"OhMyMerliiingneeeessss!!" It had been SO LONG since she had last been there! How. Awesome.

Amanda's sparkly eyes scanned all around the store. Even though there was WWW now - and they were quite amazing as well - Zonko's was still a fantastic place to get good stuff!

Whaaat! Hiccough Sweets! Her sister's favourite! Hehehehe... not really. But hey! Mandy should totally get some for her. Such a great big sister she was, mhm!

So Zonko's was... fairly empty.

Weird.

Alec pushed open the door of the shop and just stood there, staring around at the people inside. He could have sworn the shop tended to be a lot more packed during Hogsmeade visits. At least... that's what he had gotten from his previous Hogsmeade visits to this store. In the past, this store was PACKED. There were just lots of people EVERYWHERE but now... it wasn't... as full as it used to be. Yeah... so this was just... weird.

OH. BUT HEY. ZONKO'S!

And what was going to make this little trip even better was the fact that he was meeting his bro here. Which was probably a good thing because he, Alec, wasn't much of a prankster but Asher... might know quite a bit about pranking? Were they even going to prank someone or was this just a really random place to be meeting up? Alec walked over towards the nearest shelf and looked at the items, occasionally picking something up to inspect look at the item closely. So many questions...

This was a place that Kaitlyn hadn't visited in a LONG time. Zonko's Joke Shop. In fact, the last time she had been in here, she had only been a mere first year; shy and subdued. That had changed big time and she was no longer afraid of standing out in the crowd, or making her her opinion heard. A couple of things had remained the same however: her judging behavior and her severe loyalty. You know what they say, though, some things never change.

Kat looked over all the shelves, inspecting all the new additions and fondly remembering the familiar things. This shop had so many memories and had been the place in which she had met a couple of her old school friends. Though, unfortunately, she was no longer in contact with them. Maybe she would see them again today? It HAD been several years since they last saw her, however, so they might not recognize her and vice versa.

Where else would fifteen year old boys want to go in Hogsmeade besides Honeydukes? Zonko's of course! Well at least that's where Asher would go. He had already been to Madam Puddifoot's with Adeline, and Honeydukes. So that just left here and Three broom sticks. He'd passed Alec on the way over to Puddifoots, where they made plans to met here later.

The Slytherin strutted into the shop grinning brightly. He moved into the shop looking around, for his bro, and prank gear. *smirk* He located his bro.

But a big yellow rubber chicken caught his eye. He smirked and laughted out loud. Perfect. Now he would just have to convince Alec.

And he had a plan to get him on board.

He grabbed the rubber chicken, and went behind Alec. Squeezing the middle of the chicken, it made a sound.

Time had flown by quite quickly after the school year had ended and Emerald had even had time to take a short vacation herself inbetween the rushes. Hearing the voices of loudly chatting teens enter her joke shop she knew that it was Hogsmeade week again. Fixing her apron and brushing a loose brown strand of hair behind her right ear she walked out front to be able to supervise what was going on. The last thing Emerald wanted was a firework being set off by accident in the shop. That could turn out badly.

Hearing the sound of rubber duck being squeezed she smiled to herself as she arranged the items on her counter. Rubber duck's were always popular with Hogwart's students it seemed.

Prank shopping. Smirkety smirk!

Maybe pranking people was mean sometimes, but when it came to Ness she was always careful with how and with who she pranked to make sure no feelings were ever hurt. She wasn't a usual prankster, but she had been taught quite a few things, taught by Adam that was her older brother.

Adam. Exactly the reason why she was here. The December holidays were on their way and the captain had made plans to stay over at her Madame Adam's house. It was going to be fun chaos and if there was one thing Ness had been thinking of to add to the craziness it had to be a few pranks.

Hmmm....what to get, just what to get. Mooooore smirking.

Looking maybe a little bit too intensely, Ness walked along the store not really noticing what was in front of her, because her eyes were glued to the shelves, until... Whoops. She by accident bumped into someone...someone who looked oddly familiar.

So the store? It was starting to become slightly more and more packed as time passed. So maybe... maybe he had just been early? Yeah. Maybe. Oh, look! Even the shopkeeper -- was she the shopkeeper? --had come out now from the back where... shopkeepers usually stayed? And the shopkeeper was smiling at the-

...

