A/N Chapter Warnings: Thank you for all your positive feedback! i'm glad you're all enjoying this new story. Story is rated M for a reason, this chapter may contain: bad language, sex, violence, mentions of rape, and general adult themes.
Chapter 5: The Twins' Toys, Diagon Alley and One Last Night
The following days passed quickly, Hermione and Draco found themselves making progress with the various potions that Severus had instructed them to make, and Severus had made enough of Dumbledore's potion to last until at least the end of January. Severus just hoped it was strong enough to prolong the headmaster's life.
Hermione and Draco had enjoyed helping with the potions, they both felt like they were doing something useful instead of just lounging around watching the telly all day. It was also good to get a little bit of practise and Hermione wanted to test to see if her magic had settled enough to allow her to brew the simplest potions. She had been surprised and relieved when she appeared to suffer no side effects or dodgy bits of accidental magic during the whole potions making process. She was feeling confident and was really looking forward to being immersed in her studies once more. Severus had told her that one of the magical bookshops in England had closed down and all of the remaining books were donated to the Hogwarts library. Which meant that there was going to be new material for her to read.
However, she also felt a little sad. It was the end of the summer she would have to go back to being secretive, lying to her friends, and sneaking around in order to continue being with her Severus without being conspicuous. She hated that she lived in a society where relationships, such as hers, were frowned upon. At the end of the day, she was technically of age, she was of sound mind and that was more than enough, in her opinion, to justify her relationship. Severus treated her work and marks no differently than he did any other pupil and she knew that her grades were honest. The only thing that Severus did treat her differently for was her detentions with him. Last year had been a bit of an anomaly year where students got detained for the most innocent things. Hermione sensed that this year was going to be much more different and that alone terrified her as much as it excited her.
As Friday approached more quickly than Hermione had anticipated, Severus and Hermione began to prepare themselves for the Order's school supply trip to Diagon Alley. As the outing grew closer, Hermione began to have an odd feeling settle in the pit of her stomach. She couldn't put her finger on it but something didn't feel completely right.
"Are you sure this is everything you need for Hogwarts this year Draco?" Severus asked, referring to Draco's list that he had written a few days earlier.
"I won't have another chance to go to Diagon Alley" Severus remarked.
"I'm sure Severus" Draco replied.
"Alright, we will be back later and then tomorrow, Hermione you will go and spend the night with Potter and Weasley and catch the Hogwarts Express on Sunday morning. Draco, you will remain here tomorrow, and tomorrow night, by yourself and I will apparate you to King's Cross on Sunday morning. I'm afraid I am expected at Hogwarts tomorrow so you will have to fend for yourself for one night. Will you be alright with that? If not, I will get you a room at the Leaky Cauldron whilst I am at Diagon Alley today" Severus informed his godson.
Draco shook his head.
"I think I will be fine" he replied.
"Alright, in that case, we are off to buy school supplies. Hermione are you ready?" Severus yelled up the stairs.
Hermione appeared a couple of moments later, dressed and ready to go.
"Yup, let's go" Hermione said excitedly.
"See you later Draco" Severus said feeling sad that his godson was being left out of a trip.
"We will be back later Draco, I might bring you back a present" Hermione beamed at him, hoping to make him feel better.
Draco smiled at her and waved as Hermione and Severus left the house.
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"Come now, come now. We all know who our partners are and we all know the task: in and out of Diagon Alley as quickly as you possibly can, and no dawdling" Minerva said as she stood in the living room at Grimmauld Place.
Everyone nodded as they all left Grimmauld Place and headed for various apparition points. They all knew the danger that they were all in and knew that they had to be extremely cautious on this particular trip.
Severus and Hermione entered Diagon Alley. Hermione knew that Ron, Harry and Neville were only a few paces behind her.
She suddenly stopped in the middle of the street and looked around. The entire Alley had been destroyed. All the shop windows had been smashed and blown apart; every shop had been raided and ransacked. Hermione's heart skipped a beat when she took in the ruin that was Olivanders Wand Shop.
"No" she whispered sadly. Everyone had purchased their first wand at Olivanders.
Hermione glanced back at the boys and noticed that they were all also taking in the devastated Alley. The Alley itself was silent; you couldn't hear the joyous giggling and happy chatter that Hermione had always associated the Alley with.
"Come on, there are only a few places that has your school supplies available and we need to get there preferably before anyone spots us all and shows up" Severus muttered in her ear.
Hermione nodded as Severus led the way to various shops that she had never really been in before. She didn't even realise half of them were even there. Still, the students were still able to purchase what they needed and it seemed that one particular shop had the majority of items that she needed. Severus also knew the shop owner, she wasn't sure if she liked that fact or not. The shop owner was shabby and he looked ancient but there was something about him that creeped Hermione out, so she kept her mouth and shut and quickly grabbed what she needed, paid, and left.
