Chapter Three

Rapunzel-

Rapunzel pushed through the crowds of people in the train station. Her mother was behind her in her beautiful red coat that hung past her waist with tiny black buttons keeping it on her. Rapunzel herself wore an overly large pale purple sweater with black leggings and tan boots. Her very, very, long blond hair was tied in braid and then wrapped up into a bun on the back of her head.

She was pushing a large cart with her luggage, a large suitcase filled with clothes and a smaller suitcase with pictures, books, and her art utensils, and had a small tan bag with her school supplies. Sitting atop her suitcase was a bottle containing her pet chameleon, Pascal. He stared out at the people with the same look they wore when they looked at the little lizard in the bottle.

"Mother, I told you platform 9 ¾ will be somewhere in between platforms 9 and 10," Rapunzel heard someone say. She glanced around. The voice belonged to a little red head girl. Her hair was crazy curly and was up in a ponytail. She was in a green overcoat and had on tight black pants and tan leather boots.

She was pushing a cart like Rapunzel with a large suitcase and a smaller suitcase. However she had no pet. Her mother was a tall woman with braided brown hair and elegant clothes.

"Yes Merida. Now tell me where platforms 9 and 10 are," she sighed. There were three other children with them, all boys. They looked to be the same age with red hair and freckled faces.

"Over here," Merida began to push her cart through the crowds of people. Her mother and the three boys followed her.

"Mother," Rapunzel turned to her mother. She glanced at her.

"What is it Rapunzel? I'm trying to find the platform."

"That girl said she knew where it was," Rapunzel motioned towards Merida and her family. Her mother glanced that way.

"What girl?" she asked. Rapunzel looked back to see that Merida had disappeared into the crowd.

"I'll show you," Rapunzel took off after the girl.

"Rapunzel," her mother shouted before following her. Rapunzel could just see the mother's brown hair above the crowd. Keeping her eyes on it she weaved through the crowd until she reached them. The crowd had thinned out around a brick wall in between platforms 9 and 10. Merida was hugging her mother as Rapunzel pulled up. They glanced at her.

"Oh, hello. Are you going to Hogwarts too?" Merida's mother asked. Rapunzel nodded. "So is my daughter, Merida. It's her first year."

"Mom," Merida rolled her eyes. "I can talk for myself." Her mother smiled and patted her head.

"Yes you can dear. Have fun at school." She kissed Merida's head then picked up one of the boys.

"Rapunzel," her mother panted when she reached them. "Don't you ever run off like that again."

"I found the platform mother," Rapunzel ignored her mother and turned towards the brick wall. Merida was standing in front of it with a look of concentration on her face.

"Well done Rapunzel. Now be careful at school and make lots of friends," her mother kissed her head. "Good luck."

"Bye mom," Merida called as she ran at the wall. Rapunzel wasn't surprised when Merida walked right through. Her mother had attended Hogwarts and had told Rapunzel what to expect.

"Bye," Rapunzel called and she followed Merida through the wall.

Jack Frost-

Jack flipped his white hair out of his eyes and gave his trunk one last shove. It slid into the train's luggage compartment and he smiled. He grabbed his smaller bag and lugged it inside the train. He walked down the aisle by himself glancing at the kids around him. Most were first years, like himself, but a few looked older.

There were a few empty seats in some of the booths, but he kept walking. He had no desire to sit with idiots he was being forced to spend the next year with. Finding an empty booth he threw his bag into the bag compartment and settled down.

He stared out the window at the crowds of parents waving good bye to their children. His were nowhere to be seen. Even if they were there he wouldn't know. His parents had abandoned him as a baby, not wanting a wizard as a son. Alex wasn't there either, he had dropped Jack off then had to hurry to the school before the students arrived.

Suddenly the booth doors opened and he looked up. A skinny boy was standing there. He had shaggy brown hair and lots of freckles. He was wearing a plain green shirt and brown pants.

"Oh, sorry. I thought it was empty." The kid turned to leave.

"It's ok. It pretty much is," Jack shrugged. The boy smiled and pulled his bag in. He struggled to throw it into the bag compartment. Jack slowly stood up and shoved it in with one arm.

"Thanks. I'm Hiccup by the way," he panted. Jack nodded.

"I'm Jack. You might want to get some water," he joked. Hiccup laughed. The two settled down opposite from each other.

"So what house do you want to be in?" Hiccup asked.

"Um what houses are there?" Jack asked. Hiccup looked shocked that he didn't know.

"Didn't your parents tell you about Hogwarts? Or do you have muggle parents and they didn't know about Hogwarts? But then you could have read the pamphlet."

"Um more like no parents. And I don't really read," Jack shrugged.

"I love to read," Hiccup said. Jack blinked. "I already know several spells. I want to be in Ravenclaw."

"Are they the nerds?" Jack asked. Hiccup laughed. "So what houses are there?"

"Gryffindor the brave, Slytherin the ambitious, Ravenclaw the smart, and Hufflepuff the gentle."

"Oh. I don't know where I'll go," Jack said. They grew quiet. Hiccup reached into his pocket and pulled out something small and black. "What is that?" Jack asked suspiciously.

"This is Toothless," Hiccup opened his hand to revile a tiny black dragon. It was about the size of his palm and had a wingspan from his wrist to his fingertips.

"Wow," Jack leaned forward to inspect the little dragon closer. He reached out a finger and the dragon snapped at it. Jack pulled it back and laughed. Hiccup laughed too.

"I thought we were supposed to bring owls or cats or something," Jack said. Hiccup shrugged.

