Shhh. Do you hear that? It's people, yelling at me angrily about neglecting my stories. Exactly why I started a new one, yet another high school AU But this time just ROTBTD. Pairings- well, if you've read my stories before, you know what I ship. JackunzelxMericcup, baby!

"I can't get detention," Rapunzel Corona muttered to herself, clutching her backpack to her chest and staring at the dark blue door that defined her doom. Aka the detention room. "Mother will kill me, she'll kill me-" Why had she even snuck out of class to ditch with Flynn anyway? Oh, right, because he was her boyfriend. And when he gave her that warm, convincing smile, Rapunzel just melted and agreed to those brown eyes of his. The door opened sharply, and the dark, unamused glare of her teacher Pitch Black frowned back.

"Ms. Corona," he said icily. "I've been waiting."

"S-sorry, Mr. Black," Rapunzel said, rigidly walking inside. He followed her, closing the door once they were both inside, and gestured for her to take a seat. Besides him, seated behind the wooden desks, in navy plastic chairs, where seated only three people. Three people Rapunzel knew vaguely, most only by name and reputation.

Merida Dunbroch. Born archer, one of the toughest girls in school and most commonly known for her crazy head of red curls. The hair came with freckles and blue eyes, that made her unforgettable. She was sitting with her chin on her fist, a scowl on her pretty features.

Hiccup Haddock. A nerdy boy with a thing for dragon and wizard roleplaying games, messy brown hair splayed across his forehead accompanied by freckles and dark green eyes that needed glasses. How he got in detention, Rapunzel was curious. He looked nervous, sweating through the sweater vest he had on and fiddling with his glasses.

And, finally, Jack Frost. A troublemaker with a cocky grin and a charming personality. Pale, almost white, bleached hair that flopped over his forehead and ice blue eyes. He had his legs up on his desk, that smirk firmly planted on his face.

"Feet off, Frost," Pitch snarled. Jack made a big show of letting his feet clomp onto the floor, crossing his arms in mock defiance. Pitch glared at the boy with hate. "Rapunzel, if you could just take an empty seat." Rapunzel scurried to sit behind Jack, across from Merida.

Merida gave her a once-over before going back to staring at her desk, without interest. Rapunzel cowered back, letting her hair frame her face and tried to hide the fact that they all terrified her at the moment.

"This is detention," Pitch said, and began pacing the room. "No talking or eating whatsoever, is that clear? You'll be spending five hours here, so get comfortable, kids." Hiccup made a noise that sounded like a squeak as he sank in his seat. Merida just rolled her eyes and studied her nails, which Rapunzel couldn't help but notice would look great with some nail polish. Jack had just kept staring at Pitch with his signature grin, making the older man glare back spitefully.

"What can we do then?" Jack asked lazily, stretching his arms out behind his head.

"You, of all people Frost, have been here countless weekends already," Pitch snapped. "You can do a quiet activity on your own here- that does not include texting on any sort of electronic device. I'm confiscating those." Taking a plastic black tray, he held it out to Hiccup. "Every electronic, Haddock." With some reluctance, Hiccup handed over his black phone and a video game console.

Pitch moved on to Merida. The redhead handed over her expensive-looking phone, and then also placed in her tablet and laptop, which she had taken out of her backpack. Rapunzel, in turn, just handed in her phone, while Jack tossed his in before Pitch even reached him.

"Loaded, Princess?" Jack asked Merida at her impressive array of toys.

"Did ah ask ye, Frost?" Merida snapped, turning away prissily in her seat. From in front of her, Hiccup swallowed hard, nervous at the prospect of rule breaking. Rapunzel couldn't blame him. She was shaking a bit herself.

"No talking," Pitch said, but that was expected. "You may all work on something quietly." There was shuffling as notebooks were taken out of backpacks, and paper was ripped out. Rapunzel took out her sketchpad, Merida took out math homework, and Hiccup took out a book. In an act of rebellion, Jack simply sat back and started at Pitch with a smug smirk.

Worried for him, Rapunzel lightly tapped him on the shoulder. He turned so his face was near her, and she leaned towards his ear so she could whisper. "You should get something to work on," she muttered.

"Don't worry about me," Jack said, unfazed and turned back around. "When you've been to detention as much as I have-"

"I said no talking Mr. Frost," Pitch snapped. "Or shall I assign you next weekend detention as well?" Jack challenged him with his eyes, still never taking that smile off of his face. Pitch frowned and turned back to some papers on his desk.

