If there's one thing that Ravenclaws aren't, it's dumb. We knew that after that prank everyone would be on edge just waiting for us to strike. Our house pulled an all-nighter but we managed to plan out our entire strategy. We waited one week to attack. The Gryffindors were terrified every time they had to cross paths with the Ravenclaws. Some would go out of their way to avoid coming into contact with us, and others took the blunt approach and ran.
The 3rd unspoken school rule was put there for a reason, and everyone knew the story. We all had to learn about The Prank War in our History class, it was incredible. The basic story was a Hufflepuff thought it'd be funny to teepee the Ravenclaw tower one night, then all hell broke loose. They managed to stop classes for two months, the teachers were all too scared to leave their rooms. The Ravenclaws got out of control and they had to close off half of the school and part of the quidditch field because they were in ruins.
It was a fantastic story, but ever since then no one's ever pranked a Ravenclaw; that is, until now. We decided as a house to take this as an opportunity to outdo our ancestors. However, we don't want to be famous because of how out of hand it gets, we want to be famous for our victory. You see, when The Prank War ended the "Golden Gryffins" (as the Gryffindors liked to be called) got the last prank on the "Ridiculous Ravens" (as the Gryffindors liked to call the Ravenclaws) before the war had to stop.
We decided that explosives were not allowed and damaging school property would be bad because who wouldn't want to be able to attend classes? Instead of going big we were going to go small. The Gryffindors liked pranks, it was a way to add danger to their life, so we would entertain them. The pranks would slowly get bigger and more elaborate, and once they've finally had enough we'll win. That was the plan anyway, but things don't always go according to plan.