Title: The Halloween Feast, III Challenge: Halloween Word Count: 100 Note: this answers the question of how and why Snape allowed Fluffy to get close enough to chomp him.
The creature snarled as he took a step forward. "Be quiet, you overgrown canine. I'm here to help you."
Another step. "Unless you prefer to sleep in your own wastes, which wouldn't be a surprise considering that you're one of Hagrid's little friends."
Another snarl, this one from all three heads. Next time he would take the extra five seconds to pinch some meat from High Table. "Good monster. Nice monster."
He pulled out two potions vials, one for solid waste, one for liquid. He aimed his wand at the redolent heap of straw behind the dog.