TamX2: First off, we have a disclaimer: JK Rowling owns Harry Potter and libaka based the fic off of IcyPanther's Parenting Class. (With her permission!) It's really good and we definitely suggest it!
Next, this entire fan fiction is dedicated to our older sister. However, this chapter is dedicated to our grandmother, as it was her birthday, and our grandfather, who is possibly the nicest, sweetest, most endearing man alive and SO funny. Especially at this last visit!
libaka: Hi guys! One, thanks for being so patient with me! Two, many thanks to aredhel falassion (good ol' Mia…you'll understand at the end of the chapter, my friend!), OnceInABlueMoon (to answer your review, there is a set timeline for the kids. Two more weeks for the other kids, and four more for Draco and Blaise. Sorry, but it will go quickly! I guess it can get boring with the same kids over and over again…), caramary, QHLuver, pretzel. in. an. egg, vya (really appreciate your comment, and you sparked a new idea for the story), EvaliaPoison (EVA! So nice to hear from you! -hugs-), and River-chan (thanks for being nice about my OCs! I love them 'cause they bring out the weirdness in the original characters…) for reviewing!!!!
Leah: Alright, they get it, now we're taking over!
libaka-looks around frantically-: wait! What???
Draco: That's right, you heard us! We are officially taking over this!
Missy: Meaning we are taking over both the author's note AND the story.
libaka: Nooooo!!! Don't do that! I've…I've got plans for the story!
Blaise: Yeah, and now we've taken over it.
Leah: Muhahahahaha!!
Draco:…Leah, please never do that again.
Missy: I think what she meant to do was 'boo hoo, and you can't do nothing about it!'
Leah: Missy! You read my mind!
Missy: That's what twins do.
Leah, Draco, Missy, and Blaise: So, we've taken over the story! Be prepared for some really weird things to happen!
libaka: why me? Harry, stop them! Oh, never mind. Sorry readers, the characters have commandeered the story and completely changed the plot! Though I don't think anyone will notice because it's much better than what I had planned, as well as MUCH longer. Almost TWENTY pages! …And I'm still really sorry for not updating sooner!
If anyone has a question about Leah and Missy's Care of Magical Creatures class, you're welcome to ask me. All the animals are from one of JK Rowling's books.
Kids Say The Darndest Things
CHAPTER NINE: Off to Hogsmeade
Everyone focused in on Leah's next words. "Hogsmeade weekend is this weekend."
Hermione frowned. "But that's in two days. Why haven't they told us? And how would you know?"
Leah grinned. "The jaunt was only recently coordinated. I have my sources. Go ask Professor Hagrid if you don't believe me." (Leah and Missy chose to take Care of Magical Creatures as an elective. Since they were the only two students in seventh year willing to take it, Hagrid let them create a curriculum for themselves and he helped them follow it. So far, they have studied ashwinders, which they actually helped make, diricawls, which the girls found fascinating, a fwooper, which they only borrowed from the store because Hagrid did not have a license to keep it, mokes, which the girls thought were adorable, and a golden snidget that Hagrid found but returned to a Snidget sanctuary for its own safety).
Hermione hmphed stubbornly, got up, and stomped over to Hagrid, who greeted her cheerily with, "'Ello 'Ermione! You and the students should be right 'appy. 'Ogsmeade weekend this weekend! But don't tell no one that I told yeh."
Obviously, Hermione was a grump for the rest of the morning. However, the other caretakers merely decided to pull a Draco and bug Missy and Leah until they gave in and told them how they had known it was a Hogsmeade weekend.
After two hours of people coming up to them during classes, Missy said that everyone would find out at Hogsmeade and everyone gave up asking because they knew they wouldn't get an answer. Once Missy was satisfied with their grumbles, she merely returned to writing in the journal, with Leah whispering reminders of things to write.
Hermione reminded everyone about going to Madame Pomfrey, so the caretakers marched their charges up to the infirmary where Pomfrey gave each student a Pepper-Up Potion and all of the six-year olds a piece of candy that would boost their immune systems for three weeks.
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Two days later…Hogsmeade weekend
"LEAH! GET UP!" Draco leapt up onto Leah's bed and crawled to her head, where he shouted again as he bounced up and down, "WAKE UP!"
Leah pulled the cover off her head and smiled sleepily at the small blond dressed in bright yellow pajamas with pink duckies bouncing excitedly on her bed. "I'm awake, runt. I'm awake. Excited much?"
Draco nodded enthusiastically, eventually tipping himself off the bed in excitement to land with a loud THUMP on the floor. "Yes! I can't wait! We're going to Hogsmeade! Yay! Wait for me, sugar quills!" With that, he picked himself off the floor and skipped through the doorway, humming a Wizarding song way off-key. Leah sighed, and slipped out of her warm bed to cross over to her trunk to get dressed for the day. As she leaned over, she saw Draco stick his head back into her room. "Uh…Leah?"