Merida scribbled on her paper, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion. Hiccup kept his nose buried in the pages, his face red, most likely of embarrassment. Jack still kept staring at Pitch. Rapunzel leaned over her own activity, stroking pencil on the paper in an attempt to draw a basic face. Pitch stood up, and began pacing the room, his amber eyes lingering on each student. Until his phone started ringing, the sounds of thunder rumbling filling the room. Which only confirmed Rapunzel's suspicions- that the detention teacher was a total creep.

"Hello," Pitch answered gruffly. There was a pause while the other person was talking. "I told you, I'm taking the detention today." Jack snickered, listening in. Pitch shot Jack a death glare before continuing. "She did what?" Hiccup looked up from his book with interest; but looked down quickly again after Pitch sent him a glare as well. Rapunzel exchanged a look with Merida, who gave the subtlest shrug of shoulders before looking back down herself.

"She-! I'm going to have to go quickly and come back," Pitch said, hurrying to grab his coat, and his briefcase. The kids' interests were peaked again at the prospect, and looked around at each other. Pitch hung up the phone, his face contorted into a scowl. He tossed his coat on, and held his leather case firmly.

"Alright, listen up you kids," Pitch said. "I need to run somewhere. I will be back soon however, so that does not mean you can talk. I expect you all to have work done and be quiet when I come back." With that, Pitch flourished out of the room, not even bothering to lock it or anything.

Rapunzel, left alone with the other three, looked up at them. They all looked back, just as baffled. Only Jack seemed chill about the situation.

"Who else wants to ditch this place?" he asked charmingly, making eyes at Merida. She rolled her eyes, Rapunzel bit her lip, and Hiccup practically fell out of his chair.

"In yer dreams," Merida snorted. "The teacher said not tae-"

"Not to talk," Jack cut her off. "He didn't say anything about leaving."

"We can't!" Rapunzel piped in. "He- he's coming back soon!"

"This is obviously your first time in detention," Jack leaned back in his chair. "You're all a bunch of goody-two shoes, eh?" Hiccup turned red at his words, pushed his glasses up farther on his nose, and continued to read. Rapunzel gaped openly. No one had ever been so blunt with her; she was usually just treated nicely.

"We can' all be no-goods, goin' nowhere in life like yeh!" Merida exploded, her head snapping up with such ferocity, that her curls flew up straight in the air.

"Geez Princess," Jack smirked. "Jealous? I'll bet it was that nasty temper that landed you in here."

"Don' call mah Princess," Merida snarled. "Why ah'm in here is none o' yer business."

"Touchy, like all redheads, eh?" Jack continued to bait her.

"Oh, yer askin' fer it, pretty boy," Merida growled, raising from her seat.

"You think I'm pretty?" Jack feigned shock, grinning widely and dramatically placing his hand on her chest.

"That's it, yeh asshole-" Merida marched towards Jack, who grinned challengingly. Before she could get any closer though, Hiccup reached out and held her waist to stop her from pounding the boy. The movement made Merida fall backward in surprise; not anticipating the skinny brunette's arms around herself. She ended up in his lap, and Jack burst out laughing.

"Haddock, already scoring within the first ten minutes," Jack said approvingly.

"N-no, I-I," Hiccup stammered, as Merida shoved Hiccup in the chest, standing up in a fury.

"Don' touch-" Merida began angrily, as Hiccup cowered away. Jack watched the spectacle with amusement. Rapunzel's green eyes flickered all around her, unsure what to do.

"I'm sorry, but you looked like you were going to-" Hiccup leaned further away from Merida until he fell off his chair in his haste.

"He deserved it, that's why!" Merida's hands were balled up fists, glaring at Hiccup with hate.

"Are you going to beat him up, or are you guys going to make out, or what?" Jack watched them still. Merida whirled around, her wrath focused on the pale haired boy now.

"Ye little rat!" she snarled. "Ah'm gonna-"

"Don't fight!" Rapunzel spoke up, finally, holding out her hands. Hiccup pulled himself back onto his chair, and all three of them turned to look at the long-haired blond.

"We should introduce ourselves," Rapunzel continued.

"Fer what?" Merida crossed her arms, standing in front of Jack's desk.

"To- get to know each other better," Rapunzel said. "We're going to be sending five hours together, right?"

