The Wormhole

Snape walked past It on the way to his classroom. He was too concerned with his own business to notice anything, let alone It. Filch snuck past without a blink. A group of Hufflepuffs glanced at It but saw nothing. A single Ravenclaw late for class dropped her pencil through It. She knelt down to search for the object and put her hand through It, leaving her with a cold tingly feeling. She left in quite a hurry but with no clue where or what It was. It was Ron, Harry and Hermione who really noticed It for the first time.

"What's that?"

"What's what?"

Ron pointed. "That."

Harry and Hermione stared at the apparently empty space. "What?"

"That shimmering!"

Harry danced on the spot for a little while.

"What are you doing?"

"Shimmying."

"Shimmering! I said shimmering, not shimmying."

"Oh, sorry."

"Ooh!" cried Hermione suddenly. "I see it!"

"No you don't, you're just pretending you do so we don't think you're a nimrod."

"What's a nimrod?"

"You."

"Thanks."

"You're welcome."

"Can we get back to the shimmering now?"

Harry concentrated, looking deeply into Ron's eyes and rubbing his forehead.

"Mate, are you coming on to me?"

"No, I'm trying to send you a psychic message."

"That's shining you idiot!"

"Oh. Oh, I see the shimmering! It's that kind of... shimmery thing."

"Oh yeah. Now I see it."

"Maybe it's someone in an invisibility cloak."

Ron struck out in a punch. His hand went through the shimmer sending ripples all over the wall. He felt a cold, tingly sensation and felt something pulling him forward. He quickly snatched his hand back.

"What on earth?"

"Not an invisible person then?"

"No. It was really weird. It felt as if I was being pulled forward."

"Weirdness."

"Let's try something."

Hermione reached in to her bag and pulled out a brick.

"What kind of person carries a brick around in their bag?"

"Don't be silly, no one in their right mind carries a brick in their bag."

"So are you in your wrong mind?"

"No, of course not."

"That's okay then."

"I have three bricks in my bag."

"Riiiiiiiiiight."

Hermione brought the brick up and held it with two hands in front of her face. With a loud "Ugh" that caused Ron and Harry to jump back, she head butted it causing it to break into two even pieces.

"Wow. Wonder woman! Wonder Woman!"

"Thank you, thank you. Yes I am."

"Dude, I meant Hermione."

"Oh... I knew that."

Hermione and Ron gave Harry an odd look. Hermione threw one half of the brick at the shimmering thing. They heard a vacant "Ow" come from nowhere.

"What was that?"

"I don't know."

"Guys, I don't trust this thing. I think we should just leave and forget about- ow!"

Ron rubbed his head. Hermione picked up the half brick that had fallen on him from the floor. It had a note attached to it.

"'Stop throwing your junk in to our universe'," she read.

"It's another universe!" cried Harry. "It's all true! Where cats chase dogs, Hats wear people and Pot Noodle is a great source of Nutrition."

"Where did the brick come from?"

They all looked upwards. There was another shimmering thing right on top of them.

"Let's go through."

"No way! This is way too dodgy."

"This is from the guy who once ate an entire packet of baking soda because Harry dared you."

"If I hadn't done it he would have mocked me!"

"What? The guy who once ran away from a chipmunk?"

"Hey! That Chipmunk was wearing a hat! That's just unnatural...."

"I say we go through."

"Well I say-"

Hermione grabbed both boys and jumped into and through the shimmering thing. They all felt extremely cold and clammy. Their entire bodies went numb and they felt as if they were being dragged along.

"Ca-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-an yo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ou he-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-ere so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ome thi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ing?"

"Harry, stop speaking like that. It's not in the least bit amusing."

"Sorry. But can you?"

"I don't know. What can you hear?"

"I think I can hear it. Kind of dun dun dun-dun dun dun dun-dun dun dun dun-dun dun dun dun-dun de-de-de de-de-de de-de-de de de. De-de-de! De-de-de! De-de-de! De de!"

"It's the tune from Mission Impossible!"

"Oh, yeah! Why on earth are we hearing that?"

They landed. Where there was cold, there was heat. Where there was space, there was floor. Where there was a strange bluey green colour with a cheap effect of stars whooshing past, there was Fred and George.

"Good day friends. I am your purveyor of all things damaging and annoying to those in positions of power."

"And I am George. I may have my introduction second but that does not mean I am any less of a person and Prankster. Welcome to Weasley Wizarding Wheezes."

"Fred? George? What are you doing here?"

"Giving you the chance of a life time. For one week only buy anything from the extended face set and get a free pot of chamo paint. A one-in-a-million offer!"

"Or if listening in to people's conversation isn't your cup of tea then why not just drop a stink bomb? We have over sixty flavours! Including fart and stale chicken."

"Guys, guys. If we buy something will you explain what we're doing here?"

The twins hesitated. "What would you buy?"

"Um.... A headless hat?"

"Excellent choice, sir! Right. You just came through a wormhole."

"A wormhole?"

"A black hole and a white hole connected through space. In this case, between our shop and Hogwarts."

"Aren't they dangerous?"

"They'd better be for all the gold we're shelling out."

"What?"

"There's a lot of magic gone in to this to keep it stable. It's perfectly safe. Please exit by the black hole on your left."

"What?"

"It's all part of our new service to Hogwarts students. Oh, and you'll have to wear these hats." George pulled a bobble hat that read 'I went through the wormhole to Weasley Wizarding Wheezes and got a BARGAIN!' over Ron's head. "It's part of our advertising scheme."

"What?"

"Have a nice day, sir."

"Ding!"