"Oy Frost! C'mere!" Tyler Thomson, a tall, white and handsome boy with brown hair called. He was the Quidditch captain of the Slytherin team.
"Hey, what's up?" Jack responded.
"We have Quidditch practice tonight, 6pm. We need to discuss our plans, practice some flying techniques, and the audition—"
"Whoa, what's the rush? You seem to — er — not you today."
"That Potterhead's the new captain, plus they've got that brute, square-headed blondie, that messy redhead, and that childish braided ponytail. They're dungheads, but solid. They've been practicing since first day. Compared to us, they're four steps ahead!" he said, punching the wall.
"Ah, right. How about you calm your brains and look for a good beater to replace the last one? And anyway, Hofferson's not in shape, so that's one chaser down."
"Yeah, you're right. Listen, I've got to remind the others. 6pm, okay?! BE. ON. TIME!"
"Yeah, I will!" Jack said, grinning and waving at him. He continued walking to his Charm class when he spotted the three redhead triplets, all sticking their heads to an empty classroom.
"What are you doing?" he said, looking at whatever they're looking at. It was Peeves the Poltergeist, bouncing at the empty desks, and writing some unnecessary words on the blackboard.
"Practicing some tricky spells." the redhead on the left said.
"We thought it'll be best to try it on Peeves." said the other redhead on the right side.
"And how are you going to do that?" he asked.
"A little W will do the trick." the one in the middle said. "Here, watch."
Jack looked closer to the room as the triplets pulled out their wands.
"Waddiwasi!" the three of them shouted, and three chalks shot like a bullet through Peeves' nostrils and his left eye. Peeves whirled upright and zoomed away, cursing, while Jack and the triplets laughed. The triplets shot a high five to each other, praising themselves.
After eating her breakfast, Rapunzel exited the Great Hall with Mavis, who was holding her injured hand. She was in the same class with her when the incident happened, only she was a bit far from her and Elsa when it happened, that she can only conclude that their cauldron exploded, and that's that. She didn't realize that they were injured until Merida noticed Elsa's bandaged hand.
Mavis and Rapunzel weren't so close, and they only talked when it is necessary. They spent 6 years in Hogwarts and still they found themselves too shy to talk to each other, though of all people Rapunzel knew, Mavis has more similarities with her compared to her close friends. If the two of them was close, they would've got more attention than they have now. The color of their hair was very noticeable; Rapunzel's hair was not naturally blonde, but blonde as bright as sunlight, only it doesn't hurt your eyes when you look at it. Mavis, on the other hand, has shiny, jet black hair which made her pale skin glow. Her eyelashes were as black as her hair, which made her eyes more noticeable.
"Oh gosh! Oh gods! Oh no!" Hiccup muttered as he ran to his Transfiguration class. All this time he thought he was all ready, when he remembered that Merida knocked him over yesterday that his ink spilled on the floor. He had to run from the Great Hall to the Hufflepuff common room to get a new ink. Still, he can't believe it. He woke up earlier than any students in Hogwarts, but he's also the one to enter the class very late. He almost slipped when he arrived in his Transfiguration class; both relieved and felt intense pain on his metal leg. Thank goodness! he thought. Prof. Toothiana was not yet in the class and he still have 5 minutes to prepare his things.
"Hey, Rapunzel! Can I sit here? Guess I've ran out of seats." Rapunzel, who was focused on reading her book, looked up at Hiccup with her big, beady eyes.
"Sure, it's completely unoccupied!" she said as she moved towards her left to give more space.
Prof. Toothiana arrived 5 minutes late, saying she had a little bit of emergency meeting with the Headmaster. As always, she talks faster than Anna, and is very energetic. Her lectures took 15 minutes, and the rest of the time was taken to practice their spells. They tried to turn a rock into a Labrador, which, only Elsa managed to turn a part of it into a tail — making it a rock with a tail.
"This," Elsa said through gritted teeth, "won't get me anywhere!"
