"Jack, slow down!"
"Emma, hurry up!" Jack was pushing his trolley at top speed. He wanted to make sure he could find his friends before getting on the Hogwarts Express at Platform 9 3/4.
"Jack we have time. Don't exhaust your little sister." Jack's mum came up behind them slightly out of breath herself.
"But I need to find Hiccup and Rapunzel and-" Jack started.
"They've probably already boarded." His mum said.
"I'll help you look for them." Emma offered.
"Sure, and then you'll 'accidentally' get stuck on the train and have to go with your brother to school? I don't think so." His mum laughed.
"Yeah Emma, you have to wait two years." Jack snickered.
Emma huffed and crossed her arms.
"Hey Jack!"
Jack turned and gave a big smile at the sight of Hiccup and Merida. Toothless was hanging around Hiccup's neck asleep. Behind them, Jack could see Gobber, the Care of Magical Creatures professor. And a couple that Jack assumed was Merida's parents. Jack also noticed three small boys with the same red hair as Merida.
"Guys! Now all we're missing is Rapunzel." Jack stood between his two friends and leaned on both their shoulders.
"So this is theh other lad you were tellin' meh abou'." Merida's father inspected Jack. "How'd ya get yer hair like tha'?
"It was an accident really." Jack scratched the back of his head.
"How abou' we go find Rapunzel." Merida looked annoyed. "Than we can get on theh train."
The train whistle blew.
"I think you'll have to find her on the train." Gobber said. "We need to be gettin' going."
Jack turned to say goodbye to his mum and Emma.
"Your father wishes he could have been here to see you off." His mum stressed.
"It's fine. I know he's busy." Jack shrugged it off. "I'll see you at Christmas Em."
"Bye Jack." Emma hugged him.
The train blew its final warning. So the three friends scrambled to get on the train with their luggage to find a compartment.
"Where do you think she is?" Jack asked. Checking each compartment they passed for any sight of their golden haired friend.
"Foun' her." Merida, who had gone ahead of Jack, opened a compartment and walked in. Jack could hear Rapunzel's shriek of joy. He turned in the door of the compartment and saw Merida being suffocated to death.
"Hey Punzie." He chuckled.
"Jack!" All the air was knocked out of him. He savored the oxygen he received when she released him to attack Hiccup.
The other three crammed their stuff into the overhead compartments while Rapunzel started quizzing all of them about their summer.
"I wish I could have wrote you guys. But mother has been needing our owl for business." Rapunzel stopped then grinned. "You wanna see what she gave me?"
Without waiting for an answer, she pulled a little lizard out of a small cage above her and placed it on her lap. When it saw the three strangers, it squeaked and turned the the same purple as her skirt.
"A chameleon!" Hiccup exclaimed.
"Isn't he cute? I've decided to call him Pascal." She held him up proudly.
"Maybe if I try writing letters like crazy, my parents will buy me a messenger too." Jack said wistfully.
"I know I'm neever gettin' one." Merida sighed. "My mum doesn't eeven like how much time I spen' weth Angus, no way woul' she let meh get another pet."
"Oh, Hiccup let Toothless meet him." Rapunzel said.
"He's not a morning person." Hiccup shook his head.
"It's eleven." Jack stated.
"Still technically morning." Hiccup said firmly.
"Geev em here." Merida picked the sleeping dragon off of Hiccup's neck.
Toothless didn't seem to mind being awoken by Merida. He just sleepily tried to play with her hair. Rapunzel and Merida held the two reptiles next to each other. Pascal turned jet black to match Toothless. Toothless tried to teach him how to smile, with great success. Soon the two of them were playing on the floor together.
"Unbelievable." Hiccup huffed. "He never wakes up that easy."
Jack leaned over and whispered. "Well if you were woken up by a girl instead of an ugly face one morning, I don't think you'd complain either."
"Hey!" Hiccup shouted and playfully shoved Jack away.
