Disclaimer: Aidoneus Malfoy, Don Weasley, William Potter.all Dumbledore and McGonagall's schoolmates and teachers, (except for young Madam Hooch, young Professor Sprouts, Professor Dippet and young Madam Pomfrey) belongs to me. The rest belongs to J.K Rowling.

Chapter 9: Hogsmeade

"Look! There's the Honeydukes Sweetshop!" Minerva said excitedly.

"Wonder if there's any shop selling stuff about Quidditch?" Madeline said as she looked around.

Saturday finally arrived and the students were having great fun at Hogsmeade. Minerva looked around in awe. There's Honeydukes, The Three Broomsticks, Zonko's Joke Shop, Dervish and Banges, Gladrags Wizardwear, the post office and the Hog's Head.

"There's no Qudditch equipment shop!" Madeline cried in disappointment.

"Well? Where shall we go first?" Wood asked. The Gryffindor gang turned their heads to Dumbledore.

"Let's the youngest ones decide." Dumbledore said, smiling.

The older Gryffindor students turned their heads to Minerva and her gang.

"Honeydukes!" Madeline and Minerva said.

"Zonko's Joke Shop!" Joe and Robert said at the same time.

"It's a tie." Wood said. "Well, Albus?"

"Now it is the older ones to decide. Those who wants to go to Honeydukes, hands up!" Dumbledore said. Nicholas raised his hand and to Minerva's delight, Dumbledore raised his hand too.

Dumbledore looked at Wood, William and Don, who had their hands down. "Oh well, looks like we are outvote. Let's go to Zonko's Joke Shop."

Wood, William, Don, Robert and Joe all cheered and gave each other a high- five.



The Zonko's Joke Shop was the favorite place for Hogwarts students to shop. William wandered off to see the latest trick toy: The vanishing ink. (A kind of ink that you can pour on a person's shirt and the ink will disappear a few moments later without a trance.) Don was looking at the Dungbombs. Wood was looking at the rubber bloody hand. Robert and Joe were talking about which jokes and tricks were the most worthy to spend their money on.

"Albus, why don't you and the boys stay here, Madeline and I will go to the Honeydukes ourselves." Minerva said. Clearly, she was not interested in Zonko's Joke Shop.

"Never mind, Nicholas and I will go with you and Madeline. I want to buy lemon drops and Nicholas raised his hand in the first place. Nicholas! Let's go to Honeydukes now! ("OK, I'm coming!" Nicholas called.) Boys, I am going to Honeydukes now. See you at Hogwarts later! ("All right!" The boys answered.) Come on, let's go." Dumbledore said and all of 4 of them went out of Zonko's.



"Look at the variety of sweets here!" Minerva said as they entered Honeydukes. There's Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, (Dumbledore looked disgust at the sight of them) Fizzing Whizbees (Madeline looked very interested in them) Droobles Best Blowing Gum (Minerva wants to buy them to eat them during breakfast in the Great Hall but Dumbledore won't let her because he thinks that the teachers will not be pleased at the sight of blue bubbles all over the Great Hall) Toothflossing Stringmints, Pepper Imps ("Maybe we should buy these, so that we can burn the Slytherins' butts when they bother us again." Nicholas said) Ice Mice, Cockroach Clusters ("Who would want to buy those?" Madeline asked. "People who likes cockroaches." Nicholas said.) sugar quills, Acid Pops, Jelly Slugs, Ton- Tongue Toffee, Canary Cream ("Maybe we can tricked Malfoy into eating that. I always wonder what does he look like in a canary form." Nicholas said to Dumbledore) Peppermint Toads, exploding bon-bons, blood-flavored lollipops, Chocolate Frogs, Fudge Flies and lots more.

Dumbledore picked up two packs of lemon drops from the aisle and paid for his things. Minerva was staring at the sweets, still thinking of what to buy. Nicholas grabbed the Pepper Imps and Canary Cream.

