Here is Mr Lovegood's chapter. Yes, there really are Crumple-Horned Snorcacks.
About Ignotus: I'm not sure how much he cares about his brothers (although I don't think he didn't care at all), but he doesn't want to be outwitted like they were.
About Snape: He might be next. I've got a couple of nice ideas for him.
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Xeno Lovegood
Hidden behind a bush, Xenophilius Lovegood lifted the camera to his eyes, careful not to make a sound. This was it. Finally, after all those years of being treated like a lunatic, a chance to take a really good picture of a Crumple-Horned Snorcack and prove its existence to the world. Steady now, wait until it turns around. What a beautiful front page this was going to make! The Snorcack raised its head and turned it strait at Xeno's bush, its sensitive nostrils twitching nervously. This was it! Xeno pushed the button on his camera. The Snorcack lowered its head again, but it did not continue eating the grass. It sniffed again and Xeno knew it was aware of his presence. Maybe if he keeps still and silent for a moment it will ignore him? But no. The secret behind the Snorcacks' ability not to be noticed is that they can hear the sound of something trying not to make a sound and know it means trouble. The secret behind their ability to survive even after they were noticed is their horns. And now, all of a sudden, the Snorcack's huge horn was aimed straight at Xeno's bush and moving closer at an alarming speed, followed by the rest of the Snorcack.
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A moment later Xeno sat up and looked around. He was relieved to see that his camera was not damaged. After a moment he realized that his body was. He had managed to avoid the horn, but being trampled by an angry Snorcack can also be quite deadly.
XENOPHILIUS LOVEGOOD? A voice said. It belonged to a tall hooded figure with a scythe in its hand. Xeno stared at it in disbelief.
'It's all true?' he asked. Other people might say Xeno Lovegood believed in many stramge things, but he was quite aware that one should not trust a legend entirely.
A LOT OF IT IS, Death replied. Someone else might have asked again, but Xeno thought being trampled to death by a mythical creature was enough proof.
'Do I have to go?' he asked instead.
YES.
'But… my Luna,' he said 'What will my Luna do without me? She will be all alone!'
IT IS INDEED VERY SAD, Death admitted, BUT THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT.
'But you don't even care, do you?' Xeno accused 'You didn't care when you took my wife and you don't care now! But I should have known,' he added bitterly 'Even in fairytales you are always unfair.'
YOU ARE WRONG, Death said YOU SEE, BIDDLE HAD A LITTLE… ARGUMENT WITH ME DURING A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE. HIS STORIES TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIASED.
'Oh, do they? Then why do you come too early so often?'
IT IS LIFE THAT IS UNFAIR, NOT ME, Death explained PEOPLE CAN'T ALL LIVE EQUALLY LONG, BUT THEY ALL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF DEATH. THERE IS NO JUSTICE, he said, BUT I'M DOING MY BEST.
'But,' Xeno asked again 'will my Luna manage without me?' His daughter meant everything to him. The Snorcack could return for all he cared and destroy the only proof of its existence and the work of his life, as long as she remained safe.
Death thought about it. He reached into his robes and produced an hourglass. Most of the sand was still in the upper half. For a moment Xenophilius stared at the sand that was his daughter's life. He let out a sigh.
'So, where do I go now?' he asked.
IT IS TIME TO SEE FOR YOURSELF, Death replied, swinging his scythe And Xenophilius Lovegood set off into the Unknown, looking around with the frantic curiosity of a Japanese tourist who forgot to bring a camera.