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'Thoughts'

Parseltongue

(With Dumbledore)

The elderly wizard stared at the paper in shock. There was no mention of Harry or himself being a liar or a lunatic. They didn't accuse him of being an attention seeker either. No instead there was an apology written to both of them. It was a nice change.

"Good. I don't know what happened but at least they won't be harassing him anymore." He said as he placed the paper down.

"Harassing who?" Gandalf asked.

The voice made him jump. "Dear Merlin!" He gasped and placed a hand on his chest. "You scared me, Gandalf."

"Sorry." His mouth twitched in amusement.

"Somehow I don't believe that." He said dryly as the hobbits snickered. "Anyway the newspaper has been harassing myself and Harry. Today they issued the two of us an apology. Now I don't have to worry about them."

"That's good." He said.

"Indeed. Thanks for coming." Albus said.

"Of course. So this is Legolas, Aragorn, Gimli, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin." He introduced the group. "Everyone, this is my cousin Albus."

"Pleasure to meet you all. Please follow me to your rooms." He said with a smile.

The group thanked him. He waved them off and took them to their rooms. Albus called on Dobby once they were in. He told them Dobby was there to help them and all they needed to do was call his name. Seeing the elf nearly made Legolas lose it. Luckily Aragorn spoke up while keeping a firm grip on his arm.

"What are you?" He asked Dobby.

"Dobby be a house elf." He answered.

"House elf?" He asked in confusion.

"Here there are many different types of elves. Royal eleves, Light elves, Dark elves, Elemental elves, Animal elves, Sun elves, and Moon elves. House elves are a collection of those elves. Their ancestors had tried to take over their kingdom. The kings and queens of each type came together and pooled their magic. They cursed the elves to be slaves. Their descendents now bear that curse. Only those who cursed them or their descendents can reverse the curse." Albus explained.

"Dobby is happy so Dobby doesn't mind now that he has nice masters." He told them.

"Um…" The house elf was unique.

"Dobby must go now." He popped out.

"Wow." They said.

"He's escentric." Albus said. "Best part is I pay Dobby to work here and yet he will listen to Harry over me everytime."

"Really?" Gandalf asked.

"Yes. His previous master abused him and at the age of twelve Harry tricked the man into releasing him. He never treated Dobby as anything but a friend. Despite what I have done for Dobby that will never outshine what Harry did." It amused the man instead of being bothered by it.

"Interesting." He said.

"Yes. Well if you will all excuse me I have some guests in my office I must attend to. If you need anything call on Dobby or Winky." He told them.

"Of course." Gandalf said and Albus left them.

(With Harry)

Harry was looking through a book on dark rituals. He was hoping to find out more on the ritual Wormtail used to bring the dark lord back to life. He wanted to see if there was a way to reverse it or at least what the consequences were. His stomach rumbled.

The teen sighed. "Dobby!" He called.

"Yes Harry?" It had taken Harry a long time to get him to stop calling him master.

"Can you get me something to eat please?" He asked.

"Dobby can do that." He said.

"Thank you." He smiled at him.

"You're welcome." He smiled back.

He popped out and returned with a turkey sandwich, cripse, and a pepsi. He thanked the house elf once more. As he ate Dobby told him what was going on at Hogwarts. He described each of the guests that had arrived.

"He brought in people to protect the student and train me?" He asked.

"Yes." Dobby confirmed.

"Huh." That made him happy.

"Anything else?" He asked.

"Not at the moment." He answered.

"Okay. Thanks for telling me." The dark haired wizard said.

"You're welcome. Dobby must go back now. Lot's of work to do." He smiled.

"Alright Dobby. Have fun." He smiled back.

"Dobby will." He popped out.

"Silly Dobby." He said fondly before going back to his book.