A/N: Thanks to all the reviewers

A/N: Thanks to all the reviewers. I appreciate it. This is the second chapter to my story "All This for a Prank" I hope you guys enjoy this. If you don't know already, this is an L/J fic. If this chapter seems a little weird it's because I'm sick and my dad told me to take NyQuil. Now if you don't know what NyQuil does, I'll tell you. I makes you really really drowsy.

Disclaimer: All the characters belong to JK Rowling. I'm just playing with them a little.

Ch. 2: The Encounter

Lily, Arabella, James, Sirius, and Remus stepped off the horseless carriage and onto the stairs that would lead to the great oak front doors. It was starting to drizzle a little, so they hurried inside as fast as they can.

They walked into the familiar Great Hall and looked around. Everything was exactly as they remembered it. All the long tables for each house lined up in order. The teachers' table was in front of the rest of the tables. The three-legged stool for the Sorting Hat was already there. They started to walk towards their table when a cold, drawling voice spoke behind them.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the pretty little red head." Lucious Malfoy was a Slytherin and everybody hated him except for his best and only friend, Severus Snape. "I can't believe they let trash like you in here, Evans. I thought this school was better than that. I guess I was wrong."

"Malfoy. How spiffing to see you." Lily's words were dripping with sarcasm. "I agree with you about how this school lets trash in." Lily gave her trademark smirk. " I mean they let you in. It doesn't get any smellier than that." Arabella who was standing right beside Lily busted out laughing. James, Sirius, and Remus hadn't notice what was happening with the girls so they continued walking to the Gryffindor table.

"What are you laughing at Figg? Think your little friend here is funny? Well, she's just a rotten little Mudblood." At Malfoys' words the whole hall went quiet. James came running from the table. He looked fit to kill.

"You better take that back Malfoy." He said this in a quiet, deadly whisper. At this point Sirius and Remus were right beside James, both looking like smoke would come out of their ears at any second. Malfoys' smirk faltered a little, but he regained his composure when Snape stepped next to him.

"Oh yeah and what are you going to do about it if I don't, Potter?" Lily answered for him instead.

"How would you like me to stick my foot up your-"

"Hello Professor McGonagall. How was your summer?" Arabella said nudging Lily in the ribs before she got her last word out.

"Hello Miss Figg, Miss Evans. My summer was a very restful one. Now, dare I ask, what is the problem here?" She looked from the red, angry face of James to the pale smirking face of Malfoy.

"There is no problem Professor. We were just going to our tables." Remus cut in before this got any further.

"Very well and Malfoy if I catch you pestering students for no reason I will give you detention myself. That goes for you to Severus." She walked away briskly.

Sirius led the way to the Gryffindor table. Lily, Remus, Arabella, and a still seething James, followed him. James, Sirius, and Remus chose seats on one side of the table. Lily and Arabella sat across from them on the other side.

"James, I think you could relax now. It's over." Lily said, putting a reassuring hand over his and trying to calm him down before smoke started to come out of his ears.

"Did you hear what he called you Lily? Did you hear?" James said this in a very serious tone.

"Yeah she heard it, but did you hear what she almost said to him?" Sirius said laughing. "Good thing Bella was there to shut you up before you got too far, Lils." This even got a smile out of James. "Aha!! I knew I could get you to smile with that one."

"I did almost slip up though didn't I? Well he deserved it. That stupid prat." Everybody started laughing. "Thanks for stopping me Bella. I could've gotten detention for a week." She said smiling mischievously.

At that moment Professor McGonagall came in leading the first years. They looked so scared. Professor Flitwick brought out the sorting hat and put it on the stool. The hats brim opened and it started to sing it its song:

Gryffindor's are strong and brave

Ravenclaw's are smart and good

Hufflepuff's are loyal and true and

Slytherins are a bunch of goo

The whole hall was silent when the hat stopped singing. Nobody said a word. Then suddenly someone let out a loud guffaw and the whole hall rang with laughter, except of course the Slytherin table.

Professor McGonagall gave all the students in the hall a stern look and started the sorting. Some giggles could still be heard ringing around the hall. The sorting was over and Dumbledore stood up to say his speech.

"Hello students. I hope you all are well. Now lets go through some of the rules we go through every year for the sake of the first years and some older students who just refuse to obey them." His eyes flickered towards the Maurders. "Now the Forbidden Forest is forbidden. Do not enter, unless you have written your will. Mr. Filch, the caretaker, would like me to remind you all that he has more rules posted in his office. One more thing let me introduce this year's Head Boy and Head Girl. I am please to say that they are both in Gryffindor. This years Head Boy is Mr. James Potter." Applause rang out of the hall when they said his name. Dumbledore put up his hands for silence. "This years Head Girl is Miss Lily Evans." Catcalls filled the air when this was said. Lily turned beet red and put her head down on her arms. "Now that all is said that needs to be said, on with the feast."

"Aww…Food!!" Remus shouted. Everyone laughed at his expression. He piled his plate with everything he can get his hands on. James and Sirius followed suit. The girls took their fill and watched the guys stuff their faces.

"Slow down you guys. You look like you haven't eaten in days." Arabella said watching Sirius try to stuff a steak bigger than his face in his mouth.

"Jamsth, Lilth, how come you guyth didn't tell us your were Head Boy and Girl?" Remus tried to ask with his mouth full of food.

"Well, I didn't know James was Head Boy, but I wanted it to be a surprise." Lily said.

"I second Lily on that. I wanted it to be a surprise too." James said grinning evilly. "Oh the possibilities of being Head Boy. We won't get caught doing pranks." Everyone smirked.

The feast was over and they were walking up the Marble Staircase to Gryffindor Tower, when Lily ran up to them trying to catch her breath.

"Lils were did you go? I thought you were right behind us," asked Arabella confused.

"McGonagall pulled me to the side to tell me the password, Bella." James protested.

"Hey, how come she didn't tell me the password?" James demanded.

"Please, James. McGonagall would have to be mad to give you the password." Sirius laughed. They all joined him. "Well I am Head Boy now. I don't see why she couldn't tell me."

"Oh James your such a baby. Here" Lily pulled him down by the arm and whispered the password in his ear. "That's why she didn't tell you." Lily said, as James started to laugh. "She new you were going to laugh before you got a chance to say it to the Fat Lady." Professor McGonagall was right. James was laughing uncontrollably by this time.

They reached the portrait of the Fat Lady she said; "Password" and Lily walked right up to the portrait and said, "Slytherin is goo." At this the whole of Gryffindor walked into Gryffindor Tower laughing.

"Well goodnight everyone. We'll see ya in the morning" said Bella.

"Good night," they all chorused and walked into their own dormitories.

A/N: Did you guys like this chapter? Next chapter I think I'm going to skip to Christmas. I have plans for Christmas and what James is going to get Lily. Thanx to everyone who reviewed the last chapter. Please review this one, but be nice. Sorry about the song. I had no idea how that popped into my head.

A/N2: The next chapter will have more stuff in it. I'm just getting started on this one, so just give me a chance and it'll get better.