Disclaimer: I don't own HP... no that doesn't mean Hewlit Packard (sp?), someone thought that... morons...

Thanks: Thanks to everyone who helped, specially Kaitlin for the hairspray and Zack (GASP! My brother helped!) for help with names!!

Notes: Wizard Instant Messenger (WIM) is not my idea. This is an idea of Kaitlin's used with permission.

Chapter 5: Weasley's Extra Strength Un-Hairspray

When the train finally stopped at Hogwarts, Jett, Dyani, Kathrin, Devi, Raven, Draco, Elijah, Crabbe, and Goyle got out and piled into one of the horseless carriages.

"Can anyone else see the Thestrals?" Jett asked once the carriage had begun to move.

"The what?" said Elijah.

"The Thestrals, the winged horses that pull the carriages. Can anyone see them?"

"I can," said Kathrin. "Harry wasn't in the room when Voldemort-" (surprisingly, no one in the carriage shuddered at his name) "- killed my parents, but my mum was in the middle of giving me a bath."

"I can't see them, but I've heard of them, only because of Hagrid's lesson last year," said Raven.

"I didn't pay attention in that lesson," said Elijah.

"Obviously," Draco said with a short laugh.

The carriages pulled up to the front of the school and the group got out and headed inside.

"God it's cold out there," said Devi.

Everyone heard a great shriek, "OH! DRACO!!"

The group turned around to find, none other, than Pansy Parkinson, walking up to Draco, her posse of friends trying to keep up.

"God help me," he said, in a voice only the group could here. They all laughed.

"Draco, you never answered any of my owls!" she said, throwing her arms around his neck to give him a hug. He kind of just stood there.

"He was avoiding her," Dyani said to the others, who laughed a little more.

"I never got any," he said, pushing her off him. "We're uh- gonna be late for- uh-"

"Dinner! Yes, Dinner," said Devi.

"Yeah! Dinner!"

"Oh, can I sit next to you, please?" she asked pleadingly.

"I'm uh-" seeing as Kathrin was standing next to him, he grabbed her hand "-sitting with Kathrin! G'bye!" he said, and quickly walked off into the Great Hall with his friends, not noticing he was still holding Kathrin's hand.

"Uh, can I have my hand back now?" she asked him, as though she really didn't mind at all.

"Oh, yeah." He let go of her hand. "God that girl's mental."

"See you guys later!" said Devi, as she departed for the Gryffindor table.

The remaining eight found a spot in the middle of the Slytherin table. Draco, Kathrin, Dyani and Raven sat on one side of the table, and Crabbe, Goyle, Jett, and Elijah sat across from them. Draco nervously looked around for Pansy, and upon noticing she was way at the end of the table, sighed in relief. Five minutes later, everyone's attention was directed to Dumbledore at the very front of the Great Hall.

"Welcome, welcome to another year at Hogwarts!" he said. "First, and as always, we will begin with the Sorting!"

Professor McGonagall then came through the with the pack of terrified looking first years.

"Adkins, Brian," she read off of her parchment. A short thin boy who had particularly large front teeth walked up. He looked terrified.

"RAVENCLAW!" the hat shouted. The table next to Slytherin began to cheer for Brian as he got off the stool and sat down. The sorting took longer than usual, there were more first years than last year, but finally, Sarah Zates became a Slytherin.

"Before we begin our feast, I have a few announcements. First, I'd like to introduce your new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Kramer." A woman who looked about thirty stood up next to Professor Snape. She had brown shoulder length hair, and from what the group could tell, bright blue eyes. She took a short bow, and sat back down. "Second, The Forbidden Forest is still off limits to all students, unless given permission and accompanied by a teacher. Thirdly, trips to Hogsmeade have been doubled, and now visits will be every other Saturday, beginning on the first of September. Finally, an Activities Club has been suggested by Professor Kramer. Any students third year and above students are welcome to sign up to help with organizing activities for all Hogwarts students. Posters have been posted outside of the Great Hall. Enjoy the food!"

With his final words, the golden plates in the center of the tables filled up with food, pitchers of drinks magically appeared.

... ............

"Is she still asleep?"

"I don't know."

"Wake her up!"

"I'm not going to wake her up! You do it!"

"I don't want to!"

"Fine, I'll do it. Dyani! Dyani! Dyani, wake up!"

Dyani woke to Raven shaking her and Kathrin standing next to her, both were in their pajamas and their hair was a mess. The past few months had gone by very quickly. It was now a week before Christmas on a Saturday.

"Could you two be any louder?" Dyani said sleepily. "It's a Saturday for Pete's sake."

"Yeah, it's Saturday. Does anything about a Saturday ring a bell?" asked Raven.
"Yeah, I get to sleep in," she said, standing up.

"It's a Hogsmeade trip. God sometimes I swear," said Kathrin.

"Hey, you aren't any better," said Raven.

Dyani got up and walked with her friends out into the Slytherin Common Room. Jett, Elijah, and Draco were there, still in their pajamas as well. Jett was kicking Elijah's butt at Wizards Chess, and Draco was laughing as Jett's queen beheaded Elijah's pawn.

