GUYS! oh my gosh, I am so sorry for not updating! here's a really long chapter to make it up to you!

I didn't proofread... oops.

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Chapter Twenty-Four: Rivalry At It's Best

Toothless cooed, and nudged his nose against Hiccup, who was fast asleep by his side. Said boy moaned, and flipped to his other side. With a huff, Toothless rolled his eyes and nudged his rider a bit more forcefully than before.

"Hmm?" Hiccup asked. Toothless chuckled at him. And Hiccup flipped out. "Waaah?" Hiccup said, rolling over again, his hands moving wildly and his eyes wide. He stood on his feet quickly, and took in his surroundings. He fell asleep in the Room of Requirement. Again.

"Oh gods…" Hiccup said, running a hand through his hair. "Why do I keep doing that?" He asked himself, exasperated. Toothless shrugged and gave him a gummy smile. "Thanks for waking me up, bud…" The freckled boy said, scratching the black dragon's head affectionately.

"Hiccup?" A voice asked. Both of them froze, not daring to move. "Hiccup? Are you in there?" Hiccup bent down slowly, and grabbed his wand from his boot, his eyes wide.

"Toothless… get behind me…" Hiccup breathed, easily being heard by the dragon. Said creature slunk behind him silently, tail swishing over the floor in a graceful arc.

"Hiccup, c'mon…" The voice said. Hiccup was about to open his mouth, when a door bloomed on the wall and was flung open. "Hiccup! What the heck man?" Lauren said, flinging her arms out. "You know you heard me!"

Hiccup let out a sigh of relief, and stowed his wand back into his boot. Toothless purred loudly, bounding over to the girl.

"Hey, Toothless~" She said, letting herself lean on top of the dragon's head, petting a spot near his ears lightly. "You fell asleep with him again, didn't you?" Lauren asked, a small smile on her face as she looked at Hiccup. He rubbed the back of his neck and smiled a bit.

"Yeah…" He said, laughing at himself. "It's so not my fault though. Toothless forced me to stay,"

Both Toothless and Lauren looked at him, their expressions identical: "Really?"

"Hey, it was you're fault and you know it," Hiccup said, wagging his finger accusingly at Toothless. The dragon warbled at him. He rolled his eyes.

"I'm lost." Lauren said. "What happened?"

"He kept stealing my boot last night," Hiccup said, trying to glare at Toothless, but he couldn't keep the smile off his face. "And then he made me chase him for it."

"Aw… Toothless wouldn't do that…" Lauren said. It was Hiccup's turn to glare at her.

"My boot's still damp from his spit. Do you wanna smell?" Hiccup said, making to take off his boot. Lauren held up her hands, cringing.

"I'm good!" She said. "I'll… believe you on this one." Lauren laughed. "Toothless, you knew Hiccup needed his sleep!" The girl scolded. Toothless cooed and nuzzled her face. "No, Toothless, I'm serious! Now the match won't be fair now!"

"Don't worry, the match will be plenty fair," Hiccup said. "You should be worrying about yourself," Lauren scoffed and rolled her eyes.

"Are you saying you're better than me?" She said.

"Technically, no." Hiccup said with a smirk.

"Jerk," Lauren said, laughing. "And I thought you weren't full of hot air,"

"Whatever," Hiccup said. "May the better Quidditch team win." They both nod. "'Kay Toothless, we gotta go…" Toothless whined slightly. "I know bud, but we'll be right back, we promise. Right Lauren?"

"Of course! We could have a celebration party afterwards, just the four of us and Toothless!" She said, a bright smile on her face. Toothless' expression softened, and Hiccup and Lauren both slipped out of the Room.

"What time is it?" Hiccup asked.

"About ten. That's why I was looking for you," Lauren said.

"Dang…" Hiccup said, running a hand down his face. "Well, today's going to be interesting…" He looked at Lauren with a smirk.

"Yeah," She said, laughing. "I just don't wanna see how you and Jack are going to be like next week,"

"It's not going to be baaaaad…" Hiccup said. "It'll be…"

"Entertaining," Lauren finished. Hiccup just shook his head and laughed. "Oh, hey, I got you something from the Great Hall." She reached into her pocket and tossed him an apple. "Thought you might need something to eat before we cream you out there."

"Yeah, it'll make us much more appetizing," Hiccup said, sinking his teeth into the fruit.

The two wondered over to the Quidditch field, and had to go separate ways to get to the Team Locker Rooms.

"Hey, good luck out there," Hiccup said, as they both of them hugged.

"You too," Lauren muttered.

"Aww… how cute…" Josh, the Ravenclaw Captain said. They broke away, and Hiccup just stuck his tongue out at him. "Wait, I thought Cannonblast and that Xavier guy was going out."

"They are," Hiccup said. Lauren slapped his shoulder lightly, and jogged away from the two of them.

"Home-wrecker much, Haddock?" Josh joked.

"We're friends," Hiccup said, playfully glaring at Josh.

"It all starts out that way," Josh said with a wink. They turned into the Locker Room, and Hiccup pulled on his team uniform swiftly. Then, he reached into his locker and pulled out his broom, a Nimbus Two-Thousand and One. He tossed it in between his hands as if it weighted nothing (because, in reality, it was pretty heavy) and waited by the exit for the others to finish changing.

He thought about Toothless, and how the poor dragon was cooped up in the castle unbeknownst to everyone else. He thought about the night before, where Toothless stole his boot in order for him not to leave. Hiccup couldn't say no to his best bud. It just wasn't possible.

"Hey, Hiccup…" Someone whispered. Hiccup froze, then squinted at the person who was walking towards him.

"Jack, you dork, you're not supposed to be here!" Hiccup whispered urgently, walking through the tunnel that lead to the field to meet his boyfriend halfway. Jack just flashed him a smile, and slipped his arms around his waist.

"What? I can't wish you good luck?" Jack asked, placing a feather-light kiss on Hiccup's nose. "Like you'll need it. Don't tell Lauren, but Hufflepuff sucks. It'll be an easy win." The white-haired boy whispered. Hiccup just rolled his eyes and wrapped his skinny arms around Jack's neck, the broom going along with (because there was no way Hiccup was putting it down).

"Thanks," Hiccup said, giving Jack a real kiss, not just a peck on the nose. "Shouldn't you be… you know, finding a spot in the stands?" He asked.

"Nah, Xavier's got that covered," Jack said.

It was only then did Hiccup notice that Jack was wearing a blue and silver scarf, with two blue streaks of paint under each eye.

"You like it?" Jack asked. Hiccup smiled like an absolute dork, unable to form words. "Don't be surprised! I have to support you out there!"

