Rapunzel walked over to her Transfiguration class, she recalled what occurred a week ago…

No one past bedtime should stay out and must always stay in their common rooms
Whether you're hearing sounds, seeing strange things, and hearing your name being called, you must 'never' go out.

She was surprised when she remembered the headmaster's words like a book being read over and over. Does the headmaster know something we don't? She mused to herself. She wondered over and over. Barely noticing where she was heading. Hiccup told us that he told no one about this. Did he lie? I wonder if-. Her thoughts were interrupted when there was a tug on her hair. Must be caught on something. She turned to examine the thing that her hair was caught on this time. Instead of a thing, it was some ones. Three Slytherin boys were placing their feet on her hair. She grimaced at them and they smiled wickedly in response to her expression. As she was about to say something smart…

Whoosh!

A snowball landed right in the middle of the guy's face which must've be the leader. Something blue glowed unto the guy's eyes and disappeared in a blink. His expression softened and smiled at Rapunzel "Sorry about your hair, Hope we didn't make too much trouble" their 'leader' said to her

Rapunzel cocked an eyebrow. But the two other Slytherin boys' jaw dropped

Their 'leader' dragged both of his 'followers' out of Rapunzel's hair and looked at her sheepishly "We'll go now, sorry" and with that, he partially dragged his so-called-'friends-followers' to the other way from where the blonde was heading. Rapunzel stood there. She blinked once. Twice. Then thrice. What just happened?

"Not much of a 'thank you' is there?" A husky voice said behind her

She turned to look at her white-haired friend leaning over his staff as he smirked

"Jack-snowball-how?" was all she could utter

"Snowball charm. Remember?"

She shrugged "Oh…Right"

And then, a minute of silence followed

"Ahem" jack said, breaking a the silence

She looked at him blankly "What?"

He continued to stare at her blankly and then it hit her

She widened her eyes, forgetting her manners "Oh…right. Thank you, Jack!"

He rolled his eyes "Come on Punzie, we're gonna be late for transfiguration" and he walked to the direction of which the said class is held

"Huh? Oh, yeah. Almost forgot about that" She said sheepishly as she caught up to him.

Their trip to the class was silent. Very silent

He looked at her as confusion spread from his face "Alright, what's wrong?"

She looked up to him "Nothing's wrong"

"Come on Punz, the only time you would stop talking is when you have a problem"

Rapunzel threw him a look and Jack held both his hands in the air "No offense"

She hesitated and then, sighed in defeat "Remember what happened a week ago?"

He looked at the ceiling as they walked "hm...Yeah. Why?"

She had the feeling that he didn't "You know, what the headmaster said?"

His pace slowed and looked at her "Oh…" He paused "what about it?"

"Um…Well…You see Hiccup told us that he told no one else about…you know what and I was curious about the Headmaster's knowledge about this when Hiccup mentioned it to no one except us"

Jack tried to keep a nonchalant expression, but failed to do so "Yeah, I was thinking about that too…"

They were silent for a while

"Do you think that someone was eavesdropping on us while we were having that conversation?" the blonde said, breaking the silence

"Maybe…" He paused "He could've turned into something"

She looked at him, confused "How so?"

He smirked "Well…this is a Magic school. It isn't called Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for nothing"

She smiled at him as she rolled her eyes "Righhtt…"

Then a thought occurred to her "But only, the Headmaster knows about it" She pointed out

Jack rubbed his chin "Well, maybe the school has somewhat kind of connection between the school and the headmaster himself"

"Maybe or maybe not but it's still a hunch"

"Or maybe the ghosts report to him!" he smirked at the thought "Ghosts can be invisible or translucent so maybe they report to him"

She laughed and played along "Or…Maybe there are invisible speakers placed around the School!" she chirped

"Or…maybe the headmaster has a crystal ball so that he can see what the students are up to!" he replied happily

"OR maybe animals help him record the student's actions and conversations!"

"Or maybe the headmaster has a very keen hearing and he could hear from miles and miles!"

"Or maybe he sneaked up in the hospital wing and eavesdropped!" she gasped

"Or maybe he has this kind of clothing that can blend in the walls" he shifted his eyes

"Or maybe he can turn into a teeny tiny man so he could go unnoticed!"

"Maybe he's psychic!"

"Or he could do telepathy"

"Or maybe he disguised himself as a bed in the hospital wing"

"Or he turned himself as a chameleon as listened to us!" she giggled as the thought of her chameleon got in her head

"Or he made furniture tell it"

"Or the walls"

"Maybe Walls have ears"

"Same as ceilings" he looked up at the ceiling

"Maybe he asked the ground" she bent her knees and touched the ground

"Or he asked the flowers about it!"

"Or the vase!"

"Definitely the vase"

"Most likely the vase!"

"Or the blankets and pillows"

"The medicines and lamps"

"Anything else?"

"Can he turn himself into blankets...?"

"Maybe he sent fireflies"

She stopped "Fireflies?"

"Well, they are not actually made of fire" Jack recalled when he saw one "They're bugs, they light up. It's really amazing to watch, especially at night"

Rapunzel's eyes widened "Are they floating lights?"

"Floating lights? Well they don't float. Do you often see them?"

