​ Chapter VII: Hogsmeade Trip!

Sonata Dusk POV

I woke up excitedly, checking the calendar. Today's departure day! Since all the classes have been canceled for today, we had a chance to go to Hogsmeade to go shopping!

I skipped out of my bed and I put on a navy skirt with black jeggings underneath. Then I put on a velvet cotton 3/4 sleeved tee with a cute grey cotton jacket with a matching silver and green belt Rarity gave me. Atop that I wore a Slytherin scarf and in my ponytail I had a Slytherin bow hair tie. I slipped on my dragon hide heel boots as I put on lipstick, foundation with sunscreen, mascara, and eye shadow with my wand. I went to the bathroom, came out, and went to breakfast.

I twirled across the Great Hall to the Slytherin table. Sunset and Babs were already there and they saved me a seat. “Okay, here's the shopping plan.” said Sunset, levitating it with her magic.

“We'll meet up in the town square, split into groups, and go about our business then we'll meet up at The Three Broomsticks for cupcakes and butterbeer!” she said excitedly.

“Did you text it to the others?” I asked.

“Yep!” said Babs. “I really hope we don't run into Trixie, Diamond, or Silver Spoon.” she added nervously.

“Chill girlie,” I said calmly.

I sprinted out of the castle toward Hogsmeade. Dash and the twins were already running straight to Zonko's. “Probably going to get more pranking supplies to scare Umbridge out of her mind. While we take photos of her priceless expressions of terror!” I mused, giggling. “Why do I feel as if I took someone's expression?” I wondered aloud to no pony in particular. I strolled over to Rarity's clothing shop. “Hi Rarity!” I said brightly.

“Hello darling!” replied Rarity. I bustled around her shop grabbing some fancy new clothes for the trip.

After she closed the shop, we hurried out to the Three Broomsticks. Mrs. Cake took us to our private salon and when Twilight opened the door I face palmed a cyan hand on my forehead. “Oh. My. Gosh!” I was beside myself. “Why are they here!?” I shrieked angrily. Rainbow Dash was literally shaking with fury and her normally also cyan face was so red, it was maroon. We both gave Twilight the worst death glare we had ever given someone in our sixteen years of life. The intruders were none other than Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. Silver Spoon looked happy, but Diamond Tiara looked even more annoyed than us. "I invited them" said Twilight.

Very oddly, Babs, Sweets, Scoots and Apple Bloom were actually making small talk with them. “I'm so sorry for being so—” said Silver Spoon.

“—mean? And helping Diamond?” Finished the girls. “We forgive you!” Exclaimed the other girls.

“Cupcakes?” Asked Pinkie Pie.

“Delicious!” Said Rarity.

“Auuuuuuggghhhhhh!! PINKIEMENA!” Yelled Twilight after she ate one of Mother Pie's spicy Tabasco Frosting cupcakes. She glared at the twins. “Note to self: Never eat Mother Pie's Tabasco Frosting cupcakes without a bucket and a carton of ice cream.” said Twilight darkly. The other girls, including me, smirked.

“Ha!” said Rainbow under her breath.

I checked the clock on my OwlPhone and it was half past one. The carriages leave at six-thirty tonight. We thanked Mrs. Cake and left to pack and have our final C.A meeting.

As we walked out to the front lawn, we were passing things to each other doing the Uptown Funk dance moves that Rarity came up with. We raced to an empty carriage and sat down. Dash and The Pinks already had their copies of Pranking 101: Your Immediate Guide for All Things Pranking and Practical Joking and it sounded like they were plotting their next prank on Professor Umbridge. “I don't think that'll work,” said Rainbow.

“Of course it will, you silly filly!” exclaimed Pinkamena Pie, smirking gleefully.

“I'll look at the plans and I'll tell you what I think would work the best!” said Twilight Rainbow Dash groaned, glaring at Twilight.

“No offense, Twi, but our pranks won't work if an egghead tries to intervene.” scoffed Rainbow.

“Twilight, I may not be as good as they are at this, but I have to agree with Rainbow, and Pinkiemena on this one” I interjected.

Now it was Twilight's turn to face palm. “Seriously?! These pranks could go horribly wrong and hurt them!” ejaculated Twilight pointing at the three pranksters. The trio was extremely miffed.

“Twilight, this is just the usual, nothing too drastic.” said Pinkie whose hair had just begun to deflate. Then it puffed right back up. That's one weird thing about her hair. "The weird stuff with her hair is rather creepy," I thought. "Cool kind of creepy"

“By the usual we mean: Sneezing Powder, Vanishing Ink, Dribble Cups, The zappers attached to quills instead of hands, etcetera.” elucidated Rainbow Dash.

“It's gonna be utter, we repeat, utter, pandemonium! Only April Foal's Day will be bigger!” giggled the threesome.

“Ohhhh, this is going to be good!” I said, smirking too, my voice brimming with insane, happy, and utter glee.

I looked outside the window and I saw beautiful rolling green hills and sky blue streams. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy looked like they both wanted to just cruise in the slipstream to stretch their wings.

Suddenly, I heard the familiar noise of Vinyl Scratch's special new song float through the door into our side of the carriage. They have two sides with enough room to fit up to ten kids on each side. Then she opened the door and said, “Hi girls! Hey Spike!”

“Is Octy coming?” I asked.

“Yep, in a sec, she's trying to translate a viola concerto to the cello.” said DJ Pon-3. “She's like a music egghead, if you catch my drift.” she said.

“We do,” said Rainbow Dash, smirking at Twilight, who punched her shoulder. “Oi!” screeched

Rainbow. “What was that for?!”

“For saying you know what egghead means by embarrassing me!” said Twilight.

“Well, you are an egghead...” muttered Rainbow Dash darkly as she dove into a Daring Do novel.

Unfortunately Twilight heard this and whipped her head around to glare at Dash. “Urgh, cut it out!” I snapped.

“Pax?” asked Rainbow Dash, as she spit into her hand. Twilight rolled her eyes, but copied the gesture. Then they shook hands. “ I won't mention that you're an egghead if, and only if, you agree to not try to interfere with the pranks.” said Rainbow.

“Fine. Pax sealed.” Retorted Twilight albeit grudgingly. Finally Rainbow Dash sighed in relief and went back rereading Daring Do and The Quest For The Sapphire Stone. I grinned, then pulled out another Daring Do book from my bag and I settled down to read.