Linny - Ginny and Luna's Secret

Chapter 9 - Wizard Wheezes Workshop

Ginny was standing in the most colourful and exciting room she had ever been in. Everywhere she looked something was going on. The floor was tiled with all sorts of odd mismatching tiles such as dragons and flowers and even one blue one which seemed to be bubbling.

To her right were shelves and shelves filled with boxes labeled with what she assumed to be their products. She recognised a few things such as fainting fancies, nosebleed nougats and Fever Fudges however most things were completely foreign to her. She read the labels the boxes and was astonished at Fred at George's creativity: Peruvian Instant darkness powder, extendable ears, Un-No-poop. However did they come up with this stuff?

Every other nook, cranny and space against the wall was filled with all sorts of odd machines spluttering and coughing weird gooey liquids Ginny wasn't sure she wanted to go near.

Ginny looked at Fred and George expectantly and taking the hint George took her arm.

"Come on, let me give you the full tour"

The twins took her arm in arm all around the room letting her taste occasional substances out of cauldrons and detouring her far clear of others. They showed her their plans for their joke shop they wanted it have after they left school and even let her touch the baby pigmy puffs they were breeding.

Ginny spent the rest of the day there and didn't care that she skipped her double potions class because who would want to spend an hour so with Snape with the Slytherins in his dungeon anyways? Finally they walked back along the passage and into the school corridors and then speed walked back to the dormitory luckily not running into anyone unwanted.

The portrait hole ha shuts closed behind Ginny when one dame haired boy from Ginny's class turned to her eyes wide and asked

"Where were you in potions Ginny? Professors snap had assigned us as patterns and I had to go with a Slytherin"

Ginny immediately felt bad

"I'm so sorry, really I am I promise i'll come next time."

The boy looked uncertain but walked off and Ginny turned to Ron who looked at her with utmost surprise.

"Wow Ginny didn't know my little sister would be one to be sneaking off ditching school with Fred and George, bet you Snap
won't be pleased next lesson."

Snap was the least of Ginny's worries at the moment and she turned around to look and Fred and George who were in the middle of telling Angelina Johnson about how they helped their younger sister skip potions. It seemed thanks to them that Ginny was the talk of the Gryffindor common room that night. Ginny could only hope that word of it never reached Percy's ears as he was sure to grab his quill and parchment and write a note to Mrs Weasley right then and there.

Ginny let herself forget all worries and sank into a comfy armchair by fire and watched it crackle, a copy of daily profit twisting and burning inside the flickering flames. She was just having a loud conversation about how how much of a pratt Percy was when he strode winter be room his badges shining . He looked taken aback and Ginny was sure he and heard what the three of them were conversing about.

"Ginny?" Percy strutted over to his sister

"yes?" asked Ginny now shaking a little from fright and nervousness "Did you want to speak to me?"

"I did as a matter of fact would you mind coming over here for a word in private?" Percy gestured to two empty chairs by the large source bookcase.

Ginny got up and went to sit with Percy giving a look back at the twins to hear George swear and Fred say

"This can't be good"

Ginny agree more, if Percy wanted to speak to you in private it was never good.