"Yeah? What's up?"
"We're…uh, we're not going to buy any clothes, are we?" The look of apprehension on his face made Leah laugh.
"Nope, not this time."
"Yippee!" Draco skipped around her room as she searched through her trunk to find something to wear. Suddenly he paused, her words catching up with him. "Not…this…time?"
Leah grinned wolfishly at the boy. "Of course we're going shopping for clothes sometime Draco. Even if Missy and I are just shopping for ourselves, we're still going to make you and Blaise try on stuff."
Draco's cries of "OH MERLIN PLEASE NO!" and Leah's laughter echoing around the dorm woke up Blaise and Missy, who both groggily looked out of their rooms to see Draco running around the sitting room, his hands on his face as a look of pure horror bloomed on his face.
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An hour later…
Harry stared as Leah and Missy made their way down the stairs to where he and the rest of the caretakers were waiting with their charges. He was staring because Draco was wearing Muggle clothes i.e. small jean pants, black sneakers, and a black shirt with a giant smiley face and the phrase "Life is Good" on it and Blaise was dressed remarkably similarly with jeans, white sneakers, and a dark green shirt with the phrase "I am not a morning person" printed on it. Leah was dressed in a white skirt that reached right above her knees and a yellow shirt with a blue jacket over it and light blue sneakers. Missy was wearing jean Capri's, a plain white shirt and bright red sneakers.
Raising one eyebrow, Harry remarked, "Ready to hit the town, aren't you guys?"
Leah grinned. "I promised Draco we wouldn't ever take him clothes shopping, so instead Missy and I had fun getting them dressed in Muggle clothes today. And we decided that it would be fun to dress up as we don't usually during school."
Hermione walked over with a large grin plastered on her face. "Hi! Ready to go?"
Harry shook his head as she, Leah and Missy walked off towards Hogsmeade, all the while talking about how Muggle clothing was so much better than robes and how students should be allowed to wear jeans underneath their robes and wouldn't it be so much fun to host a fashion show for a fundraiser or something?
The group split up once they reached Hogsmeade. Harry, Hermione, and mini-Ron stayed with Leah, Missy, Blaise, and Draco while Neville, Millicent, and mini-Parvati stayed with Lavender, Padma and Daphne. Dean, Seamus, and Pansy caught up quickly to Harry's group, and then that group wandered around the village for a bit before Leah announced, "Missy and I decided earlier that we would be going to WWW sometime today."
Hermione paused, and then said with a puzzled expression on her face, "I thought that they were in Diagon Alley."
Leah grinned. "They branched out and started a chain in Hogsmeade. Missy and I decided to visit as soon as physically possible 'cause we heard so much about it from various students."
Missy smiled. "Who wants to come with us when we go?"
Dean and Seamus glanced at one another and shrugged apologetically. "Sorry guys. Pansy made us promise to take her shopping. We kinda have to…"
Hermione grimaced at the thought of Pansy and shopping. "I feel for you. I really do. But I want to go to the bookstore."
Ron announced petulantly, "And I want to go to a Quidditch store! But Hermione says that there isn't one here. And that's not fair!"
Harry looked up at Hermione. "Ron, I'm sure that there is a Quidditch section in the bookstore. How about we go with Hermione and I'll look with you?"
Ron beamed. "Okay! That sounds like fun!"
Then Pansy said, "I don't wanna go shopping anymore! I wanna go with Draco!"
Seamus looked at Leah, who shrugged. "Well, Missy and I need to pick up a few books, and then we'll go to WWW. Is it alright if we come with you three to the bookstore?"
Hermione nodded. "Sure! I'll show you where it is. They've got an amazing selection! And then we can go to Zonko's for candy, and then to WWW for you guys. How does that work?"
Leah, Missy, Seamus, and Dean all nodded. Missy voiced their thoughts. "Merlin, I am so glad you're bossy, Hermione. It makes decision-making that much easier for us."
Hermione blushed and replied squeakily, "Um…that's the first time anyone has ever put it that way…"
Missy grinned and remarked, "Lead the way, O Fearless One!"
Hermione huffed good-naturedly and waved the group after her as they made their way down the street towards the bookstore, the children skipping through the fresh air and laughing whenever one of them splashed through a puddle.
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Harry sighed as he watched Leah, Missy, and Hermione squeal over a new tome in the bookstore. 'Why couldn't I have normal female friends?' he pondered as he lifted Ron onto his shoulders to reach the Quidditch magazine on the top shelf. Harry pondered over the fact that Hermione had told a "little white lie" to Ron about the Quidditch store. If you recall correctly, in Ron's third year he was very excited about going to the wizarding equipment shop. Harry supposed that Hermione was desperate to avoid the Quidditch store at all costs. Hearing Draco's shout of "Mommy!" made Harry turn around with a sinking feeling in his stomach.
