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This chapter is from Jack's POV and I will try to alternate the POV throughout the story, maybe even every chapter.

Day 2

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"Hey, Frost!" someone called my name as I exited my single cabin and started walking toward the activity centre.

As I looked in the voice's direction, I discovered Sinbad and Robin walking toward me. They were both wearing sports clothes, indicating that they had planned to spend their morning at the training area for the traditional first-day-fight. I immediately felt nostalgic at the thought that just last year I had been with them. The first-day-fight had been one of our rituals since our second summer here, a way to see how much everyone had learned and practiced during the year. It was a friendly competition but a competition nonetheless. Shang had won last year and almost all the years before that, but since he wasn't here this time, Sinbad, Mulan, and Astrid would probably be the favourites.

"Hi, guys! How are you?" I replied, bumping my fists against theirs.

"I can't believe you're an advisor this year. It felt so weird not having you sit with us last night," Robin said and Sinbad nodded his agreement.

"I know, I didn't even have time to come see you yesterday to say hello. Merlin had a lot of things to discuss with us. But hopefully I'll be able to eat with you from time to time," I explained.

I had missed breakfast as well but neither Robin nor Sinbad asked me why. They knew I rarely made it to breakfast even when I was a camper. I just wasn't a morning person.

"So what are your plans for the day?" Sinbad asked me, tilting his head curiously.

"I don't have anything planned for this morning, so I'll just go grab myself something to eat in the kitchen centre and then I'll probably come and watch you in the training area," I told them "I have my first workshop this afternoon with the above-16 campers but I guess I won't see any of you there?" I inquired rhetorically, making them laugh.

Sinbad and Robin were both Enhanced and had therefore very small need for my workshops.

"You sound nervous mate," Sinbad replied, stating the obvious.

I was very nervous actually. I had never taught anyone anything and less than a year ago I was still the one being taught. I think Merlin had tried to reinsure me by making my first workshop be with the above-16 campers, people I had known for years, most of them friends. There would be all the 16 to 18-year-old Magical campers, for whom my workshop was mandatory and I had no doubt that Rapunzel, Blanche, Maui, Peter, and Sand would be there as well. As Magical campers and my best friends, they would come if only to show support.

"I guess I am," I admitted to my friends "But I'm sure it will go away as I watch you get your asses kicked by Mulan and Astrid," I added nonchalantly, shrugging.

That comment got me a light punch on the shoulder from Sinbad and a frown from Robin.

"Whose side are you on Jack? You're supposed to be Team boys, even if you're not sharing a cabin with us anymore," Robin complained with a smile.

"And if I remember correctly, you got your ass kicked by the girls a number of times, so don't even go there," Sinbad added laughing.

"Alright, alright," I sighed sarcastically "I guess I'll still encourage you, no need to get personal Sin,"

The guys left me after a few more jokes, resuming their walk toward the Activity centre, while I went to the kitchen. I usually missed breakfast because it was served way to early in my opinion, but that didn't mean I didn't want to eat in the morning. During my many summers here, I had come up with the plan to just sleep for an extra hour and go grab myself some cornflakes and fruits just before the start of workshops. By making that choice I had given up all cooked food such as bacon, eggs, and other French toasts, but at least I had something to eat.

After a quick breakfast, I made my way to the training area where I found all my friends already gathered in the bleachers or in the fighting arena. Rapunzel was the first to spot me and she gave out a joyful yelp, signalling my presence to all the others. I made my way toward her, waving hello from afar to Mulan, Gaston, Maui, Peter and Merida who were already in the middle of the arena, getting ready for the fights alongside Robin and Sinbad. As soon as I reached the row where she was seated, Rapunzel jumped into my arms, pulling me into a hug.

"Jack! I'm so happy to see you," she said, pulling away, smiling wildly.

