MERRY CHRISTMAS! I AM SOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY! I seriously hope you all enjoyed your Christmas because I know I did! North brought me everything I wanted! He even got me a cupcake onesie! He knows me so well! Hahaha, I hope you all got what you wanted because I know I did! Shoutouts now and here are your Christmas cupcakes!
BabyBird101: Thanks! It's okay, take your time!
AliceCullen3: Thanks!
DarkDOLLYumi: Thanks! Yes Jack Frost, where are you?
IceChild and ThePuppetMaster: Maybe... ;)
changeofheart505: Thanks! That's for me to know and for you to find out! Only I hold the key to that answer... ;)
littlechick2013: Wait and see XD
Brass Sparrow: Haha, hey wish Hiccup a happy Snoggletog from me would ya?
Caithlinn13: Hahaha :D Time flies by ya know? :D Hope you enjoy!
Phantom Trainer: Hehe :D I never said that it was him did I? Hey, don't injure yourself! You won't be able to read the rest then will you?
isi7140: Haha, who said it was him? NOt me... yet ;)
invader sugar: Merry Christmas to you too!
ArianandXia: Hehe, in due time ;) Bit strange really, it was going to be Christmas for this story in november :D Hope you enjoy the chapter! Well, mine is Better Together and Steal Your Heart! I am in love with those songs. Oh and also Timeless and Who I am. They rock! Really? Why not if you don't mind me asking.
Daughterofthehunt: I like me cupcakes... Nope, its a chirstmas chapter so it won't be anything nasty. I screamed the house down when I saw the trailer :D Neither can I, so excited! My updating times? Don't really have any because it depends how fast I write the chapter and I don't want to make promises I can't keep. It will disappoint people and I don't want to do that.
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Zepharia: Thanks very much and so did I!
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Claros and Ixen: Merry Christmas to you too! Thank you and it will be epic! I believe those are the words of North :D
Time to Be: She will be very pleased to hear that!
AnimeFanFicXD: I will right now! Pink eye?
Srafibe-ecleips: Someone's excited huh? :D
Awesomesauce: I can and I have. I am evil you see? Thanks very much! :D
Louisa: I shall!
Elsa: Aw thanks! Well, I hope you like it!
AnaEl92: It's my job as Master of Cliffhangers! If you do that, then you won't be able to read it! :D Well, Merry Christmas to you! XD
Setia Prenn: Haha, you get used to it ;) Really? That means a lot to me!
Skylar Lewis: Maybe... ;)
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I hope that was everyone! I appreciate your reviews so much guys and I want to thank you all for your constant support throughout this sory and I promise that I will not stop until the end! I feel more appreciated on here than I do anywhere else, especially at home or at school. My parents don't take interest in my word and my school mates... meh, enough about them... on we go!
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Jack awoke again to find himself in the long dark hallway again but there were no figures at the end of the hallway and the black and golden door was closed this time. "What now?" Jack asked himself.
"What now indeed?" a silky voice asked.
"Who said that?" Jack demanded, looking around the hallway but he saw nothing there. That voice sounded familiar.
"Your meddling is interfering and annoying" another voice said.
"Hey, who are you to tell me I'm annoying?" Jack snapped.
"We are!" both voices shouted. A force then slammed Jack back and hit the tile wall hard. He yelled out in pain as he crumpled do the floor and it now felt as someone was squeezing his lungs and he could barely breathe.
"We are much closer than you think Jackson! When we conquer that pathetic school of yours, along with the rest of the wizard world, you will be one of the first to suffer, along with the Potter boy!" one of the voices said and it sounded like a scratching sound.
"Stay out of our way or else!" both of them yelled at the same time. A flash of light appeared in Jack's eyes and he barely had the strength to shield his eyes.
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"Jack? Jack?" a voice said faintly. Jack groaned as he opened his eyes to see three Star's looking down at him. He then saw three hands waving down at him as he blinked again.
"Shall I give him a shock?" someone else asked and it sounded a lot like Fred.
"No! That would be mean! I suggest that we use the Tarantallegra spell on him! I think I can make him do the Salsa!" Star said excitedly.
"No I'm fine!" Jack said, blinking his eyes rapidly and forcing himself to sit up.
"Whoa dude, slow down!" Star said, helping him up. Jack looked around to see that he was sitting upright in the hallway with Star and Fred beside him and they were holding their wands up and light was coming from them.
"Yeah, you were completely out of it" Fred said.
"What do you mean?" Jack asked, rubbing his face.
"Well, we followed you and then when we found you, you were on the floor and you looked as if you were petrified. Weird thing though, you were asleep" Star said with a confused look on her face. Jack froze at that.
"Asleep?" Jack asked.
"Nah, I think you slipped and hit your head when you fell" Fred said.
"Yeah that would make more sense" Star said. Jack nodded as he realized that made sense and he probably had a hallucination but when he pulled his hand away from his face, he frowned in shock.
