Jack back flipped and landed neatly on the passing staircase that had been going past when he fell. He grinned up at them, who were now stranded up there. They glared down at him, probably because they had thought he was falling to his death. "Aw! you DO care." Jack said, sitting cross legged on the staircase.

"Aw, rack off, ya bloody show pony!" Bunny called down. Jack grinned up at him.

"Can't catch me!" Jack then began a series of flips and other flashy acrobats down the castle, going from floor to floor, Bunny close behind, doing less simply rolling when he got to each platform to absorb the impact. Jack was about to flip down to the ground when he found himself tackled by a large ginger cat. He winced, having hit his head hard on the marble floor. He saw that the platform had moved. Had he jumped down, he would have landed on Professor McGonagall, who was staring up at them in horror. "Thanks, Crookshanks!" Jack said as he dashed away from Bunny, who had just landed next to him.

Jack's manic laughter echoed down the corridors as he raced against odds and his brother, occasionally Peeves and the twins as well, once they finally got down. Jack leapt over Snape, using the wall as a vault. Bunny simply dodged around him. Jack realized that he would have to go outside if he didn't want anyone to get hurt. Jack laughed doing a one eighty in the air, causing Bunny to shoot past him, almost into the wall as he tried to stop.

Jack slipped through the crowds, to the relative safety of the outdoors, Bunny once again close behind him. As soon as his feet hit the grass, Jack sent ice out, skating on it as one would a skateboard, doing tricks in the air, and making it snow lightly. It was november, after all, snow always came then. Bunny yelled in alarm, but set off faster, also using the ice. Jack was laughing this entire time, making his magic shoot out, spreading joy and fun to those that had come outside to see what was going on. Unfortunately, his ice slid them right under the Whomping Willow. Fortunately, though, they were able to dodge around the branches, adding a new element to their game of chase.

Jack sent the ice out towards the mostly frozen lake, the ice thickening enough to support them both, barely. The ice cracked slightly as Bunny stepped on it, making Jack freeze and turn in terror. "BUNNY! Don't move!" Jack ordered as he stared at the ice, fighting back memories. Bunny must have heard the urgency in Jack's voice, because he did as he was told. Jack's fear was making the light snow fast become a snowstorm.

"Jack! Aster!" Fred and George exclaimed from the bank. Hearing them there, Jack snapped out, the weather calming instantly.

"Don't come on the ice!" He warned. The teachers were now over there, along with quite a few students. Jack used the wind to push them all back away from the edge, and to keep them from getting any closer. "Bunny, I am SO sorry for not thinking about how thin the ice is!" Jack said, the wind making his voice all but silent, but Bunny still heard.

"How about ya worry about gettin' us out of this mess?" Bunny soothed, still frozen. Jack nodded, sending ice over to Bunny. It was slow work, making sure that he didn't freeze the lake solid in his panic. The ice began to mend beneath Bunny, who sighed in relief once Jack told him to get off of the ice, the wind not giving him a choice. As soon as he was done, the ice seemed to melt back to what it was before Jack froze it, making it extremely unstable.

Jack slowly exited the ice, it cracking, even under his nonexistent weight. The school held its collective breath, letting out a sigh of relief when Jack made it safely over. Jack hung his head, ashamed that he had put another person in danger, even though it was an accident. He pushed past everyone, ignoring their attempts to get him to stop. Draco Malfoy stepped in front of him, a snarky comment on his lips. He didn't get one word out, however, because Jack swept his legs out from under him and continued on his way.

He hadn't even noticed that he had done it, either, his body was on auto pilot, barely keeping him from flying off to somewhere to be alone. Hands reached out to grab his shoulders, only to be frozen or blown back by the wind. The snowstorm was building once more, now that he didn't need to focus on saving someone. Jack walked away from the castle, to the Forbidden Forest, not wanting to start a snowstorm inside the magical school. He passes Hagrid's hut, Fang jumping at the window at him. Jack flinched away from the noise and continued walking. He didn't notice that the snowstorm had become so bad that no one could see a foot in front of him.

It also kept him from seeing the teachers forcing everyone back into the school, or Dumbledore organizing search parties, nor him calling off the dementors that had come, searching for the source of fear. Jack just kept walking, ignoring the Wind warning him to go back.

The Wind, tired of her Winter Boy ignoring her, picked him up roughly and flew him to the edge of the forest, facing the castle. Jack growled at her angrily, but she just hit him with a pile of snow that had gathered on a nearby tree. He turned around and began walking back into the forest, the Wind blowing him back if he got too far. He was shivering a little, the cold affecting him, but only a fraction of what it would do if he were human.

Meanwhile, back at the castle, Bunny and Sandy were frantic."What HAPPENED?" Sandy said, anger and concern written plainly on his face.

"Uh… well… you see, Jack…. It's my fault." Bunny said, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "The twins and I were trying ta get him back for leaving us in the rafters. So we filled a whole bunch of balloons with red and gold ink and tried ta hit him. That little blightah's fast, I'll give you that. ANyways, he turned it around on us and hit us with our own balloons against us. We got him cornered on the edge of where a staircase was supposed ta be, but before we could grab him, he started flipping off the ledge and…." Bunny looked at his feet. "Well, he said I couldn't catch him, so I began to chase him through the school, and he ran outside. He ran onto the lake, and I went after him. The ice cracked beneath me, and Jack looked like he had just killed someone!"