After her, Tink, Sand, Hiccup, and Blanche hugged me quickly as well before seating back in a line. They were, with Rapunzel, the only ones of the group who didn't take part in the first-day-fight. Rapunzel considered herself a healer and Blanche was too gentle to ever bother to learn to fight. Her special powers over animals wouldn't have been of great help in a fight anyway. As for Hiccup and Tink, they were intellectuals, inventors. They had had a few fighting workshops of course, but they had never been particularly interested in the subject. And finally Sand, with his powers over the mind and dreams, he could have been a very dangerous fighter but he preferred to use his powers in a benevolent manner.

Rapunzel walked back to her seat, at the end of the line and that's when I noticed a foreign figure seating between her and Blanche. Well, not exactly foreign anymore, since I had seen her yesterday during dinner. Merlin had told us, the advisors, about the 8 new campers but she was the only one that had really caught my attention. Elsa (Merlin hadn't told us her last name), was coming from the kingdom of Arendelle and apparently was a Magical with powers over Ice and Snow, just like me. This detail alone had made me extra curious of course, but when our eyes had crossed last night at dinner, my interest and curiosity had spiked uncontrollably.

She looked just as beautiful this morning as she had last evening, her blond-silverish hair artfully gathered in a messy side-braid, her blue eyes shining with curiosity and bashfulness, as if she was unsure of what she was actually doing here.

Trying my best not to stare at her too obviously, I walked passed her and took a seat next to Rapunzel.

"So, do you like being an advisor?" she asked me excitedly.

"So far, I haven't really done anything differently than when I was a camper. Well, except for not eating with you guys," I explained "I guess I'll really feel what it's like during my first workshop this afternoon,"

"Oh, right, Sinbad told us about it! I'll be there of course," she winked at me "And I'm sure Blanche and Elsa will come too! Right girls?"

She had turned to her right to face the two other girls. Blanche beamed and assured me she wouldn't miss it. Elsa was shier in her answer.

"Yes, I think I'll come as well, Mulan told me your workshops could be very helpful," she said, her voice serious but gentle at the same time.

I smiled at her comment. Mulan and her had talked about me.

"Yes I heard our powers were quite similar," I replied, leaning forward so I could look at her directly, next to Rapunzel "I'll try my best to help you,"

For some reasons, my answer seemed to disconcert her and she threw me a suspicious look.

"Has Merlin told you a lot of things about me?" she asked.

I wasn't sure but I thought I heard a hint of worry in her voice.

"Nothing much, just your age, where you come from and a bit about your powers," I said, trying to sound poised.

It must have worked because the tension in her shoulder seemed to ease slightly and she offered my a small smile, but she didn't say anything else. She returned her attention to Blanche who was talking with Tink. Rapunzel smiled apologetically.

"Don't worry, she's just a bit reserved, it's nothing personal. It must be quite intimidating to arrive somewhere where everyone already know each other and be the new girl," she whispered "You'll see, she's pretty cool,"

I didn't doubt Rapunzel, Elsa did seem a bit reserved but I had no doubt her behaviour would evolve with time as she got to know us and the Camp. But where Rapunzel saw intimidation, I saw a secret. The way Elsa had reacted, with suspicion and distrust , she hadn't seemed intimidated at all. And her question about Merlin led me to think that the director knew something about her that she wanted to hide, at least to the rest of us.

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The first fight opposed Merida to Robin. It started a bit slowly with very few actual punches or combat moves. Robin used his small size and enhanced speed to move as fluidily as air and was giving Merida a very hard time by avoiding all her attacks. When he finally struck back, he compensated his lack of strength with a perfect technique and landed a direct hit in Merida's stomach. The irish girl bent forward, trying to ease the pain she was obviously feeling by clutching her stomach with her arms. This left her open to another move from Robin who hit her in the back, pushing her body to the floor. As soon as her head and crazy red mane touched the ground, the fight was over.

It was one of the rules, whoever's head touch the floor first, lost. With enhanced abilities and magical powers, our fights could get nasty and dangerous really quick, therefore we had to make sure that we never hurt each other too badly. Even if someone fell down by mistake, by tripping over something, if his head touch the ground, the fight was over. The other ways to end a fight was for one of the fighter to give up or when the first blood was drawn.

