Author's Note: Thank you for the reviews. I'm glad you all enjoy it. Also I have been getting asked (ahem heavily asked) about pairings. If you wish to see them that is great. No flame wars about which ones is better. However there will be no set ones for this year at least. They're eleven, they may have crushes but no dating yet. I might include some when I get them to third year. Also...NOT DEAD YET! I will finish this story but work has been draining me lately and sometimes the characters just. won't. talk. to. me. (angry cat noises) Anyways back to the story.

Scratching on paper echoed in the empty room. It paused briefly as Hiccup nibbled on the end of the quill. Below him sat a letter in progress. He smiled slightly at a fond memory of his friends exchanging gifts before they left for home before transcribing it on paper.

The common room sat empty around him. Most students had long since left at the beginning of the break. In fact, he's the only Hufflepuff staying at Hogwarts. He hummed as finished up his last paragraph. With a wide smile, Hiccup folded it carefully and tied it against a small package sitting in front of him. He scooped it up and jogged out of his common room. The halls were silent, mostly. Most of those who stayed most likely hiding in their dormitories or playing in the snow. A flutter of movement caught his eye near the entrance hall.

Alice hovered just barely under the frame, hanging upside down with a smirk on her face. If he strained his ears, Hiccup could barely hear the murmur of voices behind the closed doors. He shook his head and smiled. Yep, she would do something like that.

He nudged opened the entrance doors with a shoulder, shivering as a sudden cold breeze brushed past him. Snow blanketed the ground as more gently hovered down from the sky. Hiccup smiled wider. The snowfall infinitely better than the harsh blizzards that he grew up with at home. It crunched beneath as he jogged toward the looming tower that was the owlery.

"They really should clear this staircase more." He groaned, slowing down his pace. His eyes darted down to the ground as he carefully began his climb. Arm wrapped around the package for protection, Hiccup nearly reached the top when he heard a noise. It was barely discernable from the wind, but it was there. He turned away from the warmer opening to follow the small path around the stone wall.

"…a dream to teach all that they knew. Witches and wizard came far and it grew, till a castle stood tall by the shores of a lake. And a thousand years later the magic remains." Jack Frost sat in the snow, wand lazily weaving in the air shaping the snow into simple images. His hand paused slightly, his eyes darting towards the right, before continuing. Hiccup took it as a sign to sit down. "Old Hogwarts sorting hat sing me a song. Speak in my head tell me where I belong. And when things look bad and there's nowhere to run, unite all the houses and we'll fight as one."

Hiccup smiled as the Griffindor lion roared into life. "Bold Godric Griffindor favored the strong. Those who had courage and knew right from wrong." It morphed into a flying Eagle "And Rowena Ravenclaw taught only the best. So kind Helga Hufflepuff" The Eagle swirled into badger "would teach all the rest."

"But Salazar Slytherin had his own plans." His head jerked at the sudden sad tone. "He thought the muggleborns couldn't understand the subtleties of magic and so he devised the chamber of secrets, with a monster inside." Jack shook his head viciously before resuming the song. "Old Hogwarts sorting hat sing me a song. Speak in my head tell me where I belong. And when things look bad and there's nowhere to run, unite all the houses and we'll fight as one…..unite all the houses and we'll fight as one."

Silence stretched between the two, but not the bad kind. The one where you just finished a good meal and couldn't eat a single bite. Content, comfortable. Hiccup spoke first. "That was amazing."

Jack's head jerked slightly, so slight Hiccup thought he imagined it, before mouthing a quite 'thank-you'. He seemed to loosen at the smile, leaning back on his hands. Hiccup motioned towards the once living snow. "How did you do that anyways? That was really cool."

The boy shrugged (but there was the smallest of blushes). "I'm actually not sure. I think of the shape, point at the snow, and my wand does the rest. It doesn't work well with other materials though."

Hiccup tilted his head, wheels already turning with theories. His eyes turned toward the snow but his vision went past that. Perhaps it was because the wind is often considered a part of the snow, adding to the idea of the living. Or maybe because it's the most malleable elements, both soft and hard depending on the circumstance. Or maybe something to do with…A face full of snow brought him back to reality.

"Hey!" He shook the wetness off to glare at the smirking Jack. "What was that for?"

Jack grinned. "To wake you up. Almost looked like you were going to jump the snow and demand answers."

"So that's how it is." Just as quickly Hiccup scooped up some snow and tossed it at Jack. The boy spluttered as it hit him before reaching around to wrap Hiccup in a headlock. "Hey!"

The two split apart with smiles. Jack leaned back. "So what are you up here for?"

Hiccup lifted up the package. "Sending Christmas presents if I can find a free owl."

"You don't have your own?"

He shook his head. "Mom thought it was better if we wait for a bit. We're still figuring out how the money transitions work."