Sandy pinched the bridge of his nose, sending a silent "why me?" to the ceiling. "What happened after?"

"He apologized for not paying attention to the ice, as though it were his fault, then he got me off the ice. As soon as I was off, the snowstorm started up again, then he just seemed to be in a daze. He knocked Malfoy straight on his arse without even thinkin' about it! Then his disappeared to the Forbidden Forest!" Bunny was panicking now, and Bunny didn't panic, ever.

"Bunny, calm down, Jack can handle himself, remember? Plus, I'm sure that he'll be found soon, they have everyone looking for him." Sandy said, sounding very unsure.

"Sandy, you know that if Jack doesn't want to be found, they won't find him. Not in this, and not without enhanced senses. I should know, I always have to go find the ankle bitah whenever we crowd him too much." Bunny said, beginning to pace along the floor, wishing that he could do something.

"Then go out and find him!" Sandy said, giving him the permission he was looking for.

"Thanks, Sandy! I'll get him back." Then he was gone. Sandy sighed.

"I know you will." Sandy shook his head. Aster and Jack had a brotherly bond from the moment they met. Bunny was allowed to pick on Jack, but that was it. No one else was allowed, which was made apparent when Pitch made the dig about Jack being used to being ignored and Bunny had basically beat his head in for it. That was thing those two didn't need to fake when they were told what their cover story was, they had being brothers down to a T. They were also Seasonal siblings, which also helped with the entire thing, being Winter and Spring.

Fred and George were frantic for their new friend. Sure, they had been mad when they had been left in the rafters, but they had never meant for this to happen. It had been their idea to throw the ink filled balloons at him. They should have known better, too, knowing how fast Jack could move on the Quidditch Pitch, seeming as though he were meant to be in the sky, and like he was friends with the wind itself.

They should have stopped it when Jack had fallen from the edge. Or they should have stopped it when Jack challenged them to catch him. They DEFINITELY should have stopped it when Jack ran outside, or, at the latest, after Bunny and Jack skillfully dodged through the Whomping Widow. Maybe if they had then Jack would be back with them, planning a prank. Not somewhere in the forbidden forest.

Jack was fighting against the wind, pushing to go deeper into the forest, further away from those he could hurt. If only he had helped them off of those rafters, then none of this would have happened. The Wind heard him say this and scooped him into the air once more and plopping him high in a tree. It began to scold him for pondering what ifs. Jack looked down at his feet, ashamed.

"Well, I bet they're frantic by now. I sh-" He was cut off by a loud "FROSTBITE!" that echoed beneath him. Jack fell out of the tree, startled. "Woah!" Jack shouted, his brother catching him before he hit the ground.

"There ya are. Ya know, everyone's lookin' for ya, Jackie. Ya gave everyone quite a scare, goin' in here like that." Bunny said as he hugged his little brother close. Jack snuggled closer, actually freezing now from the prolonged exposure to the cold he had been in.

"How long have I been out?" Jack out, refusing to shiver, knowing it would worry Bunny even more.

"About four hours." Bunny said, setting Jack on the snowy ground. Jack shivered slightly, making Bunny raise an eyebrow. "Cold there, Frostbite?"

"Shit." Jack swore, glad no one else was around. He was beginning to shiver violently. "Let's just get back to the castle." Jack said, shrugging away from Bunny. Bunny froze awkwardly next to them. Jack realized that any tracks Bunny had left were now covered in snow, and with the snow still falling and swirling around them, they had no way to know where they were. "Please tell me we're not lost." Jack said, his teeth beginning to chatter violently.

"We're not lost. Not yet. I hope…." Bunny said, taking off his heavy cloak and wrapping it around Jack, despite the younger's protest.

They began to walk, hoping that it was in the right direction. The Wind was in too much of a frenzy for having let her Winter Boy drop to warn them to go in the other direction.

Fred and George studied the Map, hoping to see them. There both Jack and Aster were, in the Forbidden Forest, slowly traveling deeper, and going slightly to the left. "George… Do you reckon they're lost?" Fred asked worriedly.

"Blimey, Fred, I think they are!" George said. They bundled up and snuck out of the castle, through the grounds, and silently into the Forbidden Forest. They followed the map, relieved when they found the two, wandering and cold. "Jack! Aster!" George shouted to them over the Wind. Jack and Aster turned, looking relieved.

"Please tell us that ya know the way out." Bunny said as they joined together.

"Course we do! It's-... uh oh…" Fred said as he held up the map. It was encased in ice, too thick to read through. "Well, all we have to do is retrace our steps!" Fred said, turning in a circle.

"Yeah, Fred, you know, the ones that have disappeared!" George said. Now they were all lost.

"Let's get walking. If it gets any darker, we're going to have to find shelter, and these trees can't last forever!" Jack said, walking in a random direction and hoping that it was the right one.

They others rushed to catch up, not wanting to be left behind. They looked warily at the fast darkening sky. "Wait! Jack! Give Aster his cloak back, we brought yours." Fred said, handing Jack the garment. Fred looked down. "Jack! Where are your shoes!"

"Didn't get the chance to put them on. Now I'm just hoping that I don't get frostbite." Jack said. It seemed as though there was no end to their bad luck.