(Merida P.O.V)

"I'm gonna kill that eedjit!" I yelled as I got off the train angrily dragging my luggage behind me. Rapunzel was walking next to me while Hiccup and Jack had gone on ahead and had disappeared into the crowd.

"Please don't kill him, he's our friend." Rapunzel begged looking at me with her big green puppy eyes.

"Ye really consider that bampot a friend?" I asked a little surprised considering the battering of insults I got on the train ride here.

"Bampot..?" She questioned tilting her head to the side. I would have laughed at her for not understanding my dialect but I was so angry with that moron. I am impressed that it took her this long to finally question something that I've said.

"It means eedjit!" I angrily yelled back.

"Well, yeah but he's really nice and he was only teasing." She replied. I looked at her and she smiled at me in reassurance.

"Och fine, but he's gonnae get a gubbin if he doesnae cut it oot!" I replied a little annoyed at myself for giving in and giving him a chance. She cheered with happiness with the fact I had let him off the hook and I couldn't help but laugh.

As we followed the crowd we eventually came across a peer surrounded by small wooden boats. They began grouping us in groups of three and four and putting us in boats and setting us off. Rapunzel clung to my arm for dear life in fear that we'd get separated and put on different boats. When it came to our turn we were paired up with a slender girl with short jet black hair and black robes. She was handed a lantern and we were sent on our way.

I was sitting next to Rapunzel on the small bench on the boat while the other girl sat in front of us on the other small bench at the front of the boat. As we sailed in the middle of a heard of boats I looked around to see if I could spot Hiccup and Jack but unfortunately I couldn't see them anywhere. We carried on sailing in an awkward silence until the girl spoke up.

"I'm Mavis by the way." She said hugging the lantern.

"I'm Rapunzel! I like you're makeup! It's very well done and pretty. It really suits you!" Rapunzel exclaimed.

"Thanks" Mavis replied blushing with the suddenness of Rapunzels compliments.

"Merida" I answered. Just looking at her Mavis seemed very nervous. She was sitting hugging the lantern and was very sheepish. I looked at Rapunzel but she was sitting humming away to herself as she combed the tip of her pleated hair with her slender fingers.

"Ye aright Mavis, ye seem a wee bit nervous?" I asked smiling. Rapunzel looked up from her hair.

"Huh" Her head shot up and she looked at me with her startled blue eyes. "Oh, um, yeah, a little, high expectations and all" She giggled.

"I ken that feeling." I rolled my eyes and stared out at all the boats and the people who sat in them excited. Their happy faces were glowing as they sat and excitedly chatted to friends, others using big hand gestures to tell probably a famous Hogwarts story.

"Gotta be a Gryffindor" I sighed. I turned back around and smiled. "That's aright though I'll be one kick ass Gryffindor!" I punched the air in excitement and Rapunzel cheered and gave a clap. Mavis laughed nearly dropping the lantern into the water.

"Fit aboot you? Fit house ye wantin ti be in?" I asked her.

"Well..." She started looking about and twisting her fidgeting her legs. "I gotta be a Slytherin."

"S S Slytherin" I stuttered.

"Yeah, my dad was a Slytherin. He's the Count." She explained

"Yer da's Count Dracula!" My mouth dropped in shock. I didn't know the Count had a daughter. I didn't think I'd be the one to meet her! My dad would always tell me about the Count. He would say how he was always experimenting with weird things and was quite lively. He was even a teacher at one point but left about a year into the job due a tragedy apparently.

Mavis giggled and nodded. Rapunzel was looking back and forth between us really confused.

"I I'm confused..." Rapunzel queried.

"My dad is the well known wizard who is one of the youngest Animagi around and is very intelligent as he would always experiment with potions and well blood, earning him the title "The Vampire Wizard"." Mavis explained.

"YOU'RE DADS A VAMPIRE!?" Rapunzel gasped horrified with that information.

Mavis laughed "Not technically. He is a direct descendent of the Vlad the Impaler who was thought to be a vampire. Also his Animagus form is a vampire bat."

"Oh right! So are you a vampire? Can you turn into a bat?" Rapunzel awed impressed.

"Actually yeah I can. I am the youngest registered Animagus." Mavis smiled.

"Ooooooooooooo" Rapunzel and I awed.

"What about you Rapunzel? What house are you hoping to get into?" Mavis asked.

"Actually this is the first time I've heard of the Hogwarts Houses." She said guiltily.

"Oh dear lord" I sighed placing my head in my hand. She really has never been outside before. Looks like me and Mavis have a lot to explain before we get to Hogwarts.

(Jack P.O.V)

"Jack stop it!" Hiccup protested as he clung desperately to the sides of the boat. I burst out laughing falling back on the boat. The poor boy looks like he's going to upchuck! I couldn't help rocking the boat just a little bit, it's fun. Plus just sitting chatting away is a little boring.

I looked up at the dark sky and at the bright full moon that shone like a light that lit up the all of the water around us. I have always admired the night sky. I jumped back upright again causing the boat to shake and Hiccup to panic.

"You know, if you haven't managed to tip the boat beforehand, if I do throw up I'm going to aim it directly at you." Hiccup grumbled leaning his head on his hand; the panic that once filled his eyes began to die down.

"Ew Hic that's disgusting!" I complained laughing a little. He simply smiled.

"You deserve it!" He protested and we both ended up laughing.

"Say have you seen the girls yet?" I asked curious if he had. It had been a game to start with, the first person who could spot them first got leverage on the other but considering the lack of luck we both had it had now become complete curiosity since they had to be around here somewhere.

"Nope but maybe that's a good thing, I'm pretty sure Merida might try and drown us no thanks to you!" He commented frowning at me.

"Whaaaat I was only teasing!? The girl can't take a joke!" I huffed. She was so easy to tease with her funny voice and red curls. She didn't need to be so mean about it. Stubborn Scot!

"Be glad the windows in the train didn't open or that would be the last of you!" He remarked. I never thought he'd be the kind of guy with a dry humour. I simply smirked as he was probably right. She is as hot headed as her hair suggests. The blonde ones nice though. How she became friends with her I don't know.

I turned towards the dark water out of boredom and began staring at it to see if I could see anything, which was unlikely but you never know. It didn't look tempting. I reached my hand towards it and stabbed the dark water with my outstretched finger.

"Oh jeez it's as cold and unpleasant as it looks!" I shot my hand back and cradled it close to my chest. The suddenness of the ice cold water sent shivers right through me. As I looked back at the water and frowned I saw lights shimmering in them. I looked up to see this building towering above us. It was such a magnificent sight. This dark and mysterious building, no castle was perched so elegantly yet dominantly on the hillside. The moon behind it caressed the old stone walls of this castle emphasising the mystical feeling the building created and enhanced its cold features. The lights from the windows and doors were eerie and warm like candles on Halloween. Everything about this place was beautiful and mysterious and cold and creepy all at once.

"Woah" I gasped completely hypnotized by this place that I was soon to call a second home.