Winterspell

Chapter 1

New Assignment

(A/N AAAAAGH! Not another one! Yeah, I've actually hijacked the original Winterspell and replaced with a totally different story. Yikes. So, yeah… Jack Frost and Toshiro Hitsugaya go to Hogwarts. This should be different. I hope, anyway.)

SUM: With the threat of the Dark Lord returning the Goten 13 send Hitsugaya to Hogwarts to protect the wizards. Elsewhere Jack Frost gets a similar assignment from MiM to protect the children at the school. Despite their differences in attitudes and responsibilities Jack and Toshiro form a friendship as their goals and abilities are the same. How will they take going to a wizarding school for a year? Not to mention how they handle Umbridge and her devious ways?

SOUNDS/sounds

Thoughts

Telepathy

To say Toshiro wasn't happy about his latest assignment to the living world would be a gross understatement. He was assigned his latest mission just a few months prior and now it was time to execute his assignment. Wizards. Of all the things he had to deal with. He had to deal with wizards. Wizards and witches had been known to shinigami for centuries and their history between each other was not… Well, it wasn't pretty.

Wizards live in a very narrow-minded world of their own. If it something that they don't like or don't fully understand they don't take much time in familiarizing themselves with it. In some ways they were very naive about the world outside their own. Even more so than shinigami. In some ways shinigami sort of had a right to be naïve. They didn't live on that plan of existence but what excuse did wizards have? At least shinigami would study the living as to what was new in the world and adjust things accordingly. They would even adapt some things from the living world, like cellphones for example. It was a miracle wizards even had their own version of a radio.

Toshiro was fully packed for the most part. He had to go through and do some sorting. Rangiku wanted to pick out some of his clothes. That woman had no idea that most everything she bought was not even close to his taste. He had to see Urahara before he left. He'd leave the unwanted clothing with him to give to a donation center. That way at least the clothes wouldn't go to complete waist.

Toshiro let out a sigh as he looked at the last little bit of paperwork he still had left. He walked over to his desk and picked up a pen. He signed his name in areas and filled in some other lines and check boxes. This was one thing he wasn't going to miss. He just hoped he didn't have an office full of paperwork when he got back. He'd kill his fukutaichou if he came back to such a disaster. He told Nanao to keep a fire under Rangiku's butt. Nanao can be stern and not too easily swayed. He dare not ask one of the male lieutenants. All she'd have to do is flash breasts and they'd cave in. Nanao would be perfect for this task.

He put the last of the papers in the outbox and cleaned off his desk. He turned to look at the clock on the wall. It was about time he made his way down to the senkaimon. He grabbed his two large suitcases and duffle bag of unwanted clothes. He quickly headed out of his office praying it would be intact when he got back.

When he made it down to the senkaimon he was greeted by Yamamoto-sotaichou, Matsumoto, and Kurotsuchi-taichou. Toshiro wasn't really ready head out into the wizarding world but if the intel was correct and Voldemort was back they couldn't ignore him this time.

"Hitsugaya-taichou, be careful on your trip. Wizards do not take to kindly to those messing in their affairs whether the intentions are good or not," Yamamoto said, looking at the boy captain. "Urahara will supply with a few more necessary items needed for your stay. I wish you the best of luck. Keep me well informed of your mission."

"Yes, and speaking of those supplies use them wisely and sparingly," Kurotsuchi bit out like he was talking to a disobedient child. "We can't just send you something so easily. As it is you are literally infiltrating the school so nearly all ties will be cut from us. If you need something it has to be sent to Urahara first. It was no easy task getting you into that school so don't screw it up!"

"I had no intention of doing so," Toshiro replied back in same tone of voice. "I am fully aware of what I am to do and how I am to act."

"That is still left to be determined," Kurotsuchi snorted, crossing his arms. "Should you run into any trouble you can open the gate and return here but that would also mean you failed the mission."

"That won't happen," Toshiro replied quickly, narrowing his eye aqua colored eyes.

"We'll see," Kurotsuchi muttered under his breath.

