Harry rolled over to the shadow of a gangrened creature hissing at him.

"My preciousssssssssssssssss." It rasped

"Ghwf?" Harry rolled over to stretch to his glasses, to gain a better vision of what was in front of him.

"Give it to me!" The shadow was wrestling with Harry's blanket.

"Wha? Who are you? Dobby!?"

"Pah. Dobby! Gollum, Gollum!" It spat.

"Gollum?''

Harry realised that today wasn't going to be a normal day at Hogwarts, well actually, when was a day at Hogwarts ever normal?

Ron began to stir, when I stay stir I mean try to stay asleep.

"Ron!" Harry murmured "Ron!"

"I love you Hermione, I love you, lets, uh Harry, HARRY!"

"What the hell are you on about?"

"I was on about nothing, nothing at all!" Ron was now red from his neck up, merging with his hair he stumbled out of bed and into his uniform.

"I had an elf on my bed."

"What, Dobby, I thought he lived down in the kitchens? He wouldn't be able to get in here. You're imaging it. Did you have your glasses on?"

"...No, but I did hear it talk to me."

"Ooh what did it say?!" Ron mocked

"It said its name was Gollum."

"Whatever Harry, lets go down to breakfast"

"Do you think it could do with last night?"

"Doubt it, when is Hermione ever wrong?" Turning even redder, he got up and flew downstairs

Harry jumped into his school uniform and trailed after Ron looking earnestly for this creature Gollum.

Harry and Ron entered the hall. It was surprisingly empty, the seats were usually occupied with a bustling crowd, hands everywhere grabbing food, this rang alarm bells in Harry, but Ron seemed not to notice.

"Doesn't this seem a little bizarre? The hall is practically empty!"

"Oh I didn't notice, can you see Hermione?"

"Oh Hermione...I love you Hermione, I love you..."

"Don't say a word Harry"

Harry sped up to the spaces that surrounded Hermione; Ron bringing up the rear slumped down beside Harry. Before either of the boys had chance to speak, Hermione jumped in.

"You never guess what was in my bedroom this morning! A small boy with curly hair, he was looking for a Gollum, whatever that was?"

"I had Gollum on my bed looking for 'preciousssssssssssssssss'" HerH "Odd isn't it, we did that spell..." Hermione added wistfully

"Hush; if anyone finds out we are as toasted as Umbridge's forehead when you correct her"

"Okay" Hermione continued to whisper "Well isn't it a bit coincidental?

"I was thinking that but Ron was asleep, we need to find..."

Before Harry could finish an arrow was fired down the Gryffindor table at an alarming speed.

"I think I got one!"

As this was said a tall man raced down the table nimbly avoiding the plates of breakfast food. Leaping off and alongside another man they were inspecting a kill.

"This is too weird Harry; we need to speak to Dumbledore." Ron rushed getting out of his seat

"We can't, this is beyond anything we have done before."

"If we can't speak to Dumbledore, let's talk to them, they might know."

"Hermione, you are full of ideas, but if you have not realised, we have Potions next and I haven't done my homework...let's go!"

And with that, the three of them chased down the two men that were conversing in the hall.