Harry awoke to the smell of tea and Treacle Tart? Opening his eyes Harry looked around the room to see that he was in his bedroom on his bed. The smell was what really caught his attention though it was amazing! He turned his head to his left to see an eight foot tall man with waist Length tan hair wearing what appeared to be an old fashioned butler's uniform.

It took Harry a few moments to remember everything. But when he did he felt that he could weep all over again both from happiness and sorrow. He did not however he could not hold back the small gasp that escaped his lips.

Dobby quickly looked up from the tray that he was placing on the night stand beside the bed Harry was in before quickly reaching for him. "Master Harry how does you feel? You'z should take better care of yourself if you be fainting. Dobby will make sure that from now on Master Harry gets only the best nutritious food so that he is strong." Dobby grabbed Harry and pulled him into his lap and leaning Harry's back againast his Stomach placing one arm around Harry's waist and began using the other to run his long fingers through Harry's hair repeatedly while he said this.

Harry was a bit taken back by Dobby's physical show of affection that it took him a few moments to respond. "Thank you Dobby I look forward to your home cooked meals again. You should be careful, you'll spoil me massaging my scalp all the time like that." Harry however did not make a motion to leave Dobby's lap or stop his fingers from running through his hair.

"Dobby's apologies Master Harry but he cannot help it. It is Dobby's instinct to want to hold and sooth Master Harry. Dobby does not think he can stop even if he had wanted to." Dobby began to scrape lightly at Harry's scalp with his nails.

Harry felt his body ease into Dobby's lulling touches. "What do you mean?"

"Well you'ze see Master Harry House elves long before they started doing peoples chores had a different purpose. We'ze used to be called Nanny elves or Child guides. Our original purpose was to watch and guard children. However over time we evolved to do house chores and wizards forgot our original purpose. However the instincts to protect and watch over children never left house elves. The younger the child the stronger the instinctual pull to sooth and care for them. Because of Master Harry's new body Dobby cannot help but pick up Master Harry and be comforting him." Dobby held back a smile when he saw Master Harry's eyes become half closed and relaxed.

"Hmmmm? So this will be a regular occurrence? Because I look like a five year old?" Harry was a bit annoyed at the fact Dobby's instincts told him to take care of him like a child. However he couldn't say that it truly bothered him. He never did have a real childhood after all. The idea of receiving affection from Aunt Petunia or Uncle Vernon in his early years was laughable. Sure Molly gave him affection and though he loved it, he was older by then and it just wasn't the same as receiving the caring and warmth one would in their younger years of life. He supposed that as long as it was only Dobby who did it he could put up with it.

"Dobby is afraid so Master Harry." Dobby could not hide the smile that found its way into his voice.

"Dobby… Why did the others not come?" Harry's voice cracked in the middle of asking the question.

Dobby went silent and the smile fell from his face.

"I mean didn't my parents want to come at least or Sirius or even Remus?" Harry was looking off into the distance as if viewing something far away.

Dobby wanted to make this hurt disappear but there was no way to do so and his instincts screamed at him because of it. "Mr. Sirius was not able to come, he wanted to but Mr. Death said that his soul was too damaged because of all of his years in Azkaban. Mr. Death said that Mr. Sirius's soul would not survive the transfer into a new body. Mr. Remus was not able to come either his soul and the wolfs soul are merged, and Mr. Death said that transferring him into a new body was too much of a risk. Mr. Death said that the wolf part of the soul was stronger than the human part in death and that it might completely take over if they attempted the transfer. Master Harry's parents did want to come. Dobby knows because Mr. Death brought all of our souls into one area and asked all of us as once. However they were not able to come because the bond between Master Harry and them was not strong enough…."

"What do you mean not strong enough!? There my parents my father died protecting me and my mother sacrificed herself for me! How could any bond between them and myself not be strong enough!?" Despite himself Harry's voice began to rise to the point of hysteria.

Dobby's grip on Harry tightened, "The bond between Child and parent is a strong thing indeed. But in order for them to come back Mr. Death said that they needed to have a strong personal emotional connection to Master Harry. Though you love your parents and they love you. You never got to know them as people. A strong bond is there between you, one that can never be replaced or broken but it is not strong enough to allow them to go through the transfer and survive with their souls intact. Your bond with them is strong enough to allow only a part of their souls though the transfer the other part would either have been lost forever or destroyed."

Harry went silent his body fell limp into Dobby's arms. "What about Ron, Hermione, and Dumbledore?"

At this Dobby's shoulders slumped and his arms went slack. "Master Harry… They did not want to come…. Master Harry's family and godfathers were very angry when they found out. But it was not up to them it was for Ron, Hermione, and Dumbledore to choose whether they wanted to come back or not. The barmy old coot Dumbledore said that he had seen enough in life and he did not want to have to come back. Even if coming back meant helping Master Harry….. Ron and Hermione said that they were tired and did not want to have to fight again. They said that the war was enough for them and that they just wanted to be allowed to rest in peace. Mr. Sirius yelled at them and said that if were Master Harry he would go back for them. But they just apologized and said that they knew you were a better person than them. They said that they knew that you would come back if it was them but that they were not as strong as you. They said that they knew you would be ok and that you did not need them….."

Harry's body shook with quiet sobs. "After all these years crying over them and trying to join them. They couldn't even come back to life for me?"

Dobby strengthened his one armed embrace around Harry again. "Dobby came instead; Dobby knows that he is not Dumbledore, Ron, or Hermione. But Dobby will do his best to make Master Harry happy and Dobby will stay by Master Harry's side from now on."

"Thank you Dobby that means the world to me." Harry gave Dobby a watery smile in response to his words.

"Master I must inform you of the changes that have occurred in Dobby's new body." Harry and Dobby both looked up sharply to see death standing at the foot of the bed they were both sitting on.

Dobby made a motion to get up but Harry did not move from his lap. Harry had no intention of moving he was indeed quite comfortable thank you very much. "Yes, that was going to be my next question. Please fill me in on the details."

"As you noticed when you first saw him, Dobby looked like a dead body that is until he drank your blood." Death made a nodding motion towards Dobby.

"Am I to assume that he is now some form of vampire?" Harry gave death a piercing look. "Why on earth would you do that?"

"Yes and no…. He does not necessarily feed off of blood because he does not get hungry for blood, but instead feeds off of the death magic you have inside of your body. It is what is keeping him bound to his new form. He will not drink from others only you. He will get hungry and is able to eat food unlike vampires. He accesses your magic through your blood that is why he must drink it. How often he will have to feed is based on how much energy he uses. He could only have to feed once a month or once a week only time will tell. He will be able to tell you when he has to feed. Do not under any circumstances put off feeding. If it gets to the point where his soul might be ripped from his current body because he has not fed in a while. He will go into a type of auto mode that will make him find you and drain you dry. He won't be coherent in this form and he will have no control over his actions. As you know unlike a normal person if he does indeed drain you of all your blood you will not die. You simply will fall asleep for around thirty minutes to an hour." Death looked at Harry expectantly.

Harry sighed and gave Dobby a smile, "Well I better make sure that I feed you well then."