Thanks for the reviews, you guys are great! So I wrote managed to write another chapter and can I just say that I've always loved Luna Lovegood?
Jack had hardly left his room before being ambushed by an angry fourth year. How was it possible for him to tick people off so quickly? Standing next to the fourth year girl was Astoria, the mean girl from last night so this had to be her sister. He could see the similarities in appearance, though the older girl looked stronger and her face seemed fuller, making her look sort of attractive.
Anyway, had Astoria really gone to her sister just because he'd argued with her? That was a little pathetic really. Maybe her sister would be more reasonable. Said girl had her arms crossed and her eyes were narrowed.
"Astoria said you'd tried to mess with her?" She asked in a deceptively light voice.
Seriously he hadn't even done anything! "If by mess with her you mean she told me I was nobody, and said the Slytherin house would shun me just because I might be a muggleborn, then yeah! Don't bother defending her!"
Behind him, a boy he knew to be called Edwin snickered. He had been sorted yesterday too and had taken an immediate dislike to Jack's relaxed nature. However he didn't bother to get involved in their dispute and climbed past him, (Jack was currently blocking the way out from his dorm) to head out. In the common room, many others were watching the dispute though.
"You're Muggleborn and in Slytherin? Get used to a little animosity, you're not wanted here. Don't you dare say that about my sister!" She snarled. He hadn't yet learned her name.
So judgemental, well he'd probably like a different house too with people like Astoria in this one. "I don't even know who my parents were. Don't you dare say things like that!" He threw her words back in her face and tried to pushed past her, in a bit of a temper.
His proclamation seemed to catch her off guard and the fourth year girl allowed him to slip past her. Astoria was silently fuming next to her. Neither of them could allow an argument finish like that however and made sure to give him particularly icy glares. He smirked at them even as he walked away, pleased to have gotten under the sister's skin as well as Astoria's; maybe she'd end up being fun to mess with too.
He followed some of the other students down to the great hall – this school was like a labyrinth with so many twists and turns and doors and staircases. It'd be fun to explore when he knew his way round just a little better. Maybe it could be hiding interesting things? He liked how large many parts of the castle were, wide hallways that he could imagine gliding through. That boy, Hiccup, could probably ride his dragon (did Kamikaze say if he had his own dragon?) through some of them, though he wasn't sure how large dragons were supposed to be, perhaps they all came in different shapes and sizes.
It'd probably be exciting to see a real dragon; maybe if he made friends with Hiccup the boy would be able give him one? Maybe his clan was nice and gave out dragons to anyone who asked? Another thought flashed through Jack's mind though, spoiling the idea: did dragons breathe fire? Maybe he should stay away from them if that was really the case? But perhaps there other sorts of dragons, maybe there were ice dragons that breathed ice? His rather hyperactive mind swam with loads of different ideas about dragons. Yesterday he hadn't even known dragons existed so today it was reasonable to be curious, especially with his inquisitive nature.
With those thoughts in mind, and seeing the boy sitting down at one of the long tables in the great hall with open spaces all around him, Jack immediately headed over. The boy really was average looking and in other situations Jack probably wouldn't have given him a second glance, it was a good thing Kamikaze had made sure to point him out. Hiccup turned his head in surprise at the unexpected company as Jack sat down next to him. So did everyone else, or so it felt.
"You're in Slytherin, you're not supposed to sit here!" Hiccup immediately said in alarm. Others around them nodded their heads in agreement.
Jack frowned, hoping this wouldn't disqualify him from receiving an ice dragon - who knew what the requirements would be? "Well I've never really cared about rules but if you do then I could try that table over there?" He pointed to the table behind him; it was probably a good idea to follow rules on his first day. Especially if it pleased the boy from the dragon clan.
"No, that one's the Gryffindor table, you have to sit on the Slytherin one, over there," Hiccup explained impatiently, pointing to the table in front of him.
Right, that made sense. Either way, he couldn't sit here then, Hiccup didn't seem to be one who liked to stand out and already Jack was proving to be a master at it. He reluctantly stood up, a little disgruntled. Maybe this making friends business would be harder than he'd thought.
"By the way, do you know where I could get an ice dragon?" Jack added. It never hurt to ask.
Hiccup looked at him like he was crazy. "I don't think I've ever heard of an ice dragon," he replied slowly and delicately as if Jack was about six years old.
"Maybe you're thinking of a Frost dragon?" A blonde haired girl further down the table called to him.
He looked over to her happily, no longer frowning. Immediately, he skipped over to where she sat and wondered whether or not he'd be allowed to sit down. "A Frost dragon would be even better!" Jack declared.
The girl had large grey eyes and she studied him closely, as if looking at something interesting that only she could see. "You can sit down, I don't mind the company," she offered.
This girl seemed a little strange, and seemed quite apart from her surrounding as she spoke in a dreamy voice. "Frost dragons are very rare creatures that live in Norway and have beautiful silver scales that glow in the moonlight. They're called frost dragons because they like the cold."
"Cool! Do you think I could find one?" Jack asked, taking a seat on the bench opposite her.
Behind him, someone spoke up. "I've never heard of a frost dragon," Hiccup said sceptically, having approached the pair of them. He stood a little awkwardly to the side with his arms crossed.
"No, nor have I!" Jack added, cheerfully. The expression on Hiccup's face was rather funny at his seemingly oblivious response.
Hiccup sighed. "I know a lot about dragons whereas you do not, so it's unlikely that they exist."
"But you don't know a lot about Frost dragons, do you?" Jack replied teasingly, with a light grin.
