Challenge: Hermione's House-elf Training | By : Femtedd Category: Harry Potter > Round Robins > Round Robins Views: 123666 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 3 |
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Author's Note: I made my account specifically to write a chapter for this story; I hope y'all like it. I also apologize for any formatting errors that come about as a result of my newbishness.
Hermione had evidently underestimated just how far fans of Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived, were willing to go to display their gratitude and affection for his defeat of the Dark Lord. She had been expecting a nice enough place, but Harry certainly had been rather modest when he described his new property as a house.
Well, Hermione couldn't help but think to herself, he was also technically incorrect. This is an apartment.
But really, to call it an "apartment" simply didn't do it justice. First of all, it was at least three stories tall and around half a city block in length and width. Located in Diagon Alley, adjacent to Gringotts, it had a marvelous view of all the shops; Weasley's Wizard Wheezes would almost certainly be visible from the topmost story. It looked to be an absolutely ancient place -- perhaps several centuries old, judging by the gorgeous, Gothic architecture -- but it was also flawlessly maintained, with nary a scratch marring the marble walls. "Whoever enchanted this place," murmured Hermione to herself, "was very good at what they were doing."
After Hermione had decided that she'd spent enough time admiring the place, she walked up the stone steps to the front door -- which, incidentally, was made of oak and polished to the point where it almost shined -- took the key from her pocket, and inserted it into the lock.
And then a lot of things happened at once.
First, there was what looked like an electric shock centered around the key, which burst into pieces that went flying every which way. Second, the stairs went flat much as the ones in the dormitory back at Hogwarts did whenever boys tried to walk up to the girls' rooms. And finally, the door swung open, knocking Hermione back, down the newly-created slide, and onto the street -- and then it shut itself once again.
After the world around her stopped spinning, Hermione sighed and stood up, muttering muggle curses under her breath. Of course there would be wards on an old place like this; she should've considered that the woman who left Harry this place wouldn't have taken them off before she passed away.
"Great," she sighed. "Now I'm stuck outside of this place without a key, and no..."
She trailed off, as something caught her eye. She wasn't sure if it hadn't been there before, or if she just hadn't noticed, but there was a sort of alcove beneath the stairs, which had since become stairs again. Within the alcove was a small door, with bronze lettering laid into the center:
"Servant's Entrance: House Elves Only"
"... way in," she finished.
Dusting herself off, Hermione made her way over to the new door. While she knew that the odds of the main door being so heavily warded and the service entrance being unlocked and unguarded were quite slim, there was something in the back of her mind that made her feel like she'd be able to walk through it just fine. Besides, on some level -- well, all right, on a big level -- the very idea of there being a "servant's entrance" made her blood boil. She'd show everyone on this bloody street that it didn't matter which door was for who.
The door was locked, but all it took was a tap of her wand and a simple murmur of "Alohamora!" for the lock to click and the door to slowly ease open. Inside was a long, rather tiny corridor, the end of it beyond her field of vision thanks to the low lighting.
"Well," Hermione said to herself, "here we go..."
But she hadn't made it more than ten feet down the hallway before the door shut behind her, plunging the room into darkness for a few moments before several lights along the walls flickered to life. During the brief span of time that there wasn't any light, a house elf had appeared a yard or so in front of her; the sudden presence alarmed Hermione enough to coax a startled yelp from her lips, and she fell backward onto the floor, crab-walking farther away as it slowly approached. It didn't take long before her back hit the door, and she was unable to do much of anything but try and calm herself down as it moved its face within an inch of hers, peering at her with silver-white eyes.
"Ahh, it is the new house elf, it is," it -- no, she, judging by the pitch of her voice -- muttered. "But it is not properly attired, no it is not..."
"Er, excuse me," murmured Hermione, her voice shaking just a little -- though she was now perfectly aware that it was nothing more than a... a slightly-disturbed house elf, and not something dangerous, the way the elf had confronted her had left her a little shaken. "I really do hate to disappoint you, but I'm not a--"
"... not properly attired at all," continued the elf, as though she hadn't heard Hermione speaking at all. "We will have to fix that, oh yes..."
The elf took a few steps back (and Hermione let out a soft sigh of relief). She snapped her wrinkled fingers, a spark briefly forming between her overlong nails, and it suddenly got... much colder. It took a moment for Hermione to realize just what had happened -- but then she gasped and quickly covered her suddenly-nude body with her hands as best she could, draping an arm in front of her modest, perky breasts and sliding her other hand between her legs. "W-What are you doing?!" she demanded, going a bit pale when she realized that her wand had disappeared as well as her clothing.
"It is not the new elf's place to speak," the house elf breathed in response. "It seems the new elf will require training in the customs of this most noble house... yes..."
"Look, I know you think I'm an elf," said Hermione, her voice coming out a little more shrill than she had intended, "but I'm really not. I'm a human. Now if you'll just give me my w-wand back and allow me a chance to explain myself..."
"Oh, my; the elf has a human's wand, and she calls herself a human to shirk her duties... very naughty; very naughty indeed, she is... She will follow the Matron to the punishment room; yes, she will, or she'll not eat tonight..."
And with that, the Matron shuffled down the hall toward the door at the end, and Hermione, after trying the door and finding, to her disappointment, that it was locked, followed her, in the hope of somehow convincing the elf of her humanity... and of finding something to wear.
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