"Yeah but does it explain why I have a bleeding nose?" he asked, looking at his blood stained hand and his nose was starting to throb.
"Wait, that might have been me when I tried to wake you up by hitting you in the face" Star said casually. Jack was about to shout at her but the Fred interrupted.
"No, you hit him on the cheek not the nose" Fred told her and Star nodded in realization.
"Remind me to never hire you two as my alarm clocks" Jack said, rubbing his nose fondly. Star smirked at him and Fred patted him on the back. Jack smiled at them but then frowned as he remembered what had just happened when he had been knocked out. Conquer? Suffer? And why had one of those voices sounded so familiar? It couldn't have been who he thought it was. He shouldn't be back… no he couldn't be back! He had to tell the Guardians about this.
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A few days later, it was the last day before everyone went home for Christmas. Star's parents had agreed to let her stay with the Weasley family and the Guardians had let Jack stay with them too although Tooth was upset that he wasn't coming to the Pole but was happy that he was having a good time at Hogwarts. North had promised to send Christmas presents to where he was staying and also that he would send his friends some too. Jack decided that he wouldn't send the letter telling the Guardians about what had happened when his friends had found him unconscious in the middle of the hallway since he didn't want to worry them. He would tell them after Christmas day since it would be a little easier and less stressful.
Now he was sitting in the boy's dormitory, dressed back in his hoodie and pants with his faithful staff in his hand. His things were all packed safely away since he didn't fancy anything getting stolen while he was away but he had packed a little bag of things that he might need. His friends would meet him back here in two hours since they were down at the Christmas feast before they would all leave. Jack insisted that he wasn't hungry but he also wanted to be on his own because he wanted a bit of a fly.
Grinning to himself, Jack opened the window to feel the wind brush against him since he hadn't flown it in months. "Missed you too" Jack said with a smile. He then stepped onto the windowsill and jumped out so he was free falling towards the ground. Jack closed his eyes as he felt the familiar sound of the wind in his ears and the rush of the wind through his hair. He then let out a whoop as he flew back up, flicking his staff so a light sheet of snow started to cover Hogwarts. Jack continued to fly on, spreading snow all over the place, screaming his lungs out with happiness. He had missed this so much. He then realized how long he had been out and his friends would suspect something if he wasn't back in the room waiting for them. Quickly, he spun around in the air and shot back to the turret where the dorm was. He put his feet together so he had an extra burst of speed and to his relief, he arrived back just in time. He burst back through the window, landed on the bed and managed to get his staff back to its wand form, just as Ron and Harry came through the door.
"Hey guys" Jack said, trying not to show them that he was nearly out of breath. "Enjoy the feast?" he added.
"Yeah it was great, although someone practically gorged down his food" Harry said, looking at Ron who shrugged.
"I was hungry" Ron objected.
"You're always hungry!" Hermione and Star shouted from downstairs. Jack laughed and then Ron looked behind him.
"Why is the window open? Aren't you cold?" Ron asked and Jack shook his head a little too quickly.
"Nope! Doesn't really bother me" Jack admitted. Not really a lie, he thought.
"Well, you ready?" Harry asked and Jack smiled as he got up and slung his bag over his shoulder.
"Ready" Jack replied.
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Soon enough, it was Christmas day and everyone was in the Order at the table, getting ready to eat and have presents. Jack was given a guest room on the top floor so it was quite cold but Jack didn't mind at all. In fact he was very pleased. The whole place was quite nice except for Creature, who didn't particularly like him, nor anyone really. Star and Hermione were given rooms in the middle of the building and Harry and Ron had rooms on the first floor.
They were all by the table now and Jack loved the fact that snow was appearing out of nowhere above the Christmas tree and a Santa in a sleigh was going around the room by itself with bells jingling from it.
Jack found Star's outfit fairly festive and he reckoned that North would agree. She was wearing a Santa hat with a red tutu that had some red glitter sprinkled on it and had a green t-shirt with a Christmas tree on it, and had matching green leggings and fluffy snow white boots.
Jack of course, stuck with his hoodie and pants but Star had stuck an elf hat on his head and had forced him to wear it or else she would take a picture and post it on the internet. Bunny would have never let him forget it if that happened so Jack wore it.
"Here we go!" Mrs Weasley called from the head of the table. Everyone turned to see a very beaten up but smiling Mr Weasley with a purple paper crown on his head, sitting down at the head of the table Mrs Weasley holding him by the shoulders with a big smile on her face. "Daddy's back!" she said.
Everyone applauded as he pulled a sheepish smile. "Great to have you back!" Ginny said, hugging her father.
"Come on now, presents!" Mrs Weasley said as everyone took their seats.
"Nice big box for Ron!" Mr Weasley said with a smile as a big box was placed in front of Ron. Jack was surprised when Mrs Weasley handed him one! As he opened it with the others, he saw that she had knitted him a blue and white beanie hat. He smiled as it matched his hair. Star then caught everyone by surprise when she handed out small parcels of her own to each of them. Jack wasn't surprised when he opened his to find a cupcake inside. The twins had red velvet cupcakes, Hermione and Ginny had peppermint cupcakes, Ron and Harry had strawberry cupcakes and Jack had a rather peculiar looking one.