"AAAAARGH!"

Alec jumped about a foot in the air and let the object he had been holding fall to the floor. He spun around, fully expecting something to be charging at him at the same speed as the Hogwarts Express. That squawk, though? No train made a sound like that. It sounded more like some sort of giant BIRD. Alec BLINKED hard at the object he had come face-to-face with, which just so happened to be...

... a rubber chicken.

BLINK. STARE. He had gotten scared... by a rubber chicken?! And more importantly, he had gotten scared by the person holding the rubber chicken! Not cool, dude, not cool. "BRO!" he said, leaning back slightly, "What's with the chicken?" Was this his way of greeting people? If so, he was very interested to know what the tune for the Slytherin's alarm clock was.

Also, chicken, Romalotti? Interesting choice.

Christmas break for him and he decided to take a day to go to Hogsmeade with his friend, wherever he may be at the moment. Felix hadn't found the guy yet, but that didn't stop him from exploring this little town. His parents would have a hissy fit if they knew he was here. Made the experience that much better. This shop though, Zonko's, looked a lot like the joke shop in Diagon Alley. If they were anything alike, well, he knew where he'd be spending the money he brought.

Entering the shop, he unzipped his leather jacket, noting that it was much warmer inside than it was outside. They even had sweets in here? Not that it mattered at the moment. Felix found himself in front of the dungbombs first, walking slowly down an aisle, poking at things and wondering which stuff he should get.

Tye would love this. If he was even here. Pffft.

So somehow, somewhere Tyler had lost Felix coming into Hogsmeade. That certainly was not going to stop him from exploring the town though. At first he figured that he would go into Hogsmeade but he decided against it and almost went to sweet shop...thought against that too until he found himself at zonkos. It was the perfect place to start blowing his money actually..perfect.

Tye ran his hands lazily down the merchandise until he paused spotting Felix. Uh hoo so this was where the little stinker got off to well then. Slowly reaching for a dungbomb Tyler threw it at his team mate and ducked out of site behind another isle snickering to himself.

Glow in the dark bubblegum?

Felix picked up a pack, glancing on the back to read what it said when something his him, RIGHT on the NECK, making him drop the gum. Needless to say, it was all shock on his face, until the smell started to sink right up into his nose. Aarrgh! Holding his neck to try and smother the smell, Felix grabbed a stink pellet and turned to glare at whoever threw the dungbomb. Which...one...was it?

"Alright! WHO THREW IT!?"

Confess Hogwarts students!

Must.NOt.Laugh.

Oh for Merlin's sake it was hardly worth holding in the laugh that was now cramping his belly. Felix' face was priceless when he got hit by that dungbomb. But man did it stink! It stunk so so bad. He peaked around the shelf and realized that the boy had armed himself with a stink pellet. This could be a whole lot of fun.

"Take a wild guess Flores!" Tye called from behind the shelf. He had only one dungbomb left and Felix was in the isle where all the good stuff was. The best he could do was throw it at him and make a run for it but Felix was a beater he'd get him before he made it to the door.

Eyeing the students, and some adults, his gaze shifted to the stack of sneakoscopes, though it wasn't the device that had his attention. It was just WHO was in the other aisle, leaving Felix scowling for a moment, and then smirking. Well, he found his buddy. Gripping the stink pellet, and grabbing another, he scootched down the aisle, back against the aisle wall until he turned around the corner, pausing momentarily.

Right. Bellaire was going down. Merlin's pink underpants, this stuff smelled.

With watery eyes, Felix peaked around the corner.

Okay so he was pretty much trapped her while Felix tried to figure out who had thrown the dungbomb at him. He needed to map his escape to avoid being the target or whatever stink items available at Felix's disposal. It was best he tried to peak from the other side so Felix wouldn't spot him when he looked out.

Tyler spun to the other side of the isle only to collide with Felix and his stink pellets. He plopped over into the isle and knocked a few things off the shelf before composing himself and rubbing his forehead. Man did those things stink.

"Dude reaaaaaally?" He asked as his eyes watered and he rubbed the bump on his forehead.

And just as he peaked around the corner...