"I'm going to miss you so much!" Rangiku exclaimed, running up to her captain and put him into a large bear hug. "Please do be careful. I don't know what I'd do with myself if something happened to you!"

"I-I can't breathe," Toshiro gasped, lifting his head out of her large assets. "Matsumoto, let go of me!"

"Awe but I'm going to miss you very much," she cried holding him even tighter as he struggled to get loose. "You're going to be gone for nearly a year! What am I going to do without you, taichou?"

"Your paperwork and running my squad accordingly is what you should do," Toshiro snapped, finally getting out of her grasp and fixed his clothes. "Huh… Matsumoto, you are in charge while I'm gone so that doesn't mean you can be lazy when you feel like it. Understand?"

"Yes, I understand," she moped, dropping her shoulder.

"Good. There is a whole list of things for you to do sitting in your office," Toshiro stated, picking his luggage back up and Rangiku moaned, rolling her eyes. "Oh, don't give me that. You're a grown woman."

"Define 'grown,'" Kurotsuchi mutter, quietly.

Toshiro wasn't sure if the mad doctor was just adding emphasis to what he just said or if he was also making a snide remark at him. The boy genius had a feeling he was referring to both of them. He'd let it slide as he wasn't going to be staying for much longer. Rangiku stepped back finally to let her captain pass.

"Good luck, Hitsugaya-taichou," Yamamoto added as the boy walk towards the senkaimon.

"Please write to us! I'll miss you," Rangiku waved as Toshiro vanished into the light of the senkaimon. "Oh, send me something back!"

Jack was flying up high looking around at his latest handy work. It wasn't much more than a dusting really. He thought about making a lier out of the weather but opted against it. Suddenly he saw a flash of light not too far from him. This couldn't be good. Jack was surprised to see Phil racing towards him in the middle of the night. Jack quickly flew down to meet the frantic yeti.

"Phil? What's the matter?" Jack asked, landing quietly on the snowy sidewalk as the yeti started rambling. "Whoa! Whoa! Slow it down, buddy! You're going too fast!"

Phil took a couple of deep breaths before pulling out a snow globe and shook it showing St North's workshop. Was something wrong at the pole? Phil quickly threw the globe as a portal opened up. Jack wasted no time as he quickly jumped in followed by the yeti. Fear settled in Jack's stomach.

When he arrived at the workshop he was quickly greeted by North, Toothina, and Bunny. He noticed Sandy wasn't around. This looked pretty bad. A thought suddenly hit him. Was Pitch back? If he was it couldn't be good. How did he get so strong so fast? Jack grabbed his staff hard as he closed the gap between him and the other Guardians.

"Ah, Jack, you made it," North said, stuffing cookie his mouth before offering the tray to Jack. "Cookie?"

"No, thanks," Jack said, shaking his head. "So, what's going that has Phil so worked up?"

"Nothing good, mate," Bunny replied, crossing his furry arms. "It seems the Dark Lord is back."

"What? Pitch is back?" Jack's blue eyes widened in shock.

"No, you ninny, the other one," Bunny snapped.

"There's another one?" Jack asked, now looking confused as Tooth stepped forward.

"Bunny is referring to a dark wizard named Voldemort," Tooth said, looking at the ground with saddened eyes. "Surely you must have heard of him?"

"Voldemort? Sounds familiar but it's not really ringing any bells," Jack shrugged as Bunny rolled his eyes.

"What? Are… Are ya kiddin' me, frostbite?" Bunny choked out, looking at Jack and then at the others. "How do ya don't know who Lord Voldemort is? Please tell us yer just pullin' our legs."

Jack shrugged as the others groaned. The name did sound familiar but he really couldn't place it. He had a feeling he was going to get an earful about who the Dark Lord was very soon. Jack just plopped down on the floor and waited for them explain everything to him.

"Where to begin? Lord Voldemort, well, he is not nice guy. He did many, many terrible things at the height of rein," North said, picking up another cookie. "He was a very dark wizard and he wanted to rule the wizarding world and maybe more. He killed people he did not see worthy of being a wizard. He wanted all wizards to be of pure blood, you see?"

"Okay, I'm following you so far," Jack nodded slowly.

