AN: I do apologize for this being so late, but my home was burglarized earlier this week. The laptop that had my entire story on it is gone and I am now starting this new chapter based off of what was on my account. I have also decided that I will no longer be requiring a certain number of reviews for an update. I will try to update every 2 weeks, but I make no promises. I will answer any of the reviews at the bottom of the page. Also as I was reviewing previous chapters, when I say graduate, I mean going to the next grade. Furthermore, I have posted a new poll on my profile to decide on which future stories I will do. FF is being strange so please refer to the instructions if there are any problems. Here is a longer chapter than usual.
All flames will be used on the next campout and if they are rood enough, then they will be removed.
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters, places, or things from HTTYD, ROTG or any other Disney or Pixar films. I only own the plotline and my imagination. No copyright infringement intended.
Seeing is Believing
After Hiccup had finished unpacking his materials, he noticed that they would be practicing f(x) equations today. Hiccup smirk ed when he saw the teacher writing the assigned problems. He understood math perfectly and he immediately started the work. He didn't really use his calculator; instead he worked the problem out on some scratch paper. He completed the problems in about 10 minutes, and then he looked at the board for further instructions. He noted that he was to hand in his problems when he was finished. As he proceeded to walk to front of the classroom Mr. Porter gave him a knowing look. As he reviewed the paper he smiled and marked it. As it was handed back to him, he noticed that there was a 100 for the grade and a note written in the corner. "Mr. Haddock, please help Mr. Frost as much as possible. He is bright, but I feel that he is struggling in my class. The last thing that any teacher wants to see is a student who has worked hard fail the class and be held back for it."
As hiccup sat back down he deposited his sheet on the desk and removed the note. The last thing he need (at the moment) was for Jack to not accept his help. He decided to glance over at the other and instantly noticed him attempting to copy the answers from his sheet. He immediately covered the sheet and proceeded to continue looking at the other student. As jack realized that the arm that was between him and the easy assignment wasn't going to move, he decided to look up. He then noticed the gaze that was being sent his way. It was at this moment that he knew he had been caught. Well crap.
Jack was so happy; he had the smartest person in the class for a seat mate. He figured that this would be a breeze and he thought that he might not even need that stupid tutor after all. Just as he had finished copying the second answer, Hiccup's arm covered the rest. He internally cursed and hoped that perhaps the arm would move. Maybe Hiccup hadn't noticed him using the other's assignment as a cheat sheet. After a few seconds of staring at the arm, he decided to see if Hiccup was looking at him. As he lifted his head his eyes came into contact with the most beautiful emerald pools in the world. He felt that he could get lost in those pools and never return. This would have been a perfect moment if not for the glare that those pools were sending him. His only thought was 'Well crap'. He instantly blushed and attempted to look away. He hoped beyond hope that his crush didn't notice his blush. He then looked down at his paper and tried to work out the problems. After 2 minutes of mid numbing attempts he looked back at the paper, or rather where it used to be. It was gone. He then heard a question that was inevitable, "Jack, would you like some help?"
Hiccup noticed that jack seemed perplexed. He noticed that for some strange reason jack was blushing. He now understood how those freckles could blend in so easily, he noticed that jack had gone back to his own work. He then began to phase out as he starting counting said freckles. After two minutes of counting, he looked at jack and noticed that the other was struggling with the work. He took pity on the boy and decided to offer his help. "Jack, would you like some help?"
The immediate answer was a questioning gaze. Jack had initially feared that hiccup would ridicule him for not being smart. Once heard the question he relaxed slightly. "Yeah, that would be great." Hiccup was happy that at least jack was smart enough to accept the help. He then began to help his class mate with the problems. By the end of the class period, Jack had a basic understanding of how to solve f(x) problems. He was happy but decided that he would probably go tomorrow to see who the new tutor is. If only to see who it is and to gauge how bored he would be by their teachings. As the bell rang, he began to gather his stuff and thought about walking with hiccup to class. He then thought about what might happen to the other as a result of him being with the boy. He knew that pitch had eyes everywhere. They were freshmen that he had brought under his wing, so to speak. He had their back and in exchange they would watch the other members of the guardians for him. He then looked around the room quickly and sighed. None of the nightmares, or so they were called, were in the class with him. He would have to be on the look out for them in his other classes. He then remembered that Manny had been the one to reschedule his classes. There was no doubt in his mid that the principal would have made sure that those spies were not in the class.