Jack hummed. After a few minutes, he stood up, brushing the snow off his robes. Hiccup stared slightly at the offered hand before letting Jack pull him up. He followed the boy into the owlery (sighing in relief from the warmth). Jack whistled. A barn owl glided down from the top of the building onto Jack;s raised arm. He smiled softly as he scratched behind it's ears. "This is Sandy."

Hiccup smiled as well. "Hi Sandy."

Sandy blinked slowly before fluttering over and settling on his shoulder. Hiccup giggled as his feathers brushed his cheek.

"Why don't you borrow him?"

"Really?"

Jack shrugged. "Why not? I already sent out my presents. It would be good exercise for him as well."

Hiccup turned to Sandy, still grinning. "What do you say? Mind taking this for me?"

The owl tilted his head before jumping into the air. Hiccup stood still as Sandy gripped the package by the strings before shooting out of the window.

"Thanks Jack."

Jack grinned widely. "Your welcome…Hiccup right?"

"Yep."

He hummed in thought before jerking a thumb outside. "How about we play in the snow till lunch?"

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Hiccup laughed, shoving Jack slightly as he walked into the building. "I can't believe you did that?"

The prankster smirked. "What? Anyone who walks through a snowball fight will become targets. Snowball fighting 101."

"You hit a teacher!"

"So?"

Hiccup shook his head, still smiling, and walked through into the Great Hall. The warm smell of Tomato Basil and Chicken Noodle soup wafted past his nose, causing his stomach to ruble. He started to rush in when Jack's cool, but oddly comforting presence, didn't follow him. He turned to notice Jack still standing at the doors. "Are you alright?"

Jack mumbled a "fine" but remained stiff by the door. Hiccup followed his gaze over towards the Slytherin table. Pitch and his gang already sat there, glaring at Jack. Hiccup bit his lip in thought before tugging on the boy's arm. "You know, you don't have to sit at your houses table. My friends and I do it all the time."

Jack snorted. "Like anyone will let me." He started to turn around. "I'll just eat later, they'll leave eventually."

Hiccup growled and yanked on the boy's arm. "Come on" He led a startled Jack past the tables, pointedly ignoring everyone's gaze, right to his usual spot. He pulled Jack, who had become pliable, down next to him. "I said my friends and I do this all the time."

Jack blinked rapidly before giving a lopsided smile. Hiccup returned the smile and pushed a bowl towards. "Now eat. You have way too much energy to not eat regularly."

"Like you have room to talk skinny man."

"Hey!"

Both boys laughed loudly, causing a few others students to glare at them but they ignored them. Lunch passed by quickly as both boys attempted to out-joke the other. Of course, Jack ended up the winner when he sent Hiccup into a laughing fit that nearly toppled him into the floor. Professor Slughorn eventually shooed the boys out of The Great Hall, where they simply rushed up to the clock tower. The snowfall had started again leaving everything in a serene mist. Jack pulled out a deck of cards.

"Wanna play Exploding Snap?"

One eyebrow rose slightly. "Wha…"

"Come on, it's easy." Jack rushed through a quick run-through of classical play, Patience, Bavarian Rules Snap before jumping straight into a classical game. Hiccup barely had time to take his wand out before the deck started shuffling itself midair.

"Hey!"

"No time to wait slowpoke."

"Come on. You have the advantage." Two pairs already went to Jack in the short span.

Hiccup scowled. His eyes darted across the deck looking for another pair; which only took him two seconds. "HA!"

"It's gonna take more than that."

Both boys snorted as their game continued. Jack won the first game, okay maybe he had a little advantage, but their second game went to Hiccup so he had more than mastered the game. They continued this back and forth patterned of winning until a yawn forced it's way past Hiccup's lip. Jack chuckled softly. "Come on let's get you to bed."

Hiccup glared, but it lost it's effect when another yawn jumped through. He allowed Jack to tug him up and guide him through the halls. "Do you…know where you're going?"

"Yep."

"Really." He looked at Jack through his peripherals, who rolled his eyes.

"Yes" Jack drawled "I really do unless that no longer leads to your common room."

Hiccup finally noticed the barrel and smiled sheepishly. "Guess you do." This time, he dragged the boy with him towards the entrance and started rapping on the barrel top. Two, space, three.

"Well, now that you're here I guess I'll-What are you doing?"

Hiccup refused to let go the boy's arm as he dragged him through the gentle sloping tunnel. Jack shrugged, though Hiccup could feel him tensing up slightly, and observed the snug room. The warm fire bathed the room in a gentle glow. Plants scattered the room, masking the room with peppermint, parsley, and lavender. Jack brushed his fingers across a leaf as they passed them up to one of the spare rooms.

Hiccup pointed towards the left bed. "Sleep."

Jack jerked back, just slightly. "What?"

"You're housemates don't like you right? Well, that's a spare bed. So use it."

He glanced back and forth from Hiccup to the bed back to Hiccup again. Jack gave a small smile and a nod. He stripped of his robes and practically flew underneath the covers. Hiccup followed suit before muttering hebeto. The lamps dimmed, casting the room into darkness. "Goodnight."

"Night Jack."