Chapter 7

Harry was tiered, the weekend was here but he had no idea what to do. Hermione forced him to stay indoors to finish his homework, this mad his waste his Saturday, but he was determined not to let his Sunday slip by.

Hermione was in library. Neville was at the green house helping out Prof. Sprout. And Nina, god knows were Nina was.

So that was How Harry found himself by the lake again. However this time Cedric and the gang wasn't here so Harry had to entertain himself.

In all honesty this was a relaxing place. Every where Harry looked he saw people just relaxing, enjoying the Sunday weather.

A few feat away from him, were a couple of fifth year's. They looked like they were planning something, and that they were.

They had what looked like dynamite sticks to Harry.

They then looked at each other, they nodded one took out his wand and lit the fuse.

They threw it into the lake screaming,"Fire in the hole."

There was a loud bang, it caused Harry to cover his ears. Those guys threw expositions into the lake!

"Why did you do that?" Screamed harry, walking over to them, "What if someone was swimming or something was living there?"

"Mind you're own buniness firsty." said one of the big guys, he had a buzz cut and was a Slytherin, great another Slytherin bully.

"And there is something living there little firsty that's why e threw it," said a tall tanned Slytherin.

"Ya so get lost kid," said a very fat Ravenclaw, who reminded Harry a lot of Dudley, fat and a Bully.

"You're just a big bully aren't, you're to chicken to fight that thing that's why you threw the bomb's at it!" snarled Harry.

"Were warning you kid get lost before we make you," said the tall Slytherin threatening Harry.

Harry's hand became hot as Harry felt the flames react to his anger. He was this close to burning those guys. His eyes quite honestly scared didn't know why he acting like this. May be it has something to with them spoiling his 'me day.'

"Confundo!" said the Ravenclaw boy, who already had his wand out. Harry got hit right in the chest. He suddenly felt very dizzy, wait why are there three pigs in front of him? Were the boys?

Harry felt sluggish, the teens had hit him with a Confundo spell making him confused and willing to do whatever the caster tell him to do.

"Now Firsty," said the Ravenclaw boy, "Do a bally dance for us."

The Ravenclaw's voice was disgusting, but to Harry it sound quite feminine, and very lovely. Heck why not dance? It was good exercise.

Harry then started assuming the first stance for the bally. His arms outwards and legs bent. He was about to start, when suddenly he heard a voice.

'NO!' came a loud inside voice, 'I will not dance.'

On the outside to the bully's it looked like the Harry was fighting the charm off.

"Firstys good huh Ned," said the Ravenclaw to the buzz-cut Slytherin.

"Ya Greg pretty good. Now knock him out so that we can focus on the Kraken here." came the reply.

Just then Harry broke loses and looked at them with eyes filled with hate. He brought his arms back ready to burn them. Greg Brought up his wand swiftly and yelled, "Stup-"

Just then one of the Kraken's tentacles landed on the ground hitting all three teens.

"That, was, awkward," said Harry as he put down his hands anger completely forgotten as he saw the giant tentacle. The Kraken lifted it's limb of them, and underneath were three squashed boys, and two broken wands. It then retreated to the depths of the lake.

"Hey 'u e're!" came a boomin voice, Harry turned around and saw Hagrid, the giant.

"Hello Mr. Hagrid," came the reply from Harry.

"Please call me Hagrid, Mr. Hagrid was m'e father, what happned here?"

Harry then explained to Hagrid the story, the bombs the Confundo spell, how they tried again and finaly the giant tentacle.

"A'ye serves them right for trying to hurt Squishy."

"Squishy? That giant thing's name is Squishy? Really?"

"A'ye he's just a gentle thing that one is. H'e sort've lik' a gent'e giant."

"Like you?"

"M'e? No' I'm no gi'ant I'm just big boned that's all."

"I see."

"Well of you go, I need to take care of these rascals right here and then tell Dumbledore. Enjoy the Sunday Har'y."

Harry was about to leave, when he turned, "Wait how did you know my name?"

"Oh I've know you since you a' little ba'de. I took you to Dumbledore, you se who put you at the Dursleys."