"So, that doesn't mean that ah want tae get to know both o' these two losers," Merida snapped, walking over to her seat.

"Sure seems like it," Jack said. "Already sitting in Haddock's lap, calling me pretty-" Before Merida could bite back some insult, Hiccup spoke up.

"Hiccup," he said. "It's Hiccup, not Haddock." As all the eyes shifted to him, he blushed red again.

"I'm Rapunzel," Rapunzel offered to make him feel better, and he smiled back with ease.

"Jack," Jack said finally, breaking the silence that followed. They all turned to face Merida, who groaned as she sat down.

"Merida," the redhead muttered as she plopped in her seat, still never taking her eyes off of Jack with hate.

"See? We've all met!" Rapunzel beamed. "That wasn't so hard, was it?" Jack and Hiccup exchanged looks, both of them secretly thinking the same thing: that she was far nicer than they expected.

"Yer new here, aren' yeh?" Merida said, with her arms crossed. Rapunzel was slightly surprised at that question.

"No, I've been going to Dreamworks high since-"

"Ah mean tae detention," Merida said, cutting off the blond. "Ye need tae know how things go in here. We all ignore each other, and we're not supposed tae talk tae each other anyway."

"But Mr. Black isn't here," Rapunzel said quietly.

"No, ah mean just us four," Merida rolled her eyes. "Since yer still stuck up in yer perfect little world where everyone can be friends, let mah make somethin' clear. None of us are even in the same league."

"League?" Rapunzel prompted.

"Yer one o' the most popular girls in school, this cheerleader who's datin' this 'hottest guy at school'," Merida said, and then waved to her next unsuspecting subjects. "Ye get along with everyone. Frosty the snowman here, is this sort o' loner that makes trouble. Haddock's a nerd that no one likes, and ah'm a jock. Those people are not usually friends." From next to her, Hiccup nodded his agreement, though Merida's comment about himself had gotten him offended. Even Jack had to admit she was right, and also somberly nodded. Rapunzel, however, wasn't so easily convinced.

"So what?" she said defiantly, jutting out her chin. "I think you guys are all nice."

"Nice!" Jack hooted, laughing loudly. His mouth, open so wide, showed a silver tongue stud. "I don't know what school you've been going to, but I'm not nice."

"Yeah, that's true," Merida said, leaning back in her seat. "Ah don' even have a lot o' friends. People think ah'm weird."

"I wonder why," Jack said dryly, and Merida tossed an eraser at his head.

"Like yer one tae be talkin', Frosty!" she snarled. Hiccup, who had been silent, finally offered his own comment.

"You know, Merida has a point," he said. "We're all from different social statuses, we can't just- get along."

"That's stupid!" Rapunzel said hotly, slamming her palms on the table. Jack, who was in front of her, looked at her with surprise. "We're all the same. Inside," the girl continued. "Why can't we just forget the ridiculous social status we have and become friends?"

"Because ah hate yeh all," Merida deadpanned, and stared away from them. Hiccup swallowed hard, but turned around to face his book again. Jack gave Rapunzel a toothy smile and an apologetic shrug before turning to the front himself. As the room dissolved into silence, Rapunzel dejectedly set her sketchbook back in front of her.

That was when the scream rang out. Rapunzel turned sharply to face Merida, who was up on her desk, scrambling to get away from a small, black furry thing. Hiccup was out of his desk in an instant, rushing towards the thing with his arms outstretched.

"What is that thing?!" Merida screeched, almost falling off of her desk. "It's missin' ah leg an' it's hideous!"

"Toothless, Toothless!" Hiccup reached for the cat, safely scooping it back into his arms. "Bud, I told you not to get out of my backpack-"

"Why do ye have that?!" Merida's voice was still loud and panicky. Jack bit back a laugh, pressing his knuckle to his teeth. Rapunzel just gaped at the two of them, seeing as they had pretty much related that they all hated one another...

"This is Toothless, my kitten," Hiccup stroked the black cat fondly, and Toothless let out a happy purr, revealing a mouthful of broken and scarce teeth.

"It's hideous!" Merida reiterated, sliding off of her desk and backing away. "What's wrong with it?!"

"You don't need to be scared!" Hiccup tried to reassure her, cuddling Toothless. Rapunzel, seeing he wasn't harmful, smiled sweetly at the cat herself. Jack just gave it a wary look, doubtful whether it would be okay to make fun of a cat that was missing a left leg.

