Harry Potter and The Veil of Ancients

A.N:

Hiya everyone,

Welcome to my new story, it has the rating M because I honestly don't know how to rate it. I don't have a beta sorry but I tried my best to correct mistakes and spelling. I'm fine with friendly critics but if your going to pick on every little thing or complain for the sake of complaining don't bother writing the review , I will just delete them and thats a waste of both our times.

Good reviews are very welcome however and will make me write quicker :D

pairings are undecided so far any ideas will be welcome but i'm afraid i don't do slash (not that i don't like it :) there are just too many.).

I've kept you long enough, please enjoy the story and make sure to read the important A.N at the bottom.

See ya, Arty.

Chapter one

Kreacher's decision

The house elves of Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry lived to serve the students and faculty of the school.

They awake each morning to cook at six O'clock, while others move around the castle in secret, dropping of newly cleaned robes and collecting unwashed pyjamas for cleaning. Throughout the day they move unnoticed, cleaning new messes, performing tasks for the professors.

The house elves were split into groups; The chefs, the washers and dryers, dusters and sweepers, the laundry and ironers, the heads of houses personal elves, and the common room cleaners.

Only three elves were the exception of these groups; Dobby and Winky the free elves, and

Kreacher, Harry potters personal elf. As it happened all three were connected to the famous boy-who-lived; Harry potter.

Thanks to Harry Dobby was freed from the abuse of the Malfoy's his last employers. Because of his deed; Dobby had become fiercely loyal to the boy, watching over him from the shadows and helping when needed. Since Hermione Granger began her S.P.E.W. movements; A club dedicated to freeing house elves— or as the other elves say 'terrorizing hard working elves'— dobby along with Winky and—rarely— Kreacher, had taken it upon themselves to clean the Gryffindor common room.

The Hogwarts house elves had refused; on the grounds that a few elves had been 'freed' by strategically placed woollen socks and hats.

His best friend Winky wasn't as enthusiastic as dobby— who had a tower of woollen hats on his head— but she did however keep a hat or two, along with a large baggy lavender jumper that had been left by Harry potter as an apology about having played a part in her previous masters death, she had been horrified when dobby had handed her it (thinking it was a dismissal.), but stunned when dobby explained.

She had been surprisingly happy with the gift, for she had never received a gift let alone an apology!

Half a year ago she would have ignored it; she had been drowning herself in butter-beer and despised the very mention of the-boy-who-lived!

Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on who you asked.), Winky was sent to A.H.E.A. (Alcoholic House Elves Anonymous.) when she accidentally set fire to Professor Snape's personal quarters, with Dobby's and surprisingly Kreacher's support, she hadn't touched a bottle since.

The strange trio were at the moment tidying the Gryffindor common room.

"Dobby, be careful!"

"Dobby won't fall Winky"

"Yes he will, you know he will Kreacher!"

"I not fall!"

THUD!

"Ah! Dobby okay?!" Winky yelped rushing over to her friend as he struggled out of the bed curtains he was trying to put up "I'is fine Winky" dobby reassured as she started helping him untangle. Kreacher sighed and snapped his fingers sharply. The curtains slowly unwound themselves from dobby and hung themselves up neatly.

"You two are house elves! You have magic use it, you should know how to by now!"

Both elves blushed, glancing down at their feet as they shifted awkwardly under Kreacher stern gaze.

"I's always tidy's like this, was taught to" dobby muttered softly, Winky nodding in agreement. Kreacher narrowed his eyes angrily before turning back to the pile of washing he had summoned from the rooms. He was just folding up the last couple of socks when Kreacher let out a yelp as he doubled over in pain, dobby flinched at the same time while Winky grabbed her ears with a whine.

The three elves exchanged horrified looks "Harry potter…!" dobby whimpered.

All three elves vanished with a sharp crack.

They reappeared in a shadowed room, none of them so much as glanced at their surroundings, they knew exactly where they were. Instead they stared out of the doorway to the room at a large over-weight man as he slammed shut the door to the cupboard under the stairs.

"—in that cupboard for the rest of the summer and your not going back to that ruddy school!" he was yelling before he slammed shut the small grate on the door and snapped a padlock on the door. He left with a sharp kick to the thin door making it rattle and a small crack appear in the wood.

Kreacher waited with narrowed eyes as the disgusting Muggle stomped up the stairs, he waited till he heard a door slam shut before he darted from the shadows, the other too elves on his heels.

He snapped his fingers and the padlock fell to the ground with a clunk, another snap had the door swing open. Peering inside the dark cupboard, Kreacher's eyes widened then narrowed in fury. Behind him dobby caught a glimpse of what lay in the cupboard and let out a small wail that was muffled by winky's left hand, while her right held in her own wail.