"I see, thanks Hagrid." Harry quickly turned and left.

"An' Har'y don't be a stranger, come visit anytime."

"Sure, bye." with a wave he left. His mind went in circles, Dumbledore. He was the one who put him the Dursleys, he was the reason for his hell, he and Dumbledore were going to have a talk.

That night Harry told his Friends his adventure with the Kraken, Squishy. Neville was all stars at Harry's luck, Hermione spent the time scolding him, and Nina again threatened to ripe out her hair. It seems she had trouble in transfiguration so she went to McGonagall for help.

The week went on for Harry. He continued to bet Hermione in Transfiguration, and do well enough in charms. In Potion's he excelled, despite being discouraged by Prof. Snape. He know had a potion's storage box, which he got delivered to via owl. The thing had thirty slot's and will prevent any harm from coming to his potions. He could even kick the thing like a soccer ball and nothing will happen to the potion tubes inside.

He know had the potions for curing boils in his box, and this week he manged to be the potion for curing minor ailments, basically curing the common cold and what not.

One Thursday after transfiguration, he was tacking a trip around the castle, exploring the place for places to train. All threw out the week Nina had been with him waiting for something exciting to happen. Unfortunately it never did.

Nina was now serving detention with Sprout for not submitting her homework on time, so Harry was free to search all day.

He looked high and low for a place to practice. There were no isolated empty classes, or secret towers. It was so depressing. Harry almost gave up, until He saw the twins sneaking about.

They looked like they didn't want to be followed so Harry did just that. Harry mad sure to leave enough space between himself and the twins. The last thing he wanted was to be caught by the pranksters of Hogwarts.

Soon Harry realized were they, were going but before they continued strait, which would have lead them to the great hall, they turned right. Harry saw them go down a flight of stairs till a painting of a bowl of fruit, they then touched it and opened the painting? Of course! There must be some kind of passage behind that painting like the Gryffindor common room.

Harry waited, and waited until the twins came out again, there were carrying what looked like bottles. Harry then quickly hide behind a statue armor without making a sound, like a cat.

"Good haul, George," said Fred.

"RightO FredO," replied George.

The pranksters then skipped their merry way back to the common room. Not realizing they were being spied upon by a pair of green eye's.

Harry stepped aside from the armor, this time however the entire thing fell, causing a racus. Fortunately the student passing by didn't really seem to care about a firsty and his antics.

Harry quickly went to the painting, looking it once over. George or Fred touched the painting and then it transformed into a door. So what did they touch? Harry's patient was thin for he just began touching everything. He went over the fruits twice, but no dice. He was really getting pissed. He banged the painting with his fist and the suddenly it opened up.

Harry just starred at what was on the other end. It looked like a little person with bat ears and floppy ears.

"Sir's calls?" said the... thing.

"W-What are you?" asked Harry.

"My Name's is Mids. I's a house's elf's." Mids had a kind of lips, causing him to end everything with a 's'.

"What's a house elf?"

"We's house's elf's help's wizard's they's be our master's."

"Oh I see," Harry then realized that these House elves were the working force for the entire wizarding world. They might be no better than slave if the state of Mids clothes were anything to go by.

"Is sir's be needing's something's?"

"Oh Mids could you tell me what this is?" Harry pointed beyond Mids.

"This Sir's is the's kitchen's" Mids stepped aside allowing Harry to step inside.

The kitchen was shiny and clean and inside were tiny little elves working to make food. This shocked Harry it almost made him think about how the Dursleys had used him. If there was ever a word to describe who he was treated other than slave it would be house elf.

"Why, why do you all live like this? Why do you want to. They make you do all this work and in those 'clothes' do you get paid?" asked an enraged Harry to Mids.

"We's don't's get's paid's sir's. We's like's working's. It's help's us's live's."

"But, but this is inhuman. No this is not right I will set this right." Harry quickly turned around and walked outside before Mids could say anything. He went immediately to one place he knew could help him, the library.

He found the section he was looking for and immediately found the one about house elves. I the back of his mind the first night he spent st the leaky cauldron played in his head. He swore that he would help those who were suffering at the hands of people like the Dursleys. He would never allow people to be used like that again. This was the perfect case for Harry, the case of house elves. It didn't matter if he had to spend his entire life on it he would do it.

