Many thanks to Livvie for beta reading

The students and their very reluctant teacher ran to the Sick-O-Matic, the most famous roller coaster in England and the highlight of Fun4All. The sign at the entrance however said that the waiting time was ninety minutes. That was too long of them; especially after the delay in the bus they didn't have a lot of time anyway. Snape was very glad because of that, but he was afraid the children would let him suffer anymore if he'd show that relief. So unanimously – Snape's opinion wasn't asked – they decided to go to the Splashyneshy first. The ride was on the other side of the park, and they started to run again to be there as fast as possible, slowing down a little sometimes so they wouldn't lose Snape.

When they saw the attraction they stopped at once, impressed by the spectacular view in front of them: one of the boats had just come down, causing a huge curtain of water what was coming into their direction.

The three teenagers jumped out of the way; Snape, who just arrived on the bridge, saw it too late and was hit by the huge wave of water. One second later, he was completely soaked. Harry, Hermione and Ron were rolling on the floor laughing, when he desperately tried to get the water out of his face without using a drying spell.

When he had rubbed the water out of his eyes, he almost fainted when he saw the ride.

"You can't be serious," he said, sounding like he already knew the answer but was unable to believe it. "Do you really intend to put me in that… that thing… of torture?"

"Erm…" Harry began, "YEAH," the other two said along with him. "Come on!"

Before Snape could run away or something else they expected from him despite the Unbreakable Vow he had sworn, they dragged him with them to the queue. A lot of other guests stepped into the waiting row behind them, so Snape wouldn't be able to escape.

They spend the waiting time chatting and laughing, ignoring Snape's attempts to verbally convince them not to go into the "twisted Muggle idea of fun ride"– that was what he called the Splashyneshy.

Fifteen minutes later they entered the boat. The three got into it easily; Snape however almost lost his balance and if there wouldn't have been a Fun4All employee, whose arm he could grab, he would've been lying in the water before he had even been in the boat.

"I really don't like this," he snarled to the three kids who were watching eagerly to the part where the boats would drop for the first time; none of them had been into such a kind of ride before.

"Don't worry Professor," Hermione said while the boat began to move. "Everything will be alright."

The boat was pulled out of the water by a chain, causing the angle of the boat to change. Snape looked like he was scared to death and he held the seat in front of him so firmly, he almost broke it. The higher the boat was pulled, the more Snape panicked, unlike the three kids, who were pointing to the landscape far beneath them; Hermione and Ron were guessing about the height of the ride they were currently in. Harry saw a wild water ride.

"We just HAVE to go in there as well," he said enthusiastically.

Then the boat was dragged over the hill and slid down for the first time. The three students cheered when the boat increased speed and they noticed the weird feeling in their belly, caused by the fast descent. The boat hit the water at full speed, causing a giant screen of water, and again Snape was on the receiving end of it since his students had assured him that the front was the best place for people like him.

Ten seconds later the boat slowed down, losing its speed it had gained when it slid down, and it was pulled up by the chain again. Harry, Hermione and Ron 'complained' about the fact that Snape's body had stopped all the water so they were still dry. Snape was coughing; apparently the water had even reached his lungs; maybe that happened when he screamed in fear during the descent.

The next hill wasn't as large as the first one, which disappointed the kids. Snape sighed inwardly, telling himself it wouldn't be as bad as the previous one, and reminding himself to close both his mouth and eyes, knowing how large the force of the splashing water was.

At the top of the hill, the boat stopped for a few seconds, and was turned around on a kind of platform, of which a part was lifted, so the boat started to move again on the next part of the ride, but it was going backwards now. Even the students hadn't expected his, and when the boat moved again, back first, the students were screaming as loudly as Snape was, although they weren't really scared of course.

They started to talk about the sudden surprise when the boat was on the chain again. Because they were in the front now, they were hit by a cascade? curtain of water as well, causing them to laugh even more. Their teachers was so horrified, he didn't stop screaming; a lot of people looked wondering at him, probably feeling sympathy for the 'father' who was jut like them forced to spend a day in the park with his kids.

A few rather small slopes later they stepped out of the boat. The kids immediately checked their maps –which luckily had been in their bags which they had left at the entrance of the ride, otherwise the maps would've been ruined, just like their shirts.

They saw on the maps there was a nearby restaurant, so they decided to eat something first. Snape however wanted to sit down; his students thought that was quite a good idea since his face looked slightly green.

"I'll remain sitting her for a while," he said, closing his eyes. "No matter how you'll blackmail me, I need to calm down."

"It's alright, professor," Hermione, always the mildest of the three, said. "Just stay here, we're gonna get some food, we'll be back soon and then you come with us again."

