AN: So sorry for not updating this sooner, I've been busy doing other things and therefore been unable to find the time to write more chapters.

Bright and early next morning, Jack, Ginny, Fred and George woke up and headed for the Room of Requirement when they wished up cameras for the lake and for the Slytherin's second year boy dormitory.

"Who you think will wake up first and realize what's going on?" Jack asked a box of pop-corn in his hand as he looked from one screen to the other

"I'd say Malfoy" Fred said placing some sweets on a table.

"Well then I say Snape and the other Slytheins" George said putting his tribute into the betting pool.

"I think Hagrid will find Malfoy on the lake as he's coming to the school for breakfast" Ginny said putting a couple of pumpkin pasties she just thought up. "What about you Jack?"

"I think I'll go with, They will all go off at the same time." Jack said placing actual money into the pot.

Just then, an alarm clock for one of the other kids went off and the boys started waking up.

As the boys were stretching themselves out, Hagrid left his home and started to come towards the school.

The Twins were starting to worry.

On the screen pointing to the lake, Hagrid paused and looked at it, rubbing his head in confusion.

While on the Slytherin's dormitory Crabbe and Goyle were trying to wake up the dummy.

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"Maybe he's sick." Blaise Zabini said from his bed , drawing the curtains to get changed.

"But Draco never gets sick" Crabbe said confused.

"Well then go get Snape and tell him what's going on," Zabini said in a surprising 'I-don't-care' voice.

Nodding Crabbe and Goyle left to get Snape.

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Over by the lake Hagrid was calling out the boy who was sleeping in the middle of it.

Grumpily Malfoy woke up and started insulting Hagrid for being a loaf of a grounds keeper, when he paused and saw he was on the ice in the middle of the lake.

"How in Merlin did I get here?" he asked, trying to get up but falling over again.

Hagrid went back to his hut to go get some rope.

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Snape had come into the second year's dormitory and went over to Malfoy's bed pulling back the sheets.

"What is this?" he asked looking round at the other boys "Where is Mr Malfoy?"

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In the Room of Requirement, everyone was laughing as the events still play out.

"Well, I'd say Ginny won that betting pool," Jack said getting up to bow to her to show he respected her.

"I thank you Jack," she said smiling as she collected everything. "How long should we stay in here before we head down for breakfast?"

"Give it a few more minutes, I say," George said grinning "We need to get all that laughter out of our systems so we don't become suspicious to everyone."

"Yeah and I think we should head for the library and stay in there for a bit first," Fred added stating they might need alibis as well.

Around 10 – 15 minutes later the screens show that Hagrid had gotten Malfoy off of the lake and they were coming towards the castle, and that Snape was calling the Slytherin House Elves to start searching the castle for the boy.

In the great hall everyone split up and sat with their friends at the Gryffindor table for breakfast.

After a moment, the doors opened and in came Draco Malfoy – still in his pajamas and hugging the blanket around him, followed by Hagrid.

Soon Snape came in as well and asked Malfoy where he was.

By the way he said it and the way he was acting earlier, Jack started to think that maybe he was more than just a teacher to the boy.

"I found him on the ice in the middle of the lake Professor," Hagrid explained after getting the Potion Master's attention.

"On the ice you say?" Snape asked coldly as he turned towards the Gryffindor table baring his eyes into the back of Jack's head as he was eating some toast and marmalade.

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This wasn't the first time Jack had had someone try to read his mind, so he was prepared.

How else was he to keep his pranking plans away from everyone?

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Snarling, Snape gave up when he couldn't pin anything that could set Frost as the one who did this to Malfoy.

Thanking Hagrid with the lowest amount of respect possible, Snape grabbed the blonde boy by the shoulder and started to lead him out of the hall and back to the dungeons.

Once they were gone talk and noise resumed to all five tables.

"Jack," Hermione said getting his attention.

"Yes Brownie-Locks?" Jack asked taking a sip of pumpkin juice.

"That had something to do with you didn't it?"

"How could you accuse me of that? Obviously it needed to have happened sometime last night, and I was with Snape doing my detentions. Remember?" Jack said looking as innocent as he could.

Still not believing him, but seeing his point, Hermione dropped the subject and finished her breakfast.

The day was as boring as ever, in Jack's opinion.

Although he did have to spend most of it trying to avoid Malfoy and Snape, which he was able to do until that evening when he had to come down to the dungeons for the third night of detentions.

To his surprise, Snape was in his outdoor cloak with a basket and there was a second basket on the desk which Jack gathered was for him.

"Tonight, Frost, we'll be going into the Forest to collect some new ingredients to restock the student cupboard and my own personal cupboard." Snape said in a colder voice than normal telling the boy to pick up the second basket.

