Disclaimer: Harry Potter and Wizard of Oz not mine.

Title: A Weasley Halloween

Rating: G

Note: This is now FINISHED. Yes finished. I had promised myself and everyone else that I would no longer post something unless it was finished ,or close to being finished. I will however, post only one chapter a day. Hopefully this generates interest. I may in the future post the first chapter regardless of status, to see if it's really worth my time writing it, although I mostly do so for pleasure. I know this is a long note but also.. This is NOT beta-ed so.. Any grammatical and spelling errors are my own. I'm sorry if this puts you off this story. And here it is, enjoy.

Part One - We're off to see the muggles

It was a typical autumn night, the moon was just a little over the horizon, and the star's twinkled, welcoming it into their fold. The air was fresh, smelling of burning wood from bonfires, and beside them was slightly chilled. All was normal with the world, well. . almost anyhow, for at the Weasley house it was a completely different story.

"Hurry Up! The nights wasting away already! Arthur! Do you have Ron ready?" Molly yelled from her position at the bottom of the stairs as she adjusted the towering tiara upon her head, red hair aflame amongst the rhinestoned piece. Beside her, her two oldest were giving each other rather unsure looks as Arthur came down the stairs, a bright smile on his lips.

The both had, had to forego the festivities of Halloween at Hogwarts to return home for this. . rather muggle tradition that their father was so obsessed with. It had sounded fun when he'd described it, but now that they were in costume they were having a few second thoughts. They'd not even been able to use magic, though Charlie had somehow convinced Arthur that he needed a broom for his costume, and once he'd won over his father, his mother had, had no option but to accept. It wasn't until later that Arthur had insisted that the whole family dress up as a character from his favorite muggle movie "The Wizard of Oz." He himself was the Wizard and he was positively beaming as he descended the last stair, wrapping his arm around Molly the good witch.

Charlie and Bill sighed and leaned against the wall resigned to their fate. Charlie, instead of being the Wicked witch of the east, had somehow become the Wicked Wizard, and he'd been coached for his role by the evil glare of one Professor Severus Snape. Although at the moment his face was painted a vivid green, that made him look rather Christmassy with his red hair which was partially hidden by the large and pointed black hat upon his head. He was dressed in billowing black robes, his broom by his side.

Beside him Bill stood out with the silver outfit he had on, indeed he was the tin man. Molly had tried to get him to cut his hair, telling him it was needed for the role, but he'd refused. He'd spent the last year growing it out, and now it almost reached his shoulders, though he wore it back into a ponytail. He tried to get comfortable but the cylindrical body piece kept on sliding against the wall.

Ginny seemed perfectly content as she brushed a red braid over her shoulder and smoothed her blue and white checkered outfit. She was rather excited about the whole affair, looking forward to the candy that she'd been promised. A red rubied shoe tapped upon the floor as she waited for her 4 other brothers.

Meanwhile upstairs two rather primate looking twins with wings attached to their backs were banging on the door of their older brother.

"Come on Percy!" Fred called through the door

"It's time to go!" George finished for the other.

"I'm not coming out!" Percy grumped, staring at himself in the mirror with a look of distaste. He especially was angry. It was his first year at Hogwarts, and all his housemates had stayed behind. Glaring at his reflection he ignored the mirror's comments about his face getting stuck that way.

He literally jumped as his door shook on it's hinges. And then again. Obviously the twins wouldn't take no for an answer. Sighing he surrendered and opened the door, just as both Fred and George went to ram it with their shoulders. Instead Percy was the poor victim, sending straw and feathers everywhere.

Fred and George dusted themselves off. "Gee Percy"

"You could have told us that you were opening the door."

"I think I broke a wing."

"I think I broke more than a wing."

"Be happy I don't break your heads." Percy said interrupting the two's commentary. Two pairs of eyes turned toward him from their position upon each other. There was silence for a moment before they were back upon the floor howling with laughter. Percy rolled his eyes, but couldn't help the small amused smile twitching at his lips. He knew he looked ridiculous.

"We always knew.."

"all you needed was a brain." Fred finished wiping at his eyes. Indeed Percy was dressed as the scarecrow, and the costume looked like something Arthur'd pulled off an actual one in the garden.

Under a hat, straw poked out, pressing down upon dark red brown curls, making him sneeze as it brushed across his nose. Straw was stuffed various places in his costume of patched overalls and a flannel shirt. Upon his shoulder sat a stuffed Raven.

"Alright you two get moving." Percy said, standing up a little straighter and glaring at the two, moving past them to descend the stairs, He could have sworn he heard them cackle and say something along the lines of "We'll get you my pretty. . and you're little raven too." those two were simply incorrigible. What he didn't know was that the twins were actually going to 'get' him. The two had looked up anything they could find about the custom of Halloween, and while all the treats sounded well and good, the trick part of it sounded even better.

The two shot each other a mischievous look before walking down the hallway, and pausing as Ron's door opened and he stepped out.

Ron was dressed as the cowardly lion, his face painted a tawny color with darker brown for the nose and drawn on whiskers. He brushed at the mane around his face and kept looking over his shoulder as his tail brushed against the back of his legs. He, like his younger sister, was thrilled about the idea of getting free candy. He'd not had muggle candy before, and he wondered if it was anything like the candy at Honeydukes.

"Boys!" Arthur shouted, and the four were on their way down the stairs, looking forward to the tricks, the treats, and the muggle experience.

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This will NOT be a very long story as it was meant to be a one shot , but just broken up into 4 parts.

Preview of Chapter 2:

"Where is the bell, Dad?" Ron asked, going up on tip toes, and shifting to look around Percy who moved a bit towards Bill.

"We could always use Bill." Percy suggested, knocking on the body piece, causing a hallow clang and Bill to frown at his younger brother. He retaliated by pulling the straw hat over the other's eyes causing Percy to sneeze and reach out blindly to swat him.