"One night as story goes he met his match when facing Potter family," North continued, sitting on a wooden table. "In particular a one year-old Harry Potter. A curse Voldemort cast on young Harry bounced back and killed Voldemort in Harry's place. However, something has happened as of late."

"Yeah, you said he was back," Jack said, looking raising an eye brow. "If this curse killed him how did he come back? That's where you're losing me."

"It was some sort of dark magic," Tooth said, quietly. "Somehow according to MiM he had broken his own soul up so he could always come back a good number of times and he's finally cashed one in not too long ago."

"So are we going into war with this Voldemort character?" Jack asked, making his staff glow a little bit.

"Well, yes, and no," North said, rubbing some crumbs out of his beard. "I seems Manny has new quest for you."

"For… For me?" Jack said, getting to his feet, looking rather interested. "What kind of a quest?"

The 3 elder guardians looked around at each other briefly as to who would tell Jack the news. They knew Jack wouldn't like it one bit and it was clear Jack was getting anxious for their answer. Someone had to say something. So, Bunny cleared his throat.

"Tell me somethin', uh, have ya ever heard of a place called Hogwarts?" Bunny asked as Jack nodded slightly. "Do ya know what Hogwarts is?"

"Yeah, it's some sort of wizarding school," Jack stated bluntly and then something clicked. Worry suddenly took hold of Jack. "Wait a minute… No… Noooo… Not even once!"

"C'mon, Jack, it'll only be for one year and not even a full year really," Tooth said as Jack started to step back. "You're doing it for the sake of the children! You are a guardian after all."

"She's right. You did take oath," North added in. "It is sworn duty of all guardians to protect children."

"Yeah, but… Wizarding children? Worse, wizarding adults! Have you seen what these people do to other mythical creatures?" Jack stated quite clearly. "Oh, no! I'm not walking into a lion's den, thank you very much. Not only that, even I'm still invisible to them."

"Well, mate, we've actually managed to find a fix for that l'il problem," Bunny said, boldly. "Sandy's out lookin' for that someone right now."

"What? For real?" Jack asked, looking surprised. "Who are is he looking for?"

"Have ya ever heard of Holly Wenn?" Bunny asked and Jack paled.

Toshiro quickly followed Urahara and Tessai down the large busy corridor of the airport. Toshiro was not looking forward to this one bit. He was actually going to take a plane to get to England. Naturally it would be faster to just use a senkaimon but wizards might catch on to him if something like that was used. He wasn't looking forward to this. He had hardly ridden in a ground based vehicle so to ride in a plane was rather nerve wrecking.

He was also still adjusting to his new gigai. The gigai was specially made for him to tap into Hyorinmaru's powers without necessarily materializing the zanpakuto. According to Urahara it was a right expensive item and a hard one to manufacture, which was most likely what Kurotsuchi was hinting at. Toshiro could always produce ice when he released his spirit energy, however, with this new gigai his ice ability would increase dramatically. However, he could actually use Hyorinmaru whenever he left his gigai behind.

"Ah, here is your terminal," Urahara said, coming to a stop. "And not a moment too soon. Looks like the plane is already boarding. Keep your passport with you at all times. Remember to get an owl as a pet so we can trade information and don't lose your money sack."

"I won't," Toshiro said, pulling out his boarding pass. "I'll write as soon as I'm settled. School doesn't even start for another couple of weeks."

"Just be careful. Soul Society doesn't have a foothold in the wizarding world," Tessai said, looking down at the young captain. "You'll be on your own for the most part."

"Yeah, I know," Toshiro sighed, turning to look towards the gate. "Let me go. I will write back as soon as I can."

"Oh, wait!" Urahara said, pulling something from his pocket and pinned to Toshiro's shirt.

Toshiro looked down to see some paper money pinned to his shirt. It was very large amount. When he looked back up Urahara and Tessai were pretty much out his eyesight. Haha, very funny. Toshiro unpinned the large yen note and walked over to the gate holding up his boarding pass. The man looked down at it and then at Toshiro.

"You will have someone waiting for you at other airport, correct?" the man looked very serious about it.

