Triple Double U

by Unheard Prophetess

[Drabble, 250 words in total.] Dumbledore reads the new Weasley Wizard Wheezes catalogue and considers Fred, George and Lee, Muggle Protection Acts and European Integration.

This was written for the Candy is Dandy Drabble Challenge and the objective for me was to write a 250 word (or less) drabble featuring Albus Dumbledore and the Ton Tongue Toffee. I, myself, quite like it and I hope you do, as well. As always, constructive criticism is most appreciated (although I won't refuse gratuitous praise).

Disclaimer: The rights to anything associated to Harry Potter canon are in the hands of Joanne Rowling, Warner Brothers and many, many publishing houses around the world. I am simply borrowing the characters.

Author's note: The title, Triple Double U, refers to Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, but also to Fred, George and Lee. Fred and George may be twins, but – here, at least – Lee turns the Weasley twins into Weasley triplets.

Triple Double U

Albus had been a bit of a troublemaker himself in his days at Hogwarts. He was also a firm believer in the fine line between brilliance and madness, of which many considered him the textbook example. Albus was certain this applied to Fred and George Weasley and Lee Jordan, and their Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.

Albus flicked through their new catalogue, stopping briefly and reminiscing whenever he came upon a product they had designed in their years at Hogwarts. He stopped to look more closely when he came to the Prank Sweets section and saw 'Ton Tongue Toffee'. Unlike the other sweets, there was a brightly flashing 'WARNING' where the description was supposed to be: 'USE ON MUGGLES IS IN VIOLATION WITH THE 2003 MUGGLE PROTECTION ACT AND WILL RESULT IN A FINE'.

Now that he thought about it, he did recall Arthur and Molly Weasley discussing the topic vehemently years ago. Fred and George had used the sweets on Harry's Muggle cousin, Dudley, Albus seemed to remember. That the trio had willingly blacklisted some of their own creations on the strictest MPA yet, when just ten years ago they had no qualms about testing their products on Muggles, meant that there was hope for the Wizarding society on the British Isles to integrate into the Union of European Wizarding Nations after all.

Dumbledore smiled. A fine line between madness and brilliance, indeed: integration into modern Wizarding Europe through the joke shop of Fred, George and Lee… there was hope yet.