It was Narcissa Malfoy.
(Scene break, need more scene break ideas…)
Narcissa Malfoy coolly considered the text in front of her. She wasn't exactly interested in purchasing the book, for all that it was fascinating and quite different from anything that she had read before. She just had to get out of the manor that morning and coming to Hogsmeade had seemed like a good alternative. Now, she realized that it was Hogsmeade weekend for the school. 'Perhaps I'll see my son?' she wondered as she scanned the store for his white blond head.
"Mommy!" Narcissa froze as the familiar sounding voice called to her. Turning her head, she saw a small blond boy come racing towards her, a giant grin on his face as he recognized the beautiful woman.
"Draco…? H-how-" Narcissa was cut off as a yelp of "wait, Draco!!! You have to help me with this, then we can talk to your mom!" escaped from the brunette standing a ways away. Narcissa stared as her son paused, nodded, waved to her, and then raced back towards the relieved-looking girl.
"Er…ma'am, perhaps you could read this quickly?" Narcissa turned and visibly jumped when she saw the girl standing next to her. 'When did she get here so fast?' The girl watched as Narcissa glanced back and forth between her and the girl standing with Draco.
"We're twins. Now, please read the first few pages before Draco comes over. It's…somewhat urgent."
Narcissa raised a perfectly arched eyebrow, and then politely accepted the black journal from the girl. Flipping it open to the first page she scanned it.
The Project: Two students intake a potion to transform them into six-year old versions of themselves.
The present students: Mr. Draco Malfoy and Mr. Blaise Zabini
The caretakers: Miss Missy Pasline and Miss Leah Pasline, new transfers from America.
Our first week: The boys are ADORABLE! Draco is so exuberant, and Blaise is so polite. We'll have to ask if they really were like that as children, or if the potion did that. Both are extremely curious about America. Whenever Draco becomes a handful, we know who to get: Pansy. Best person in the world to make him distracted. Good thing that she is a kid right now, or else we'd be in big trouble.
We told Blaise and Draco that their parents are on business trips and will be back after six weeks. Draco was all excited because he gets to stay with the 'big kids' while Blaise just said, 'so you two are my babysitters?' Can't believe they fell for it…Wizarding kids are so gullible these days…Damn…that made me sound OLD.
Draco needs more attention than Blaise, as he tends to get himself into trouble without Leah standing watch over him. Blaise likes to fade into the background and simply watch as the action takes place, lucky for me. Lucky for Leah, Draco is accommodating and understands when he can and cannot do something. Not counting baths. He HATES baths. Leah took half an hour to calm him down and actually get him into the bath the first time around. She had to BARGAIN with the kid. Blaise just told me he'd take one in the morning and luckily he has done just that.
Oh, Leah wants to write…
Hi, it's me! Blaise is soooo sweet. He has yet wake me up at THREE IN THE MORNING! And yes, Draco has. Woken me up I mean. I'll have to ask him if he did that when he was a kid or if I'm just an exception. Sweetest thing that Draco has done yet is ask me to be his sister. Of course I accepted! Well, it was Harry's idea, but Draco and I have definitely taken it to heart. Anyways-
Narcissa stopped reading when she heard her son shout, "Now we can go talk to Mommy!" Quickly handing the journal over to the girl next to her, Narcissa turned to her son with a large grin on her face.
"Hi sweetheart! How have you been? Mommy's missed you so much since Daddy and I left on the trip." She scooped Draco up in her arms and hugged him tightly as he planted a kiss on her thin cheek. 'I always knew I should have been an actress' drifted through her mind as she continued acting as though she was eleven years younger than she was.
"Mommy! I've had so much fun at Hogwarts! Guess what! Leah cooks really good soup and Pansy and me and Blaise and Ron got to have a play-date at Seamus' and Dean's while Leah and Missy and Harry and Hermione took a break and then so much other stuff happened and now we got to go to Hogsmeade and Leah is gonna get me sugar quills!"
Narcissa grinned as her son babbled. "Don't make her buy too many. They aren't good for you when you have too many."
Draco nodded and then hugged her again. As she placed her son back on his feet, she took in his clothes with a raised eyebrow. "…Interesting choice of clothes today, Draco."
"Er…ma'am? I'm sorry about that! I promised him we would never take him shopping, so I had fun dressing him in casual clothes…" The girl trailed off as Narcissa stared at her.
"Um…Let me introduce myself. I'm Leah Pasline, and my sister is Missy Pasline. We're the new transfer students from America and we've been taking care of your son."
Leah smiled in relief as Narcissa's lips turned up in a grin. "It is very nice to meet you. My husband sends his regards. We hope that Draco hasn't been too much trouble since he arrived."
