Hey guys! Back from my weekend in the country, no internet, but I managed to get a ton of writing done since the internet wasn't distracting me. But that isn't why I am so hyper right now!
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The Feast went by quite quickly and Jack had loved every minute of it. Everyone, even Harry, was having a great time and everyone seemed to have cheered up. Jack then got interested when he asked Hermione about the subjects. As well as the Transfiguration class, he found that the Charms class sounded quite interesting but the thing that caught his attention most was Quidditch. North had never mentioned about flying on broomsticks!
Of course, he found himself sniggering at the use of a broomstick which got the impression of everyone dressing up as witches in black robes and pointy hats but of course, that wasn't true. Harry, who was pretty much the know-it-all about Quidditch, explained it all as he was a pretty good player. Finally, he could fly without anyone gawping! But he would have rather used his staff but he could fly and that was all that mattered.
"Think I could try-out for the team?" he had asked Harry, who nodded as did Ron.
"Sure! What do you think you would be if you do get on the team? A Chaser? A Keeper? A Beater?" Ron asked.
"You forgot Seeker," Harry pointed out, having read about Quidditch before he came but Hermione shook her head.
"Harry has always been the Seeker for Gryffindor. The youngest Seeker in a Century right?" she said and Harry grinned.
"That's me," he said and Jack laughed. This was gonna be awesome! But just before they left the hall, the new teacher in pink, by the name of Professor Umbridge, gave a long and boring speech which made Harry, Ron and Hermione whisper something about the Ministry interfering with Hogwarts. Jack didn't have a clue what that meant but he knew it was important.
Finally, the feast ended and went up the stair cases to their common rooms. Jack was dead impressed at the moving staircases and even more amazed at the ghosts! When they came to their common room and saw the portrait on the entrance, Jack tried his best not to laugh at the passwords. Whoever had a password like Pig's Snout? But he had to admit, the common room was nice.
But some kids kept giving Harry stares and whispers as he went up to the boy's dormitory with Ron, Neville and himself. Hermione and Star went into the girl's dormitory as they were quite tired. Jack saw his things, neatly piled by the bed next to window, along with a very bored looking Baby Tooth. As soon as Jack let her out, she was buzzing around the room, glad to be free but poked Jack on the ear with her long beak for keeping her in there so long.
"Cool pet," Ron said, staring at her.
"Yeah, I didn't think you could bring hummingbirds to Hogwarts," Neville said, looking over his shoulder as he was going through his things to find something.
Jack looked at Baby Tooth and she shook her head as if to say, 'Say I am a hummingbird and not a fairy assistant to the Tooth Fairy.' Jack nodded as she perched on his shoulder.
"Oh, my uh… Mum had a word with Dumbledore and he said it was okay," Jack told them and Neville cocked his head to one side.
"Looks more like a fairy" he said and Jack froze in his seat on his bed. Harry shook his head.
"No, fairies don't look like hummingbirds," he said and Jack breathed out in relief but Baby Tooth looked at him weirdly.
The Guardians had told him to write before they left as they wanted to know what house he was in. Might as well do it now, he thought. Opening his trunk, he searched through it until he found a quill with a pot of ink and a piece of parchment. Lying down on his bed, he rolled out the piece of parchment and started to write in fairly neat writing.
Hey guys!
I'm here at Hogwarts! No other place I'd rather be… Ha I'm just kidding! It's pretty cool here, I have to be honest. I got sorted into the Gryffindor house and I am very pleased with it! I have made new friends too! There's Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Star! Oh and the two twins, Fred and George; they're Ron's brothers and they love pranks too. Don't worry I won't get into much trouble. Well, I got into some trouble with some Slytherin kid today since he was picking on Harry and the others. His name is Draco Malfoy, but we just all say Malfoy. Don't judge me guys, if anyone insults my sibling, then they will get an icicle almost shoved in them! Almost. The food here is amazing and North, you would have a right feast! Oh, one more thing. Harry said that it would be cool if I tried out for the Qudditch team but I need a broom. Care to help me there North?
See ya!
Jack
Jack folded up the piece of paper and handed it to Baby Tooth who folded her arms at it. Jack rolled his eyes, "I know you're not an owl but come on!" he pleaded. Baby Tooth rolled her eyes and took the paper from him and flew out of the window. As he put the quill away, he noticed Ron shivering.