"Where's Crabbe and Goyle?" asked Kathrin, sitting down next to Draco.

"Went to get us some food. We're gonna be eating breakfast in here this morning," said Draco.

"I thought we were going to meet Devi?" asked Dyani.

"She popped on WIM this morning, said something about meeting someone else for breakfast. She wouldn't tell me who," said Draco.

"Oh, ok."

"WIM?" asked Elijah. "What's that?"

"It's a Weasley product," said Kathrin.

"Speaking of the Weasley's, we should stop by their shop while we're in Hogsmeade today," said Raven.

Crabbe and Goyle came walking in with two platters of breakfast food each. They set them on the table that was between two couches and the group dug in. They had brought eggs, bacon, pancakes, waffles and orange juice.

"I don't see why my cousin's so worked up about the house elves working in the kitchens, this food rocks!" said Raven.

"Stupid Mudblood. She's really trying to save them?" Draco asked, with a mouth full of pancake.

"She doesn't understand that they like it. Don't ask."

The group ate their breakfast, got dressed and headed out to the courtyard to wait for the rest of the students and teachers going to Hogsmeade.

Jett began to entertain the girls by changing his hair color. First, he changed it to blue, then red, and then to make them laugh, purple and then pink.

"What's your natural hair color, though?" asked Raven.

"Uh... I think it's brown... I don't really remember anymore," he said, changing it back to the acid green color it was this morning.

"Oh, there's Devi!" said Kathrin, pointing to a girl in the distance walking towards the group. "She's not alone, though. Who is that?"

"I don't know," said Dyani.

"I think it's--- I think it's Ron!!" said Raven. "Oh, that's so cute!"

"AHA!!! THAT'S WHO SHE WAS MEETING!!" said Draco.

"Hey guys," said Devi, as she finally came up to the group. "Uh, I hope you don't mind if I bring Ron along?"

"No, Elijah has to drag along his girlfriend, so nothing else could be worse. Here they come now," said Dyani, pointing to Elijah, who was walking over to them holding a girls hand.

"Hey, this is Marissa," he said.

"Hi!" said Marissa.

"Hi," said Dyani. "Oh, there's Professor McGonagall. We should get over there."

The group walked over to the large number of people forming in front of the professor. Fifteen minutes later, they were standing in front of the Three Broomsticks.

"Where to first?" asked Raven.

"Shall we go see Fred and George?" said Kathrin.

"Fine with me. Lead the way."

Kathrin looked around.

"You don't know where it is, do you?" asked Dyani.

"Uh... no, not really," she answered.

"I know where it is," said Ron, as he started to lead the way to Fred and George's joke shop. A couple minutes later, they were standing in the middle of the brightly colored room. The twin's products lined the walls and filled the counters.

"They've been busy this summer," said Kathrin. "I don't remember them having this many ideas.

"Some of them are Zonko's products, but most of them are their own creations."

Draco picked up a piece of parchment out of a box that said WIM. He handed it to Elijah. "This is WIM," he said.

"What's it stand for?" he asked.

"It stands for---"

"Wizard Instant Messenger," said Fred. He was standing behind the counter that the box was sitting on. "Two Galleons a piece. How are we all this fine day?"

"Uh... good, I guess," said Elijah.

"Hey Fred!" said Kathrin, walking over to Draco and Elijah.

"Oh, hey Kathrin. I've got something for you. Hang on a sec," said Fred. He then walked through a door at the back of the room. He came back with what looked like a can of hairspray. He handed it to Kathrin.

"What's this?" she asked.

"Weasley's Extra Strength Unhairspray. Just spray it on-"

"And it'll make your target balder than the palms of your hands," said George, coming in from the same door that Fred had brought the unhairspray from.

"Awesome!!" said Jett. "You could use it on Cristina!"

"Who's Cristina?" asked Draco.

"Captain Commando."

"Oh... her."

"How much?" asked Kathrin.

"It's not for sale-" said Fred.

"Yet-" continued George

"But you can keep that can-"

"On the house."

"Think of it as a-"

"A Christmas present," they finished together.

"Oh, cool. Thanks! You guys rock!" thanked Kathrin. "Umm, what about your shop in Diagon Alley?"

"Thanks for reminding me about that- you see, I'm currently on my lunch break," said George. "Which reminds me, I have a few minutes to eat lunch before it's over."

CRACK! George disappeared in front of them.

The group picked up a couple more Weasley products, said their good-bye's to Fred and George, and headed back into the center of Hogsmeade.

"You're not really gonna use that with them, are you, Elijah?" Marissa asked him.

"Well, yeah. It's funny," he answered. "Besides it could always be fixed."

"But it'll hurt her feelings."

"Since when did she care about other people than herself?" Dyani asked Devi, Raven and Kathrin.

"It's just a joke, Marissa," said Devi. "and besides, Elijah's right, you can fix it."