Robin helped Merida get back on her feet. He hadn't hurt her that badly actually, just skilfully took her breath away the first time and then pushed her to the floor, she probably didn't have any injuries other than a damaged ego. Losing the first fight was never really rewarding but when you where Merida and lived to win, it must have been especially hurtful. The thing was, she was a good fighter, even if her hand to hand skills didn't measure up to her archery skills, but she was always attacking and in a very brutal and direct way. She didn't stand a chance against someone with a good defence and a sneaky technique like Robin.

The fights came one after the other: Mulan won against Peter, Sinbad beat Gaston, Maui won against Astrid. In the second round, Mulan bested Robin and Sinbad sent Maui to the ground in less than a minute. Finally, Mulan and Sinbad faced each other in a nasty fight which was extremely satisfying to watch. Their movements were so fluid and controlled, it looked like they were dancing with each other without ever touching. Eventually, Mulan managed to land a powerful kick in Sinbad's jaw, knocking him out completely. Rapunzel immediately got up, and ran down the bleachers to see if her powers were needed.

I took this opportunity to move in her now free seat, so I could talk to Elsa. She was looking worriedly at the arena where Sinbad was still on the floor with Mulan, Robin and now Rapunzel kneeling next to him.

"Don't worry, he's gonna be alright," I said, her head snapping in my direction "I doubt Mulan did anything other than knock him out and if she did, Rapunzel will heal him,"

She looked at me intently before answering in a melodious, yet guarded voice.

"Is it always so brutal?" she asked, dumbfounded.

"When we fight, yes," I admitted "But workshops and other activities are much more peaceful,"

She glanced at the other fighters quickly.

"Are Peter and Maui the only Magical who participate during fights?" she asked, her voice switching gradually from worry to curious.

During their fights, Peter had used his flying abilities to escape most of Mulan's move, even if she had won in the end, and Maui shapeshifted a couple of times during his fights against Astrid and Sinbad.

"They are this year. I used to fight as well but there is a slight restriction on how much power we are allowed to use," I told her, locking my eyes in hers.

She was looking at me intently, as if trying to see inside me.

"Would you be interested in fighting?" I asked her when she didn't say anything.

"God no!" she exclaimed, looking positively repelled by the idea "I don't have any fighting skills and with my current control over my power I might end up injuring someone very seriously,"

She didn't hesitate before telling me that, proving that she wasn't afraid of talking about her powers and that it wasn't what she was trying to hide.

"About that, I'm sorry if I said something wrong earlier," I said carefully and saw her face switch to a more neutral expression "I didn't mean anything else than that I wanted to help you with your powers,"

That last sentence brought back a smile on her face.

"Don't worry about it, I was just a bit tensed from … well, everything. I guess I just need a bit of time to adjust, especially to the fact that everyone knows about my powers," she explained.

Even if her voice was steady and sounded apologetic, I didn't really believe her, not after seeing her apprehensive face earlier.

"What do you mean? Doesn't everyone know about your power back in Arendelle?" I inquired, wondering if she was hiding her powers from her friends and family.

Her expression was blank and as I tried to read what she was thinking through her eyes, but I couldn't see anything.

"How do you know I'm from Arendelle?" she asked, her voice very calm.

"Merlin told all the advisors," I answered a bit lost since I had already told her that. "He introduced you as Elsa, 18 from Arendelle. A Magical with Ice and Snow powers. That's all he said. Is there a problem?"

She sighed and shook her head slowly.

"I'm sorry, it's just that I'm quite shy and I don't like people knowing stuff about me," she said, moving her hand in the air. "Back home, only my family knows about my powers, I've always hidden them before, which explains my lack of control over them I guess. Magic is not very common in Arendelle, even if we know it exists,"

It was my turn to look at her with suspicion. I didn't feel like she was lying, but at the same time, I knew she wasn't telling the whole truth.

At first, I had been drawn to her due to her perfect, in my eyes, physique. But now, I wanted to actually get to know her, find out who she was and what she was hiding. I was definitively intrigued.