Leah swiftly shook her head no. "Oh no ma'am, he's been fine. A little…energetic, but no trouble."
Narcissa watched as a few other students congregated at Leah's back. She watched, bemused, as Missy pulled Blaise from his hiding place behind her and picked him up, whispering reassurances in his ear as she tried to lessen his shyness. Harry still had Ron on his shoulders, and didn't notice that Ron had mussed his hair, making it look as though a game of Exploding Snap had gone off on his head. Draco tugged on Narcissa's hand and then pointed to Blaise.
"Mommy, that's Blaise. He's my roommate! But he's really quiet, so I do all the talking for him. Right Blaise?"
Narcissa struggled not to burst out laughing as Blaise stuttered out, "U-um, I-I…w-well, yes Draco. Y-you do t-the talking f-for me" and then buried his bright red face into the crook of Missy's neck.
"Draco, how about you and Mrs. Malfoy talk for a bit while we get all our stuff together and buy the books we want? I'll nip back and grab that fairy tale book you pointed out, okay?"
Draco grinned up at Leah, and then nodded as the group dispersed, hurrying to buy the books they'd picked out. Narcissa sighed gratefully and pulled her son into an embrace. She whispered into his ear quietly, "It is very good to see you, my Little Dragon. I'll miss you when you go to Hogwarts for school."
Draco wrapped his arms around her waist as far as he could go and then whispered back, "Don't worry Mommy! I'll write every day, and send you big cards for your birthday! And I'll come home for the holidays. It won't be too bad. Besides, that's not for a looooooong time!"
Narcissa smirked ruefully at the ironic situation. Wishing that she had told her son that ages ago, the tall woman stood up and led the boy over to where the group was waiting patiently, talking amongst themselves while Leah finished up buying her books.
Stopping in front of Leah, Narcissa slowly let go of the small hand in hers, and reached to embrace the girl. Narcissa's eyes widened in surprise when Leah immediately wrapped her arms around the thin woman, patting her on the back comfortably as Narcissa sniffled a little. With a small smile, Narcissa whispered, "Thank you for taking care of my son. And thank you for giving him back to me."
Leah whispered back conspiratorially, "Just wait until he grows up again! I'll make him write a looooooong letter home."
Wiping her eyes before any tears could leak out, Narcissa muttered, "I may just be stopping by the bookstore again in three weeks. If you can get out here again, I would like to see my son."
A grin bloomed on her face when Leah said, "Sure thing, ma'am! I can do that!"
The group moved out of the store, and Narcissa watched as they made their way towards Zonko's, Draco in the front of the group, shouting "Wait for me, sugar quills!"
Well, she had always known her son was strange, strange boy.
Perhaps she would buy the book.
(Scene Break)
"Oh thank Merlin that's over." Hermione groaned as the group wriggled their way out of the crowded Zonko's. "I thought we'd never get out."
Leah moaned in response. "Sweet Merlin, the place was crowded. Shoulder to shoulder, I swear."
Harry inhaled deeply, finally getting enough air in his lungs. "They should put bouncers at the doors, they should. Limit the amount of people inside at a time."
Draco crowed happily, "Sugar quills!" as he danced along the street. Ron ran along behind him, a handful of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans in one hand and Licorice Wands in the other. Blaise munched happily on a Cauldron Cake from his perch on Dean's shoulders, cheerfully ignoring Pansy's high-pitched demands of "It's MY turn to ride on Dean's shoulders! Get off! I want my turn!"
Seamus sighed wearily. "When will this day end?"
Missy deadpanned "When the clock strikes twelve."
Hermione snorted, trying to hold in her laughter as Seamus figured out what Missy had said. "Off to WWW?"
The group was suddenly revitalized. With a shout of "YES!" they made their way down the street, laughing at the children's antics and hoping that Ron wouldn't recognize George and Fred. If he did, oh well. Just tell him that they're his cousins twice removed and Mrs. Weasley accidentally named her twins the same names.
Harry looked up from his deep thoughts at Dean's "Bloody hell!" followed by Pansy's "Watch your language, Dean!"
The six teenagers stared up in awe at the flamboyant sign. "Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes! Newly come from Diagon Alley at your behest! Want jokes, pranks, and trickery? Well, you've come to the right place!" Draco read loudly, not understanding why the teens were so surprised.
"It's so big…" Missy muttered.
"It's so colorful…" Leah whispered.
"I-It's s-so bright…" Seamus stammered.
"It's so vivid!" Hermione choked out, her grip on the bag of books weakening by the second.
"It's so variegated!" Harry agreed, conveniently ignoring Pansy's comment of "Hey, I didn't know he knew that big of a word…"
"It's so…so…you guys stole all the good adjectives…it's so Weasley!" Dean artfully described.