As he stood to leave he decided that he would at least walk near the young cutie. He waited until hiccup was standing, then he leaned in close, "See you in the next class cutie." As soon as the words escaped his mouth he instantly wanted to take them back. He internally cringed at the reaction until he looked at the other's face. He had this dorky smirk on; it almost looked like he was constipated. He then rushed out of the classroom and started to go in the wrong direction. He waited out of site until he saw hiccup come out. He then followed the young brunette to hid next class. Unfortunately for jack, he had to walk behind that oh so sexy ass and he was ashamed to say that he did stare at it for awhile. When he reached his next class he noticed that their teacher had assigned them all new seats. He was once again seated next to his crush and his oh so sexy ass. He then began to have many lewd thoughts about said body part. Many involved the two of then going at it like rabbits, while some others involved more kinky devices. (AN: I will leave the possibilities to your imagination) After he got himself settled, he looked towards the front to see what they would learn today. He then cringed at the outfit their teacher was wearing. Their teacher's name was Chi Fu the III. He was a tall skinny man; he had a pencil thin mustache and goatee. He claims that the original Chi Fu was the adviser to the emperor of china and that he survived a battle with Attila the Hun. Jack didn't believe any of that. However, based on the costume that his teacher was wearing, they were going to be hearing a lot more about the teacher's supposed ancestor. He was wearing what appeared to be a blue dress and a strange vertically rectangular hat. He was also holding a board and a brush. Jack now knew that this would be one of the longest history classes he had ever had to sit through.
Hiccup was happy that at least he didn't have to listen to Chi fu's lecture word for word. He had been smart enough to read ahead. He understood that thanks to the teacher's fascination for ancient china, it would be wise to look into the textbook and to also jot down some of the notes on not only important events in the unit, but also on events involving the teacher's supposed relative. By the end of class, he felt like the only things that the teacher had talked about was his ancestor's life and how it 'influenced' history and was a 'defining moment' in the history of china. As soon as the bell rang he was happy to say that he was leaving this classroom. His next class was literature. I was a sort of neutral class for him. He didn't think it was crap, like history, and he didn't look forward to it on a daily basis, like engineering and physics. A couple of times during the class he had to wake up jack before their teacher noticed. It is undoubted that if chi fu had seen the white haired teen sleeping, he would have made him write an essay on his ancestor. One time he even noticed jack drooling on his desk, to him it was the cutest thing ever. He then berated himself for that thought and decided that he would review his thoughts when he got home.
After placing all of his materials in his bag, he walked out of the class towards his next one. As he entered he noticed that his teacher had also placed him and jack at the back of the room and at the same table together. As he began setting up his materials he was greeted by the teacher. "Good afternoon Mr. Haddock, I hope you are having an enjoyable day." "Yes I am thank you for asking Mr. Banks." Mr. Banks was a mid sized man. He wore a pair of black slacks, black shoes, a white button-up shirt, a black suit jacket with a red flower in the front pocket and a black bowler hat. He also had a thick mustache and had a British accent. Before he was a teacher, he was an accountant for the Back of England in London. Despite his appearance, he was a fun loving man that would sometimes hum songs when he wasn't doing anything. He enjoyed seeing the children smile and on especially windy day he had taken the entire class outside to go fly kites.
A few minutes later the other students began to enter the classroom. As jack entered the classroom, hiccup noticed the almost shocked expression on Mr. Banks' face. "About time you started showing up on time Mr. Frost. Wait a minute, let me make sure that clock isn't five minutes slow." He chuckled at his little quip and was overjoyed that the young rebel had finally decided to come to his class on time. "Hardy har har, maybe your clock was just five minutes fast every other time." Jack then took his seat next to hiccup just as the late bell rang. Mr. Banks then walked towards the board and started to talk. "Okay class, today will be the first day of a project for this class. Your partner will be the person that is seated next to you. You are to be assigned a play by Shakespeare and will be required to write a paper on the origins of the play, the setting, the plot and the characters. It will be due when you come back from winter break. All papers must be typed and must be a minimum of 5 pages, double spaced lines, 12 point font. I will now pass out the assigned plays. You will be expected to work on this in class everyday unless you are given special permission or if you finish early. Good luck and have fun."
