Chapter 3: Play That Funky Music
"Well open it!" said Ron impatiently when Harry had pulled his toes from beneath the box.
He tore open the envelope, and read the slip of paper:
Be the First to Make the Move This Year with
Potionmaster Joebob Billybob's
Complete 50-Bottle Collection:
Potions & Lotions for Psychedelic Motion!
"Rad!" exclaimed Fred and George.
"Bless Harry's hot boxers!" exclaimed Ginny.
"What is it..?" asked Mr. Weasley, looking very confused.
"Only the newest, latest, most-efficient concoctions!" shrieked Ron.
Harry opened the crate to find bottles of all colors with labels like: "Disco Dementor-Diva", "Dirty-Dancing Dumbledore," "Breakdancing Boggart," "House-elf Hoedown", "Moonwalking Muggle", "Waltzing Wand," and "Violent-Vomiting Voldemort."
Harry was stunned. "Who sent it?" he asked.
"Dunno," said Mr. Weasley.
"Be a sport and let us try some, eh, Harry?" asked Ron.
"You'll do no such thing!" said Hermione. "That might not be safe!"
"Don't be silly! Joebob's sold over a million of these in Diagon Alley!" said Fred. "We're still negotiating with him to merge our businesses!"
Since the bottles were rather large, and Harry incorrectly suspected that he would have little use for such things, he nodded to them. "Go ahead, try them, " he prompted, and retreated upstairs when everyone was absorbed in the bottles.
At the top of the stairs, he used a fingernail to open the hinged lid of the box Ginny had given him. No sooner had he lifted the hinged lid than music came out. The lyrics were new to him, but it was pretty catchy… "Wild thing… you make my heart sing…you make everything… cra-aazy…" She had pasted a picture of herself on the inside of the lid as well, where she beamed at him and waved. Grinning, Harry slipped the chain over his head.
Minutes later Harry came down the stairs to a startling but humorous sight. Celestina's Rock and Pop album was playing from the corner of the room while Hermione and the Weasley's were dancing exuberantly.
"This feels great!" exclaimed Fred, who had taken a sip of Violent-Vomiting Voldemort, and George, who was doing the "Dirty-Dancing Dumbledore" felt that he had to agree.
Hermione had evidently rubbed on some "House-elf Hoedown" and was jigging around the room giggling uncontrollably while Ron, who had tried the "Leaping-Loving Leprechaun" was bouncing off the walls while periodically kissing Hermione on the cheek.
Meanwhile, Ginny was under the influence of "Romping Whomping Willow" and was flailing her arms with energy, but this did not compare to Mrs. Weasley's movements. Mr. Weasley had gone for the "Moonwalking Muggle," but Mrs. Weasley had chosen "Breakdancing Boggart" and was breakdancing while transforming into the various entities that the people around her were most afraid of. Thus, random screams and "Riddikulus!" pierced the room periodically.
Harry laughed until his sides ached, and finally joined in the fun after a swig of "Hopscotch Hippogriff".