Chapter 12

Pig roast

Due to the excitement, Percy's DNA changed and he started to change back into a human--or at least just his head and shoulders. "It's him!" an old witch cried from the sixth row. "The bastard what stole my liver!"

"He stole one of my kidneys!" shouted someone else.

"He borrowed both my ears!" a third person cried. "Let's do it back to him!"

The furious audience rose as one to kill Percy. Even vegetarians such as his own parents joined in the festive slaughter, and he was instantly dragged outside and impaled on a spit for a nice, after-show barbecue.

After the fire got going and it was time to go inside, Neville asked uncertainly, "Should the show go on?"

"Of course!" Lucius cried magnanimously, parting the crowd with his dashing, springy walk. "St. Mungo's needs the money, damnit!"

Neville threw up again, then went back inside to go onstage.

Ende