Theo spotted Sophie, LAUGHING AT HIM. Oh, Merlin.... The first year pouted, but then smirked, "THINK FAST, SOPHIE." He lobbed a snow ball her way, too. HE DIDN'T LIKE PEOPLE LAUGHING AT HIM.

As he brushed off the remainder of snow off his face, his eyes fell upon Blue again.

"YOU STARTED IT." She was getting a snow ball ready. MEEP. Theodore jumped behind the bench again and searched around for an ally. There were girls EVERYWHERE.

But there was one boy.

He flailed his arms around. "HEEEEEEEEEEEY. BOY-IN-THE-GREY-JUMPER!!!!!!!!!!!!" Join Theo's team! He was the best, yo0!

Was that girl SHAKING the Whomping Willow?!!!!!! Yes, distance was GOOD right about now...

Alec grinned at Sophie and waved back. "Hey!" he said. And then... she started calling out to someone. Someone... new? Yeah, he had never seen this girl before. Ever. And this wasn't the same girl he had seen before. Nope! "Erm, hey Rose!" That was what she had said her name was, right? "I'm Alec. Alec Summers!" Because everyone should know just how summery his surname was.

And no, that's not why he liked eating ice cream a lot.

There was Ella! Ready to get what now? "I think I should be the one asking you that, Ells," he said, ruffling his hair, "You ready to get beaten by the cool dudes?" Or... dude. But he was still cool enough to beat all of them, right? Right. Messer was still in deep trouble for leaving him all alone like this. Alec looked over at the new girl and gave her a smile. "Hey Blue!" That was a nice name. "I'm Alec. Alec Summers." In case she didn't know. Which, now that he thought about it, she probably didn't.

...

THERE WAS A LURKER HERE! Alec's eyes grew wide as he looked at the new person who seemed to spring out from behind the bench. That Blue girl had sent a snowball at him and... it hit him right in the face! WOW! Alec could applaud the girl... but he felt kind of sorry for the dude. Even if that was a perfect hit. And the girls got her on their team! Her and Laura. And Ella and Sophie were pretty good at this as well.

The boys can still beat them!

Boy in the grey jumper... that was him! "HEY LURKER!" Why were they shouting? "WANNA JOIN MY TEAM?" 'Cause they were both boys... it made sense.

Rose smiled and nodded. She wasn't sure if she'd met him before... She might have spoken to him last year! When the trains were coming!
'Nice to meet you! Again, I think I met you last year.' she said, nodding.

So. Young. She. Just. Wanted. To. Ruffle. All. Their. Hair.

Ella smiled as she realized that Blue and this other boy, Theo apparently, were friends. Okay, so they would surely want to join in on the snowball fight, right? RIGHT.

The second year rolled her eyes at Alec's comment but couldn't help the smile that formed. "We'll see, won't we?" She asked, smirking. The only way to figure out who was the winner would be to start, right?

Standing on the bench that Ella was now in front of, the second year waved her arms and smiled at the people who had now gathered around. O_O There seemed to be a lot more people for the snowball fight than she had thought. COOL!

Alright you lot, I think it's time we start the snowball war. I think that maybe *cough* the girls have a slight advantage over the boy folk... *grin* So lets try and go easy on them, yeah? And boys, no retreating!

And then she thought of something, the terms of the war.

So Losers make the winners ice cream sundaes, right? Everyone okay with that?

Rose raised a hand. 'Can I join the boys?' It wasn't anything personal, it just wasn't fair and she was a tomboy... They were so young, she just wanted to help them win any way she could. God, she sounded patronising. She hated that. She'd just tell her brain to shut up now.
SHUT UP, BRAIN.
NO, YOU SHUT UP.
And that's how it went for a while.

"YES! COME BEHIND MY BENCH!" It could be their fort. They just needed to start making epic amounts of snowballs and ASAP. Theodore even thought about using the levitating charm to help launch them. Professor Bellaire would be SO proud. GIGGGGGGGGLE. But truthfully, Theo wasn't at that stage of wizardry yet. Not to freely use spells whenever he pleased.

He watched cautiously as one of the puff girls got up to speak.

"YOU'RE ALL GOIN' DOOOOOOOWN."