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Later that day, I was waiting anxiously for my first workshop in my allocated room. Rapunzel had sworn she would come and I knew I could count on a few other of my friends to show up.

Indeed, a few minutes later, Peter, Maui, Blanche, Sand, Rapunzel and Elsa entered the room, chatting loudly with each other. They were immediately followed by the group of 16 to 18 year old campers. Thankfully the room was big enough for 30 people at least and with just over 15 people in it, it didn't feel too crowded.

I let my eyes wander through the campers, receiving encouraging smiles and winks from my friends and a few 16 to 18 year olds that I knew well. I spotted Fiona, Violet, Guy and Narissa among others. They were all looking at me expectantly but also with hidden smiles, as if this situation was more of a joke to them.

"Hey everyone! I don't think I need to introduce myself but I do hope that even though I consider all of you friends and we have known each others for years, you'll treat me with as much respect and as seriously as you would Flora or Hercules," I said clearly.

I waited a few seconds for any reactions but everyone was still looking curiously at me, although a little more seriously now.

"Good. Today we are going to see where everyone is at. You will be put in groups with other campers with similar powers as you and try to see what each can do. Once we'll have establish what you can do, it will be easier to decide what our plan will be for the next three months,"

I started putting them into their groups: shapeshifting, mental powers, elemental powers, magic related to animals or nature, and such. After that I went from one group to the other, asking each Campers, no matter how well I knew them, what their abilities were and how much control they had over them. It took some times but I managed to talk to everyone and give them small exercises to do, things they had to practice for the next workshop and other tips. I had saved Elsa's group for the last so I could spend a little more time with her. Her group was quite small, since there weren't that many Campers with elemental powers, it was only her, Guy, who had fire magic and Moana, Maui's little sister, who had powers over water.

Guy and Moana had both turned 16 in the past years and I didn't know them too well other that Moana's control over water was very approximative and Guy seemed to be using his power randomly. I sensed how much their lack of control reinsured Elsa. I guessed that it made her feel "normal" if such a word even existed in Camp Walt.

"Tell me again how I am supposed to feel my powers?" she asked me again, pulling me out of my thoughts.

"You need to picture your powers inside you. For me, I see them as a pile of snow that I have to keep at a very specific level if I don't want my magic to simply burst out of me. And whenever I want to use my power, I imagine myself making a snowball out of the pile of snow, taking just what I need and no more," I looked at Moana and Guy "I'm guessing that you could picture a fire and a tank of water," they simply nodded.

I returned my gaze on Elsa who was trying to concentrate. She had closed her eyes and her face was looking serene.

"Once you know where your powers are coming from, it will be easier to know when you are using them or how much to use," I continued, stepping closer to her.

I grabbed one of her hand and placed it in my own, palm up. The physical contact made her open her eyes and she shot me a questioning look but she didn't take her hand away.

"Try creating a single snowflake in your hand. Take some magic from your pile of snow but just enough to make one snowflake," I instructed, waiting.

I knew she had only ever used her powers unintentionally and only to create huge snowstorms or similar things, at least that's what she had told me and her group a few minutes ago. She had absolutely no control over them and trying to create such a small thing would probably prove to be difficult.

She waited a few more seconds, still looking at me with uncertainty in her eyes before closing them again. I stood immobile, my hand still holding hers, waiting for the magic to happen. Guy and Moana seemed to have stopped their own practice to stare at Elsa too.

After a minute, a little snowflake formed in Elsa's palm, floating just above her hand.

"Elsa you did it!" I said excitedly.

She opened her eyes at once and looked at her hand first, then at me. I was struck by how beautiful she looked at that moment. She was wearing the most dazzling and earnest smile I had ever seen and I couldn't help but smile back.

For those of you wondering, Guy is a character from the Croods (Dreamworks) and in the film, he's the one making fire, hence his fire powers in this story! Blanche is simply Snow White (Blanche means White in French and is an actual name) and Little Creek (one of the advisors) is a Native American from Spirit (Dreamworks).

If you have any questions concerning any of the charaters or their powers, etc, don't hesitate to message me ! I will try and develop them through the story though!