"This is all a rivalry with Xavier isn't it?" Hiccup said slyly. "You have money on this game, huh?" Jack rolled his eyes.

"Have a bit more faith than that, Frecks." Jack said confidently. He nuzzled his face into Hiccup's neck, placing a soft kiss there. "I really did this just for you,"

"Okay, I believe you," Hiccup said, trying to calm down the damn blush that crept over his face. "You better go, before someone sees you…" Jack reluctantly moved away from him, and shot him another smile.

"Fine," He said. "Have fun out there, okay?"

"I'll do it for you," Hiccup said with a smirk. Jack turned on his heels and ran out, making his way to the stands.

Two very different pep talks later, one from each team, and the game was ready to begin. The Hufflepuffs and the Ravenclaws gathered in the middle of the field, each team forming a half circle. The rules were read, and the Captains shook hands. And someone blew a whistle.

Then all the players were up in the air, some fighting for the Quaffle, two at opposite ends of the field, two higher than all the rest and looking around frantically, and four with sticks that looked like mini-baseball bats in their hands.

Two players, one from opposite teams, were bumping into each other roughly, the one clad in yellow holding onto the Quaffle. Hiccup smiled, and flew past all the other players easily. He navigated himself perfectly above the fighting players, and he hooking his ankles together and tightened his grip on his broom with his knees. Then he flipped upside down, hands not even on the broom.

Gasps from the crowd were everywhere, plus a distinguishable hoot from Jack.

Hiccup reached his arms down, and plucked the Quaffle out of the Hufflepuff's hand. The two that were fighting were too astonished to say or do anything as Hiccup raced back to the opposite end of the field, flipping himself upright halfway there. Then he threw the Quaffle into the lowest of the three goal posts.

"Ten points for Ravenclaw!" The commentator yelled.

Hiccup laughed as they all circled up again in the middle, most of the players looking at him in awe, even some of his own teammates.

Hiccup suddenly felt screwed. He didn't do any of that in practice. That wasn't one of their plays. He took everyone by storm and surprised everyone. It could have been an absolute disaster… Well, it wasn't, so suck it up and get your head in the game!

The Quaffle was up again, and it was in Ravenclaw possession. Josh held onto it firmly, and was heading toward the goalposts. The Hufflepuffs were having none of it, and were trying everything they could to keep Josh away from that end of the field.

"How many more tricks do you have up your sleeve, Hiccup?" Lauren asked, flying right up beside him. There was a smile on her face, but he didn't let that fool him; there was a competitive twinkle in her hazel eyes and Hiccup knew it was anything but good.

"Don't know! How many points do I have to score until you all give up?" Hiccup shot back. Lauren rolled her eyes, and shot off. Hiccup was right behind her.

Lauren raced towards Josh's side, not even bothering to slow down for a second. She rammed right into his side with a huge grin. Shocked, Josh dropped the Quaffle, and Lauren easily intercepted it. But she wasn't out of the woods yet. She didn't care about all the other blue-clad flyers out there, all she cared about was Hiccup, and he was basically close enough to poke her side.

"Want to end it so soon?" Hiccup called to her.

"So we can win, yeah!" Lauren said.

"Whatever floats your boat!" Hiccup yelled. And then he was ramming into her, a lot lighter than what everyone else would have done, but Hiccup never did have that big of an aggressive side to begin with. The small knocks seemed to do the trick as Lauren became increasingly unstable on her broom.

"Hiccup!" Lauren yelled, pushing at him with her free hand as he tried to ram into her again. "Quit it!" She was laughing.

"It's all a part of the game, Cannonblast!" Hiccup said, laughing.

"Don't call me by my last name!" Lauren said, ramming into him harshly and catching him by surprise. He swerved to the side, and she flew off. Hiccup tried to catch up to her, and even debated whether he should pull on the tail of her broom… wait, wasn't that a penalty if he did? Ugh… so many rules… Lauren chucked the Quaffle and it flew into the highest goal post easily.

"And now, we are even," Lauren said, flying past Hiccup and flipping her hair over her shoulder sassily.

"We'll see about that…"

As it turned out, Hiccup and Lauren were just as stubborn as each other, and both refused to lose. Goal after goal after goal was shot, and points were counted, and even after two hours of non-stop friendly competitiveness, the teams were tied.

Hiccup and Lauren dominated the field for each team, somehow the Quaffle always getting to one of them, and the other tagging along and sabotaging them so they could drop the Quaffle.

It was quite entertaining to both Jack and Xavier.

They sat side by side, unlike most of the fans, who decided to sit with only their-team-supporters. Jack was clad in all blue, with the blue streaks of paint under his eyes. Xavier was the total opposite. He was dressed in yellow and black, yellow paint under his eyes (not really, though. Being a Metamorphagus meant he never had to fiddle with face paint). They joked around, and laughed when Lauren and Hiccup flew past them, screaming and insulting each other as they did so.

"Man, they are killing it!" Xavier said, leaning forward in his seat, his elbows on his knees, as he watched the game.

"Oh, stop looking at Lauren's ass…" Jack said, rolling his eyes playfully. Xavier threw a punch at Jack's arm, but he blue-clad teen dodged the blow.

"Stop looking at Hiccup and I'll stop looking at Lauren," Xavier shot back with a little smirk of his own. Jack's face grew increasingly red, clashing brilliantly with the blue on his cheeks.

"Never mind, then…" Jack mumbled.

The match got progressively more aggressive as it wore on. Lauren and Hiccup were tired, yes, but they never refused to give up. Their teammates just trailed around them, not complaining that they were being Quaffle-hogs, but laughing at them as they yelled and jeered at each other.

That was, before the Bludgers decided to make their appearance.

For the whole entire match, those demon-possessed Bludgers were hiding, doing their own thing, and not even paying attention to the players. The Beaters, who were supposed to hit them with their bats, looked around haphazardly and mostly watching the match as it played out.

But now, the Bludgers came out, and were suddenly flying towards the two most active players. The Beaters saw this, and rushed over there immediately, but both Hiccup and Lauren and the Bludgers were too quick for them. Hiccup and Lauren were too into their own little world to notice all that much…

"HICCUP!"

"LAUREN!"

Hiccup swerved, narrowly missing the Bludger that was coming directly toward him. It changed direction and left quickly, terrorizing some other player. Lauren, however, wasn't quick enough. With a cry of pain, the Bludger rammed into her upper arm with such force that she fell off her broom and was plummeting to the ground.

"NO!" Hiccup screamed. He threw the Quaffle in a random direction, Josh being there and catching. Then, with the practiced ease that only a year of riding a dragon could produce, Hiccup swooped down and caught Lauren, grunting a bit as his broom dipped a couple feet. "Lauren…" Her eyes were scrunched up, her mouth screwed up in a grimace.