"Yes, of course," Toshiro nodded and that wasn't a bold face lie. He really did have someone waiting for him.

The clerk took the pass to check it before handing it back to Toshiro. He was allowed in. He quickly made his way down the dock and onto the plane. He looked for his seat and found it. He took the one by the window. It was a good view of the runway. He watch as one plane started to lift up off the ground. He had to admit, it was quite amazing to see something so big actually fly.

A couple minutes later a man took the seat next to him. He looked like a well-to-do man. He was dressed in gray business suit and his black hair was slicked back. He didn't even greet Toshiro as he sat down. Toshiro just turned back around to look out the window again. If the man wasn't going to talk then he wasn't either. Toshiro just hated that he had to board another plane before making it to his destination.

It wasn't long before people were told to put up their cellphones and other devices. He buckled his seat belt as ordered. After some safety rules and other things the plane was finally ready to move from the loading dock. This was going to be interesting. Slowly the plane moved from the dock and out towards the runway. Normally something like flight wouldn't interest him but he had never been in a plane before. He had to admit it was a little exciting. His nose was glued to the window as the plane stalled briefly.

A couple minutes later the plane started moving again. It was quickly picking up speed. A lot of speed. It was going faster and faster until he noticed the nose of the plane tilt upwards and the ground was starting to become distant. He was officially flying in and airplane. Grant it wasn't as cool as when he flies on his own but it was pretty cool. Not many shinigami could say they were in a plane must less riding in one.

Suddenly it seemed, now that everything was beneath him, the realization of his mission started to really sink in. He would be gone for nearly a year on his own amongst wizards no less. He sat back in his seat looking up at the ceiling, noticing the call button and light twitches. He was flying to England.

The plane wasn't so bad. It was kind of cool when they started through the clouds. He let out a sigh and rubbed the bridge of his nose. He knew he would be greeted by someone from European division. In a way the European division was like another country in the Soul Society. They had wanted set up a senkaimon directly to the European Division but like most things, red tape was involved. It was just too much for one person. After figuring things out it was decided that it would just be easier and faster to do it the human way. Take a plane and fly over. Politics are nasty. Each Soul Society keeps in contact with each other but only if something big is happening or is going to happen. Unless another Society asks for help they keep to themselves. This of course was that rare occasion. Out of all the Societies only the Far East Division had a child captain not to mention a child fukutaichou. Being that Toshiro fit the bill for going to a wizarding school… It was the only option really.

He also had to remember he was representing the Far East Division. This was a good way to make new ties between the two Societies. In a way he was a diplomat so he had to be on his best behavior. He also had to ready himself for the culture shock. He only had two weeks to adjust before he would be inside the walls of Hogwarts. A thought that made his skin crawl a bit. He couldn't let the wizards find out who or what he was.

The plane was finally leveling off and Toshiro looked out again at the distant ground though the spotted clouds. This was it he would be gone for nearly a year. He took notice of the man beside him. He didn't look well at all. He had a look of nausea and panic on his face.

"Are you all right, sir?" Toshiro asked as the man turned to look at him.

"No. I hate flying," he said, putting a hand on his stomach. "Ugh, this is the one part of my job that I hate. I like moving to different locations but I hate the process of getting there."

"Do you need some water or something?" Toshrio asked but the man shook his head.

"I forgot to my m-motion sickness p-pills. They're in my s-suitcase," he said, scrunching up his face. "I'm g-going to be sick."

The man quickly grabbed a bag from back pocket of the seat in front of him and opened it. He quickly stood and tried to make to the rest room at the back of plane but didn't quite make it. Great. Of the people to seat next to him he had to get the one that got motion sickness. This was going to be a very long flight.

A couple of hours passed when Sandy returned in his trademark bi-plane. It seemed like he had succeeded in finding Holly Wenn. The plane dissolved into the air as both of them landed gracefully on the floor. The guardians quickly hurried over to them.

