Chapter Seven
Hiccup-
Hiccup lay in bed, waiting for the others to fall asleep. Finally Mason's snores joined the others. Hiccup glanced at them just to be sure. Positive they were asleep he tucked his wand in his robes then tiptoed down the stairs.
He gently pushed open the portrait of the old king in his golden throne. As he walked away it swung close behind him. To his horror the king was missing. He was stuck outside the common room.
Gulping nervously he patted the place where Toothless was hiding. Turning away from the picture he walked towards the sixth corridor. His footsteps echoed through the dark hall. His heart pounded almost as loud.
As he passed a closed door light exploded from beneath it, lighting the hall. He just stopped himself from screaming and hid behind an armored knight. The door opened and Professor Starling walked out. She looked frustrated.
"Foolish old man. He's finally lost it," she grumbled. She walked hurriedly away. As her footsteps faded the door closed and the light when out. Hiccup waited for a few moments before hurrying down the hall.
He kept to the shadows and tried to walk quietly. Once he spotted Peeves swooping down from the air and he slipped down another hall. He ran onto the staircases and towards the sixth corridor. As he stepped on the staircase it broke away from the wall and swung through the air.
Hiccup yelped and grabbed the banister. "What was that?" he heard Gossle's cranky voice ask from down another hallway. As soon as the stairway stopped moving Hiccup raced up it and disappeared down the sixth corridor.
He could see Jack's waiting form next to a gargoyle statue. He turned to him as he approached. "What took you so long?" he asked.
"Gossle," Hiccup panted. Jack nodded. "So what did you want to talk about?"
"What's up with you? You may not have wanted to tell Mason and Bounder, but you've got to tell me. I was your first wizard friend," Jack said. Hiccup sighed. He glanced around to make sure no one was there then pulled Toothless out of his pocket.
"It's Toothless," he whispered. "I know you don't know since you don't have a wizard family, but dragons are illegal," he explained. "Merida almost found out about him. If she did I would have been expelled." Jack looked shocked.
"Why are dragons illegal?" he asked.
"Most people don't think they can be trained, but I'm a 'dragon whisperer'." Hiccup placed Toothless on his shoulder. Toothless blinked his big eyes and looked around the dark corridor.
"Why don't you just prove they can be trained and then everything would be ok?" Jack suggested.
"It doesn't work like that," Hiccup sighed. They grew quiet. In the silence they could hear the sound of approaching feet. They pressed against the wall, hoping the shadows would hide them.
"Maybe he went down here," someone whispered.
"Rapunzel, that's the sixth corridor, it's off limits," another voice argued.
"Oh come on Merida. You just got out of the hospital, don't you want to have an adventure?"
"I'd rather not get into trouble or get hurt again and go back to the hospital," Merida grumbled. The two girls came into view. Rapunzel's long hair fell around her back. She was in an overly large bright yellow shirt with orange tights. Merida had on a black t-shirt and blue jeans.
"Now just what are you two doing out of bed?" Jack asked, stepping out of the shadows. The girls screamed and jumped back. Hiccup flinched. Luckily Gossle didn't come.
"I lost Pascal again," Rapunzel explained after she had calmed down.
"What are you doing out here?" Merida demanded.
"That's what I'd like to know," a new voice sounded. Hiccup froze, terrified they'd been found be a teacher. He turned and to his immense relief it was only Gowthur and Deb.
"Where did you come from?" Rapunzel asked.
"Haven't you had that talk yet?" Deb teased. Gowthur snickered and Jack coughed to hide his laughter. Merida narrowed her eyes and Rapunzel looked confused.
"Look. You two weren't invited to this party," Jack said. "Now run along back to bed," he shoed them away. Gowthur huffed and waddled towards them. His strange yellow eyes were filled with anger.
"You wanna say that to my face?" he challenged.
"I don't think I could reach all the way down there," Jack smirked.
"How about I help you," Gowthur suddenly threw his whole body into Jack's legs causing him to fall to the floor. Gowthur pulled out his wand and pointed it at Jack. "Not so powerful on the ground are you?" he grinned.
"Maybe not, but I am," Merida said kicking Gowthur away from Jack.
"How dare you?" Deb screamed. She grabbed Merida's head and yanked it back. Merida screamed and kicked at Deb. The two fell to the ground in a screaming heap. Gowthur scrambled to his feet and grabbed for his wand.
