sorry about the delay but ive got my exams are the moment so i rarely have time for a second thought. anyway here it is, i apologise or the poor prank idea, i dont have much of an imagination. if anyone has any good ideas for pranks they dont want to put in a story of their own let me know. ill reward you with a role in the story. yes i have bee n spelling lucious wrong but lets just pretend i intended to do that all along, it makes him a bit different anyway, because he is nothing like his grandfather. anyway before i begin i am obliged to tell you that none of this is mine, it all belongs to greater, richer people and i am making no money from this (otherwise i wouldnt have to sit so many stupid exams)!

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Katie woke up strangely excited, the night before had given her a definite buzz. Meeting Alice in that strange room had really opened her eyes. She had so much in common with the blue eyed ravenclaw it only highlighted how little she knew her dorm mates. However such thoughts were not going to bring her down today, for today was their first prank involving the entire school and it was scheduled for that night, the Halloween feast.

Katie could hardly keep still all day but she was a general bouncy person and it was her first Halloween spent in the wizarding world so her hyperactiveness was mostly overlooked by the rest of her year. She could tell however, that Lucious and Alice, generally the quieter of the two were struggling to keep their cool. Alice wasn't even paying attention when Professor Weasley asked her a question in transfiguration, something that the glares from her fellow ravenclaws, the professor's daughter in particular made her quickly regret.

Lucious however, seemed accustomed to putting on acts and managed to, as far as Katie could see stay calm, but if they didn't want to give anything away, which they didn't they would all have to do better than they were. After all, Lucious was one thing but it wouldn't do for his pureblood maniac of a father to learn his heir was playing childish jokes on the other students with the help of a mudblood. Not just any one, but the cousin of Harry bloody Potter, the person he had held a childhood grudge against since he was eleven. Oh yeah, Katie thought, that would go down a treat.

Not to mention Katie was petrified of it going wrong. What if people didn't see the funny side? What if she was punished and sent home? What if she disappointed her parents and her new found cousin? Were the others having such doubts? Oh well, even if they were it was too late to back out now, the days lessons had ended and she was making her way, along with Joe to the hall.

Suddenly she burst into hysterical laughter as she realised something. Whatever way the prank went, she was personally going to make sure that Snape was caught right in the middle of it. Hey, if expulsion was on the line she was going to make sure she had a hell of a good time doing it. With a new spring in her step she bounded excitedly to the great hall looking around in amazement at the decorations set up for the occasion.

The room was filled with pumpkins, there were little model witches flying around the ceiling and the sky showed a deep blue clear night. Perfect!

Mcgonagall began another of her boring speeches which Katie missed in its entirety as she was trying her best not to laugh at the ridiculous behaviour of Max, that boy really needed help on looking inconspicuous. When the headmistress declared it time to eat the first years knew it was time to strike. Together they muttered a chant, directed toward their own house's cutlery.

'rubbendinus cutlery'

In an instant the metal cutlery became more like rubber. The streaks impossible to cut with such flimsy knives and the vegetables would not allow the fork to hold them. The staff table had not been forgotten and the most of the school, too busy with attempts to squire their own food missed the priceless reaction of the faculty. To Professor Potter it was hilarious and he soon gave up, being more inclined to watch his colleague's reactions. For the headmistress it was a simple inconvenience and a look of wonder appeared on her face. Why? To Hagrid it mattered very little, he didn't use the cutlery to start with and was tucking into his steak with two hands unaware that anything was wrong. It was only Professor Weasley and Professor Snape who looked seriously angry. The former seemed to have a particular displeasure in anything distracting from ones work in general whereas the latter was simply disgusted at the entire situation. With a savage half-giant on one side and a chortling bespectacled boy on the other he seemed determined to, but was unsuccessful, hold in his rage.

Quickly Katie noted that the boy sitting to the right of her, at the bottom of the table was still attempting, like others to use the cutlery. Seizing the opportunity she quietly whispered the important words, sending this particular piece of food flying at his neighbour. This of course provoked a retaliation, which typically hit a friend who threw it back, hitting a ravenclaw. Little did these unsuspecting people know that it was four first years directing their aims to encourage more people into what turned into a food war. Once started people needed little encouragement.

Katie was disappointed to see Snape stand up reaching for his wand, he was about to stop the chaos early and of course she couldn't have that. As he opened his mouth to shout something she presumed to be rude and unfair she spotted a sausage leaving one of the first year ravenclaw's hand and sent it straight into his open mouth causing him to splutter and sit down. This however was ignored by most in the drama.

Realising it would look suspicious to come out of the hall dry and foodless, Katie managed within seconds to her herself right in the centre of the food, making sure she hit Max, Lucious, Alice and sent a few odd sausages the way of Snape, confusing him utterly and causing him to look accusingly at the green eyed wizard on his left. Poor Potter, thought Katie before smacking Alice in the face with a pumpkin pastry.

By now the entire school were up on their feet and the teachers seemed powerless to stop so many of them. Katie was sure there was some that could have done it. Weasley and Snape however seemed reluctant to act without the headmistress' approval and she simply sat and drank her tea. Katie wondered whether being in charge didn't make you a little mad, after all she had heard what happened to Dumbledore, the headmaster before. Both Lupin and Potter seemed to join her, as if it were some muggle cinema screen for them to watch. Katie noticed that Harry had his wand out and following her example was sending an occasional sausage of his own. Strictly off the record of course.

It was time to cause utter mayhem. It was Katie and Alice's job to cast a jelly legs curse on all the chair legs and the boys were supposed to be changing the colour of the sky, simply for effect. Pandemonium broke out as people who were standing on their stools fell how in a heap, on top of each other and the scraps of food, whilst others were distracted by the reds, greens, purples and yellows flashing in the once clear sky.

On seeing several students fall and injure themselves, not to mention being thrown off his own chair (Katie may have sent the curse a little too hard that time) Snape decided enough was enough and took out his wand pointing it at the sky. He seemed to believe that if he could fix that then peace would be restored. No such luck. The sky returned to normal no less than ten minutes later, when Katie winked at max to remove the charm. A large beautiful rainbow graced the sky and a model of a muggle aircraft flew out of its origin.

Katie did not quite know what was going on, this had not been planned but she trusted Lucious who she could see was subtly muttering under his breath looking upwards.

Spelling out the simple phrase

'Gotcha!'

The aircraft flew straight out of the sky into the headmistress's startled lap. The whole hall burst into laughter and it took them a long time to calm down and leave the hall, even longer to get to sleep for, even the most studious of ravenclaws, the most golden gryffindor, the most snobby slytherins and the shiest hufflepuff had enjoyed themselves. The question discussed was simply who? After all it must have taken guts, brains, cunning and humour to pull of such a spectacle.

Katie relished in the gossip as she was sure the others would and wondered how long it would go on. Adding her own feeble guesses to the suggestions she spent the night laughing gleefully on the inside.

He he he! What had she begun?

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yep, i know lame idea, but please review anyway