"I'm a dragon whisperer," he smiled. "Besides if Toothless is shrunk then he could pass for a bat and they said we could bring those. But don't tell anyone about him," he added at the end. Jack nodded. "I saw some girl with a chameleon. I don't really think they care what we bring."

"You saw Pascal?" a voice asked. They turned and saw two girls standing in the door way. One was a blond with her hair in a braided bun. Jack thought she looked very familiar, but he couldn't remember who she was. The other was a ginger with her hair in a curly ponytail.

"Who?" Jack asked.

"Pascal is my chameleon," the blond explained. "He's lost."

"I just meant that I saw him when you had him and were getting on the train," Hiccup explained. The girl nodded. She glanced at Jack.

"Hey, I saw you at Ollivanders when I was getting my wand," she said pointing at him. She smiled and Jack realized that's where he remembered her from.

"Oh yeah, Rapunzel right?" he checked. She nodded.

"Jack?"

"Yeah," he answered. "This is Hiccup," he motioned towards the skinny boy. Hiccup waved and Rapunzel nodded at him. The red head blinked.

"I'm Merida," she said. Jack nodded. Both of the girls were cute, even though the red head's hair was crazy. He slid over in his seat.

"Wanna sit here?" he asked. Hiccup looked shocked and gave him a pleading look to take it back. Jack ignored him.

"We've already got seats, but we really do need to find Pascal," Rapunzel said. Hiccup looked relieved. "If you see him let us know," she said as they turned to leave. Jack nodded and they left the booth.

Hiccup-

Hiccup sighed as they left and sunk into his seat. Jack looked at him curiously. "What was that about? They're just girls," Jack pointed out.

"I don't do well with girls," Hiccup shrugged. "In case you haven't noticed I'm a bit of a dork." Jack busted out laughing louder than before.

"So, they seemed nice. I doubt they would have made fun of you. Besides they were way more interested in me than you. They probably didn't even notice you were here so you didn't have anything to worry about," Jack joked.

"You're probably right," Hiccup said putting his head in his hands. Jack rolled his eyes and looked out the window. They remained silent as the train traveled through fields with cows and sheep.

Then the door opened. A short little witch stood there with a trolley full of treats. "Anything from the trolley?" she asked. Jack glanced at Hiccup. He shrugged.

"Sure," Jack said standing up to investigate what there was. Hiccup sighed and followed him out. In the hall there were a few kids running around and throwing paper at each other. Some had their wands out and were casting small spells.

Hiccup ducked just in time to dodge a tiny sparkling firework. The girl who cast it giggled and ran by him, chasing it down the hall. Hiccup bought some chocolate frogs and every flavor beans then sat back down in the booth.

Jack was loaded down with pumpkin pasties. He dumped them into the empty seat and started eating them. "Wow, these are good," he seemed surprised.

"Wait till you've had a chocolate frog," Hiccup tossed him one. Jack ripped it open and grabbed the frog before it could escape.

"Can I eat it?" he asked. Hiccup nodded. Jack plopped the whole thing in his mouth and swallowed. "It is good. But just a little odd how it moves in your mouth." Hiccup laughed.

"I prefer every flavor beans. I hope there's a peppermint one," he began to dig through his box. He found a green one and gave it to Toothless, thinking it was grass. Toothless seemed to enjoy it so Hiccup guessed he was wrong.

"Maybe it was a booger," Jack suggested. Hiccup glanced at Toothless who burped some green fire. They busted out laughing.

Merida-

Merida followed Rapunzel back to their booth. They had found Pascal in a booth full of fifth-year boys. It had been very awkward asking if they had seen her pet chameleon. They had been nice about it though.

All of them were from Hufflepuff and said they hoped they would be in their house. Secretly Merida was hoping for Gryffindor.

They entered their booth and sat down in their seats. Rapunzel put Pascal back in his

bottle. "Don't run away again," she scolded him. The two other girls in their booth watched them with big eyes. One was named Tess with short blond hair and green highlights. She was hoping to be a Slytherin. The other one was named Pally. She had sandy-brown hair that went to her shoulders and blue eyes.

She was from some old wizard family by the name of Bluemont. She was pretty much destined to be a Ravenclaw since that's where her whole family had gone.

"Where was he?" Tess asked.

"With a bunch of fifth-year Hufflepuff boys," Rapunzel answered. The two girls laughed.

"Tuff luck," Pally said. "Were they nice or were they more like the cat calling boys who were sitting at the front of the train?"

"Oh they were very nice. They said they hoped we would be in their house," Rapunzel said pleasantly. Tess smirked.

"Were they cute?" Pally asked.

"Eh," Merida shrugged. They laughed. Rapunzel scolded her with her eyes.

"We should probably get into our robes," Pally said. Merida closed the booth doors and the four girls quickly changed into the robes they had packed. Merida felt funny in her flowing black robes. Rapunzel twirled around and they billowed around her.

"Pretty," she smiled.

"I think they're kind of ugly," Pally said. "At least they're very dull."

"They'll look better when we add our house colors to them," Rapunzel said.

A/N:

So here's the third chapter. It's a bit of a filler, even though this is the one where they all meet. They interact more later on, I think it's too soon for them to be friends right now. Thanks to TheStoryTeller231, Eva Maverx, disnerd, guest, Luna Grander, and YAY for reviewing. You guys are really encouraging. I read your reviews and I'm all like aww thanks! I wouldn't be writing this without you guys. So up next is the sorting ceremony. I guess I've got to come up with a song for the hat. Yikes. Maybe I'll just skip that, haha. Thanks for reading and please review!