Hiccup shoved Toothless back in his robes and grabbed his own wand. As Gowthur threatened Jack again Hiccup pointed his wand at him. "I wouldn't do that if I were you," Hiccup warned.
"And why not?" Hiccup recognized Jasper's voice. He could feel the tip of a wand at his head.
"Because of this," Rapunzel yelled sending a spell at him. Jasper and Hiccup jumped away as it hit the statue. Jasper shot another spell at Rapunzel. Jack pushed her out of the way and retaliated with his own spell.
Rapunzel took on the gangly ginger who had come with Jasper. Hiccup looked around for Gowthur.
Merida-
Merida kicked Deb in the leg then jumped off of her. She pulled out her wand and pointed it at her. "Stupefy," she yelled. Deb rolled out of the way. Merida hurled more spells at her. Deb screamed and ran down the hall.
"Come back here you coward," Merida yelled chasing after her. She glanced back at the others. Jack was handling well against Jasper. Rapunzel was too. Hiccup looked like he was having some trouble so Merida left Deb and ran over to help him.
Instead of using a spell she ran up and grabbed Gowthur's wand from his hand. "Hey," he shouted in surprise. Merida laughed and ran down the hall. Gowthur tried to run after her, but Hiccup tripped him. Gowthur landed on his side and started roll around.
Rapunzel shouted a spell Merida couldn't understand and the red head flew against the wall and lay unconscious.
"Way to go Rapunzel," Merida cheered throwing Hiccup Gowthur's wand. Hiccup dangled it over his head, taunting Gowthur who had yet to regain his footing.
Merida moved over to help Jack. She pointed her wand at Jasper and formed a spell in her mind. She opened her mouth to speak it when a loud voice boomed in the corridor.
"STOP," they all froze. "WHAT ON EATH DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" Merida felt her heart sink as Nicholas Jurntry strode towards them. "PUT YOUR WANDS DOWN RIGHT NOW!"
Jack and Merida dropped their hands to their sides. Rapunzel tucked hers in her robes. Hiccup was frozen with his hand still dangling over Gowthur. Nicholas waved his hand and the torches on the wall glowed with fire. The light illuminated the corridor and blinded Merida. She blinked to adjust her eyes.
"NOW WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?" he demanded. His long brown hair was in a ponytail and he had on a monocle. His skin looked even paler in the harsh light and his hazel eyes were furious.
"They attacked us. We were just minding our own business and they sprang out of nowhere," Jasper pointed at Jack and them.
"WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING OUT OF BED?" Jasper opened his mouth then closed it, unable to come up with an answer.
"We didn't attack them sir," Jack said. Nicholas glanced at him then froze. His eyes turned hard.
"Get out," he said, his voice dangerously low. "Go back to your common rooms right NOW," he ordered. They scrambled away from him. Jasper, the ginger, and Gowthur raced away from them. Merida, Rapunzel, Hiccup, and Jack walked together.
"What was that about? I thought he'd expel us for sure," Rapunzel said.
"Me too," Hiccup agreed.
"Guess we're just lucky," Jack grinned.
"Don't be so sure. He didn't look too happy to see you," Merida elbowed him in the ribs. Jack grunted. Suddenly Rapunzel stopped.
"Pascal," she gasped. "I never found him." They looked at each other. Merida hoped that Rapunzel would just give up on it and find him tomorrow.
"I saw your chameleon," Peeves smirked, flying towards them from the shadows. "He was down the sixth corridor," Peeves said. Merida flinched. Jack and Hiccup exchanged a horrified look.
"We have to get him," Rapunzel declared.
"How do we know you're telling the truth?" Jack asked Peeves. Peeves smiled a creepy sort of smile.
"You can trust old Peeves," he cackled. "Just not old Nicholas," he began to laugh hysterically. "Crazy old coot," he sang as he flew away.
"What now?" Hiccup asked.
"We should go back to our rooms," Jack said.
"Not without Pascal," Rapunzel declared. Merida sighed.
"Fine."
"You girls are crazy, but I guess I'll go too," Jack gave them a crooked smile. Hiccup gulped.
"Me too," he said. Rapunzel turned and raced back towards the sixth corridor. Her three friends followed her.
Jack Frost-
Jack and his friends walked down the sixth corridor quietly calling Pascal's name. Jack kept a watch for Nicholas Jurntry or any other teacher who might be lurking around. Luckily they met no one on their walk down the hall. Unfortunately they also didn't meet Pascal.
