Disclaimer: Harry Potter and Wizard of Oz not mine.
Title: We're off to see the Muggles!
Rating: G
Note: Here's part 3! Yay. Thank You all for your reviews, comments to them will be posted at the bottom.
Chapter 3 - The mean man
The next few houses weren't really any different from the first that they went to, although some were more decorated than others, as were the people. One man in particular, dressed up as a vampire had scared Ginny, causing her to scream and the man to hurriedly remove his teeth to show her that , no they weren't real and he wasn't going to suck her blood.
The faux vampire's wife had lightly swatted him on the arm, telling him that he shouldn't be scaring little children, and gave them all extra candy. She and Molly gave each other a sympathetic smile as the two men struck up a conversation about the car in the drive way. It was only a few minutes later that Ron was tugging on his father's arm, asking if they could please go ahead of them.
Molly, who by this time had begun to talk to the other woman about her children, who was expecting her first, turned to give the seven an appraising look before nodding slowly. They were out to have fun, and she did trust Bill and Charlie . . And even Percy to look out for the younger four. "Alright, you all stay together, and do not leave this street. Understood?"
"Yes Mum," they chorused.
Percy refused to hold one of the twin's hands so took Ginny's instead, as Charlie held Ron's, and Bill was left to watch the twins who were doing a better job at sounding like the cackling wicked witch, than the flying monkeys they were supposed to be.
As they walked down the walk way to the porch, Ron looked up at Charlie. "Why is it so dark?" Sure enough, this house had no light on.
"Maybe it's out?" Percy said, though it sounded more like a question than a statement.
"Only one way to find out!" Fred said, stepping forward and ringing the bell. No answer came, and so he rang it again… and again… and again. They could hear stomps coming toward the door and the four younger children opened their bags wide, Ginny pushing Fred out of the way with her shoulder.
A tall, very thin man, with hair, that was obviously his pride and joy, falling to his shoulders in thick black waves glared down at the little girl, snarling. "What!"
Ginny stared up at him, her bottom lip trembled and she squeaked out, "Trick or Treat?"
The man hmphed and pointed at the light above his head. "If the light's out, it means I'm not handing out candy." his tone was not friendly, it was harsh and Ginny burst into tears as he slammed the door. Charlie bent to pick the little girl up, and rubbed her back in soothing circles as he glared at the door. Ron went to Charlie's side, taking Percy with him, to comfort his little sister. Bill stepped forward to knock on the door and yell at the man when George and Fred beat him to it, ringing the door bell once again. If possible the man's face had reddened to a color deeper than their own hair as he opened the door.
"WHAT!"
"For you." George said, with a bright and mock innocent smile, as he held out a piece of wrapped candy. It had originally been meant for Percy. They had planned on sneaking it, somehow, into his bag so that when he went back to Hogwarts he'd have a bit of a surprise, and yet would be unable to get a hold of them. However this man deserved it a bit more. The man looked a little taken aback and wary as he took the piece of candy, giving them one last glare, as he shut the door.
The other five siblings looked at the twins with questioning looks, "And what was th--" Bill asked, but was interrupted by his mother.
"Children?" they all turned to see Arthur and Molly at the end of the walkway, and walking to them, Ginny held out her arms to her mother who took her into them. "What's wrong?" she asked, concerned.
Ginny opened her mouth, but George knowing his parents knew that the night would be over if the truth was told, as while Molly was a force to be reckoned with when one of her brood was insulted or injured, Arthur was just as bad when it came to his little girl. A fight would probably end with aurors coming into place memory charms and the Halloween night to be over.
"We were just giving the . . Nice…," his tone suggested otherwise,
"man, a bit of Halloween magic." Fred finished, with a wink to his little sister who gave him a watery smile.
Mr. Hathaway would not appear at work tomorrow, nor the next, as his hair stayed a fluorescent glowing green that he swore glowed in the dark and had puffed out and refused to lay down straight as it had before. Needless to say the next Halloween he left a bowl of candy out on the doorstep, and wouldn't come to the door, regardless of how many times the bell rang, or the door was knocked.
Later, the Weasley's could have sworn they heard a scream from the house they had just come from, and Fred and George gave each other discreet high fives garnering a knowing look from their siblings.
As they continued down the street, at a bit of a hurried pace pushed on by the boys, they turned a corner and found this street a little more odd than the last. Although the lights were on, there were no decorations on any of the houses or in the yards. In fact.. Each house looked exactly the same.
I'm not sure I like this chapter, I might change it later down the road, as I think I rushed to get this done. Ah well.. the next chapter will be the last and will be posted tomorrow 10/19!
DrexaHorcrux – I'll be sure to keep you in mind, but it takes me a long time to write things, because of just things in general. So maybe? Thank you so much for offering though!
Belle – it is finished.. but I'm just posting a chapter a day. I like to get feedback on each chapter, so that if a reviewer sees something I don't, or would like to see something I can easily or .. maybe not so easily put it into the next chapter. After this one, there is just one more. It wasn't meant to be a long thing.. just a short Halloween fic.
DiTs – the weasley's are always very hard for me to pin down their ages. They're also kind of hard to write, as there's 9 characters there to keep track of. I'm thinking Ginny's around the age of 5 or 6.
Vida – I wrote that part a while ago.. but I was going off my own location, which I probably shouldn't have done. In and around St. Louis the weather changes rapidly from warm to cold so.. heh. Sorry!
Moony – I'll think about doing a marauder version.
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