"So, you mean, you've never traveled outside of your house — manor, I mean, of your 10 whole years in life?"
"Yeah, I only got the chance to travel outside when I received my Hogwarts letter. Luckily, my dad invented this sunblock potion, or else I'm a toast by now. We're kind of allergic to sun."
"So, like a vampire?"
"Vampires are uncivilized. We're too different from them. And we do not suck blood."
"Oh, right." she sighed in relief. "Well, there is — wait!"
BOOM!
It was their second week of Hogwarts, and Mavis and Elsa were paired up on their Potions class. They were supposed to make an antidote of a Hydra venom, when it turned out that they're making the Hydra venom instead. Their cauldron exploded, and left a bit of remembrance with them. Their hair went to their back, stunned, and their face had dark marks with them. Everyone in the class laughed.
"What do you think you two are doing?!" Prof. Forwood, their current Potions Master in Hogwarts who is tall, thin, and has a creepy mustache, yelled at them. "I did not tell you to make a soup for the monsters!" he shouted, then massage his head gently, and exhaled. "1 point for Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw for the effort."
"I—I don't understand. Where did we go wrong?" Mavis asked, checking the lists of instructions again.
"I think you put the werewolf fang in the cauldron instead of the unicorn horn." Elsa said, examining the cauldron.
It was dark outside, and the clouds were grey. It seems like it's going to rain, but Merida looked like she never had this good day in her life. Rain is nothing but a lullaby that makes it easier to sleep. It's not like on the movies which rain represents sadness and broken hearts, which is rubbish in her opinion. She just had Defense Against the Dark Arts class with the Slytherin, which turned out to be more epic than she had expected. Prof. Abbott, a muscular, emotionless man, had decided to teach her one advanced magic — or power, as an award for getting a very high grade on the subject last year. She cannot wait for her assigned schedule with the professor as she badly wanted to know what it it is.
It was 3 in the afternoon when Merida told her friends everything. Luckily, class ended up so early and they had time to chitchat all about it before dinner.
"So, what kind of magic would Prof. Abbott will teach you?" asked Rapunzel.
"I dunno, but it's go'n to be really int'resting. An' he said I don't need mah' own wand, I jus' have to bring mah bow!"
"What? What kind of magic that doesn't require a wand?! That's ridiculous!" Anna got the attention of half the crowd around them because she yelled loudly.
"Well, we did some magic when we were young. Mind you, we did not use any wands." Rapunzel added.
"So, like, you're going to practice some kind of new archery technique? Like, how to bend an arrow in midair to really hit its target? Or like, how to make the arrow turn around instead of going into a straight direction?" Anna and Rapunzel eyed curiously at Merida as Elsa asked all these questions.
"Bah! I don' need ta' bend mah' arrow to hit mah' target. An' arrows always go fer' a straight line, not a parabola d'rection. By the way, wut' happen' to your hand?" Merida pointed as they just notice Elsa's injury.
"Oh, this? Mavis and I got a little accident on our Potions class." she said. "It's just a burn, Anna. It's nothing serious. Madam Pomfrey told me it'll be better for a few weeks." she immediately explained as she looked at Anna's worried expression.
"Hilarious! You got hurt yesterday?" the four of them jumped. That voice, that deep, annoying voice gives Elsa the goosebumps. She can't be mistaken. She turned around and recognize the owner of the voice immediately with just looking at his green, loose necktie — Jack Frost.
"You know, wild animals are slower when they're injured." Jack said sarcastically, with Hiccup at his back, just staring at the four of them.
Elsa, as well as the others, feel so annoyed at what Jack has said, match with his hideous, annoying facial expression. He held his hand on his chin, pretending to be a super genius thinking hardly of how to cheer up a cockroach. Quite sadistic. Not able to take the situation, Elsa stood up before Merida and Anna could speak up.