"But I thought students weren't supposed to go into the Forest Professor," Jack said innocently while clutching his fists, remembering his detention last year.

"Students are not supposed to go into that ridiculous forest alone, Frost," Snape explained as they left.

"So, it's ok if someone, takes us in there, but what if that someone then splits us up in there, would that be alright?" Jack asked carefully.

"What idiot would do that Frost?" Snape asked rolling his eyes at how dumb the boy was thinking he was doing this on purpose.

At last they reached the edge of the woods and soon went inside.

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They went to a part of the forest Jack hadn't been before, it looked more like a herb garden than it being part of the forest.

"You start collecting the do-not-forget-me-nots from over there Frost," Snape said pointing to a patch of flowers "And do be careful not to smell any of them or else you'll give yourself amnesia going back 24 hours."

"Yes Sir" Jack said and went over to the flowers kneeling down to start picking them and looking around for Gaia.

"Sir, if I may ask, how often do you come in here for ingredients?" Jack asked after a bit.

"When and only when I need to Frost," Snape said annoyed that the boy wasn't keeping quiet.

"Do you often have trouble finding the things you want?" Jack ask after another short while.

"No, Frost" Snape said moving on to start collecting a new lot of plants.

"Gaia must be doing a good job then" Jack said this time mumbling to himself.

For the rest of the time they were in the Forest, Jack stayed quiet.

At last the teacher and the student headed back to the castle.

The next few nights were just as boring and workfull detentions, but during the days, Jack still tried to work out what this magic snake could be.

At last the detentions were over and seeing it was the weekend, Jack choose to stay in bed a little longer today.

He was woken up by the sound of someone Baby Tooth squeaking and someone, by the sound of it, looking for something in the room.

Yawning, Jack sat up and started to pull the curtains of his back.

The person paused and ran towards the door.

Sighing, Jack pointed his want at the door making it freeze shut meaning the person was still in there with him.

"Ginny?" he asked when he looked up "What are you doing in here? And why were you going though Harry's trunk? Looking for some used tissues or something?"

"N… No!" Ginny said embarrassed but didn't answer his other question.

"What's that you're holding behind your back?" Jack asked getting out of bed to come look.

"Nothing." she said trying to hide it better.

"Ginny, I have been trained by two of the world's best con-man, I can tell when people are lying." Jack said holding out his hand for the object.

Frowning, Ginny slowly handing him the object which turned out to be Riddle's Diary.

"Why are you trying to steal this?" he asked.

"I wasn't stealing it," Ginny said quickly "I was trying to get it back."

"Ever heard of 'Asking nicely'?"

"I grew up with six older brothers, Jack" she said frowning "I learnt to take what I can when I can. Besides," she added "Like you said, You're only in trouble if you get caught."

"Well I have caught you," Jack said holding on to the book "But being the nice boy I am, I will let this go if you leave right now, without this book, and don't try to come for it again."

Frowning Ginny nodded and left as soon as she tidied up and Jack unfroze the door.

Seeing he was up now, Jack decided to get dressed in his day-wear and went downstairs to see the second years clumped together in the corner of the common room, each with a list of new subjects they could choose to have for next year.

"I wish we could drop Potions" Harry's voice carried over as Jack came to join them.

"We can't" Ron said gloomily "We keep all our old subjects, or I'd have dropped Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"But that's really important" Hermione said shocked that Ron could even think of such a thing.

"Not the way that bumbasneazel in that classroom downstairs teaches it" Jack said joining them after being handed his new-class0check-list by Percy.

"That what?" they all said confused.

"It's a Pixieish word meaning 'The most dummist dummy and useless being ever'. It's meant to be a swear word because Pixies are a proud raise so they don't like idiots." Jack explained looking over the list.

On the list was:

Arithmancy

Care of Magical Creatures

Divination

Muggle Studies

Study of Ancient Runes

"Not a lot of choices is there?" he asked "Well there is no way I'm doing Divination"

"Why not?" Harry asked.

"That 'Subject' is a 'You have the skill needed to do it or you don't' subject," Jack said leaving it at that.

"I think the only think I want to do is Magical Creatures," he said ticking that "I know enough of Ancient Runes from my dragon friend. And I'm not up for Arithmacy or Muggle Studies."

"Well you need to pick two" Percy said coming over to help.

"Says who?" Jack asked holding the paper away from the oldest Weasley brother there.

"Because that's the rules." Percy said.

"Ha! I'm not sure if you know this Percy, but I'm not really one for following rules." Jack said leaving it at that and heading out to hand in the list to McGonagall.