DRACO IN WONDERLAND

::::::::CHAPTER ONE:::::::::DOWN THE ELF HOLE:::::::::::::

Potions class was passing very slowly for Draco today. The hands on the clock didn't seem to be moving at all. Then Draco remembered that that clock was broken. He sighed and looked at Goyles watch; they still had half an hour left in the sweltering dungeon.

It was June! They shouldn't be cooped up in here! Draco imagined himself sitting under a tree, drinking an ice-cold drink, snogging his potions master.....

Then suddenly something caught his eye. He turned his head and saw a most peculiar sight. A tiny House-elf was running towards the dungeon door. It was wearing a little tatty waistcoat and was holding a pocket watch.

Draco glanced around at the other students, and then up at Snape; no one else had seemed to have noticed the house-elf, which led Draco to believe that either they were all blind, or that he was hallucinating. He rubbed his eyes and looked again, but the house-elf was still there. When it got to the door, it started kicking at it.

"Sir?", said Draco loudly. Everyone looked at him.

"Yes, Mr Malfoy?".

"May i go to the toilet?".

"Can't it wait until....".

"I have a reaaaaallly bad stomach ache...".

"Fine! Go on then".

Draco got up from his seat and walked over to the door. The house-elf was still there; kicking at it with all its might. Draco opened the door, and the house-elf scurried away. Draco followed as quickly as he could.

"Hey! Hey you!". The house-elf ignored him and continued running.

After what seemed like twenty minutes they reached the kitchens. The house- elf began jumping up, trying to reach something on the wall.

"What are you doing?", asked Draco.

"The Pear! The Pear!", said the elf irritably.

Draco touched the pear but nothing happened.

"Tickle it! Idiot!".

Draco was somewhat taken aback by the house-elfs rudeness, but he tickled the pear anyway, and a door handle appeared. Seeing as the elf couldn't reach the handle either, Draco opened it, and followed as the elf ran off again.

The house-elf led him to a tiny cupboard in a dark corner of the kitchen. It opened the door and jumped in. Draco peered in. It looked much bigger on the inside than it did from the outside. With a sudden burst of curiousity, Draco jumped in after the elf, and found himself falling down what seemed to be a very, very deep well.

"Wow", said Draco to himself. "How peculiar. I wonder if Dumbledore knows about this well". He looked down; he was still falling. "Either i'm falling very slowly, or this well is extremely deep. I wonder how i'm going to get out of here. I suppose i'll just have to follow the house-elf, and hope he, or she, leads me somewhere. I hope that somewhere is interesting. So many places in this castle are dull".

Draco sighed, and landed gently on a black and white checked floor. He quickly looked around to see where the house-elf had gone. Suddenly he spotted him and ran after him. Soon he was in a hallway, with doors both to his left and his right. The house-elf disappeared through a door right at the end of the hall. Not wanting to lose the peculiar elf, Draco sprinted after him. But when he got to the door, he noticed that it was far too small for him to get through; it was even too small for him to poke his head through.

"Oh bugger!", said Draco, as he put his hands on his hips. "What am i gunna do now?".

He looked around; maybe there was something there that he hadn't seen there before. And there was! A table made entirely of glass had appeared in the middle of the hallway. Draco went over to it and found a little golden key.

"Well, that's a load of good", said Draco. "What's the use of opening the door, if you can't fit through it in the first place?".

He looked around hopelessly, wondering what on earth he was going to do now. And when he looked back at the table, he saw something that hadn't been there before. It was a small glass, with a label on it.

"Drink me", Draco read. "Hmmm. I know a bit about Potions, and for all i know, drinking this could lead to the death of me, and that'll be a terrible loss to Hogwarts. But then again, i'm too curious for my own good".

And so he drank the contents of the bottle...and.....you'll have to read the next chapter to find out what happens!!!