Holly was considered the spirit of Halloween. However, there was an issues about that as far as Pitch was concerned. Halloween was supposed to have been his time to bring fear to children. However, as the last couple of centuries he managed to let All Hollows Eve slip through his fingers much to his disliking. Pitch and Holly had some real fights about it and showed. She had large scar on the left side of her pale freckled face. Pitch wanted the day to mean fear and only fear. Holly on the other meant for Halloween to be thrilling and fun to be scared. She encouraged people on Halloween to face their fears and enjoy it. She taught courage.

Her hair was cut to her bottom jaw and was a strawberry blond. She was short and thin. She was dressed in black and silver Halloween witch costume complete with a wand and broom. However, the wand and broom weren't for show. They were real. What a better person to help get Jack into that world.

"Ah, Sandy, Holly, I see you made it safely," North said with a large grin. "That is good."

"Wow, so this is your workshop?" Holly said, looking around in awe. "Not bad. Not bad at all. You have lot of yetis."

"I am glad you like. Not many get in here," North said, putting a large hand on Jack's shoulder. "Now getting down to business."

"Oh, yes, you," she said, eying Jack annoyingly.

"Hi," Jack waved at her sheepishly. "No hard feelings about 1991 blizzard, right?"

"Whoa, whoa, wait! Am I hearin' this right? He nailed ya with a blizzard too?" Bunny said, looking between Jack and Holly. "Glad to know I'm not the only one."

"Count them. Four days, Jack! Four of them! Oct 31st through Nov. 3rd all up the Midwest," she bit out, poking her wand into his chest. "I'm all up for a good practical joke but let's get real!"

"Would it helped if I said, 'I was sorry?'" Jack said, with a sheepish grin. "In my defense that one got a little out of hand. I wasn't predicting that front to be that strong when I tempered with it."

"That doesn't help," she stated, crossing her arms. "None."

"Regardless of what Jack did to you back then could you please help us?" Tooth asked, hovering between Jack and Holly. "I'm sure you've heard about Voldemort, right?"

"Oh, I've heard alright," Holly said, rubbing the bridge of her nose. "That so and so is back. The wizarding world is divided. Some believe he's back and some don't. What a mess."

"That is why we need your help," Tooth said. "You know the wizarding world better than any of us. We're trying to sneak Jack into Hogwarts."

"As a student?" Holly looked around Tooth to see Jack still wearing that silly grin. "Oh, good grief. You want to let Jack loose into the wizarding world?"

"Trust me. That's wasn't my idea," Jack quickly said.

"Harry Potter goes to Hogwarts, right? Voldemort wants Harry Potter. The school is full of children," North stated, putting a hand over his heart. "It is our oath and duty to protect children. Jack, well, he'll fit in better than anyone else."

"I'm so glad I'm not a guardian," Holly muttered under her breath before clearing her throat. "So, I take it you want me to take him visible and give him a crash course on how to be a wizard?"

Sandy nodded his head and gave her the thumbs up. Holly dropped her shoulders and rubbed the sides of head. She was already getting a large headache. She let out moaning sigh but slowly nodded her head. She was not looking forward to this at all. Of all the rotten luck.

"Fine. It's a deal only because I own Sandy something from a long time ago," Holly stated, looking down at the Sandman. "We'll leave for England at dawn."

"Ah, very, very good!" North said, clapping his hands together.

"Then why don't feel so very good," Jack moaned.

"Ah, c'mon, Jack. Cheer up," Tooth said with a smile. "Just think of it! You're going to a wizarding school! Isn't that exciting?"

"Oh, yeah, assumin' he doesn't blow his cover right off the bat," Bunny snorted. "If he does it will be exciting for completely different reason."

"Yeah, great," he drawled, walking off. I'm not going to like this. Not one bit.

(A/N Yeah, end of chapter one. Holly is NOT a permanent character. She's only there to get Jack started. Also the Halloween Blizzard of 1991 was a real. I looked it up. So tell me what you all think. I decided to go with a different approach. It seems that just about every single story has Dumbledore going out and looking for someone to help protect Harry and join the Order. So overly done it sort of makes me sick. I decided to make it so that help secretly and unknowingly comes to Dumbledore. Makes for a better story, I think. But, hey, that's just me. Please comment. Thank you.)

Millie M. Banshee