Here is the first chapter of my story. Please read and review love Sag x
Harry woke up inside the cupboard under the stairs in confusion. How could he be back here? He remembered everything. He remembered killing Voldemort. He remembered how Dumbledore had used him and how Snape had always been secretly on his side even if he'd chosen to act like a jackass just because he could. He thought of how much that man had sacrificed for him and wondered had he needed to always be so vile if he was always secretly on his side. He remembered how much he'd loved his mother and henceforth had vowed to care for Harry above all else. He'd done a good job of protecting him but a bad job at being nice. He didn't need to always be such a jerk and Harry admired him so much for his sacrifice.
He then thought about his friends and all of their flaws. Ron had often messed up because he got no real attention at home and Molly always appeared to give him what he didn't want. Even the twins who had come from the same family had looked better on the Yule Ball then Ron did which really didn't say anything about what Molly thought of him. He wasn't even sure she realised how she was making Ron look when everyone was from the same poor family managed to look decent and he never did. Ron had suffered with jealousy which often lead him to doing and saying the wrong things. He wasn't all that mature and had learned a lot later in his life how to be mature. Ron was an excellent friend though and was always there when he was needed. The only time he hadn't been had been during the hunt for horcruxes but that was because it affected him more than the others and he never thought to use his brain and tell them that. If he'd told them that they could have all helped him to get over it and the situation needn't have exploded in the way it did
Hermione was so smart however that she often missed the really basic things. You couldn't wait for the perfect moment you would need to take the moment and make it perfect. She had in essence waited too long for Ron and it had soured her completely when he'd dated Lavender. She'd been an unbearable friend at the time as much as Harry hated to admit it. She was outright vile at that time asking him to choose between her and Ron which she should have known was not the way to go. Now Ron did ask her that as well but at least Harry could say he was being influenced by a vile horcrux when he did so. She was just jealous and in her jealousy had lashed out at Harry because he was beside her at the time. She felt bad and had wanted to make him feel bad too.
It was night time now and as he switched on his light and looked down he grimaced. He had forgotten they were not feeding him at this stage and sighed deeply. He decided to take action now however as he knew more then he usually did. This time things would be different for sure. He spoke aloud asking if there was a free elf who needed a family to work for and if they existed to come to see him now because he was in need of one. He wasn't sure it would work but he hoped it did. He was a little but stunned when a small nervous looking elf turned up who looked very horrified.
"I am Tilly and I need a new master. My old master beat me often and I am very weak. He realised he had damaged me too much and set me free yesterday. If I do not bond with someone I will die!" she squeaked out sounding afraid.
"Well Tilly I guess you could say my master doesn't treat me right either. I am starved and beaten too because they are scared of magic. I am eight years old but I look much smaller. I think we need each other. Please bond with me!" he said as she burst into tears and threw herself into his arms sobbing. There was a bright flash which lit up the whole staircase. Before he had bonded with her Tilly had looked very frail indeed. Now she looked very strong and he instantly felt her tug on his magic to make herself better through the bond which was actually making him feel rather weak much to his own surprise. Was his magic so low that she was able to drain it right now? As she was doing so however he felt what he could only describe as an internal snap. It wasn't something anyone could hear but he felt it inside of him. As this snap happened her head snapped to his her expression very dark something he'd never seen on an elf before.
"Your core was blocked off badly but now it can be free. Elves have many skills and we are good at healing. What you need to do as my new master is tell me my rules I must follow as I serve your family as this is standard in all houses!" she said as he thought about it. He was if he was honest focused on too many things at once and couldn't think properly. He had many, many things he wished to change about many people. He cleared his mind and focused on the situation at hand. Kreacher had betrayed Sirius because Sirius had not given him proper instructions or respect something he would not be repeating here.
"Ok first of all an untidy elf means an uncaring owner and I will not be judged badly by others. You are wear a uniform you make yourself in any design you like and charm it to be clean always. If I give you any secrets you are to keep them unless I permit you to give them to someone else. As I told you where I currently live I am feared and so they abuse me awfully. I need you to be able to do things for me without being seen so I will need to come up with a list of code words I will use when I want you to do something but do not wish to be seen asking you to do them is that ok?" he asked as she once more cried feeling the love he had for her, in her heart already.
"Oh master that's perfect. Is there anything else?" she asked, a huge smile on her face.
"You may never call me master and may never ever punish yourself. I would prefer to be called sir if you cannot simply call me Harry. When I wish for you to feed me a meal without my relatives knowing about it I will say meal. When I wish for you to make my relatives ignore me I will say hide. And when I wish for you to take me somewhere I will say travel followed by the name of the place I wish to go. For now those are the rules. I do have some questions though!" he said as she smiled at him.
