Here's the next part. Thanks to those who reviewed.


Harry opened the door to his room and almost shouted out loud at the strange creature jumping on his bed.

"What's wrong?" Buffy asked feeling the overwhelming shock through their bond.

"Nothing much, except for the elf jumping up and down on my bed."

"What does he want?" Buffy asked.

"I don't know. I'll get back to you."

"Who are you?" Harry asked.

"Dobby, sir. Dobby the house elf."

"I see. Not to be rude or anything, but this isn't a great time for me to have a house-elf in my bedroom."

"Oh, yes, sir, Dobby understands. It's just that, Dobby has come to tell you... it is difficult, sir...Dobby wonders where to begin."

"Why don't you sit down?"

"S-s-sit down?" Dobby stutters before bursting into big loud sobbing tears

"Shhhh! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you or anything…" Harry tried to soothe him.

"Offend Dobby! Dobby has heard of both you and your sister's greatness, sir, but never has he been asked to sit down by a wizard, like an equal..."

"You can't have met many decent wizards then."

Dobby nods his head no and then he leapt off the bed and began banging his head on the dresser.

"What's going on up there? We can hear you all the way down here and Uncle Vernon's beginning to look mad."

"I can't get the house Elf Dobby to stop beating his head against the dresser."

"Get him to stop quick."

"Bad Dobby! Bad Dobby!"

"What are you doing?" Harry asked in a slightly strangled voice.

"Dobby had to punish himself, sir. Dobby almost spoke ill of his family." Dobby says as he climbs up on a stool.

"You'll be glad to know that you and the house elf are the family's noisy cats."

"I'm still talking to Dobby. He's explaining to me why he's here. If anyone comes up here try to distract them." Harry thought to his sister.

"I'll try but get rid of him quickly."

"Your... family?"

"The wizard family Dobby serves, sir. Dobby is bound to serve one family forever. If they ever knew Dobby was here...but Dobby had to come. Dobby has to protect Potter twins. To warn them." He gets closer to Harry whispering fiercely.

"Potter twins must not go back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year."

"Not go back? But...Buffy and I have to."

"This is a plot. A plot to make most terrible things happen. If Potter twins goes back to school they will be in great danger."

"Can't be worse than what would happen to us if Uncle Vernon finds you up here. What terrible things? Who's plotting them?"

Dobby began to make a terrible choking sound which Harry hoped that no one downstairs could hear.

"Okay! I understand. You can't say…"

Before Harry can do anything Dobby grabs Harry's lamp and began hitting himself with it. Harry knew that the noise was making it way downstairs.

"Uncle Vernon is coming. I tried to get him to let me come up but he told me to sit."

Harry fought to get control of the lamp and finally got it from Dobby. Sitting the lamp where it belonged, he quickly grabbed Dobby and shoved him in the closet just as Uncle Vernon opened the door looking furious.

"What the devil are you doing up here! You've just ruined the punch line of my Japanese golfer joke." Dobby pushed on the door several times and Harry kept shutting it. "One more sound and you'll wish you and your sister had never been born, boy! And fix that door!"

"Yes sir."

Harry let out a sigh as Uncle Vernon shut the door. He let Dobby out. Dobby moved looking at things around the room.

"You okay?" Buffy asked through the bond.

"I'm fine. Uncle Vernon didn't do nothing but make threats but I suggest not doing anything that would get you in trouble. We're on thin ice."

"Gotcha."

"See why we've got to go back? We don't belong here. Buffy and I belong in your world - at Hogwarts. It's the only place we've got...friends…family."

"Friends who don't even write to you Harry Potter?"

"Well, I expect they've been…" Harry began but a thought about what Dobby said. "Hang on, how do you know my friends haven't been writing me?"

Dobby backs up toward the dresser with a guilty look on his face.

"Harry Potter mustn't be angry with Dobby…Dobby hoped if Potter Twins thought their friends had forgotten them..."

Dobby pulls a stack of letters out from behind his back.

"Potter twins, might not want to go back to school, sir...

"Give me those. Now."

"No!" Dobby said hiding the letters on him before running toward the door and out of it.


Buffy was in the kitchen preparing coffee and getting things ready for dessert. Her Uncle was in the midst of telling a story or joke about golfing Buffy wasn't sure. She had tuned her uncle out long ago. The sound of footsteps running down the stairs could be heard. Buffy saw the strange house elf that had almost gotten her brother in trouble. He stopped in the doorway.

"Dobby! Get back here!"

Buffy watched as the elf eyed the pudding cake. Dobby shook his head at Harry and with an evil grin snapped his fingers. The cake floated up.

"Dobby... Please... No...He'll kill us." Harry pleaded.

"Potter twins must say their not going back to school." Dobby looked toward Buffy.

"Harry, what's going on?"

"I'll tell you later." Harry thought quickly.

"We can't. Hogwarts is our home."

"Then Dobby must do it, sir. For twins own good."

Both Buffy and Harry watched as Dobby snapped his fingers again and the cake began moving toward the house guest.

"Buffy, do something! We have to stop it." Harry thought frantically knowing they would be in a world of trouble if anyone sees the cake.

"If I only had my wand." Buffy grabbed the cake plate and walked quickly the other way around the counter. She followed the cake hoping to get the cake back on the platter. The cake was over Mrs. Mason's head. Vernon, Petunia, and Dudley all saw the cake and gasped a bit. Buffy makes a final lunge as Dobby snaps but wasn't fast enough as the cake falls all over Mrs. Mason.

"I am so sorry Mrs. Mason. I was bringing in dessert when I tripped. I'm so sorry." Buffy muttered immediately hoping to ease any upset tempers.

"I'm sorry. Buffy gets nervous when meeting new people. I should have kept her upstairs." Vernon said in a pleading whining voice that changed when he turned toward Buffy.

"Don't just stand there. Hurry and get Mrs. Mason some towels to clean up with."

"Yes Uncle Vernon."

Buffy said turning to head to the laundry for some towels. She looked at Harry who was glaring at Dobby who snapped his fingers and disappeared.


Uncle Vernon escorted the Mason's out and when he returned to the house he had a murderous look in his eye. Both Harry and Buffy were cleaning up the cake from the couch and the floor. Vernon grabbed Buffy by the arm holding it tightly enough that she knew that there would be marks.

"Dudley go get my belt, you know the one."

Dudley did and returned seconds later with the thick leather belt. He instantly began wailing into Buffy with it. He hit any part of the skin he could and the dress did nothing for protection.

"When were you going to tell us you weren't allowed to use magic at home? Slipped your mind, didn't it?" He asked all the while hitting her with the belt. "Owl dropped a letter off saying that underage wizards are not permitted to do charms out side of school. Bloody bird almost gave Mrs. Mason a heart attack."

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Please stop."

Buffy sobbed such a heart wrenching sob that it fell on deaf ears.

"Well, I've got news for you. I'm locking you up! And if you try to magic yourselves out, they'll expel you! You're never going back to that school! Never!"

He continued to hit her fueled by the rage of the night's events. Vernon wasn't taking care as a few hits landed on Buffy's face. Harry couldn't watch any longer. He jumped on his uncle's back doing anything to stop his uncle from hitting his sister again.

"Leave her alone. You're killing her. It wasn't her fault." Harry said as he grabbed for the belt.

Vernon released his grip on her to deal with Harry. Buffy fell to the floor. She was unconscious and was bleeding from several places. Petunia gasped at the sight of her niece. She held no love for either child but seeing Buffy lying on the floor made her believe that her husband might have gone too far. She turned to see that he was now hitting Harry with the belt.


Another chapter complete. Sorry about the cliffie.

Please Review!