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In case you didn't catch it, Sophie's last name-Balatro-means fool or joker in Latin

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Chapter 2: A New Friend and a Wonderful Prank

Sophie's trip to Diagon Alley to go shopping for Hogwarts school supplies had been wonderful. Everything had amazed her, so much so that she didn't play a prank even once. She bought all the books on the school list, robes, supplies, and to her surprise, a wand. After only ten minutes, Ollivander had found her the perfect wand-Oak wood with unicorn hair, eleven and a half inches, tricky, and good for charms work.

For the next two months, Sophie submerged herself in the new world of magic, for once actually reading school books ahead of time. When September first arrived, she was ready and eager to go to Hogwarts.

As her mother walked her through the barrier in King's Cross Station, Sophie couldn't help but feel excitement for her first year of magic school.

"Now Sophie, you need to be good at school. Don't play pranks or trick people or anything. You need to be good," Sophie's mother said. "Oh, I'm going to miss you so much," she cried as she enveloped Sophie in a bone crushing hug.

Sophie, struggling in her mother's grip said, "Okay mum, Can you let me go now? Please? I can't breathe."

Agnes let go of her daughter reluctantly, and stared at her for a minute. "Sorry, I'm just going to miss you so much. My little baby grew up so fast and is going away to school already. I'll miss you," she said, a tear going down her cheek.

Sophie looking a little sad too replied to her mother, "Don't be too sad, I'll be back for Christmas, and I'll send you letters. There's only one thing…"

"Yes"

"Do you really think that I'm going to be good and not play any pranks?"

Her mother sighed, "No, I know you'll keep pranking, joking, and fooling around. Just be good, okay?"

Sophie looked at her mom in amazement. "Wait, are you actually telling me that it's okay to prank? I never thought I'd see the day when that happened. Don't be too upset though when you get letters that aren't from me but from my teachers," she said as she looked up at her mother.

"Now Sophie…" Agnes said warningly.

At this time, the whistle for all students to get on the train rang out.

"I have to go mum. See you soon," Sophie said as she gave her mother one last hug and ran onto the train.

On the train, Sophie found a compartment with only one girl in it, and sat down next to her.

"Hi, my name's Sophie. I'm a first year. What's your name?", Sophie asked holding out her hand to the girl in the other seat.

"My name's Annalisa, but you can call me Anna. I'm a first year too," she said shaking Sophie's hand and smiling at her, "What do you like to do? I like to play Quidditch."

Sophie looked at her, confused as she had never heard of 'Quidditch' before. "What is that?" she asked Anna.

Anna looked like she was about to cry. "How could you not know about Quidditch? It's the most popular sport in the wizarding world!" she nearly shouted.

"I didn't grow up in the wizarding world. I didn't even know about it until two months ago," Sophie replied to the outburst.

"Oh, so you're Muggle-Born. That makes more sense. Quidditch is a sport that you play on broomsticks, and there are seven members on a team. Three of the players try to score by tossing a ball into one of the three hoops that another player guards. Then there are two players who hit balls at all the opposing players. The last player has to search the playing field for a little ball, and when they find it, the game ends. It's actually pretty complicated," Anna supplied. "So now what do you like to do?" she asked.

"Well, I like to fool around and play pranks on other people. Oh, and I love jokes," Sophie said instantly.

"Really, that's so cool! What do you do?"

"One time, I switched the sugar with salt and my mum went to make tea. When she went to drink it, she realized it tasted really salty, not sugary. She was super angry at me for a whole week!" Sophie proudly responded.

Anna winced at how the tea must have tasted, and then said, "That's really interesting. Just do me a favor, will you."

"Yeah?"

"Never let me drink tea within thirty feet of you."

They both started laughing at this.

Just then, Sophie thought of an ingenious idea. "Anna..." she said

"Yes," Anna answered.

"I have an idea."

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Whispering, Anna asked Sophie, "Are you sure that we won't get caught?"

"I'm sure," her friend responded.

"But won't they see us open the door?"

"No, they won't be paying attention. They'll be too busy talking…You ready?"

"Yeah"

At that exact moment, Sophie pulled the compartment door open. Immediately, the two girls threw the water balloons into the compartment, soaking the unknowing passengers. Right after throwing the balloons, both Anna and Sophie ran away, jumping into their own compartment as soon as they saw it.

Upon hearing the angry yelling voices, the two new best friends erupted into laughter.

"That…was…so…funny," Sophie said between breaths.

"It was!" Anna responded. "I feel a little bad, but it was really funny."

Sophie looked at her and exclaimed, "This year is going to be so much fun!"

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