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Written for: The If you dare continued challenge, The Restriction Challenge, The Halloween Competition, The Stay in the Box Challenge, The Pottermore Challenge, The Sims 3 Challenge.

Prompt: drabble/ficlet/oneshot collection, between 500 and 1,000 words, Road Trips, (dialogue) "I'm not hiding there!" / "Why not?" / "Well, if we have to hide, I want to be somewhere familiar. I want to know where the exits are, and I want to be allowed to smoke.", No less than 500 words, Write about someone refusing to do something just because someone else is doing it, (Object) Umbrella.

Day 26 - Twenty-Six Crazy Party Crashers

"No," Aberforth said as he crossed his arms. "I'm not hiding there!"

"Why not?" Harry asked as he nervously looked between his mate and the pub's window. "If you want to stick around here and get mobbed by people begging to get invited to our Halloween party then be my guest."

Aberforth paused and thought before replying. "Well, if we have to hide, I want to be somewhere familiar. I want to know where the exits are, and I want to be allowed to smoke."

"Errr...okay but love, you do not smoke, never have," Harry said slowly as he tried to understand the last part of what Aberforth had just said. "But if you need to just think of this as lots of little road trips."

"I prefer to see it as we are fleeing for our lives," Aberforth argued as he stared down at the umbrella that his beloved Harry had given to him. "Besides this has been done before. My brother and the you know who boyfriend went on holiday somewhere in Wales to get away from a group of people. Also I know that two of your friends are doing the very same right now!"

"But they are due to come back tomorrow," argued Harry as he crossed his arms while being careful of his own umbrella in his arms. "If you are worried about running into them you do not have to be. If you are worried about our Halloween party and getting things ready for it then we can pick up some special one of a kind Halloween decorations for the party while we are away."

"But what if they break into the pub while we are away?" Aberforth asked as he ignored Harry's comment about magic. "And what if we end up being the people that are doing something that our friends want to do but because we have or are doing it then it means we have ruined it for our friends?"

"What is this all about really Abe?" Harry asked with a sigh as he did his best to ignore the shouts and hammer on the pub's door from the outside. "Normally you would jump for the chance to go on a trip like this with me. Something tells me that it is not the crazy party crashers outside at fault."

"No...I could easily keep them out with a bit of Dumbledore family magic," Aberforth admitted only to continue talking when Harry gave him an encouraging look. "I know that your friend, Ms. Bones was planning to do something like you want to do today and she did not want to see anyone she knew today. Also...if we go away for two days...well you know me and the bed, I could not even dream of trying to sleep in any other bed!"

"Abe, Susan went to South Wales while we will be going to North Wales," Harry said as he broke things down for his mate. "So Susan will still get her wish. Plus if you are that picky about which bed that you sleep in then you can just shrink it down and put it into your robe pocket."

"That...is a bloody great idea love."

"Good, I am glad that is one problem done with and sorted out," Harry said as he rolled his eyes. "Now can we please get going? I do not want to be here when the want to be party crashers find a way to get their demands of being invited into the pub. Whatever they do I bet it will be a very creative method!"

Aberforth shot Harry a knowing smirk. "Do you think that the Halloween party requests will appear just like your Hogwarts acceptance letters did?"

To Be Continued...