AN: This deals with each of the Core Four's first time with snow. We don't have winter in my country, but I hope I got the idea here lol.

Hope you enjoy!

Snowy September

Carlos, Jay, and Dude left their dorm and headed for the dining hall for snacks. The boys found the endless food offered in Auradon Prep such a blessing. Back on the Isle, they had to steal and fend for food but here, it was served at least four times a day to anyone who wanted it.

"I hope they have those large rock desserts from the dwarfs," said Jay, his arms behind his head as they walked.

"I wish they still have some leftover steak from lunch," quipped in Dude.

Carlos smiled but said nothing. He was glad Dude and Jay's appetites got along well.

Dude shivered from his head to his legs, to the tip of his nose. "It's cold!"

Jay and Carlos stopped walking and looked out at the nearby garden. Little by little, white dust fell from the sky. The boys ran out to investigate.

"What is this?" Carlos held out his hand with the palm up, his black glove catching some of the white dust.

"It's coming from the sky," said Jay, flinching every time a tiny dust thing landed on him.

"Snow!" announced the dog, excitedly running in circles. "It's early!"

"Snow?" both boys echoed back. They didn't have snow on the Isle. Soon enough, more snow fell like a gentle rainstorm covering them and their surroundings.

Carlos had his mouth open as he stared up at the sky.

Jay chuckled because the tips of Carlos' hair blended well with the current weather. It felt weird, with the tiny cold flecks dropped on his face or his bare arms, but he was happy to experience yet another benefit for being in Auradon. He slapped his hand on Carlos' back. "Let's get the girls." They had to experience this together.

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Evie jumped in her seat when something cold dropped on her finger, thinking it was about to rain. She was wearing one of her usual leather outfits and she could not afford to get wet.

"No, no." Across the blue-haired princess, Mal sneezed. "I don't like this feeling." She wrapped her arms around herself, trying to fend off the cold that washed over her.

Doug, who was seated beside Evie, looked up at the grayish sky. "Oh. Snow came early." He glanced back at the annoyed Mal, then his girlfriend curiously observing the falling snowflakes. "Do you two want to get back inside?"

"Yes," replied Mal, shoving her things inside her bag and standing up.

"Wha- I," Evie shook her head. "I'll catch up." This was the first time she encountered snow, and now that she was certain she wasn't about to get rained on, she could stay a little longer, right?

"Fine," said the purple-haired girl, waving a hand at the couple and walking back to their dorm.

When Doug merely put his things away but made no move to leave the bench, Evie asked, "You're not going back?"

"I only said it because I thought you were uncomfortable with snow."

That. See, that is why you're too good for me, was what Evie wanted to say. Instead, she packed her book inside her bag and smiled at him. "It's the first time Mal and I ever saw snow," she shrugged, "Haven't decided if I'm uncomfortable or not."

"My dad taught me this dance when it's snowing out," he stood from his seat and extended his hand for Evie to take, "let me show you."

She wrinkled her nose in delight as she took his hand.

Doug pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose then bent at the waist, extending his arms out away from him as if he was mimicking an airplane.

Evie tilted her head to the side, refusing to acknowledge the butterflies in her belly at Doug's goofy grin.

"Watch and learn," he said, smiling broadly at her. He then turned in place, jumped, skipped, and hopped around in a circle, catching snowflakes with whichever part of his body as he did so.

She laughed at him and the absurdity of his actions. "What kind of dance is that?" She knew for a fact Doug was an exceptional dancer, so what in Auradon was he doing flapping like a bird?

He stopped mid-jump then shook his hair at her, flicking snowflakes on her face.

She wiped the snowflake off her eyelash, still smiling, waiting for an answer.

"I forgot to say it's more of a competition than a dance. The winner is the one with the most snowflakes flicked at the other." He waggled his eyebrows. "I always won."

She narrowed her eyes at him. "Until today." Evie checked to see if her coat was zipped, then extended her arms out her sides.

Doug grinned and raised his arms as well. He knew they looked silly, and they were out in public, but Evie was clearly up for the challenge. "60 seconds."

"Go!" said Evie, running around Doug, spinning, twirling, and jumping as much as she could while making sure her hair was loose and free.

Doug chuckled as he skipped and jumped around as well.

Evie giggled when she saw his glasses getting fogged by what they were doing.

"Time." He paused to gather his breath.

The blue-haired girl visibly took in large intakes of breath before smirking at her boyfriend. She knew why Doug always won against Dopey, which is why her victory was ensured as well.

Doug shook the snowflakes off his body again, then Evie did the same, taking care to flip her hair in his direction. He chuckled when a handful of snowflakes was flung in his face.

"Who won?" she asked coyly.

He laughed, brushing a snowflake off her cheek. "Are you uncomfortable or not?"

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"Mal!" called Jay, looping his arm around her shoulders when they spotted her. "Come with us!"

"What? Where?"

"Outside!" said Dude, his tail wagging.

"No no, no no." She stepped away from Jay's hold and crossed her arms. "It's apparently snowing."

Carlos nodded enthusiastically. "Exactly."

"No." Was that her favorite word now? Since that initial shiver caused by the impending cold, Mal found herself saying 'no' a lot. "You go on without me."

"Aww, come on." Jay nodded at Carlos to hold Mal's arm while he took the other. "We're in this together."

"I'd rather not freeze to death, thanks."

"You're wearing leather!" said Dude.

Great. I'm being scolded at by a dog.

"Just for awhile, please." Carlos trudged forward, hands wrapped around Mal's arm. Jay followed suit and they managed to bring the struggling half-fairy out of the dorms.

They spotted Evie and Doug as they stepped out, both reddish from the drop of temperature and their hair covered in snow.

"Seems like someone enjoyed without us," mumbled Carlos.

Jay snickered.

"What's going on?" said Evie, her hand wrapped tight against Doug's.

"Last one around the dorms and back here…" said Carlos, getting into position to run.

Jay released Mal's arm and readied himself. Evie gasped and released Doug's hand when she realized what was about to happen.

"... Is a rotten apple!" And the four teenagers went, running and laughing in the snow-covered environment.

"Careful!" cried out Doug when he saw his girlfriend take off as fast as she could in heels.

Jay was the first one around and almost finished first had he not considerably slowed down to let Mal win. When he saw Carlos closing in, the older boy dashed to their makeshift finish line.

The princess came barreling in last, her heels losing traction on the ground, and landed straight into Doug who cushioned her fall. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah," said Doug, rubbing at his aching hip. "Are you?"

Evie nodded and scrambled to get herself off of him. There was only so much heat in her cheeks she could handle at a time.

"You know," interrupted Jay with a clearing of his throat, "you could have just said you wanted to be left alone." He winked at Evie whose ears were as red as her favorite apple-charm necklace.

Mal wanted to be out of the cold and to save her best friend from potentially more embarrassing statements from Jay. "What's the race for, anyway?" she asked.

Jay shrugged, stuffing his hands into his pockets. "First snow together."

AN: So meeting the daily "deadline" for each theme is harder than I thought. HAHA I promise I'll finish the 12 chapters, but I might not be able to post each chapter on the day I'm supposed to.

'Til next time, lovely people!