Thankfully for Jack, Merida hadn't heard. Both the girls were watching and laughing at the pets on the floor.
A several hours passed. In that time, they played Bertie Botts' Every Flavor Beans Roulette(Merida won). Jack told stories of how he almost died practicing Quidditch(he really could have died!). And Hiccup ruined all the fun by bringing up what electives they wanted to take this year.
"I'm not going to bother, Quidditch is all I need." Jack said like he always did.
"Jack you're not even on the team." Rapunzel reminded him for the hundredth time.
"Doesn't matter."
A Hufflepuff prefect knocked on their compartment door.
"We're getting close to Hogwarts, you might want to put on your robes."
"Thanks Snow." Rapunzel smiled.
The four busied themselves getting their robes out of their bags.
"I'm looking forward to watching the sorting ceremony." Hiccup mentioned as he slipped his robe over his head.
"Yeah, get to watch them and their funny names be pronounced." Jack said.
Both the girls rolled their eyes but Hiccup and Jack understood each other.
"I personally look forward to getting new house mates." Rapunzel said cheerfully.
"I look forwar' to theh food." Merida smirked.
When the train came to a stop. The four filed out with everyone else. They could hear Gobber calling for first years. Rapunzel almost followed them, but Jack grabbed her and pulled her along with the crowd.
Jack tried to see over the heads of those in front of him. He could make out a bunch of carriages, students were climbing in the first ones, then the carriages took off without anything visible pulling them.
"Whoa." Hiccup gasped.
"Don't tell me." Jack muttered. "Thestrals?"
"Aye." Merida nodded.
The four slowly made their way to a carriage. When they got in, someone was already there.
"Merida!" Anna cried. She hugged the redhead, with mild protest. Then she and Rapunzel squealed and hugged each other tight.
"They could be cousins." Jack whispered to Hiccup, who snorted.
"I thought I'd have to sit with people I didn't know." Anna said relieved. "My sister wanted to sit with her own friends."
The girls caught up while the carriage made its way to the castle. Within minutes, they were outside Hogwarts again.
"It's good to be back." Rapunzel stared longingly.
"C'mon." Jack ran up the stairs into the castle. The others ran after him. Soon they were all in the Great Hall.
"Please get to your seats." Came the booming voice of Headmaster North. "The first years will be in here any moment."
Jack made his way to the Slytherin table. He saw Mavis Dracula and sat next to her.
"Hi Jack." She said brightly. "It's great to be back isn't it?"
"You bet." He smiled.
The doors of the Great Hall opened. A hoard of new students bustled in nervously. Jack couldn't help but wonder if he'd looked that nervous when he'd first come to Hogwarts.
Professor Tooth stood at the front of the room with a small stool and the Sorting Hat.
"When I call your name, please come up and place the Sorting Hat on your head. Then after you've been sorted, make you way to your house table."
The group of first years got smaller and smaller. Jack ought to have been paying attention to their names. But he could only focus on their faces that they made when they were talking to the Sorting Hat. Soon he was to hungry to even attempt paying attention. He should have taken Merida's leftover Cauldron Cakes on the train.
But eventually, the last first year had been sorted(into Gryffindor). And Headmaster North stood up to give his speech.
"Welcome students!" He cheered. Applause erupted in the Great Hall. "Since I know you're all hungry I'll keep it short. The Forbidden Forest is off limits, hence the 'forbidden' part. Work hard this year, and every other year. And please no fights, duels, or hexes in the halls. Now, let's eat!"
Food appeared on the tables. Jack grinned and helped himself to way more food than necessary.
"When you throw up, do it away from me." Mavis joked.
When the feast was over, prefects started showing first years to the common rooms.
"Oi, Jack!" Merida called him over to their group.
"No thanks! I have something I need to do." Jack waved them off. "I'll see you guys tomorrow!"
Jack turned and sprinted for the Slytherin common room.
Year two has begun! The title of this year in my notes is "Quidditch" because there's going to be a lot of it.
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