Hiccup quickly landed on the floor, ditching his broom and laying Lauren on the ground carefully. She groaned.

"Oh gods... Lauren!" Hiccup said.

"H-hiccup…" Lauren replied groggily.

"No, you can't go in there!"

"She's my girlfriend! Move!" Xavier roared, and in less than a second, he was collapsing on the ground next to Lauren, his eyes filled with worry. "Lauren…"

"You're sympathy won't help her, boys," Madame Pomfrey replied stiffly, ushering them away from Lauren.

"Is she going to be okay?" Xavier asked quickly.

"She'll be fine. A shattered shoulder and collarbone is easy to fix." Pomfrey responded.

Lauren was taken to the Hospital Wing.

A few minutes later, Ravenclaw won the match, 250 to 100.

"Nice match, Hiccup," Jack said, shaking his shoulder lightly. Hiccup smiled weakly.

"Yeah, it was… it was pretty fun…" Hiccup replied.

"You're worried about her, aren't you?" Jack asked knowingly.

"Yeah,"

"Don't worry, me too." Jack said. Xavier was already in the Hospital Wing, at Lauren's side. "Hey, why don't we go get Toothless and go see her? She'll be happy to see him!" He suggested, taking his hand off Hiccup's shoulder and hopping up and down excitedly. Hiccup just bit his lip.

"I-I don't know if that's such a good idea," Hiccup said, glancing at Jack and then back down at his feet.

"Look, I know you're scared and everything, but one little trip isn't going to spell out 'INSTANT DEATH' for him, okay?" Jack said, looking into Hiccup's eyes hopefully. "It'll be fun. I promise." Hiccup smiled.

"I think Toothless is getting a little stir-crazy in there, anyway," He said.

"That's the spirit!" Jack cheered. They made their way to the Room of Requirement.

The door bloomed quicker than it ever did, and as soon as Hiccup and Jack walked into the Room, Toothless tackled the two of them. They laughed, trying to push the huge dragon off of them. Toothless cooed, and looked them in the eye, and then he licked them, right in the face. Jack cringed, while Hiccup flailed.

"Toothless!" Hiccup said, trying to keep the laugh out of his voice. "That is so gross!" Toothless laughed at him.

"Toothless… did you see the match?" Jack asked. Toothless sat back on his haunches, his acid green eyes serious.

"No. But what has happened?" Toothless said.

"Lauren… she, uh… got hit. She's in the hospital wing." Jack said. Toothless' eyes widened, and anxiety built up in his stomach.

"Do you wanna go see her, bud?" Hiccup asked.

"What kind of a question is that?" Toothless remarked, shooting Hiccup an almost-baffled look. Jack laughed.

"That's a yes, then?" Jack asked.

"You know, I'm kind of jealous," Hiccup said, giving Jack a wry look. "It's not fair that you can understand Toothless and I can't."

"There is nothing to be jealous about," Toothless said. "In all honesty, he should feel sorry for me,"

"Well, that's a bit harsh," Jack muttered to Toothless, then turned to Hiccup. "He's being mean to me, Hiccup, make him stop!" He whined. Hiccup rolled his eyes and laughed.

"If he's mean to you, you probably deserved it," Hiccup said, fishing his wand out of his boot and shooting the spell at Toothless. The dragon shrunk into a cat instantly. "C'mon, let's go see Lauren."

They waked out into the hallways, and Jack caught Hiccup's hand in his. Hiccup didn't flinch this time, and instead a little smile grew on his face. They walked close together, their hands in the back of them and Toothless walking next to Hiccup. The freckled teen looked up at Jack, and almost laughed.

"Are you ever taking that face paint off?" Hiccup said. Jack smiled at him, and squeezed his hand.

"Nope," He said. Hiccup rolled his eyes.

The Hospital Wing was quiet when the three walked in. Only one of the beds were occupied, and Lauren was laying on top of it, her eyes half-closed and her mouth twisted in a dopey smile. Toothless ran over to her instantly, jumping onto the foot of her bed with ease. Xavier, who was sitting right next to her, looked around and saw Hiccup and Jack walking in.

"Hey, guys," He said lightly, petting Toothless as the cat padded by. The cat walked towards Lauren's face, and she lifted her uninjured arm and petted his head.

"H-hi Tooooothless…" She said, laughing a little.

"Hey Lauren," Hiccup said. "How are you feeling?"

"Like I got hit by a double-decker bus and then got dragged a few feet," Lauren mumbled, smiling a bit.

"She's uh… a bit high off the healing potions Pomfrey has her on," Xavier said.

"She would have been a lot worse off if Haddock here didn't save her," Madame Pomfrey said, bustling in and standing at Lauren's head.

"It was a pretty impressive save," Jack said, swinging their still-connected hands slightly. Hiccup blushed, rolled his eyes, and looked away.

"She'll need lots of sleep, so you all need to get out and let her," Madame Pomfrey said sternly.

"Aw… but friends make everything better," Jack whined. "Having us here could make her heal better!" Pomfrey rolled her eyes.

"Get out of my Hospital Wing, Frost. I don't need to see you when you aren't almost dying." She shot back harshly.

"I'm better when I'm not dying," Jack said with a smile. Hiccup tightened his grip on his hand.

"Don't antagonize her, Frosty," Hiccup said.

"But I have to, Freckles," Jack replied.

"Finally together, then, huh?" Pomfrey inquired, crossing her arms across her chest and smiling satisfactorily at them. The two looked at her with wide eyes. "I knew it was going to happen."

"ByeLauren,seeyoulater!ComeonXavier,let'sgo!" Jack said, quickly. They started walking out of the Hospital Wing quickly. Toothless gave Lauren's cheek a little lick, and then he hopped of the bed and scrambled over to Hiccup.

"I know how to get people out of my Wing," Pomfrey said, smiling. Then she got to work on Lauren.

"You can't say anything mildly suggestive!"

"You can't give me a reason to say something mildly suggestive!"

"You can't check me out!"

"You can't show me up!"

"You can't win!"

"No, you can't win!"

"WILL YOU TWO PLEASE KNOCK IT OFF?" Xavier yelled. "God, you guys are so annoying!"

"Jealous much?" Jack said, wrapping his arm around Hiccup's waist and pulling him close. Hiccup laughed lightly, looking a Jack as if he was crazy (but in a good way).

"I'm never jealous," Xavier said, rolling his eyes.

"You're always jealous," Jack countered.

"Good luck with the match, guys," Hiccup said, placing a kiss on Jack's cheek. "May the better team win!"

