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Through the Looking Glass

Author's Note: If you go back to Chapter 1 - I have edited the summary. I think it is much better now and covers more of what will REALLY be in the story. And, erm, I have to go back and fix the Phoenix message. LOL - I spelled something wrong. HAHAHA. I'm a dork. And, the first 'Thank You' section is located in this chapter. Sporadically I'll do this; just to show you how much those reviews really do mean to me. All right - onto the story - Willow meets a few redheaded people.

Chapter 6

Weasley's Wizard Wheezes Workshop

"Willow?" Draco Malfoy's steel gray eyes lit up as he took another sip of his butterbeer.

"Mmhmm?"

"Can I ask you a favor?" Draco looked around the pub and then leaned forward close to Willow, so that only she could hear. "Would you -"

His pause made Willow slightly uneasy, but when she realized that he was being distracted she looked towards the window. A middle-aged man was standing at the glass and his eyes seemed to hold a deeper meaning that what he was mouthing to Draco (which Willow thought it looked like he was saying, Busy crocodiles and bananas are eating us alive). The man's brown hair hung in his face and Willow wished she could push it out of his eyes.

"I beg your forgiveness, but I must go." Draco smiled, but Willow didn't like his smile much, it seemed to be too much like a sneer. "I will see you again."

And with that he was out the door, but not before leaving a small gold coin on the table for the server.

He sure does tip well, she thought. Well, no use staying here, I'll go out and explore this... place.

Willow left The Three Broomsticks, and continued on her little excursion. There were tons of little shops and restaurants in this small town. She wondered if there was an inn anywhere for her to go and stay, since she obviously wasn't home anymore, but then she remembered that she had no wizard money. Thus the idea was dropped, and Willow thought that it would be better to go back where she was dropped. Willow, not wanting to be too obvious about turning around abruptly, stepped up onto a step and without thinking looked up.

Weasley's Wizard Wheezes Workshop
It's a Wheeze!

"It's a wheeze?" Willow was slightly amused, and then a thought struck her. Draco had said something about a Weasley, hadn't he? So, Willow figured it would be a great idea to go in and see what all the wheezing was about.

Willow pushed open the door and as soon as she stepped in a large painting on her right began to make noise. The painting was of an overly furry dog and the dog was barking its head off. Then immediately to her left a loud CRASH was heard, Willow whipped around to see plates smashing themselves against the floor and then the broken pieces putting themselves together and then ramming themselves against the ceiling, then doing the entire process over again. If that wasn't enough, a large amount of smoke began to fill the area... and with a dog barking and plates smashing, Willow was definitely starting to freak out.

"WELCOME!"

"AAAGHH!" Willow flew back against the door and held up her hands; a flash of light emitted from her hands and the madness went away. However, the fog didn't, but it was slowly dying away, and two fresh-faced, redheaded, identical men were standing in the middle of the fog. They had huge smiles on their faces and Willow was glad that the fog had kept them from seeing her freak out and having to quiet the obvious welcoming jokes.

"Weasley's Wizard Wheezes Workshop - the place for all your gags, jokes, and lolly-flops. Ton-Tongue Toffee is to your right. Special of the Day: Fire Frosting; five sickles per bag. Newest Edition, but only for those older wizards: Voodoo Vodka. And remember, it's a wheeze here at the workshop!"

Willow's eyes were wide open, as she realized that the two figures were actually not real at all. They were life-like statues of, Willow guessed, the owners; and during the welcome speech the mouths moved up and down like they were puppets, and the eyes would blink sporadically.

Willow took in a deep breath and figured that she would go to the left, as the Ton-Tongue Toffee certainly did not sound appetizing.

"Hi - can I help you?" A real life redhead appeared behind a small display of the Voodoo Vodka. "Would you like to try the Voodoo Vodka?"

"No thanks." Willow turned the other direction.

"How about some Magic Peppers? They never lose their spicy-ness; no matter how much you lick them." The counterpart redhead was holding a small green pepper in his hands, which Willow nearly knocked out of his hand when she turned around so abruptly.