"Hey Jack, close the window would you? It's bloody freezing in here" he said, pulling the drapes down so the cold was shielded out of his bed. Everyone else did the same but Jack chuckled to himself as he took of his robes and replaced them with a blue shirt and white baggy trousers that were quite thin. He did close the window but he knew that it wouldn't make a difference. Pulling the covers over him, he could only eagerly dream of what awaited him in the morning.
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Jack was awakened by the early morning sun shining through the window. Sitting up and running a hand through his now messier hair, he let out a yawn as the sleep left his eyes. Wow, a bed like this makes a big difference than sleeping in a tree, he thought.
Looking around, he saw that the others were waking up and Neville was pulling his night cap off his head. "That was a pretty good sleep," he commented, throwing the covers off himself. Jack grinned but then he noticed that Harry looked a little pale.
"You okay Harry?" he asked and Harry nodded.
"Yeah I'm fine! Just a little…cold last night," he commented. Jack raised an eyebrow, Harry looked as if he had had a nightmare or something but he shook his head as he knew that was impossible. Ron literally marched out of bed and stomped over to the locked window.
"The window is locked and yet it's still cold! I bet Fred and George put something in here to make it cold or something!" he said and he started to look under the beds. Jack felt amused and guilty as he was the one responsible but he knew he couldn't help it. As he pulled on his robes and tie which now had the Gryffindor colours on it, he noticed Baby Tooth curled up in her cage with a piece of paper beside her.
Careful not to wake her, he reached in for the paper and opened it up to see that the others had replied quite quickly.
Jack,
That's great news! Gryffindor is one of the best houses! Told you it wouldn't be bad. You made friends? Great! Harry? As in Harry Potter? Lots of the teachers are keeping an eye on him but remember, you're there to investigate. But have fun all the same. Yes be careful with the pranks, the ghosts can see you remember? Oh just ignore the Slytherins Jack, they're nothing but trouble! They picked on you? They do that again and they will have us to deal with! Bunny was laughing about the icicle part though. A broomstick? Not a problem! North said it will be delivered about lunch so look out for a black owl with white wings okay?
Have fun and see you soon!
Tooth, Bunny, North and Sandy
Jack smiled as he re-folded the note and put it inside his trunk and got his books ready. As he slung his rucksack on, he saw the others waiting for him.
They then found girls waiting at the entrance of the common room, who were tapping their feet impatiently.
"About time! I'm starving!" Star complained.
"So what's on the line today?" Ron asked, not so enthusiastically.
"Well, we have Potions, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Charms and Divination today," Hermione said and she noticed Jack's shoulder slumping as she didn't mention Quidditch. "Oh, there is a try-out in the evening. You can try-out then. We will all come and watch" she said and Jack brightened.
"Awesome!" he said happily.
"I thought you didn't have a broom," Harry said and Jack grinned.
"Yeah, my family is sending me one at lunch," Jack replied.
When the got to the hall, the breakfast was just as good as the feast last night! Sausages, fried eggs, bacon, pancakes and Jack took a liking to the juice. It didn't take long for him and the others to be filled up and they headed down to their first class, which was Divination.
Trelawney seemed obsessed with Jack and kept mumbling about death taking him and she had even given Gryffindor ten points! This was odd as she had never given a house a single point before. She gave them all homework about writing a month dream diary. Jack found that enjoyable as he had an advantage, being over three hundred years old, he had seen many things that were dream worthy. Then having Charms with Professor Flitwick and he gave them all Vanishing Charms to practice and Jack found this as a good opportunity to use on Bunny when pranking him.
Now before lunch was their least favourite: Potions.
It was down in the dungeons so it was quite cold and Jack wouldn't mind this but it was an unfriendly cold. Jack did feel a bit of displeasure at the things in jars around the place. As everyone took their seats, and Snape called out names from the register, Malfoy and his friends were sneering at him and the other Gryffindors from their side of the room.
"Oh great," Jack mumbled and Star, who was sitting next to him, noticed this.
"Keep your cool. Snape definitely hates you and if any of us do anything, especially you…" she said and then made a motion with her finger by slicing it back and forth across her throat. Jack smirked but drew his eyes back to the front as Snape called his name with a hint of venom at the end of it. Yep, Star was right, he hated him!
Once Snape had finished the register, he closed the door and faced his class. "Settle down," he said coldly. Everyone who was either whispering or muttering went quiet instantly.
"Before we begin, I need remind you, that next June, you will be sitting an important examination and this will prove how much you have learned through the year about the composition and use of magical potions. I expect you all to scrape an 'Acceptable' in your OWL or suffer my… displeasure," Snape said, casting a glance at the Gryffindors but most of all at Jack.
