A/N: Thank all of my wonderful reviewers!!! I haven't one complaint yet!!! *jumps up and down while doing the happy dance* Although my two best friends,*cough* Mage Kitty and Pyro Bass Devil *cough* have failed to review my second chapter... That might be because they were on a band trip... But that's still no excuse!! My stories are apparently comic relief for the small minded... What does that make me? I wrote them.... Oh well they say there are some things better left not unknown... I bet those are the same people who came up with the saying 'It's only fun until someone gets hurt.' I have news for them, it's true it's fun until someone gets hurt, after that it's hilarious!!! *disappears in a cloud of purple smoke*

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Chapter Four: All Systems Go

Hermione spotted Hannah Abbot, in the crowd of people heading into the castle. "Perfect," she muttered to herself. Quickly she reached the red head before she reached the large stony steps of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. "Hey Hannah, boy have you changed!"

The Huffelpuff blushed. "Hermione Granger is that you?" Hannah asked.

"In the flesh," Hermione smiled proudly. She previously heard Hannah had spent a boring summer at the beach, but in order for the prank to work she needed Hannah where she was.

"What happened to you this summer?" Hannah urged.

"Nothing interesting, I just visited some relatives," she lied, but that didn't really matter. "So what have you been up to this summer?"

"Oh nothing really, I just..." and from then on the giggle girl went on in intricate detail about her summer on the lake. Hermione payed little to no attention to her.

Over Hannah's shoulder Hermione spotted Harry talking to some girl in Hannah's house, and slightly ahead of him was Ron conversing with a Hufflepuff boy. She smiled at Harry signaling him to nod at Ron, who turned and nodded at her. A triangle of light sprang to life. Hermione cast a spell which hit the girl Harry was talking to, then a beam of light hit the boy Ron was speaking with, and finally a stream hit Hannah. Hannah's wand glowed a pale green then blue, and turned back to it's original colour.

"And it was the funniest thing in the world!" Hannah was still chattering on about her vacation.

Hermione laughed to make it look like she was listening. It worked because Hannah was laughing with her. Trying not to sound rude Hermione politely excused herself, and walked into the Great Hall, her side kicks quickly followed suit, taking their places beside her. Eye's followed their every movement. Much to Hermione's amusement.

"How did it go with you guy's?" Hermione asked.

"Fine," Harry conformed.

"Yep, all systems go," Ron smiled.

"That is the last time you ever watch a movie," Harry muttered.

"Are you both sure you put the timing spell on first," Hermione asked ignoring both their comments.

"Yes," they both hissed simultaneously.

At that point Albus Dumbledor stood up to address the hall. A red beam hit him clear in the throat. He opened his mouth to speak, but no sound emerged. The Great Hall chuckled in response. A second stream of light sailed across the hall and hit the Sorting Hat, no one really noticed this though.

"Since the Head Master is unable to do announcements at this point in time, I suggest we start with the Sorting ceremony," the Transfiguration Professor declared, picking up a large scroll. "Andrews, Conner."A little black haired boy scurried up to the stool. Minerva dropped the Hat on his head.

"Mmmhhh, na swerdna hha... Gnol emit ecnis ev'I tem eno fo uoy," boomed a voice, although it could have been speaking parzletongue for all they knew, because quiet frankly no one understood a word. "Revelc, uoy lliw od llew ni LAWCNEVAR!"

Everyone stared blankly. Another stream which was a pale green colour swept over each professor, except for Sprout. Dumbledor had figured out why the Sorting Hat was not speaking properly, but couldn't undo the spell, do to his er- condition, for lack of a better word. Teachers were now laughing uncontrollably, Severus Snape had knocked over his goblet of pumpkin juice, Professor Sinistra was wobbling around looking for a cloth, Hagrid the Care of Magical Creatures was yelling at his empty plate trying to summon food, and Minerva was having trouble reading the names off the scroll.

The poor little boy stayed frozen on the stool as the Hat kept yelling over and over again, "LAWCNEVAR!"

The entire hall burst into laughter as the faculty grumbled apart. The only words that could describe such a sight was sheer and utter lack of intelligence. The Head Master guided the poor boy over to the Ravenclaw table, while everyone was still howling with laughter.

"Johnson, Jeanie," Minerva obviously skipping down the list to find something she could actually pronounce.

A skinny little girl with long sunny hair climbed on top of the stool. The Transfiguration Professor pulled the Hat down over the girls eye's.

"Saw taht yletelpomc yrassecen?" asked a muffled voice. The Hall erupted with new laughter, most were on the verge of tears.

"SILENCE!" bellowed Dumbledor.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione watched with glee as their plan unfolded. Dumbledor had a silencing charm on, the entire staff had been put under a stupid curse, and the Sorting Hat was talking backwards. The best part of it all, was no one could pin it on them.

Apparently the silencing charm warm off, and a very angry Dumbledor was staring into the crowd. "WHO DID THIS?"

Those were the magic words which set off three charmed wands. Three streaks of colours, one red, one blue, and one green, set off for the ceiling. A Dragon, Phoenix, and Griffin were born from the colours. Shortly after they disappeared, and all eye's were on the Hufflepuffs, three to be exact.

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A/N: Yay!!! Their plan played out perfectly!!! Don't worry there is more to come!!! This is just the beginning, as Hermione put it in the first chapter... Thank you guy's for reviewing!!! Chaw... Oh, and please review my other new story 'The Dark Poet', please, please, please, PLEASE!!! I really love reviews... thanks for all the support... Umm for lack of a better word... I'm going on vacation for ten days.... See you later!!! Crimson Dragoness )0( (Yes I changed my name...)