Hey everyone! Just to let everyone know this will probably be the last chapter I can get up cause my exams start now .
But after they finish I have two weeks holiday and can start writing again!
So enjoy!
As Harry woke up he was surprised to see it was only six thirty in the morning. Getting dressed he quietly made his way down to the common room lounge area and was happy to see Jamie there reading.
"Hey Jamie" Harry said sitting down next to him, "What are you doing up so early?"
"I've always been an early riser," replied Jamie, "And after years of trying to stay up looking and waiting for the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus you become a light sleeper very quickly"
Harry sighed running his hands through his already messy hair "I know what you mean. When I had to sleep in the cupboard at my uncle's I quickly became a light sleeper after my cousin Dudley started jumping on the stairs and throwing cups of cold water on me to wake me up in the mornings". Seeing Jamie's puzzled and shocked expression he explained what life was like before he came to Hogwarts.
"At least now Dudley is so scared that I'll use magic on him now he hardly ever bothers me anymore". Both of them laughed.
"Hey Jamie"
"Hmmm"
"When do you think Jack and Baby Tooth will be back? They've been gone for a few days now"
"Well Jack has his own duties and knowing him he's probably stopped at every snowball fight along the way before he even got to the North Pole. Don't worry he'll be back soon and besides today is Sunday, cheer up! There's no school"
Harry had to smile at Jamie's cheerful disposition.
At that moment Fred and George came downstairs. Seeing Harry and Jamie they grinned, rushed over and sat next to Jamie. Fred sat on his right and George on his left, sandwiching him in.
"Well look what we have here Fred" grinned George
"I see George. Miniature Dumbledore has been creating pranks and conspiring without us. I must say I'm very hurt" Fred replied dramatically placing his hand on his heart.
"Pranks?" questioned Jamie quirking an eyebrow, "When, might I ask, did I create pranks and conspire without you?"
"Oh like you don't know squirt!" George cried ruffling Jamie's hair
"Yeah you may fool everyone else into thinking you don't know elemental magic and you're a normal first-year-student" Fred said, "But you can't fool us. Tell us what's really going on"
Harry and Jamie shared a look and sighed, "If only they could see Jack then this would be so much easier," Jamie mumbled
"You can say that again," Harry mumbled back, 'Then again,' Harry thought, 'Having Jack invisible to the rest of Hogwarts means he can have another day of playing pranks on people'
And speak of the Guardian Jack just leisurely flew into the common room and was surprised at what he saw. Jamie was wedged between two red-haired twins with their arms over his shoulders. He started walking over to get Jamie out when he noticed the twins' expression. They had a fun-loving, mischievous twinkle in their eyes and if they were only wearing his clothing, had paler skin and silver hair Jack would be looking at slightly younger versions of himself (remember at this time the twins are only fourteen, since they're one year older than Harry, and Jack is immortally fifteen-seventeen years old) so instead of freezing them in frost he calmly jumped into the air and hovered above them and Jamie. When Harry saw the winter spirit he simply grinned as he saw Jack conjure up two snowballs, "Uh Jamie, Fred and George. Don't look now but Jack Frost is right above you"
Of course they looked up and the twins were rewarded with a snowball in the face.
"Argh!" the twins spluttered, "Uncool Harry!"
"But it wasn't me," Harry innocently replied
The twins turned to Jamie but before they could say anything Jamie was airborne! He was dangling in the air and it looked like someone was holding him by his arms. "Ahhh Fred, George" Jamie said hanging above them, "I would like you meet Jack Frost: The Winter Spirit and The Guardian of Fun"
Seeing that the boys still weren't convinced Jack made two snowflakes and one hit each twin. Fred and George felt a cold touch on their nose and then their vision was changed. Everything was still the same, but it was different and it was so much clearer than before, it was like throughout their whole life they had seen everything blurry but now it was washed away. The air itself shimmered with magic and they felt wonder, hope, dreams, happy memories and fun flow through them. Finally they saw the boy holding Jamie in the air and even though they had never seen him before, not even a picture, they knew it could only be…
"Jack Frost?" they half whispered
"Yep. That's my name," Jack grinned
The twins faced each other, "Wicked"
As the Gryffindor students came out of their dormitories and headed down for breakfast everyone couldn't help notice the unusual group sitting near the fire. Harry Potter's presence wasn't a surprise since many of the Gryffindors knew Harry often would sit near the fire when he was thinking, but it was the boys sitting with him that was surprising. Instead of his friends Hermione and Ron, who were often always around him, the twins Fred, and George and Jamie "The Frost Kid" were sitting next to him. But what surprised them most of all was the look of childish wonder and happiness on all of their faces. When Hermione and Ron saw them they stood still for a minute not sure what to do but Harry broke the ice and walked past them with a huge smile on his face, which they hadn't seen for a while. The twins, Jamie and Jack followed him and as they reached the door they saw Ron and Hermione still hadn't moved.
