This chapter had older version of Hiccup! Enjoy! :)
"The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out in the end." -Neal Shusterman.
A knee length, black or gray dress with sleeves that reached down to their elbows, no collar, for the lady. And a white or green button up shirt with brown trousers, for the gentleman. The uniform for school; at the breast pocket neatly printed: Scoffland High.
Today, was a highly unusual day for Jack Frost. It was fall, the season where all the leaves danced with the wind and his plants were starting to die in the front patio due to the lack of Sun. But once he came out the front door, he noticed the flowers looked fresh and well.. alive. His forehead wrinkled in confusion, and with a wave of his hand they were now heavily frosted with snow.
The minute class had started and everyone was seated, with the teacher writing something on the board, he noticed the door open slowly by an invisible force. He looked back to see if others had noticed it too, they didn't. The rush of wind had passed the side of his head, carrying the faintest scent of spring.
Hesitantly, he glanced at the back of the room, delicately taking a seat was a blonde with the most beautiful emerald green eyes, dress in a black knee length uniform dress. Hair braided to the side. Jack frantically turned looking forward, feeling his heart jump repeatedly through his chest.
Who is she?
The teacher's loud voice had snapped him back to his senses, "According to the queen, we are to start the new quarter today. I assume you all well know what happens in the beginning of a new quarter?
Everyone knew the answer: quiz and a sample. No matter how bad the idea "quiz"seemed to the ordinary humans, these quizzes were different. These were based on your abilities, questions that went from easy to personal. To see where you stood with your power and how much help was required. And afterward, they'd take a small sample of your gift.
Merida, a red head with curls lapping over her face shot a worried glance towards her friend as the papers were being passed out. Aw, poor Hiccup, he had been dreading for this day. His life was complicated, it was probably even worse than the life of the blues. Scales from a dark reptile danced across his nose ending to the side of it. The tip of his fingers covered in scales running down in a thin line at the base of his palm. Fifteen percent of his body in scales from a dragon.
Usually, your ability comes I'm six years after the day of your birth. Celebrating the event, Hiccup's parents had given him a pet, to which he had called: Toothless. Oh, how he loved him. However, his ability had come late; a week later, he began to grow scales. Well that's a start.
One evening, in the middle of a play date with Toothless, Hiccup had reached out to stroke him. But then the poor cat had fallen, dead.
"Mom!" He had cried, desperate.
And as went for an embrace, her heart had rotten and she too had fallen dead.
His touch was poisonous and deadly, it provided a silent death.
He had grown to live a life that no one wanted. "Hiccup.." Merida, whispered hesitantly.
He had grown since then, of course he has, he's eighteen! Merida thought to herself. His emerald green eyes said everything. He wasn't scared, he was terrified. A mind reader- Merida- knew almost everything. His eyes locked hers, she read, "Merida- I ca- I can't do this." She reached out to comfort him, to lay a hand on his shoulder, but before contact wad made he recoiled. A bewildered look was shot at her direction. What was she thinking?! He thought. All she could think of how much that hurt, and he knew that but it wasn't like he had wished to be cursed. "I'm sorry." His eyes whispered, sadly.
Turning to his head back to his desk, he picked up his pencil, unable to control his shaking hand. He took a deep breath and began writing.
First question: What is your ability?
Easy but painful for Hiccup.
What negatively do you hold?
Every part of me, he thought to himself.
How many people have you killed because of it?
At that moment, Hiccup had tensed and his fingers became stiff unable to control his breathing.
The ends of her dress danced against her knees as she made her way towards the door. Jack wouldn't be surprised if she could walk on water; she was like a delicate flower. Who was she? it was what had asked himself multiple times.
On this island, almost everyone was well known. But how come she wasn't so familiar to Jack? She didn't look new either, she knew were she was going. He would've remembered her, or at least her appearance. But she was new to him, everything about her was different.
On the way home, he noticed she took the same route as he did. Okay, now the mystery was killing him. He began to realize that everyone knew everything about him but he knew very little of others, and nothing from her.
As she passed a house, she noticed flowers in the front patio wet and drooping. Frowning, she bent down and suddenly, her fingertips began to glow with a bright golden light. She lightly pressed the tip of her fingers to the grass, sending a light crawling toward the flowers. The light hesitantly hugged its stem, the light duplicated itself to reach the others, healing the flowers that Jack had frozen, bringing it back to life. From afar Jackson watched as she stood up and vanished. He repeatedly turned to see if he wasn't crazy, that it wasn't just him who had witnessed it.
A mysterious girl, who caused warm light to form at the tip of her fingers, and who could disappear.. possibly turn invisible?
Two abilities.
One girl.
"Rapunzel." The wind whispered.
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