Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with the Harry Potter books, and am making no profit from this whatsoever.
Harry potter, the boy who lived, prophesized savior of the Wizarding world. You'd expect someone of such stature to be living in lavish conditions. Instead, the boy was sitting on a rather uncomfortable bed in a rather small room and he was depressed. Moreover, he was confused. Why would Kreature, his godfather's house elf lie to him about his godfather's location, causing Harry to get his godfather killed in a rescue attempt? True, Kreature hated Sirius, but by house elf law he couldn't do anything to knowingly place his Master in danger. Something just wasn't adding up.
Now determined to find out the truth, Harry stood up and called out, "Kreature!" With a loud pop there creature was standing before him. "Yes, Master?" Kreature asked with his eyes cast down in guilt. Harry asked with a tinge of anger, "Kreature, why did you lie to me about my godfather's whereabouts?" The small house elf kept his eyes downcast and muttered something about the devil haired children and the bossy one telling him to along with the old one. Harry looked at Kreature and told him to look up at him. "Kreature, I'm not angry with you, you followed the orders of people who were given authority over you. I am angry at them though, they betrayed me, I just don't know how much yet, but I'll find out. Stand up straight and look me in the eyes."
He waited patiently until the house elf complied, and gave him time to get used to the new stance. "Now listen to me Kreature, show me respect and I will respect you as well, something tells me that no one else cared about you before and that's why you were so bitter." The house elf nodded slowly to confirm this. "Well from now on that will happen no more. I will give you two options, you can either stay as my house elf, or I can set you free. If you choose to be set free, you can either work for me for pay alongside Dobby, or do as you wish. Now which would you like?" Kreature took his time to think it over and said, "Kreature would like to be freed, but also be bonded to Master Harry like in the original ways sir." The boy looked perplexed before asking, "Kreature, how would that work?" "Oh, it's simple Master, you simply release me like you normally would, and then offer me the Elf bond of Equality. You should offer Dobby too."
"In that case, let's do it now!", Harry exclaimed enthusiastically. The little elf readily agreed. Harry found a tie on the ground and picked it up, "I Harry Potter, rightful heir to the Ancient Noble House of Black, hereby honorably release Kreature from his service to my House.", Harry said before handing Kreature the tie. Without missing a beat, the boy said, "Would you, Kreature, like to enter the Elf bond of Equality with me, Harry James Potter?" Harry asked the small creature. The response came immediately and enthusiastically, "Yes, THANK YOU SIR!" A flash of light later and the two were knocked unconscious and on the floor of Harry's bedroom.
- 1 Hour Later -
Slowly Harry started to wake back up. His head was spinning but he forced himself to stand. He noticed that Kreature was still unconscious so he took a few minutes to wake him up as well. When Kreature woke up, Harry looked over to him. "Does something seem different to you?", he asked Kreature. The House elf looked towards him and grunted in agreement. That's when they both realized what the bond had done. Unknown to Kreature, the bond could only be used once every twenty years per race.
The bond took the best traits of both House Elf and whatever race the Host of the bond was from and combined them, changing not only the Elf but the Host as well creating a bond that couldn't possibly be reversed. As they looked at each other they realized that they were both the same height, 5 ft. 9 in. tall. Harry's eyes were now green with flecks of gold in them while Kreature's were gold with flecks of green. Both had pointed Elf ears that could hear better than those of Humans. Harry's scar was gone as well. Both also had long straight black hair with streaks of red and green scattered throughout. Their bodies were well toned, but quick and agile. Their faces were a blend of each others, well a blend of what Kreature would look like if he were a High Elf. Kreature's looks were more dominant for both of them though because of the Elf bond, besides that they were pretty much the a perfect mix of what each other were or would have been. The best part was that Harry was now unrecognizable.
As the two examined themselves and each other, they were both thinking about things and what they could do now. Kreature was the first to speak up, "Since it seems that we are now both High Elves and are the only remaining descendants of our lineage, we were both emancipated when we took the bond. You'll come into your magical inheritance soon, and will be able learn Elf apparition as well." Harry whipped his head around and asked, "Does that mean you'll be able to learn Human magic too?"
The other Elf took a while to think about this. "I think I will be, seeing as we're a hybrid version of High Elves. Also, if you would like to take a new name, you should do it now. I would recommend it because then you would be able to hide from whoever you want to in the Wizarding World." Harry looked puzzled for a minute before asking, "How would I do it?" Kreature told him to just declare himself the name he wanted to be and it would be set in stone. He was warned that it would only work once though. Thus, with two flashes of light, Artemus Tollond "Harry" and Voronor Tollond "Kreature" were 'born'.
The names Artemus and Voronor will be used mostly throughout this story. They are the only names I will change. They will be used most of the time.
Artemus looked over to Voronor, pleased that Voronor had picked the same last name. Voronor explained that because Artemus offered him the bond, Voronor wanted to be a part of Harry's family. Artemus wanted him as family to and accepted him. Artemus picked up his wand and asked Voronor if he was able to use magic now. The Elf told him that he was now able to, but his wand probably wouldn't react to him as well as it normally would because of the bond. They decided on getting new ones as soon as possible so a trip to Diagon Alley was in order. Artemis cast a temporary invisibility charm on the two of them…and his wand started to heat up. They snuck out of #4 and got past Fletcher easily.
When they were past the wards, Artemus cast a quick Finite on the both of them and they were visible again…and his wand started smoking. He raised his wand to call the Knight Bus, it exploded and the Knight Bus came flying down the street and stopped right in front of them. They paid Stan and asked him to take them to the Leaky Cauldron. Two minutes later and they at a Table in the Leaky Cauldron planning out their day.
A/N: I'm currently looking for a beta although not actively. If you would like to be my beta then message me.