"AND HERE WE ARE IN THE FLESH!" The six teens and four children squealed as the two voices came out of nowhere.
Turning quickly, the group saw two very gaudily dressed redheads come towards them with huge grins on their faces. Gred and Forge, aka George and Fred, sauntered towards the group, showing off their flashy new jackets and vividly colored clothes. One of the twins glanced over Leah and Missy, squealed, and turned to his brother excitedly. "LOOK! LOOK! They're twins too! We've found our soul mates, brother!"
The other twin grabbed Leah's hands, and pulled her to him quickly. "My dear, I must ask. Would you bear my children?"
Dean, Seamus, and Harry were about to screech in protest and shock when another voice called out, "That's my sister, pest. She's off limits."
The eight teens and four kids turned towards the store where the voice had come from. A dark-haired, dark-eyed girl of about 20 years stared out, tapping her foot in slight annoyance. The twin who was holding Leah's hands grinned widely and ran over to the brunette.
"Now, now, Becky my dear, I was only joking. I know your sisters aren't allowed to date until they're 30."
"WHAT? SINCE WHEN??? Waitaminute, Becky, who is this???" Leah jabbed her pointer finger in the direction of the twin standing near her, not noticing him jerk backwards with a panicked look on his face to avoid her.
Leah's mouth dropped open when Becky replied with a wide grin, "My dear sister, these are my employers." Harry, Seamus, Dean, and Missy gaped at the girl as Hermione nodded thoughtfully.
"And what kind employers we are!" The twins laughed loudly as they nodded to one another.
"Yeah…man, do I feel for you." Dean muttered quietly so that only the other students could hear. The children looked at one another, shrugged, looked up at the sign and jogged into the store, only to be followed by the stunned teenagers.
Becky waved her hand in the direction of the shelves. "Leah, Missy, this is where I work. We've got the most recent pranks, the most ingenious trickery, and best of all, the…er…don't remember but we've got quite a good selection."
"Becky dear, you forgot-"
"-that the store has-"
"-extremely handsome founders who are-"
"-single and simply captivated by-"
"-your darling twin sisters!" The twins finished happily and then looked expectantly at Leah and Missy, who only stared in horror at the two boys.
"Uh…not interested." The two girls said together.
"Ah well, we've been-"
"-dissed I suppose, thank Merlin for-"
"-Angelina and Katie, they sure love-"
"-us and speaking of the devil-"
"-we've got a double date to catch-"
"-see you guys later! Becky dear-"
"-be sure to give this group a-"
"-discount on everything they buy! Ta ta!" The boys closed the door behind them, leaving the group in silence.
"Merlin…they are the weirdest people sometimes…" Seamus muttered after a few moments of silence.
"At least you don't live with them every summer." Hermione and Harry deadpanned in unison.
"Thank Merlin for small wonders. Now everybody, lets go further in! We've got the newest Snackboxes, Canary Creams, and Fake Wands! What's your fancy?" Becky began her spiel as the teens flooded the shop, taking in everything with huge grins.
"Did they say this is a Weasley shop?" Ron whispered to the other children.
"I think so. But I've always heard that the Weasley's are poor! No one could be poor with this store!" Draco whispered back, perplexed with his clashing knowledge.
"We are NOT poor! We just not as well off as you stupid Malfoys!" Ron exploded at Draco, furious at his innocent insinuation.
"Ron, be quiet! Draco didn't mean it like that!" Pansy stepped in between the angry six year old and the confused blond. "Why don't you tell us what your family's really like so we know?" Pansy pleadingly asked, trying to calm the boy down before their caretakers took them home.
Ron glared at Draco, who stood there with wide eyes and a slack jaw, surprised at the vehement reaction his innocent words had produced. "Fine! But you two need to tell me about yours! I've got five older brothers and a younger sister. We're all redheads. My dad works in the Ministry, my mum stays home with us. My two oldest brothers are already in school, then Percy should be going next fall. Then there's the twins, me and Ginny."
"Ginny?" Pansy asked, genuinely interested.
"Ginvera. It's my sister's name. She's named after my grandmother."
"Ohhhhhh. Well, I'm named after a flower…and I don't know why I'm named that. I don't have any siblings, my mum and dad are away a lot and I go over to Draco's a lot. And…that's it." Pansy looked around at the other kids, hoping that was enough.
"I'm named after a constellation! My mommy made me learn all the constellations, so that I could show my friends! My daddy is away a lot, but mommy stays home to be with me sometimes. Dobby takes care of me usually, but I don't mind because I love Dobby! He's the best house elf ever." Draco nodded importantly, with a big smile on his face.
"Am I supposed to tell about my family now?" The three children jumped when Blaise's soft voice came from behind them. Blaise had been exploring the store until a few moments before, and they hadn't noticed his quiet return.
