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Chapter Three – "Disasters don't wear pants."

It took some time for everyone to get their supplies for their Hogwarts adventure. It was around six in the evening when they all retired to the Leaky Cauldron. And that, of course, is when everything began to go incredibly wrong. You see, no one had noticed that downstairs in the dining area there was a figure that had been watching them from the corner. It was in fact, quite odd that Snape, with all his years of experienced spying, did not notice a monkey sitting absentmindedly in a corner – watching, just watching. It scratched its head. Still no response from the humans. How odd this was. And yet not as odd as the conversation that was taking place at the dinner table.

"No, Tom. I did not order a lamb sandwich. I ordered a ham sandwich." Snape said curtly, looking at the lamb – whom was stuck to two large pieces of bread.

"Baaah." It said. Tom had recently been smacked in the head with a frying pan and was having a slight lapse in brain function. He would, however, recover fully and stop serving the customers live animals.

"Oh, of course Master Snape. Would you like a belly button piercing with that?" replied Tom, lapsing into his tattoo parlor days.

"No Tom, water will do just fine." Snape sighed, rubbing his temples in frustration. Tom nodded and was off…. toward the restrooms…. "Tom! The kitchen's that way!" snapped Snape, jabbing his finger in the correct direction.

"Right-o, Captain!" And Tom was off, going the right way.

"Why," inquired Snape, " did he not manage to mess up your orders? How am I the only one?"

"We're cuter." replied Kaitlylan, watching in amusement as the lamb began to gnaw on Snape's sleeve.

"Oh yes, well, I never did have a knack for attracting toothless old bald men. Lucky, you." He sneered, watching horror flicker on her pale face, and a red blush highlight her auburn hair.

"Don't worry, Severus, you too will have a day when toothless bald men fall head over heals for you…. Although you most likely would have tripped them." grinned Anna, causing the table to laugh.

"Here you are, sir – your ham sandwich and some water." Tom was back. With proper food. It was a miracle. The monkey, however, was no longer in the corner. He had moved across the lovely splintered, wooden floor to reside underneath the group's table. He pushed his hands up onto the underside of the table and began to walk away. The monkey was kidnapping their table. This was bad.

"Why is our table crawling away?" questioned Leene, unable to see the monkey due to the rather long tablecloth, which enveloped the table. They all watched, absolutely astonished as the table moved halfway across the room, stopped and then proceeded to supply a monkey with dinner. It should be noted that this monkey had unusually slicked back hair. This Snape's keen senses noticed, and he sneered.

"It seems my godson has seen fit to interrupt our dinner."

"Your godson's a ….. monkey?" asked Tom, beaming with smiles.

"No-"

Tom interrupted him, "Aw! Is it his birthday?" and Tom proceeded to walk over to the monkey and sing "Happy Birthday" in a rather cute and annoying voice. The monkey looked terrified. Snape, on the other hand, sighed.

"Of all the animagus's he had to choose…. A monkey? Why a smelly monkey?"

"Hey! I like monkeys!" interjected Leene. Snape stood abruptly and walked over to where the monkey was being serenaded.

"That's quite enough, Tom." Snape growled with a forced smile. Tom, who had by now progressed to wishing the monkey a "Very happy anniversary, indeed", bowed and left – seemingly headed for a broom closet. Snape glared at the monkey, and without further ado it 'popped' back to its normal self. Draco Malfoy now sat in the Three Broomsticks, staring wide eyed at his godfather. "Well, what do you have to say for yourself?"

"Surprise….?" ventured Draco weakly.

"Indeed." Snape replied, his lips curling. Draco Malfoy had also been cleared when the war had ended – although until now Snape had not known what punishment Potter had assigned him. "You haven't been up to any monkey business lately, have you?"

Draco smirked, it was just like his godfather to be dreadfully sarcastic at a time like this. "No, no – although I did have to kiss Granger's feet as well." He stuck out his tongue in disgust.

"Good. That'll teach you to be more accepting. Now why is it that you were spying on me and my, dare I say it, friends?"

As Draco and Severus talked the girls sat in silent reflections. Only a moment ago they had had a table…. And now….. they were just a misfit bunch of chairs in a facsimile of order – depressing, really. Kaitylan sighed and toyed with the fork she still had in her hand, while Leene lamented the loss of the candle as Anna slowly drifted off into daydreams. It was quiet for a time. Then a loud bang alerted them all to their surroundings. Tom emerged out of the broom closet wearing a pan on his head and some tinfoil wrapped around his shirt.

"Charge! Battle stations knights! Giddy up!" And Tom galloped around the dining area on a mop. He brandished a feather duster as a sword and was content to clatter off up the stairs and annoy the rest of the lodgers when Snape bid him to do so. A few minutes after all the clattering had died down a bit, Snape motioned for the girls to bring their chairs over.

"This, girls," Snape motioned to Draco, " is my godson. His name is Draco. It appears that he was spying on us because he had a message for me from the new Head Mistress of Hogwarts – Minerva McGonagall. She apparently wants to challenge me to a game of Wizard's Chess."

"Ooh! How sexy!" grinned Anna, earning herself raised eyebrows from both Snape and Draco. "Oh, what! I'm just goofing, don't mind me…. Gah."

"For a second there, I thought we had another Luna Lovegood on our hands." snorted Draco, still curious as to whom these girls were.

"No, no, there is no one quite as …. unique as she is." commented Snape, wondering what exactly Minerva was up to. "So when does she expect me?" he inquired.

"Tomorrow. Noon. Her office," replied Draco.

"Oh yes, yes – of course! It's always her office isn't it? Well, fine. Tell her I'll be there." muttered Snape, looking wearily at Draco.

"Of course, Godfather." Draco rose and left the table.

And so the game was set to begin.

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A/N – So, what's up? How do you like it so far? I'm trying to make it better than the usual new character fics. Hopefully you liked this chapter – it was a bit crazy and that is what I love to do. So, as always, Please Review!