Walking along the corridor he barely looked up from the ground. He narrowly dodged many members of the ministry, although the closer he got to his destination, the less the staff around. He came to the door of the department of mysteries, and took a deep breath, then turned the handle. As he shut the door behind him, it closed and the room span. When he looked back, the door was gone. This was it... no turning back.

Severus looked down to the map, trying to figure out which door he was supposed to choose. The map showed that there were two black doors and a white one in the middle, yet there were two white doors with a black one in the middle. Having had to go through the leftblack one, he cursed, unsure which door to attempt. He pushed the black door, after taking a deep breath, and when he saw what was inside, he gasped. Around him were ar least 15 doors in a circular pattern, and when he looked back the door he had came from had disappeared. The map showed that there should just be one door at the end of the corridor, so he realsied he had gone through the wrong door and must get back - yet which door? Snape cursed, and finally decided to just choose a door at random. He took a deep breath, and decided to go through a yellow door with black spots. He turned the door knob slowly, and looked inside with a deep sense of woor and regret, as he was sure he would get it wrong.

He closed the door quickly, since the room was for some reason filled with badgers. What were badgers doing at the Ministry? Snape was confused. He glanced around the room at al of the creatures running about, and finally noticed a white badger that stood out among the rest.

"Hmmm..." mused Snape..."white animals mean "pay attention", but to what?" The white badger noticed Snape staring at it, and it wandered over to where Severus was standing.

"Professor," said the white badger, "this is really embarrassing, but I´m Draco, Draco Malfoy!"

"Malfoy? What are you doing here" Snape hissed.

The badger looks like it sneered. "It was the Dark Lords orders, but some idiot messed up with the transfiguration spell, and I turned into," he hesitates, "A badger!" he spits the word from his mouth and looks like he wouldn´t believe his bad luck.

Snape sneered, not even trying to hide the fact that it was funny. "What did he send you for?" he asked, not nothering to even offer to change him back.

"You?!?!" exclaimed Snape, "Help me?!?!"

"You?!?!" exclaimed Snape, "Help me?!?!"
"Give me some credit!" Draco sneered, as if Snape was the child there. "At least I got here on time... you're late" he spoke as if he was enjoying every second of tormenting him.

For the life of him Snape could not figure out two things, one why Voldermort would send a boy to assists him and two why was the room filled with badgers if it was a transfiguration accident?

"Well" snorted Draco, "the ministry is trying to produce more badgers because as you know, when the skin of a badger is made into a bridle, it gives the rider magical powers over the horse, they're thinking of using them to control Pegasus' offspring."

No, but it is the room he directed me to.

"what letter?" Draco asked, "I never sent you a letter!"

"Hmmm...guess we'll table that for the moment" mused Snape, "and concentrate on the mission at hand."

[quote] "You?!?!" exclaimed Snape, "Help me?!?!"
"Give me some credit!" Draco sneered, as if Snape was the child there. "At least I got here on time... you're late" he spoke as if he was enjoying every second of tormenting him.

For the life of him Snape could not figure out two things, one why Voldermort would send a boy to assists him and two why was the room filled with badgers if it was a transfiguration accident?

"Fine, Draco. Then answer me this question. What is this room?" Severus asked.

"Well" snorted Draco, "the ministry is trying to produce more badgers because as you know, when the skin of a badger is made into a bridle, it gives the rider magical powers over the horse, they're thinking of using them to control Pegasus' offspring."

"Oh," Severus replied shortly, angry that Draco was in on something that he was not. "So how do we get out? I'm sure this is not the room the Dark Lord has directed me to!"
"No, but it is the room he directed me to."
"Well do you know why he has sent you in here? Forgive me, Draco, but your letter was destroyed earlier before I had a chance to read it. I've not exactly been completley filled in on what I'm supposed to do," Snape said shortly.


"what letter?" Draco asked, "I never sent you a letter!" [quote]

"Are we to steal all these badgers then?" queried Snape.

"You?!?!" exclaimed Snape, "Help me?!?!"
"Give me some credit!" Draco sneered, as if Snape was the child there. "At least I got here on time... you're late" he spoke as if he was enjoying every second of tormenting him.

For the life of him Snape could not figure out two things, one why Voldermort would send a boy to assists him and two why was the room filled with badgers if it was a transfiguration accident?

"Fine, Draco. Then answer me this question. What is this room?" Severus asked.

"Well" snorted Draco, "the ministry is trying to produce more badgers because as you know, when the skin of a badger is made into a bridle, it gives the rider magical powers over the horse, they're thinking of using them to control Pegasus' offspring."

"Oh," Severus replied shortly, angry that Draco was in on something that he was not. "So how do we get out? I'm sure this is not the room the Dark Lord has directed me to!"
"No, but it is the room he directed me to."
"Well do you know why he has sent you in here? Forgive me, Draco, but your letter was destroyed earlier before I had a chance to read it. I've not exactly been completley filled in on what I'm supposed to do," Snape said shortly.
"What letter?" Draco asked, "I never sent you a letter!"
"Hmmm...guess we'll table that for the moment," mused Snape, "and concentrate on the mission at hand. Are we to steal all these badgers then?" queried Snape.
But before Draco could answer, a door on the opposite end of the room opened and a figure stepped into the badger-filled room.

It was hard to make out who had entered the room, the figure was swathed in swirling dark robes complete with a hood drawn over the face.

"It is I, Igor Karkaroff." said Igor.

"Well, as they say, news of my demise has been greatly exaggerated." replied Karkaroff.

"You?!?!" exclaimed Snape, "Help me?!?!"
"Give me some credit!" Draco sneered, as if Snape was the child there. "At least I got here on time... you're late" he spoke as if he was enjoying every second of tormenting him.

For the life of him Snape could not figure out two things, one why Voldermort would send a boy to assists him and two why was the room filled with badgers if it was a transfiguration accident?

"Fine, Draco. Then answer me this question. What is this room?" Severus asked.

"Well" snorted Draco, "the ministry is trying to produce more badgers because as you know, when the skin of a badger is made into a bridle, it gives the rider magical powers over the horse, they're thinking of using them to control Pegasus' offspring."

"Oh," Severus replied shortly, angry that Draco was in on something that he was not. "So how do we get out? I'm sure this is not the room the Dark Lord has directed me to!"
"No, but it is the room he directed me to."
"Well do you know why he has sent you in here? Forgive me, Draco, but your letter was destroyed earlier before I had a chance to read it. I've not exactly been completley filled in on what I'm supposed to do," Snape said shortly.
"What letter?" Draco asked, "I never sent you a letter!"
"Hmmm...guess we'll table that for the moment," mused Snape, "and concentrate on the mission at hand. Are we to steal all these badgers then?" queried Snape.
But before Draco could answer, a door on the opposite end of the room opened and a figure stepped into the badger-filled room.

It was hard to make out who had entered the room, the figure was swathed in swirling dark robes complete with a hood drawn over the face.
"Who's there?" Snape hissed quietly.
"It is I, Igor Karkaroff." said Igor.
Snape looked stunned. "Karkaroff, what are you doing here? I thought you died!" Snape replied.
"Well, as they say, news of my demise has been greatly exaggerated." replied Karkaroff.
Snape looked unsure of whether to be confused, annoyed, or what. "Let me guess, you're in on this too? Pardon for for questioning the dark lord, but what is happening??"

"We can seriously compromise the MInistry of Magic's plans for controling the winged horses if we work together quickly on this, and we're to plant clues to lead them to conclude Harry Potter is involved." Said Igor.