AN: We all know what tomorrow is...THANKSGIVING! SO, Here's ch8. We'll be giving our Christmas ch early, and when I mean early, I mean by later today (Hopefully). Anyway, here ya go.
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"Oh Thanksgiving, the most under-appreciated holiday ever." Hiro sighed as they walked into the Great Hall that morning. It smelled like cinnamon and cloves, and just like fall in general. Jack scoffed at him. "Thanksgiving is not under-appreciated!" He argued. Hiro just gave him a look. "Are there any Thanksgiving songs? Before you came to Hogwarts, did you see any Thanksgiving commercials on TV? And most of all, all the stores go from Halloween to Christmas in three seconds flat, with a small corner for Thanksgiving things." Hiro said. "Point taken." Jack said, nodding.
"Happy Thanksgiving!" Anna said, as they sat down. Hiro rubbed at his ear, giving her a weird look. "Oops, sorry." She said, smiling. "To you, too." Jack said. "The feast is going to be killer tonight!" He said, smiling. "Oi," Merida said, "is all you talk about food?" "Is all you talk about arrows?" Jack quipped. Merida opened her mouth to refute him, but he just smiled with a look in his eyes that said, 'you know I'm right.' She glared at him. Elsa rolled her eyes, glancing at Merida over the rim of her goblet. "Anyways…" Rapunzel said, looking between Jack and Merida with a semi-worried, semi-amused expression. "At least we have the day off classes, right?!" She deliberately changed the subject, just so they would stop their mini-fight. Hiro snorted. "Yeah!" "I think there would have been a couple riots if they didn't suspend classes for the day, to be honest." Elsa said.
Jack tuned out of the conversation momentarily, looking up at the "clear blue sky" of a post hasn't arrived yet, and he was eager for it to show up. With Hiccup as a pen-pal, he totally forgot to write to Emma and his parents. He hoped they wouldn't send him a Howler or something embarrassing to that extent. He smiled and sighed in relief as the owls whooshed into the Hall, hooting happily and scanning the crowd.
"Mail's here~" Rapunzel cooed at Jack, batting her eyelashes. Jack rolled his eyes as his owl flew by, dropping a package mid-flight. Jack caught it just in time, and the snow-white owl landed lightly on his shoulder. This time, there were two letter tied on its feet. Jack stuffed away the familiar one, knowing that it was Hiccup's and opened Emma's letter. "Wow, two this time? Is he getting a little eager, there?" Anna asked. "This is from my sister, actually." Jack staring at all of them. "OOOOOH, okay!" Rapunzel said. "What'd she say?" Hiro asked.
"I don't know…" Jack said, scanning the letter. His face fell, and folded the letter carefully before putting it in his pocket. Hiro looked at him, concerned. "It's nothing." Jack said, looking at him quickly before gluing his eyes to his plate. Everyone stared at him for a moment, and he nearly got up and walked out of the Hall, but he didn't. They ate in silence. Not long after, everyone was finished and were walking out.
"I'll see you guys later." Jack said, breaking off from them. "Jack!" Hiro said. "What?" Jack asked, "I'm only going to visit Noah. You know how weird he gets without classes." Jack shrugged, before running off. "Well, that's a little odd…" Elsa said. "You don't think Hiccup's over, do you?" Merida asked. "He didn't open Hiccup's letter." Anna said. "Why else would he go see Noah on a holiday?" Rapunzel asked. "I don't know," Hiro said, "but I'm following him. You guys go on ahead, I'm seeing if he's okay." Hiro dashed off, leaving the four girls standing there, wondering what the heck just happened.
"Jack!" Hiro called as Jack started down the steep hill to Noah's cottage (or to the place where they meet for Care of Magical Creatures). Jack whipped around, a startled expression on his face. "Hiro…" He said, "I said I'm fine." "To hell you are!" Hiro said. "Look I know you, and I know when something's up, and something's up! So tell me!" He said, catching up to him. Jack just sighed. He pulled out the letter Emma sent him and threw it at Hiro, who caught it a bit clumsily. "I was going to talk to Noah about it, because I don't know what to do." Jack said, "But I guess I better let you in on it too."
