Lazing Under A Tree

Gwen nodded, "Me too. I love charms. And potions. And Defence. Okay..I think I love all classes. And HoM should be really great. The teacher is really nice. And yeah, I think I stopped by WWW earlier too. Awesome shop." She smiled thinking of a small potion she had invented.
"Are you guys interested in a prank?" She asked excitedly. She had just the thing.

Wheezes? Elise was sure she saw that shop before. It had been bustling with countless children of every age, and it had looked especially crowded too so she had avoided that place. She perked up at the mention of classes.

"I'm looking forward to all of my classes, though I guess I'm more excited about Defense." She said happily before turning again towards Gwen. "A prank? On who?"

Elise had never pranked anyone before. Usually because she thought it just wasn't in her nature to do so, and she's always been too busy looking out for the younger children.

James grinned. He was happy that the two other girls would be in the Defense class with him, as they wouldn't be looking forward to the class if they weren't enrolling in it. At least, then, he'd know some people in the class, and have someone to talk to.

He raised an eyebrow at the suggestion of a prank, "Yeah, who are you planning on pranking?" he asked Gwen, reiterating Elise's original question. He was all up for a prank, as long as it didn't get him into serious trouble before he had even started school.

"Peeves." She stated simply. "I´m going to try and prank him. It might not...no..probably won´t work but it´ll be fun trying. My old Mom left me a book with some potions and spells in it that were soley for pranking purpouses. We can prank someone else too if you want. There are a lot of ideas. One was a potion or charm that gave you pink glittery wings for an hour and made you hiccup pink glitter bubbles. They used it at the Beginning of Term feast on the whole school and weren´t caught. Imagine, even the headmaster. I´m more of an action person so I need help with planning and ideas are always welcome. If we get caught I´ll take the blame, no prob. My parents already suspect my plans for pranking Peeves and by the end of the year I hope to succeed." She grinned. She looked at the others waiting.

"Peeves?" She asked.

Elise didn't know who that was, but if Gwen was so determined to prank him then he must be someone very elusive. Then her eyes widened with surprise.

"The entire school was pranked? That's amazing."

James laughed hard then. "Wow!" he managed to get out, through his laughter, "Peeves! You're mad, Gwen!" James said, still laughing.

He turned to Elise, "Peeves is a poltergeist at the school, and apparently, he's always causing mischief and mayhem around the school. Phil says that the only ghost that can control him is the Bloody Baron, the Slytherin ghost. I still can't wait to see a real live ghost. That'll be cool. Phil said he walked through Nearly Headless Nick once and it felt like he went cold all over his body." James was beaming.

"I think pranking Peeves would have to make us go down into the record books for being the bravest students alive!" he said, grinning. "I'm in," James said, "What about you, Elise?"

Gwen grinned widely and nodded at the statement of her sanity. "Yeah, I know." She smirked. Then she looked at Elise hoping she´d say yes too, if not that was fine but her team for the prank would only be three then including her, and Essi was more planning than pranking. "And yes. The whole school. They got the house elves to put the potion in the food and after everyone took a bite...poof! Everyone had wings. Big, pink, glittery, fairy wings." She smirked. "We´ll definately be on Peeves HitList afterwards but that just makes it more worthwhile to me." She grinned broadly.

Elise nodded her head when James explained to her who Peeves was. Then she thought about it. Did she want to join in their little adventure? Sure, she did. It would be a nice experience, although the sound of being on Peeves' hit list was a bit daunting.

"I'm in." She grinned.

Gwen grinned, "Perfect. Now, when will we strike first? Any ideas?" She asked, she herself had quite a few.

Elise had no idea what pranking entailed, and was about to keep her mouth shut but then thought that she really wouldn't be contributing if she did nothing.

"Er... Just curious, no one has ever pranked Peeves, right?" Elise asked. "If not, then the best time to strike would be when we're all settled into our houses... So, the weekend after the first week of classes?"

She was unsure if that they would take it up, but Elise was throwing it out there. And it made sense in her mind - sort of.

James grinned, "Sounds good to me. Weekend after the first week of classes," he said, reiterating what Elise said. "I like it."

James really had no idea how they would even be able to prank Peeves. He knew that he wasn't technically a ghost, but could you even prank him? Gwen seemed to know more about it than he or Elise did, so they would follow her lead.

"What do you have in mind for pranking him, Gwen?" he asked the wannabe Gryffindor.

Elise grinned when James had agreed to her suggestion. Her eyes shifted to the sky, and noticed how darker it had gotten. It was time for her to go since her "supervisor" would be waiting for her at the entrance to the Leaky Cauldron.

And as much as she wanted to listen to Gwen's brilliant schemes, Elise had to go.

"Sorry guys, but I have to get going," Elise stood and patted the grass from her backside before hefting her school supplies onto each arm. "I had almost forgotten that I had a ride home."

She smiled at them, "I'll see you all at Hogwarts!"

Elise waved bye, and began to walk towards the Leaky Cauldron.

Gwen smiled and waved at Elise,
"First weekend sounds great. And i have a few spells, nothing major I´m saving any grand finales for the end of year feast. What do you think?" She asked.
"And I was thinking at first just knocking his ego a bit before going in for the final prank." She looked at the darkening Sky,
"James I should go too. I´ll see you at the Great Feast!" She called giving him a highfive before leaving as well.