A/N: KK, well, time for some fun! Okay, so, this time, at Hogwarts its… HALLOWEEN! And you know what happens next…
How Did I Get Here? How the &$#?
The Troll
It was Halloween, and Hogwarts had been spectacularly decorated. There were jack-o-lanterns, some of the best carved ones that the New Yorkers had ever seen, floating above all the house tables. None of the students dressed in costumes. Well, almost none.
April had ended up succeeding with the cheerleading squad. The Gryffindor squad had four members: Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, April Erickson, and Angel Dumott Schunard. Angel was probably the cheeriest, while Lavender had the strongest voice. Parvati didn't mind being thrown in the air, and April's jumps were debatably the best in the school.
Ravenclaw's squad was even smaller; they had two girls, both first years (the older students didn't like the idea as much). Mimi headed the squad, and Alexi was right by her side. The Ravenclaw squad was known for their dance routines. Both Mimi and Alexi had been dancing ever since they were little girls. Mimi had merely copied dances in old movies, while Alexi had been taking ballet classes ever since she could walk. They couldn't do many stunts, since they were so few in numbers, but they made up for it by being loud and preppy.
Slytherin had the most cheerleaders by far. They had a squad of eight. Skill-wise, there was nothing special about them, but they were the embodiment of the stereotype for cheerleaders; they were the bitchy, popular girls that believed they ruled the school.
Hufflepuff didn't seem to care about the whole cheerleading craze that was sweeping the school. They were focused on their Quidditch team, and none of them were interested anyway. So Hufflepuff was cheerleader-less.
Anyway, all the cheerleaders decided to wear their uniforms this Halloween. Gryffindor had short, red, pleated skirts paired with a red and gold tank top with straps that crossed in the back. Underneath the tank top, they wore a long-sleeved red turtleneck. A lion's head was right in the center of the tank tops, roaring proudly. Ravenclaw's uniform was similar, except their skirt wasn't pleated, navy blue replaced any red, and bronze replaced the gold. Instead of a lion, they had an eagle, positioned like it was swooping down at something. Slytherin's skirts weren't pleated or regular. Theirs had slits instead of folds. Forest green was the main color, with silver accents on the hem of the skirt and the straps of the tank top. A coiled up silver snake embellished their tops.
But the cheerleaders weren't the only ones out of their robes. Mark had gotten in the spirit of the holiday, and he wore his cape with his "Muggle" clothes. When he smiled, you could see that he was wearing a set of vampire fangs. Maureen had dressed as a cat, pairing her usual black robes with cat ears and a tail. Roger decided to dress as a pirate, wearing a pair of ripped jeans with a red-striped t-shirt and a bandana tied around his head. Tom wore a Santa hat. Obviously, he was Santa Claus.
Their outfits surprised everyone, but the most shocked was Hermione.
"You dressed up?" she asked Maureen, Roger, Tom, and Mark at breakfast.
"Yeah. Halloween is AMAZING!" said Maureen defensively. But she was in a better mood then usual.
"Where's April?" Hermione asked, turning to Roger.
"She and Angel are getting into uniform. Parvati and Lavender are still sleeping," he replied.
Hermione nodded.
As if on cue, Angel and April walked in and sat down. April wore her red hair in a high ponytail with a big red bow tied around it, while Angel wore a short black wig that April managed to find buried in the depths of her teammate's trunk. There was a ribbon in her hair, tying it back like a headband. (Angel was now officially telling the world that she was a drag queen, and would therefore like to be referred to as 'she', please) They were all smiles as they dug into breakfast.
"Hey, girls," said Tom kindly. "What took so long?"
"Angel was missing her hair," April replied solemnly. Angel cracked up.
"So it's my fault?" she asked.
"Yes! I was ready!"
Angel scowled playfully at her.
Parvati and Lavender both walked in, wearing their normal robes and rubbing their eyes.
April gazed sternly at them. "What happened to wearing uniforms?" she asked coolly.
Lavender and Parvati looked from each other to Angel and April, gasped, and ran back to change.
"Hey, April, I hate to break it to you, but that uniform totally clashes with your hair," said Maureen.
"Sometimes, Mo, I think you're a little too honest," noted Mark.
April threw a napkin at her. Maureen giggled and threw it back.
Soon, the Great Napkin War had erupted between the two girls, and it only stopped when McGonagall walked over there, scolded April for setting a bad example and took five points from GryffindorMaureen grinned.
"What?" demanded April.
"I didn't get in trouble," Maureen mocked.
April glared at her. "You little…"
Maureen grinned.
Later, at dinner, Mimi walked over to the Gryffindor table. She was glowing in her uniform, with her tousled curls pulled into the same hairstyle that April had. "Hey. How're things?"
"Great!" chimed everyone else.
"Where's Hermione, April?"
"Oh," said April, and she raised her voice so that Harry Potter and Ron Weasley could hear her, "some people were just making fun of her again, so she's crying in the girl's bathroom."
Harry and Ron bowed their heads in shame.
Just then, Professor Quirrell ran in, breathless. "Troll! In the dungeon!" he called.
The Great Hall fell into a hush as Quirrell fainted. Then the panic set in.
"I've gotta go," said Mimi, and she rushed back to the Ravenclaw table.
Angel, April, Roger, Mark, Tom, and Maureen all stared at each other.
"SILENCE!" called Dumbledore. He then instructed everyone to go to their common rooms. All the students bustled about, trying to get upstairs as fast as possible.
Everyone bustled around, trying to get upstairs to their common rooms. Except Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. They were with the Ravenclaws.
Mimi noticed them walking next to her. "What are you doing here?"
"Hermione doesn't know about the troll," Ron told her.
"So you plan to go into the girls bathroom?" Mimi giggled."Pretty much, yeah," Harry replied.
Mimi laughed. "Idiots! You'll scare her more than the troll!"
"Well, what do you want us to do?"
"I can solve this."
"How?"
"I'm coming with you."
Yeah, I know they really went with some Hufflepuffs... but none of the Bohemians are Hufflepuffs! Ah, the beauty of fanfiction...