Star saw his face. "It's a cookie dough one! Newest invention" she said proudly.
"Thanks!" Jack said eagerly. Everyone thanked her as they began to tuck into their meal. They had only eaten for five minutes until Sirius came walking in.
"What is it?" Harry asked his Godfather.
"There is a parcel at the door. It's for Jack" he said. Everyone turned to Jack as he got up from his seat.
"Great! North must have delivered it!" Jack said, quite eager to get to it.
"North? Is he your Guardian?" George asked.
"Yup! He's my father figure Guardian!" Jack said, running from the room. He raced down the hallway and opened the door to find that a rather big box was waiting there. He was going to use a spell to lift it but then remembered that he couldn't use magic. He wasn't even under aged but still, he wouldn't want Umbridge on his case. Lifting it up with both hands, he took it inside and staggered into the kitchen and placed it onto the floor and winced as his back clicked.
"Wow Jack! What is in that?" Star asked, looking at it.
"Everyone's presents" Jack said, opening the top of the box"
"Everyone's presents?" the twins asked in surprise.
"Course! You didn't think he would just send my present do you? North always sends presents for my friends" Jack said as he opened the box. He then began to hand them out, checking the name tags on each of them.
Fred and George opened theirs to find some of their needs to make their products. "Wow! How did your Guardian know about this?" they asked at the same time.
"He knows a lot of things" Jack said, amused that they weren't on the naughty list. Ginny opened hers to find a pretty necklace with lots of jewels. Hermione had a new books of spells in hers which she hugged tightly to her chest and Ron was delighted to find a ton of sweets and chocolate were inside his. Star opened hers to find a snow globe in hers and had the figure of her inside it with cupcakes beside her and when she shook it, snow flew around it.
Harry was about to open his but Jack stopped him. "Um, that one isn't from my Guardian. I got this one for you. I pulled a few strings with Dumbledore to get it" Jack said. True, North had gotten Tooth to help him with this one and it wasn't easy to persuade her as it might have caused suspicions but Jack didn't care.
Harry looked at him in surprise but continued to open his present to find that it was a photo shot of him as a small child in the arms of his smiling parents. Harry smiled warmly at it and then looked up at Jack. "Thanks" he said and Jack smiled with a shrug.
"No problem" he said.
"Excellent! Now that we all have our presents, I call a Christmas toast!" Mr Weasley said, raising his glass and everyone else did the same. "To Mr Harry Potter. Without whom, I would not be sitting here" Mr Weasley said, looking at Harry. "Harry" he said, toasting his glass.
"Harry" everyone else said and Harry did his best not to blush. Jack smiled as he then tucked into his food with everyone else. This Christmas was awesome. The most awesome one he has had in a long time.
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Everyone was soon packing in the evening after the feast as they prepared to head back to Hogwarts. Jack packed in the last of his clothes and he was about to pack in his present from the Guardians when he stopped to look at it. It was a picture of him with them all.
North was standing behind them all with his swords in the air, Tooth and Sandy were standing either side of North with big grins and Bunny was near the middle by Jack, his arm wrapped around Jack's neck and was giving him a noogie but Jack was still smiling as he attempted to freeze his feet with his staff.
"Busy are we or are you just standing there like a lemon all day?" a voice from behind him asked. Jack dropped the picture in surprise and pulled his wand out and faced the door. To his relief, he only saw Star leaning on the door frame with her arms folded.
"Jeez Star, don't creep up on me like that" Jack said, placing a hand on his chest as he put his wand away. Star smiled as she came off the door frame and walked towards him as Jack zipped up his bag. "What do you want?" he asked as he put his beanie on his head. He really liked it.
"Well, I'm here for two things" Star said. "One, thanks for the gift" she said with a smile.
"No problem" Jack replied smiling. "What's the second thing?" Jack asked, then heading for the door with his bag slung over his shoulder.
"When did you learn to fly without a broomstick because that was a staff you were holding when you jumped out of the window" Star asked. Jack froze in his steps. Oh no.
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OH YES! Jack is busted! I actually was going to get Ron to find out Jack's secret first but then my friend kindly pointed out that if Ron found out, he would probably get found out by Hermione who would then tell Harry and then the story would end too quickly. So Star will be the one to find out first since she will probably blackmail Jack or something and I find that very amusing and entertaining. So how did she find out? It wasn't just for seeing him flying, I will say that but why else is it that she knows? You know what to do to find out! Cupcakes to all and the next chapter awaits if I get sixteen reviews. Merry Christmas to all and have a HAPPY NEW YEAR! FROM YOUR CRAZY FANFICTION AUTHOUR, STARSKULLS! BYE FOR NOW!
~Star