A/n: This was an...interesting chapter to write. Hopefully it's not too hard to read.

-Cynder2013


House-Elves VII

Hogwarts was always being very dirty after the masters students came back. It was making the house-elves happy to be doing the cleaning up again! Nod was being very happy because he was being given an important letter to take to America from master headmaster Dumbly-door. Big master Dionysus was very nice to Nod after the Hecate metal magic boy let him into Camp Half-Blood. Master Chiron wasn't happy about the letter but he was nice to Nod to.

When Nod got back from the Camp he went back to his regular assignment of cleaning the snake masters students common room every other night with Blinky. They was very glad not to be cleaning the lion-griffin masters students common room because someone was leaving clothes all over the place wanting to be freeing house-elves! Mad Dobby got to do all the cleaning of the lion-griffin masters students common room after the house-elves found out that.

Nod was going to sweep the hearth when he saw the Hades fire magic girl sleeping on the couch with her small big cat curled up on her head. Nod squeaked in alarm. The small big cat's eyes flew open. He jumped to his feet, which woke up the Hades fire magic girl. There was a brief scuffle that ended with Nod staring cross-eyed at the end of the girl's wand.

"Wait, what?" The girl blinked and lowered her wand. "You're a house-elf."

"Nod is being sorry for waking miss up!"

"It's alright. I didn't mean to fall asleep down here anyway."

"Is miss being okay?" Nod asked. The Hades fire magic girl had dark bags under her eyes and the hand holding her wand was shaking.

"I'm fine, Nod, right? I'm fine, Nod. I just haven't been getting much sleep."

"Miss should go to bed," Nod said firmly. "Miss shouldn't be sleeping on the couch." The Hades fire magic girl laughed tiredly.

"I don't think that'll help, Nod."

"Miss should go see her Hephaestus fire boy," Nod suggested. The small big cat, who had been grooming himself, looked at Nod with wide eyes.

"What did you say?" Hades fire magic girl asked slowly. Nod was thinking that she had fallen asleep and not heard him, so he repeated himself.

"Hades fire magic girl should go see her Hephaestus fire boy."

"How do you know about the gods?"

"Nod was going to Camp Half-Blood with a letter from master headmaster Dumbly-door." Hades fire magic girl tilted her head and blinked.

"Huh. That makes a lot of sense. You won't tell anyone about us, right?" Nod nodded, his ears flapping.

"House-elves is being keeping students safe! Miss and her friends is students."

"Thank you, Nod." Hades fire magic girl petted her small big cat. "Leo is probably awake…" The small big cat meowed. "Oh come on, Jay. It's not like we haven't sleep together before." The small big cat meowed franticly. "Not like that! My gods, Jay." Hades fire magic girl shook her head.

"Is miss being going?" Nod asked when she picked up the small big cat.

"Yes, Nod. Thank you for your suggestion, and keep up the good work." Hades fire magic girl smiled at Nod as she disappeared into the shadows with the small big cat.

Blinky popped out from where she was being hiding behind a tapestry. "Nod is should not being talking to students during cleaning!" she scolded.

"Nod is being helping Hades fire magic girl," Nod argued. "And now we is getting back to work. We is good house-elves."

Blinkly couldn't argue with that.