"We will!" Xavier said. Hiccup rolled his eyes.

Lauren was sitting in the stands, looking completely outrageous. Under one eye, she had blue streaks, under the other, red. She had one mitten of each color on her hands, and even temporarily dyed a streak in her hair for both teams. Most of the girls looked at her bizarrely, but she couldn't care. Her boyfriend and her two best friends were out there, and she was going to support all of them.

"'Ello, Cannonblast," Professor Bunnymund said, sitting next to her. "Getting' into the festivities, eh?" He said with a smirk.

"My friends are out there," She said with a smile. "Gotta cheer them on, right?"

"That's true," Bunnymund said. "Plus, you could wipe the other team's color off when they lose," Lauren laughed. "So, who do you think is gonna win?" The professor asked.

"It's hard to say," She said. "Gryffindor is really good, but Ravenclaw has Hiccup, and no one knows what the heck he's going to do. It's really just a toss-up from here."

"I couldn't have said it better myself," Bunny said with a smile. "Though, Gryffindor has a better Seeker,"

"But they could still lose if the Ravenclaws are super ahead," Lauren reasoned.

"Gryffindors aren't that dumb," Bunny shot.

"I know two of them, Professor," Lauren said, "and they are that dumb."

"Don't go stereotyping now!" Bunny said with a laugh.

The game had already started, and it was easy to see both team's tactics. Jack was right next to Hiccup the whole time, seeing how he was good enough to keep up with him (he probably volunteered for the position, but let's skip that fact now), Xavier was always near Angel or Josh, who happened to get the Quaffle when Hiccup didn't, and Hiccup was up to his shenanigans again.

Now, Josh had the Quaffle, flying down the field like a madman. Xavier was on his tail, as well as the other Gryffindor Chaser. Jack said behind, staying next to Hiccup.

"Seriously, dude, I don't even have the Quaffle, get away from me," Hiccup said.

"You know you love the attention…" Jack said.

"No, I'm really, pretty extra sure that I don't," Hiccup said smiling a bit. "Come on, people are starting to stare…"

"This is a Quidditch game, Hiccup, of course people are going to stare." Jack said with a knowing smile.

"Hiccup!" Josh yelled, suddenly flying towards them as fast as he could. Hiccup smiled. They passed each other, and in a blur, Josh passed the Quaffle into Hiccup's possession. Most of the players were confused, but not Jack. He was already on Hiccup's tail.

"Well, you guys think you're sneaky!" Jack said, ramming into Hiccup harshly, trying to make him drop the ball-like figure.

"Stop it!" Hiccup said in replied. "Dammit, you're gonna bruise me!"

"I'll bruise you if you want…" Jack said lowly, and a blush washed over Hiccup's face.

"You ass…" Hiccup mumbled, spinning on his broom and transitioning into a downward spiral easily. Jack laughed, as he followed him.

"Sports really bring out the sailor in you, doesn't it?" Jack taunted, seeing how he was getting under the freckled teen's skin.

"I have no idea," Hiccup countered. "Never really played sports!"

"Well, I'm sure I can think of other ways to make you swear!" Jack said. Hiccup choked, and then had a coughing fit, not once letting go of the Quaffle or letting his eyes close long enough to lose control.

"I told you not to say anything mildly suggestive!" Hiccup yelled.

"But that was highly suggestive!" Jack said with a smirk. "So technically that doesn't count!"

Hiccup scowled, his eyes narrow, and he shrank closer to his broom. He shot off, leaving Jack behind. He raced to the goal posts and flung the Quaffle into one of the three goal posts without holding back. A bell rang

"Ten points to Ravenclaw!" The announcer yelled.

"Technically, that counts," Hiccup said, shooting Jack a confident smirk as he flew back to the center of the field. Jack hovered there for a moment, the sight of Hiccup with that over-confident smirk on his face.

He couldn't help himself when he thought: "I wonder what else could make him smirk like that…"

Lauren was cracking up. Xavier kept on making faces at her as he flew past, and seeing Hiccup blush like that only meant one thing: Jack was at it again, talking dirty to the freckled boy. Bunnymund was looking at her as if she was a madman, but he didn't say anything.

"Hi, Lauren," Professor Tooth said, fluttering by. "Enjoying the game?" She asked.

"Y-yeah…" Lauren said shakily as she wiped a tear off her face. "My friends… are complete idiots."

"I think everyone's friends are idiots," Tooth fake-whispered to Lauren. She tried to stifle her laugh, and Bunny didn't even try to hide the offended look on his face.

"Are you talking about me?" He asked, his voice sounding harshly, but in reality he wasn't angry at all.

"Of course not, Bunny," Tooth said kindly. He glared at her, before looking away.

"Who do you think is going to win, Professor Tooth?" Lauren asked, watching the game intently. Tooth flitted around slightly, before fingering her chin and thinking about it.

"It all depends, I guess." Tooth said with a shrug. "The three of them aren't really trying, are they?" She said, pointing her finger at Jack, Hiccup and Xavier who were zooming around the field, following the Quaffle but never really interfering.

"Their probably just being idiots…" Lauren said, leaning forward a bit in her seat. "Ah, nope. They're doing something." She said, an air of realization in her voice. "Hiccup's trying to get over there, to get the Quaffle, but Xavier and Jack are blocking him from getting over there."

"Oh," Tooth said.

"Guys! Get away from me!" Hiccup yelled, swerving this way and that, trying to get out from in between Jack and Xavier.

"No!" Xavier yelled.

"Never!" Jack said. Hiccup rolled his eyes.

He bit the inside of his cheek, thinking about how he could give two stubborn people the slip. Most of his tricks were already used up, and they knew what he was going to do, or predict it anyway.

"What are you going to do about it?" Xavier challenged, a grin spreading across his face.

"Probably something stupid!" Hiccup replied cheekily, trying to stall. He needed a plan… he needed a plan… Gods, why was improv so hard when you're up in the air?

"You've already done that!" Jack yelled back at him.

Thinkthinkthinkthinkthinkthinkthinkthinkthinkthinkthinkthink….. yes!

"Then something crazy!" Hiccup said.

The blue-clad teen threw himself against Jack's side, hitting hard and moving the both of them. Jack moved instantly to retaliate, just like Hiccup thought he would. Just as he was going to ram into Hiccup, he let his broom drop, leaving Jack no one to ram himself into but Xavier. The two crashed, hard too, but Hiccup knew they were going to be fine. Yes, they were a jumbled mess of brooms, robes, and people, but they would be fine. Hiccup laughed, and shot off to help his team.