Jack was happy that he would be working with hiccup, but he was dreading what play they would be assigned. As Mr. Banks reached their table he could have sworn he saw the old man wink at him. He then put the play down on the table. It was Romeo and Juliet. Jack internally groaned and he also smirked. He could almost associate with the story. He considered himself to be Romeo and hiccup was the beautiful Juliet. He looked over at hiccup and noticed that he held a determined look on his face. Jack loved how his nose crinkled in between his eyes when he concentrated. He noticed hiccup had gotten out the monstrous textbook, which he never dared to carry for fear of toppling over from the sheer weight. That thing had to have weighed at least 50 lbs (22.7kg for my non-US readers).
Hiccup immediately smiled at the work they were given. It was a fairly easy one and it would be easy for hiccup to explain it to jack. He pulled out his book and flipped to the correct page. When he eventually found it, he scooted closer to jack so that he could also read it. Mr. Banks had suggested that everyone read through their works today. As he glanced at his partner, he noticed that jack actually looked happy and that he was smirking somewhat. He then scooted closer to his classmate and he began to read. He looked over at jack every few minutes to make sure he was paying attention. By the end of the class period, Hiccup had finished reading the majority of the story to Jack. Unbeknownst to him, as he had been reading the story Jack was imagining that he was Romeo and that hiccup was Juliet. He had been listening but he had also been visualizing all of the scenes with him and his crush as the characters. He may have also gotten sidetracked on a few more inappropriate thoughts. He was finally brought back to the real world by the sound of the dismissal bell and Mr. Banks dismissing them. As soon as Jack stood up he noticed that Hiccup was nowhere in site. He rushed out into the hallway only to find it nearly empty. He chanced a look at a clock and noticed that he didn't have all that long to reach his next class. He walked quickly towards his last class of the day, Physics.
Hiccup had left the class quite happy with his situation. Jack was still unaware of the situation that he was in. He was currently thinking of what he could possibly do to the handsome teen when they met at the library for the first time. By this time, he had gotten used to the fact that his brain was calling jack words that only a lovesick schoolgirl would call him. He supposed that he might like jack but first the ex-bully would have to prove to him that this wasn't all just another prank. After a few minutes of walking, he came to his last class of the day, Physics. As he walked in he noticed that his teacher was trying to free his long beard from the propeller of a model airplane. He also noticed that the teacher's assistant was laughing on the floor. His teacher was a tall man that wore a blue robe and a tall blue hat. He had white hair, a full mustache, and a long white beard. His name was Dr. Merlin. The assistant's name was Archimedes, he was about hiccups height, tan skinned, had brown hair and yellow eyes. "Confound this infernal beard" Hiccup quietly chuckled to himself as Archimedes continued to laugh at the misfortune of the teacher. "Dr. Merlin, would you like some help." "No. don't worry about it lad. Archimedes, will you help me get my beard out of this infernal contraption." The response was the assistant sitting up and crossing his arms whilst saying "No, nope, nope, nope" "Archimedes, I'll turn you into an owl." "Ha you wouldn't dare" "I tell you I will." "Alright, alright, alright!" He then proceeded to remove the screw attaching the propeller to the model. "Well what do you know, just like magic. Well now that that is over with, Hiccup please come to the front. I have your new seat assignment for you. After looking at the newest grades, I have reorganized the classroom to benefit those who need it most. Hiccup went to his seat near on of the windows in the classroom. Soon after, the bell rang and he noticed jack was out of breath. He concluded that he had run to class.
"Alright class, today we will be learning about displacement and how to calculate volume from it. Please pull out your note books and collect your materials for the experiment. You will be working with the person seated to your left." Jack was awestruck that he was now sitting next to his favorite person in all of his classes. He stood up to get the materials for the lab as hiccup pulled out his notebook. They needed a graduated cylinder, a penny, and 15 ml of water. When he got to the counter he found snotlout standing next to him. "Must suck to have to work with the mistake as your partner, huh frost?" Jack immediately tensed up, he was ticked that snotlout would dare to call the boy a mistake. He had gone through that treatment enough as it was. He quickly grabbed the materials and walked back over to hiccup, but not without 'accidentally' kicking snot in the back of the knees. After everyone had finished the experiment, Dr. Merlin grabbed a large cylinder and filled it with some water. Then he dropped in what appeared to be a cube of metal. Suddenly a reaction occurred that caused an explosion at the front. One of the students immediately pressed a button that activated fans and prevented the fire alarm from going off. As the smoke cleared, the teachers face was black and he had this astonished look on his face. Everyone was laughing and the loudest of all was none other than Archimedes. Merlin found pieces of a solid material next to the block of iron that was left out. As he began to study it he recognized. "Sodium. Archimedes, you are so dead! You do realize that if we didn't have fans that the room would have been full of smoke by now." The assistant just continued to laugh as the rant began. Soon after the bell rang, "Okay, all tables are due tomorrow at the beginning of class. If you are done with them now, I will be glad to accept them." As hiccup walked out of the class room he couldn't help but smirk as he dropped the table with his and jack's names on at the teacher's desk. This had to be one of the funnier incidents involving the assistant and his teacher.