"YEAH! Tell us! We want to know!" Pansy said happily, and then proceeded to hug Blaise tightly in greeting. Draco and Ron nodded to show their interest. None of the kids noticed the teens hiding behind a shelf to listen in.
"They are so CUTE!" Leah whispered to Hermione, who shrugged.
"I guess Ron was excitable as a kid too." Harry remarked quietly, resigned to Ron's bad temper.
"Hush, I want to hear Blaise!" Missy scolded, effectively shutting the others up so she could hear. Missy pointedly ignored Leah's choked laughter, figuring that Leah would tell her later.
"Um…Well, my name is Blaise Zabini. My mum's name is Gabrielle Zabini. My dad's name was Lorenzo Zabini, he was Italian. But he died a year after I was born. My mum has remarried a few times, but for some reason they keep dying…" Blaise paused dramatically, and then shrugged and continued. "I lived in Sicily until I was five, so I speak Italian. I moved to England with my mum and her husband Wilfred Manlius Sargeant, but he died five months after the move and now mum is married to Casper Docher. For some reason, mum keeps dad's name."
"You speak Italian? Say something!!" Pansy shrieked, extremely excited.
"Er…Piacere. Mi chiamo Blaise Zabini. Vivo in England. Sono qui in vacanza. Come sta?" Blaise blushed when Pansy squealed and Draco clapped loudly, with Ron shouting, "What's it mean? What's it mean?"
Blaise glanced between the three kids and stammered, "Um…Hello, p-pleased t-to meet you. M-my name is Blaise Zabini. I live in England. I-I'm here on vacation. H-how are you?"
"Wow…I wish I could speak another language!" Harry muttered under his breath. The teens nodded in agreement.
"Guess what guys!" Draco grinned happily.
"What?"
"I can speak French!" Just as the kids began clamoring for him to say something, Becky came out from the back saying, "Okay guys, I found the product! How many did you want?" And the moment was lost.
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"Damn…I think we bought too much junk…These bags are so damn heavy!" Harry mumbled as he carried a bag full of Weasley products, candy, and books.
"I agree…" Leah muttered back as she shifted a bag hanging on her shoulder to make sure the sleeping Draco didn't slip off her back.
Hermione paused, and then stated, "I'm guessing that Becky told you that it was a Hogsmeade weekend. Is that right?"
"Eheh…yeah. She said she was really excited to see us, so she had to write to us. And Todd said he wouldn't be seeing us until Monday."
"Todd?" Harry asked curiously.
"Todd is Becky's boyfriend, he's Hagrid's assistant right now, and he also works part time at the Three Broomsticks. Todd assists in Missy and my Care of Magical Creatures class when Hagrid is busy. Becky told Todd because he's teaching the class right now, but we don't have that class until Monday. Todd's favorite animal is a wolf and Becky's favorite animal is the phoenix. Put together, that makes their seal, a wolf with a phoenix behind it."
"Ohhhhh…" Harry and Hermione murmured, enlightened.
All three were distracted when Seamus whispered, "You guys…Missy is giggling! Why is she doing that? It's creepy!"
Leah snorted. "Ask her, Seamus. She'll answer."
Seamus gulped, shrugged and then turned to Missy, who was carrying Blaise on her back. "Er…Missy."
Missy glanced up, a grin on her face. "Yes? What is it?"
"Um…" Seamus glanced back at Leah and Harry, who were egging him on, and then at Dean who had Pansy draped over a shoulder and at Hermione, who held Ron on her back as he snored loudly. "W-we, er…that is to say, we're wondering why you're giggling."
Missy looked quizzically at him. "I was laughing out loud?"
Seamus grimaced, and then looked back at Leah again, who was coughing loudly to hide her laughter. "Well, yes, you were."
Missy grinned. "Oops. Well, I'm laughing because Blaise talks in his sleep!"
"Wha?????" Harry and Leah immediately came running over, eager to hear Blaise's unconscious mumbling, Hermione close on their heels.
"He does! See, listen to him!" Missy stopped walking and allowed the other five teens to crowd around her as they listened in to Blaise.
"Hm…but why we doing that? Ish betta to do this way…Dove siamo? Dove siamo! Mum, do I have too? I don't wanna go there. Perchè? Because he's boring! Mi dispiace, mi dispiace…" Blaise trailed off for a little, and then began talking again with an irritated look on his face. "Stop the car! Vorrei scendere qui, per favor. I'll get off here, thanks all the same. Who would want to go to the market when I can go to the playground?" The teens giggled as Blaise paused, as though listening to a reply. "Non capisco. I'm going home!"
Missy giggled, and then pulled away, effectively taking the talkative Blaise with her. "Isn't it so adorable how he switches between Italian and English in his conversations?"
