A Highschool Story 3

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Hiccup stared at the cerulean eyed boy, who's face was getting more excited by the minute. He finished putting his things in his book bag as Jack grinned, having ran to the door. "Come on Haddock!" He yelled, his voice filled with a childlike giddiness that was contagious.

He was outside the school when the thinner boy found him, tapping his bare foot on the pavement impatiently. "You sure are slow." Hiccup merely grunted, out of breath and out of shape.

"What, is with...the feet?" The white haired teen flashed a blinding smile and wiggled his pale toes, relishing in the cool air that greeted them. "I like to do things my way, and shoes make me feel trapped, limited." He lifted a foot for visual aid. "They got me into some newer pants, but they'd never catch me dead wearing shoes." His eyes twinkled as he said the word dead, as though the thought of it amused him in some way.

Hiccup was about to ask who they was but Jack began running off again, and greeted the following groan of protest with a chuckle.

They ran past the school, and into the forest opposite of Hiccup's neighborhood.

The brunet artist marveled in the way Jack ran. His steps were so free, so perfectly executed that the crunchy leaves underneath his steps were silent. It was almost as though the air itself was tangible underneath his feet, and gave him a boost. He wondered where Jack learned to do that, 'probably from pranking', he thought. 'Jack seems to be the pranking type.'

Unable to run any further, a wheezing Hiccup came to a halt and asked,"Jack! Just where..are we going?" The white haired teen stopped his light foot fall and stood, looking at the other teen with a crazy grin. "The other day, I was out in these woods, and I found something. I've been coming here for a while now, hoping to figure this out. So, when I met you, I figured that someone clever could figure it out." Jack's eyes and voice held an innocent sincereness that Hiccup didn't trust.

"Fine, fine," he said, giving into those blue eyes that promised adventure. "Where is it?" Jack began bouncing on the balls of his feet, never leaving the ground but preparing to sprint. He looked at Hiccup, a knowing smirk painted on his lips.

"Not it, but she." Hiccup was dumbstruck. "She!?"

He was too flabbergasted to think of what too say. "Your spying on a girl!? I-I mean you-"

"Hiccup." Jack's voice was calmer now, quieter. "Trust me, this girl. She is like nothing I have ever seen."

Hiccup found the sarcastic remark leaving his lips before his brain could register the thought. "Sounds like someone's in love."

Jack stood still, as though slapped in the face. "That's not funny, Haddock."

Hiccup rolled his eyes, ignoring the strange tone in Jack's voice. Albeit when he looked at the other boy, he was surprised to see a vulnerability lodging there. A look of profound loneliness, as though Hiccup's words had deracinated the boys spirit in some demented, twisted joke.

It was gone so quickly, hidden behind a customary smirk, that the Viking wondered if he had imagined it all. "Lets just go." Jack said with a shake of his head and a smile.

Hiccup followed Jack as he wove through trees, venturing deeper into the forest. Hiccup was surprised when they found it. An old, run down house that was fenced in. Attached to the fence were eerie signs that read 'go back', and 'turn around'.

The house itself seemed menacing, shingles falling off and thorns growing in the yard. The whole place was dark, the trees preventing light from entering the woods.

Jack put a finger to his lips, opened the creaking gate, then gestured for them to go into the back yard. The back yard was similar to the front with the exception of decaying leaves littering the deck.

Hiccup waited outside as his friend tiptoed through the back door. He heard a loud excited squeal followed by some ranting. after sometime, Hiccup was deep in thought against the railing, Jack broke the news to the girl that someone new was hear. He told her to wait and then he went outside, with a grin on his face. "Come on Hic, I have someone for you to meet."

The brown haired boy cautiously stepped inside and was surprised to see the interior spotless. A teenage girl stood in the kitchen, holding a broom tightly as though she felt threatened. She had her blonde hair woven into a thick braid that reached her ankles.

Hiccup gave her a small wave and she nervously waved back. He jumped, startled as Jack slapped his back heartily. "Hiccup, meet Rapunzel. Punz, meet Hiccup."

After exchanging greetings a heavy silence filled the air. Jack and Rapunzel were obviously acquainted, she stood closer to him in her nervousness of the new comer.

Hiccup cleared his throat and said,"so, how long have you lived here?"

The girl's face broke into a smile and she said," not long, we lived in a tower first but then mother said it wasn't safe anymore so we moved here."

Hiccup nodded and muttered,"cliche much?"

