Sean

"Hey Toni!" Sean's auburn hair fell in his icy blue eyes as he jogged over to the 6th year Ravenclaw. He put on his best smile, which to the best of his ability was a crooked smirk. He wasn't exceptionally tall but he figured he'd shoot up 10 feet one day and tower over his sister Daisy once again.

Antonia rolled her dark eyes "what now Salvatore?" She was awaiting her friends in the busy great hall near the ravenclaw table.

The last of the boats carrying the first years had just docked and now all there was to do is wait for them to arrive and be sorted.

He raised his arms playfully as if surrendering "easy trigger, just wanted to-"

She shot him her usual not-today look-something of a bored and irritated expression.

He sighed "well think about it will ya?" he started to go to his table when he remembered something and turned back to her "really think about it this time, I'm not just a pretty face" he softened his smirk and lifted his shoulders slightly.

For once Antonia Potter saw a softer more vulnerable and if she dare say adorable side to Sean Salvatore, Gryffindor quidditch seeker and over all self proclaimed 'ladies man'. She only offered him a sarcastic sneer and turned to sit down with her friends who had just arrived.

Sean saw the girls giggle, look up at him then stifle an even greater fit of laughter as Antonia leaned closer to them and whispered something Sean couldn't hear.

Giving up for now Sean sauntered back to the gryffindor table. His ego a bit bruised like it always was after a talk with Antonia Potter.

His dampened mood shifted instantly as he spotted two of his best mates down the other end of the table. Smirk once again on his face and picking up speed he flew down the isle and jumped onto a shaggy black haired boy "PATTY!" Sean bellowed as he quickly got the dark boy into a playful choke hold and mussed up his hair.

The boys around them began to laugh as Sean let him go "what's up, what did I miss?" he asked as he plopped down on the bench beside the coughing boy.

The doors to the great hall opened and a hush went over the room. Sean rolled his eyes "never mind them, what do you have Collin?" He had spotted the metallic shine of the firework holder. A odd shaped almost funnel contraption new to the Weasley's shops. The small metal holders would heat up the small rocks that held the fireworks and shoot them anywhere from 5 to 10 feet in the air.

Collin and Patrick Bennett were cousins but, they looked as if they were brothers save for the few obvious features. Where Collin was fair skinned,Patrick was darker tan. Both had light black hair that almost was brown in some lights. The two were on the quidditch team with Sean and always were bickering about their favorite teams. Collin was one of the beaters for the team and one of the best Sean had seen even from the professional games but, even his skills paled in comparison to Patrick's chaser skills. He might be a bit slow on the ground but give the kid a broom and he'll be gone before you could blink.

You could always tell when the two were up to something, their hazel eyes would shine like they did now.

"so" Sean began getting excited "when? Where?" he had leaned over the table to hear them both over the headmaster's welcome speech.

Patrick grinned "as soon as possible, and right in this room o'course"

Collin motioned his head in the direction of the hufflepuff table at the ginger twins Alicia and Anthony. The 3rd years who wasted no time making friends as soon as they stepped foot inside the school. The two looked identical despite their genders.

Although Alicia's features were more smoothed and feminine than Anthony's when they grinned it was hard to tell each other apart beside the hair length that played only a small part seeing as Anthony liked to wear his hair long enough to tie into a ponytail.

They nodded to Collin and in turn glanced over to someone else over at the Ravenclaw table.

It didn't take Sean long at all before he caught on they had friends in every house, so there shall be fireworks going off all over the room.

The sorting had began and a few of the first years had been sorted, the same old jokes the hat had said about some of the students with family already there every year were heard, some even could say them along with the hat but as the amount of students vanished to the tables of their houses Sean was getting impatient.

"Now?" he asked every two minutes mostly messing with Patrick's concentration. Patrick was getting aggravated and would push Sean's head down to be able to see better but to mostly shut him up for a while.

"what about now?" Sean laughed as his face pushed into the wood of the old worn table.

Collin started to laugh and Patrick let go of Sean's head "in four minutes Sean, shut the bloody hell up"

Collin paused as Sean sat up and rubbed his cheek "The teachers will stand up and do their little announcements that they do every year" Collin huffed, adjusting the fireworks in his hand "we are going to set these off while they do so and when they do that...well we run for it"

They waited until the last few students were sorted and the announcements to start. Sean kept tabs on his family members though. His cousin on his mother's side, Finnick Greenley had been sorted into good old gryffindor. Sean would have called him over to sit with them if his other cousin Atticus, Finnick's older brother didn't already call him first.

From the Hufflepuff table Patrick saw Anthony nod frantically, attempting to contain his laughter.

"okay" Patrick glanced at Collin "now" he whispered.

Not a moment after the words left his lips Collin released the small rocks into the holder. As soon as the hit the metal they bounced off and shot up into the air. The bright sparks burst in colors of red and gold. Loud booming noises could be heard all throughout the room as blues, silvers,greens, yellows and blacks shimmered through the air.

It was easy to spot the first years from the confused and awe struck faces in the rows students.

The professors however were not amused, or at least most of them weren't. One of the teachers who had been a DADA teacher for a while now let out a loud booming laugh cheering on some of the students that had let the fireworks go.

As soon at the booming and lights were the brightest Collin,Patrick, Sean, the twins and the few others involved with the prank got up as fast as they could and got themselves out of the room.

As Sean slipped out the door he spotted Antonia who was staring straight at him from her table. The slight glare in her eyes was taken over by the smile on her face.

Sean saluted her quickly and mouthed the words "you are welcome m'lady" before taking off after his friends up the stairs and out of sight.