Chapter 33: The Death Eaters (revisited)
by: dangermouse
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Lord Voldeboo had risen again.
Harry blinked in disbelief at the figure who stood before him, his mouth opening and closing in silent shock. One by one, loyal Death Eaters apparated in a circle around their Dark Lord, their heads bowed in deep, profound respect.
"Ba-caw!" squawked Voldeboo. "Ba-caw, caw, buck, buck, ba-caw."
Suddenly, one of the Death Eaters threw himself to the ground at his master's feet. "Master!" he shrieked, "Master, forgive me! Forgive us all!"
Voldeboo glared at the man, his dark eyes narrowing. He ducked his head down and began to peck at the Death Eater on the ground, who writhed and shrieked in obvious pain. After a bit, the Death Eater was allowed to stand, dragging his bruised and battered body back to his place in the circle. The others began to step forward, preparing to prostrate themselves before the Dark Lord. Harry could hold his silence no longer.
"He's a CHICKEN, I tell you!" yelled The Boy Who Lived. "He's a GIANT CHICKEN!"
"BLASPHEMER!" yelled a hooded Death Eater, whipping out his wand, pointing it at Harry. "CRUCIO!" Harry screamed in agony while the other Death Eaters chuckled. Voldeboo clucked darkly, turning his gaze to the sobbing Wormtail.
"Master," Peter whimpered, crawling on his hands and knees, holding his bloody stump of a hand, prostrating in front of his Dark Lord, "please, Master... please..." Voldeboo looked at the wound and clucked again to the surrounding Death Eaters, obviously making some sort of proclamation. He stepped forward, into the center of the circle, his head bobbing as he did so.
Unfortunately, Peter had been sitting on the hem of his robe.
And it fell away.
The Death Eaters gasped.
"Bacaw?" Voldeboo said pitifully, looking down at his feathered form.
"He... he IS a giant chicken!" Lucius cried, blinking in disbelief at his Master.
"See?" Harry said weakly, still shaking from the after effects of the curse. "I told you he was a giant chicken!"
Voldeboo tried to smile wanly at his angry followers, stepping backwards slowly on his clawed feet.
"I don't believe this!" Avery shouted, yanking out his wand. The other Death Eaters followed suit.
"I have a wonderful spell around here somewhere..." Lucius muttered, patting down his pockets. "Fireball... Fireball... where did I put that..."
Voldeboo squawked, turned, and ran away from the infuriated Death Eaters, who took chase yelling out angry curses as they did so.
"You wear a disguise
To look like human guys,
But you're not a man,
You're a chicken, Boo."
~The (merciful) End~
A/N: ChickenBoo comes from "Animaniacs" and the "Fireball" line comes from DragonLance.