Chapter 1: The new prefects
It was a new term and a new year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and students were mingling, greeting one another and catching up on the latest gossip(or in the case of some, the latest fashions). That was, except 2 students, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. These two were now Gryffindor prefects, and they were headed off to the prefects' compartment.
Harry, however, was sitting in a compartment with Luna Lovegood, Ginny Weasley, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Neville Longbottom.
Sunset, meanwhile, was in a compartment with a fellow Slytherin, Blaise Zabini, a 5th year. They met at the Yule Ball the year before, in the 4th year. They fell for each other as soon they set their eyes on each other on that wonderful day.
Sunset was about an inch away from him. He could smell her sweet lavender scented hair that she washed the night before, and he could see her cyan blue eyes up close. They were getting closer, their lips nearly touching, and suddenly, BANG! The compartment door slid open. Applejack was standing there, grinning broadly, her bass guitar slung over her back."I'm so sorry, y'all. But Sunset, Dash was wonderin', would ya like to come to band practise?"
Sunset looked from her 2 best friends. "I'll come… if Blaise comes along, too."
Applejack nodded curtly, and Sunset dragged her trunk out.
"I hope you don't mind," said Rainbow Dash to Luna Lovegood, "Us having band practise."
Luna nodded. "Go ahead. I don't really mind."
That's when Blaise, Sunset and Applejack opened the compartment door.
The girls looked at Pinkie Pie expectantly.
"1, 2… 1! 2! 3! 4!" cried Pinkie Pie, waving her drumsticks.
"We're best friends, forever," sang Rainbow Dash.
"Forever, forever," harmonized the Rainbooms.
"We're BFFs to the core," added Rarity.
"The core," sang Twilight.
"One moment can change it all,
One thing could have made it fall,
But that's what we're about!
We're best friends, forever,
Forever, forever,
We're BFFs to the core,
The core!" cried the Rainbooms.
"The magic of friendship flows inside us!" cried Applejack.
"The love spreads through the others!" cried Sunset.
"One moment can change it all,
One thing could have made it fall,
But that's what we're about!" cried the Rainbooms together.
"We're best friends, forever,
Forever, forever,
We're BFFs to the core,
The core!"
"We're BFFs to the core," finished Rainbow Dash.
The compartment door opened again. Hermione and Ron came in. "Guess who's a prefect?" asked Ron, looking around the room.
"Malfoy?" guessed Blaise.
"Yes," said Hermione angrily. "And that complete cow Pansy Parkinson. When she has a brain thicker than a concussed troll, I don't know how it happened." She looked sheepish. Directing her words at Blaise, she said, "You're not upset, are you?"
"No," said Blaise honestly. "I don't even like them anyway."
"Then Ernie MacMillian and Hannah Abbott are Hufflepuff and Anthony Goldstein and Padma Patil for Ravenclaw," said Hermione.
"You went to the yule ball with Padma Patil," said Luna dreamily.
"I know I did." said Ron.
"She wasn't very happy," replied Luna. "I wouldn't have minded though, I don't like dancing."
Ron ignored the final comment. "Well," said Ron. "If Malfoy gets to my mates first, I'll make Goyle write lines. 'I must stop looking like a bareback buffoon.' He mimed Goyle writing lines. "I must stop looking like a bareback buffoon...'"
The whole compartment, apart from Hermione elapsed into fits of giggles, but no one laughed as much or as hard as Luna Lovegood. "Bare-back- buf-foon!" said Luna, struggling to contain her laughter, tears streaming down her face as she clutched her sides.
"Ron!" cried Hermione reproachfully. "Be careful what you say!"
"Yes, Professor Granger," said Ron, as a joke.
"It's not funny!" cried Hermione.
Hermione turned away from Ron and started to talk to Ginny.
"Wow." said Sunset to Twilight. "I've never seen Ron and Hermione argue or ignore each other before."
"Nor have I," said Twilight, putting her arm around Sunset, looking out of the window.
Pinkie Pie smiled. Now there was someone who liked jokes as much as she did.