Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
Chapter 9
Trouble at Hogsmeade
The next week went by quickly and all of the third through seventh year students were looking forward to the Hogsmeade trip. The Gryffindor Quidditch team practiced Monday and Thursday and planned to practice Sunday as well. Cleo, Mêlée, A'lira, and Curania moved from preparing the Invisibility potion to brewing it. Before any of them knew it Saturday morning had come.
"You ready Cleo?" Ron asked as he, dressed in a shirt that his mother had made for him, walked into the common room. Cleo was sitting on the couch in a red knee-length, spaghetti strap dress.
"Whoa!" Ron exclaimed.
"What?" Cleo said as she stood up, staring at his mouth that was hanging wide open.
Ron closed his mouth as Hermione walked in through the portal to the common room and Harry came down the stairs.
"Hey, Guys!" Ginny also came down the stairs. Ron snapped out of his trance noticing that everyone was looking at him.
"Okay, lets go." He said then followed the rest of them out of the common room. They walked down to the main hall where the rest of the students going to Hogsmeade were waiting. It wasn't long before they were led to the carriages that would take them to the train. They boarded the train and were soon arriving at Hogsmeade.
"So where do you want to go first?" Harry asked.
"I don't know. Cleo, what do you think?" Ron asked.
"I'd like to figure out where my sisters are and then we can ask them." She answered just before her sisters came out of the crowd of students.
"Hey, guys!!" A'lira cheered as she walked up to them.
"Hello, A'lira." Harry said. " Uh, where did you girls want to go first?" he asked.
"I don't know." They answered as a whole.
"Why don't we just walk and go into stores that sound interesting." Curania said quietly before walking in the direction of the street. Everyone shrugged their shoulders and followed her.
They walked down the street looking in the store windows. Harry, Cleo, Mêlée, Ron, and Ginny went into the Quidditch store while Hermione, Curania and A'lira waited outside. After a half hour Hermione, Curania, and A'lira went in and physically dragged them out of the store. They stopped at the joke shop. Harry and Ron had gone off to a different part of the store and were whispering to each other urgently.
"They're planning a prank." Ginny laughed quietly to the others.
"They are always coming up with some prank. Like Fred and George used to." Hermione said.
"Yeah where are they?" Ginny said. "They own this shop." She began looking around.
A young man with short black like Harry's was behind the counter fishing through some papers.
"Excuse me. Who are you?" Ginny asked.
He looked up from his papers and smiled. "Oh, I'm Alexander." He said. "How can I help you?"
"You can tell me where my brothers Fred and George are." She snapped and Ron, who had stopped scheming with Harry, came over. "Yeah. Where are Fred and George?"
"Oh! You must be Jenny and.uh.which one are you?" he said and pointed to Ron.
"Ginny."
"Ron." They said at once.
"Oh, anyway, nice to meet you. You're brothers went to a joke convention in Dublin. Strange isn't it a joke convention." He said.
"Sounds like them." Hermione muttered.
"They won't be back until tomorrow but I'll tell them you stopped by." Alex said before they said their goodbyes and left the joke shop.
They walked along making jokes about the stupidest stuff. They walked into the pet store and started looking around.
"Mum, never let us get a pet." A'lira said softly as she looked at the cats and owls.
"Yeah, she always said that they were too much work." Curania agreed. "I always wanted a kitten." She petted a small black cat that leaned into her hand.
"Hey, guys! There's your parents!" Ron cried.
"They probably want to make sure were alright." Cleo stated looking at a calico cat, which sat in a rather large cage and kept staring at her. Sure enough Christopher and Katherine Black came into the pet store.
"How are my girls?" Chris asked as he received hugs from his daughters.
"We're okay, dad." Mêlée smiled, "A'lira, Curania, and Cleo have been mooning over all the kittens in this store for the past half hour."
"Have not!" A'lira laughed.
"Have to!" Mêlée laughed back.
Everyone burst into laughter as well. A'lira and Mêlée argued playfully for a while.
"Mom, can we get a kitty?" Curania asked over the laughter.
Katherine looked at Chris and he just shrugged his shoulders, "Is up to you?" he said and walked out of the store.
"Well, uh, you are seventeen, almost eighteen. I guess you're old enough." she was then squashed under her four daughters as they rushed to hug her. They let go as fast as they had hugged her and turned to pick out which one each wanted. After another hour at the pet store Cleo walked out with a female calico kitten that she named Callie. Curania had chosen an orange female kitten that was named Pumpkin. A'lira had picked a pure white longhaired female kitten who she named Sweetheart. And Mêlée chose a black female kitten named Cosmic Creepers (because that's the name she came with).
After Katherine had paid the storeowner for the cats they left the store. Katherine left to find her husband while everyone else continued roaming the streets. An hour later they stopped at a small café for something to eat. A young waitress with blond hair came to take their order.
"What can I get you?" she asked.
"Uh, I think everyone wants a butterbeer." Hermione stated and everyone agreed.
"Alright, eight butterbeers coming right up." And the waitress left.
"What time to we have to be back at the train?" Curania asked.
"We have a couple more hours yet." Ron said looking at a clock on the wall of the café. The waitress returned with four of the butterbeers rather quickly before rushing back to get the other four.
They quickly finished their butterbeers and were soon back to the street. It was getting late and they began to make their way back to the train when Callie, Pumpkin, Sweetheart, and Cosmic Creepers jump out of their mistress' arms and hid behind a row of barrels.
"What's the matter with them?" Harry asked as the girls tried to get them out. Suddenly the sky went pith black, like the sun had suddenly set. People started screaming and running up and down the street.
Harry, Ron, Ginny, Cleo, Mêlée, Curania, Hermione, and A'lira pulled out their wands and prepared themselves.
But nothing could have prepared them for what came next.
