AN: Ch12. Hiccup's at Hogwarts! Jack's still receiving random letters. Hiccup shows Jack the Room of Requirement. And we meet a suspicious character. Enjoy! ~
Soon, it was lunch time. And once again, Hiccup was bombarded with questions. Hiccup chuckled as everyone spoke at once. He smiled, glancing at Jack. "Calm down," He said, facing everyone else,"I promise, I shall answer as many questions as I can." "What's it like in Durmstrang?" Hiro questioned. "Well, there was a lot less questions, that's for sure." Hiccup said, laughing a little. Hiro pouted. "I'm kidding." Hiccup said, "It's not actually all that different. I mean, yeah, your library is bigger and you have a lot more space here but… besides that I think its the same." "Cool." Hiro said, smiling.
"What about the scenery?" Anna questioned. "To be honest, better than this." Hiccup said. "But… I don't know. I like it here a lot better." He said, taking another glance at Jack. Jack blushed and looked away, but a smile bloomed across his face."You two are together, now?" Hiro asked, smirking. "Maybe." Hiccup said. "I knew it." Hiro muttered. "Shut up…" Jack mumbled, loud enough for Hiro to hear him. Hiro chuckled.
An owl hooted and flew overhead, dipping down and dropping a pristine white letter down onto Jack's head. It was light, so it was almost like nothing, but Jack took it anyways and opened it. "What is it?" Hiro asked, looking over at Jack. "Um…" Jack said, looking at the front of the letter. 'DO NOT OPEN IN PUBLIC' it read in thick black letters. "Dunno." He said, shrugging. "I'll read it later," he said, shoving the letter into his back pocket.
The day passed, Hiccup answering all the question that he could possibly be asked, and Hiro cracking as much jokes and teasing Jack as he possibly could. Sure, it was annoying, but it didn't really matter to Jack anymore. Hiccup was here. It was still unreal, almost like if he would wake up in the morning and Hiccup would be back at Durmstrang, and none of this ever happened. And he refused to believe that.
It was cute really, to the girls' points of view. The way Hiccup and Jack would share a little kiss before departing ways, heading to separate common rooms for the night. And the way they held hands, walking to all their classes together. And especially, the way Hiccup made Jack smile and laugh whenever he said something random. They were all happy that Jack and Hiccup got together. However, no one suspected that there was someone trying to tear them apart.
"I told you not to. - Unknown."
It was weird, how a simple letter like that could possibly inflict so much fear in one person. Jack remembered the letter he got before school was out. He really never had a second thought about it, but now… who was this "Unknown" and why did they want him away from Hiccup? It was insane. Jack burned the letter, and tried to not think of it again, but… how did they know he hung out with Hiccup this summer? Was it possible that Jack had a stalker? But why?
"This makes no sense…" Jack muttered accidentally one day when he was thinking about it. "What makes no sense?" Hiccup asked, squeezing his hand lightly. Jack blinked and looked at Hiccup, flashing a reassuring smile at him. "Nothing." He said. But he couldn't shake the feeling of being seriously creeped-out. It almost scared him. Key word: almost. Hiccup smiled. "Ok," He said,"You wanna go do something?" Jack nodded,"Sure, but what?"
Hiccup groaned as he got up from the bean bags that Jack made for them to sit on. He helped Jack off the floor. "I found a really cool room yesterday," He said,"Wanna check it out?" Jack nodded,"Lead the way."
"Okay, seriously, where are we going?" Jack said, smiling as Hiccup dragged him down the halls by the hand. "You'll see!" Hiccup said, rolling his eyes. "Geez, impatient, much?" He asked. "Well, I find it weird that I've been in this castle longer than you and you found something I didn't know…" Jack was saying, before Hiccup dropped his hand. "about." He finished. Hiccup faced the wall.
"What are you doing?" Jack asked. "Do you have to question everything?" Hiccup mused, smiling as he closed his eyes. "Only your actions." Jack teased. "Wow. Fine then." Hiccup said, looking back at Jack as… the wall changed. Jack watched in dismay as a door-shaped figure bloomed across the smooth surface of the marble wall. Hiccup grabbed his hand, lacing his fingers in between his, and pulled him towards the door. He reached out, and Hiccup grabbed the doorknob, opening the door, and walking into the room.
