Jack looked at his group of brothers with a mischievous smile.

"Alright boys. Racetrack gets home in twenty minutes. We have that long- give or take a few minutes- to pull this off. Who's with me?"

The boys cheered in response.

Of course these were the same group of boys who had been on Race's team while pranking Jack, but they were just in it for the fun of pranking.

And just like before, Davey and Crutchie had made it very clear they were not going to be a part of it. And Katherine wasn't there, because well, if she was, she wouldn't let them do it.

"Alright boys, let's go!" Jack said, clapping his hands and all of the boys scrambled off to do their various jobs.

You see, Race had been very on guard ever since Jack had said 'It's on.' And Jack, being the type of guy he was, had been waiting until the perfect moment to prank said boy.

Why is tonight the perfect time you ask? Well, Jack didn't really have a reason, except for the fact that Race was starting to let his guard down.

The sort of things that were shouted as the prank was set up were the following:

"Jack, where's the whip cream?"

"I can't find the fan!"

"GUYS, BUTTONS GOT HIS HEAD STUCK IN THE BUCKET!"

"Where's the glue?"

"GUY IT'S STUCK! WE CAN'T GET IT OFF! BUTTONS WATCH OUT THAT'S THE-!"

A series of thuds followed Specs' warning to Buttons as said boy fell down the stairs.

"THE BUCKET'S OFF!"

"Found the glue!"

"Finch, did you look in the top cabinet for the whip cream?"

"Yeah! It's not the- never mind!"

Within fifteen minutes, the boys had everything set up were now waiting very impatiently for Race to get home.

"Where is he?" Les groaned.

He was holding onto the string with such excitement/impatience that his knuckles were starting to turn white.

"Relax, he'll be here," Jack said, but even he was starting to doubt their brother was going to be back on time.

"Guys, someone's coming!" Albert whispered and they all hushed as the lights were turned off just as the door opened.

"Guys? I-," a voice started.

The boys, who were giddy with excitement and weren't thinking, didn't take the time to realize the voice wasn't Racetrack's as the flipped the lights on and the prank was set into motion.

As the whip cream fell from the ceiling and feather that had been found soon followed, audible gasps were heard when they saw who it was.

Crutchie's friend was now covered in said prank items while Crutchie stared with his jaw hanging open.

"Crutchie?!" the boys shouted.

"What was that?!" he shouted, turning to the boys angrily.

"It was a prank for Race! Who's this?" Jack asked, gesturing to the girl who was covered in whip cream.

She was as still as a statue from either shock or anger.

"Maggie. She just got here and long story short, she needs somewhere to stay," Crutchie explained.

'Maggie' wiped the whip cream from her eyes and looked around in shock.

She was tall, beating Crutchie by a few inches, and very thin. From what could be seen through the whip cream, she had large green eyes and dirty blonde hair.

"What just happened?" she asked.

She had a small Western accent and her voice was very quiet.

"Sorry Maggie. You got placed in the middle of prank war," Jack said.

"I-It's fine. Crutchie, are these the boys you were telling me about?" she asked.

"Yeah. Boys, this is Maggie. Maggie these are the boys," Crutchie introduced.

Maggie waved shyly.

"You got any folks?" Jack asked, staring in confusion.

Maggie's shy smile disappeared and she shook her head slowly.

"Car crash last year," she mumbled.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know," Jack said softly.

"It's fine," Maggie said and gave a tiny smile through the whip cream.

"Welcome to your new family, Maggie!" Romeo said, throwing his arm around the tall girl's shoulders.

Maggie smiled softly, but tensed at Romeo's touch.

"You'll fit in great, don't worry," Specs said, making Maggie's smile widen.

Race turned up five minutes later and in turn had what was left of the whip cream poured over his head.

A/N: That's the end of the prank war! For now…. And you met Maggie! She will be consistent in the one-shots, both past and present. I need to come up with a nickname for her though and I was wondering if you guys could help me with that? Sorry for the wait! My computer crashed and I wasn't able to write then when it was fixed, I had trouble getting motivation to write this.

And Maggie won't be the last OC that's added! Except the other's probably won't be Newsies, they'll come in at later chapters. A few I'm very, very excited to introduce.

Back to Maggie! As you might've noticed, she has a bit of a past that I might or might not get into depending on how much you guys like her character in the next chapter.

I have to get going so TTFN! TA TA FOR NOW! (Yes that was a Winnie the Pooh reference)