Dobby is so happy all day long. I is laughing because the other elves is thinking that I spent the whole night cleaning. Niffy whispers in my ear that I did. We is laughing while we is working, and we is working harder than ever. I tells Niffy he should come to my room tonight, so the house elves don't think I have stopped sleeping altogether. Niffy grins at me. Dobby is in paradise. But then, after dinner, Professor Umbridge, ma'am comes into the kitchens and asks if we knows what is the Room of Requirement. I is shaking because I is knowing what it is, and I is knowing why she is asking. I is not wanting to tell Professor Umbridge, ma'am where it is, but I is having to. I is thinking that Dobby is free, and Dobby is not having to, but Professor Umbridge, ma'am is telling me she is Dobby's boss, and Dobby must tell. Dobby is so upset when Dobby is telling. Professor Umbridge is ordering the house elves to keep the secret, and she is leaving. Dobby is banging his head against the wall because he has betrayed Harry Potter, sir. He is having to go tell Harry Potter, sir. Niffy is asking Dobby where I is going. I is smashing my hands in the oven door and telling Niffy that I is having to tell Harry Potter, sir. Niffy is getting angry at Dobby. Niffy is yelling that Dobby is a bad house elf if Dobby is going to tell his master's secrets. Dobby is yelling that Harry Potter, sir is worth all the punishment in the world, because Harry Potter, sir is a good-hearted wizard who set Dobby free and gave Dobby clothes and offered Dobby a seat when very first they met. Niffy is warning Dobby that if I go, Niffy is not talking to Dobby any more. But Dobby has to go. Dobby has to.

Dobby is sitting in Dobby's room and I is shaking. Harry Potter, sir told Dobby that Dobby is not to punish myself for telling Harry Potter, sir. Dobby is knowing that I has done both a good thing and a bad thing- all at once. Dobby is needing to clean. Dobby is cleaning the kitchen with the other house elves. They is not looking at Dobby. Niffy is telling the other house elves what Dobby has done. Dobby is sad, but I is knowing what I had to do. I is cleaning Gryffindor Tower all alone tonight. Niffy is closing his door in Dobby's face before Dobby goes to bed. While Dobby is cooking breakfast in the morning, I is hearing the other house elves saying that Professor Dumbledore, sir is left Hogwarts, and that Professor Umbridge, ma'am is the new headmistress. Dobby is even sadder, but I is going to serve my new boss well. I is cooking very well this morning. Professor Umbridge, ma'am is coming in suddenly, and yelling at all of the house elves that they is not keeping her secrets. She is kicking them and hitting them with a frying pan. Dobby is running up to her and is telling her that the other house elves is keeping her secrets. Dobby is not. She is hurting Dobby and telling Dobby that I is going to be punished, and that I is not getting paying anymore. She is lifting Dobby up by the ears and she is hitting Dobby with the frying pan. The other house elves is cowering from her. Niffy is not able to look at Dobby and Professor Umbridge, ma'am. Dobby understands. But Dobby is remembering the evil Malfoys and Dobby is not letting Professor Umbridge, ma'am do that too. Dobby is using his magic to make Professor Umbridge, ma'am let Dobby go. Dobby is looking her in the eye, and Dobby is telling her that she is a bad witch, and Dobby is quitting. The other house elves is gasping and screaming. Professor Umbridge, ma'am is laughing, but then Dobby goes. Dobby is preferring rather to starve than to work for Professor Umbridge, ma'am.