This is an out take of the opening scene in the pub. Well, actually, it's the result of walking away from the computer without closing the page and my teenager daughter walking up and typing whatever pops into her head. It's sort of funny.
The Prancing Pony was quiet that night. The barman, Mr. Butterbur, stood wiping glasses with a dirty towel humming "Hedwig's Theme" to himself. Charlie sat at a table in the corner with two other wizards arguing about the nature of love.
"You see this," said Charlie holding out his left hand and allowing the candlelight to glimmer on his silver wedding band. He smiled to himself in a silent revery of his beloved.
"Yeah, what about it?" barked the large black bearded wizard.
Charlie looks up and takes a deep breath to bring him back to the moment. Love, my friend, is the willingness to give up everything for the one you love.
The smaller weasel-like wizard started choking on his firewhisky, he was laughing so hard. "You've got your head in the clouds something bad, Charlie!"
"WTF 'something bad' what is that about?" Charlie said perplexed.
"Oh, never mind, I'm just really drunk, is all." The other wizard slurred.
"Oh, Alright." Charlie said, laughing.
They went on like this for quite a while. Funny how friendship seems to peek at certain times.
Suddenly Charlie got so drunk, his mind turned to oblivion. Through his mind wooshed dragons, delilas, Droobles Best Blowing Gum, and many other items that started with the letter "D."
He awoke, the next day, in the Leaky Cauldron lodging. "Oh, what happened?" Charlie said.
"You stumbled in here drunk last night, muttering something about Dragons chewing gum!" shouted the mirror across from his bed.
Charlie ignored the mirror and went on and straightened himself up. He went down the stairs to the main pub, and saw MADAM ROSMERTA. Charlie shook his head, and the figure turned back into Tom, the barman. "I am having a major hangover." Charlie muttered to himself.
Charlie walked out of the bar, and felt really sick, so he apparated to an unknown place, where he was greeted by friendly grindylows and violet phoenixes. Charlie felt very happy again.
He learned that oblivion, was much better than reality. THE END.