Chapter 12—A bing and a bang, all in good fun
With the Ministry gone so did a lot of people. The older ones remembered his last reign so out of the country they fled. Harry had all the girl's parent's homes warded but you cannot stay in there forever. Eleanor Branstone parents had already left; she would be missed at the pool.
Harry was not a super hero, in fact many of his tutors and Filius set him on his bum many times. So there would be no charging into the breach of the cannons or a face to face with RiddleyPoo. TommyPoo was alleged to be very powerful. Harry would not run but chase him down, no way. Then there always was Harry's luck.
Laura Madley was just over the top, "Oh Harry you have got to see what the Weasley's did in Diagon Alley even the Dark Lord is afraid to go their." Not a lot of the girls there believed it but she was insistent. "Road Trip" Gabby yelled.
It was the most eye shattering display of lights and whizzes and bangs. Weasley Wizard Wheezes was a shop of chaos. As Harry approached a large rubber hammer on a spring came out and hovered over his head and his head alone. The minute he walked into the shop two red headed clowns in the brightest colored robes approached Harry and demanded, "Who are you."
"Lord Voldemort of course and this is my Deatheater crew and favorite kissing crew." That got them to laughing and asked a bit more civilized.
"Harry Potter at you service, why do you ask?"
"Our hammer of doom was following you, yet it did not attack, you intrigue us, that normally only goes out for bad guys and when out it always attacks" said one of the book ends.
Harry looked around and found the place packed with student and young people. Diagon alley was empty; this was the only full store in Diagon Alley.
"Gabby, round up Mary I need notes taken, have Victoria check out what's available and have her take Eleanor for note taking. Fun is over this is serious. "Harry ordered. "I hear you guys have no problems with Voldemort and I would like to know how."
The twins were impressed, an army of girls attacked their inventory and were doing interviews of the customers and some were surrounding this Harry Potter as guards and information takers.
Harry and the twins along with Gabby, Mary went to the twin's private room upstairs and they then explained. "Everything we have here is because of the kill a Deatheater and get 1000 galleons. We got two and here is the shop, but along those lines we decided to be anti- Dumbledore, Deatheaters, and especially anti Dark Lord. We are not much but we do many things that a normal wizard can't understand. For the student it was stuff to get out of class, what used to be the Ministry were anti-jinx curse cloaks. Right now its stuff that allows us to make some money and not be killed by the Dark Lord.
Suddenly there was a tinkling sound and the twins laughed. One said here come the next wave. The other twin said to look out the window and see how they get theirs.
If this was not serious it would have been hilarious never mind it was hilarious, first the hammer of doom start whacking Deatheater over the head, not that it did much damage but they were confused. Then came the bucket of goo, it was like pouring glue over the attacking Deatheaters. Then came the feathers and Harry lost it. The spray that followed was of multi colors and it looked to be some kind of dye. To top it off something that looked like a giant marshmallow came out and started the two steps on the stuck Deatheaters.
"Oh Morgana, you have to help or join us, we have yet to name our cause."
"What" asked the twins simultaneously?
"What I think is, oh I hope you have the stuff, I want to attack the Ministry that now has the Dark Lord with something similar to what you just demonstrated. The idea is to force him out of the Ministry building".
"That's going to cost started twin one…
"If you come up with a plan I will finance it" Harry was still giggling.
The twins did, Riddle was not very happy and the Malfoy vaults were paying for the fun.
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The department of mysteries had shut down, sealed up and pretended that it wasn't there anymore. Voldemort attempts to break in failed but was an on going project.
Edgecombe had the 'floe' system shut down to one entry point which was heavily guarded by Deatheaters. This proved to be the Deatheaters downfall. Voldemort being a trusting sole controlled the anti-port key and anti-apperating wards, which he had made himself. Tommy boy had the Deatheaters on rotating shifts but as a rule there were fifty Deatheaters in the building at any given moment. The other hundred or so were out robbing and looting, it took money to run Riddle's mob. At this time Riddle was in Fudges old office plotting how to take Gringotts. With that kind of money he could take over England.
The first sign of trouble was the flare of the 'floe' and a glass bottle breaking on the stone floor in front of the 'floe'. Ten Deatheaters had their wands pointed at the 'floe' with 'Avada Kedavra' on their breath. No one came through the 'floe' but the substance that was in the bottle seemed to be growing and growing. They never saw or heard Harry 'fade' in under his invisibility cloak and leave a small crate in each corner of the Atrium. The substance had now grown like foam and covered the 'floe'. A brain trust of a Deatheater whose instinct first, last and always, blasted the substance. The substance solidified into a rubbery thing that bounced the next curse back at the caster. At the same time "ping, thunk, hiss" was heard around the Atrium. The Deatheater were spinning around and aiming their wands at sounds of little scurrying little feet and a hoard of small thinks were scurrying around the Atrium. They looked like roaches but were sparking; the second brain trust of a Deatheater stomped on one and almost lost his foot. Then in each corner appeared a 'marshmallow man' looking thingy. They lumbered out and the third brain trust did the only thing he knew and blasted it. The blast knocked the Deatheaters off their feet. In the confusion as weather to blast another or what, one of the three 'marshmallow man' appeared to pass gas. The gas was ignited by the sparking roaches and a blast was heard but Morgana the smell. The four 'marshmallow men' passed gas and the roaches ignited the gas the smell was getting really bad. The five 'marshmallow men' continued with more hissing and explosions. The now eight 'marshmallow men' …and the Deatheaters panicked and ran for the lifts and Voldemort. Even with the lifts arriving at the top floor the smell was gagging and getting worse. Voldemort took one look at the green Deatheaters dropped the ward and he evacuated. No not green as in gagging green, green skin, green eyes, green clothes, even their wand were green. It did take two weeks to air out the building but giving Volde an Irish send off was moral victory.
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Well the dreaded testing was upon us; at least we were not in the hair pulling heebie-jeebies like Granger is going through. I am still keeping my back to the wall but people are more interested in passing the tests. This year the tests fall on either side of a weekend so it's Hogsmeade and 'The Three Broomsticks' for the whole crowd.
"Aw come on girls we just got here the butterbeer is still cold and you want to go to Gladrags already?" I know I am whining and it doesn't help much. It could be worse I thought. Well it's a long walk but the sun is out and it's a nice day. The girl's attack the store and I slide over towards Scrivenshaft's which is next door in a hope to escape.
A glance down the street towards the Hogshead bar has me do a double take; Albus Dumbledore is striding up the street towards me. This is not good.
~Gabby get the girls on the street now, we have big problems headed our way.
~Just a moment dear I have to try this dress on.
~If you wait a few minutes more you may be buried in it, get the hell out here with the other girls.
Well the girls came out and I would have been in real trouble with them for interrupting their shopping, if we were not in real trouble already. I just pointed down the street and I finally had their attention. The girls knew to grab someone close and I grabbed Gabby and 'faded' not that I would not be interesting to chat with a dead man but Volde just walked out of the alley by Honeydukes. I used the 'floe' to yell for help from the Aurors who thought I had lost it or was drunk.
I yelled over the noise in 'The Three Broomsticks', "Fokes I just called the Aurors who think I'm drunk but I thought you should know that the Dark Lord is over by Honeydukes, I would recommend that the students head for the castle." I grabbed the girls and 'faded' to the cottage where I again used the 'floe' and tried to contact Amelia. She was out on a call.