Kreacher ignored both of them; his eyes never left the crumpled form of Harry potter. He lay slumped against the wall, his body littered with cuts and bruises. His clothes were as tattered as any house elf. Kreacher suddenly realized why Harry potter was so friendly to the elves—he was treated no better!

Kreacher let out a snarl and made his decision "dobby go get master potters belongings! Winky get blankets and a pillow!" he ordered sternly. Winky and dobby automatically followed his orders and scurried off to do their jobs. Kreacher knelt next to his master and began to check the severity of his wounds.

He was surprised when his eyes opened weakly and stare at him unfocusedly, they focused for a split second a confused look flashing painfully across his face "k-Kreacher…?" he whispered his voice raspy. Kreacher nodded and not knowing what else to do laid a long fingered hand on the boy's forehead soothingly "Kreacher is here master potter."

The boy smiled slightly before his eyes flickered shut as dobby and Winky returned "is Harry potter alright?" dobby squeaked slightly too loud. The three froze as heavy footsteps sounded upstairs and a door thrown open "hide!" Kreacher snapped, before he vanished back into the darkened lounge, Winky darted into the kitchen while dobby opened the door to the bathroom and dived in. the bathroom door shut once more just in time as Vernon Dursley stomped furiously down the stairs. Kreacher's eyes widened as he realized in their rush they had left not only the door to the cupboard open, they had also left all of master potter's things in the hallway…along with his owl.

Vernon froze as Hedwig let out an irritated hoot at the loud stomping, peering over the banister his face changed from red to purple as he surveyed first the cupboard, then the owl and trunk. With a snarl he stepped down the last few and moved to the open cupboard. He kicked out viciously at the unconscious boy causing Hedwig to cause a racket, flapping her white wings as she glared at the man hatefully. Vernon grinned cruelly down at the owl "I don't know what unnatural thing the freak used to get you down here you ruddy owl…but I see the perfect way to punish him for it!" he hissed, kneeling down and opening the cage. He reached in causing Hedwig to shy away from his hand and peck furiously at him. Despite her efforts Vernon managed to grab her wing and yank her out.

"Lets see how tough the little bastard is without his little pet" he muttered gleefully, getting a firmer grip on the owl.

Crack!

…

Vernon's eyes rolled upwards and he slumped forward, Hedwig barely escaped being crushed by his weight. Winky nodded briskly as she shouldered the frying pan she had found on the stove in the kitchen. Kreacher and dobby left their hiding places with wide eyes and studied the unconscious form that lay covered in a small layer of grease and fat "Winky…you is scary…" dobby whispered, Kreacher nodded as he picked up the ruffled owl. He stroked her feathers soothingly "Hedwig fly to master potters friends and stay there" Hedwig glared at him "we look after master potter" Kreacher reassured, Hedwig studied him before letting out a defeated hoot.

She flew out of Kreacher's arms and landed next to Harry, she gave him a gentle nip before flying out of the window dobby had opened for her.

The three elves huddled over Harry "what we do Kreacher?" dobby asked nervously. Kreacher stared down at the boy, Winky watched as something hardened in Kreacher's eyes.

"We take master to Zo'Nyukae"

The other two elves stared at Kreacher in shock dobby shock his head furiously "no—no! Old ones forbid it!" he whimpered, he flinched away at Kreacher's sudden glare "master potter is always in danger! Dark lord after him, now disgusting Muggles hurt him! Kreacher not allowing anymore! Either yous help Kreacher or Kreacher goes on own!"

Winky and dobby exchanged nervously looks. Winky took a deep breath and nodded "for Harry potter!" she said firmly, Kreacher turned his gaze to dobby. He shifted uneasily glancing at the unconscious forms of both Harry and Vernon before looking back at Kreacher, Winky nudged him in the ribs "dobby will protect Harry potter!" he said with a nod.

Kreacher smiled a rather disturbing sight; he lent down muttering under his breath and reached out with a finger. Around the small group he began to write strange symbols as he finished each one it lit up. Dobby and Winky unconsciously moved closer to the older elf as wild blue magic began to dance around them "Kreacher knows what Kreacher doing, right!?" Winky asked, before the house elves, Harry and his trunk vanished in a flash of light.

When they opened their eyes the elves stared around in wonder staring out around them at the lush forest and bright blue sky, they watched as several brightly striped orange creatures that looked like a cross between a tiger and a monkey swung through the trees.

"We's returned to Zo'Nyukae!" dobby murmured in awe.

Chapter end.

Important A.N:

The next chapter might be a while as I need to either find the episodes of stargate I need online or by a few boxsets to write the next few chapters as they are already plan but I need dialog.

See ya soon,

Arty.