The blonde cocked her head at his words and Jack intervened. "Uh, Punz, what Hiccup was trying to say is that it's a little strange for a girl to live in the middle of the woods."

He shot a glare Hiccups way then continued to speak to Rapunzel. "So why do you live here?"

The girl rolled her eyes, as though the answer was obvious. "It's not safe out there. Mother says so."

Jack led her to the couch and they sat down. "How so?"

The girl's eyes widened, as though she was sharing a terrible secret."don't you know? There are bad guys!"

Jack nodded kindly and Hiccup watched with a sceptic expression, this girl was crazy. He dropped his two cents,"why would they attack you?" Jack looked at him with an unreadable expression and the blonde stiffened.

She stood and reached behind her for something on the couch. "Why do you want to know?" She began circling him, suspicion replacing her previously cheerful face. Pulling out the hidden object, she pointed a frying pan at him, as though insinuating that he was the one who should be scared.

She brandished the kitchen utensil as a deadly weapon, her knuckles white and her body lowered in a crouch.

Hiccup glanced at Jack, before a flash of green caught his eye. "Wha?" He breathed as a green lizard perched on the tip of the pan, glaring at him with intense distrust. It let out a low, throaty growl that humorously sounded like a kittens purr.

The girl spoke again, her eyes matching the shade of the green lizards skin. "Or do you already know? Are you trying to get information out of me? A confession?"
He gulped and she pressed the cooking object closer. "Or is this just a sick game to you?" She backed away for effect and the lizard made the 'eyes on you' gesture.

Jack's uplifting laughter removed the tension from the room. "Rapunzel, he isn't after you, trust me. We go to school together."

With the mention of the educational haven, the girl's posture straitened and a smile grew. She leaned forward, her nose almost touching Hiccup's.

"you go to school? How is it? Are there any class pets? What grade are you in? Do you have any classes with Jack?" And then quietly, under her breath Rapunzel questioned,"is it weird for me to be asking you all these questions?"

Hiccup rubbed his neck then replied to the best of his ability. "Yes, a drag, snake, 10th, not to my knowledge and kind of."

She smiled at his comical yet straight forward answer then turned excitedly to the white haired teens question,"do you go to school Punz?"

She shook her head, paused, then nodded rapidly. "I don't go to an OFFICIAL school, but Pascal teaches me."

Hiccup interrupted,"Pascal? I thought that only you and your mother lived here."
The blonde rolled her eyes and said,"you already met him."

Then she looked at Jack as though the tutor was crazy. Jack smirked and said,"let me help you Hic, he's green, small, and has a big attitude problem."

Flabbergasted, Hiccup said,"Y-you can't mean!"

Jack interrupted him. "Ah but I can, Hiccup Haddock, meet Pascal."

He looked around, trying to spot the reptile. He heard the throaty growl once more and saw with disbelief that the lizard was on his shoulder. "ACK!" Hiccup exclaimed before swatting at the fast moving thing. It dodged the boys half hearted attempts with ease and with a flash was perched on Rapunzel's shoulder.
Hiccup watched with confusion as its skin changed from bright green to maroon.

"You made him mad!" Rapunzel scolded the green eyes boy.

Hiccup still couldn't get one fact out of his head. "That lizard is your teacher!?" The blonde scowled and said,"he's a chameleon, and he's smarter than you'd think."

The now green, chameleon, let out a throaty purr in agreement before shooting a glare at Hiccup.

Jack, with an amused smirk plastered on his lips said,"why don't you go to a real school, it couldn't be to hard to walk there everyday." Rapunzel let out a sigh and her lizard looked just as down cast. "Mother won't allow it. She says its too dangerous."

Jack, wearing the smirk still said,"are you afraid of a little danger? I come hear every day before and after school and your mother isn't ever here. She wouldn't notice if you went."

Hiccup, still confused but no fool said,"and we would protect you from all the danger." He gestured to himself,"they can't handle all of this!"

The downcast blonde let out a giggle and said,"but what if-"

Jack interrupted her. "What if what? Punz, if you keep living your life based off of what COULD happen, then nothing worth remembering will."

The girl let a smile graze her lips, the idea becoming more fond. Jack leaned forward, his customary smirk replaced with a sincere smile. "And it's like tooth pick said, we'd protect you."

1) how should Rapunzel get into school? Should Jack get her fake forms from the guardians or some one else?
2) should Merida be in the next chapter? How so?
Thank you for reading!