Hogsmeade was full of anything and everything, it seemed. From butterbeer to a shop full of candies...which Owen's pockets were full of at the moment. Of course he'd gone and went into the candy shop first so he had noms to munch on while he explored the entirety of Hogsmeade. Next stop was...a joke shop? Oh. A joke shop. Cooooool.

Finishing the last of his chocolate frog, Owen stepped inside and found himself all alone. Ack. Who was he supposed to get expert opinion from on what to get from this shop now?

If Oliver was allowed to go to Hogsmeade, of course his first stop would be Zonko's. It would not be a surprise to those who knew him to see the first year stepping into the shop. Finally. He'd been looking forward to it all year, and even before. Of course he'd been to Weasley's Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley before, but never to Zonko's. This was his first trip, and he would treasure it.

Honeyduke's would, of course, be his second stop.

Oliver wandered through the aisles for a few minutes. It was weird that it was so quiet in there - he would have expected it to be busier. Maybe they just had not yet reached the peak shopping time. Hogwarts students had stopped elsewhere first. But Olly did spot one boy, a Huffepuff first year. He didn't remember the boy's name though.

"Hi!" He greeted him when he got closer. It was only right for him to know everyone in his year. "I'm Oliver."

This was a joke shop, right? Which meant that pranks were probably just around the corner and with the state of silence that this shop was currently in, Owen could only think of one thing.

Someone was about to prank him. He had to get ready. Wait...what was that sound? Footsteps? Wait, wait...he was not reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaady!

So when the greeting from another boy came, the young Hufflepuff jumped out of skin. Were dungbombs about to go off? Was he going to drown in goo?

...No?

Nothing was happening. He was still standing there with a somewhat mildly panicked expression. Heh. It was all in his head. Chuckling to and at himself, Owen pulled off his beanie and grinned at the other boy. "Right. Oliver. I'm Owen." HOLD.ON.......What if Oliver was the one going to prank him? "You're not...going to prank me, are you?"

What was happening? What was the boy doing? Was he having a seizure or something? Would Olly have to call an ambulance? Did St. Mungos even have ambulances? Thankfully he was saved from having to do anything when the boy spoke. And stopped moving. Oh good, he wasn't dead.

"Hi Owen," he said cheerfully. He would have to remember that. But, what? Pranking him? Oliver blinked. "No pranks." He even held up his hands to prove his innocence. See? Nothing hidden. "If I wanted to prank you, it would not be in the joke shop. Besides, I think the people more likely to prank, are this years' Gryffindors."

No pranking then. That was a relief. He was not ready for any pranks at the moment. He believed Oliver. Grinning once more, he nodded at the other boy in agreement. "You're right. For example, Ava." Mhmm. She was a handful but they were friends and he enjoyed her company despite.

Anyway, the real question here was, "Are we really the only ones interested in purchasing prank items?" As far as he could see, they were the only ones inside the shop. Well, maybe except the shopkeeper who was probably at the back.

Oliver grinned at the mention of the Gryffindor first year. Yes, that is exactly who he had in mind when he'd mentioned the troublemaking Gryffindors. And of course he had not forgotten about his own sister's stunt in Potions.

And it looked like Owen was wondering the same things as him. Oliver followed his gaze, glancing around the store. Of course they weren't the only ones in the store, but it seemed like it. Wasn't this store supposed to be busy? Maybe it was too cold for them to want to make the trek out to Hogsmeade.

"Apparently," Olly answered. "But I can't imagine why. Look at all this cool stuff! Are you looking for anything in particular?" Oliver wandered a few paces away, browsing the shelves, but glanced back at Owen to indicate that he was still listening.

Phillip. Was. EXCITED! See the look on his face? EXCITEMENT!

See, he was in a PRANK store, which just so happened to be one of his favourite stores EVER! What wasn't there to love about prank stores? And secondly, he was going to be meeting a special someone here. Someone whom he hadn't seen in a while and had missed because of the distance issue. AND someone who he was sure was going to get annoyed by him before the day was over.

EHEHEHEHE! What were big brothers for?

So, with a small beam spread across his face, the boy started wandering around the store. His eyes occasionally moved towards the door, especially when someone walked in every now and then. But was it who he was looking for? NOPE. He wouldn't be surprised if the guest was late for some weird reason or another. She just had to come, okay? HAD TO.

Oh Merlin, KATERINA MARKITA, WHERE ARE YOU?!

"Maybe we're too early or something?" He did saw most students went into the The Three Broomsticks. They were probably warming themselves up before going to other shops. Or...the number of pranksters in the school has just decreased? Good thing they were here then. Can't disappoint Peeves.

"I'm not really looking for anything but..." Owen started in response to Oliver's other question. He was also doing his own perusing through the shelves while he and his friend conversed. But he paused and grinned at what his eyes had caught. The infamous Nose-Biting Teacups. He took one and showed it to Oliver. "You think anyone will fall for this?"