Coming in at full speed, Hiccup scared the Gryffindors, the one other Chaser and the two Beaters, into stopping, getting them off Angel's tail, who had the Quaffle. She made to throw it to him, but he shook his head quickly.

"Go!" He yelled. She shot off, while Hiccup and Josh raced along with her, making sure no Gryffindor could even come close to her. Xavier and Jack pulled themselves together before they could hit the ground. They had just enough time to look around blearily before…

"Ten points to Ravenclaw!" The announcer yelled. Xavier and Jack slumped over on top of their brooms, their eyes set in a playful and vengeful glare.

The Chasers reassembled in the middle of the pitch, ready for the next round. Jack's face was set, and he was ready to do this thing.

"Aw, is little Jackie mad?" Hiccup said, pouting. Josh and Angel laughed. Jack glared, then flashed a deadly smiled.

"Is little Hiccy too cocky?" Jack said, jutting out his bottom lip for a fraction of a second. Xavier guffawed, while Hiccup grew red.

"Is that how you're gonna be?" Hiccup said, eyebrows raising skeptically. Jack's expression settled into a competitive smirk.

"Apparently," Jack said.

Madame Hooch blew the whistle and threw the Quaffle up into the air, and Jack was a blur of red and gold. He darted upwards before anyone could react, caught the Quaffle almost gracefully, and shot off towards the goalposts. Hiccup blinked rapidly, and flew off after him. Everyone else followed.

From there, it was a scramble for the Quaffle. Jack was untouchable, and the other red-clad Chasers fought off the blue-clad Chasers as best they could. Xavier and Josh were fighting furiously, while the other Gryffindor Chaser fought off Angel and Hiccup. The latter slipped away from the fighting, and sped up a little to try and catch up with Jack. He knew it was fruitless, but he had to try, didn't he?

Jack could see it, the goalposts were right in front of him. No one was in his way. He let out a joyful whoop, and tossed a look over his shoulder. There was two pairs of fighting flyers, and then Hiccup was racing towards him. Jack smiled, and threw the Quaffle easily into the goalposts. The Ravenclaw Keeper was too slow, and a bell sounded.

"Ten points for-!" The announcer was saying.

"Whoa!" Hiccup screeched, unable to stop his broom in time. He almost rammed himself into Jack's side, but the white-haired boy moved at the last second and threw his arms out, catching Hiccup and effectively stopping his broom. Hiccup looked up at Jack, and smiled. Their position was a little awkward, with Jack's arms wrapped around Hiccup's shoulder and side and Hiccup's arms pressed against his chest. But guess what? The time and the place was lost to the two of them as they stared at each other, blue borring into green as if the world was going to end and that was the only thing they wanted to see.

"Nice save by Jackson Overland!" The announcer said. Hiccup flushed, and Jack let go of him quickly.

"Uh, thanks or stopping me," Hiccup said with a little smile, showing his slightly crooked teeth. Jack's stomach flopped, and he returned the smile easily.

"No problem," He replied.

"Whoa!" Bunny exclaimed. "What happened?" Lauren just sat there, almost frozen in her seat. Her jaw fought to fall to the center of the earth, and her eyes were just as wide as the sun as she stared at her two secretly-dating best friends who were currently hovering in mid-air and holding onto each other.

"I… I don't know…" She replied shakily. Crapcrapcrapcrapcrapcrapcrap…. What the hell are they doing? I thought this was a secret! Holy shit, what if everyone figures it out?!

"Lauren, are you okay?" Tooth said, placing a hand on the girl's shoulder. She brushed it away almost instantly, trying not to be rude.

"Oh yeah I'm perfectly fine," She said without pausing for air in between. The two professors looked at her, both knowing that everything was most definitely not 'fine' but they decided to not press the matter.

Lauren let out a breath of air that she didn't even know she was holding in when the two separated. Hiccup was red in the face, but nothing else seemed to be particularly wrong. She could hear the crowd mumbling about what had happened, but the talk died down when the Quaffle came back into play. The Chasers on both teams fought furiously, the Quaffle going up and down the field without necessarily making it to the goalposts. Everyone was on the edge of their seats; both teams were in it to win it now, and nothing was getting in their way… except the other team.

"It looks like the Seekers found the Snitch!" The announcer bellowed excitedly. Everyone's attention turned to the Seekers, who were dishing it out way above the Chasers. They were neck-and-neck, trying to pull ahead of the other, their hands outstretched. Their fingers were itching to come into contact with the cool, smooth, gold surface of the Snitch.

Lauren leaned forward in her seat, her eyes watching the Seekers greedily. The Chasers were still fighting for the Quaffle down below, after all, the game wasn't over yet! And then the red-clad Seeker stopped suddenly, her hand in the air triumphantly. There was a deafening roar from the crowd, and Lauren cheered with them.

"Gryffindor wins!" The announcer screamed. The players landed onto the floor, and all shook hands with smile on their tired faces. They were laughing, and then the teams split up and went to their locker rooms.

Hiccup's P.O.V

I walked out of the locker room, my hair wet, but at least I was clean. There was a swarm of die-hard fans near the Gryffindor locker rooms, and I glanced over quickly.

"Hiccup!" Someone yelled. I turned, and Josh was running towards me. I plastered on a smile.

"Hey, Josh!" I said. "Good game, huh?"

"Yeah, it was pretty fun." Josh agreed. "What happened out there?"

"We… played a game of Quidditch?" I answered slowly, a bit confused. Josh just rolled his eyes at me.

"No, bookworm," He said. "I mean what happened with you and Overland." My eyes widened and I swear my heart leapt out of my mouth before I caught it and swallowed it back down. I coughed uncomfortably.

"Oh, he, uh… juts stopped me. I would have crashed into him, my broom was acting a little weird." I replied quickly. I pursed my lips, my face looking like a little kid who got caught and wanted the minimal amount of punishment possible. Josh just looked at me, skepticism written plainly across his face. I expected to get yelled at, but I didn't.

"'Kay bookworm." Josh said. "Get your broom check out by Madame Hooch. She'll know what to do."

"Okay, thanks," I said. He walked away. I let out a sigh, and thanked the gods that Josh wasn't the one to get into other people's business.

"Hey Hiccup," Xavier said, jogging towards me. I nodded, and smiled.

"Hey Xavier," I replied. "Nice game out there,"

"You too," He said, smiling. "I didn't know you could be so evil." Xavier said with a smirk.

"Eh, me neither," I said with a shrug and a light laugh. "Don't you have, like, a Gryffindor party to go to or something?" I asked, trying to not sound rude. He smiled.

"Yup, but Jack and I are going to sneak out in the middle of it." He said. "We'll meet up with you and Lauren in the Room of Requirement, okay?"

