she demanded "Wut do ya' think yer' doin'!?" Jack looked up and smiled becoming aware of her presence "Oh, good you decided to show up"
"Wut' are ya' doin'?" Merida demanded a second time. Jack began to dig inside her bag "oh, you know, organizing…" he trailed off and reached deep inside her bag and pulled out a hair brush matted in her hair "Gross…" he muttered.
"At least I brush ma' hair" Merida retorted. Jack eyes looked over to her bushy main "Are you sure?"
Merida pursed her lips and scrunched her nose. That's it. She stomped over to Jack and snatched her bags from his pale hands. "Word a' advice Frost," Merida said sternly while looking down to him "Keep yer' paws off ma' stuff"
Jack just bowed his head gravely "As her majesty commands" Merida grabbed the nearest couch pillow and hit his on the side of the head. He faltered for a moment then caught the pillow and laughed. He might have said something more but Merida just turned around and made her way to the stairs.
"Wut' a fud…" she muttered under her breath, trying to make her way up the steep stair steps. One foot at a time, she blindly made her way up, her bags covering her field of vision. It's better being blind then leaving any of my bags down there for Jack to snoop through, she thought bitterly to herself.
She heard light footsteps from behind her, then they followed the stairs up to not a step besides her "Could you hurry up?" Jack asked impatiently. Merida made a low growl "you're tha' one who can fly!"
"Not inside" he explained. Merida scoffed impatiently, but before she could say another word, she stubbed her foot on the next step up and lost her balance. First she flung her bags over the railing and flailed her arms around rapidly, but it was no use. She lost her balance and fell backwards.
She tensed up, anticipating the fall, but was surprised to feel a pair of arms rap around her torso and catch her. Her eyes were scrunched up, and slowly, she opened them to see Jack flashing her a winning smirk.
She rolled her eyes and scoffed as she regained her balance, and shoved Jack to the side, retreating down the railing to retrieve her fallen bags. Jack just shook his head in disbelief, letting a smile creep onto his face before going upstairs to get the first pick of the rooms.
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Thank you all for reading, sorry if this chapter was sorta short, and I will try my very best to keep this updated, and if you all need any reference as to how Dipper and Mable look as 15-y-o's then you should look for doublepines blog on tumblr, and if you all love my writing you should fallow me on tumblr. I am , but I don't do any fandom related things on my blog but I do a lot of writing and short stories and jokes (all of which are my own). Thanks again!
P.S- another thing about the twins; I'm not going to give them much screen time, but am including them because I love gravity falls and want to include them in a fic to say farewell to an excellent show, and this is a Disney crossover after all.
