Disclaimer: I'm too young to be Rowling so there is sadly no way Harry Potter is mine…

Placing:Fifthyear.

Challenge: 'Prompt of the day'. Prompt: (scenario) having a debate. 1480 words. Gryffindor, Hogwarts.

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"Hello Professor," a dreamy voice greeted Professor Snape the moment he entered his office. He had been about finish his day when it came to teaching and had wanted to settle for a little grading until calling it a day. "Have I told you about the gugelhupf that has taken up refugee in the history section of the library?"

Snape raised an eyebrow at his most insane student.

"As far as I know the word gugelhupf is –"

"It's not a word, Professor," the spacey girl corrected him. "It's a creature. It's round, with waves and normally has a hole in its middle –"

"Sounds like a doughnut to me," Snape remarked with a frown.

The girl glared at him.

"It's not eatable!" She corrected him unhappily.

Snape again raised an eyebrow at the girl.

"It's called a gugelhupf," he pointed out. "If my German is still somewhat up-to-date that means it's –"

"I said it's not eatable, Professor," the girl objected unhappily. "It doesn't matter if we're looking at it from the English side of things or the German one – it's still not eatable!"

"Of course, Lovegood," Snape sighed and sat down. "So why are you here and not after that creature?"

Luna rolled her eyes.

"Because it's a gugelhupf," she pointed out as if he should know the answer just by hearing that word. "Like I said: It's round, with an wavy outer side, it smells like freshly baked cake and is often either whitely or brownish like molten chocolate –"

"Are you sure that you're talking about a creature and not the German meaning of –"

"No, Professor!" Luna looked at him in mild disappointment. "It's not eatable – not here… and definitely not in Germany!"

Snape sighed, and decided to sit down. Obviously he was in for an hour or two of senseless babbling from the dreamy Ravenclaw. Every now and then, the girl had a day like that, much to Snape's regret.

"It still sounds like a doughnut or something like that to me…" He grumbled to himself. Luna send him an evil eye – obviously she had heard his comment.

"Anyway," she said. "The gugelhupf is in the library. It's a dark brown gugelhupf. It looks like it has been covered in dark chocolate –"

Snape decided to stop the girl's rant and get her far enough to make her point.

"Why are you telling me about the gugelhupf?" He asked unhappily, hoping that it would stop the description of said creature.

It simply sounded too much like cake to him – or a doughnut.

Luna frowned at being interrupted, and then sighed.

"It's in the library, Professor," she said as if he should be concerned about that.

"So what?" He asked frowning.

"It doesn't belong into a library," she pointed out.

Snape snorted.

"Since it's cake, I'm quite sure you're right about that," he said and Luna gave him the evil eye again.

"It's not eatable!" She repeated unhappily. He waved it off.

"So what is it doing there if it doesn't belong there, Lovegood?" He asked the insane girl instead of arguing with her.

Luna pondered that question.

"I guess…" She said slowly. "I guess it has taken refugee there from that pink clad toad that's stalking the hallways –"

Snape snorted.

"At least the cake has some sense," he mumbled to himself.

Luna frowned at him.

"It's not a cake, Professor!" She corrected him unhappily.

"Well," Snape said sneering. "In Germany it definitely would be one!"

Luna's frown deepened, until Snape sighed and waved it off.

"Alright, Lovegood," he said. "It's not a cake. Now, you said your doughnut has taken refugee in the library because of our newest addition to the Hogwarts staff?"

For a moment, Luna looked as if she wanted to object to the 'doughnut' part as well, but then she just nodded.

"It has," she said. "But it can't stay there."

Snape frowned at her.

"Whyever not?" He asked. "As far as I know there's no reason for the gugelhupf not to be in a library if it's not eatable…"

Luna's dreamy eyes settled in a death glare on her favourite professor.

"It can't stay there because it will starve!" She told him matter-of-factly. "It's a gugelhupf! It belongs in absolute different surroundings! It needs it warm, and dry – not cold like in the library."

