The next day in Defense Against the Dark Arts, while copying down notes to cure werewolf bites, since Jack was still a little mad at Hermione, Harry and Ron were the ones to tell him who Flamel was and what this supposed 'Philosopher's Stone' was and what it did.

As Jack listened he got to remembering having heard of something like this over the years he had been a spirit, but he didn't believe it was a real thing.

They were also discussing what they'd do with a Philosophers Stone if they had one.

They were surprised when Jack said he would destroy it, and didn't answer when they asked why, except with a line of... "If you live forever, everything, and everyone you love slips away from you, growing old and dying while you stay young and continue living."

Confused, Ron and Harry went back to discussing their plans, but Hermione, who had also heard this, began to rethink just what was going on with this Jack Frost?

It was only after Ron said he'd buy his own Quidditch team that Harry remembered about Snape referring the next match.

"I'm going to play," Harry told his friends pleasing at least Jack "If I don't the Slytherins will think I'm just too scared of Snape. Well, I'll show them... it'll really wipe their smiles off their faces if we win."

"That's the ticket!" Jack said happily, paying no attention to Hermione as she said:

"Just as long as we're not wiping you off the pitch."


As the match closer however, Harry seemed to become more and more nervous, as did the rest of the team – well except for Jack.

One practice Katie Belle asked Jack just how could he stay so calm through all of this and he replied with: "To banish fear you need to make it fun. How fun it will be to win this match. How fun it will be to wipe those grins off the Slytherins faces. How fun a game of Quidditch can..."

"This match is not meant to be fun Frost!" Oliver cried cutting him off "It determines whether or not we win the Quidditch and or House Cup! Stop acting like a five year old, grow up and focus on WINNING!"

"Wood, enough." Fred said gently but firmly towards his captain while he and George took to either side of Jack.

"No. The goblin is right," Jack said surprisingly calm although he was holding his broom a bit more tightly.

"The... The what?" Wood asked marching forwards a little just a head taller than Jack was "I am not a goblin, Frost."

"Oh, I'm sorry and all this time I thought you were, what with your short temper and everything." Jack said looking Oliver over in supposedly new eyes "So, if you're not a goblin... What are you?"

"I'm a Gryffindor. And your Captain," Wood said voice falling, but anger rising. "And if I want, I can have you kicked off the team. So grow up..."

There was an awkward silence after that last word, no body knowing which of them was madder than the other, but the girls at least could see hurt shining in Jack's eyes as he turned, got on his broom and sped off towards the forest.

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Landing in the woods, Jack threw his outer Quidditch robes and his broom away screamed loudly and then, taking out his wand started blasting everything he could see freezing it until after 10 minutes, all around him looked like a mini winter wonderland, except this was full of hate rather than love.

But at least he had calmed down.

"You know, Jack Frost... There are other ways than destroying one of my forests to get my attention..." a woman's voice said behind him.

Normally, this would have Jack on high alert and make him spin around and point his staff at them, but since he had had a hunch and Gaia would be here, he just sighed and turned around.

"Sorry Gaia, I was just... Mad at one of the supposed 'friends'..." Jack said calmly before falling backwards on top of the snow.

"I could tell," Gaia said calmly "Although, I'm sure I told you somewhere before, plants don't like cold. Plus I am sure the Head Master tells everyone to stay away from here. There are certain bad things in this forest, and you can easily get lost."

"What can possibly hurt me when I have the Guardian of the Forest to protect me?" Jack asked his grin coming back as he sat up.

"Flattery will get you nowhere Frost Child," Gaia said rolling her eyes "I mean it, every other week, something uninvited comes into this forest and is attacking the Unicorns."

"But... It's illegal to do that," Jack said confused "Even I know that."

"I'm just answering your question Frost," Gaia said "And because of this, everyone in here is on high alert and is set to attack anything that should not belong in here. So, although I appreciate you stopping by Frost, I suggest you head back to the castle."

"Alright..." Jack said agreeing, digging his broom and robes back up, said goodbye and left.

It was only as he had reached the front doors did he forget to ask Gaia why this stranger wanted to attack her Unicorns.


That night, the whole Gryffindor Quidditch team (minus Oliver Wood), came looking for Jack finding him, with his blue hooded jumper on with the hood up, in the Owlery seeing as the astronomy tower was out of bounds because there was a lesson there later that night and he didn't have the patients to find that secret room again, his owl Archie on his knees.

"You feeling alright Jack?" Katie Belle asked gently, slowly coming over to sit opposite him.

"Yeah," Jack said in a undetectable voice looking out the window "Nothing I'm not used to."

"Hey Jack, if it helps," Fred said a small smirk on his face "George and I set up some pranks for Wood from April's parcel she sent to you in September, and mixed in some of Peeves' pranks that were left over from Christmas."

"Take them down then," Jack said glumly surprising everyone "We wouldn't want him mad at you guys too, otherwise then we'll ... you'll only have half a team."

"Ok... One who are you and what have you done with Jack?" George said firmly.

"And Two," Angelina said just as firmly "Who said anything about you not being on the team anymore?"

"I'm still me just, wanting some alone time at the moment," Jack said answering George first "And I think it was fairly obvious that that old goblin made it clear that I was not invited on the team anymore."

Everyone either sighing or angry with Wood, they accepted Jack wishes and left, the last to go being Harry who said that he would be waiting in the dormitory if he wanted to talk, getting a nod in reply.

Jack waited until it got dark and the owls were waking up before he moved at all and began to head back to Gryffindor Tower.

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On the way, Jack did come across some ghosts but neither paid the other any attention which for once Jack was pleased about, well pleased about being ignored.

He was almost there, when just around a corner ahead of him, he heard voices. And not just any voices, but voices belonging to Snape and Quirrell.

"N-Now S-S-Severus, what can I-I-I possibly do about all of this?" Quirrell stuttered.

"You know quite well what you can do," Snape said in his cold voice "Then again you were never one to stand up for yourself were you?"

Quirrell gave out a small whimper.

"Get back to your room Quirrell, and stay away from the third floor corridor," Snape said firmly.

Jack was surprised, what was Quirrell supposedly doing there?

But he didn't have time to think about it as hurried footsteps made him dart into the shadows and watch as the turbaned professor rush past.

Jack waited until he was sure Snape was gone too before continuing up to the tower.

After he got there, said the password to a sleepy Fat-Lady, and was inside he went to bed to see only Baby Tooth was still up to see him come in since everyone else was already knocked out by Sandy's dream sand.

Sighing, saying he was alright to Baby, Jack got on top of his bed, drew the hangings and went to sleep too, completely forgetting the chat between Quirrell and Snape by the morning.


AN: For those who don't know, 'Gaia' is based on the 'villian' from 'My Little Pony Equestria Girls Legend of Everfree'