Whilst walking down the part of the Alley that she was more familiar with, she saw a massive shop, full of light and, by the looks of it, full of Hogwarts students.
Hermione walked in the direction of the shop and Severus followed her. As she approached the shop, she could see that the boys were just going in. They spotted her and waited for her to catch up so they could go in together.
Hermione looked at the front of the shop and gasped, the face on the front of the shop looked exactly like the Weasley twins. Hermione looked at Ron, he hadn't mentioned any of this to her yet.
"The world needs laughter now more than ever" Ron shrugged.
They all entered the shop and it was like they had entered a whole other world. It was completely the opposite to the rest of the Alley. It was busy and bustling, there was laughter and loads of the Weasley twins' products were exploding everywhere.
Hermione giggled happily, the twins had truly outdone themselves this time. She was happy for them, they had been expelled from Hogwarts and she was worried that their talents would be wasted. But apparently not, they were truly making progress here.
Hermione picked up a few things, products that could come in handy such as the Instant Darkness Powder, Puking Pasties and other sweets were notorious for aiding in a quick getaway. She became momentarily hypnotised by the alluring pink bubbling vat near the front of the shop and she approached it steadily.
"Love potions eh Hermione?" Fred Weasley said in her ear.
Hermione jumped at his sudden presence.
"Easy Granger, we won't judge you" George said in her other ear.
Hermione was completely taken aback.
"Love potions? Really boys?" She said in a chastising voice.
"Now, now Hermione, there is no need to be jealous of all our success, we made these potions ourselves, aren't you proud?" George said.
"I will let you off but only because it is you two, and because you guys have done a good thing here, with the state of the world as it is, you have brought a bit of laughter and light back into it. I can't be mad at you for that now, can I?" she replied.
The twins grinned at her and offered her a few samples of different products that she was allowed to have for free. She began to decline the offer.
"No, we owe you Hermione and you are one of our friends" Fred told her as he encouraged her to keep the products.
"Alright, but just for you two" she relented.
The twins chuckled and continued to converse with her some more. That was until she noticed Severus glaring at everyone inside the shop who dared to look at him. Then she realised that they had all been in the shop for far too long.
"No offence boys but Professor Snape looks like he's about to start casting hexes. Do you know where Ron, Harry and Neville went?" She asked them.
Fred and George paused and stared at each other, their cheeks turned slightly red.
"Uh...they're in the private bit at the back of the shop" George said hesitantly.
"And...?" Hermione questioned.
"No! The private bit. We have part of the shop where only certain aged witches and wizards are allowed to enter. The products encourage promiscuous behaviour which I do not think will be tolerated by the younger years at Hogwarts" Fred said.
Hermione stared at them both.
"Really?" She asked.
They nodded.
"Yup, Professor McGonagall paid us a visit a few weeks ago to examine what sorts of products she would have to be putting up with at the school this year. When she saw the private section, she nearly had kittens and she made us sign an agreement that we would only allow sixth and seventh year students access to the section and no other years" George informed her.
"Wow" Hermione said.
"Well, let's have a look then. I've got to get the boys back after all" she laughed.
"That's an excuse and you know it! You just want to go and see the dirty products!" Fred chuckled at her.
"Well obviously" she replied and she allowed the two boys to lead her to the back of the shop.
"Wait, let me just inform the Professor that I'm going to get the boys back" she told the twins.
She ran over to Severus.
"I'm just going to round up the boys and then we will go" Hermione informed him.
Severus nodded.
"And where are they? I haven't seen them since we entered the shop" Severus asked.
She giggled.
"They're in the private section, at the back of the shop. Looking at sex products" she said.
Severus made an odd face.
"That's quite disgusting" Severus said.
Hermione grinned.
"I will be back in a moment" she told him.
"I don't think so, I am intrigued. I shall be there in a moment" Severus replied.
"Oh dear, everyone will freak out. It will be hilarious to see their Professor in an area that is full of sex products" Hermione said mirthfully as she turned and approached the Weasley twins.
"Here you are Hermione, the private section" the twins announced as the held back the curtains so that she could enter.
As she did, she remembered Severus and she paused. She turned back towards the twins.
"Oh, wait there for a moment. Severus will be along in a moment" she told them as she allowed her curiosity to cloud her judgement and rushed inside. She hadn't noticed that she had called Severus by his name.
"Did she just call him Severus?" Fred said, looking at George for confirmation.
"Yes, she did brother" George replied looking as equally perplexed.
"It was clearly a slip up and according to Lupin, it was Snape that has been healing her this summer" George mused.
The twins saw Severus heading straight for them.
"We mention nothing to anyone, agreed?" Fred quickly said.
"Agreed" George said.
"Weasley's" Severus said in greeting.
"Hello Professor. They're all inside here I'm afraid. Enter at your own risk" the twins said at the same time.