To start it off, Theodore threw a huge snowball at the girl who made the speech then laughed hysterically.

He looked to the boy in the grey jumper. "I'm Theodore, by the way. What's our tactic?"

WHAT. A girl wanted to join the boys team? Theo whirled around and eyed her suspiciously. "Is this a trick?"

It was.

Laura had suddenly realised where she was and quickly moved out of the way as it started to move. "I didn't realise I was so close to the Whomping Willow." Laura giggled, though maybe she could try and find out if it was true there was a secret entrance there but she was sure she would be in trouble if she did that.

Asher quickly made his way outside and down the the Whomping Willow. Alec had mentioned something about a snowball fight to him earlier. That was something that he did not want to miss.

Especially if there was so much a steak, ice cream sundae if he remember correctly, plus some of alec's other friends would be there. It really wouldn't hurt Asher to make so new friends. It was about time he did so. Spotting Alec, he decided not to tackle him again, since for the first time ever they were going to be teammates. "Summers, Mate you didn't start with out me?" He grinned and fist bumped, that never gets old.

Rose blinked and shook her head. 'No, it's not a trick. Why would I want to trick you, I don't know you...' Rose said slowly, tilting her head to the side. He looked so suspicious. Trololol. Was she that scary?
'I don't have to... I was just wondering if you wanted some more help...' she said sheepishly, playing with a strand of her hair.

Laura looked at the Gryffindor Girl and then took a snow ball and threw it with all her force. "Hey You." Laura shouted as she threw the snowball, the girl wanted to join the boys team but why did she want to be on the losing team seriously the Girls where a lot better looking snowballers that the boys.

OH LOOK. A BOY IN A GREEN JUMPER. Theodore bounced slightly. "HELLO. My name is Theodore and would you like to join our TEAM?" The team that had to follow him behind his bench before they got hit. SERIOUSLY, guys... It looked like the jumper!guys knew each other. Which was lame. Theo wished West and Mordred were here.

THAT GIRL AGAIN.

"Cos... cos... you're a girl."

Well, she looked like a girl at least. "But... sure I guess." If she was to double-cross the boys team, though. REAL BAD STUFF WOULD GO DOWN.

STILL NOT FAAAIIIR.

"But Theeeeooooo, I thought you were Peeves or something!" Pout. HE WAS STILL HER FRIEND, RIIIIGHT?! She tossed the snowball from hand to hand, a saaaaad look in her eyes. SHE WAS SORRY OKAY?! Well...not really. The look on Theo's face had been kind of funny. Hehehe.

She felt BOLD today. *evil!giggle* Blue followed Theo's gaze to the scary!tree and saw a girl...shaking it. Laura, right? "Esscuuuse meee, Laura? But as a Ravenclaw, I think it is my obligation to warn you...that's NOT a good idea." She pointed out, even though it was pretty obvious.

"Cooool name. Do you have a cousin called something Winters?" That would be funny and awesome. He was Summers and they were Winters. Hehehe.

TRY AND GO EASY ON THEM?!?!

No. That was noooo fun. Wait. She had a problem with the prize. "Um...Ella? It's a bit cold for sundaes...can the boys make me a hot chocolate instead when we win?"

'Cause they were obviously going to win.

Alec blinked. They met last year? Really? He furrowed his eyebrows as he tried to think back to a time when the two met. Now that he thought about it, she did seem pretty familiar... So maybe he had met her before? "It's nice to meet you again Rose!" He grinned at her. Yeah... he probably did meet her before.

Ella was really good at talking back wasn't she? He smirked at the girl and raised his eyebrows. "We will see!" he said, crossing his arms. He had seen what the girl was like down at the Quidditch Pitch and, well, she was pretty good at throwing balls. His disadvantage was that he was usually the one to catch balls, namely the tiny golden one.

... WHAT? Did he have cousins called Winters? That joke about his surname never got old, did it? "Well... do you like the colour blue?" Because her name was Blue and all. "And nah! My cousins are all Summers as well. We all like the summer too much." SNORT! And ice cream. Yeah, that too.

He watched as the girl stood up on a bench to make an announcement. Right. So this was it. This was their big moment to SHINE! Alec grinned at the boy as he joined him behind the bench. "I hope you girls know how to make ice cream sundaes!"

