A/N: I don't own the HP chars. All the rest I do. Well only Solana and Jessica. The rest of the rest belong to themselves, so don't sue unless you **absolutely, positively under any circumstances** sue me. Even then, don't. lol You won't get much!

Chapter 2: The four of them followed the trail of other First Years over to Hagrid, who quickly told them that they would be crossing the lake. Solana shrugged. Sarah and Beth shuddered, and Liv was half way down to the boats.

"OI! Liv wait for me!" Solana called, tripping over her robe (she wasn't used to wearing them). "Steady on!" the dark haired boy she and Beth had seen earlier was trying to steady her. She nodded, then continued running down to boats, and promptly sat down in one. Hagrid was obviously having trouble getting the first years down there.

"Psst! Liv! I think we should do some pranking," Solana whispered. "I don't think so," a lazy, drawling voice said. Liv and Solana turned. A blond boy, (Solana's 'bony cushion') flanked by two, large and ugly boys stood there, arms crossed. "Why not?" Solana asked indignantly. "Yeah!" Liv pitched in. "Because, I just wouldn't.. And if you keep this up, I'll personally make sure that you get expelled!" the blond boy said. "What's your name anyway?" Solana asked, starting to look angry. "Draco.. Draco Malfoy." He said. "Well. That sounds like a vampire name. But still, I doubt that you have much power at all to get us expelled," Liv snapped.



Hagrid was coming down, and stopped the other First Years. "GO SOLANA!" Beth and Sarah were crying in unison. "OFF OF HIM!" Hagrid roared. Solana rolled off of Draco, and stopped hitting him. Obviously, they had had a disagreement. Crabbe and Goyle had run off, scared of Liv. Solana cleared her throat and stood up, attempting to dust the dirt and other debris off her robes. Draco sat up, looking a little dazed. Crabbe and Goyle peeked through the bushes, then came out. Everyone was shocked. Draco finally stood up, after a few moments of silence. "I demand an apology!" he said angrily. Solana raised her eyebrows. "No," she said simply. Hagrid took a step forward. "For both of yer sakes I 'ope yeh two get separate 'ouses!" he said, pushing the two of them apart, and putting them in the boats. Solana glared over a boat at Draco, then faced Liv, Beth, and Sarah. "You were great!" Sarah said happily. "You should have seen his face!" Beth said, smiling. "Yeah! I don't think his daddy can protect him from you!" Liv said. Solana smirked.

They arrived in the Entry Hall, half an hour later. Professor McGonagall made her normal speech, then lead them into the Great Hall. In a nervous line they waited for the Hat. After the Dream Team, Draco, and a lot of others were sorted, it was time for our Steam Team to be sorted. "Olivia C." Olivia walked up slowly to the hat, and sat down. The hat made no noise. Professor McGonagall raised an eyebrow, and pulled her to the side. "Solana G." Solana walked up and the same happened to her as Olivia. "Beth K." Again the same thing happened. A few murmurs and whispers were heard. Professor McGonagall smiled thinly. "Sarah L." Sarah stood up, and walked over. Her face was a little white. 'What would happen if we got caught?' she thought. The hat was placed, and the answer was none. "Katz P." A girl with knee length blonde hair and steel blue eyes walked up. "SLYTHERIN!" She smiled and walked down.



Dumbledore stood lightly. Professor McGonagall went over to him and whispered something. "All right.. The Head of the Houses please pick a student, since, after all, the Hat is not working." Professor McGonagall laid a hand on Sarah's shoulder. "Gryffindor," she said simply, and pointed to a table. Professor Sprout picked Beth. Professor Snape pointed a finger at Solana. She gave an inward sigh of relief, this year was going to be so fun. This left Liv for Ravenclaw. They sat down at their appropriate tables. Solana sat down right next to Draco, grinning broadly. He glared at her, and she raised an amused eyebrow.



The rest of the dinner went on peacefully until dessert, when Solana announced she was tired, and slyly took out a few pieces of ice out of her tea, and as she walked past Draco, she slipped them down the back of his robes and ran off. Draco shrieked a long length of words, most of which were not polite. Solana sprinted down the steps to the Slytherin portal, then realized she didn't have the password, so she sat and waited..

Meanwhile:

Sarah sat at the Gryffindor table, feeling quite bored with them. She made very little contact, and then had an idea. She collected a few items off the dessert trays, and some of the condiments left on the table from the dinner course, and began to mix them up. "What are you doing?" a bright red haired boy asked. "What's your name?" Sarah asked. "Ron," he replied. Sarah nodded in acknowledgement. "Where I come from," Sarah said, un-screwing the lid to the tobassco bottle, and dropping some onto some ice cream, "we make this treat, and it has lots of exotic foods in it." Sarah picked up some lemon and dripped it in. She noticed a dark haired boy staring her. "Can I have some?" he and Ron asked. Sarah smiled cruelly. "Certainly. But I have to add some stuff to make it the best it can be," she said, ripping up some wax flower petals, then put in some shaved lime, added pepper, ketchup, mustard, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, and a little cherry on top. She stood up, reached into the flower pots, and took out two handfuls of dirt. "Here you go," she said, sprinkling the dirt. They of course didn't see it because they were talking. She faked a yawn, and then said, "Hey, I'm tired, I'll talk to you guys later." She waved then walked off.

Meanwhile:

Beth sat down rather quickly, and looked around the table. She didn't really recognize anyone, because the books didn't mention many people from Hufflepuff. The desire to ambush Hogwarts was too powerful for our young hero. Halfway through the dessert course, after being interupted by the gagging noises from the Gryffindor table and the shrieking from the Slytherin table, no one noticed that Beth had slipped under the table and begun to untie peoples shoes and re tie them their chairs. She got at least four peoples' chairs done, then popped back up. She threw a few pastries at them and ran. She heard the thuds of people falling over as she left towards the Hufflepuff portal.

At the Ravenclaw table..



Do not think our other young hero was not making mischief. She 'accidentally' knocked over a bottle of mustard on a dark haired girl and then apologized profusely. Later on, she took two bottles of chocolate, and stood up. "In honor of where I come from, I will need to practice a very sacred ritual. I need volunteers." Several people raised their hands. The teachers turned a blind eye to them, not caring at the moment, as they were in deep discussion. She nodded promptly, uncapped the bottles, and ran down, with them upturned over the volunteers' heads. They started to shriek with shock and fury. Cold chocolate dripped down their faces, heads and backs. Liv was giggling maniacally as she dropped the bottles at the door and ran to her portal. They all had the same problem. No password. Pranking was to be done..