Before he could object they were gone. He sighed and sat down on the first bench he saw. It was in the shadow and because of his soaked clothes he felt cold with a few seconds, yet he didn't look for another seat, because he liked the rather hidden location of the one he was sitting on now.

Hermione, Harry and Ron arrived at the restaurant. They weren't really hungry yet; they just wanted to buy some thing nice to eat. They all chose a different ice dream and paid for it, while they opened the package already.

"Well, well, well… is that all the members of the 'Golden Trio' can afford? Three ice creams?"

Draco Malfoy appeared behind them, followed by Crabbe and Goyle who where laughing about Draco's joke as dumbly as ever.

"Draco," Harry said, spotting the trays with Draco's food, which were carried by Crabbe and Goyle; there was so much chips, fried chicken, baked potatoes, crisp and ice cream on the tray, even Draco's bodyguards were hardly able to carry them.

"At least you could pay for your glasses," Draco snarled, "seeing that you can actually recognize me. It can't be said of Weasley thought, but that's not a surprise. And Granger… I didn't know your teeth where so big you can't say hi to a fellow student… it's not that I'd like your attention, but rather attention from a Mudblood then from a Muggle."

He pointed to a group of teenage girls who started to giggle hysterically when he looked at them, but immediately stopped when he made rude gesture towards them with his right hand.

"Shut up, Draco, and get fat eating all that stuff instead of bothering us."

Without saying one more word to him they turned around, determined not to let their day be ruined by Draco.

"My ice cream is melting," Hermione complained while they walked away, not noticing how Draco, Crabbe and Goyle started to whisper and dumped all the food, except for the ice creams, in the recycle bin and followed them sneakily.

"Hey Granger, talking about melted ice creams!" Draco shouted while he, Crabbe and Goyle threw handfuls of ice towards her. Hermione however had just sat down on a bench to tie the laces on her boots. The ice creams flew through the air – missing Hermione – and SPLAT – into Snape's face, who had just opened his eyes again.

"MALFOY," he shouted after he had removed the ice cream from his face as best and fast as he could. Usually he would do a lot to not to have to blame his own students, but this was a special occasion and this time it couldn't be denied that Harry, Ron and Hermione had nothing to do with it now Draco, Crabbe and Goyle were still standing there dumbfounded with the ice creams in their hands.

"You three," he said to the three Slytherins. "You'll clean cauldrons the next of the coming year. And this'll be reported to Dumbledore."

"But Professor Snape…"

"I don't want to hear your excuses, Malfoy. This clearly was a low attack on a teacher, and…"

Snape wanted to continue his tirade, but then he saw the three Gryffindors he stopped, not wanting to give them the pleasure of hearing him punish his usually favorite students. They pretended not to see it and walked away, but stopped when Snape couldn't see them anymore, planning to eavesdrop his conversation with Draco.

"I need your help," they heard Snape muttering. "Those three tricked me into… well, whatever. I need you to take…"

At that moment Draco screamed. They peeked around the bushes they were hiding behind, and saw that Snape was lying on the ground motionless. Several people gathered around him; Harry and Ron wanted to go to him as well, thinking this was going a bit too far. However, Hermione stopped them.

"It's a sign he wanted to break the Unbreakable Vow," she said softly. "I've read about it… because it is the first time he tries to break it, it isn't really dangerous. It is just to make sure the person who sworn the Vow won't try to break it again. We must just stay here, and pretend we didn't see anything. And in the mean time… enjoying Draco's face."

Slightly relieved they agreed with her; after all it was their meaning to tease their teacher, not to kill him. Not that they didn't hate him enough, but it would get them into trouble, and not only a little.

From behind the bushes they watched how people tried to get Snape's attention, but he was still unconscious. That's why they asked Draco about him. Harry, Hermione and Ron tried not to laugh out loud when they heard Draco say time after time he "had nothing to do with it".

Before the people became too worried, Snape gave up the mental struggle he had been fighting against the Unbreakable Vow. He opened his eyes again and stood up quickly, annoyed by the attention he got. As fast as he could he marched away, leaving both the curious people and Draco behind without saying one more word.

When he was out of sight, he was joined by his three students who were a bit more quiet than usual at first.

"No matter what you kids are planning to do to me next, just do know that I don't regret one of the things I've said or done to you in the past three years. You deserved every second of it. This day makes only clearer to me your arrogance and manners."

The little bit of reluctance they had felt about what they did to him disappeared quickly. They took the Fun4All maps out of their pockets, looking what kind of an 'instrument of torture' they could find next.