"Well, I think we're on the same boat." said Hiccup, looking at his rock where two legs grew.
"You just need a bit of hard work, that's all. I think I still have a long way to go." continued Rapunzel, who has her third rock. The first one turned into a balloon, while the second has flowers growing around it.
"I wish it could have been a mouth than a tail, then I would throw it to that rotten-head noob." Elsa's eyebrows almost met, focusing on the rock.
"Calm down, Elsa. You still have, umm, 2 hours before the Defense Against The Dark Arts class." Rapunzel now made some mushrooms grow to the rock.
"Not helping, Punz. I've only mastered a few spells, and I only knew the others by name." she said with worry all over her face.
Hiccup felt that someone just squished his stomach, his breakfast ready to go out, his guilt on his heart.
"Look, Elsa, I —" he was trying to apologize, but Elsa's blue eyes focused on his green ones, making it more difficult to compose his words.
The two of them jumped when Rapunzel's gasp broke the silence between them. "I remember! You were with Frost yesterday!"
Clearly, this did not help lift the heavy atmosphere which was surrounding Hiccup by now.
"Was he?" Elsa said, trying to remember. "I didn't notice."
Eh? Hiccup didn't know if he should be relieved, or it was more like being pushed from the 153rd floor on a building. Is his existence barely shown on anybody's eyes? He felt melting on the chair he was sitting, melting through the darkness within.
He can barely hear what Rapunzel and Elsa was talking, until the bell rang. All students rose up to their seats and went to their next class. The three of them packed their things, Hiccup packed his things, but it looks like his soul was wandering somewhere in the grounds.
"Well, it seemed like it's a bit early for you all to learn this. But don't worry, you'll learn it soon enough!" Prof. Toothiana said rapidly. "And oh, Miss Stormborn, may I have a word?"
Rapunzel nodded at Elsa, and said she'll wait at the entrance. Hiccup's still packed his things sulkily. Elsa went to the Professor's table.
"Well, sorry for this short notice, but I found some interesting transformation spell I've read in an ancient book last summer. So, I'd just like to train you for it may help you fight some dark wizards in the real world. Well, I'm not saying you will encounter dark wizards soon, but no one knows, maybe you'll encounter one someday. Yeah I know it's weird, having You-Know-Who gone once and for all. But, better safe than sorry, and —"
Elsa hardly got these words into her brain, because Professor Toothiana was talking faster than normal. But she catch some important details from the waves of explanation, and it was train, transformation spell, train, dark wizards, — what?!
"Whoa, Professor!" Elsa interrupted, "What you mean "training"? I've heard Merida having a special training with Professor Abbott, because of having the highest marks on his subject. I'm not the best student in this class, but why are you asking me to train?"
Professor Toothiana looked at her, thinking of a reason, then look at her again. "I just thought you'll be best to be in this training. I know about your ice powers." she said in a slower speech. "You seem to control it, and that's good. But I notice it goes out of control because of your emotions. I think this one might help you."
Elsa's mind was filled with lots of things now. How come Professor Toothiana found out her secret? Anna would surely not reveal it, and Merida would never do that, neither does Rapunzel. She felt a magma growing inside her chest, and a big ice cube occupying her stomach.
"So, what did professor told you?" Rapunzel asked when she finally went out to their room. Hiccup walks beside her, sulky as ever.
"It's weird. She said she'll train me this spell she read last summer from an ancient book, saying it'll help me control this curse inside me."
"Wait, how did she know about the curse?" Rapunzel asked.
"I don't know."
"And how can she say 'to help you control it'?"
"I don't know."
"I mean, you can control it now, right? You can melt the ice you create, right?"
"I don't know."
"What do you mean 'I don't know?!"
"I—"
"And what's with Hiccup?"
"I d'— what?!"
She turned to Hiccup, who was walking like a jelly. His hair was messy, his necktie loose, and his things packed untidily.