"Why do ye have it?!" Merida said angrily, repeating her earlier words. "Yer in detention!"

"I know, but my dad hates Toothless," Hiccup said sadly. "He's always mean to him. So I snuck him in here. I gave him food and water in a plastic box, but I guess the backpack was stuffy."

"How can anyone hate something this adorable?!" Rapunzel was up on her feet, and stroked Toothless' head. Hiccup smiled at her words, and Toothless let out another happy purr. Merida grabbed her backpack, holding it out in front of her in case Toothless came closer.

"Just out of curiosity, Hic..." Jack drawled, leaning back lazily in his chair, "Why, of all kittens, did you get one that has horrendous teeth and missing a leg?" Rapunzel waited for the answer herself, and even Merida had stopped backing up in wait.

"Because when I saw him-" Hiccup stroked his pet. "I saw myself. I saw a poor, broken soul who needed love, even though its appearance was ghastly."

"Well, we know how Hiccup views himself," Jack wisecracked, but Rapunzel's eyes had the slightest of tears. She pressed her lips to Toothless' head, and then gave Hiccup a hug.

"I think that's really sweet," she said. Hiccup, taken aback, let a smile break through. Merida let her backpack fall to the floor with a clang, and then glared at the cat.

"It's still hideous," the redhead decided, and slunk back into her chair. Jack had already tuned the rest of them out, sticking earbuds in his ears to hear the music of a small iPod he held.

"We should let the little cutie run around!" Rapunzel said eagerly, gently taking the cat from Hiccup. Even with music blaring, Jack heard that and snorted.

"He's got three legs-" Jack singsonged.

"Forgot about that," Rapunzel said sheepishly, just as she had been about to set him down.

"No, that's fine," Hiccup gestured for her to let Toothless on the floor. "He limps, but he can get around pretty well." Rapunzel let the cat down, and Toothless limped around to the other side of the room, until he reached a corner, where he rested himself there. Rapunzel and Hiccup smiled at this act, like proud parents, but only Jack had a clear view on what Toothless was doing.

"Dude-" Jack snickered. "Your cat's taking a piss."

"Toothless, no!" Hiccup's eyes bulged in realization, running to grab the cat. Rapunzel groaned, hiding her eyes with her hands. Merida was free to snigger along with Jack, as Hiccup scolded his cat.

"Ye should clean that up before Pitch comes back," Merida said knowingly. "Ain't that right, Rapunzel?"

"Merida's right," Rapunzel nodded her agreement. "Is there cleaning supplies around here somewhere?" Hiccup began to look, but Jack shook his head.

"Nope," he said. "Last week Pitch dropped his soda all over the desk; he had to go get soap and stuff from the janitor."

"Is the janitor here?" Hiccup asked hopefully. Jack shook his head again.

"He always leaves early every third Saturday of the month," he said.

"Ye've spent far too much time in here," Merida noted, to which Jack smiled charmingly and shrugged.

"Could we maybe get the stuff ourselves?" Rapunzel asked, walking towards the classroom door. Hiccup was quick to rush and stand in front of that door.

"No, Pitch said-"

"He said nothing about leaving," Jack said cockily, and turned to Merida. "How 'bout it, Princess? Up to exploring the school when it's empty?"

"Don' call mah-" Merida growled, but Jack was already advancing onto Hiccup to force his way past. He didn't have to, however, because Hiccup moved out of the way to get Toothless from where the kitten had discovered Merida's backpack. Merida let out a screech and swatted at the cat, spewing profanities about the ugly thing.

"What about it, Punz?" Jack asked, opening the door to reveal an empty corridor. It took Rapunzel a second or two to realize he'd just given her a nickname, but she smiled at it.

"This could be fun!" Rapunzel beamed, bouncing on her heels. "Hiccup?"

"We need the cleaning stuff, then we're coming back," Hiccup said, as he stroked a restless Toothless.

"Then you're in luck, Fun happens to be my middle name," Jack said with a smug smirk. The three of them turned to face Merida, each questioning. Hiccup had a what-the-hell demeanor, Jack still had that stupid grin, and Rapunzel had the brightest, most excited smile the redhead had ever seen on a person.

"This is goin' tae be a disaster, isn' it?" Merida groaned as she stood up to join them.

Toothless is a cat to me, because- I don't know. Cats can survive with three legs, I guess. Hope it was okay to read, I know this has been done before but- I'm trying to make it original.