Author's Note: Here's another chapter. This chapter is a little short, but I still feel it hit on everything I wanted in this chapter. I am mainly updating this because while you guys didn't review like I wanted I do have quiet a few people who are following and have favorited this story so I might as well keep you entertained. Disclaimer blah blah blah

Chapter 7

Gemini was very surprised when her mom gave her a rushed lecture and promptly dropped her off at her common room. Gemini just stared at the door with the password, Hephaestus, clutched tightly in her hand wondering if she should wait for Alec and Scorpius or go in by herself. She knew that she had to face her classmates by herself at some point, especially seeing as how she was in the girl dormitory, but she wasn't sure if she wanted to deal with that monolithic task right now.

She knew she was being a baby, but she was still reeling from her sorting and the following fight. Being dragged into the Headmistress's office the first night of school had definitely not been on her bucket list. Still she had one task ahead of her and that was to enter her common room and go to sleep. Maybe tomorrow would be a better day. She willed herself forward in her mind however her feet seemed to disagree and remained firmly in place. With a deep sigh she gave in and sat down against the wall facing the dorm room and waited for her friends.

Alec and Scorpius left the Head office together after a through dressing down from their parents. Alec wanted to say he was surprised his mother hadn't showed up to gripe at him however he really wasn't. She was probably off finding husband number 3 or, if she had found some unfortunate rich bugger, devising a plan to get all his money and leave him high and dry without two sickles to rub together. Alec glanced over at Scorpius who had been utterly defeated since his father had bared down on him for being involved with such antics at the begin of his schooling.

"You know you shouldn't have been in that room right? You honestly did what me and Gemini should've done and turned the other cheek," Alec commented trying to make his friend feel better.

"Actually out of the three of us I would say you had the smallest reason for being there," Scorpius states rubbing the back of his neck.

"What the hell do you mean by that? You didn't even say a word or throw a punch like Gem. You were completely innocent," Alec fired back confused as to why Scorpius thought he was more to blame then Alec. After all Alec started everything by provoking Sam in the first place.

"I wouldn't say that I didn't say a word. Just nobody realized that I did with you three making such a commotion. Didn't you find it odd that just one punch from Gemini knocked Sam flat on his back? I mean I'm sure she's strong, but he has a good 4 inches on her and at least 20 pounds," Scorpius points out.

Alec forces him to stop and face him. "You stunned him?! Seriously!? That's Awesome Scor and here I thought you were being a total square! Geez no wonder you were in there. Man, I can't believe you stunned him!" Alec let out a delighted laugh and wrapped his arm around Scorpius's shoulder and they finished walking to the common room.

As they approached Gemini jumped to her feet and darted over to them throwing herself into the middle and making them both place their arms through hers as they headed into their common room together. They all glanced at each other and they knew that they had just formed a tight bond of friendship that meant that they would always have each other's backs no matter what. They also all planned on crashing in the common room at least for this night. Both boys had agreed not to tell Gemini that Scorpius had stunned Goyal.

Meanwhile in Gryffindor tower's boy dormitory Aries laid on his bed staring at the celling and replaying the events of the feast. He was kicking himself for not being there for his sister. This was made worse by the fact that he couldn't even go and check on her to make sure that sure she was settling in because she was in another house. James and Albus were talking about pranks that they wanted to pull on Slytherins.

"Hey, sucking vacuum of self-deprecation, are you just going to sit there feeding your completely misplaced guilt or are you going to get in on this," James finally snapped glaring at Aries. James was getting fed up with Aries self-flagellation. It wasn't like he could've really done anything to help Gemini besides she was in Slytherin after all. At Hogwarts, despite what the professors believed, houses still meant everything and the rivalry between Slytherin and Gryffindor was still alive and well.

"Why are we pranking the Slytherin's again? Is there really a reason besides the fact that you want to keep up with the house bigotry that has riddled this school practically since its inception?" Aries asked in a scathing tone refusing to participate in such childish displays of masculinity.

"Are you seriously asking why? After what they did at the sorting? James obviously wants to get back at them for her. Geez James isn't like that Aries," Albus stated proudly defending his brother with sincerity.

Aries finally pulled his gaze off the celling and lock gazes with James. "Do you swear that this is just to get back at them for what happened to Gem? That it has absolutely nothing to do with stupid house rivalries," Aries demanded.

James met his gaze with a stone-cold stare. "This only has to do with getting back at them for humiliating and hurting your sister. That's all I want to do," James lied without missing a single beat. Once the three of them started pranking everything would go back to normal setting of these two hanging on his every word.

"So, you won't be pranking Zabini or Malfoy then right?," Aries pushed so he could be sure because he knew that James was very good a manipulation and he refused to be manipulated into petty inter-house squabbles.

James gritted his teeth because he hated Zabini and they have had an intense rivalry since the first semester of last year and he hated Malfoy on principle. However, he knew what he needed to say to get Aries to start following him again. "I will refrain from picking on your sister's little friends. The rest of the house is fair game though. Gem is like another sister to me," James stated with as much false sincerity as he could muster fully preparing to find a way to get Zabini and Malfoy without Aries ever finding out. Gemini too if she stepped out of line.

"Alright then let's get back at those jackasses who hurt my sister," And with those words the three Gryffindors began to plan their attack.

Authors questions: What pranks should they do for their prank? How will Gemini's first night go? How will James get Scorpius and Alec without Aries finding out. Please Review with any ideas! Seriously I need help!