Three hours later he sunk back on his chair defeated. The world had won, he couldn't turn another page. The case of the house elves was not so complected. They were symbiotic creatures' in return for magic from their owners to live they obey their every wish. Some would even find it dishonored to ask anything in return for their services so they won't accept pay.

Harry even at one point went to Prof. McGonagall to ask her about them.

He gave her a shock certainly when he suddenly appeared in front of her like that, but she did answer his question. Everything he read in the library was true. There was no way of actually freeing them.

She however reassured him that the Hogwarts elves were always respected and properly taken care of. They were never beaten. Harry then quickly left to return to the library to do more research.

When Harry left her in such a hurry, she couldn't help but remember James.

This brings us to now as Harry walked back to the kitchen. He knock on the door and Mids opened it up for him. He walked in and fell to his knees. He cried, tears fell sown his eyes.

"I", sniff ,"I'm sorry", sniff,"I-I couldn't help-",sniff,"-help you guys," Harry the let loose the tears.

He had failed, he had sworn that if had the chance he would help people how could he help anyone when he was like this? When he fails constantly? Harry truly felt broken. This is what the Dursleys did to him far worse than any physical injury. The broke him on the inside. They made him a broken cassette.

Then Mids wrapped Harry in a blanket. It was warm to the touch and it really helped Harry out.

"Don't's be's sad's sir's. We's all's happy's. Mids come's from's a bad's home's Professor's Dumbledore's took's Mid's in and's gave's me's a job's. We's all's happy's"

Harry then looked at Mids tennis ball sized brown eyes. They showed that they were really happy. He then loocked at every other elf there, they were all happy.

"T-Thank's Mids. It M-means a lot to me." Harry then gave Mids a smile making every elf there happy. After all they live to make wizard's happy. And if they could make one who was genuinely concerned about them happy, that made them even happier.

Harry's stomach then growled, by the time he got up to his feet there was a warm meal ready for him courtesy of the elves.

After the meal Mids came to him and asked, "Sir's, if's sir's don't's mind's me's asking's why's did's sir's come's here's?"

"Oh I just wanted to find some place private, to read and what not."

"Then's Mid's have's just the place's for you's."

"Really can you show me?"

"Yes sir's." Mids then smiled and left the kitchen with Harry intone.

Then reached the seventh floor corridoor, Harry had already searched here. Did he miss something?

"Where is it Mids?"

"Sir's please's walk's along's the's corridor's three's time's with's what's you's want's in's mind's."

Harry did just that. He wanted some place to train, possibly with a fire place. At the last turnaround he saw a door. Wait? That wasn't there before. He then opened it.

Inside was a room big enough for a house to fit in. There were glass wall everywhere and even a fire place.

"You's see's sir's whatever's you's imagine's will's come's true's here's, except's food's and'd book's not's in's the's library's. If's you's imagine's no's one's can's find's this's room's then's no's one's can's. But's if's you're's not's in's this's room's then's anyone's can's."

Harry understood, Since he only thought for a place to train he got all this wide open space. And since he specifically requested a fire place he got one. This place is going to awesome.

"Thanks Mids this is perfect."

"No's Problem's sir's."

"Oh and Mids please call me Harry."

"Alright's Harry's sir's"

"No just Harry will be ok."

"Ok's Harry's sir's"

"No I- I'm to tiered for this. Thanks Mids. I have to leave now bye."

And with that Harry left Mids and the secret room and made it just in time to not get caught for curfew breaking.

"So interesting day Harry?" asked Nina from the couch she looked to be revising for Transfiguration tomorrow.

"Nah nothing to important." relied Harry, not that you would believe me anyway, the last as a mental note.

Ya three chapters in one day, whose the man, come one say it. I'M THE MAN!

By my calculations the first year will be done in another 7 to 8 chapters.

Right now i'm running on fumes. So have to sleep but i can't sleep, i wish i could but how?

Anyway

P.s. Black-Kat 012 thanks for all the good advice, trollllolololololo.

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