She nodded "They usually come out at the night of my birthday. I really wanted to see them. All my life I've been dreaming to get out and find out what they are but mother…" she looked down sadly

And hugged her books "You're lucky you could get out"

They we're silent for a while

"You haven't seen a firefly?" He looked at her

She shook her head

"Oh…" he felt guilty

"Jack…" Rapunzel said in a low tone

He turned to her

"Is it possible for me to see fireflies?"

He smiled "Sure"

"Really?" Rapunzel said, beaming

"Promise"

. . .

'Boil cure potion ingredients:

Dried nettles

Crushed snake fangs

Stewed horned slugs

Porcupine quills'

Hiccup checked his ingredients in his satchel as he looked over his potions book "There's something missing…" He placed his book down and looked over to his satchel "Oh gods, my porcupine quills!" He scavenged deeper into his satchel Just to be sure "They're missing!" He looked around at the library "It could be anywhere!" he said as he dramatically spread his arms "with its size…" Arrgh!

He snatched his book and crawled on the library floor. It couldn't have gone far! He mused. He looked under his table and continued to crawl around, looking for the lost ingredient. He peered under bookstands and such which caused him to received odd looks at the students as he passed. He didn't mind them he was used to it anyway. He crawled some more and found them beside a chair. Without thinking about the occupant of the said chair, he rushed over and snatched up the quills "Aha! There you are ya little bugger!" he said to himself with a grin as he placed it inside his satchel.

"Erm…hiccup?" The occupant of the said chair looked at him

He glanced up and saw Merida. He widened his eyes "Um...Sorry" he said sheepishly as he stood and dusted the dirt off of him

"What ar' ye doing?" she said as she looked at him up and down

"Um…finding a fallen ingredient which was just found"

"What ar' tha 'ingredient' fer?" she asked him

"Hmnn? Oh yeah, potions. Professor Slughorn said to prepare ingredients for the cure for boils" he answered "Which we'll do later"

"Och, right. Mine's in tha' common room" she tapped her chin "ah'll get it later"

She looked at the book which she has been reading till' hiccup came "Och…this is not it" she slammed the book shut and stood up as she went to a nearby bookshelf

He looked at her questionly "What are you-"

"Stay" she said as she went deeper into the shelves

"-Reading…"he sighed and looked at the cover of the book she left. It read: Fantastic beasts and where to find them. What would Merida want to do with-?

"Hiccup! Look!" the scot interrupted his thoughts as she bought a heavy, old, and dusty book on the table

Hiccup's eyes widened. He knew what this book is: The book of Dragons.

"Aye wonder wha' this book is about" the scot wondered as she dusted the cover

"Probably something scary" he said as he continued to look at the book. I thought we only have one copy back at Berk

Merida laughed at him "Och, dun' be silly ye wee lass" then filliped the book open before Hiccup could stop her "Whoa! Whit' kin of a mark is this?" she looked at the emblem shown at the first page

Hiccup's eyes widened more when the Berk Crest was shown into the page Merida is looking. He shifted his gaze from the book and unto his satchel. He flipped his satchel back so its opposite side was shown

She opened the book "Wow! Dragons!" She exclaimed

"Oh, this is bad"

"Ah canne' understand its language. Alhough, the pictures look interesting"

Hiccup was internally screaming as she filled each page one by one

"Look! Ah monster that kin' slice through trees!" she said as she looked at the pictures

"That is a Timber- Ah, I mean, yeah! Interesting!"

She happily flipped each of the pages and her interest grew wider and wider

"Here's another that can cut yer head off"

"You mean a Thunder- Oh! That is scary"

"And here's another that has four heads"

"A Snap- Wow! That is something!" He clapped his hands "Okay time's up let's go" he said in a hurried tone

"yer right" she closed the book

Hiccup sighed in relief. But it didn't last long

"But aye bet there's a book 'ere about a translator to it or something…about this emblem thingy" she gestured to the imprinted crest. She grabbed the book and went off to another section. Hiccup sighed and placed his book in his satchel and flipped it over again to hide the crest and went after the scot. After finding he found her deep unto the library he tried to talk her out of it

"Merida, I still think that you shouldn't read that or find anything about the 'emblem' you're talking about" He pleaded

"Aha! Here it is!" Merida exclaimed, completely ignoring her friend's pleas as she grabbed yet another dusty book off the shelf and dumped it on Hiccup's arms

"Thanks fer volunteering tae help, hic"

"Ach" hiccup struggled with the book "this thing is really heavy!"

"What do ye expect? Light as feather?" she laughed at her joke

He decided to try again "Mer, I still still think that you shouldn't read that" He looked at the book on her hands "Along with this" he looked at the Runic translator book

Merida had enough "Why are ye so against me!" she half- shouted

The Viking wasn't expecting her kind of-silent-outburst "I-I'm not against you"

"Then why do ya want me tae not read it?" she added another book in Hiccup's pile, the one that Rapunzel had asked for her to look

Oh, gods "Because...Bec-Because…um…" He struggled with his words. Find a good reason, find a good reason. He chanted through his head

"Well! Wha' then!" she crossed her arms

"B-Because…it's…" He thought of the first thing that popped through his mind "…not a-allowed?" wow. That is dumb. Thor spare me

"Not allowed? How do ye know tha' it's not allowed?" she glared at him

Think, think "Judging from the cover…I think?" Stupid, stupid

"Before ye go into conclusions, we'll have tae find out fer ourselves shall we?" she said as she turned her heel and walked towards the counter

He sighed in defeat as he followed her. That's it, I'm doomed