Disclaimers: See the first chapter.
Snippets From the Potterverse
Chapter 10 - Bits in the Marmalade
Albus Dumbledore had always considered himself an early bird.
It really took the cake when he was up and about at four AM.
But today was an odd day.
He should have known. Sibyll had told him his horoscope just last night, and it was this :
Tomorrow, you will have an odd day.
Albus took Sibyll quite seriously, at least in conjunction with his horoscope.
You always have my best interests at heart, Sibyll, he said.
As soon as his back was turned, Trelawney stabbed a handful of pins into her Dumbledore voodoo doll.
But on this odd day, Albus awoke to the crowing of - a toad.
he asked, confused, lifting Neville Longbottom's toad off his dresser. But... where's Fawkes?
At the Longbottom residence, Fawkes was currently nesting in the breadbox.
Never mind, sighed Albus. He put the toad in his water jug and headed off to get dressed.
His outfit that day consisted of liederhosen, a bright yellow t-shirt, clown shoes, and a fake arrow that looked like it was stabbing through his head.
His breakfast that day was very odd. There were bits in his marmalade.
I hate bits in my marmalade! Albus grumbled, picking them out.
It took him nearly an hour to pick all the bits out of the marmalade, and by the time he was done, he was very sticky and had stray bits stuck in his beard. His breakfast was cold, too.
He had no sooner choked down his cold omelette and returned to his office when he noticed he had marmalade bits stuck under his fingernails.
The bits remained stuck.
I should've known marmalade bits couldn't be defeated that easily, Albus muttered.
He scrubbed under his nails with Mrs. Skower's Magical Mess Remover for thirty minutes or so. It eventually got the bits out, but made his fingers all wrinkly and pruny and white, like he had been playing with bleach.
Oh well, he sighed. Time to get down to important business!
With that, he took off his arrow, put on a feathered cap, and went outside to yodel.