Cheeky git, teacher or not, Jack thought angrily. "But after this year, many of you will cease studying with me. I only take the best into my NEWT Potions class so some of us will certainly be saying goodbye," Snape added, now looking in Harry's direction, who was sitting by the table next to him and Star. Harry looked as angry as he had.
"Now today, we will be mixing a potion that often comes up at Ordinary Wizarding Level: The Draught of Peace, a potion to calm anxiety and soothe agitation. The ingredients and method is on the black board and you will find everything you need in the cupboard. You have an hour and a half… begin," Snape said, flicking his wand so writing appeared on the board and the cupboard opened.
Okay this looks fairly difficult, Jack thought, looking at the board and the going to cupboard with the others. Just think of it as painting Bunny's eggs! You have to do one thing first before doing the next thing or it will all go wrong, Jack thought calmly. Star looked at him, "You know this is a really fiddly potion right?" she asked and Jack nodded, wishing she hadn't said that.
Turns out, Jack found out that it wasn't so bad and it was the same with Star. While they had been making it, Star said that her mother had been making potions since she was little so she knew exactly what to do. Jack had just laughed and had said that he was just lucky.
"You should now have a light silver vapour coming from you potion," Snape said, with ten minutes to go.
Star and Jack were one of the lucky Gryffindors who had the silver vapour coming from their cauldrons. The others…not so much. Ron had orange sparks coming from theirs, Hermione (for the first time) had spitting green sparks from hers and Jack could tell she was really frustrated. Snape had lectured them all as he came by and when he came by Jack and Star, he could see nothing to contradict so he just kept walking. Star gave Jack ad high five but then a gleam came to Star's eye. Jack was about to ask her what was wrong until he saw Snape stop at Harry's cauldron.
The Slytherins were all looking over at Snape, eager for him to taunt Harry.
"Can't read Potter?" Malfoy said with a snigger and Jack's shock, Snape agreed with him!
"It appears he can't Mr Malfoy," Snape said and Jack could have sworn he was smiling!
Hermione, who was in front of them, leaned back to Jack and Star. "Honestly, don't they have anything better to do?" she asked and Star grinned.
"Maybe… just watch Hermione," Star said and at this, Hermione leaned back to avoid laughing at what Star was going to do. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a load of small round things.
"What are they?" Jack whispered.
"Puking Pastels. I got them off Fred and George. Care to see how Malfoy did with his potion?" she asked and Jack grinned.
"Thought you wouldn't even ask," he replied. Putting all but one pastel back in her pocket, Star then muttered something that Jack couldn't understand but then the pastel turned into an ingredient that was supposed to be added to the potion.
"Here just, use your wand and float this over to Malfoy so he will put it in his. Just say Wingardium Leviosa, to make it float," Star said. Jack took a deep breath and pulled out his wand and checked to see if Snape was still taunting Harry, in which he was.
"Wingardium Leviosa," he said, quietly but clearly. The ingredient or Pastel then floated up from Star's hand and Jack made it float under all the desks so no one would notice. Hermione noticed however, and she looked over at Ron and pointed at the floating object with a smile. He held back a laugh as he watched Jack steer the Pastel over to Malfoy's cauldron. Star then noticed that Malfoy had the ingredient which she had made the Pastel take the form of on his table so she quickly pulled out her wand and quickly flicked it so the ingredient flew into the cauldron but the disguised Pastel took its place on the table.
Jack looked at her oddly and she leaned over, "As much as I hate Malfoy, I don't fancy putting him in an irreversible sleep which is what happens if you don't put in the ingredients," she told him.
Malfoy, who had now turned back to his table, looked at the board and then added the Pastel which he thought was his ingredient and gave it one final stir and looked pleased as he thought he had done it perfectly.
Jack smiled in victory as he had actually performed his first ever spell and without being caught. Star then noticed Snape finishing his rant at Harry and was coming back around their way.
She covered her mouth with one hand as if she was coughing and stuck on hand in her pocket. She mumbled something quickly and then put her hands back on the table. Jack was about to ask what she just did but Snape was in front of them.
"Are you done?" he asked. Jack then got kicked in the knee to answer by Star so he nodded.
"Yes Sir, we are both finished," he replied.