Chapter 9
Trouble at Hogsmeade
The next week went by quickly and all of the third through seventh year students were looking forward to the Hogsmeade trip. The Gryffindor Quidditch team practiced Monday and Thursday and planned to practice Sunday as well. Cleo, Mêlée, A'lira, and Curania moved from preparing the Invisibility potion to brewing it. Before any of them knew it Saturday morning had come.
"You ready Cleo?" Ron asked as he, dressed in a shirt that his mother had made for him, walked into the common room. Cleo was sitting on the couch in a red knee-length, spaghetti strap dress.
"Whoa!" Ron exclaimed.
"What?" Cleo said as she stood up, staring at his mouth that was hanging wide open.
Ron closed his mouth as Hermione walked in through the portal to the common room and Harry came down the stairs.
"Hey, Guys!" Ginny also came down the stairs. Ron snapped out of his trance noticing that everyone was looking at him.
"Okay, lets go." He said then followed the rest of them out of the common room. They walked down to the main hall where the rest of the students going to Hogsmeade were waiting. It wasn't long before they were led to the carriages that would take them to the train. They boarded the train and were soon arriving at Hogsmeade.
"So where do you want to go first?" Harry asked.
"I don't know. Cleo, what do you think?" Ron asked.
"I'd like to figure out where my sisters are and then we can ask them." She answered just before her sisters came out of the crowd of students.
"Hey, guys!!" A'lira cheered as she walked up to them.
"Hello, A'lira." Harry said. " Uh, where did you girls want to go first?" he asked.
"I don't know." They answered as a whole.
"Why don't we just walk and go into stores that sound interesting." Curania said quietly before walking in the direction of the street. Everyone shrugged their shoulders and followed her.
They walked down the street looking in the store windows. Harry, Cleo, Mêlée, Ron, and Ginny went into the Quidditch store while Hermione, Curania and A'lira waited outside. After a half hour Hermione, Curania, and A'lira went in and physically dragged them out of the store. They stopped at the joke shop. Harry and Ron had gone off to a different part of the store and were whispering to each other urgently.
"They're planning a prank." Ginny laughed quietly to the others.
"They are always coming up with some prank. Like Fred and George used to." Hermione said.
"Yeah where are they?" Ginny said. "They own this shop." She began looking around.
A young man with short black like Harry's was behind the counter fishing through some papers.
"Excuse me. Who are you?" Ginny asked.
He looked up from his papers and smiled. "Oh, I'm Alexander." He said. "How can I help you?"
"You can tell me where my brothers Fred and George are." She snapped and Ron, who had stopped scheming with Harry, came over. "Yeah. Where are Fred and George?"
"Oh! You must be Jenny and.uh.which one are you?" he said and pointed to Ron.
"Ginny."
"Ron." They said at once.
"Oh, anyway, nice to meet you. You're brothers went to a joke convention in Dublin. Strange isn't it a joke convention." He said.
"Sounds like them." Hermione muttered.
"They won't be back until tomorrow but I'll tell them you stopped by." Alex said before they said their goodbyes and left the joke shop.
They walked along making jokes about the stupidest stuff. They walked into the pet store and started looking around.
"Mum, never let us get a pet." A'lira said softly as she looked at the cats and owls.
"Yeah, she always said that they were too much work." Curania agreed. "I always wanted a kitten." She petted a small black cat that leaned into her hand.
"Hey, guys! There's your parents!" Ron cried.
"They probably want to make sure were alright." Cleo stated looking at a calico cat, which sat in a rather large cage and kept staring at her. Sure enough Christopher and Katherine Black came into the pet store.
"How are my girls?" Chris asked as he received hugs from his daughters.
"We're okay, dad." Mêlée smiled, "A'lira, Curania, and Cleo have been mooning over all the kittens in this store for the past half hour."
"Have not!" A'lira laughed.
"Have to!" Mêlée laughed back.
Everyone burst into laughter as well. A'lira and Mêlée argued playfully for a while.
"Mom, can we get a kitty?" Curania asked over the laughter.
Katherine looked at Chris and he just shrugged his shoulders, "Is up to you?" he said and walked out of the store.
"Well, uh, you are seventeen, almost eighteen. I guess you're old enough." she was then squashed under her four daughters as they rushed to hug her. They let go as fast as they had hugged her and turned to pick out which one each wanted. After another hour at the pet store Cleo walked out with a female calico kitten that she named Callie. Curania had chosen an orange female kitten that was named Pumpkin. A'lira had picked a pure white longhaired female kitten who she named Sweetheart. And Mêlée chose a black female kitten named Cosmic Creepers (because that's the name she came with).
After Katherine had paid the storeowner for the cats they left the store. Katherine left to find her husband while everyone else continued roaming the streets. An hour later they stopped at a small café for something to eat. A young waitress with blond hair came to take their order.
"What can I get you?" she asked.
"Uh, I think everyone wants a butterbeer." Hermione stated and everyone agreed.
"Alright, eight butterbeers coming right up." And the waitress left.
"What time to we have to be back at the train?" Curania asked.
"We have a couple more hours yet." Ron said looking at a clock on the wall of the café. The waitress returned with four of the butterbeers rather quickly before rushing back to get the other four.
They quickly finished their butterbeers and were soon back to the street. It was getting late and they began to make their way back to the train when Callie, Pumpkin, Sweetheart, and Cosmic Creepers jump out of their mistress' arms and hid behind a row of barrels.
"What's the matter with them?" Harry asked as the girls tried to get them out. Suddenly the sky went pith black, like the sun had suddenly set. People started screaming and running up and down the street.
Harry, Ron, Ginny, Cleo, Mêlée, Curania, Hermione, and A'lira pulled out their wands and prepared themselves.
But nothing could have prepared them for what came next.