And the boy threw it at Ella! Alec let out a chuckle as he picked up some snow, packed it into a snowball and threw it towards Sophie. There. How about that for not enough team members to match the girls? ... Except, Ella had practically said that. Still. "Hey... can I call you Theo? I'm Alec. Our tactic..." What could their tactic be? "If we need to, we can flip our hairs at them. Do you know how to flip your hair?" He hoped the boy did!

TACKLE!

And there was his surname! Only one person called him by that, really. "Romalotti! Mate, you made it in time!" he said. He turned to the Theodore boy and grinned, "We have a new member of our team." And Rose! Was she joining them as well?

Rose turned just as the snowball hit her, getting a face full of snow. Whoa. Snow. Tasted. Nasty.
'Yes?' she asked, wiping her face and picking up a bunch of snow, chucking it at the girl. SHE DID NOT JUST CHUCK A SNOWBALL AT ROSE. ROSE DID NOT CARE THAT THIS GIRL WAS SHORTER AND YOUNGER, SHE WAS GOING TO KICK THESE GUYS' BUTTS!
'No, I'm not a girl.' she said, rolling her eyes. Silly boy... She had long hair... Then again, boys could have long hair... But... She was a girl...

Anyway, she was allowed to join that team. She was gonna help beat these girls. EQUALITY OF SEXES! She dashed to the boys' fort or whatever it was and knelt down, starting to make snowballs. These boys didn't need to know her name. Or they'd just be able to tease her with her name instead of 'anonymous'

Rose smiled and nodded. 'It'll be a pleasure to help you kick their butts! And ice cream sundae, this is going to be fun!' She loved ice cream. She didn't know anyone who didn't. Ice cream. Who couldn't like it!?

Okay... Maybe Blue didn't know it was Theo behind the bench. He eyed her curiously, and kinda wished she was on his team. Everyone knew that REAL snowball-throwing talent laid with first years. "Okaaaaaaay. Forgive you... for now...." He was watchin' her and that snow ball in her hand.

Ohhhhhhh yes..

Theodore frowned at the boy. NO YOU CANNOT CALL HIM THEO. But actually... you know what? Everyone bloody called him Theo now, so he had just learned to accept that. "Sure, whatever." He said moodily. Flip his hair? "What? I'm not sure that's a good tactic..."

He didn't understand. Was hair flipping some sort of wizarding technique that he was unaware of?

Theo watched the Gryffindor girl. "You're NOT a girl?" WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT. Were these people purposely confusing the heck out of him? But she put their team up to four people, at least.

Ella rolled her eyes at Alec's comment. Psh. OF COURSE they knew how to make good sundaes! Too bad they wouldn't be the ones making them...*GRIN* And then Blue was asking about hot chocolate. "Sure Blue, hot chocolate for you sounds-"

O_____O

Had that little boy honestly just done what she thought he did! YES he had! He had in fact done what she thought he did! Awwwww heck naw! This Theo character was now on Ella's list, a place you definitely didn't want to be!

The second year wiped the snow from her face and hopped down off the bench, smiling at Theo mischievously before running to take cover behind a nearby bush. "Girls!" She called, seeing that Sophie had just been hit by Alec as well. "Over here!"

The second year began to frantically roll snowballs into a little pile. Once she had enough, she got her wand out from her pocket, a smirk on her face. "Wingardium Leviosa!" And the small blonde watched as the giant snowball she had made began to float in the air in front of her. With a flick of her wand, she sent it flying at top speed towards the new boy who had joined them. Who was he, anyway? Well he'd know who she was after this!

'It's sarcasm, hun...' she said, laughing. 'I'm a girl called Rose... You don't see many boys called Rose...' she said, smirking, chucking a snowball at a girl... Ella, possibly? She thought that was what she heard people calling her...

Laura looked at the girl and then charged at her tackling her, she was annoyed with this girl. "You should be on the girls team." Laura snapped as she got up, she started to walk away from the girl, she wasn't worth getting into trouble for. "You are a girl and boys V girls is boys V girls, not boys and a mental girl v Girls." Laura giggled.