They walked around for another hour, stopping in shops and buying stuff.

"I'm hungry," complained Goyle.

"Ooooo..." said Crabbe. "I smell barbeque."

"I don't smell anything," said Draco.

"I smell it too!" said Goyle.

"I still don't smell anything!"

"Trust us on this one," said Crabbe. He started to lead the group over to a new area in Hogsmeade. It was sort of like an outdoor restauraunt... there were picnic tables filled with Hogwarts students. "Out door barbeque! Please can we eat here? Please?!"

"Oh, fine," said Draco. "It does smell good."

The group got their food and sat down at one of the picnic tables. Once they had finished eating, they decided to go for a walk the outskirts of Hogsmeade, over to the Shrieking Shack. Around three thirty, the group walked back to the town, and waited for the rest of the Hogwarts students and teachers. They then went back to school.

"Well, it's four o clock, and dinner is at six... what do we do in the meantime?" said Dyani.

"Let's go make snowmen in the courtyard," said Raven. "We haven't made any yet this year."

"Ok, sounds fun. Anyone else wanna come?"

"We can't," said Marissa. Elijah rolled his eyes, which she didn't notice. "We're meeting some friends in the library." She started to walk off.

"I don't want to go have tea with Hermione and Harry. She doesn't understand that I don't like them," said Elijah, and then went off to catch up to Marissa.

"I've got presents to wrap, but I'll come back out when I'm done," said Jett, "See you later." He left.

"I'm all up for makin' snowmen," said Kathrin.

"Same here," said Devi. "What about you, Ron?"

"Yeah. Staying is loads better than tea with Hermione and Harry. I feel really bad for Elijah. He hates those things."

"We're going to the kitchens. The house elves said they'd give us free cupcakes if we helped with dishes," said Crabbe. Him and Goyle walked off.

"I guess, I'll stay," said Draco. The group walked to the courtyard, and found an area that no one had made any snowmen in yet, and began to make a very crude looking snowman.

"Dyani! You're supposed to be helping us with this one, not making your own!" said Draco, noticing that she was putting a head on her own snowman.

"This one's special. I'm going to destroy it when I'm done," she said as she stuck twigs in the head.

"What's it supposed to be? An electrocuted snowman?" asked Kathrin.

"No, Its Hermione!" she said, as she picked up two rather large leaves and stuck them to it. "Those are her front teeth."

"Oh, hey, I got an idea!" Kathrin then began to make her own snowman, all though it's head was bigger than it's bottom, being propped up with sticks. She grabbed a handful of pebbles and put glasses and a lightning bolt on it's forehead. "Hehehe. It's Harry!" SMACK! "Ow! Hey! What was that for?!" Dyani had thrown a snowball at her.

"Sorry, I missed my snowperson."

"Uh huh, sure!" Kathrin then threw a snowball back at Dyani, who ducked. The snowball ended up hitting Ron in the back of the head.

Jett had come back out and, realizing what had happened, kept his distance, waiting for someone to declare war against the others.

"Hey!" Ron picked up a snowball.

"SNOWBALL FIGHT!!!!" yelled Kathrin, who threw one at Jett.

Their snowball fight lasted for a good half an hour. By the first five minutes, two teams had formed and both were hiding behind forts. Someone would hit the occasional passerby (Draco had managed to hit Professor Kramer, who threw one back and hit him in the head, and Ron had hit a passing Ravenclaw, who flipped him off).

Finally the war ended and the group decided to go back to making snowmen. They had totally destroyed Snow-Harry and Snow-Hermione, by taking snow off of them to make their snowmen. Kathrin had made a tiger, it was missing ears, and she couldn't get the tail to stay on. Jett had made the lead guitarist from the Weird Sisters (his guitar kept collapsing, taking his arm with it), and the others had just made regular old snowmen.

Kathrin was trying to make ears, when Pansy strolled up.

"What is that supposed to be?" she said, pointing to Kathrin's tiger in disgust.

"Why do you care?" said Kathrin.

"Pansy, leave us alone," said Draco. Pansy looked at him, mouth gaping.

"You might want to shut your mouth before you catch a wild Doxy," said Jett.

"Draco, I was wondering if you'd join me for dinner?"

"Sorry, I can't."

"Why not?"

"I have Quidditch tryouts tomorrow. The new season starts after the holidays and all the team has to be present when we hold the tryouts. Which means my dinner will be cut short. I don't care if you try out though, let's see, we're missing, a Chaser, and—Kathrin, do you know what other spots are open?"

"I think that's it, actually. Right Raven?"

Raven was the Keeper, and new captain of the Slytherin Quidditch Team. "Yeah, just a Chaser."

"Well, maybe I will try out, and I'll be the best on the team!" said Pansy, with her nose in the air.

"Shoo," said Draco, moving his hands like he was getting rid of a fly. Pansy walked off, her back to the group.

"Oh," said Kathrin. She picked up a snowball and chucked it at the back of Pansy's head. "I've always wanted to do that." Everyone laughed.