Tris Ela Eaton: The potion that Hans was making (I know you wanted a little more than that but all will be revealed!)

iheartjelsa: Oh don't worry. I haven't got any poisoning in mind for Elsa or Jack.

TPATFan16: The potion was just a diabolical potion that Hans was making.

Chapter 25: First Day Of Exams

The rest of the year vanished far too quickly for Jack's liking. Soon June was upon them and that only meant one thing; exams. Jack didn't like exams. He found them boring and too hard. Although he did manage to get good marks. He didn't know if this was through sheer genius or he someone fluked every exam he had ever taken. Somehow he didn't think it worked like that though. Exams were a pain for another reason though. Elsa was insisting on studying in every single moment of her free time which meant that if Jack wanted to hang out with her, he would have to study with her. He wouldn't be allowed to make a sound though. The slightest noise and Elsa would yell at him or anyone in that matter. She even took points off people for disturbing her and threatened people with detention. Jack, so far, has had ten points taken off him. He pouted whenever she would do this but she just folded her arms and told him to get lost if he was to continue making noise.

The first day of exams was slowly approaching. Jack had taken to wandering around the castle to ease his nerves. He was currently walking around the dungeons. He found the cool air of the dungeons to be quite soothing. That's when he saw him. It was a boy who didn't look any older than about thirteen or maybe even fourteen. He wasn't in Slytherin. The blue colour on his robes told Jack that he was in Ravenclaw. What would a Ravenclaw be doing all the way down here? This was where the Slytherins hanged out. Jack narrowed his eyes. It wasn't as if the boy was breaking any rules. Jack just thought it was common knowledge that really only Slytherins hanged out here. Jack was about to say something when he was called back by one of his friends. Jack then turned to call back saying he would be up there soon. When he looked back, the boy had vanished. Jack shrugged and put the mystery of the Ravenclaw boy in the back of his mind.

A few days later, Jack was accompanying Elsa up to the Hospital Wing. She was going to get her weekly dose of Dittany to put on her scars. They were healing but slowly, very slowly. Even though it had been a few months, they still looked quite fresh. Jack wondered what was keeping them there. The Dittany was working though. Her scars looked a lot better than when Jack first saw them. They no longer looked as if they hurt which could only be a good sign. Elsa thought the opposite though. She thought they weren't healing despite everyone telling her they were. Maybe she was still freaked out by her attack in the bathroom which just worsened the scars in her opinion. If that ever happened to Jack, he would probably be in the same boat.

They found their way into the Hospital Wing. Madam Pomfrey fussed over Elsa and Elsa tried to fight her off. Jack left Madam Pomfrey to administer whatever treatment she thought Elsa needed. Jack wandered over to the other beds. There was only one student in the Hospital Wing. He was lying, unconscious, on one of the Hospital Wing beds. Jack wondered if he had been in some kind of duel and was on the losing side. He ventured closer and when he did, he got a bit of a shock as well as a flashback.

It was the same Ravenclaw boy lurking in the dungeons and he looked just like the other three girls who had been found unconscious. Jack stared. Jack then realised that he had seen him three days ago. Wasn't that the same with the other girls? That they would go missing for three days and then suddenly reappear then awake three days later? It was always three days. If that didn't mean there was a link with all these attacks then Jack was a flobberworm. Something was going on.

Jack then had another thought. Since Jack saw him in the dudgeons, did that mean that was where he disappeared? If he asked the other three girls the last thing they remember would it be they were in the dudgeons? Jack shook his head. He could be barking up completely the wrong tree here. It could just be coincidence that he saw the boy in the dudgeons. He could have easily have taken the secret passage way that could be found up there which would take him to the fifth floor. He could have easily come face to face with whatever was doing to these people up there or anywhere else in the castle.

"Finished," came a voice from behind him.

Jack looked around and saw that Elsa had drifted over to him. She looked ready to go. Jack cast one last look at the boy before returning his attention back to Elsa. She, however, had noticed the boy lying there. She was looking at him with a look in her eyes. Jack could see the cogs turning in her brain. She was obviously thinking that one more had fallen to whatever was causing this.

"Let's go," Jack said taking Elsa's hand and escorting her out of the Hospital Wing.

The morning before N.E.W.T. exams soon arrived. Elsa was up early and was sitting by the lake. She had a book in her lap but she wasn't doing any work. Which was quite unusual for her especially since the next day, exams were due to begin. She was too concerned about what was going on at Hogwarts. Four students now, three girls and one boy, were all somehow attacked. If she counted herself, four girls and one boy were attacked. Something didn't seem right. None of it made sense. There was no connection between the attacks. Even her own attack seemed unconnected. Christy must have just found the spell but where? Elsa had looked in what seemed a billion books and hadn't found anything.

She sighed as she gazed over to the lake. What was she going to do?
"Judging by the sigh, I gather that there is a lot on your mind," said a voice.

