Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes

"Greetings, Mrs. Weasley."

"Hello, my dear Loren, Hermione..."

"Harry, how were your days at the Dursley house?"

"Thanks to the joke books you sent, I got through that difficult time. Fortunately, Mad-Eye Moody and Mr. Weasley came to pick me up not long after."

"I'm glad you liked the birthday present."

"Thank you, I really liked it..."

"..." Listening to their pleasantries, Ron curled his lip, looking utterly miserable as he stared at the people ignoring him. "Is anyone listening to me? Don't you want to see the Quidditch captain's badge?"

"Keep it down, little Ronnie. Be careful George and Fred don't hear you and put a little magic on your badge."

"..."

Ron immediately shut up.

The group burst into laughter and entered the brightly signed Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.

The first thing they saw was a pile of cardboard boxes stacked all the way to the ceiling, stamped in bright red letters with Instant Escapism Candy. The most popular item was Blood-Boiling Bubbles, which was nearly sold out; only the last crushed box remained on the shelf.

There were also Fake Wands that turned into rubber chickens and trousers, Uprooting Charms that attacked their users, and boxes upon boxes of Multi-purpose Quills, including auto-inking, spell-checking, quick-witted answer-snatching...

Customers selecting merchandise packed the shop, and the crowd moved slowly.

Hermione smoothed out a small-print price tag between two fingers and read the description. Loren was also examining these prank products, but he did not casually touch anything. Partly because he knew George and Fred too well, and partly because the products themselves looked rather unsafe.

Beside them was a lump of yellowish-brown unidentified goo labeled "Edible Dark Magic." It looked like the shit-eating product from the poster.

In front of the display case to the right, a group of children