Hey guys. I don't know. I haven't really been inspired to write much because I'm not really getting feedback. I don't know if much of anyone is reading this.

Anyway, I know there have been complaints about the girls missing but that's because they don't have their plots until later on. Trust me, they'll be more involved. But until then, Merida is in this chapter more.

Dedications: linkgirlz, wally's girlfriend, PruCan4evar

Chapter 5

~Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III~

"Hiccup, that's beautiful." Rapunzel sat next to me and I smiled at her.

It was a cane. I carved it. I gave it effects to look like old wood. I ingraved designs in it. I carved what looked like icicles down from it and I painted them to look like ice. The upper half was a pale blue and the rest was just a beautifully imprinted cane.

Back when Jack first started to doodle to me in Potions class is where I got the idea. In fact, I had this idea the second I drew the cane. I smiled at my handiwork. I was very, very proud.

"Thank you, Rapunzel. It's for Jack." Her eyes lit up and she smiled.

"That's right! Today is his birthday!" She got really excited and dug through her bag and pulled out a brown shall with a hood. "I made it for him. He usually goes outside without his cloak and I figured he'd get cold…"

"It's beautiful, Rapunzel." I smiled at her and she gave me a content grin. "Oh. Right, look at my favorite part."

I tugged at the tip of the cane, not at the hook end. There was an area where the cane looked like just a stick with a nub sticking out and the cane began a few inches behind. I pulled out a section where he could place his wand very comfortably. (Trust me, I measured.)

"It's so he can cast spells with his cane instead of his wand." I smiled broadly and Rapunzel looked way too excited for something that wasn't hers.

"That is so amazing! He's going to love it! I want to be there when you give it to him." I nodded at her and suddenly, I felt a lot closer to Jack than I had ever been. To anyone, in fact.

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"Oh! Oh! There he is!" Rapunzel yanked my arm and pulled me towards Jack, Dusk and Dash. I did my best to hide my present from him seeing it prematurely and Jack raised an eyebrow at us. Rapunzel couldn't contain herself and she handed him the wrapped package that was his shall.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" She giggled and hopped on her toes. Jack smiled at her.

"Thank you." He unwrapped it and he looked confused and looked at Rapunzel and then down at the shall. "Rapunzel…"

"I made it myself." She said proudly and he picked it up out of the packaging.

"…" He hugged her. "I… don't know how you did it but I used to have one of these… I lost it. It was my dad's. Thank you." Rapunzel looked like she was going to cry. She hugged Jack really tight and I felt rather… jealous I guess the best word is. I was jealous.

Jack stood up and smiled at Rapunzel one last time and looked at me. I was suddenly very nervous of my gift. What if he didn't like it? I mean I spent a long time on it and all but what if he didn't like it? Oh Thor, now I'm nervous.

"Remember when we started drawing to each other in Potions?" He nodded slowly. I pulled the cane from behind me and smiled weakly. "I carved you a cane, you old man you."

Jack looked so hyped. I've never seen him look so amazed about something before. Rapunzel was excited to watch his reaction too. She giggled gleefully.

"You carved this?" He slowly took hold of it.

"Yeah. It took a while, I wanted to incorporate icicles somehow since you know, you're Jack Frost and all… Do you like it?" I asked pathetically and Jack nodded with a big grin on his face and he continued to feel every crevice of the cane. I was proud. I smiled excitedly and pulled at the cane where the wand holder came out.

"What's that?" He asked, still baffled.

"You can put your wand in here if you'd like. You can channel your magic through the cane." I said and if it was possible for Jack to look more excited, it happened. He flung his arms around me and jumped a bit. It was kind of awkward but I felt like the greatest person in the world.

"That is awesome! Thank you Hiccup!" He pulled away and my face was pink and I smiled bashfully and rubbed the back of my neck.

"You're welcome, Jack. Happy birthday." Jack Frost was my best friend. And I knew that right then. I'd do anything for him.

~Merida DunBroch~

It was time to head back home for the holidays. It was very excitin'. I said my goodbyes to all of me friends in Gryffindor when suddenly somethin' didn't sit to right. I heard Flynn. Now, Flynn was a very handsome guy. He had a very bad reputation with causin' fights and all. I heard him mention somethin' bout a Slytherin.

First thing that came to me head was Jack Frost.

Rapunzel had told me that Flynn and Jack weren't too fond of each other. So when Flynn decided to crawl out of the common room, I couldn't help but happen to go the same way.

I had me bow n' arrows. I wanted to practice shootin' before me mum decided to send for me.

I took a wrong turn n' I knew it. I lost em'. I didn't know where they were. I thought I saw somethin' out of the corner of me eye. Will-o-whisps? What are they doin' here?

I sprinted after them n' that's where it lead me. I saw em. They were by the forbidden forest. Flynn n' a few of his guys were pickin' on Jack. I frowned. Why? What caused them to do that?

That's when I saw it. Jack seemed to heave n' turned round to try to walk away. Flynn pushed him to the ground. Jack got back up n' tried again. Same result.

Me eyes narrowed. Flynn grabbed Jack's cane. Hiccup made that. He spent forever carvin' that thing, makin' it perfect.

Flynn snapped it in half.

From here, a few hundred yards away I could see Jack and the distress on his face. He scrambled to pick up the two halves n' I don't know. Somethin' bout that set me off. Jack was hunched over tryin' ta put together his cane n' I snapped.

In an instant I had me bow n' arrow pointed at Flynn. I just needed somethin' ta shoot at.

Flynn lifted up his leg n' almost slammed it down on Jack's head but… I let go of me arrow.

