Lexi waved goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley as the Hogwarts Express pulled away from the station. The last two weeks that she had spent at the burrow were uneventful to say the least. Fred and George had spent most of their time working on the merchandise they had planned on selling. Mrs. Weasley had kept a close eye on everyone after the incident and it took the begging abilities of Lexi, Fred, and George just to convince her mother to let her stay.
"I'm really glad we're finally going back to school. No offense guys but it was starting to become really unbearable in that house." The boys laughed as they continued taking inventory of all their merchandise.
"You know how our mum is-"
"She's just making sure we don't go out and get ourselves killed." Lexi yawned and leaned back into the seat she was sharing with Fred. The train ride always made her tired, she could feel herself starting to drift off. With one last yawn Lexi let her head drift onto Fred's shoulder.
"Lexi wake up. We're here." Lexi stretched as George's face came into view. He smirked at her and grabbed her hand.
"Come on sleeping beauty, Fred is already at the carriage."
"Good evening everyone and welcome back to another year at Hogwarts. There will be a few changes to this years schedule. First off there will be no quidditch matches at all." Quidditch members from all houses started to yell in protest but none louder than the Gryffindor team. Lexi anxiously shushed the twins in hopes of hearing why they were canceling the games.
"We have decided to reinstate a tournament that was long ago discontinued. The Tri-Wizard Tournament!" Dumbledore raised his hand to silence the uproar of excitement. " I would like all of you to welcome students from the two schools that will be competing with us. Our first guests are the men from Durmstrang."
The doors to the Great Hall burst open as male students filtered in wearing large fur coats. In the middle of the group walked the headmaster and Viktor Krum.
"Bloody hell guys. It's Krum!" Once the students had been seated, most of them with the Slytherins, Dumbledore once again raised his hand for silence.
"Our final guests shall be the beautiful women of Beaubaton." Once again the doors opened as girls dressed in silk blue dresses fluttered into the room. Most of the girls sat with Ravenclaw though a few did venture to sit with Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.
"Now that we have everyone. I'd like to allow Mr. Barty Crouch to explain what the tournament is." A strange man that Lexi hadn't noticed before stepped out of the shadows of the room. He walked to the front of the room and stared out nervously at all the students.
"The Tri-Wizard Tournament is a contest that was held years ago. One student from each school will compete for the honor of being champion. Students who wish to enter must be at least 17 years of age. Those who qualify will be required to enter their name into the Goblet of Fire, the goblet will in return chose the champion from each school." Without another word, Mr. Crouch stepped back into the shadows and Dumbledore dismissed the students back to their common rooms.
"I can't believe they set an age limit. It's not bloody fair."
"Oh come on George, I'm sure you and Fred will think of away to get past that. You always do." Lexi's red-headed best friend smirked at her.
"Lex is right Georgie. We'll get past that barrier. I can feel it, we were meant in that competition." The three laughed as they walked up to their common room. It was littered with first years filled with too much excitement to go to bed. Lexi looked around the room before deciding she was going to go to bed. After saying goodnight to the boys, she climbed the stairs to the 6th year dormitories. Katie Bell and Angelina Johnson were already sitting on their beds gossiping about the new comers from Durmstrang.
"Hey Lexi. How was your summer?"
"It was good. Yours?" Lexi talked to the girls for a few moments longer before crawling into her bed. She was asleep within minutes.
Lexi woke up before any of the girls in her dormitory. It had been that way since she was a first year. This would ensure that she got some hot water before it was gone and she would be able to get breakfast while it was hot. Once dressed Lexi headed down to the common room where she found Fred already up.
"Fred, why are you awake so early?"
"Because you get up so early my darling. I thought we could enjoy some breakfast together." Fred finished off his sentence with a wink, making Lexi laugh softly.
"Alright Mr. Casanova, lets get going." Once they had reached the Great Hall, Lexi found out Fred's real reason for being awake so early. George was already sitting at the table failing to look innocent. Lexi looked around the room suspiciously trying to figure out what the boys had done.
"Ok. Out with it. If you're pulling a prank, I'd like to know about it. You know I hate being left out." The twins laughed at their dark haired friend but didn't offer any explanation for what they were doing.
"You'll find out soon enough Lex. Trust me, you'll love it."
They were right, she did love it. The prank didn't take place until after everyone, including the guests where seated down to eat. Fred and George had barely touched any food because they were too excited. Just when Lexi thought that they were lying to her about the prank, screams erupted from the Slytherin table. Glancing over Lexi nearly choked on her pumpkin juice. The table was slowly ascending towards the ceiling and those not smart enough to jump before it got too high were stranded in their seats. Many of the students had climbed onto the table afraid that they might fall off. Just as everyone thought it was over, the table started oozing bright pink paint all over the remaining students. Professors Dumbledore and Snape quickly moved to lower the table, once the table was safely back on the ground the students not affected by the prank broke out in hysterics. As soon as the Slytherins started using magic to remove the paint, things got worse for them. Many started sporting bright pink hair or in the case of Pansy Parkinson, bright pink skin. Lexi and the twins stumbled out of the Great Hall in hysterics trying to avoid being spotted by the professors.
"That…. Was bloody brilliant! I still can't believe you didn't include me though."
"It was all last minute my dear-"
"Otherwise you'd be included in an instant." Lexi just shook her head at the twins with a huge grin on her face.
"This year is going to be amazing. I can feel. Come one lets get to Transfiguration before McGonagall murders us."