"Wild animals DO get slower when injured." she said. "Too bad I wasn't a wild animal. I was born as —" she paused, "a demon slayer." The sadist aura immediately came out of her body, portrayed as dark auras. The three girls backed up a little. Of all the things they feared, Elsa, with her sadist mode, is way more fearful than werewolves themselves. Jack chuckled.
"A demon slayer? Ooh, so scary — scary as a fluffy bunny rabbit!" he laughed and punched Hiccup on the shoulder lightly. Hiccup forced a smile. "However, if you force the issue and play poorly," he said, eyeing Elsa closely with his attractive blue eyes, "they'll say they should never have trusted a demon slaying rabbit and switch sides with an — ice dragon summoner." he said coolly. He released a loud, evil laugh as he and Hiccup went away from the girls.
"That noob..." Elsa said, clutching her hand tightly. She can feel the heat inside her, she's all fired up. "I'll crush him!" she said as she followed her eyes on his direction. Her heart raced rapidly as she can feel her blood boil up to her brains.
"I understand what you feel, Elsa. But I think you're gonna crush your hand before you can even land a scratch on him." when Rapunzel said this, Elsa immediately relaxed herself. There it is again, she lost her gracefulness. That's a complete dishonor to herself. She exhaled, then went back to her seat next to Anna.
"Uh, wut' was tha' all 'bout?" Merida raised her eyebrow, feeling awkward of not knowing what the boy is talking about.
"Nah, that boy is good-for-nothing. Don't mind him." Anna responded.
"No, it's not that. Tomorrow, we're having a duel in Defense Against the Dark Arts." Elsa said gloomily, looking at her injured hand. "I'm not so sure if I can take him."
"Hey, don't worry about it. You're not called the Silent Sadist for no reason, you know." Rapunzel added, and everyone agreed.
These words seem to calm Elsa a bit.
"Do you, uh, really need to do that? I mean, what have you done?" Hiccup said as the two of them are on their way for dinner.
"Everybody deserves a bit of fun, Hiccup. Did you see what I've done? I have angered the girl which was done by no one! That's amazing, yet you act like it's a bad thing!"
"Well, it is a bad thing! You dragged me there to watch you insult her. Do you even realize that we're in the same house?" Hiccup sighed, he didn't know what to do.
"Oh, right. I, uh, didn't look at your neckties. I didn't realized it was the same color." Jack said, feeling not sorry at all. Instead, he made an evil grin and praised himself. Hiccup paused, and put his palm to his face. Now what should he do? It would be so awkward when he'll go back to the Ravenclaw tower and bump through Elsa. Elsa has been a good friend to him, and a great opponent. Hiccup is amazing at everything, but he could not beat Elsa. That was his main goal for this year — in fact, it was the same goal he made 2 years ago.
His thoughts went back to reality when a girl with bushy red hair bumped him. His bag opened and all his books, parchment and ink fell. She seemed familiar, until he remembered. She was with Elsa 10 minutes ago. If he's not mistaken, this is the Merida DunBroch, the best chaser that the Gryffindor team has ever had. Nobody can choose what is her best movement, since she never fail to surprise everyone with her unique plans and movements.
"Ooh, ink got yer book? That's quite a mess yah've done there, laddie. Clean up b'for you'll be expelled!" she threw an annoying look at Hiccup, then went to the Great Hall with the others.
Hiccup felt his blood boil and his face turn to red. He stood up and shouted at Merida. "I wish your brain was as big as your hair, so you might have realized what you have done!"
That hit Merida's nerve head-on. She turned around, "What. Did. You. Just... SAY?!"
"I said, if you have no brains, or if you have one but did not use it, then sell it! You should say sorry to me!"
"Bah! 'Sorry'? Your name s'not 'sorry', yah wimpy old lad! Why should I even call you that?!" with that, she immediately walked away.
"That girl..." he said as he helplessly pick up all his things. "Poor ink, I just bought it last Monday! ODIN, WHY?!" he shouted as he raised the empty bottle.