I smiled wider than before. "Yeah, sounds cool. See you guys there,"

"See ya," He jogged off. I walked off, a smile on my face.

…

"Lauren~" I said, popping up behind her. She jumped, and wheeled around. She smiled, and hugged me.

"You freaking scared me!" She said. I hugged her back. "You guys did super amazing on the pitch! Sucks you didn't win though," She let go, and smiled brightly. I shrugged.

"Eh, it was pretty fun, I don't care if we win or not." I said, smiling back.

"That's the spirit!" Lauren said, tucking her hair behind her ear. "Where's Jack and Xavier?"

"Where else?" I asked, rolling my eyes. "Gryffindor party."

"Makes sense," Lauren said. "Let's get dinner really quick, yeah?" I smiled and nodded, and we walked to the Great Hall together.

Dinner was quick, just something small to eat before leaving. People were chatting excitedly about the match, and some of them looked at me with admiration or awe. I could hear what they were thinking: "how can a dork like that be so good on a broom?" If they had the guts to ask me, I would answer them with one word: Toothless.

"We're having our own party tonight," I mumbled to Lauren as we were walking out of the Great Hall. Lauren brightened considerably, she smile contagious.

"Awesome!" She said.

Even from two floors below, we could hear the Gryffindor party in their common room. We rolled our eyes and went to the Room of Requirement. A simple black door inked its way onto the wall, and I opened it. Lauren walked inside first, me following after her. She ran up to Toothless, and petted him frantically and cooing things at the huge dragon.

There was a huge and fluffy couch with a T.V and a table of food in the Room now, but Toothless didn't mind it all that much.

"So… what's the occasion?" Lauren asked.

"To a brilliant fail of a game?" I suggested.

"It was not a fail!" Lauren protested.

"We lost, didn't we?" I said, playing the part of the sore loser quite easily. Lauren shot me a look. "Kidding! See? Just kidding… I actually wanted it to be the four of us together, but Xavier and Jack will be here later."

"Oh, alright then," she said, flopping down on the couch. I sat down next to her, and Toothless curled up on the floor in front of the couch. Lauren flicked through channels until we decided on watching some old episodes of Spongebob. Toothless was mesmerized by the T.V, and Lauren and I laughed when Toothless would get into the show.

Time passed unbelievably fast, and pretty soon Xavier and Jack stumbled into the Room of Requirement.

"Hey guys!" Xavier said. Lauren smiled, and Toothless looked at the two of them (it was the first time he tore his eyes away from the T.V).

"Hey," I said back. "Congrats for the game!"

"Your team was better than ours." Jack said, sitting down next to me. "It's was just that our Seeker flipped on accident and caught the Snitch."

"Uh huh, sure," I said rolling my eyes at him. "You're just saying that to help my self-esteem." Jack started poking my side.

"Don't be like this~" Jack said. I squirmed, trying to bat him away but it wasn't working. Jack's fingers kept jabbing away at my flesh. I hated being ticklish. A lot.

"Stop!" I managed to choke out between laughs and yells. Jack still poked me, and the feeling of his fingers in my side gave me the chills (the good kind) but also left me trying to get away from his assault.

"Believe me!" Jack said, smiling viciously.

"Fine! Fine! I believe you!" I said. Jack stopped his attack, and I flopped back onto the couch. A stupid smile spread across my face, and I clutched my sides. I rested my head on Jack's shoulder. "I hate when you do that…" I mumbled.

"You know you love it," Jack said, smiling and wrapping an arm around my shoulders. Xavier and Lauren sat on the couch, as close Jack and I were. Toothless walked around the couch and placed his head on the back of the couch, directly in the middle of us two couples. Jack gave Toothless' head a pet.

"So, what movie are we watching?" Xavier asked.

"Something scary?" Jack suggested.

"That sounds like a plan," Lauren chirped.

"I have the perfect movie. Its super cool," I said, hopping up off the couch, and searched the pile of DVDs quickly before finding the movie and popping it in. "And it's based on a true story,"

The Haunting In Connecticut started playing almost immediately. It was an interesting movie, to say the least. A boy recovering from cancer, mopping floors with water but having it turn into blood, and finding eyelids in a box… what else could you ask for in a scary movie? Having it be a true story only made things worse.

"Oh…. My god…" Lauren breathed when the boy found the box with the eyelids. "Why would you just… what…?"

"I would have been out of that house eons ago!" Jack said.

"They have nowhere else to go." I said.

"I'd rather live in the streets than a morgue house," Xavier said.

At least the movie had a happy ending. The boy got rid of the ghosts in his house, and he survived cancer.

"And that was based on a true story?" Jack asked, blinking as the credits rolled by on the T.V.

"Yup," I said.

"What kind of a warped twisted world do we live in that things like that actually happen?" He asked incredulously.

"A pretty warped and twisted one if you ask me," Xavier said, and I could tell he was about to laugh.

"So, how'd you guys like it?" I asked.

"I'm going to have nightmares for a week," Lauren said bluntly, "and they're going to be all your fault, Hiccup," I smiled at her.

"Thanks, I'll take full responsibility." I replied.

"Can we watch a different movie?" Lauren asked. "I need something to get my mind off all that… stuff." She said with a shudder.

"Sure, you pick," Jack said. "But it better not be a chick-flick." He warned. She shot him a look.

"I wouldn't torture myself like that," She said, walking over and replacing the DVD with a new one. "The Mortal Instruments, anyone?" She said, sitting back down on the couch. I scooted closer to Jack, our hips touching and my left leg over his right one.

"Shut up, you useless reptile," Jack muttered, pushing Toothless' head away from him. I couldn't help but laugh and roll my eyes.

Shadowhunters, vampires, magic runes, The Mortal Instruments had the whole bit. There was a close-up on Jace's face.

"Man, he's hot," Lauren said. We all looked at her. "What?" I looked back at the T.V.

"Yeah, he is," I said. Lauren laughed out loud.

"Oh my god…" Xavier said, holding in his laugh.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up. What?" Jack said, looking at me now. I laughed. "That guy is hot?"

"Well, not hotter than you," I said bluntly, rolling my eyes at him. I flashed him a wry smile.

"Yeah, I better be…" Jack said. He kissed me.

I couldn't really focus on what happened in the movie after that.

Classes passed as stressful and stupid as they always were. Jack and I snuck around, finding an empty corridor if he were lucky, and sneaking a quick kiss between classes. Toothless hated being stuck in the Room of Requirement, I could tell. I stayed up super late with him in there and took him on a quick flight at midnight, which was breaking a thousand school rules. But Jack lent me his invisibility bracelet Xavier gave him, so I didn't get caught. These nights were fun and risky, and I paid for it the next day, but it was definitely worth it.