"What?" Jack asked, eyes wide and heart racing. "Welcome, Jack, to the room of requirement." Hiccup said, gesturing around the room. "Whoa…" Jack gasped. Hiccup smiled widely. "You like it?" He asked. "Wow." Jack replied. The room was brightly lit and super cozy. "You may have been at Hogwarts longer," Hiccup said,"But I've studied more of the history." "You mean to tell me that the history books have something about a magically-appearing room that somehow shows up out of nowhere?" Jack asked, looking at him skeptically. "Have you ever read them, for a change?" Hiccup asked. "They tell you a lot." "They're too boring for me." Jack said, shrugging. Hiccup rolled his eyes lightly.
He pulled Jack further into the room. "Okay, this is sort of cool." Jack said. "You would have known about it if you read the books." Hiccup said, smiling. Jack rolled his eyes. Hiccup chuckled and kissed Jack's cheek. "I'm teasing." Hiccup said. "I know. Because I'm not reading the books no matter what you say." Jack said. "Not even if I ask you to read them with me?" Hiccup questioned. Jack gave him a look. "Maybe. Definitely maybe. But I probably will fall asleep." He said, pulling Hiccup into a hug and kissing his cheek. "Well, thanks for the warning." Hiccup remarked, smirking as he returned the hug.
"So, what do you want to do?" He asked once the hug was broken, gesturing around the room. Jack shrugged,"Dunno." "Well, you can do anything you want." Hiccup said. "Muggle stuff, too, I've heard. This is sort of like Hogwarts' link to the outside world. But… a secret." "Because no one but you would read into the history of Hogwarts." Jack said. Hiccup glared at him. "I'm kidding! I'm kidding! I'm sorry!" Jack said, "I'm sorry. I crack jokes when things don't make sense." He said. Hiccup blinked at him. "What doesn't make sense?" Hiccup asked, looking concerned.
Jack took a breath, but before he could get a word out, a letter dropped right at his feet, appearing out of no where. His breath caught in his lungs, not sure if he wanted to pick it up or not. Too bad Hiccup was on it, since he bent down and picked it up. "It's for you." He said, giving it to him. "I know." Jack said, taking it carefully. "You know?" Hiccup asked. "Yeah." Jack said, ripping through the envelope and looking at the letter.
"Say nothing of this to anyone. -Unknown"
Jack groaned. This unknown person was getting on his nerves. He looked around, and saw there was a couch not so far away. He walked over to it and flopped down, irritated. Hiccup sat down next to him. He reached out to pluck the letter out of Jack's hand, but he only moved it out of his range. "Jack…" Hiccup said, basically crawling onto his lap to try and reach for the paper,"Let me see it." "I can't." Jack said, holding it farther away from him. "Why not?" Hiccup said, freezing and looking Jack in the eye.
"It says I can't." Jack said. "So you're letting a letter tell you what to do?" Hiccup asked. "I'm sure if it tells me to do something illegal, I'll just ignore it. I promise." Jack said. Hiccup gave him a mini glare. "Do you even know who it's from?" He asked. Jack looked away. Hiccup nodded. "I see," He said. "Don't worry about it, though," Jack said,"Once I do find the sender, I'll beat the crap out of 'em." Hiccup wolf whistled. "Wow," He said,"Violent, much?" Jack chuckled. Hiccup smiled. "Come on," He said,"Dinner should be starting in a few mins."
When the duo walked into the Great Hall for dinner, they noticed someone new sitting with the others, excluding Anna and Elsa, (They hadn't come down yet) at the usual table. Merida looked up and smirked. "There 're the two lovebirds," She said as they came closer. Jack blushed and Hiccup glared at her. The redhead just stuck her tongue at him.
Rapunzel smiled,"Glad you guys made it." Hiro nodded in agreement. Hiccup and Jack shrugged. "Oh," Rapunzel said, jumping a bit,"This is Demetri." She referred to the boy sitting with them. "He's a friend of Elsa's." Jack waved at him. "I'm Jack," He said. Demetri blushed lightly, too lightly for them to notice. "Hi," He said. "I'm Hiccup," Hiccup said. Demetri gave him a blank look and simply nodded.
Hiccup saw something in the guy's eyes. It was something along the lines of 'I-know-who-you-are-&-I-don't-give-a-damn' and 'Stay-out-of-my-way-&-business'. He decided to keep a close eye on the kid. Soon, Anna and Elsa entered the hall. "Demetri!" Anna cheered,"Good to see you!" Demetri smiled,"You too, Anna." Elsa smiled and waved at him. "There ya are, love," Merida said, catching the platinum blonde's attention and kissing her cheek. Elsa pecked Merida's lips. "Sorry we're late," She said,"Anna and I were studying for a test we have on Tuesday." "It's okay." Merida said. "Yeah, I was wondering when you guys were gonna get here." Demetri remarked. "Yeah, well, you know how she is." Anna said, rolling her eyes and nudging his shoulder. Elsa glared at her.