Hiro scanned through the letter quickly, and he needed to read it twice to actually make sure that what he was reading was real. "Jack…" Hiro said. Jack just looked at him, almost like he was waiting for him to say something stupid like 'I'm sorry.' "You're right. I think Noah would be good to talk to right now." Hiro said, handing back the letter. Jack nodded. "Yeah." He said, starting to walk down the hill again, only this time, Hiro was right next to him.
Hiro knocked on the door, and it was opened in less than a minute. "Ah, well, if it isn't Jackie boy and Mr. Hiro." Noah said. "Can we come in?" Jack asked. Noah blinked, before stepping inside. "Sure. Come right in." Noah said. Jack and Hiro walked in like they lived there, even though they hadn't stepped foot in Noah's cottage, not even once. "What seems to be the problem?" He asked, clearing off some junk from the small wooden table and gesturing for them to sit. "I didn't know who else to go to." Jack said honestly. "Wha-?" Noah asked, before Jack gave him the letter. Hiro gave him a look that said 'just read it,' so he did. After a minute, Noah looked up, locking eyes with Jack.
"Are you okay?" Noah asked, looking at him seriously. Jack blinked, and looked away like that question hurt him somehow. "No, I don't think so." Jack said. "You have to tell the Headmaster about this. He could help." Noah said sincerely. "I just don't understand why this had to happen now!" Jack yelled. "I… I just don't know…" He said, calming down a bit. "Jack, this is not your fault…" Noah said. "I wish I could do something!" Jack said. "There's nothing you can do, Jack!" Hiro said, grabbing his shoulder. "No matter what you do, nothing is going to bring them back!" Hiro said. Jack looked at Hiro, his expression hard, before it melted into a watery grimace and he bursted into tears right then and there.
After a while, Noah made a pot of tea (despite the fact that he hated the stuff) and handed Hiro and Jack a cup. Jack didn't look like he had anything left in him, and Noah really didn't know what to do. But he was touched that Jack came to him, as bizarre and at-the-wrong-time it may have been.
After a few more minutes of silence, Jack gave the cup back to Noah. "Alright," Noah said,"You alright?" Jack nodded. He stood up and let out a shaky breath. He then started heading out the door. "Come on Hiro," He said. "Thanks Noah," Hiro said, standing up and following Jack back to the castle. Hiro and Jack ran down the halls into Professor Tooth's classroom.
"Oh, hello boys," She said,"What can I do for you two?" "Can you please show us the way to Professor North's office?" Hiro questioned. Tooth nodded,"Of course. But why?" "My sister's in an orphanage," Jack said,"My parents….are dead." Tooth frowned. "I'm sorry to hear that," She said. Her frown then turned into a smile,"I'll take you boys to him."
Professor North's office was almost as big as half of the great hall. The boys walked in and saw the entire room filled with small toys, gadgets, different things carved out of ice, a fire roared in the back of the room. Overall, it was home-y. North looked up from a small ice train he was carving and smiled.
"Ah! Mr. Frost, Mr. Hamada," He said with his usual Russian accent,"What can I do for you boys?" "We believe that you can help us, Professor," Hiro said,"Jack mainly." "What's is problem?" North questioned. "It's about my sister, sir," Jack said. "Is she not in good health?" North questioned. Jack shook his head. "She's in terrific health, sir," He said,"It's just...She's in an orphanage…" North's face fell. "Our parents are dead," Jack said. "I'm sorry to hear that," North said.
"I was wondering," Jack said,"If you could allow her to live here, with me." North looked at him, confused a bit. "She can learn magic and we can be together," Jack assured,"Please sir." North put on his thinking face, stroking his Santa-Claus like beard. "She's the only family I have left," Jack said. Hiro placed a hand on his shoulder.
North looked at the boy, his eyes growing soft with care. He knelt down to the boy's height. He smiled and placed a hand on Jack's shoulder. "I shall talk with Ministry, Jack," He said,"I understand your concern, Jack. Once I get approval, She can stay here." Jack smiled. "Thanks Professor!" He cheered.
Hiro smiled.
Jack and Hiro walked through the halls, when someone yelled to them. "Jack! Hiro!" It was Anna. "Anna," Jack said, smiling as the strawberry blond ran up to them. "Hey," She said,"You left in such a hurry, you forgot your letter from Hiccup. And plus, one of the owls dropped this for you." She held out a rose. "From Hiccup," She said.