"Those are nice rules and I will follow them. You need to eat now sir. I will get you some food and I will return. You may ask me things while you eat!" she said leaving where he heard her exclaim about the state of the place. Tilly whizzed around cleaning the whole house from top to bottom and in ten minutes he had his dinner which she served him on a tray. She had made his favourite dish carbonara which he ate for lunch at school with joy whenever it was served. The only time during the day he did eat was at school during lunch and he only got a lunch because each child had hot dinners and the Dursleys knew they'd stand out for all the wrong reasons if they didn't pay for him to have lunch there like every other child did. They fed him next to nothing at home though so he often got a hunk of cheese and stale bread three times a week and on weekends he often went without food.
As he guzzled down his food he asked for another portion which made her smile. She put some nutrition potion over his food which she had gotten from Hogwarts as most elves did. Madam Pomfrey was used to some of her potions being taken by the kitchen elves so didn't really complain as they never took too many of them. While he'd been giving her, her rules she'd been scanning his body and realised he'd had severe malnutrition and knew at once he'd need a full three months of potions to heal fully which he would.
"Can you spend money from my account without me needing to be with you at Gringotts?" he asked as she smiled at him.
"Yes I can. I just need your Gringotts key and that is all!" she responded happily.
"Albus Dumbledore has my key but I don't know where he put it so you'll need to find it for me!" he was about to say more when she simply popped out of sight surprising him greatly. She returned with the key a few minutes later.
"Here it is. I can now go to the bank for you if you wish. Do you wish me to do that?" she asked as he frowned.
"Yes I do but I want to know if you can enter someone's home for me without them seeing you?" he asked as she told him she could.
She was then instructed to remove one hundred galleons from his account and buy every ball of luxury yarn she could find in each colour accept peach, yellow, violet or maroon. She was then told to enter the Weasley household and find their collection of wool replacing the old wool with the new wool and bringing the old wool to him. He then told her to feed a core unblocking potion which she could buy if she needed to young Neville Longbottom. Last time around in fifth year they'd discovered his core had been blocked and that this was why he was always so bad at magic. He then asked her to find and remove the wand of Frank Longbottom putting it in a hidden place only she would remember. She was asked to buy some veritas serum as well and report back when she was done. Tilly nodded agreeing.
"Before I go sir you cannot live like this so I will need to magically extend your living quarters down. Give me a moment to work it out please!" she said as he floor below him flashed several times and she clicked her fingers in a speed so rapid he couldn't keep up. When she was done there was a button on the side of the wall which hadn't been there before now. Once he pushed it the uncomfortable cot he was on lowered down slowly into a room which contained a double bed full with comfortable bedding, a desk and chair for study, a small wardrobe and an attached bathroom with a bath tub and shower in it. Actually it looked very basic and very comfortable and he was stunned to see her crying heavily. Before he could question her and ask what the matter was she told him.
"These clothes are so old and large and they offer you no comfort. I will fix this sir I promise!" she said patting his head in a loving and affectionate manor before leaving again.
She entered the bank and handed in the key withdrawing the money needed and buying the veritas serum, unblocking potion and selection of wool. She then decided to go to Longbottom Manor first. She found Franks wand and took it hiding it inside her pocket. She went looking for Neville and found him huddled in a corner crying. She hated seeing any young child so sad. He was talking to himself and asking why he couldn't have any magic and why he was a squib. She shed some tears and forced him magically to drink the unblocking potion. He snapped internally and she saw his magic break free as his whole room lit up. Augusta who wondered what on earth was going on barged in shocked at the light coming from him. She charged at Neville and picked him up kissing his face all over. She was so proud. He'd finally shown magic and proven that he'd been a late developer and nothing more.
She then entered the Weasley household and promptly sneezed her head off. It was so dusty that could barely focus. It would need to be cleaned up for sure. She whizzed around cleaning everything until it shone brightly and there was no more dust of clutter. Everything seemed larger too with less dust and clutter around. Whilst cleaning up she had actually found twenty galleons scattered all around the house which she placed into the handbag of Molly Weasley who was currently asleep. She found their mammoth wool collection and grimaced. It really did look bad. She shrunk the wool and placed it in her pocket with Frank's wand and put the new wool out in its place. The Weasleys would be getting a nice surprise tomorrow that's for sure. When she returned to Harry she saw his clothing once more and once again her eyes filled with tears.
She showed him the old wool which made even Harry grimace. He'd not realised it would look this bad. She was told to discard it and use whatever remaining money she had left to go and buy him some clothing which actually fit but looked very muggle and simple. She agreed as she knew this would garner him less attention from his relatives something he really wanted. She found him some new pyjama sets, pant sets and t-shirt and jumper sets. All were plain but all would fit him perfectly and grow with him as he did. In three months he'd look his perfect age and height. He had at least fixed some things and as he fell into bed and fell asleep he felt lighter than he had in years.