Elsa looked up and saw that Merida and Rapunzel looking down on her.

"Oh it's nothing," Elsa said.

"It can't be nothing," Rapunzel said. "You have your books out and yet you're not doing any work which is highly unlike you unless you've decided to follow in your boyfriend's steps which I gather you have not."

"I'm just thinking about some things."

"What kind of things?" Merida asked.

"Oh nothing," Elsa said again.

Rapunzel and Merida raised their eyebrows but they didn't push it. Clearly they knew that Elsa wasn't going to tell them. Elsa had been told by Professor North not to tell anyone. Rapunzel may know a few things but Merida didn't. Elsa had never kept anything, well apart from her feelings for Jack, from either of them. But this was important. So important, that it was eating away Elsa's brain causing it to forget about studying for her highly important exams that would determine her future.

Rapunzel and Merida sat down next to Elsa and stared out at the lake. They could see a few students wandering around the lake trying to spot the Giant Squid. Elsa wondered what life would be like if she didn't have to worry about things like exams or random students getting attacked. She sighed again and opened her book. She might as well get some studying going while she had the book on her lap.

The next day came rather quickly for Jack. It was officially the first day of exams. Jack ate his breakfast in silence. He was feeling rather nervous. He was only eating to do something. He felt rather queasy and was finding swallowing food rather difficult at the moment. After breakfast all the fifth years and seventh years waited outside while the rest of the school went to wherever they needed to go. Jack could feel his palms getting really sweaty. He wiped them on his robes.

The first exam for the seventh years was Transfiguration. Jack lined up along with Elsa, Eugene, Rapunzel, Merida and a bunch of other students he knew. They all walked inside the Great Hall that was now lined with little desks. They were seated in alphabetical order. Jack took a position in the middle with the other 'F's. He could see the exam paper on his desk. He was starting to get really nervous. It was all so real now.

"You may begin," Professor Flora said turning over a giant hourglass.

Jack turned over the exam paper and paused on the first question. All around him quills were starting to write on parchment. Jack didn't think the exam was going to be too difficult but he knew it was going to be hard anyway. He started writing down his answer to the first question. He didn't feel as if he answered it in great detail but it was an answer nonetheless. He continued on with the paper.

The minutes ticked by and Jack continued on his exam. He stopped at question forty three. He started to get nervous again. He hadn't come across anything like this in his study notes or Elsa's when he begged to see them. He looked up. He could see Elsa sitting a few rows across and a number of seats up. She was busy scribbling away. She paused to read the next question and then started writing a few seconds later. Jack wondered where she was up to in the exam. Was she nearly finished? Knowing Elsa, probably. She would always finish rather quickly and then spend the rest of the time going over her exam. Not that she needed to. She got the answers right anyway.

Jack looked up at the hourglass. The sand was trickling away fast now and there wasn't a lot of sand left to trickle. Jack quickly went back to his paper. He decided to write down anything that came to mind. He needed to write something down. The examiners can't mark a blank piece of paper.

"Five more minutes," called Professor Flora.

Jack looked up and indeed saw that she was right. Jack was nearly finished. He only had about one more sentence to write and he would be done. He quickly finished off his exam with a bit of a flourish. He looked up and his eyes fell on Elsa again. She didn't look like she was doing the exam anymore. In fact, she looked like she was doodling on the exam paper. Jack wondered what she was drawing.

Soon Professor Flora told them all to stop and then she came around and collected their papers. Jack handed his in feeling a little relieved. Jack noticed Elsa fumbling with her bag. Jack waited for her. She looked at him and grinned. They walked out together and spotted Merida and Rapunzel waiting for them by the doors.

"What did you guys get for question thirty seven?" Elsa asked as soon as they pushed open the door to the grounds and headed outside. "I thought my answer was a tad too long but I thought I better include what I can to see if I get any extra marks."

"Elsa," Rapunzel groaned. "We have gone over this a dozen times. We do not like going over the exam right after we did said exam. It's bad enough doing it once."

"Sorry," Elsa said.

They didn't get a lot of time off. After lunch they once again piled outside the Great Hall to wait for the practical exam. Jack headed into the Great Hall when his name was called. He was in the same group that Eugene was called so at least he had a buddy. He headed up to the examiner that he was told to go to. The examiner was a woman who looked like she was in her early hundreds. She smiled at Jack and asked him to turn the mouse she had into an eagle. Jack did so feeling a little confident.

The end of the exam, Jack followed Eugene out. They had finished roughly about the same time. They didn't see Rapunzel or Merida who had gone before them. Jack wondered if they had gone back to their common rooms. Elsa was still waiting for her turn so Jack didn't see her either. Overall Jack thought the practical part of the exam went fairly well compared to the theory exam. Jack did know that N.E.W.T. exams were going to be difficult. He just hoped they got easier with each exam and he had thought O.W.L. exams were hard.

A/N: I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Please review =)