Disclaimer: With th exception of Gail the Barmaid none of the characters to be found herein belong to me in any way shape or form.

A/N: A friend asked me to write something featuring Dumbledore, Ridcully and Gandalf. This extremely silly pair of ficlets is the result.

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It was a matter of the utmost urgency. A chance to strike a blow against evil from which it might never recover. Thus it was that the three wizards had convened around this small wooden table in one of the Multiverse's most nondescript-looking inns.

"You've both prepared for this task, I hope," said Gandalf, removing a small pouch of pipeweed from one of his pockets.

"Oh, you can be sure of that," said Ridcully. "I daresay we'll show those rotters a thing or two this evening, eh."

"Indeed." Dumbledore nodded, his kindly demeanour tempered by a solid core of steely determination. "Now there is the matter of what we're going to call ourselves. I was thinking that 'The Three Wise Men' has a nice ring to it."

"Well, it can't be any worse than what they're calling themselves," said Ridcully. "I mean 'The Lords of Darkness', not very imaginative, is it."

Gandalf snorted. "Evil rarely excels in that domain. We can be assured-"

He was cut off by a crackling noise, followed by the sound of a disembodied voice incanting the words: 'testing, testing, one, two, three'.

"So it begins," murmured Gandalf.

"Hello," the voice continued in a cheerful and rather bubbly fashion. "My name's Gail and I'd like to welcome you all to the Cat and Mouse Inn's first transdimensional pub quiz night of the year. The management would like to point out that they take no responsibility for any loss of life, limb or sanity you might experience over the course of the evening. Now, pens and pencils at the ready guys, here comes the first round: popular Muggle music of the 21st century."

Dumbledore winced.

Gandalf swore under his breath.

Ridcully wondered out loud if any of it had rocks in.

At the other side of the room, Sauron smugly informed Voldemort that he'd just spent the past week with eye affixed to MTV.