A Preference for Chocolate Cupcakes
"You know, this tastes like Wormtail's cooking," Voldy remarked as he consumed one.
"Why would he set foot in the kitchen if Lucius has all those house elves?" Snape wondered.
"Maybe he just likes cooking," Voldy shrugged. He offered a cupcake to Nagini, but she only gave it one lick.
"I can't chew anyways," she reminded him.
Snape eyed her warily. "What?" Remember that Nagini speaks that snake language (Parseltongue, I think it's called). Good ol' Voldemort can speak it too, but not dear Snape.
Nagini returned his stare before settling under Voldemort's cloak. When Nagini was with him and it was a chilly day Voldemort would wear a cloak along with his usual robes. She was, after all, a cold-blooded reptile.
Anyways, they did find signs of Lucius. There was a fruit snacks wrapper in the road that had been carefully cut from corner to corner. Lucius was known amongst the other Death Eaters for always cutting his bags of fruits snacks diagonally. This also chopped up the fruit snacks, but Lucius didn't mind. It made them quicker to chew (he was also proud of his teeth).
"Can you sense him?" Voldy hissed to Nagini.
Nagini waved her head around, her tongue flickering to and fro, causing Snape to edge away.
"He may be nearby," Nagini finally answered. "I can't say for certain. Let's keep going this way."
Unfortunately, Lucius saw them before they saw him. He took to the air on a solid gold Firebolt 2.0. Fortunately since it was solid gold he was not super fast and it shone blindingly in the sunlight, giving away where he was.
Voldemort and Snape (and Nagini technically) flew after him in hot pursuit (I'm not sure how they flew, but it seems they could in the movies, so yeah)
"Lucius!" Snape yelled. "Come back! We have cupcakes for you!"
They slowly drew closer to the offending sock enthusiast. Voldy did some magicky things and soon the foursome were on the ground. Snape and Voldemort were on their rather unwashed feet and Lucius was sitting, frozen except for his head. Nagini somehow remained around Voldemort's neck.
Voldy and Snape studied the blond ice skater while the snake slipped down from Voldy's shoulders and slithered through the grass around him.
"What is it?" Lucius asked. He was remarkably calm for having just been brought down by the Dark Lord and not knowing what would happen to him.
"I think you know perfectly well what it is," Voldemort snapped. His intimidating air was weakened when he ate another blue cupcake.
"Hmm," Voldy said after eating it, "Snape, you have the vanilla cupcakes. I prefer the chocolate ones."
"Of course, my lord."
"Anyways," Voldy said with a yawn, "Lucius, tell me where Wormtail is and why you have him or I'll burn your entire wardrobe." To demonstrate, he took Lucius's left shoe and turned it into a sad pile of ashes.
"Burning plastic isn't a good thing to inhale," Snape covered his nose with his sleeve. "That's why I always have a trash bag for garbage at my bonfires."
"Shush!" Voldy exclaimed. "We are getting off track! I threatened Lucius and now he had better darn respond!"
It turned out that Lucius had been in the same city as Voldy and Wormy when they went hunting for beards. He had gone there to watch an Olympic ice skater practice. He had then seen Wormtail and thought he was alone. Lucius seized the chance to ask him to come to Malfoy Manor. Lucius was a busy man and didn't always have time to shop, so he had Wormtail do that for him. Currently Wormtail was in a large kitchen cabinet at the Manor. Snape had helped cover for Lucius and conceal Wormtail. He had given Lucius the time to flee
"Why don't you have Draco do errands?" Snape asked. "All he does is stuff his face and watch the Bachelor."
Lucius frowned. "That boy has no fashion sense."
Voldy clapped his hands. "Well, we'll fetch Wormtail and then go to my house, where I will eat macaroni and cheese and punish the both of you."
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