Perfect shot. Flynn's pants got pinned to the tree he was in front of n' he fell over. Flynn looked back at me n' I was holdin' another arrow with me bow. I looked at him and the others, darin' them to do somethin'.

"I got plenty of arrows." I threatened and Flynn glared at me.

"He's a Slytherin, why are you standing up for him?" Flynn asked with a frown as he yanked me arrow out of his pants.

"I always thought that Gryffindors were brave n' we were the good guys. But if some Gryffindors didn't get that memo, then maybe some Slytherins didn't get the bad guy memo either."

Flynn threw the arrow at the floor n' he stormed off with whomever he was with followin' behind him.

I walked over to Jack. He looked heartbroken.

"Thanks…" He said, head hung. He stared at the two halves of his cane. All in that moment I saw how much Hiccup meant to him. N' he was wearing the shall Rapunzel made for him. Jack had a heart. Maybe he was up to no good but that's something I couldn't say for sure. I pulled out me wand.

"Reparo." His cane was whole again and I saw Jack was shakin' before. Now he's tremblin'.

"H-how did you… How did you fix it?" He looked up at me n' I smiled.

"Magic. Now come on. We gotta go." I held out my hand and Jack hesitantly placed his hand in mine. "By the way, Jack." He looked at me. "Happy birthday." He smiled.

Don't get me wrong, not too sure if Jack n' I are goin' to be gettin' along now, but the will-o-whips sent me for him, so maybe there's a reason.

Maybe I'm supposed to look out for Jack Frost. Maybe it's me destiny.

~Jack Frost~

"Jack my boy! Why the long face?" I glanced up at North and sighed and shook my head. I couldn't help it. I was bored. I missed my friends. I couldn't say that to North though! He would hold that over my head forever! I thought you didn't WANT to go to school. With his smug grin.

"No reason." Even though there totally was a reason. I've been home for like a week and I haven't heard from any of them. Not even Hiccup. And trust me, Hiccup should feel honored to have a friend as awesome as me. Because I'm awesome.

"Oh really? You aren't lonely?" I shook my head. "Don't miss anyone?" Another. "Oh. Ok. I won't give you this then…" My head snapped towards him.

"Give me what?" I asked quickly and he held up a letter.

"This. It's from one of your friends from school." I rushed over and snatched the letter so fast out of his grip, I didn't even care if he yelled at me for being rude.

I ripped open the letter and glanced at the bottom to see who it was from.

"Oh." Don't get me wrong, I very much enjoyed Dash's company, but I thought it would be from Hiccup. I guess I miss him or something.

I sat down and skimmed the letter and North grinned at me.

"Oh?" He mimicked. "Were you expecting letter from someone else?" He asked and I glared at him and looked back down at the paper. "Is it girl?"

"No." I said flatly. I could honestly say that I wasn't really crushing on anyone.

North sat down on the seat next to me and looked at me expectantly with a huge smile like a teenage girl waiting for gossip. I glared at him again and hid my face.

"Come on, Jack. You haven't told me about any of your friends. I'm quite sad about this. I would like to know how you're fitting in at school. I see you got sorted into green house. I like this. Green is good. Green is Christmas." I sighed and put my paper down and got up and walked into my room and grabbed my cane. When I came back I held it out to him and his eyes widened and he slowly picked it up and felt the smooth surface. "This is nice."

"I know. My best friend made it for me for my birthday." I pulled out the wand holder and he looked impressed. "He made this so I could cast spells with my wand." North nodded in approval.

"What is the name of your best friend?" He asked curiously and I smiled.

"Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the third." I said proudly and North smiled smugly.

"Looks like you really like Hiccup." He pointed out, I was surprised that he didn't make fun of Hiccup's name.

"What do you mean I really like Hiccup?" North seemed to stumble for a minute then smiled.

"No no nothing bad. You admire this boy. This good. Very good. When do I meet him?" He asked and I glared at him.

"Not. Happening." I said flatly.

Tooth quickly rushed into the room with a big grin on her face.

"Jack? Did I just hear you have a friend? When can I meet him?" I smacked my forehead.

"Never. He hasn't even owled me." I muttered and crossed my arms and North handed me a pen and Tooth handed me parchment.

"Then why don't you write him a letter? Maybe he's waiting for you to message him." Tooth said sweetly. "Make sure to invite him and give him our address. He can floo here whenever he wants to. I would love to meet him, what about you, North?"

"Ah! I would love to meet this child. If he has patience for my boy, Jack, then he must be good." I sighed and rolled my eyes. I didn't even know how to begin…

Hiccup,

Hey, how has it been going? I haven't heard from you so I figured to write you a letter. Miss me yet? I'm sure you do, I'm pretty awesome. I showed North my cane. He was as excited about it as I was. He thinks it's awesome. I have to agree. I was wondering if you wanted to stop by sometime and chill? I'm not really doing anything and since we're friends I thought you could come entertain me for a while or something. If you have a floo, my fireplace is 25, North Pole. It's cold up here so make sure to bring a jacket. I understand that Berk is cold too but you obviously have never lived in the north pole. Bt yeah, I suck at writing letters so I'm just going to conclude this before I face any embarrassment of awkwardness (That is your department) and I'm going to wait for your reply. Or just stop by. I'm literally not doing anything. Ever.

-Jack Frost

"Hey Jack…" North called me out of my letter-writing trance.

"Yes, North?" I looked up and he had an expression of wonder on his face and he rubbed his beard.

"I might be just… picturing this but I don't believe I've seen him." I looked at him, clearly very confused. "Where is Bunnymund?"

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