Snape knew there was nothing wrong with it but he always had to say something against a Gryffindor. "I do take your word for it… Frost…but I would rather take it from a more reliable student. Preferably from Slytherin," Snape said folding his arms.
Now some Gryffindors huffed at this but Jack and Star didn't. "Like who Sir?" Star asked.
"I don't see any others who have completed it on time," Jack added.
"I have Sir," Malfoy said, sticking his hand up proudly. Everyone, minus the Slytherins, groaned. Snape however was pleased as he walked over to Malfoy's cauldron and took a sample in a flagon.
"This is how it's done Potter," Snape said, and Harry tried not to glare. Snape gave the flagon to Malfoy who took one sip and expected to be awarded some points but oh no. Malfoy then coughed and the whole class yelled out as he started to vomit green stuff on the floor. Harry and the others were trying not to laugh and Jack and Star were trying not grin like fools.
Snape was NOT pleased. "Was this some sort of joke?" he asked Malfoy, who had stopped vomiting since only one pastel was in it.
"No Sir! It must have been touched or sabotaged! I bet it was him or one of the Gryffindors!" Malfoy said accusingly and pointed over to Jack. Snape looked at the vomit in displeasure.
"From reports I have had from students and teachers, it had been the work of a Puking Pastel as they have been named. Now all Gryffindors, empty your pockets," Snape said and all Gryffindors did so, much to their disliking. Jack froze as Star and maybe himself, would get busted but Star stayed as calm as a cucumber.
Snape inspected everyone and when he came to Jack and Star, he expected it to be them. Jack revealed only his wand like everyone else and to his surprise and relief, so did Star! But she had… Jack thought but then he thought, who cares? She didn't get busted!
Malfoy was furious. "It must be a trick!" he demanded, stepping forward but almost tripping over his chair but not stopping him from jolting. As he did so, several small objects fell out of his pockets and some rolled over to Harry and Hermione.
They both bet down to pick one up and Hermione raised hers high. "Puking Pastels, I believe Sir," she said. Harry was surprised but he saw Jack sneakily grin and he guessed who had planted them.
Malfoy's tongue had lost its tone. "But…she… he… how?" he spluttered but Snape silenced him.
"Clearly you thought it was funny but clearly it isn't. However, it seems you performed it correctly, so no marks will be deducted but you will clear up this mess," Snape said. Turning back to the class, he cleared his throat.
"Those of you, who did follow instructions, put your samples in a flagon and label it clearly with your name on it. Put it on my desk for testing and I want a twelve-inch parchment on the properties of moonstone and its uses in potion making done and handed in on Thursday for homework," Snape said.
Everyone, except Harry, whose potion had disappeared due to Snape, put their samples on the desk and watched Malfoy mop up the vomit until the bell rang. They dashed out of the room as soon as it went. Jack, who was last out, was stopped by Snape. Checking to see that no one was left, he shut the door and turned to Jack.
"Don't take me for a fool, I know all too well about you Frost and it doesn't mean you can waltz around here like royalty," Snape hissed. Jack, now a little annoyed; wasn't afraid to back chat.
"I don't. It isn't my fault if your house is acting like a bunch of spoilt brats!" he snapped back and Snape then gripped him by the hoodie!
"Don't insult my house or I will deduct one hundred points from Gryffindor!" Snape warned.
"Try it and I will tell Dumbledore that you take points for no reason whatsoever and that you don't treat all houses equally as a teacher should do," Jack said, wanting to reach into his pocket for his wand to turn back into his staff.
Snape let him go and glared at him, "Don't let me catch you doing something you shouldn't. Guardian or not, I will be keeping an eye on you. Now get out," Snape said, pointing to the door.
"Gladly!" Jack responded, walking out of the classroom and slamming the door before Snape could say anything else. Shaking his head as he walked up the staircase to the hall for lunch, he wouldn't be the only on keeping an eye on things. Snape was definitely one to keep your eye on. For one thing, it wasn't natural to see a horse shaped shadow lurking behind Snape.
Not natural at all and certainly not right. He needed to learn spells before deciding to pull out his wand as he almost blasted the shadow but he knew he wouldn't have been quick enough for it disappeared back into the shadows as soon as he reached for it.
He had a lot of work to do.
Bit of a mysterious end to that don't you think? Now we know how Snape sees Jack don't we? Not very fond of him if you ask me. And what is it with this shadow? Mmmm…. I guess I will have to have ten reviews for me to post the next chapter along with some cupcakes :D Hope you enjoyed and bye for now!
~Star