"That's because they don't exist!" Hiccup replied loudly, catching some people's attention. Many couldn't help but watch the strange group.
The girl's voice smoothly cut in to the argument. "Actually they do exist, they're just very rare. I'm Luna by the way."
Jack smiled at Luna. "My name's Jack Frost and this is Hiccup, it's nice to meet you!"
"How do you even know my name?" Hiccup demanded looking completely put out by the pair of them.
But Jack was getting distracted by all the breakfast food in front of him. There was probably food at the Slytherin table, (where he was supposed to be), as well but why bother going all the way over there when there was plenty to spare here? He grabbed a huge bowl of cold yoghurt and a spoon and cheerfully ate a spoonful of the sweet strawberry delight.
"You're not supposed to eat here!" Hiccup protested, grabbing onto his arm as if to physically pull him away.
Hiccup had a surprisingly strong grip so perhaps he actually did handle dragons regularly but Jack just shrugged him off. Subconsciously, he sent a jolt of coldness through his arm and Hiccup quickly let go in surprise. A good thing too, Jack wasn't particularly tough and regularly had to resort to tricks to fend enemies off.
"That is the rules, Frost. You'll be let off as it's your first day but you have to go and see your head of house to receive a timetable," one of the older girls broke in, with an air of authority.
This timetable thing sounded too important to ignore and Jack didn't want to break [i] that [/i] many rules on his first day so with a sigh he got up, grabbing the bowl of yoghurt to take with him. These glares he was getting were rather uncomfortable anyway. Maybe the Ravenclaw house as a whole just didn't like rule breakers.
"Goodbye Jack Frost," Luna said in her dreamy voice, almost wistfully. She hadn't minded his presence.
He hurried over to the Slytherin table and spotted Kamikaze sitting down and waving at him. A strict teacher stood next to her, also looking at him though with impatience. In his hands were the timetables so Jack really had no choice but to head over to them.
"Mr Frost, already your behaviour is subpar; I trust you will make an effort to improve. This is your first day so will let you off with a warning at present," he spoke in a rather menacing whisper before roughly handing Jack his timetable. He then walked away, black robes billowing around him.
Kamikaze laughed at his alarmed expression. "You just met Professor Snape, 'e's a rather frightening fellow, he is," she said, gesturing for him to sit down.
Jack did sit down, dropping his bowl of now frozen yoghurt on the table in front of them. He looked at his timetable in incomprehension, unable to identify any of the words. He'd never told anyone this before, (not that he really knew anyone very well), but he'd never learnt to read. Or if he had, it was before he'd lost his memories and he'd forgotten whatever he may have learnt.
"We've got charms first thing, charms can do practically anything if you know the right ones," Kamikaze supplied helpfully.
"That's nice," he answered dully. For the first time, he was becoming aware that perhaps his illiteracy would be a problem here. To make himself feel better, he had another spoonful of frozen strawberry yoghurt.
"Oh, I saw you talk to Hiccup. Is he alright? He's usually pretty nice - for a boy anyway," Kamikaze commented, not perturbed by his short answer.
"He didn't seem to like me breaking the rules," Jack offered in reply.
"Is talkin against the rules now? What a strange place... Hiccup's always worrying about rules, you know," Kamikaze sounded rather indignant. Jack didn't know what to say.
"Shall we find the charms classroom then? It won't be able to hide from me!" Kamikaze changed the subject when Jack didn't respond.
They got up and headed out, venturing in random directions through the maze that was Hogwarts. Jack decided to just follow Kamikaze as she seemed incredibly confident about her ability to find anything so she'd either prove it by finding the classroom or fail and get hopelessly lost so he could claim she wasn't as good as she said. Twenty minutes later they did somehow stumble onto the class though Kamikaze seemed annoyed it had taken her so long.
Jack didn't mind as they'd arrived on time. But then as he took a step forward, he found himself stumbling, which wasn't like him at all. Even worse, he would've fallen over if it weren't for his staff. He glared at what had tried to trip him up. Hair? And a lot of it.
"Oh I'm so sorry! My hair keep's getting in the way of everything, today," A girl apologised quickly.
It was Rapunzel, whom he'd spoken to on the train yesterday. Her hair did not seem to have been tied up like it had been yesterday so it was proving to be a far greater hazard now. Maybe he'd underestimated the length a bit.
"No problem, but have you ever considered getting it cut?" Jack asked, with a grin.
That wasn't the right thing to say. "No! It can't be cut, it just can't!" Rapunzel seemed scared by the very idea of it.
When it was that long, maybe it was reasonable to be a bit protective of your hair, Jack thought. To clear up the tension he grabbed some of her hair lying on the ground and discarded it on one of the desks, before taking a seat at it. Others were also sitting down so it seemed like the right thing to do. Rapunzel smiled gratefully at him and had to take the seat next to him. Kamikaze decided to take the seat in front.
The lesson started shortly after though the professor was a tiny man with a squeaky voice. He demonstrated a few charms to them, by making things float around the room and change colour. Magic looked pretty cool and Jack was eager to learn. Unfortunately this lesson would only be theory and they wouldn't start casting spells until the next lesson at least. He taught them some basic safety and explained a bit about how their magic worked, flowing through their wands and doing whatever they desired if only if they had the right incantation.
It sounded like a lot of hard work, honestly. Had he expected it to be really easy? Well yes, his ice powers came naturally to him. But he listened intently; it could be loads of fun! Jack's face fell when he was given homework that consisted of summarising what they'd learnt today. So much writing so quickly?
He'd definitely need some help.
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