Prompt: "Why are there bubbles everywhere?" "Don't ask questions." (O 62)
This drabble is an A/U that takes place during the summer after Harry's sixth year where he and Ginny are still dating. Harry goes to the twin's shop to pick Ginny up for a date, only to encounter the twin's latest product prototype. This drabble is rated T.
Note: this prompt is on my bingo card.
Harry quickly walked down Diagon Alley, making his way towards Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes where he had agreed to meet Ginny once she was done working before they were to go out to dinner in Muggle London. Harry had figured it would be safer to venture out into Muggle London than stay in the wizarding world where there was the potential for a Death Eater attack. He still had about fifteen minutes before he was supposed to be at the shop, but he figured he could look around and see what was new before they were due to leave.
He entered the shop, the bell over the door signaling his arrival. The first thing he noticed about the shop was that it seemed a bit too quiet and that there was a strong scent of detergent in the air. He looked over at the door that led to the twin's office and workspace and noticed bubbles were slowly appearing under the door.
Figuring that the twins and Ginny must be in there, Harry walked over to the door. He slowly opened it, only to be greeted by the sight of a large mass of blue and green bubbles and the three Weasleys in question hiding behind a table that had been put on its side, their wands drawn.
"Why are there bubbles everywhere?" Harry asked, drawing his own wand as well.
"Don't ask questions," Ginny shouted from behind Fred, her eyes never leaving the mass of bubbles, "just be prepared to fire!"
"Wait, fire at wha…?" Harry never got to finish his question, as suddenly the mass of bubbles started to shift, growing larger and larger before taking the shape of a golem.
"Roar!" The bubble golem yelled angrily at the four people in the room.
"What the fuck is that?!" Harry yelled in surprise.
"It's supposed to be our new product, Wishy Washy Buddy! Will wash all the things you need to clean without you having to lift a finger or a wand, but I think we gave him the wrong animation enchantments because now he wants to kill us!" George shouted. He shot a spell at the golem, only for it to deflect the spell with its large bubble arms.
Harry watched in horror as the bubble golem's long arms stretching towards Ginny, slowly creeping closer towards her.
"Aim for the mouth, now!" Fred commanded, casting a shield charm in front of the sideways table.
"Bombarta!" Harry yelled, shooting the blasting hex towards the bubble golem. The spell hit the bubble golem dead center of its mouth, causing it to explode into thousands of tiny bubbles that went all over the room. He brought his arms up to shield his head and face, feeling the bubbles land on him and soak through parts of his shirt.
The room was silent after a minute, the only audible sounds were the sounds of bubbles popping out of existence and heavy breathing from all of them.
"Good aim, Harry." George complimented him, climbing out from behind the table. He helped his twin and sister up before examining the damage the exploding bubble golem had caused to the workshop.
"Next time, maybe when I tell you two that trying to create a golem isn't the best idea, maybe you'll listen to me!" Ginny rounded on the twins, her wand now pointed at them.
"Hey, we were guaranteed that the animation enchantments would work!" Fred argued, hands up in surrender.
"Oh they worked all right! You two created a bubble monster that could have easily killed us!"
A look of inspiration suddenly crossed George's face, an idea clearly forming in his mind. "Wait, Fred, forget making him as a washing buddy, I think we can improve our bubble golem friend there and turn him into a Death Eater fighting machine! They won't know what hit them when they see a mass of bubbles they can't easily get rid of start taking them out! We just need to figure out how to shield his mouth, and we'll have the all-new Wishy Washy Warrior! Come on, we need more detergent!"
And with that, he dragged Fred out of the room, leaving Harry alone with Ginny.
"As brilliant as those two are, sometimes I swear they don't think things fully through before acting." Ginny walked over to Harry, giving him a kiss in greeting. "Thank you for stopping that thing."
"Yeah, no problem. So how on Earth did they get the enchantments to animate a golem?"
"No bloody clue, and I'm not sure I want to know if it's possible they got it through illegal means. Plus," Ginny looked over at the clock on the wall. The time was five past five o'clock. "I'm now off the clock, and I believe you promised me a dinner date out?"
"Oh, yeah. Remus and Tonks are waiting for us at the Leaky Cauldron. Even though we're going into Muggle London, they wanted to make sure we weren't alone without an adult."
"Afraid of what we might get up to?" Ginny gave him another kiss, this time lasting longer than the previous one.
"I think it's more of a dark tosser issue than us not being trusted."
Ginny let out a sigh. "Oh, I know you're right, it would be nice for once that we could actually be alone on a date and not need a handler because we're underage."
Harry pulled her closer to him, giving her another kiss. "Eventually we will, and eventually Voldemort will be gone from our lives too. But for now, we should probably get going if we want to have a chance of getting a table at the restaurant without having to wait a long time."
Harry took her hand in his, leading her out of the room. They waved goodbye to the twins who were busy bringing out bottles of detergent from the storeroom before heading out of the shop and up to the Leaky Caldron.