"Fred," the one in front of her said.

"... and George," the Voodoo Vodka one continued.

"Weasley. Workshop owners, extraordinaire!" The two finished together.

Willow couldn't help but smile. "I really appreciate it, but..."

"Just looking," Fred set the green pepper in a bowl full of green peppers, and then took a small yellow ball from the bowl beside it. He popped it in his mouth and a puff of yellow smoke erupted out of his ears.

Willow didn't know what to think about that, but just nodded her head. "Right."

"Looking for anything particular?" George shook his head at his brother, and gave Willow a huge smile.

"No, not really."

"Right, well, we'll take that as our cue to leave. Leave the nice lady alone Fred." George pulled Fred away, who was still emitting puffs of yellow smoke from his ears. "Can't believe I left you out of your cage not five minutes ago, and you're already scaring away pretty customers." George winked back at Willow, before they both disappeared behind a rather majestic-looking purple drape.

"They're harmless, don't let them bother you."

"What?" Willow turned around to see another redhead, except this redhead was a girl. She looked friendly enough, but she did look somewhat dirty. She looked like she was covered in soot.

"Fred and George; they really just love what they do." The girl smiled and nodded her head. "I'm Ginny. Sister extraordinaire!" She held out her arms and the both of them laughed.

"Do you help out with the business?" Willow smiled and looked around, trying not to stare at the sooty-ness. This was definitely a wondrous place. A few people-er-wizards were poking around and trying out different types of candy and gags.

"Not with this place. There's another shop of theirs in Diagon Alley. It's been doing brilliantly and me and my other brother run it most of the time while those two are busy over here, making their presence known. Really giving ol' Zonko's a run for their money." Ginny said as she patted on the plush purple seat.

Willow took the seat, her arm brushing against Ginny's.

"Oh!" Ginny stood up quickly. "I'm sorry! I forgot that I came by Floo!" She hurried behind the counter and grabbed a small cloth. "Here."

"Thanks, it's fine." Willow dusted some of the soot off. "So you flew in?" Willow asked casually.

"The Floo Network, y'know?" Ginny gave Willow an odd look. "You have traveled by Floo Powder before, haven't you?"

"No, can't say that I have." Willow shrugged and stood up.

"Oh." Ginny then shook her head. "Deprived witch, you are."

Willow looked at Ginny like she had said something wrong, which made Ginny almost jump back. Willow realized that she hadn't meant that in a bad way, in fact, Willow realized that there was no way that she would know about her past, or that she technically was more powerful than any witch.

"Guess so," Willow nodded her head in agreement. "So, how do you travel by Floo?"

Ginny pulled her across the shop to the fireplace, and grabbed a hand-full of what looked like plain soot. "Floo Powder. All you do is step into the fireplace, say your destination, and drop the Floo. Quite simple, really."

"Obviously, the fire needs to be out," Willow said as she stared at the open flames of the fireplace. As she stared, a face of an elderly woman appeared. Willow gasped.

"It's a wheeze!" The fake Weasley's up at the front of the store exclaimed.

"You there!" The face called to Willow.

Willow looked behind her, and then looked at Ginny. Ginny's face had turned into complete seriousness, and she bent down in front of the fireplace.

"Ah, Ginny!"

"Hello Prof -"

"It's Minerva, now, dear."

"Right." Ginny nodded her head in agreement. "What -"

"Would you be a dear and tell your brothers that there is an urgent matter at Hogwarts and that their presence is required."

"Of course." Ginny nodded again, and looked like she was about to say something, but the face interrupted her.

"And you know that you may come as well." The woman smiled rather feebly and continued. "Good day, Ginny."

"Bye."

Ginny stood up and looked at Willow as if nothing was wrong. "Well, I have to find Ron. He's in Hogsmeade somewhere, so, would you be kind enough and go get Fred and George. Tell them that they are needed at Hogwarts, they'll know what you're talking about."