Oliver just nodded while he browsed. That seemed like the most likely answer. It must have been an issue of timing rather than one of interest. Who wouldn't want to come to Zonko's? But he could understand if they had simply wanted to stop somewhere else first, before their stop at the joke shop. That had to be the answer.

He glanced at what Owen was looking at. As soon as he saw the teacup he laughed. "Apparently so. But you need your own trick, not something that's been done before." Oliver had been one of those who had fallen for the teacup prank. But it was hardly his fault that it looked just like a regular teacup. He glanced back at the shelf in front of him, and his eye caught something interesting. "Puking pastilles. I wouldn't mind using these to get out of class sometimes."

Oliver was once again right. He needed something more original. So the young Hufflepuff continued his perusal; coming across sugar quills, cockroach catapults, dungbombs. ...Puking pastilles? "Blegh. Not me." Besides, he had loads of fun at class. It was very interesting...all the new magic things. Especially to a muggleborn like himself.

"Oi, Olly! Come check this out." It was a stuffed monkey. A rainbow colored stuffed monkey.

Colt really wanted to visit Zonkos because this was the famous joke shop his cousins always got him stuff from. As he entered the store, he felt his smile grow wide and began to take it in. Man this place was huge. There was so much merchandise he didn't even know where to begin. He thought to start with the back rows first and work his way to the front. As he walked to the back, he found some cool gadgets. He began to examine them and wondered what they did.

Last year the fifteen year old wasn't able to go and visit Hogsmeade because he was really sick buuuut this year on the other hand he was able to visit. Yes, his first stop was Zonko's. He had heard all about Zonko's from his older brother and his parents and this was just going to be so much fun. Jesse opened the door to the shop and walked in. His jaw dropped, you know like in the cartoons, if his jaw was able to hit the floor it so was right now. The brunette looked around some more, he even took a few steps so wasn't in the way of the door. While he was looking around he spotted his little cousin, Colt. Jesse wondered how he liked Hogwarts. He was hadn't seen him around that much. They were in different house.

"Yeeee haaawww!" This was now going to be his favorite shop in this place. "HEY! HEY COLT!!" Jesse yelled out at his cousin.

Colt was busy browsing when he heard someone yelling. He laughed and knew that voice anywhere. He groaned playfully of course and turned around and embraced his cousin into a man hug. He put his one arm around him and hugged him. "Hey man. How have you been?" He didn't need to necessarily shout his name but he will let it slide. I mean Jesse was just excited to see him is all. He hadn't seen him in quite a while. "Can you believe this place though!?" he asked looking around in awe.

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Phillip. Was. EXCITED! See the look on his face? EXCITEMENT!

See, he was in a PRANK store, which just so happened to be one of his favourite stores EVER! What wasn't there to love about prank stores? And secondly, he was going to be meeting a special someone here. Someone whom he hadn't seen in a while and had missed because of the distance issue. AND someone who he was sure was going to get annoyed by him before the day was over.

EHEHEHEHE! What were big brothers for?

So, with a small beam spread across his face, the boy started wandering around the store. His eyes occasionally moved towards the door, especially when someone walked in every now and then. But was it who he was looking for? NOPE. He wouldn't be surprised if the guest was late for some weird reason or another. She just had to come, okay? HAD TO.

Oh Merlin, KATERINA MARKITA, WHERE ARE YOU?!

Katerina hurried the busy main of hogmeade. Zonko's Zonko's where was Zonko's? Maybe she should have just told her mom where she was going. She could've pointed her in the right direction.

But mum was talking to people that she didn't know. She was bored. So she seen this as the perfect time to go ahead and meet up with her brother.

Finally she walked up onto Zonko's joke shop. Pushing the door open to the shop. Kat bounced around looking at all of the things and looking around for Phillip.

There he was!

There was a high pitched squeel and ran the rest of the way to him. With a big bear like hug she tackled him. "My PHILLY WILLY!" Oh DID EVERYONE HERE THAT NICKNAME???

Sorry not sorry.

HEEEEY!!! Yep, man hug time. Jesse hugged his cousin back and grinned. "I've been good. How 'bout you?" He asked Colt as he looked around at the shelves. "This place is amazing." Jesse said looking around more at the building. "Sorry 'bout not seeing you earlier. I have so much homework and OWLs this year." Now that the term was coming to an end, well they still had more than a few months but last term went by so fast for the fifth year. Jesse wasn't looking forward to OWLs, it made him nervous. He had been studying for as much and long as he could but Jesse still felt like he was going to fail with some of the subjects.

"I have been doing alright man just chilling around the castle and exploring. I have been trying to attend some classes not all. I mean Ancient Runes sounds boring and hard." He saw that on the noticeboard and didn't seem like his cup of tea. "Nah man it is fine. Just don't worry about it. Keep your nerdiness to yourself." He smirked and laughed at him. "Luckily I don't have to worry about that for another two years.." Good for him. Now onto looking through the shelves. "Hey look at this instant darkness powder.....ooohhhh the possibilities to escape class eh?" he smirked and wondered if he knew what he was thinking.