"Well come on you two!" said Harry, "We better head down to breakfast"
"Yeah Ronnie ickkins," laughed Fred "Let's go I'm starving!"
"Right back at you Fred," agreed George
Shaking their heads Ron and Hermione followed them silently.
As they were eating breakfast soon the Gryffindors weren't the only ones who noticed the new behaviour of the twins, Harry and Jamie. The students and teachers stared at them in interest wondering how they could be so happy at a time like this with Sirius Black on the loose! What also surprised them was how Jamie now sat with the twins and Harry, and was friends with them. When a couple of Slytherins walked past and jeered at Jamie the twins promptly stuck out their foot, tripped them over and glared at them throwing their arms over Jamie's shoulders protectively. Jack smiled; glad Jamie had some friends he could count on. When the owls arrived with the mail Jamie as usual ignored it, since his Mum didn't have an owl, and just ate listening to Jack explain to Fred and George how he became a Guardian, what the Guardians did, who they were, what they protected and about Man in Moon. Fred and George's eager faces were on Jack the whole time and if they looked like awestruck idiots to the other students they didn't care.
When the last of the owls had flown away the students started clearing out when a few of them noticed a letter floating down towards Harry by itself. Well to everyone else it looked like the letters were flying by themself but to Jamie, Harry, Fred and George they saw it was Baby Tooth. Baby Tooth gave the letter to Harry who thanked her; in reply she gave a small, tired squeak and flopped onto Jack's shoulder. As Harry started to open his letter Jamie said, "I would be careful if I was you". At Harry's confusion he continued, "I've received letters from the Guardians before and trust me when I say this; each Guardian likes to send and present their letters in a different way.
"When I got one from Tooth colourful feathers flew out, Sandy's had golden sand swirl out and form the message in front of me, Bunny's had eggs coming out of it and only some where edible while the others exploded, it took me ages to get the colours out of my clothes. When Jack sent me one as soon as I touched it snow and snowballs flew out and hit me, (Jack chuckled at that and hi-fived Fred and George) and finally North's are very dramatic. But the handwriting is Tooth's. So prepare for the flying feathers." Harry slowly opened the envelope, held his breath and…nothing happened.
The twins couldn't stop laughing at his face but Jack and Baby Tooth smirked knowing that though Tooth had written the letter she didn't mail and send it. As Harry exhaled that's when it started. Fireworks and flaming torches burst out, with the flaming torches swirling around in a circular pattern, images formed from the fireworks of elves, yetis, toys and North himself, and moved around the two boys and loud booming magic came from inside the envelope (the music is the piece the elves play when Jack first arrives at the Pole). Of course everyone else in the Great Hall noticed this dramatic display and they just stared with wide eyes and open mouths. Finally to top it off North's booming laugh echoed around the Great Hall and it shouted, "Hope you enjoyed the show! Take that Bunny!" Then it just stopped leaving behind a normal looking letter. At Jack's gesture and nod Harry picked it up and began to read. Harry's letter said:
'Dear Harry,
Jack has told us all about you and how you repaired Jamie's drawing and became friends with him, and we just want to say thank you. Also Jack told us about how you never received any presents, eggs and money from North, Bunny and me. We're very sorry for that because I just looked over your childhood memories and saw that though North, Bunny and I gave you presents, eggs and money for your teeth they were all given to your cousin, who probably won't be getting any presents, eggs or sweet dreams for the next few years judging by the angry looks on North, Bunny and Sandy's faces when they found out.
Jack will still be staying at Hogwarts for a while, so school will definitely be very interesting for you. He also does the best snowball fights, snow days and sled rides, just ask Jamie about his crazy sled ride Jack once gave him, it made him lose his left central incisor. Finally tell Jack that I'll personally trap him for eternity in a volcano if any one of the owls, cats or any other magical creatures eat Baby Tooth!
Never Stop Believing! Love Tooth, Bunny, North and Sandy
Harry smiled and read it aloud to Jamie, Jack, Fred and George quietly. They all laughed at Tooth's threat of trapping Jack in a volcano and Harry particularly enjoyed a mental image of Dudley's expression not getting any presents and eggs. Jack then nudged Jamie's shoulder and whispered in his ear, if Jamie's smile got any bigger it would have spilt his face.
"Hey guys," he whispered to Harry and the twins, "Since there's so much snow the first and second years often have snowball fights since they can't go to Hogsmeade. Want to join in?"
Harry and the twins' grins was the only answer he needed. The twins both grabbed one of Jamie's arms and half-carried, half-marched him out of the Great Hall singing loudly "Hi ho! Hi ho! A snowball fight we'll go!" with Jack and Baby Tooth eagerly flying behind. Harry stood up to follow when a hand grabbed his arm.