Looming ahead of them was a large black door with no door knob. The four gathered around it and stared at it without speaking.
"Should we open it?" Hiccup asked, breaking the silence.
"I have to find Pascal," Rapunzel said determinedly. She reached out to push the door, but Jack grabbed her hand.
"Wait," he whispered. He leaned forward and pressed his ear against the door. Very faintly he could hear voices on the inside. It sounded like Nicholas and Alex. The others crowded next to him to hear.
"I want them expelled. All of them gone tomorrow," Nicholas exclaimed. He sounded furious and yet confused and shocked.
"Don't you think that's a bit much? I mean it's not the first time we've had students out of bed at night," Alex pointed out.
"They were fighting with spells and they were in the sixth corridor," Nicholas shot back, his voice rising.
"But sir the corridor is only off limits because you moved your office here," Alex said gently. "The children couldn't have known that."
"It doesn't matter. They shouldn't have been here and they shouldn't have been using magic out of class," Nicholas said firmly.
"Sir, I think detention will teach them not to come here again and not to use magic in the corridor," Alex persisted. Nicholas was quiet.
"You just don't understand Alex. But I suppose you are right. They will all receive detention. But I have something different in mind for his friends."
"When will they need to serve it?" Alex asked.
"Halloween night will do," Nicholas said. The room grew quiet. Jack glanced at his friends.
"Pascal,' Rapunzel squealed. She ran to a suit of armor and grabbed a little green lizard from it.
"Shhhhh," they all shushed her. Jack pressed his ear back against the door to see if they had heard. It was still quiet.
He motioned towards the end of the corridor. They nodded and started walking that way. Jack glanced at the door, then followed.
"So I guess we were going to get expelled," Hiccup said when they had gotten far enough away that they were sure they couldn't hear them.
"Good thing Alex was there," Merida said. Jack nodded in agreement.
"I wonder why he was so mad. I mean we were just out of bed," Jack pointed out.
"And on a forbidden corridor," Rapunzel added.
"And using magic in the corridors," Merida said.
"Against other students," Hiccup finished. Jack grinned.
"Ok I guess he had a right to be kind of mad," Jack said. They laughed. In the empty hall it echoed and grew louder until it sounded like the whole hall was laughing.
As the laughter died down they could hear the sound of approaching footsteps. "Let's get out of here," Merida whispered, running for the stairs. They pelted after her.
Rapunzel-
Rapunzel closed the portrait of the old man behind her and slid to the floor with a sigh. She took Pascal off of her shoulder and held him in her hands. "That was a fun night, wasn't it Pascal?" she smiled.
Pascal made a face and Rapunzel laughed. "At least we didn't get expelled. Detention isn't so bad," she said, trying to remain optimistic. "I wonder what we'll have to do."
She yawned loudly. Rubbing her eyes she placed Pascal back on her shoulder and headed up to her dormitory. She tiptoed to her bed and collapsed onto the soft mattress. Rolling up in the warm fabric of her sheets she closed her eyes.
Almost immediately she fell fast asleep. Her dream was full of dark shadows and sudden blasts of light. Someone was screaming next to her. She struggled to reach them, but stumbled and fell into a void. The screaming continued, but this time it was hers.
She kicked and flailed, trying to catch something before she hit the ground. She did grab something. It felt like a broomstick only much colder and very slick. She hung on for a moment then it tilted and she slipped off.
"Rapunzel," a single voice cut through the chaos. All it said was her name, but it filled her with a strange calmness. Then she hit the ground.
Rapunzel sat up in bed covered in sweat and panting. The other girls in her dormitory were waking up too. Ashley glanced at her as she stretched.
"Have a nightmare?" she asked.
"Yea," Rapunzel answered.
A/N:
Heyy ya'll. So I was really excited about this chapter, but it didn't turn out how I wanted it to. I feel like it kinda repeats stuff over and over again, like what they did wrong and where they were, and other stuff. Sorry about that. Thanks to Bailey24, Eva Maverx, and Our Heroes Won't Die for reviewing. You guys are awesome. I hope you like this chapter. If you like Hiccup you'll probably like this chapter because his part is really long and everyone else's is short. I don't know why it's like that, it just sorta happened. Now I'm just rambling, sorry. Thanks for reading and Please review!