Chapter Seventeen(filler)

Merida-

Merida followed Liam and Dorian into the Gryffindor common room after the Quiditch match. Slytherin had crushed Hufflepuff. "Too bad Hufflepuff didn't win," Ellen said from behind them.

"Yea. I would have like to see those smug smiles whipped off of their faces," Blake agreed.

"I would love to see how Rapunzel and Jack would have reacted if Hufflepuff had won," Merida commented. Rapunzel had been all supportive and happy and junk for Jack since his team won. Jack hadn't been too bad about it either. He had told Rapunzel her house played well and all, but Merida knew if it wasn't Rapunzel's house he would have been rubbing it in everyone's face.

"I doubt Rapunzel would be too cocky," Blake pointed out as he dropped into an armchair by the fire. The weather was getting much warmer, but there was always a fire inside the common room.

"She's way too nice," Liam said, his eyes looking dreamy. Merida grabbed a pillow and threw it at him, hitting him square in the face. He yelped and looked at her in surprise. "What was that for?"

"Rapunzel is way out of your league," Merida said. Liam blushed and Merida snorted. "Besides I think she's taken."

"By who?" Liam demanded.

"Jack Frost," Dorian answered for her. She smirked at Liam then sat on the arm of Blake's chair. Merida nodded at her statement.

"Well, who said I even like her?" he asked. His voice was hard and cold to hide his embarrassment. "I'm going to bed," he turned around and stomped to the boy's dormitory.

"Touchy," Dorian said, starring after him.

"Be kind Dorian. He just had his heart broke," Blake teased. They all cracked with laughter. "So girls are you going to the Valentines dance?" He looked over each of us with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"You know we can't go to the dance," Ellen said. "That's only for fourth years and up."

"Yea yea, but we can go to the party on the ninth corridor," Blake pointed out.

"I'm going," Dorian said excitedly. "I've got this great outfit picked out already. You coming Merida?"

"I don't know. I'm probably going to see if Rapunzel, Jack, and Hiccup are going," she said thoughtfully.

"Oh come on Merida," Ellen smiled. "You know Rapunzel will go and Jack will go with her and Hiccup isn't going to want to be left out," she said.

"Well I guess I'll go then," Merida said. Secretly she would much rather not go and just hang out with her friends somewhere away from the crowded party.

"Yay," Dorian and Ellen cheered.

"What are you wearing?" Ellen asked. Merida shrugged. She had only just said she'd go, there'd been no time to plan her outfit. "Come on, we'll help you pick something out," Ellen jumped up and grabbed Merida's wrist.

She ran up the stairs to the girls dormitory with Dorian close behind her. Blake watched them leave then laughed. "Girls," he rolled his eyes.

Rapunzel-

Rapunzel tied the last ribbon into her hair then stood up to take a look at it. She was wearing a bright pink shirt with white lace on the sleeves and up the back. Her skirt was the same pink with white lace curling up over the fabric from the bottom and making swirls all over it. Unable to decide on shoes, she was barefoot. Her hair was tied up in braids and ribbons but it still hung to her waist. For jewelry she had chosen the necklace Jack made and the bracelet Hiccup made.

Satisfied with her outfit she turned to the other girls in the dormitory. Ashley had her brown hair slicked and straightened and was wearing a bright red party dress covered in heart shaped sequins and glitter.

Raviare was in a plain white lace dress with no sleeves and a brown belt wrapped around her middle. Gloriana was in a blowy blue shirt with a white skirt and cowgirl boots. Her blond hair was curled and fell around her shoulders.

"Is everyone ready?" she asked. They all nodded after giving themselves long looks in the mirror. "Let's go," Rapunzel squealed with excitement. The others were just as excited as her as they followed her into the common room.

Drew was waiting for them with Tyler, Peterson, and Flamper. They each had on plain button down shirts with a ties and dark jeans. "Looking spiffy boys," Ashley said.

"Not too bad yourself," Drew shot back. Rapunzel grinned at her friends' playful banter.

"Come on, let's go," Gloriana urged. They hurried out of the common room then headed towards the ninth corridor. They meet Merida, Hiccup, Jack, and their friends on the way there.

"Hey you guys," Rapunzel smiled brightly. Jack was in a crisp white button down shirt with almost black blue jeans and a bright blue tie that brought out his eyes. Hiccup had on a green button down shirt with khakis and a brown tie.

Merida was in a blowy light green tank-top blouse with a collar. She had on dark blue skinnies and her boots that she got for Christmas. She had chosen the same jewelry as Rapunzel, but she also had on another bracelet that had an arrow charm on it.

"Nice outfit," Jack gave Rapunzel a crooked grin. "You too Gryffindor," he smirked at Merida. She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.

"She matches Hiccup," Rapunzel whispered in Jack's ear. He chuckled.

"Party time," Dorian cheered. She was in a powder pink dress with spaghetti straps and matching sandals. Her blond hair was falling around her shoulders in perfect waves. Blake was standing next to her and he had on a white shirt with a pink tie that matched her dress.

"I always knew they liked each other," Merida mentioned.

"They're only eleven," Rapunzel pointed out. Merida shrugged. The large group of students filed into the ninth corridor.

It was decorated with pink streams, floating hearts, glitter, candles that burned pink, and balloons. There were tables of food place along the walls and Rapunzel noticed that many of the kids were already chowing down on the food. Music blared, and some people were dancing.

"I don't recognize this song. What is it?" Merida asked, practically screaming to be heard over the noise.