"You don't really want burn the Slytherins, do you?" Dumbledore asked.

"I won't do it in front of you. I will try to trick Malfoy into the Canary Cream too. I bet the other boys will like this trick." Nicholas grinned.

Madeline smiled and took the Frizzing Whizbees. Minerva was still staring at the sweets and then sadly at the Droobles Best Blowing Gum.

"Minerva, hurry up!" Madeline said impatiently as she collected her change from the lady behind the counter.

"Coming..." Minerva said absentmindedly, still staring at the Droobles Best Blowing Gum.

Dumbledore looked at Minerva, then his lemon drops, then Nicholas and Madeline with their sweets, then back to Minerva.

"Minerva? I think you should buy them." Dumbledore said.

"What? But you said..." Minerva started, surprised.

"Forget what I just said, if you like them so much, buy them. I don't want you to be upset because of what I just said." Dumbledore said, took two sticks of Droobles Best Blowing Gum and put them on Minerva's hand. "There. Now I have my lemon drops, Nicholas has his Canary Cream and Pepper Imps, Madeline has her Frizzing Whizbees and you have your Droobles Best Blowing Gum. Just don't blow them in front of the teachers, all right?"

"I won't. Thank you." Minerva smiled.



"Let's go to the Three Broomsticks!" Minerva suggested.

"Good, I am dying for hot chocolate." Dumbledore said, smiling.

"No thanks, I need to get back to Hogwarts and try the Frizzing Whizbees in the common room." Madeline said.

"Count me out, I want to get back to Hogwarts too and think of a good way to trick Malfoy to eat those sweets. I bet the boys are not back yet so our bedroom must be pretty quiet and I need a quiet place to think." Nicholas said.

Before Dumbledore and Minerva could say anymore, Madeline and Nicholas called "Goodbye!" and left them.

"Oh well, I guess we have to go there ourselves." Dumbledore said, still smiling.



Dumbledore pushed the doors at the Three Broomsticks open and let Minerva in first. Once they got a booth and sat down, a tall, young waiter with blond hair and blue eyes came to take their order.

"Hey, Albus! Hogsmeade weekend, huh?" The waiter said.

"Yes."

"Usual, I presume?"

Dumbledore nodded.

"What about this young lady? Wait a minute...." A sly look came across the waiter's face. "Is she your girlfriend?"

Dumbledore blushed. "Well, I like her a lot...."

"Woohoo! So, what do you like, Mrs. Dumbledore?" The waiter grinned.

Minerva blushed. "I'm not his wife. Anyway, I want gillywater please.

"Aw, you two are no fun." The waiter said as he walked off.

"Why do you have to say that?" Minerva asked Dumbledore.

"I can't tell lies." Dumbledore smiled shyly.

"Here's your hot chocolate, Albus and your gillywater, Mrs. Dumbledore." The waiter grinned and ran off to other customers before Minerva could say anything.

"He is almost as bad as Malfoy." Minerva said she took a sip from her glass.

"He's all right, just that he likes to tease his friends." Dumbledore as he stirred his hot chocolate and when he just about to swallow his chocolate, the waiter came out of nowhere and suddenly asked: "Any kissing yet?"

Dumbledore spit out his chocolate at the waiter's sudden question. "PETER!!! PLEASE!!!" He yelled.

"Okay, okay, I'm going!" The waiter said and ran off.

"What a waste of chocolate...." Dumbledore groaned as he took out his handkerchief and wiped his mouth. "Although he likes to drive his friends crazy, he is still a nice boy." He said after he had finished wiping his mouth.

Minerva suddenly giggled.

"What's the matter?" Dumbledore asked.

Minerva stopped giggling and smiled. "You've missed a spot." She said softly, took out her own handkerchief and wiped the chocolate stains off the left corner of Dumbledore's mouth.

Dumbledore blushed. Both of them looked at each other and smiled embarrassedly.