"Harry! What was that all about?! I've never seen anything like that!" cried Hermione clutching Harry's arm so tightly her knuckles turned white
"Bloody hell Harry! Why didn't you tell us you had a magical relative," Ron added a bit hurt Harry hadn't told them
"I don't. Ouch Hermione!" replied Harry prying Hermione's fingers from his arm, she let go sheepishly, "It's from friends of Jamie's and believe it or not they're the Guardians. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to have a snowball fight"
And with that Harry briskly walked out leaving his friends, fellow Gryffindors and all the other occupants of the Great Hall very confused.
Pitch silently appeared, careful to stay in the shadows where he wouldn't be seen. Spotting Jamie with red haired twins he smiled and summoned one of the Dementors nearby.
"Tell the others to do it now. And remember; I want him unharmed, scared but unharmed," he ordered. Dismissing them with a wave he looked at Jamie again who was now playing in the snow, "There will be plenty of time to play with him later" and disappeared.
The Dementor mentally called for the others to come. Their master had given them an order, now it was time to fulfill it. They all came together and started their ascent towards the boy.
'Ah it couldn't get any better than this!' Jamie thought making a snow fort.
"Hey Jamie! Why aren't the other kids playing?" Jack asked
"They normally do but I guess they're not in the mood today," Jamie sighed sadly. The twins and Harry groaned in agreement. Jack just smiled, made his own snowball and threw it with perfect aim. It hit one of the first-years right on his head. The kid first looked at them angrily until his scowl changed into a smile and he made a snowball and threw it at his friends! One by one everyone joined in, and it did help that Jack would continually give free ammo and threw a lot of his own snowballs. Fred and George took over Jamie's snow fort and happily bombarded anyone they saw with snowballs, Harry ran around just throwing snowballs and helped some first-years build their own snow forts, it felt so wonderful to be a child again and the more he had fun the more his worries ebbed away. Seeing some kids had sleds Jack smirked and nudged Jamie who was ducking a snowball from the twins.
"I spy with my little eye a chance for another crazy sled ride," he said
Jamie, grinning, ran and grabbed sleds for Fred, George, Harry and himself. Whistling loudly and grabbing their attention he called out "Want to have a sled ride?"
The twins and Harry quickly grabbed their sleds and followed Jamie to the top of the hill. Lying down on them they barely heard Jack say "Now keep your arms and legs in at all times and have fun! Don't worry I've got you!" when they were given a huge push and sped down the hill.
Ron and Hermione had just headed out to go to Hogsmeade when they saw all the snow fun the kids were having. They looked out for Harry, Ron's brothers and Jamie but couldn't see them anywhere. Starting to panic Hermione hurriedly asked one of the girls if she had seen them. She didn't say anything but simply pointed behind them smiling. When Ron and Hermione looked they couldn't believe it! Jamie, Fred, George and Harry were sledding down the hill and when it looked like they were about to crash into Hagrid's hut they suddenly turned to the right and sped towards them. Just jumping out of the way the two bewildered friends saw the boys were sledding pacifically on a trail of ice that kept changing directions and controlling where the boys sledded, the boys went faster and faster laughing all the way. When Malfoy and a group of Slytherins walked out Harry and the others suddenly changed direction and headed straight for them, Malfoy didn't see them until too late and in one clean swoop all the Slytherins were knocked over. Falling in a heap they just heard a faint cry from Jamie, "Sorry!" Ron burst out laughing until he saw with horror that now the ice trail was leading the boys in a different direction, right to the Whomping Willow!
"Harry! Fred! George! Stop!" he shouted but they kept sledding.
When Jack saw the Whomping Willow he thought that would be a great place to sled under and turned the boys towards it. As the boys drew closer the tree curled its branches, ready to whack away any intruders. Jamie gulped in fright and Jack gave him a smile, "Don't worry Jamie. I've got you," he said and with that the boys got in the tree's hitting distance. WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! Every branch came down on them but amazingly the boys easily missed each branch and kept zooming around and around the tree. Fred and George were yelling in crazy delight, and Harry and Jamie joined in. And if they had looked closer to the entrance under the Whomping Willow they would have seen a black dog curiously watching from the dark at the sledding in front of him, his eyes remained mostly on Harry and a please, and amused expression appeared.
Finally they sledded away from the Whomping Willow and went flying off a snow ramp, crashing into a heap of snow. Getting off Harry and the twins excitedly talked "Did you see that! We were like going and then…"
"When we knocked over Malfoy…"
"And then the Whomping Willow kept whacking and…"
"Um guys," Jack cut in, "What are those?" pointing to some dark shapes floating up the hill. He started feeling drained and weak, like all the fun and happiness was gone forever. Jack slumped to the ground hardly able to move.
