Wonka clicked the down button to access an elevator. "I don't know why I didn't think of this before," Wonka said as the doors opened, "the elevator is by far the most efficient way to get around the factory."

Severus walked into the elevator. There were hundreds, possibly thousands, of buttons! Not even the Ministry building's elevators had this many buttons.

"There can't be this many floors." Mike Teavee pointed out.

"How do you know, Mr. Smarty-Pants?" Wonka asked, "this isn't just an ordinary up-and-down elevator, by the way. This elevator can go sideways, longways, slantways and any other ways you can think of! You just press any button and, whoosh, you're off!"

Wonka demonstrated by clicking a button. The elevator made a hard turn to the right, traveling much faster than the boat on the chocolate river. The elevator sank downward, then sprinted to the left. Severus felt fairly nervous about an elevator made of mere glass. Oddly enough, Dumbledore, despite haven felt sick on the boat, seemed to enjoy the elevator. Prehaps the old man suffered from sea sickness.

"Oh, look, look," Wonka cried as the elevator entered what looked like a giant snowball, "welcome to Fudge Mountain!"

Severus thought that Fudge Mountain was the most impressive thing on the tour so far. It was literally a mountain, though apparently made of fudge. Oompa-Loompa's were climbing the mountain, waving to Wonka, who returned the gesture. Severus wanted to tell Wonka the mountain was the best thing he had ever seen, but he was at a loss for words.

They exited the snowball and Severus watched Oompa-Loompa shave the wool of pink sheep. "Oh," Wonka cried in cheer, then his face fell in an awkward expression, "I'd rather not talk about this one."

Severus stomach sank and he tried not to imagine exactly what the wool was used for. Severus got the opportunity to change his thoughts when they entered what reminded Severus of Hogwarts hospital wing. "This is the Puppet Hospital and Burn Center," Wonka explained, "it's relatively new, though we've expanded to include non-puppets."

And, sure enough, Violet Beauregarde and Augustus Gloop were in two beds at the end. The Salt's were not there. Severus assumed that they were buried under heaps of trash and the Oompa-Loompa's hadn't found them yet.

Violet was no longer full of juice, though she was still blue. Violet was performing contortionist acts. For some reason she was now extremely flexible, which she seemed happy about. Scarlett was in a chair by Violet's bed, and caught a glimpse at the elevator. Scarlett gave Wonka a look of pure loathing that Severus had seen matched only by Voldemort himself.

Augustus, on the other hand, was not having a good time. A couple of Oompa-Loompa's were tauntingly waving a Wonka bar in his face, causing the boy to scream in pure terror. Augustus mother was scolding the Oompa-Loompa's. Wonka frowned at the sight of his candy being used for hateful purposes.

The elevator left the hospital, then paused in mid-air, causing Severus and the other tourists to hit their faces against the elevator. The elevator sank downward yet again. "The administration offices," Wonka explained, and the elevator paused and Wonka waved to one of the workers, "Hello, Doris!"

Severus thought the fashion resemblance between Doris and Dolores Umbridge was unprecedented. Doris necklace, dress and shoes looked like they had come from Umbridge's closet. Even the hair was similar, though Doris lacked toad-like facial qualities.

Doris waved in return, and Severus face was smacked against glass as the elevator moved again. They now passed a series of cannons shooting cannon ball size pepermints, which were missing the elevator by about three inches. It was as if the Weasley twins had been appointed to run the Auror force.

"Why is everything here completely pointless?" Mike Teavee asked.

Severus disagreed. While Wonka himself was rather...well... Severus didn't find most of the factory pointless. "It isn't pointless." Severus argued.

"Of course it is!" Mike Teavee said, "Candy is a waste of time!"

Wonka gave a look of terror before slipping into yet another flashback.

"Mr. Wonka? Mr. Wonka?" Severus snapped his fingers in front of Wonka, but the man didn't respond.

"Well, I hope your happy with your actions," Severus sneered, "you just cause the only man who can save us from these cannons to lose consciousness!"

"It's not my fault he does this!" Mike insisted, though despite his defiant voice, there was a shade of guilt on his face.

"Why do you think that candy is a waste of time?" Severus asked.

"It doesn't produce anything!" Mike argued, "it's unproductive! It ruins teeth! It has no real purpose!"

"Contrast to the deep philosophical miracles of electronic gaming." Severus responded sardonically. Dumbledore gave a hearty chuckle at the comment.

Mike opened his mouth to refute Severus, but nothing came out of his mouth, as if he sensed that Severus was not a man who lost debates easily. Instead, Mike began scanning the lists of rooms.

Mike turned to Wonka. "I wanna pick a room." It was not a question, it was an order.

Wonka gave a disturbing smile. "Go ahead."

Mike clicked on a button that said Television Room. Severus had a feeling that he and Dumbledore would be alone with Wonka very soon.