Phillip felt like he had been waiting for ages. A G E S. Just STANDING there, pretending to be interested in the items in front of him -- they were NOT interesting, by the way -- when he was ACTUALLY looking for that sister of his. Merlin, she was taking a long time, wasn't she? Or was time slowing down because he was THAT anxious to see--

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O H M E R L I N.

Philly Willy? PHILLY WILLY?!

WHY, KATERINA, WHY?

On any other occasion, Phillip would have groaned because that was a STUPID nickname, okay? But not on this occasion. Not now, when it meant that his guest had ARRIVED. And with a squeal and a tackle as well! A wide beam had spread itself across the twelve year old's face as he hugged his not so little sister.

"KATTY!" he said, hugging her back and even picking her up a little. What? It had been a long time, okay? "How've you been? Been missing me lots?"

Olly just shrugged. That was Owen's loss if he wanted to sit through every single class. Olly, on the other hand, would prefer not to be bored out of his mind. But he moved down the aisle, not picking up the puking pastilles.

"What?" He tore his gaze away from what he was looking at and moved toward his new friend. Yes, there was a stuffed monkey. But...why? "What do you think it does?" They were in Zonko's, it had to do something.

Jesse nodded while looking as some of the pranks. This place was amazing! He would have to come here more often next term. "I hate Ancient Runes. I don't understand it at all. I'm not a fan of Arithmancy but the professor seems pretty cool." Jesse knew that Colt was very lucky about that. He was jealous of his younger cousin. "I wish I didn't have to take OWLs but I have no choice." He shrugged. He wasn't the studying type but something about these OWLs freaked him out just a little bit. Jesse looked over at the powder. "That's awesome!!"

"Yeah all the professors seem cool but if the subject is boring I'm out dude. I'd rather be skateboarding than sitting in class in a subject I don't care about.." Ain't that the truth? The slytherin didn't understand why some people stayed in a class they didn't like. The teacher notices and it just makes your mood sour. Aaah OWLS. Colt snickered and teased Jesse just a little bit. "You have to study REALLY hard or your mom will give chew your head off." He began to examine the darkness powder and he had so many possibilities. "I know it is but I feel like this one could be dangerous. Let's find something for others like my cousin Kace and Braedon.....any ideas?" he asked his partner in crime.

Jesse understood, he nodded. "Yeah, man. I hate professors that speak in monotone. It seems like even they aren't interested in the subject." Those kinds of professors annoyed the hell out of them. What Colt had said next was so true that it wasn't even funny. His mother would chew his head off if he didn't pass all of them. "Actually she would do that if I don't pass all of them." He had been thinking about his mother lately and what she was going to do to him if he didn't pass all of them and that is the exact thought that came to his mind. Jesses thought for a moment. "I don't know, Braedon seems to be in head of everyone when it comes to pranking people." So they had to think outside of the box.

This was the most unusual sight: Cosgrach Culloden was walking with an 18 month-old BABY, who happened to be HIS daughter.

If his old friends saw him right now, they would all think this was a joke or worse, that he had kidnapped the baby. But it was real: the said baby was one Helena Thora Culloden with brown hair and brown eyes, and a B I G adorable smile for everyone that was passing by. He had decided to take her here to show her somewhere else that wasn't London or people that weren't her sisters. He bet she would love the change of scenery, as she would love the students. So, waving at literally every single person they had seen on the street, finally the little girl was distracted by the shiiiiiiny toys of Zonko.

"Daddy!" was all she had to say for them to enter, and he picked her up for her to see everywhere better.

"What do you want, baby girl?" Not that he would buy her anything, because she was too young to play pranks yet.

Lux wasn't a stalker, she just had happened to be walking down the street when she spotted her favourite Professor with his adorable daughter. She couldn't resist an opportunity to catch up and see the sweet little angel while she was at it.

"Hello, sir," Lux said as she walked up to him. "Remember me?" She was being silly because she was sure that he hadn't forgotten about her since she had left. If he had she would be hurt and he would have some explaining to do. Hehe. "It's so good to see you again, Professor Culloden. I missed you." She turned her attention to his daughter. "Hello, Helena." She had grown so big! She also seemed to like joke products already. Nothing wrong with that!

So this was Zonko's. Conrad wasn't really big on practical jokes but he figured he should stock up on a few in case the guys in his dorm decided to start a prank war or something. Alvy had said he'd better be prepared for anything living away with so many kids and this was a start, or so he hoped.

Hands tucked deep into the pockets of his jeans, the soon to be fifteen year old browsed the selection. He really should've asked Brain to come with him because right now, he wasn't exactly sure what items were best.