When Harry walked into Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, he found that every customer inside was a "pre-school" young wizard.
Harry carefully avoided them, just as he had the first time he went to Hogsmeade and had to dodge the throngs of young wizards in Honeydukes. Without a guardian's signature, he could only use the secret passage and the Marauder's Map to get to Hogsmeade. Back then, he had worn the Invisibility Cloak.
He was not wearing it now, though he dearly wished he could turn invisible. The last time he had been at Flourish and Blotts, someone had recognized him and shouted, "Harry Potter is here!" Then he had been swallowed up by a crowd demanding autographs and wanting to shake his hand, forcing Ginny to take James home by herself.
Children were far less restrained than adults. Fortunately, all their attention was on the toys, and they did not notice who had passed by them. Harry hurried past them and reached the second floor without incident.
When James and Sirius had been in school, they had preferred joke shops to Honeydukes. They had always loved pranks.
Now, there was no trace of Skiving Snackboxes on the counters of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.
They had originally been meant to deal with Umbridge. After Fred and George had run toward freedom, they became legendary. Many people discussed in private how to imitate them, and a few had put it into practice, competing to become Hogwarts's new king of troublemakers. Skiving Snackboxes were merely one of their methods.
Harry sincerely felt those sweets were far better than Dungbombs. During that period, they had even needed Bubble-Head Charms just to breathe fresh air. Hermione had once complained that if she had known that spell in her fourth year, she would not have needed to stay