That Saturday, it was the Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff match. I Charmed my scarf to change colors, from crimson and gold to yellow and black. My snowflake necklace was tucked safely under my shirt. I let Toothless come to the game with me, as a treat for him. When we got into the stands, he curled himself up by my side, and looked out into the field, almost jealously. I petted his head softly.

The match started, and I found out that Gryffindor and Hufflepuff were evenly matched. My scarf's color changed when the Quaffle changed hands, red then yellow, yellow then red.

"Hey, Hiccup. Your scarf changes color." Someone pointed out to me. It was one of my roommates. I smiled, trying my best to not slap him upside the head and yell 'no duh!'

"Yeah, thanks for noticing." I said. He sat down next to me and petted Toothless' side a little.

"And you found your cat," He said. My scarf changed color again. I looked back at the match quickly. Jack was racing towards to goalposts.

"He was never really lost," I said quickly.

"Ten points for Gryffindor!" The announcer yelled. The stand erupted into cheers.

"YEAH! GO GRYFFINDOR!" I yelled. Jack threw me a smile. It only made me smile more.

"Wow. Big supporter of Gryffindor, huh?" My roommate asked me. I shrugged.

"I cheer for everyone. Except Slytherrin." I said, pulling a face.

"Got that right, but you've always been a big supporter of Gryffindor," My roommate said with a laugh. He punched me in the arm. "Well, see you around, Hiccup."

"Kay," I said. He walked off. Well, that was off. Oh well… my scarf was yellow and black, and Toothless was alert now Oh well… my scarf was yellow and black, and Toothless was alert now, watching the game with rapt attention. Lauren had the Quaffle, and she was avoiding everyone skillfully, a smile on her face. If I had a camera, it would have been the perfect picture.

"Hello, Mr. Haddock," Someone drawled next to me. I stiffened, and looked. It was Pitch. I gulped.

"H-hi Professor…" I said, not successfully keeping the shakiness out of my voice. Toothless tensed up, and stared Pitch down, amber and acid green eyes meeting in a harsh battle of will. Pitch looked away, and stared right at me.

"I see you finally took the dragon out of its cage," He said, a devilish grin on his face. It wouldn't have surprised me if he was the Devil himself.

"I-I-I d-don't know… what you're…" I sputtered, talking slowly.

"You must know that nothing happens in this school without me knowing about it," Pitch said, unimpressed with my lying skills.

"You're not taking him away from me," I said fiercely, meeting his glare with one of my own.

"And why would I do that?" Pitch said. "I have nothing to gain from that, but a dragon-turned-cat that wants to bite my head off."

"But all the others…" I said.

"They know, they just won't believe that a goody-two-shoes like you snuck an illegal dragon into a school and they haven't figured it out until now." Pitch said. "Which was very smart on your part. Building a good reputation before smashing it into a million pieces and having no one know the wiser,"

"I-I didn't mean for all this to happen," I said.

"Nobody means for these things to happen," Pitch said. "Some people just make a mess wherever they go. One of them just happens to be your boyfriend." He said, smiling that Devil's smile. I gasped, and his eyes narrowed, as if he got what he was looking for.

"Good day, Mr. Haddock," He said, walking off.

Toothless growled menacingly at the receding figure of Pitch. I ran my hand down, trying to calm him down. I was mad too, no I was furious! How dare he say that Jack made a mess of everything! And how the hell did he know about us in the first place? He probably spies on students for the fun of it, that sick bastard…

I tried to pay attention to the match after that, I really did. My scarf changed color energetically, and the Chasers and Beaters flitted around the field endlessly, sending Bludgers flying and ramming into each other with a vengeance. The Keepers were doing an amazing job, throwing themselves in front of every shot the opposite team threw. The game seemed to go on forever, until the Hufflepuff Seeker finally snatched the Snitch out of the air.

"Hufflepuff wins!" The announcer yelled. My scarf went permanently yellow and black, and I stood up and cheered for them.

Jack's P.O.V

My blood was boiling, and it had absolutely nothing to do with the stupid match.

"Good game, guys!" Lauren called, waving at our team. I raised my hand in acknowledgement, but didn't really answer back. She ran into the Hufflepuff locker rooms.

"Hey, Jack… you okay?" Xavier asked me.

"Nope," I responded.

"Dude, it's just a game," He said.

"It has nothing to do with the game," I dismissed. I took a shower quickly and pulled on some clean clothes. "Great game, guys," I said, smiling a little as I walked out of the locker room.

It was kind of dark, but I could see perfectly fine. I didn't bother putting on my shoes, and I just held them for now (have you tried to put on shoes after you took a shower with no socks? It's virtually impossible!). I scanned the ground carefully, and saw someone sitting in the grass. I felt relieved, and rushed over to him.

"Hiccup," I said. He turned, and smiled at me. "Are you okay?" Hiccup stood up and hugged me tightly.

"Yeah, I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?" Hiccup said, his lips brushing my neck.

"I saw you talking with Pitch…" I said. He tensed.

"Pitch knows. He knows everything. Do you want me to claw his eyes out for you?" Toothless suggested. I let go of Hiccup holding him at arms distance.

"Pitch knows?" I asked. Hiccup bit his lip and nodded. "Everything? Like, everything?! Damn it!" I yelled. I let him go, and I staggered back a couple steps. We've been too obvious. I've been too obvious. Now someone knows. "I've ruined fucking everything. Again."

"Jack, what are you talking about?" Hiccup asked, moving closer to me. I just took another step back.

"We didn't want people to know, and now someone does. Pitch'll probably tell everyone… I'm so sorry, Hiccup. I really am." I said. I was about to run away from him, when he grabbed my hand and laced his fingers with mine.

"I don't care anymore," Hiccup said, looking at me.

"He has never really cared in the first place," Toothless chimed in.

"I don't care about… what people think anymore. They can all go to Hell for all I care," Hiccup said. He smiled at me. "It's not your fault. You don't make a mess out of everything, you know."

"I guess not," I said. I smiled back at him.

"C'mon, Lauren's out celebrating," He said, pulling me into the castle gently. Toothless walked alongside me.

"Did you really think he was going to leave you because Pitch knows?" Toothless asked.

"I didn't know what to think, honestly," I replied. Hiccup looked at me, about to say something, but he glanced down at Toothless, rolled his eyes at the two of us, and kept walking.

The Great Hall came closer, and I instinctively tried to pull my hand out of Hiccup's grip. He just held my hand tighter, smirking at me.

"Hiccup, stop. What are you-?" I asked, trying to wrestle my hand back.

