Contraband
The day that everyone discovered energy drinks was the day Hogwarts went haywire.
Everyone knows who started this; all know the tale of the person who first brought Muggle energy drinks into Hogwarts, however looking back on it we realise we are all to blame.
A Muggleborn Slytherin first year, Vaira Maxwell, sent home for some energy drinks so she could stay awake all night to revise for the exams occurring in three weeks time. Her friends, the next morning, came into the common room only to see their friend practically vibrating with energy, mountains of books beside her and dozens of strangely painted metal cylinders scattered innocently around the floor (because her friends had been raised in the wizarding world they did not recognise this everyday object for muggles as a can). When questioned as to what these obscure objects were and how she looked so energetic at such an early hour, Vaira carelessly replied "It's the energy drinks, they help you stay awake."
By the end of the week everyone had heard of the hoard of Slytherins who had bloodshot eyes and energy drinks in their hands, whether by seeing it in person or from word of mouth.
At first, due to the discrimination others held toward Slytherin house, many who didn't take Muggle studies or weren't raised in the Muggle world assumed that this strange item contained some kind of dark potion which had energy replenishing powers though at a great cost (though the specific cost was detailed differently depending on who you asked) however these ludicrous tales were quickly shot down and within 9 days of energy drinks first entering Hogwarts almost every student had drank one.
It was a fortnight before the adverse effects appeared; many knew that energy drinks weren't a permanent substitute to sleep, however some did not and some did not know when to stop. Mispronounced spells, neglected cauldrons, students sleeping in class and many other such things occurred due to sleep deprivation.
Professors, who were now beginning to notice that something was happening within the school, were being driven frantic at the amount of fires set, acidic potions burning though cauldrons and explosions which were happening at a startling magnitude.
Furthermore, many students were being sent to the hospital wing as they would collapse at varying points through the day and would be woken by a fellow student or Professor only to fall unconscious again minutes later. It was especially worrying when some students would finally get their peers to fall asleep only to find it impossible to wake them- the occasional hysterical student would start screaming, believing their friend dead. Students eventually informed the Professors of what had happened and so energy drinks were banned.
Unfortunately the ban did not prevent every student from using the energy drinks, it only made them be treated as contraband; one week before exams began frantic Professors began to take measures further- mail had to be blocked until after exams and the house elves began conducting room searches looking for these drinks whilst tidying the rooms.
At last, 5 days before exams would start, no energy drinks of any form remained in the school.
The day before exams everyone who was in the hospital wing due to energy drinks was finally out and it was clear that the addicts had finally been weaned from their poison; energy drinks were a thing of the past that by the time everyone was on board the Hogwarts express would be looked back on and laughed at- until furious carers demanded their children told them why they had gotten a letter stating that mail could not be sent to or received by the students to prevent dangerous contraband entering the school!
A/N: This is my first fanfiction so I'm sorry if it is not very good, however I hope you liked it and the grammar was not very bad. If you feel up to it, please review!