All the teens jumped when they heard Draco mumble, "Leah…can I have 'nuther airhead?"
"Draco, you had FIVE! Save some for the other kids."
Harry paused, and then asked, "How did the twins get the idea to put magic into the Muggle airhead anyway? And how did they get them to make it feel like you're walking on air for a few minutes? How does that work?"
Hermione pondered for a bit, and then answered, "I assume Becky told them about the Muggle version, and then they decided to add a levitation charm or something. You'd have to ask."
Seamus turned to Leah. "What exactly does your older sister do at her job?"
"Hmm…I believe she just manages the Hogsmeade branch of the store, and then when she has time she works with them on creating new pranks." Leah shrugged.
Dean added, "And I think she is their publicity person. She had some flyers and stuff that she put in Fred and George's mailbox in the store."
"PUT ME DOWN!" The teens sighed as all the kids woke up and clamored to be put down. They could only watch as Ron began regaling about his dream while Draco and Pansy listened attentively, and Blaise made faces at the back of Ron's head. Draco and Pansy could only laugh as the more excited Ron got, the uglier faces Blaise made. Soon they collapsed into giggles, leaving Ron saying "What?" and Blaise demurely replying "They're just in giggly moods. Don't mind them. Now what were you saying about flying cars?"
All the students turned at the shout of, "Hey! Wait up!" and "Oi, what happened to meeting up later?"
Seamus and Dean shrugged as Neville ran up to them, panting heavily, with Millicent close on his heels carrying Parvati, who greeted them with a cheeky "what up, doc?" Lavender, Padma and Daphne were a ways behind. Harry and Hermione could see Lavender was ready to explode with frustration at Daphne's antics. The group paused as the last three caught up.
"HI EVERYBODY!" The group visibly jumped when a high-pitched shout came from Daphne. Daphne quickly scrambled to grab hold of Harry's hand (he was the closest to her) and then grinned. "Guess what!"
Dean glanced up at Lavender and Padma's exhausted countenances and replied, "Uh…what?"
Daphne giggled. "You have to guess, silly!"
"You were abducted by aliens and they replaced your brains with jello and then returned you to Hogsmeade where you mindlessly attacked a store and ate all the jello in sight, and then you were abducted again and they returned your brains back because the aliens wanted the jello." A brief silence followed mini-Parvati's astonishing guess, and the caretakers shrugged at one another, wondering where the usually formal young girl got that idea. Neville and Millicent shrugged to one another, not knowing where the usually quiet girl got that idea.
Daphne grinned and announced, "How'd you guess? Look, they even gave me jello as an apology!"
Draco and Pansy began laughing while Parvati and Blaise stared at the jello-loving girl and Ron turned to Lavender and asked, "Did that really happen?" causing the teens to burst out laughing and make Lavender and Padma have to explain what had really happened to Daphne, no matter how much Daphne wanted everyone to believe she had been abducted.
The gaggle of students and children meandered up the path to Hogwarts, the children babbling to each other as the students begged for the day to be over so they could go to sleep.
(A/N Blaise, in his sleep is saying: "Hm…but why we doing that? Ish betta to do this way…Where are we? Where are we! Mum, do I have too? I don't wanna go there. Why? Because he's boring! I'm sorry, I'm sorry…" Blaise trailed off for a little, and then began talking again with an irritated look on his face. "Stop the car! I'd like to get out here please. I'll get off here, thanks all the same. Who would want to go to the market when I can go to the playground?" The teens giggled as Blaise paused, as though listening to a reply. "I don't understand. I'm going home!")
A few hours later…
"LEAH! LET'S DO SOMETHING FUN!" Draco jumped up and down on the couch, ignoring Leah's glare.
As she reached out to grab his ankles and make him sit down, Leah replied, "Draco darling, we've been having fun all day. Aren't you tired yet?"
Draco shook his head. "NOPE! I napped on your back, remember? Now I want to do something!"
Missy shrugged at Leah's inquiring whisper of "what am I supposed to do with him?" and looked at Blaise. Blaise was sitting on the couch next to her, a small frown on his face as he stared into the fire. Both girls were surprised when he announced, "I'm bored. Let's do something!"
Leah paused, thinking quickly. Suddenly she leapt out of her seat, shouted "wait here!" and ran into her room. When she came back out, she was holding something that made Missy groan, "Oh please, anything but that!"
Blaise and Draco asked, "What is it, what is it?"
Leah paused dramatically, and then revealed the mysterious object. "Kids, this is a stereo. We use them in the Muggle world to play music. Now, I'm sure neither of you have ever done this, so pay attention!"
Draco asked quickly, "Are you guys Muggleborn?"
Leah grinned. "Yup! Born and raised! Our mom is a witch though, and dad knew when he married her. But we were raised in the Muggle world."