He suddenly found himself falling back into the shelf behind him. A few items crashed to the floor as he slid down a little, finally gripping onto the shelf to keep himself on his feet, though one of his hands grabbed onto a box of some frog spawn soap. Yea, that didn't last long on the shelf either... as it fell to the ground with everything else. ◎_◎

What the... "DUDE! Why!?" Where did the stink pellets go?

"I was welcoming you to Hogsmeade!"

Regaining his composure before Felix, Tyler spotted the pellets and kicked them under the shelves. Yeah he didn't need the boy getting his hand son those otherwise he'd end up smelling worse than he did from the ones that went off on their own.

"I think we should get out of here before the store keeper demands we pay for the damage." Then they could snow ball fight instead..or get the stink off whichever.

That was the lousiest welcoming he'd ever received. "You suck." he grumbled, regaining his composure after a moment of trying to find an empty spot on the ground to step. He didn't spot the stink pellets either, though he did know where else to get som-

Woah, woah, woah...woah. Felix stared as if his mate had just grown an extra head. "What do you mean 'we'?" Grabbing the closest item his hand could find, he tossed it not so lightly at Tye before stumbling his way out of the mess towards the exit.

Ugh, this smell. It was burning his nose!

Tyler attempted to brush his clothes off starting from his jacket down. Clean enough he supposed. He frowned at Felix."Well that's ungrateful. I happen to think that was an awesome welcome."

:/ Tyler's frown deepened. Seriously?!! His mother frequented this place! Was Felix really going to leave him hanging here if they got caught?! Some friend! Some team mate! Ugh! Tyler caught whatever Felix had thrown at him but was on his heels as soon as he made for the exit.

Yeah he wasn't going to take the fall for this mess.

Sniffing his leather jacket, Felix cringed, holding down the gag reflex. No. Just, no. Pausing to take it off, deciding to brave the cold, his attention was grabbed by something colorful and made of sugar. He certainly wasn't going to buy anything in the shop now. Not with the mess all...there.

Didn't stop him from pocketing a few sugar quills though.

To the street!

Kaitlyn was busy looking through the items that lined the many shelves of Zonko's. It was pretty amazing, she must admit. Then ... BAM! ... someone bumped into her, interrupting her happy browsing. They should really have been looking where they were going, she thought bitterly. People these days. SIGH.

Kat turned around, prepared to snap at the right-doer, but she froze in her tracks. ... Was that? No. It couldn't be. "Nessie? Is that you?" Blink, blink. She hoped it was her, otherwise she would look like QUITE the idiot. And being her, that was hard to do. Also being her, she stared at maybe!Nessie closely and grinned.

Asher didn't expect the shop keeper to be watching him or were they? He was sure he was being watched. Asher laughed so hard that he toppled over clenching his sides. The slytherin didn't mean to scare his bro. Well he really didn't scare him did he? Just totally freaked him out.

After he got himself back together he stood up with a ' I'm good' look followed by a smirk. "I gotta, didn't I?" The Slytherin eyed the rubber chicken for a moment before spoke again.

"I've been thinking about buying a few for some pranks." He grinned. He couldn't wait to try these out on other people and hopefully his bro would be down for it . If not maybe he could get Tag, or West and Theo in on it. Or maybe just maybe the four of them all in.

Or Anya, yeah this right up their trouble making alley.

He wiggled the rubber chicken in his face "So what do you say bro? You in?"

*smirk*

Emerald thought everything was running smoothly and that the customer's browsing were responsible and mindful about the merchendise. Conjuring up a steaming cup of her favourite tea she sipped on it as she listened to sounds of children chattering about to each other.

Then some not so nice sounds were heard, sounds of things breaking. Sputtering tea all over her apron in haste and worry Emerald leaped forward to search every corner of her shop for the culprits. Coming to a screeching halt in front of the stink pellet aisle she just stared at the mess on the floor.

With nobody on the scene of the crime she got suspicious. Still hearing some kids talking the brunette stalked that way. Spotting two boys (Asher and Alec) and two girls (Kaitlyn and Ness) Emerald eyed the four of them in turn and demanded in a sharp tone. "Who of you did this? Who broke and damaged goods worth several galleons in the next aisle over? Speak up!"