"I don't care what they think anymore, Jack," Hiccup said. "And I shouldn't have before. I don't need their approval. I like you, and that's all that matters," He pulled my hand down, causing me to lean forward, and he captured me in a kiss.

"Are you ready?" Hiccup asked, moving away slightly. I kissed his nose.

"Yeah," I replied. Then I started walking towards the huge wooden doors. A feeling of anxiety filled my stomach, and my feet felt like they were laced with lead, but I kept on walking. I glanced back at Hiccup, and he had a worried expression on his face, but when our eyes met, he smiled. I smiled too.

Blue meeting green. That's all I had to focus on. I love Hiccup, and I'm proud of it. And you know what? I don't give a fuck about what everyone else thinks!

We walked into the Great Hall like nothing was out of the ordinary. We walked towards Xavier, whose eyes were almost popping out of his head. Our hands were connected, Hiccup's nails digging into my skin a bit but I was probably doing the same to him, and on full display. I glanced at Hiccup, and he smiled up at me.

And that's when the murmuring began. I couldn't pick up what they were saying, but I couldn't care less about it anyway. Hiccup and I sat side by side at Xavier's table, and started eating. Xavier's hair was orange at the tips, and his eyes were a dark blue. He was blinking at us slowly, as if he was in a trance.

"So, out of the closet now?" He asked, smiling. Well, he broke out of that trance pretty quickly.

"Don't even mention that damn metaphoric closet near me," Hiccup said, biting into a dinner roll. "I should smash it with my father's axe,"

"You know, if it were a real closet," I said. He looked at me with an angry expression, but then t softened when he laughed at me.

"Yes. Thank you, Captain Obvious." Hiccup said, rolling his eyes at me.

"Yay, I'm a captain," I said. Xavier laughed.

People talked all throughout dinner, and I knew they were talking about us. Every once in a while. Someone would look at us, either with a smile, a scowl or a neutral expression, and then turn right back and start talking. As if we didn't know they were talking about us. God, people are stupid.

"People are going to be talking about this for the rest of the year, you know that, right?" Xavier pointed out. Hiccup smiled, then looked at me.

"Yeah, I know," He said.

The next day, Lauren nearly tackled me when she saw me in the morning.

"You didn't!" She was yelling in my ear as she hugged the crap out of me. "Tell me everything people are saying is true! Just tell me!"

"Depends," I said. "What are they saying?" I asked.

"That you and Hiccup were holding hands yesterday when you went to dinner!" She said.

"Then, yes, that's true." I smiled at her. "Surprising, though. The truth didn't really get that warped this time around."

"Oh no, there were also some people saying that you two nearly fucked each other on the dining table," Lauren said in complete sincerity. I choked.

"That did not happen!" I said.

"I know, I just like seeing you uncomfortable." She said brightly. "But oh my gosh, guys! That's just awesome!"

"Yeah,"

"What made you guys snap?" She asked me. We sat down, her across from me. I gave her a confused look. "You know, what made you and Hiccup… not want to keep it a secret anymore?"

"Pitch has known about us this whole time," I said. "Hiccup realized that he didn't care about what people thought, and so did I. End of story."

"You guys are complete dorks, do you know that?" Lauren asked me. "You shouldn't have cared about what people thought in the first place!"

"I know!" I said. "I get it now! Don't make me have a guilt trip about it!"

"Guilt trips aren't fun," Hiccup said, plopping down next to me. I poked his cheek.

"But of course they aren't!" I said. People looked at us. I shot them a look that meant instant death. They walked away quickly.

We all ate quickly. Xavier was either still asleep or in class, studying for a test he forgot all about. Lauren rushed away, going to her first class, and it left Hiccup and me.

"I forgot my bag in my room," I said, banging my head against the table.

"And I left Toothless in my room," Hiccup said, copying me. I smiled at him, and we sat up. We started walking out of the Great Hall.

"Fucking faggots…" I heard someone mumble. My blood boiled. I looked around, and I found the person who said that: a tan-ish guy with gray eyes and brown hair. He lifted his cup to his lips. I dug my wand out of my pocket quickly.

"Frosti Maximanum," I whispered. The spell froze the guy's cup onto his tongue. I smiled, and continued walking. A girl squealed, and you could hear someone freak out, but it sounded muffled. I laughed.

"What did you do?" Hiccup said, looking at me as if I was a convicted criminal.

"Froze that guy's cup to his mouth," I said, laughing.

"Why?!" Hiccup said, looking back at the guy.

"You didn't hear what he said?" I asked. Hiccup shook his head. "He called us faggots." I said bluntly. Hiccup's eyes narrowed, and his hands clenched into fists momentarily.

"Let's go to class," Hiccup said, turning on his heel and walking down the hall.

The guy's tongue didn't defrost. I heard he went to Madame Pomfrey and she didn't know what to do with him. I just laughed when I heard about it, because only Xavier and I know the counter-spell.

Dinner was a flurry of excitement. But the Slytherrins were the rowdiest of all. The Hall was decked out on green and silver. They couldn't seem to stop chattering.

Tonight was the night that the Quidditch Cup was announced, and everyone know who won it. Yes, the victorious, undefeated Syltherrins. I swore they cheated or something, because there's no way that those slimy snakes could naturally beat everyone with so many points. Steroids. I blame it on steroids.

Food appeared out of seemingly nowhere, and we all stuffed out faces. There was everything imaginable but the dessert was vanilla cupcakes with silver frosting and a green snake frosted on top. I didn't eat dessert.

Now, it wasn't really the Slytherrins that I was mad at. I have to admit, they aren't really that bad. They won fair and square. It was more because… the games were so much fun, and the season was over. I liked the adrenaline rush of tons of people watching my every move, I liked it a lot better than feeling invisible.

The matches were fun, but it's gone now, and the Slytherrins were crowned victors.

I looked around, and found Hiccup. He waved at me after taking a bite of the Slytherrin cupcake. He had silver frosting on his upper lip. I laughed, and waved back.

Hiccup was such a dork, and better yet, he's my dork, in public now too.

I thought of all the times he was up in the air, on that field, looking at people with a clear plan in mind: "What's a creative way to stop you?" You wouldn't think Hiccup was the one to get all competitive, not by his looks or his demeanor, but once you got him going, he will fight to the death.

It was rivalry at its best, and now I had to wait a whole entire year to see that look on Hiccup's face again.

I looked back at Hiccup, who was trying to wipe away the frosting from his lip. He was missing it completely. Well, I resolved, it would be worth the wait, at least.

YAY! I hope you guys liked it! Again, I'm super sorry for everything. I hope his makes up for it! Leave me a review or PM me!

Have a wonderful day/night!

-HB