An Affair to Remember (Fred Weasley)

PROLOGUE

Today was another sunny day in Diagon Alley. And Number 93, Weasley's Wizard Wheezes was just as lively as usual. The two redheaded owners flitted about their shop, tending to their customers while managing to dodge the various joke shop products that whizzed about, leaving a light scent of smoke and fireworks behind.

It had been almost five years since they had first opened for business, six years full of inventing and selling new products, something that the twins enjoyed more than anything. They never let a day go to waste, making sure to work to their fullest potential. Now, at the young age of 23, they were successful businessmen, running a rather triumphant career.

Towards the afternoon, Fred and George Weasley assumed their usual positions, George helping out the customers while Fred retreated to the office, scribbling away on pieces of parchment that were to be sent to the Ministry.

George poked his head into their office, his hair matted to his forehead from the sweat.

"Everything going alright?" he asked.

"Perfect, if it just wasn't so bloody hot" Fred groaned, pulling out his wand to cast another cooling charm in the room.

"I know, that's why I came here in the first place" George said, walking inside and sitting opposite Fred on the visitors chair.

"What do you mean?"

"I've got an idea for a cooling potion, one which can last for hours"

"Go on" Fred said, intrigued.

"It can work in any weather, if it's cold, the drinker takes the potion and feels themselves warm up for up to six hours at a time, and vice versa. We could probably make a range of them with effects lasting between 2-6 hours"

Fred looked at his younger twin in amazement, he always was  the brain of their operations.

"That's brilliant! But what about the ingredients?"

"I did some research and a potion as complicated as that requires a specific plant, Glaciem Flores is what it's called. You can find them in Northern England"

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go get some!"

"Here comes the tricky part, the flowers only turn up in specific intervals of time so we might have a bit of trouble finding them"

"A little bit of trouble never did any harm George, you of all people should know that"

"Exactly" George said, pulling out a coloured parchment out of his pocket which looked very much like a flyer.

"What's that?" Fred asked as George placed the flyer in front of him. The top of it read 'Arcanus Lodge'.

"Arcanus? Isn't that Latin for 'hidden'?"

"Yes!" George said excitedly, "It's a holiday cabin that remains hidden until the owner of it decides that it can be used. It was built by this wizard who passed it down his family. It's owned by another woman now, anyway, we can go live there because it's very close to the field where we can find the flowers"

"That's a great idea, I was thinking we could get Ron and Harry to tag along since they've got the summer off from Auror training" Fred suggested.

"Yea we could make a small holiday out of it, haven't had one of those in a long time. And if you're calling Ron he's definitely going to drag Hermione along. But what about Ginny?" said George.

"She's still on tour with the Harpies, maybe she could join us later?"

"Perfect, I'll write to the Travel Ministry to book the cabin for the six of us then" George grinned, taking the flyer with him to get started on the letter.

Fred's mind bubbled with excitement at the thought of travelling to collect ingredients for inventing a new product, he always loved inventing new things, and he was going to be sure to make this one among the best ones that their joke shop ever released.

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A/N: Translations

1) The official ITALIAN translation of this book is available on SPMalfoy 's page, you can also find it on my reading list titled 'Translations for AATR'

2) The official SPANISH translation of this book is available on lilibethxxxweasley 's page, you can also find it on my reading list titled 'Translations for AATR'

3) The official FRENCH translation of this book is available on abtagirl 's page, you can also find it on my reading list titled 'Translations for AATR'

4) The official HUNGARIAN translation of the book is available on @noorasomer 's page, you can also find it on my reading list titled 'Translations for AATR'

5) The official PORTUGUESE translation of this book is available on @weasleysimpbr 's page, you can also fins it on my reading list titled 'Translations for AATR'