'Lovely logic... I just can't be bothered to go with the crowd. Too mainstream.' she said, smiling. She loved annoying people accidentally... She didn't do it deliberately, but when she did annoy someone, it made her laugh inside her head like it was right now. Rose Deluise was NOT a sheep. No way, that was WAY boring!

"YAY!" Blue grinned and clapped, smashing the snowball into her hands. Darn it. WAIT! WHY WAS A GIRL ON THE BOYS' TEAM?!?! That was base treachary that was. How did gender equality (yeah, she had just used a BIIIG word) come into the picture? Blue was just as confused as Theo.

Blue scooped up a fresh snowball and flung it at the girl who thought she was a boy.

Odd girl she was.

Alec grinned at Rose. "I'm glad you're joining our team!" They did need the members after all. And who cares if she was a girl? She was an awesome girl! As long as she wasn't going to betray them to the girl team, he didn't really mind. ... She wasn't going to betray them was she? That would be SAD!

The Theo boy... was a bit odd. Meh. It didn't matter. They were going to have a great time beating the girls! That much was for sure. "Hey, it'll distract them!" he said, defensively, "Girls get distracted by hair flips. I think." That's what Lyssie had told them anyways. "What do you think we should do?" Because if Theo had any bright ideas, Alec would be more than happy to hear them. And what did Romalotti and Rose thought they should do as well? They were all going to work together and win this thing after all...

O____O

"DUCCCKKKKK!" he yelled, bending down as quickly as he could. That was a giant snowball! ELLA BISHOP, YOU ARE GOING DOWN!"Hey, do you think we should concentrate on the ones who aren't concentrating on throwing snowballs?" he asked, "Or one of us could throw the snowballs and the others could defend...?" Those were his ideas so far!

That Blue girl had sent a snowball towards... not him... Rose! Alec bent down and started packing another snowball. He waddled closer towards the bench and sent the snowball flying towards the group of girls that had surrounded Ella. Now... who was it going to hit...

Rose looked up in time this time and ducked just as it nearly hit her, blinking. Whoa, who'd have thought helping the boys out would be so much trouble? Ah well, it was fun, and it was only a game... She hoped... If she had gotten in the middle of some war, she was not going to be happy with these children... At all... WHICH REMINDED HER, SHE WAS NEARLY FIFTEE-Where did that thought come from? Scatterbrain, Rose...

MERLIN WHAT WAS GOING ON??

Sophie was too distracted by her cool snow angel and didn't even bother listening to what everyone was talking about. She did heard the girl introducing herself. Rosa, alrigh! She smiiled but frowned when the Gryffindor went to the boys team. BUT IT WAS GIRLS VS BOYS!!

Anyway. there was a SLYTHERIN dude coming over!! COOL! Sophie loved Slytherins! Yep! and he knew Alec! So he was also a NICE Slytherin! Coooooooool! "I'm Sophie!" She waved again when...

SHE WAS HIT BY A SNOWBALL THROWN BY ALEC! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASP!!!

She laughed, though. Yes, good ol' Sophie always taking things playfully. OH, Ella had a plan! She finally got up and rushed in her friend's direction.

MAGIC! YAY! She pulled out her wand and also made tons of snow levitate towards the guys - and Rose. "TAKE THAAAT, YOOOOU!!"

The other boy seemed to accept the girl joining their group. Theodore was still a bit awkward about it, though. Despite most of his friends being girls, Theo wasn't actually a FAN of the species.

Girls were distracted by hair flips? WHAAAAAAAAAAT, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" Hair flipping. Just, what.

Oh, Theo had the best plan.

"We need more soldiers on our team. And we need to build a fort around our bench. And then we need to use an enlarging spell on ALL of our snowballs." Do you catch his drift, yo?

Theo snorted LOUDLY when Blue threw a snowball at Rose. He felt bad for laughing. Really, he did. Eyeing up possible targets, Theo decided to throw another one at Sophie. Cos she was being too quiet, and she possibly needed waking up.

ALEC had a plan now, did he? His was better.

"Okay, let's throw them all at Sophie."

WOO, SNOWBALLS! Rose laughed and stood up, twirling around as the snow hit her. This was fun! Wait, the objective was to MISS the hits... But that was BORING! She giggled and waved her wand, causing a lot of snow to fly at the Sophie girl. She wasn't all nice... At all...