"It's not a muggle song. It's a wizard song," Ellen explained. She was wearing a burgundy shirt that was tied up in the bottom. Her skirt was cream with little burgundy flowers sprinkled all over it.

"I didn't know there was wizard music," Jack remarked.

"Of course there is," Rapunzel smiled. "I'll have to teach you how to dance to it." They grabbed each other's hands and ran to where the other students were dancing.

Hiccup-

Hiccup absentmindedly poured himself a glass of punch. It was bright red to match the Valentines theme. Taking a sip he found it tasted lie cherries.

"Hey there Hiccup," Merida walked over to him. She poured herself a glass then leaned up against the table next to him.

"Hi Merida," Hiccup nodded at her. "Having fun?"

"Ehh, it's ok," she shrugged.

"Do you know how to dance?" he asked. She gave him a sideways glance.

"No. Do you?"

"No," he laughed. She nodded and looked at her drink, hiding her face with her hair. "Are Rapunzel and Jack still dancing?" he asked.

"Yea. Rapunzel won't let him stop, but I don't think he minds," Merida stared out at the students dancing. Most of them were Third years, but there were some Second years and First years.

"I wonder why the school celebrates a muggle holiday," Hiccup muttered thoughtfully.

Merida shrugged. "I guess it just depends on who's running it. I doubt that every Headmaster has made a Valentines dance." Hiccup nodded.

"Nicholas sure doesn't seem like the type to throw a party though," he pointed out. Merida turned to face him. Hiccup looked over at her. Her blue eyes had lost all their bored playfulness. She was serious now.

"Do you really think he's the master?" she asked. Her voice was low, so no one else could hear. Hiccup sighed.

"I really don't think we have enough information to decide," he said.

Merida turned back towards the party. "It doesn't really matter if we find out who it is anyways," she said.

"What?" Hiccup nearly choked on his punch in shock. "Of course it matters."

"I'm not saying it doesn't matter, matter. I mean it does matter. But if we were to find him right now what would we do with him?" she asked.

"Destroy him and the shadow," Hiccup said. He didn't get what she was saying.

"How would we destroy him. All we know how to do is freeze people and disarm them. That isn't going to stop someone as powerful as the master is supposed to be," she said. Finally it dawned on Hiccup what she was getting at.

"Oh. Well yea. You're right," he murmured. They grew into an awkward silence, both of them lost in their own thoughts. Hiccup thought back to the story Simpion had told them. There had been one master before. She had been destroyed. There had to be some way to take them down.

"Simpion," he blurted out. Merida glanced at him curiously.

"What about Simpion?" she asked.

"He was the one who knew about the shadow and told us about the master. He can help us," Hiccup explained. His voice rose from the excitement he was feeling.

"But he said he didn't know how to defeat the master. He said only the centaurs who were alive back then knew," Merida pointed out. Hiccup wasn't dampened.

"But he knows the other centaurs. Maybe he can take us to them," he said. Merida's blue eyes lit up.

"We've got to try it," she decided. Hiccup grinned and took her hand in his own. They ran out on the dance floor to find Jack and Rapunzel and tell them their idea.

Jack Frost-

Jack was sitting with Rapunzel, Merida, and Hiccup on a hallway away from the dance. Merida and Hiccup had dragged him and Rapunzel here and told them something about talking to the centaurs about the master.

"I thought Alex told you to stay out of it," Rapunzel said.

"But Alex wouldn't even know about it if it weren't for us," Merida pointed out. "We discovered this thing so now we've got to destroy it." Hiccup nodded his support. Jack leaned his back against the wall thoughtfully.

"Why do we have to ask the centaurs? Why can't we just talk to Alex about it?" he asked.

"Alex told us not to get involved. He won't let us help and he probably won't believe us," Hiccup said.

"Simpion believed in us and he actually gave us information about it," Merida added. Both of them looked excited and proud like they had actually solved the mystery.

"Ok, ok, but if Simpion turns out to be a bust then can we go to Alex?" he asked.

"Sure whatever," Merida nodded. Jack rolled his eyes.

"So are we just going to waltz into the Forbidden Forest and somehow find him? I mean the place is huge and what if he lives far away from the school?" Rapunzel asked.

"Toothless can help us," Hiccup said. "He can fly us anywhere in the forest."

"Are you convinced?" Merida asked. Rapunzel and Jack glanced at each other. Jack would have rather just stuck with getting help from Alex, but they all looked so hopeful.

"Fine," he sighed. They cheered. "But can we enjoy the rest of the dance?" he asked. They nodded. Together they got up and headed back to the ninth corridor.

A/N:

Sorry this chapter is so short. You guys have been waiting forever and this is all I gave you. I know, bad Animaneya, bad. In my defense I've been at Congress last weekend and before that I had Vacation Bible School at my church so I was busy. Good news, I finished planning out their second year! I think it's going to be a little shorter than this one. Speaking of this one, it has relatively only seven more chapters left. Kinda sad. Also they don't find out who the master is at the end of this year. I just figured I should go ahead and let you know that. It took me three hours to plan out year two and my brain is exhausted from it. I'm going to go take a nap now. Oh wait I can't yet, there are some amazing reviewers that need to be mentioned! Thanks to Cristyceci, bug349, Bailey24, Shara Raizel, AlexJohnD, 4everETRNL, XxXBlueRose23XxX, kairi196, jackunzel lover1, guest, Kasha Eliz, clio, and FloralmaTylee for reviewing. Thanks for reading and please review! Nap Time!