Characters: Sarah Fawcett and OPEN Locale: Madam Malkin's, Diagon Alley Date: October 28, 2003 Open? Yes! To any and all still needing Halloween costumes! Warnings? Nope!
Oh, it had already been a loooooooong day and it was barely half-one in the afternoon. Wednesdays were traditionally Sarah's day to have the afternoon off, but Madam M had been struck with her first bout of what the staff privately called the "Holiday Horrors." When "the horrors" hit Madam M mandated that everyone work overtime, and her temperament took a distinct turn for the crabby, though Halloween was actually a piece of cauldron cake compared to the combined crush of Christmas and New Year's. Sarah heard her employer's voice shrieking in the vicinity of the back stockroom and shuddered, and turned her attention back to the costume she was supposed to be hemming. Yep, a very long day.