For a moment teacher and student looked at each other.

Then Luna amended.

"Well," she said. "If it's in hibernation, it definitely needs it cold – but definitely no stale air like in the library."

The teacher stared at his most insane student for another second or two, then he sighed and pinched his nose.

"So what do you want to do, Ms. Lovegood?" He asked tiredly.

It had been a long day already with a lot of Gryffindor-Slytherin classes. He needed a break – but of course his insane accomplice in his quest against pink clad toads had something else in mind…

"You need to help me to free it from its predicament before it is squashed by the pink toad," Luna told him and her dreamy expression returned now that she was sure that Snape was actually listening to her and not just talking back to her.

"So," Snape said blankly. "You want me to go with you and rescue a… gugelhupf." He sneered at the last word.

Luna nodded with a smile.

Snape just stared at her blankly.

"And were do we put it the moment we have freed it from the library?" He asked.

Luna waved it off.

"That would be obvious, Professor," she said airily. "In the kitchen – or where else do you find a perfect climate for a gugelhupf here in Hogwarts."

Snape snorted.

"At least we agree that cake belongs into the kitchen," he said amused.

Luna glowered at him.

"It's a gugelhupf – not cake!" She said indignantly.

Snape waved it off.

"Indeed, Ms. Lovegood," he said mockingly and stood up with a sigh. "And now let's go and rescue the chocolate covered ring cake before the pink clad toad eats it."

For a moment, it looked as if Luna wanted to object to that statement. She had already opened her mouth to do so, when suddenly a thoughtful expression covered her face.

"You know, Professor," she said slowly. "In this case you might actually be right."

Snape raised an eyebrow at her while she fell into step next to him.

She shrugged.

"The pink clad toad might actually be inclined to eat the gugelhupf," she offered up.

Snape snorted.

"It's a cake," he pointed out sneering. "A ring cake! Of course the toad would eat it!"

When Luna send him a scratching look, he just raised his eyebrow at her again.

"What did you expect, Ms. Lovegood?" He asked half-amused, half-sneering. "It doesn't matter if the word is the German word for it – it's still a ring cake. And ring cakes are there to be eaten!"

With that he hurried up a bit more, so that Luna nearly had to run to keep up with him.

They entered the hallway of the library just in time.

While Luna melted off in the shadows, Professor Snape stepped up to one Professor Umbridge.

"Madam," he said coolly. "I came to inform you, that there has been some disturbance in the dungeons. Some of my Slytherins reported that they believe they saw the Weasley twins just down the corridor of my potion's classroom. As to your rules, I came to inform you immediately."

The toad's eyes lit up with malicious glee at that.

"Ah!" She exclaimed. "So there have those two little rats gone to!"

And with that she hurried up to catch the pranksters before they could escape.

The moment she was gone, Luna with two embarassed looking Weasley twins resurfaced from the library.

Snape sneered at the twins.

"You two have detention with me, Messers Weasley," he told the two embraced looking boys. "Nearly letting yourself be caught by that woman is inexcusable!"

The twins nodded, shame clear in their faces.

"Yes, Professor Snape," they said sadly. "As you wish, Professor Snape!"

He sneered at them and then gestured for them to leave.

"To Gryffindor Tower with you two," he said. "See to it that it doesn't happen again!"

The twins nodded eagerly.

"Of course, Professor Snape," they chorused, and then they were off to spread mayhem somewhere else in the castle.

Snape turned to Luna.

"Gugelhupf," he said with a raised eyebrow amused.

Luna returned the smile.

"With a chocolate covering," she agreed.

And Snape snorted and turned to return to the dungeons.

"Only you would go and take the German word for a ring cake to describe the twins," he told the dreamy girl.

She smiled at him.

"They have good taste," she said. "I think it fits!"

Snape snorted again, shook his head and walked off.

Gugelhupf – indeed.

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Not quite a traditional debate – oh, well, it's one anyway, I say… xDDD

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Translation:

Gugelhupf (German) - ring cake

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