"Those are Dementors. But they're not supposed to come onto the school grounds!" cried Jamie. Seeing all the other students starting to get affected by the Dementor's dark presence Jamie quickly started ushering them inside the castle, "Quick everyone inside! They can't affect you inside! Quick! Get…Ahhhhhh!" he screamed.
Two of the Dementors had grabbed Jamie's arms and were lifting him into the air. Jamie struggled but even though he wasn't afraid of them their presence still affected him greatly and soon he was so weak he couldn't fight back. The teachers rushed out.
"Merlin's beard! Why are the Dementors on the school grounds? That Minister!" cried Professor McGonagall
"Professor McGonagall! The Dementors are taking Jamie!" Harry cried pointing to Jamie, McGonagall's face went white. Professor Lupin stepped out and cast a Patronus Charm and before it reached the Dementors a wall of black sand blocked it, they still held Jamie tightly and continued to float away towards the Forbidden Forest. Professor Dumbledore then cast his own Patronus Charm and even it didn't work!
Harry ran forward but was pulled back by Hermione, "Hermione let go!"
"Harry if Professor Dumbledore couldn't repel the Dementors then what chance do you have?!"
"I have to try!"
Jamie called out desperately, "Jack!"
Suddenly a huge wave of ice and frost struck the Dementors and destroying the black sand walls. The Dementors were flung back and they quickly retreated to the forest letting go of Jamie. As Jamie began to fall something seemed to catch him and flew him over to where Professor Dumbledore stood.
"Wow," whispered Dean, "Jamie really does have an invisible protector after all"
Dumbledore stood forward, raised his wand and muttered a spell over Jamie, who was still hovering in the air. Slowly a boy appeared who was holding Jamie. He was young but had silver hair, wore a dark blue hoodie, brown pants, had a small fairy on his shoulder and held a long, wooden staff in his right hand while holding Jamie in the other. The boy slumped to the ground and Harry quickly helped him up while the fairy nervously fluttered around them.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Fred Weasley and Mr. George Weasley please escort Mr. Jack Frost and Mr. Bennett to the hospital ward" Dumbledore said
"Dumbledore" whispered Jack, "It's Pitch. He's back". Looking at Baby Tooth he urgently added, "Baby Tooth. Go tell the others!" Baby Tooth squeaked and quickly flew off.
After Jack and Jamie had been taken to the hospital ward Professor Dumbledore summoned all the students and Professors to the Great Hall. When they had all entered Dumbledore stood up and addressed them, "Now I'm sure you have a lot of questions about this whole incident and I am sorry to say even I don't know the answers to all of them. But I'll try as best as I can.
"The boy who saved Jamie is an immortal winter spirit and is the Guardian of Fun along with the other Guardians. I'm sure you've heard of them, the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, Sandman and Santa Claus. When I first met Jack it was after that day of pranks and the ice show at dinner. Young Jamie had just introduced Jack to Harry Potter and I met them outside the hall. After having a chat with them I discovered that you could only see the Guardians when you believe in them, which was why only Jamie, Harry and the Weasley twins could see him.
"Now I don't know why the Dementors tried to take Jamie or why the Patronus Charms didn't work. But all I can say now is with the threat of Sirius Black and the Dementors out of our control we have to be on guard more than ever before"
Baby Tooth zipped into the Tooth Palace urgently searching for her Queen. Seeing she wasn't there she hurried off to the North Pole and, with a lot of effect, activated the Guardian signal. Sandy, Tooth and Bunny soon arrived, "Why did North call us here?" asked Tooth worriedly, the others shrugged. North soon entered.
"My friends! Why are you here?"
"Hang on mate!" cried Bunny, "Didn't you summon us?"
"Not me. I didn't see any threat"
Sandy saw Baby Tooth lying on North's desk panting. Picking her up gently he carried her to Tooth
"Baby Tooth! Are you ok? Where's Jack?" Tooth cried. Baby Tooth quickly told her everything, Tooth gasped. "Guys. Pitch is back!"
Well that's my first attempt at an action scene and as I warned at the beginning I won't be updating any more chapters till my exams finish, which is the 13th of September. I promise I'll start writing and updating soon as I can after exams end. But until then, please review.
Also if anyone is wondering about Fred's and George's feeling of seeing Jack after the snowflakes hit them I purely made that up because in the movie, when Jack is gathering Jamie's friends, for Cupcake and the other girl they see Jack after he hits them with snow or a snowflake. So I just thought that's how Fred and George should see Jack and with them feeling wonder, hope, dreams, etc I just thought anyone who believed in the Guardians would feel them really strongly since that's what the Guardians protect.
Finally I have a couple of questions for you guys to vote on:
- Should all the Guardians come to Hogwarts or should only Jack be at Hogwarts?
- Should Sirius have his name cleared at the end of the story or should he remain a wanted man?
Please state your answers in the box and I'll count up the results!