𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐠𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬

Ch 172 + 173 - Date in Hogsmeade

After their breakfast was finally brought to a satisfying end, and getting rid of the unnecessary tension, Lucifer and Hermione once again came down into Gryffindor's Common Room.

Only to find Harry who looked utterly miserable on the sofa, Ron trying his best to cheer his best friend up.

“W-we’ll bring you back loads of sweets from Honeydukes,’ said Hermione consolingly, her eyes darting around at the portrait.

‘Yeah, loads,’ Ron said, “Fred and George have even invited me to Zonko’s with them, so I should be able to snag you some really good tricks.’

‘Zonko’s first, we can probably buy you around an hour there if we keep showing him stuff. He’s easily entertained. Use it to show Hermione around.

You’ll want to be off the streets by the time we leave.’

Lucifer ran over the parchment he’d received from the twins in his head.

“Don’t worry about me,” Harry said in a false off-hand voice that Lucifer saw straight through, “I’ll see you all at the feast, have a good time.”

The four of them made their way out into the Entrance Hall where they said their goodbyes to Harry then lined up, heading towards the front doors where Filch stood ticking off names on a list to make sure no one who shouldn’t be going to Hogsmeade was leaving.

“So, Zonko’s first,’ Ron said the moment Harry was out of earshot, the excitement blossoming onto his face,

‘Fred and George have promised to show us around, then I really want to go to the Three Broomsticks, apparently the butterbeer there is incredible. Then-‘

They made their way slowly up the line with Ron listing off everywhere he wanted to go and what he wanted to do.

Lucifer and Hermione doing nothing more than exchanging glances and smirks as he did so.

Finally Filch took their names, ticking them off and let them out into the Hogwarts grounds where Fred and George appeared seemingly out of nowhere and scooped Ron up by the arms.

‘Borrowing our brother!” Fred called over his shoulder as they marched him down the path, “you can have him back later.”

Hermione and Lucifer both laughed and waved as the twins dragged Ron further away before setting off themselves.

Hermione gave a sigh then wrapped herself around Lucifer’s arm as they walked.

She said happily squeezing his arm. ‘Where to first?!”

‘Anywhere that isn’t Zonko’s,’ Lucifer smirked, “How about we have a wander around, some window shopping, then after we can decide on somewhere more solid?”

And with that, the two finished their walk into Hogsmeade proper and gasped as they saw the bustling shop fronts and sea of students moving place to place.

Hermione immediately seized his hand and dragged Lucifer off to the closest building which was a brownish grey and engraved over the door were the words ‘Post Office’.

Upon crossing the threshold, Hermione gasped and Lucifer let out an impressed ‘Woah…’

Above them, hundreds and hundreds of owls sat resting on different pedestals, many of which were colour coded.