Draco giggled. "No WONDER you guys are so cool! I wish I was a Muggleborn. So much more interesting!"
"I suppose so. Now, pay attention! You guys have a lot to learn!"
Draco shouted, "We will! We will!" while Blaise nodded emphatically, both excited to learn some Muggle traditions.
"We…are going to have a DANCE PARTY!" Leah shouted excitedly, for she had wanted to have one for a while.
"Dance…party?" Draco and Blaise repeated slowly, confused. "What's that?"
Leah gasped loudly, while Missy smirked and answered quietly, "It's when you blast music and dance around with a bunch of friends."
Draco grinned. "Yeah! Let's do that! But you two need to dance with us! And we can have singing contests!"
Blaise smiled. "Okay! That sounds fun. But I might not know the songs."
Leah ruffled his hair affectionately. "That's okay, kiddo. You don't have to know them to have fun."
Thus, the dance party began with Leah belting out "Oops, I did it again" as she laughed hysterically.
(SCENE BREAK)
"Ow…Missy, everything hurts!" Leah moaned as she and Missy picked up the couch cushions three hours later.
"Well, having kids climb on you like that tends to hurt. You should have told them to stop if it hurt so much."
"Well it didn't hurt while they were pulling on me. Just afterwards." Leah complained as she threw herself down on the remade couch. "Could you BELIEVE their dance moves?"
Missy began laughing as she remembered the, er…, strange things the boys did as they posed for the camera Becky had given her.
-flashback-
"Draco! Look this way!" Missy shouted as the song changed from "Out Tonight" (RENT!) to "Ocean Avenue" by Yellowcard. Draco, with a silly grin on his face, jumped off the couch towards Missy just as the camera flashed. Leah couldn't help but laugh as Missy pulled the developing picture out and waved it around to make it develop faster (it's a Polaroid camera).
The picture showed Draco half-way off the couch, his mouth stretched open as he shrieked, and Blaise in the background holding up a peace sign. Leah pinned the picture up on the bulletin board that Gwen had provided for them.
Missy yelped when Blaise ran over to her, grabbed the camera from her hands, and then rushed off, shouting for Draco to help him as she raced after him. Leah apprehended the blond boy and decided to teach him to do the disco while Missy ran after the brunette.
-end flashback-
"Or remember Draco's dance to the Time Warp song? I'll never be able to watch Rocky Horror Picture Show again without laughing. Granted, I laughed at it before too, but you know what I mean!" Leah collapsed into giggles again as Missy snatched one of the pictures off the wall.
-flashback-
"Leeeeet's Dooooo The Tiiiiime Warp Agaiiiiiiiiiiin!" Draco shouted as Leah began teaching him the Time Warp Dance from Rocky Horror Picture Show. Blaise squealed when Missy snatched the camera from his hands and then snapped a picture of Leah and Draco doing the bunny hop.
"Watch me Missy! Watch!" Blaise shouted as he began head-banging to the music. Missy snapped a picture of him, hoping that he wouldn't get a concussion from the "modern" dance move.
-end flashback-
Missy wiped the tears from her eyes as she caught her breath, and then said, "I really was worried he would get a concussion. Like the guy from Dir en Grey! Kyo, right? He's gotten, like, two concussions from that! And I think Blaise would care if he lost the brain cells, unlike Kyo does."
Leah whimpered quietly, "M-my stomach hurts f-from laughing so hard!" She sat up suddenly, apparently completely revived. "OH! The Lizzie McGuire dance we taught them! THAT was funny. We have got to send Mia pictures of us doing that dance, as she helped us come up with it five years ago."
-flashback-
Draco ran over to the stereo and switched the music to "The Tide is High" from the Lizzie McGuire Movie. Leah and Missy immediately began doing the dance that they and their friend Mia came up with. Draco and Blaise quickly began copying them, jumping up and down whenever Leah and Missy stopped dancing because they were laughing so hard.
"Stop laughing! Keep going!" The boys shouted when Leah collapsed onto the ground from laughter. Draco grabbed her arm and pulled; when she didn't react, he dropped her arm and began doing the disco, a look of fierce concentration on his face. Blaise immediately copied him, one hand on his hip and the other in the air as the song ended.
-end flashback-
Man…was Missy glad she got pictures!
A/N Okies, that's chappie numero nueve. Like?
MUCH better than what I had before! I have been trying to add the dance party in for ages!! Can't you see Blaise and Draco jumping from couch to couch shouting the songs from the top of their lungs? I can!
REVIEW FOR ME! I love you all, even those who don't but I'd really appreciate feedback!
Thanks to TamX2 for beta-ing and letting me use her as a base for Missy's character…
Becky is based off my older sister (yes, the one that this story is dedicated to). She really isn't planning on letting me date until I'm 35. 30 at the LEAST. So funny…
MWAHs to y'all!