Harry Potter and The Unexpected Betrayal

Chapter 3: Warty Pickles

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Not soon after they arrived at Diagon Alley. John always felt weird entering the Leaky Cauldron and voiced his opinion.

"Hermione, in three hours I'll meet you back here. K?" John said nervously eyeing to space where 'nothing' was.

Harry answered for her, knowing her pleading skills, "Mr. Granger, could we please have 3 ½ hours. It might take awhile of Mal- I mean Draco is in there. If he's with his goonies than it will take a while to buy our things!"

"Alright Harry but no more." Mr. Granger said relenting.

As they walked in a giant moleskin coat suddenly swallowed them.

"'Ermione, 'arry, Ron, how are ye?" Hagrid roared suddenly deafening the trio.

"Hagrid, I wish you to go in your room NOW!!" said a very disgruntled Tom.

"Yes Tom, as you command." Said Hagrid (A/N: keep in mind that he is drunk, VERY drunk.)

Tom ordered one of his new workers to take Hagrid upstairs.

"Tom, now I'm worried. What's wrong with Hagrid? I mean, why is he so drunk?" Hermione asked suddenly worried.

"Well, the past caught up to him and- well that's not my business to tell ya." Tom explained. All right now you better go on now.

You've only got 3 ½ hours." He continued. "And don't ask how I know, that is none of your business."

"Tom, I hope you weren't encouraging them to go on before I have a chance to get here." Ginny said, stepping from the fireplace.

(A/N: Just a duh here, but she Flooed.) "Nope, now hurry up or you'll need every second." With that he walked away .

They looked at each other quizzically and just left. They tapped a block, the tunnel appeared, and they walked through. The emerged on the other side amid a street void of everyone but a few older people, two or three couples and… Malfoy!? They ducked into the nearest shop and got out there lists. (A/N: let's just say the list said all the normal stuff with a new set of books like the Transfiguration 5 and stuff like that.)

Since Harry and Hermione needed money they all headed down to Gringotts. When they came out, they headed to Flourish and Blotts. They didn't meet Malfoy there, but Harry knew that they wouldn't always be so lucky.

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"Harry I can't reach this book. Can you get it for me pleeeeeease?"said Hermione. "I'm too short and it's not fair."

"Herms, of course I can. I'll do and anything for you." Harry said. Like a good little puppy-dog that all boys are. 

"Thank-you Harry" Hermione said, almost as if on cue.

"There's only one problem, if I do this one favor you owe me a snogging (A/N: I love that word) session." Said Harry who wanted to get the best out of this deal.

"Harry, I can either go and get Ron, who'll think I'm flirting, or you can get it down NOW!!" Hermione threatened.

"K. I'll get it down." Harry said defeated.

As they paid for the things Harry decided that he needed a new cauldron, his was a little worse for the wear. (he made the mistake of lending it to Neville.) They all needed new quills and ink and all of them needed some pet supplies; Harry needed owl treats and Ron too. Hermione needed kitty things and Ginny had promised to get Mrs. Weasley a new owl. Errol didn't make it back that summer. The only one who needed robes was Ginny so Hermione decided she'd go with her. Harry needed a new 'thing' for his broom and Quidditch Supplies had it. They all decided to meet at Madam Malkin's so the girls wouldn't have to walk.

As the boys entered the Quidditch store they heard a very familiar sneer, "So, it's the Potty and Weasel. Where's your Mudblood? And Firebush? Or are you two out on a date?" said Malfoy.

"Drakey, are you done so we can get out of here? We have an appointment to keep!!" said a slightly annoyed Pansy.

"Pug-nose, keep out! This is not one of your girly fights." Said a very red and obliviously angry Ron.

"Ron, what I need isn't important. Let's go!" Harry said slightly exasperated. And with that they left leaving a very astonished Pansy behind. As they got to Madam Malkin's, they saw the girls outside with one parcel apiece.

"Harry, I thought you needed something?" questioned Hermione, slightly bewildered.

"Malfoy and pug-face Parkinson were there and what I needed was not that important. Let's get our quills, ink, and cauldrons. After that we'll go to the Joke Shop." Explained Harry. "If we have time I might be so kind as to buy you all ice cream." He continued.

"Well, let's hurry!!" exclaimed Ginny, who would take up any offer at ice cream, even from Malfoy.

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They all walked out of ink, quill, and parchment store with different colored ink. Hermione had purple, Ginny had pink, Ron had red, and Harry had green. Now they could pass notes and use color codes and no one would know who or what they were talking about. They all bought a pewter cauldron and headed to the Twin Jokes, where 'buy one, get ½ off on another' always applied. As they walked in the door slammed behind them.

"Sorry about that mates, Malfoy has been trying to get in here." Explained a very sooty Fred.

"The last time that git was in here we were cleaning up for days. Malfoy's are always trouble," continued and equally sooty George.

"Hermione said that you have new inventions that she volunteered us for. Is that true?" asked Harry.

"Well, yes and no. You see it is true, but Fred tested them this morning and they're still too strong for public. Although we still have Canary Creams." Answered George craftily.

"If you want to get people with those create something like that but like: Warty Pickles or such." Replied Harry.

"WARTY PICKLES?" asked all five.

"Sure, they would turn people into frogs." Harry replied.

"Harry you're a genius. We'll do a whole bunch of new products." said Fred.

"Fred!! Your not serious, are you?" asked Hermione, slightly surprised.

"Sure, why not? I mean we haven't sold a single Canary Cream in three weeks." Said Fred. "We'll start some new lines: Warty pickles, Doghouse Doughnuts, Cat Cokes, and the like."

George groaned at the lack of education the names contained. (A\N Okay, I couldn't come up with anything else.)

Harry looked down at his watch, "Whoa! Guys, we need to go, we have ½ an hour. I promised Ginny ice cream."

They all said good-bye and walked out. Harry and Hermione lingered a moment. As they were leaving George called out, "Harry, you two make an awesome couple. If you so much as look at her wrong I will beat your arse into a bloody pulp and feed you to Fluffy."

"GEORGE!! Thanks." Said Hermione, outraged at first and then glad she had two more 'big brothers.'

Outside the store Harry smartly waved at the twins, grabbed Hermione by the waist, dipped her down and gave her a big smooch.

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As they walked toward the ice cream parlor, Seamus Finnigan ran up to then, "Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Ron, how are you? I haven't seen you guys all summer. Boy I can't wait for school. Harry, why the heck do you have pink lipstick on?" He gave Harry a quizzical look.

"Well, I gave Hermione a kiss earlier and I guess I forgot she had on lipstick, much less pink." Harry explained just brushing it off (the comment) as he took out a handkerchief and wiped off the PINK lipstick.

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After they finished their ice cream they headed back to the Leakey Cauldron. They walked in amid a cloud of laughter (they were laughing at a joke) and were quickly shushed. Because just as they walked out, they ran into a parked… MOTORCYCLE!?

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