(A/N: There are far too many author's notes in this story. Anyway. This one
is for my dear friend and partner in..whatever it is we do, the ever
fantastic Spriggsm. Give him a hand, he's Irish!)
Chapter 11: Lucius Malfoy Gets A New House Elf
"Severus!" Lucius called through the pub, "Look what I've got!" He put a very big cage covered in a green cloth, that he had been levitating, down on the filthy pub table at which Snape was sitting.
"What on earth." Snape started, but Lucius interrupted him.
"It's my new house elf." He said, excitedly. "He still needs a name though. Maybe Wombly. Or Jizzy. Or more appropriately, Grumpy." He pulled the cloth from the cage, to reveal a grumpy looking man, who was sitting in what looked like a very uncomfortable position in the cage.
"Finally." The man said. "And I'm not an elf."
"Lucius, that's not a house elf." Snape said. "It's a muggle."
"He is?!!" Lucius exclaimed. "But I caught him myself!"
"You had better bring him back then, before you get into trouble again with the Ministry." Snape said, gazing at the man, who was now mumbling "Crazy English bastards" under his breath.
"Oh. Well. Back to Ireland it is, then." Lucius said, throwing the cloth over the cage, and he hurried out.
A month later he returned, the same cage hovering in front of him. "I'm absolutely sure I've got one this time, Severus!" Lucius said, beaming at Snape. He pulled the cover from the cage. The exact same man he had brought with him last time was sitting, now even more disgruntled, in the cage.
"You're an idiot." He said to Lucius, and to Snape: "Oh, it's you again. Will you tell him?"
"Lucius, that's the. Same. Muggle." Snape said.
"Really?" Lucius said. "But I'm sure that.." He looked at the man closely. "Maybe you're right." Sighing heavily, he took the cage and swept out again.
A few weeks later, Lucius came back, with the same cage. Snape braced himself. "Et voila!" Lucius said, unveiling... the same man that had been in the cage the last two times.
"Merlin's beard, Lucius!" Snape groaned. "That's still the same muggle!"
"I'm starting to get sick of this." The man in the cage said.
Lucius looked at him for a while, puzzled. "Oh well. I bet he'll make a great pair of boots for Narcissa anyway." He then said, taking the cage, and stormed out again.
Chapter 11: Lucius Malfoy Gets A New House Elf
"Severus!" Lucius called through the pub, "Look what I've got!" He put a very big cage covered in a green cloth, that he had been levitating, down on the filthy pub table at which Snape was sitting.
"What on earth." Snape started, but Lucius interrupted him.
"It's my new house elf." He said, excitedly. "He still needs a name though. Maybe Wombly. Or Jizzy. Or more appropriately, Grumpy." He pulled the cloth from the cage, to reveal a grumpy looking man, who was sitting in what looked like a very uncomfortable position in the cage.
"Finally." The man said. "And I'm not an elf."
"Lucius, that's not a house elf." Snape said. "It's a muggle."
"He is?!!" Lucius exclaimed. "But I caught him myself!"
"You had better bring him back then, before you get into trouble again with the Ministry." Snape said, gazing at the man, who was now mumbling "Crazy English bastards" under his breath.
"Oh. Well. Back to Ireland it is, then." Lucius said, throwing the cloth over the cage, and he hurried out.
A month later he returned, the same cage hovering in front of him. "I'm absolutely sure I've got one this time, Severus!" Lucius said, beaming at Snape. He pulled the cover from the cage. The exact same man he had brought with him last time was sitting, now even more disgruntled, in the cage.
"You're an idiot." He said to Lucius, and to Snape: "Oh, it's you again. Will you tell him?"
"Lucius, that's the. Same. Muggle." Snape said.
"Really?" Lucius said. "But I'm sure that.." He looked at the man closely. "Maybe you're right." Sighing heavily, he took the cage and swept out again.
A few weeks later, Lucius came back, with the same cage. Snape braced himself. "Et voila!" Lucius said, unveiling... the same man that had been in the cage the last two times.
"Merlin's beard, Lucius!" Snape groaned. "That's still the same muggle!"
"I'm starting to get sick of this." The man in the cage said.
Lucius looked at him for a while, puzzled. "Oh well. I bet he'll make a great pair of boots for Narcissa anyway." He then said, taking the cage, and stormed out again.