Jack blushed, taking the rose in his hand. Anna smiled. "Merida has the letter," She said,"She promised not to look at it till you read it first." Jack nodded,"Thanks Anna." "No Problem, Jack," Anna said,"Well. I'm off to find Rapunzel." With that, she skipped away.
"A rose, huh?" Hiro teased, smiling at Jack and nudging him. Jack just rolled his eyes. "Shut up." He mumbled. Hiro chuckled. "Let's just go find Merida so I can get that letter." Jack said. Hiro smirked, but then it fell off his face immediately. "Are you going to tell him? About your parents, I mean." He said. Jack blinked. "Yeah, I am." He said.
Hiro just shrugged. They found Merida in their common room. "There he is! Hello lover boy!" She said, throwing her arms out wide. "Letter." Jack said, holding out his hand. Merida whipped out the letter and placed it in his hand. He grabbed it. "Thank you." He said. "Is that a rose?!" Merida yelled, looking in Jack's other hand. "No!" Jack said, hiding the rose behind his back. She just laughed. "It totally is!" She said. "Don't tease him…"Hiro said. "But it's fun…" Merida said. "Have your fun, I'm writing a letter." Jack said, running up the stairs and dashing into he and Hiro's room.
"What's his problem?" Merida asked. Hiro just gave her a look. "I'll let him tell you later… if he wants." Hiro said, plopping down onto the couch. "Wizard's Chess, princess?" He asked. "Ye're on, robot nerd." Merida said.
Jack closed the door and sighed. We walked over to his bed and placed the rose at his side. why would he send him a rose? He didn't get it, well… he sort of did, but that's beside the point. He opened the letter and read it through.
"Dear Jack,
I know we haven't been able to send each other letters for a good while, but that's because my original messenger animal ran off on me. So, I had to get a new one. I'm sending you this rose as a token of my apologizes. I hope you're doing ok. It's getting colder here. A few people are worried, though. Some of the dragons have started leaving.
We're not sure why.
I hope you're having a better day then me. Someone's been stealing my galleons, so I had to persuade my dad to send more. Then someone stole and burned my original letter that I was writing to you. I don't know why. Anyway, hope you're doing alright and I hope to hear from you.
Love, Hiccup ~
P.s: Happy Thanksgiving!"
Jack just blinked at the letter, and he didn't know whether to crumple it up and throw it halfway across the room or hold it close. He grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill and started writing back.
"Dear Hiccup,
It's fine! I'm just glad that we can still talk, you know? And that sounds pretty serious, the dragons leaving, I mean. Are you sure they aren't just hibernating or something? And I think it's getting colder everywhere, but it must suck being in Iceland, huh?
I'm sorry some jerk is stealing your stuff. That's not right. Have you tried telling a professor? If I was there, I would probably set a trap for the thief and then prank them high to the heavens, but that's just me.
But I don't think I'm have a better day, to be honest. I just found out my parents died and that my sister's in an orphanage. We're trying to see if the Ministry approves to let her live at Hogwarts or something. It would be better than nothing.
Happy Thanksgiving! And thanks for the rose.
Love, Jack".
Jack looked at the letter, and frowned. he sounded so self-centered. He was considering rewriting the whole thing, but instead he just dropped it and flopped back on his bed. He didn't know how long he was there, but Hiro came in a little later.
"Hey Jack." Hiro said. "It's almost lunch, you comin'?" He asked. "Huh?" Jack asked, looking at him and nodding, "Right. Sorry. Yeah, okay." He said, getting up and walking out. Hiro gave him a worried glance, but didn't say anything else. They walked down to the Great Hall, seeing that everyone else was already there. Jack sat down, and started piling food on his plate, not saying a word to anyone. Everyone blinked at him.
"Jack? Is everything okay?" Rapunzel asked. Hiro bit his lip. 'Don't ask him that...' he thought. "No," Jack said, not looking up from his plate, "My parents are dead." He said, casually, but the hurt in his voice was there, no doubt about it. It was silent. "I'm sorry." Merida said. "We know how you feel." Elsa said, putting her hand on Anna's shoulder. Jack didn't look up. "Thanks guys." He said quietly. Hiro nudged him. "Hey," he said, "we got your back." Jack nodded.
Merida thought for a sec. "I know what'll make ya feel better, Frost," She said. Jack looked up at her. "Yea?" He questioned. "If ya eat, I'll show ya after lunch," Merida said. Jack nodded and started eating his food. Rapunzel turned to Merida. "What are you gonna do?" She whispered. "My mum showed me, and I've been practicin'," Merida said,"I'm gonna let Jack see his Parents."