"Okay." Willow rubbed her hands together, just slightly worried about what was going on. Ginny didn't have the smile on her face, and that didn't make Willow happy at all.

"Maybe we'll meet again some time," Ginny began moving towards the door and waved at Willow. "Nice to meet you, er..."

"Willow."

"Willow, it's been great fun." And with that she was gone.

Willow turned around and moved to the purple drape. She pushed the curtain aside and stepped onto a staircase. She followed the steps down, and at the bottom of the steps there were a few lanterns and in the middle of the room stood the twins.

"Excuse me?"

"Who's there?"

"Piss off!"

"Well, that's not very nice!" Willow huffed. "I'm here to-"

"We're busy! Don't make us hex you!"

"Listen!" Willow tried again.

"Piss off!"

"Your sister-" Willow started

"W-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-we're we're we're we're we're... busy-y-y-y..."

"More fake statues," Willow realized. "Faulty ones." Willow moved closer and looked at the fake figures. There was silence, and then the two figures got into it again.

"Who's there?"

"Piss off!"

"We're busy! Don't make us h-h-hex you!"

"Broken records..." Willow mumbled as she continued to the back of the basement.

"Oof!"

"Hello?" Willow tuned out another "Piss off!" from the fake twins.

"Yeah?" A real twin popped up. "Whatchoo doin' down here?"

"Getting you and..."

"Me?" There's the other one! Willow thought.

"Yes, you. Your sister-"

Suddenly it seemed like she had flipped on a button, both of their eyes widened, and they nearly fell over to get to Willow. "Is she okay? Did anything happen to her? What about Ginny!? TELL US! Mom'll kill us! Did she break something? Don't tell us one of those-"

"She's fine!" Willow yelled at the top of her lungs.

"You don't have to shout." One of them said.

"George, we were being a bit rambunctious."

"Still, we use our inside voices inside, Miss..."

Willow sighed. "I'm Willow, and Ginny wanted me to tell you-"

"Willow?" George cocked one eyebrow. "Nice name."

"Thank you, but -"

"Let the girl carry on with her story." Fred interrupted.

"Ginny said -" Willow tried again.

"I was, but then there you went interrupting her."

"I was just letting her know-"

"You're always pulling stunts like this-"

"That's rich, coming from-"

"BOYS!"

"What!" They both turned to her.

"Ginny wanted me to tell you that you're needed at Hogwarts, she said you both would know what that meant." Willow sighed in relief, since she was finally able to get the words out.

"Yeah, we do." George nodded his head and looked at Fred. "Sorry for not using my inside voice."

"Me too, George." The brothers shook hands and then looked back at Willow. "Well, guess we better lock up. Follow us." The Weasley's led the way and Willow followed them up the stairs and past the purple drape, which Willow was becoming rather fond of.

One of the twins whirled a wand and the two fake twins at the front of the store began to garble and then talk coherent sentences.

"We're closing early. Five more minutes and the workshop will be closed!"

"Aw, man!" A wizard huffed as he put a bottle of the Voodoo Vodka down. He stormed out of the workshop, but not before tripping over the step outside the door.

Fred and George laughed.

"Well, guess I need to go too," Willow said. "You have a very nice store here-"

"Thanks, Willow." George, or was it Fred, flashed her a smile.

"Bye." Willow waved and was about to walk out the door, when the plates started breaking themselves again. She faced the plates and pointed at them, breaking them all instantly. She heard two gasps behind her, and one last farewell from the fake twins.

"It's a wheeze! It's a wheeze!"

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Okay, if you don't get the, "It's a wheeze" stuff... a wheeze is a gasp. See? HA! Every time someone gasps... the fake twins are triggered. I didn't know if it was clear. Well, here's another update. Dunno when I'll update again. Maybe before the end of the week, or maybe sometime next week. Who knows? Not me! LOL

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Heaven Sent
What does heaven have to do in this HP/Buffy x-over?

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