"So," Hiccup said,"Demetri, how long have you known Elsa and Anna?" "Since we were kids," Demetri replied flatly. "That must've been fun," Jack said. "It was," Demetri said, his eyes seeming to light up whenever Jack spoke. Hiccup took a mental note to confront this guy later, because there was no way that he would just let this guy practically make googly-eyes at Jack. And seriously, did Jack not notice this?! Yeah, no, he'd definitely talk to that guy later. He was going to ask more questions, be he figured it would only make the guy a little suspicious so all he did was tangle his fingers in between Jack's and squeeze his hand.
"It was definitely interesting to say the least." Elsa said. "There was this one time that we all played hide-and-seek in the snow, and he just walked inside when we started counting." Demetri laughed at that. "Come on, that was funny!" "We were outside for like an hour trying to find you!" Anna said, glaring at him a little. "Okay, maybe I should have told you…" Demetri said, rubbing the back of his neck. "Are you kidding?" Jack asked. "That's awesome!" He laughed. Demetri beamed like he just won a million Galleons. Hiccup squeezed Jack's hand. 'He's only encouraging him, why's he doing this?!' Hiccup thought frantically.
"You would do something like that." Hiccup said, smiling. Jack knew it was forced, but he only gave him a look before smiling right back. He would have to ask him why later all then started eating. Making small talk here and there. But, nothing major. Except, the fact that both Hiccup and Jack had questions, and not on the same person.
~Later on~
"Hey, are you okay?" Jack asked as the both of them walked into the Room of Requirement. "Oh, am I okay?" Hiccup countered, realizing that he was taking this in the worst way possible. He smacked his forehead and dragged his hand down his face. "I'm sorry… I guess I'm just a bit… jealous? Or skeptical… I don't know." Hiccup said. "Why would you be jealous?" Jack asked. "That guy. Demetri." Hiccup said. "What about him?" Jack asked. "Have you not seen the way his eyes light up, whenever you start talking?" Hiccup questioned. Jack nodded. "He just gives me this flat look like I did something to piss him off."
"That is a bit weird," Jack said. "But, I mean, maybe it was just a huge… misunderstanding, or maybe…" "I don't like that guy." Hiccup said. "I just get a bad feeling about him." "Okay." Jack said. "What am I supposed to do?" "Don't talk to him!" Hiccup yelled. Jack was taken aback. "Maybe you should go to the Ravenclaw common room and lay down," He suggested. "No, no… I'm sorry." Hiccup said, smacking his forehead again. "Just… do what you want, but… I don't know, be careful, I guess?" "Noted." Jack said.
"And…" Hiccup said. "Yeah?" Jack asked. "Would it be too much to ask if I said 'don't be alone with him'?" He asked, looking at his feet before up at glancing at Jack. The white-haired male just stood there, not sure what to say or anything. "Wait… are you jealous?" Jack asked. "Or… angry?" "Yes!" Hiccup said. "But… I'm not angry at you, and I'm sorry. But I really don't like that guy, and... " "You want me all to yourself, I get it." Jack said, smirking and hugging him.
"Don't worry. I don't love anyone but you." He said, hugging him so tight that Hiccup was afraid that he wouldn't be able to breathe… but what Jack said left him breathless anyways. "You love me?" Hiccup asked. Jack blushed, just now figuring out that yes, he really did just say that. "Of course I do." Jack said, gulping. Hiccup worked his arms to wrap around Jack as well. "I love you too." He said, smiling.
Secretly, Demetri cursed under his breath as he watched the two. 'Jack, will be mine,' He thought,'Even if it takes more than one year.' He then secretly exited the room. 'It might take a while, but I don't ever give up on something I want.' He knew it sounded creepy or weird, or any other word you want to describe it as, but he was not about to let this Hiccup guy ruin everything. He's been planning this ever since he laid eyes on Jack, and it wasn't fair that Hiccup could all of a sudden show up and get him. No, No, not by a long-shot.
A lot of strategizing would have to be done.
And if that meant he'd get Jack quicker? So be it.
