Chapter 136: New Ideas, Exploding Bonbons
Before long, Cedric and Cho arrived one after the other, and the compartment became lively. Everyone was thrilled to see each other again after two months.
Kyle couldn't be sure, but Cho seemed taller than before. As soon as she entered, she set a large package on the table filled with snacks she'd brought from the Muggle world. She thought Kyle, Cedric, and Kanna, who all came from pure wizarding families, might not be familiar with Muggle snacks, so she had carefully picked out what she thought were the tastiest options for them to try.
Everyone was quite interested in what she'd brought. Cedric took a liking to a black fizzy drink; though a bit odd at first, he quickly found that its unique texture was even better than pumpkin juice, giving him a strange sense of delight. If he didn't know it was a Muggle drink, he'd have thought it had an Elixir to Induce Euphoria mixed in.
Kanna was particularly fond of the triangular corn chips and the berry-filled cookies. Midway through the snacking, Fred, George, and Lee Jordan popped by, immediately taking a liking to a kind of candy that popped and fizzed in their mouths.
"I just had a fantastic idea," Fred said thoughtfully, licking the candy wrapper. "What if we created an exploding candy ourselves?"
"And put it on Slytherin's table," George suggested with a grin. "That might keep Marcus Flint quiet for a bit... Found out he's Slytherin's Quidditch captain this year."
"That might be tricky," Cedric said, shaking his head as he opened another bottle of fizzy cola. "Slytherins probably won't eat sweets from a suspicious source."
"What if we put them in the kitchen?" Lee Jordan pondered. "If they appear with the regular food, they wouldn't be suspect."
"I wouldn't recommend it," Cedric said, frowning. "The House-elves would never agree, and if anything went wrong, they'd be the ones in trouble."