Why Personal Life Shouldn't Interfere With Work

"I can't love you Severus. I'll never be able to love you."

"Why, Minerva, why?"

"Because, Severus, I… am in love with the Hungarian Horntail!"

Flash

A dragon. Of course a bloody dragon! Out of every magical creature in the world, it had to be a dragon. The one Harry Potter has to fight, no less. It couldn't have been a unicorn! Unicorns are easier to be rid of. Just end them off to the forest, but no! You can't just send a dragon away; the whole Ministry will be after it!

Severus Snape cautiously approached the dragon thrashing in its cage. There were other wizards around, but they would be easy to take care of. After all, they were just spares.

Severus was close enough to the dragon now to feel the intense heat on his face. He looked the dragon in it's reptilian eyes, pulled out his wand, and uttered the curse that would rid him of the dragon forever. Minerva and Severus could finally be together, at last.

Flash

"Minerva, I don't understand, why can't we be together?"

"I've told you, Severus, I am in love with the bloody Horntail!"

"But that Horntail is gone! I killed it last night!"

"Lower your voice Severus, no need to cause a scene in front of the children. And you can't possibly have killed my Hungarian Horntail, he's vacationing in Romania."

"What?"

"You killed an innocent Hungarian Horntail, the one that Harry Potter needs to defeat in order to gain admittance to the next task. He can no longer play in the Triwizard Tournament. He must be forfeited."

"Bloody hell."

Flash

"I'm so glad my Hungarian Horntail mysteriously died, if it hadn't, I could have been killed!"