Severus bid them a polite nod and went through the curtain. The twins followed, nothing would ever want to make them miss this moment.
Once inside, Severus looked around and was surprised at some of the things he saw. Now, Severus was a man of the world but he was still a bit old-fashioned. So, seeing penis shaped chocolate and sweets that had been moulded so it looked like a female giving a blow job. Whilst Severus did not mind these sorts of things personally, he felt slightly uncomfortable that he was being observed, observing these products, by students that he taught.
Hermione watched Severus as he looked interestedly at some of the products, she would definitely be considering those items.
Some of the other items Hermione noticed were:
Sweets such as:
- Cola Cocks - a dildo that sprays cola when stimulated
- Horny Hexagons - sweets that get your blood pumping and ready to go
- Octagonal Orgasms - that give you an intense orgasm if swallowed before the event or if one is going solo.
Luxury Items such as:
- Magically Vibrating Toys – these can be inserted wherever the preference and have silencing charms placed upon them in order to keep the session subtle.
- Spontaneous Sexpots - these variously shaped toys turn invisible when inserted or placed in underwear so it is inconspicuous and there is a list of incantations that allows you to change the tempo and size of the toy. This toy is perfect for spontaneity or as a prank that will end with some embarrassment.
The twins went to where Harry, Hermione, and Severus were now stood.
"So, what do you think?" George asked Hermione.
"It's brilliant! I bet you get a lot of sales from this part" Hermione replied.
Fred nodded.
"We do" he agreed.
George picked up some octagonal orgasm sweets and some of the other products and put them in small bags.
"Here you guys, have one of these 'goodie bags', as we like to call them. Have some of the samples of our sweets and products and such" Fred said as George handed a bag to Harry, Hermione, Neville and Ron. He even went to hand a bag to Severus but decided against it when Severus gave him a look of death.
George gulped and went and stood back next to Fred.
"If you lot are done being immature, we need to go now" Severus stated in his stern voice. He left no room for arguments as he swept out through the curtain and towards the front of the shop.
"Come on, we'd better go" Harry said. He, Neville and Ron said goodbye to the twins and headed towards the front of the shop to meet with the adult Order members.
"Bye boys, and thank you" Hermione said as she hugged them and turned to join the others.
"Hermione, take this on behalf of Snape" Fred said as he handed her the rejected goodie bag.
She looked up stunned at the twins and they winked at her in return. She blushed and hurried after her friends with one last goodbye leaving her mouth.
Everyone met up outside the front of the shop and, with all their school shopping complete, they headed back to Grimmauld Place.
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"Octagonal orgasm eh?" Tonks said as the four students were explaining Fred and George's new, interesting products as they sat in the kitchen of the Black family home.
Lupin, who was sat next to her, blushed at the thought of him and Tonks using them during their sex sessions. Tonks just grinned at him impishly. Neville looked thoroughly grossed out that his Professor's sex life was being indicated at so suggestively. Neville had only been living at the Order headquarters for a few weeks and he had already become privy to too much information about the adults he had admired, looked up to, and respected as a young boy.
"Hermione, will you try one of these?" Tonks asked, with a cheeky wink.
"I might try one when I'm alone, just to sate my curiosity" Hermione replied.
"I'm sure you'll sate more than just mere curiosity if you have one of those" Tonks grinned.
The boys and Lupin all felt more than a little awkward, they didn't really do 'girl talk'. Ron decided that a quick change of topic was needed and so quickly turned to the natural conversation of Quidditch.
Severus, who was sat next to Hermione, casually leaned forward and whispered near her ear.
"Believe me you don't need one of those sweets. You orgasm like you were encouraged by the god Min himself" Severus muttered.
He had done it purposely that only she, and Harry who had been eavesdropping, could hear his response. Harry's face turned green even if he didn't fully understand the reference to Min, whilst Hermione tried to not look thoroughly pleased with herself.
"And, you have to promise that you won't experiment with any of those 'goodies' without me" Severus murmured.
"I promise. It wouldn't be fun without you anyway" Hermione said.
Harry coughed loudly and obviously and indicated that he had been listening to the entire conversation. Hermione hoped that it would teach him a lesson in earwigging people's conversations; you're not always going to like what you hear.
"Come Miss Granger, if you are ready, we should make tracks. We must get you back before it gets too late. You have to pack your belongings this evening so you are ready to come back here tomorrow" Severus stated.
"Yes sir" Hermione said as she stood up.
"See you all tomorrow" Hermione said.
"Bye Hermione" they all said farewell in return.
Hermione and Severus apparated back to Spinner's End, only to find Draco sat on the living room floor, staring hypnotised at the old television screen.
"Oh no" Hermione said.
"What is it?" Severus asked.
"He's found your video of The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Hermione chuckled as she watched Draco, who was fascinated by Frank N. Furter and his stocking and suspenders getup.