Hogwarts, Coraline had quickly discovered, was a wonderful place to explore. The castle was so huge and full of unexpected things that she thought she'd never be able to see it all
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Having been recently unpopped offscreen, George Weasley had gone back to Gryffindor, cleaned off the butter, and gathered up some of the most reliable of the Weasley's Wizard Wheezes product line. He was wandering around now, looking for potential customers, and happened to notice a young girl, who looked old enough to be a second, or possibly third, year student.
"Hullo," he called, approaching her with a grin. "Care for some dungbombs? We're running a special today. You'll never find prices this low!"
"I haven't got any money," Coraline told him. "And I don't think my parents are in this universe. Not that they'd give me money to buy dungbombs anyway."
George grinned. "That's all right," he said. "Your parents don't need to know, and it's never too early to start down the path of mischief and mayhem!" He held out a small bag containing a few of the dungbombs. "Take them. The first ones'll be on me. I'm George Weasley, by the way."
George grinned. "You look like you could really be studying here," he said. "I guess that makes you unusual, considering how many stodgy old people this castle has. Have you been here long?"
George nodded. "Oh yeah? I think I might have been popcorn then. Again." By this time he'd actually noticed the painting. "Oh, come on!" he shouted to the knight. "You can do better than that!"
George laughed. "I think he's still bitter about the one time Fred and me hexed him so he was fighting the dragon in something resembling one of Mum's nightgowns. It was hillarious. You really should have seen it. But those paintings are good at holding grudges."
"Do you think they mind having people watch them all day?" Coraline thought that would be annoying, but then, she wasn't a painting. They probably saw things differently.
George shrugged. "Dunno if they do or not," he said. "They seem to go about their lives whether or not we're there, so I s'pose they mustn't mind too much. I like to think they appreciate the audience though."
"Hullo," he called, approaching her with a grin. "Care for some dungbombs? We're running a special today. You'll never find prices this low!"
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Coraline laughed. "I don't think they're being very serious about it."
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