As Jack exited the classroom he could roughly make out hiccup and toothless' retreating forms. He was very pleased with himself. He had been through a day where he had been with the cutest person for all of his classes. As he approached the doors to outside, he noticed his friends waiting for him. He internally cringed at all of the questions that were bound to be asked of him and he hoped that he had the patience for it. This was going to be an especially long day for him.
Hiccup met up with toothless as soon as he exited the classroom. The first thing that toothless did was pat him down to make sure frost hadn't hurt him in any way. "Toothless, if you are looking for injuries, I don't have any. He didn't hurt me; in fact he acted fairly civil." This brought a smile to his friend's face. The last thing toothless wanted to see was a bruised and hurt hiccup. As the two of them exited the school they were joined by their neighbor and friend. Astrid Hofferson was a tall girl with blond hair and blue eyes. She was known for her strength and speed. It was rumored that the last time snotlout had tried to kiss her; she had knocked him out cold. She was a part of the popular crowd and was one of the few people that actually associated with hiccup. She didn't seem to care that hanging out with him was the equivalent to social suicide. As they began to walk home toothless and Astrid began to ask the questions that were inevitable. However, before anything else hiccup interrupted them both. "I will tell you everything when we get back to my house. I really don't want any rumors to start right now." This intensified the curiosity from his two friends. As he continued to walk he began to think 'this is going to be a long day indeed'.
AN: To all of my guest reviewers, please leave me a name to associate you with. This way I can address your reviews individually without any problems. Response to reviews:
Honeybeez: Yeah, I thought it might be funny to see how snotlout reacted to being caught by an adult. Also, I had to place him a sport at some point.
EricaElric1: Thank you for saying that about my writing and thank you for the encouragement in classes.
JayandNya4evr: I wanted to start adding in other characters considering the story was essentially just beginning and needed the action. Also it was a funny scene that I remember watching as a kid. More characters will be added in a later chapter.
Paoshirou Hozomi: That was reasoning behind it. Also I want it to seem as realistic as possible.
Tyler: Thank you for the added encouragement and your reviews are greatly appreciated.
Ryan: Yes people are reviewing, just not as quickly as chapter 8.
Andrew: Thank you that really shows me that people enjoy the stuff that I spend hours on.
Demonicsis: I'm sure you'll enjoy the added characters in this chapter.
Kigen Dawn: It popped in my head as I was writing that chapter. I figured that Phil could be something else and it was comical for Tarzan to be a teacher.
Datasoralove: thank you for saying that, I try to make it enjoyable for my readers.
Angie: Well then you are sure to like this chapter, the only reason why I didn't identify other characters is because of the missing laptop.
Artistreilly: thank you for calling my story cool.
Animelovernewbie: Well time to wait and I am trying to keep most of the characters in character for realism.
RizenLynn: Thank you for the reassurance, I am trying to decrease the time needed to complete one of these.
Singer202: Yes there are some 'feels' from aster.
Guest (ch4, Sep 5): I can understand where the guest in chapter one misunderstood my intentions, but you seem to just be a person that wants to say 'you are a failure'. People like you really piss me off. At least leave a name and a better explanation instead of hiding behind the anon. and saying 'no offense' at the end. I am not an English major, I don't do this for a living, and I don't appreciate the fact that you only looked for the mistakes in the story instead of at least trying to enjoy it.
Guest (ch9, Sep 8): Thank you for the encouragement and please leave a name so I can directly address you next time.
sdfdsf: So I am a little ticked that you decided to only fixate on that detail. My best guess is that you are a teacher or a student that loves chemistry or english. In light of your recent review, I have slightly changed the story so that it seems more realistic.