"Uhh, Hiccup, are you alright?" Elsa asked him.
"Me? Oh, don't worry. My soul's just wandering the grounds, looking for my existence." he said gloomily.
Elsa turned to Rapunzel, giving her a puzzled look. Rapunzel just shook her head and raised her shoulders.
"I think you should go to the hospital wing and let Madam Pomfrey check you." Rapunzel said.
"My soul checked, it's not on the hospital wing. My existence, it is."
"Did you transfigure your brain accidentally instead of the rock?" Rapunzel asked.
"I'll take it from here, Punz. Come on, Hiccup, or we'll be late." Elsa grabbed Hiccup's wrist, running to their Care of Magical Creatures class with the Gryffindors while Rapunzel walk to Professor Binn's (History of Magic teacher) classroom.
(*Let's go back to an hour*)
"Speaking of the devil. Where have you been?"
Jack arrived in Professor Mansnoozie's class 7 minutes earlier. It seems like Professor Mansnoozie wasn't still there.
"I've been out, chatting. And it's not like I'm late."
Jack sat beside Eugene Fitzherbert, a tall, muscular handsome boy with dark brown hair and goatee, and very attractive nose and white teeth. Probably one of the heartthrobs of the Slytherin house, and a best friend of Jack; both mischievous and handsome.
"Anyway, have you talked with Tyler?" Jack asked, preparing his things.
"Yeah, he woke me up with a shock, that bloke. I thought it was the end of the world or something, nearly gave me a heart attack."
"Never seen him with such a face. How do you reckon the Gryffindors practiced?"
"Dunno. Can't trust even my own eyes. We all know that they never use the same movements during their practice. I guess only Hofferson forced them to, even though they don't need it, having that young Stormborn and all."
Professor Mansnoozie arrived a bit late, the same as Professor Toothiana's reason, although they needed time to understand since they haven't mastered interpreting the professor's imagery-language on their 6 years in Hogwarts. They spent the class learning how to turn a vinegar into a wine and, to no one's surprise, Eugene dissolved the vinegar and left a bit crack on the container.
"THAT," Eugene panted, "is so—"
"I know, Eugene. I know." Jack interrupted.
(*Let's go back to 2 hours time*)
"He's on the move, I sense his power getting stronger." North said, watching the window.
"Is this ol' about your grumpy stomach again, mate?" Bunnymund said with his strong Australian accent.
"Is — is he — I mean, is he going to attack Hogwarts? I cannot stand watching those students witness those horrible nightmares. I've had enough seeing them encounter with dementors." Toothiana shivered.
"No, he won't. He have better plans. But for now, we need to make preparations. They've just sent me a letter." said North, handing Tooth an envelope.
"Crikey! What the hell is this?!" Bunny exclaimed.
"Are we supposed to think about this when there's a bigger issue going on?!" Tooth said angrily.
"Now, now. Pitch is not making his move yet. I say we stay here at school to investigate and protect our students. On the other hand," North made his voice louder, interrupting Bunny, "we cannot embarrass our school. I can't face the headmasters when I die, recalling my regimen, embarrassing this school."
"Are you out of your mind?! Tooth's right, how could you think about this — this stuff when there's a bigger issue going on?!" Bunny shouted.
"It is indeed very horrible during those times when You-Know-Who had risen once again. But for now, we will do our best to stop Pitch whatever he's planning. We must act as normal as possible." North explained. "And before I forget, I trust the trainings go well?" he said, looking at the teachers.
"I vos just preparing the things needed. Ve vill start this evening, headmaster." said Professor Abbott.
"I still need to notify them. And the schedules, I'm still thinking about it." Professor Toothiana continued.
"My student needs to be notified as well, as I am going to do today, headmaster. And I just noticed, teachers are supposed to show the student the proper manner. I don't see how being late is a proper manner. It's a shame to do as a teacher." said Professor Evans, raising her eyebrows as she looked at the clock.