The ceiling of the Great Hall portrayed the weather outside; it was a rainy night, and the ceiling looked like it rained, too. Hiccup sat at the Ravenclaw table, and, as far as possible from Elsa. The guilt he felt overwhelmed his other emotions. Elsa sat 5 seats apart from where Hiccup sat. She didn't notice Hiccup because she was concentrating on learning new spells for combat, then he finally remembered; Jack told him all about his upcoming duel with Elsa. Jack wasn't so interested in girls (except for his sister) because he's seen him dumped almost all the girls in the school, and wasn't interested in entering the world of love yet. But he didn't knew that his friend would be so excited and is so ready to hurt a girl. Or maybe he misunderstood something, since Jack kept reasoning how he didn't mean it the way how Hiccup thought it will be. He just ate there quietly, while studying his Transfiguration assignment. First subject for tomorrow is Transfiguration with the Hufflepuffs. Next is Care of Magical Creatures with the Gryffindors. "Oh, I miss Toothless" he thought. Just before he left, he built his dragon a new tail that would make him fly without his help. "I wonder if he's alright now." Now that he mentioned his dragon, he just remembered he'll see his ex-girlfriend, Astrid, on the second period tomorrow. "Ahh thank Odin, he gave me something to look forward to." he thought sarcastically as he think about how this situation gets so awkward.
It hurt Elsa's pride to be a snob to the other people, and her haters hate her more, but she had no choice. She still have many hours to study, but she insisted to study and not waste her precious time on nonsense things. The duel will take place tomorrow, but it felt like it's going to happen in 10 minutes. She's so open-minded when it comes to sports, but above all, she can't imagine herself bowing to Jack Frost and lose in front of everyone's eyes. Nobody cared, 'cause everyone knows she's at advantage, but it means a lot to her. 'Arania Eximae. This is for spiders! Nah, that guy's as creepy as a spider, anyway. Bombarda? But that would scatter him into pieces. Argh! As if I care, anyway. Let's see...Reducto? Could be. It's not that hard. Umm...' She barely touched her food, and, for the first time, she's thankful that Anna is on the other table, or she'll keep nagging her to eat.
On the Slytherin table, Jack kept looking at his sister, Emma, and hoped to catch her 'mysterious boyfriend' which, on Emma's side, found it so annoying. Jack knew Emma is not that dumb to greet her boyfriend in public, especially when Jack can see her. Emma stood up, and Jack was about to follow her when he's interrupted by someone.
"Ooh, look what we've got here! It's the almighty Frostbite!" Snoutlout said loudly that almost half of the population of the Great Hall stared at their direction.
Snoutlout was a big, beefy boy and, to Jack's disgust, a very boastful boy. He's madly-in-love with this girl, and Hiccup's ex-girlfriend, Astrid. This guy always boasts about how he's a rival to the almighty Jack Frost, when in reality, Snoutlout had done nothing cool, too far from what he spits in words. Snoutlout thinks this will get Astrid's attention, in which Jack thinks it's rubbish.
"If you were my opponent on the duel, I would've split your eyes in two." Split your eyes in two? Jack thought. "But Prof. Abbott might've known I will go all out and might destroy his classroom. So he thinks otherwise, and partner you up against a weak opponent." he said in a cool, disgusting way. He made sure his voice is loud so that Astrid will hear it.
"Is that so? 'Cause I thought Prof. Abbott feels sorry about embarrassing you again in front of the class. I bet he wouldn't want to see you wet your pants again." Jack talked back, and the students around him roared with laughter. Snoutlout's face went scarlet, a sign that he's in between embarrassment and anger.
Snoutlout was ready to settle things in a violent way, but he wouldn't dare to do so in front of the teachers and, most especially, the headmaster. He threw one last glare at Jack, then exited the Great Hall. Jack rolled his eyes, and he just realized he was hungry. He's so busy monitoring his sister that he didn't notice the delicious juicy steak and the smoking hot mashed potato in front of him. With this, he dig in.