"Really, Merida, I think I'm okay…" Jack said, trying to wrench his wrist out of her iron grip. "Nope! Come on! You know you want to!" She said. She wasn't wrong. Jack did want to see them, even just one last time, but… wasn't it illegal? He didn't know what she was going to do, but if it had anything to do with necromancy, they were both in deep trouble.
"Alright Frost," Merida said,"Close yer eyes." Jack sighed and closed them. She smiled then. She let go of Jack's wrist and muttered a spell. Moving her wand up slowly, to ghostly-figures appeared. They looked around and saw Jack. "Jack," The woman said, smiling. Jack opened his eyes. He gasped as they swelled up with tears. "Mom…" He said.
Merida stepped back and smiled.
"Dad…" Jack said. "Hey Jack." His dad said. Jack moved forward, almost like he was going to hug them, but they just moved backwards, worried expressions on their faces. "No no, sweetheart." His mother said, "you touch us and we disappear." Jack just nodded. "H-How did you…. no, did… did Emma see?" Jack asked, worried. "No…" his dad responded. "She was at school when it happened. I'm just glad the two of you are safe." "I didn't get a chance to say goodbye…" Jack said. His mom gave him a sad smile.
"We understand," She said, "But it's okay…" "Before we go, I want you to promise me one thing, Jack." His dad said. Jack looked at him, eyes swelling with tears. "No… no don't go…" He said. "I need you to promise me that you'll look after Emma." His dad said. "I will… you know I will…" Jack said. His parents smiled at him. "That's my boy," his mom said. "We love you." The both of them said, before fading off.
Jack watched them leave. The tears pouring out once he knew they were gone. He dropped to his knees, and started to cry.
Merida realized that maybe this wasn't the best possible thing she could have done to cheer him up. She watched as Jack lifted his head, wiped his tears and stood up. He walked over to her. "Jack I-" She was cut off as Jack gave her a hug. "Thanks Merida," He said. Merida hugged him back. "Ye're welcome," She said.
Thanksgiving Dinner was not something Hogwarts took lightly. Not at all! Only the best food was served that night. A plate was never empty for long, and everyone was finished eating before they stuffed their faces with the dessert. Even Jack couldn't help himself. 'Maybe they charmed the food so its irresistible..' he thought as he ate. It didn't matter, everything was delicious.
Everyone was glad to see Jack back to normal. I mean, it wasn't every day that he was borderline-depressed and not talking or cracking jokes. Actually, it was the first time they ever saw him like that. They didn't want to see it again. Jack was just thankful that they weren't treating him like a basket-case just because his parents were gone.
"So Jack," Anna said,"What house do you think she'll be in?" "Hmm?" Jack said, his mouth full of mashed potatoes. "Your sister, sherlock," Hiro said. "Oh I don't know." Jack said. "She might be a Hufflepuff, but I'm hoping she's a Gryffindor so I can keep a better eye on her." Jack nodded,"That's understandable." Hiro looked at them, wondering why they were being so… civil. But then he just shrugged, because honestly, that didn't matter. "But that's only if the Ministry lets her stay here." Jack said. "It'll be the first time in Hogwarts History that someone younger than eleven set foot in Hogwarts." Rapunzel said. "Let alone liver here!" Anna said. "Wow, really, living here?! Do you know how cool that would be?!" She asked excitedly. Everyone just looked at her. "We technically do live here." Hiro said. Anna slumped. "Oh… yeah, but I mean, like all the time!"
"Emma and I would go back during the summer," Jack said, "we have an aunt in Hogsmeade." "Oh…" Elsa said. "Well, I'm sure the Ministry would let her here. And if not, Hogsmeade is pretty close." Yeah…"
"So everyone!" Rapunzel said. "What are you thankful for?" Everyone groaned. "We aren't doing this!" Hiro complained. "Come on, that's super corny!" Merida said. "I think its fun!" Rapunzel said. "Define fun." Jack said, raising his eyebrows. "Fine… we won't do it…" Rapunzel said. "But next year for sure!" Everyone rolled their eyes. "We'll shoot it down then, too…" Hiro said, smirking at Jack.
Jack chuckled.