The students were arriving at Hogwarts, which meant that this be one of the most AWESOME days in the life of the poltergeist. All summer long, Peeves was with no one to bother but the few professors that stayed behind at Hogwarts. And the professors were generally boring for Peeves.

Sighing wistfully, Peeves waited just inside the gates, barely visible except to those really looking. It was cool for a late summer evening as he watched eagerly the students boarding the carriages from the train.

Slipping into the last one on the queue, Peeves was with two little first years, whom he whispered false rumors quietly into their ear about the sorting.