Chapter twenty five

Sam had finally come to the end of the tunnel, he wished he hadn't as he stood behind the stove he saw six painfully thin house elves huddled in a corner, slowly he crept across the room and came up beside them

"Hello, can you help me…I am lost"

The elves all squeaked in fright, once they had got over their fright one of them stood forward,

"What are you? A clothed elf?"

"No I am a hobbit"

"No shoes, are you servant of the master" the elf spat out the word master as though it was poisonous.

"No I have come from Hogwarts"

"Loopy is hearing that Hogwarts is a haven, even that the master there allows free elves"

"I've met them, the elves of Hogwarts are all very happy"

"Loopy is wishing she could go there, but she will never be freed…"

"How can you be freed?"

"Masters must give us clothes…but it will never happen…"

Sam was silent but for a very short time,

"Who are your masters?"

"All the humans who come to this house"

Sam thought again then asked

"Do you know the person who walks like a giant bat?"

The elf nodded its head,

"I have an idea that will enable all of us to come to Hogwarts, can any of you write?"

"Yes, Wisey is able to write…what are you wanting her to write?"

"This message, give to Aragorn Arathon, from Samwise Gangees"

The elf wrote this down then looked up at Samwise expecting more

"I had better write the next passage"

Wisey passed him the quill and parchment, loopy spoke up

"Why was you asking Wisey to write if you is able to?"

"I am not from this world…I can not write your runes…without this ring I can not speak to you"

He started to write the letter

"Aragorn, I am safe in the kitchen of the dark lords castle, the elves here are in a bad way, could you ask Snape to bring some extra clothes to give them…he could put the charm to travel on them so that we may return to Hogwarts, the elves are wishful of serving at Hogwarts. Samwise."

He blew on the ink to dry the letter and asked another question

"Do you know when there will be a meeting?"

"There is one on at the moment; do you want Nifty to give this to bat man?"

"Yes please Nifty, put it in his pocket"

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Snape was surprised that the Hobbit had managed to evade the dark lord's clutches apparently they were not as dim as they looked. He chance a look at his watch as the dark lord's back was turned, he had been here for almost six hours, they had been searching the castle but to no avail. Unfortunately for Snape the dark lord had spotted him looking at his watch.

"Do you grow tired of searching for the person who entered my bedchambers?"

"No my lord, but I must return to Hogwarts soon or the old fool will become suspicious"

"Leave then…"

Snape did not answer as he quickly left before the lord notice his new head shape. Muttering the insult to himself to allow his head to return to a reasonable shape.

He landed in his office without mishap, he glanced at his schedule for the day and almost groaned, first year Hufflepuff after a night of no sleep…urgh, he took off his robes and checked the pockets for anything he may have had put in there by a person looking to cause trouble. There was nothing in the left hand one, but as his hand entered the right hand pocket his fingers met with parchment, he pulled out the paper, most of it was covered with runes that he could not read…in fact the only part he could read was written in a tolerable hand "give to Aragorn Arathon from Samwise Gangees" his eyes widened, not only had the hobbit been able to stay hidden in the dark lord's castle but he had also been able to secrete a note on his person without Snape noticing and was sensible enough to write the real message in a langue that very few people were able to read. Pulling on a new robe he flooed himself to Dumbledore's office, he caught the man just about to go out of the door.

"Headmaster, the dark lord and all his deatheaters could not find the hobbit in the castle, but I can be certain he is there"

"Why?"

"I found this note in my pocket when I was getting changed after the meeting"

"If it from Samwise then I guess that we will need one of the people from middle earth to read in"

"It is addressed to Arathon,"

"The first class is starting soon…I will take it to him"

Snape conceded to give the note to Dumbledore and stalked off towards the dungeons, behind him an old man smiled, but only a little

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mary…sorry…though the theory is that if any elf older than a thousand were to come to Hogwarts they would be as powerful as he is…I cant remember if I put it in my story but I meant to mention that Hogwarts in my story has a magical aid spell on it to help the witches and witches learn to spell…ummyeah, is that better?

MPB…thankyou…next time leave some hints thanx

Me…nice name… sorry…though the theory is that if any elf older than a thousand were to come to Hogwarts they would be as powerful as he is…I cant remember if I put it in my story but I meant to mention that Hogwarts in my story has a magical aid spell on it to help the witches and witches learn to spell…ummyeah, is that better?

Deno Archi…yeah they were all mistakes…umm…sorry hope this one is better

Suuki-Aldrea…thanks

LOTRandHPluver…is this any better?

Pussin boots…all right

Fox of Midnight…they'll need him brains to get him out…but they will

Natilie…I was hoping to get him out of the story…equvilant to his dying in moria…his character confuses me…I read the ages in another fic but admit that I may be wrong

Yavie Aelinel- thank you and thanks for reviewing my sisters story shes better now…still iratated that I have about two hundred more reviews than she does…what does she expect a miracle…thank you.

Bev baulidare…hope I spelled that right…have a good holiday…that reminds me I need to put a Very important not e after this

pIPPIN pIRATE…thanks

AN ::::  I HAVE A VERY BUSY HOLIDAY THIS SUMMER…I ONLY HAVE ONE WEEK OUT OF NINE TO DO MY GEOGRAPHY COURSEWORK…I DEFINITELY WILL NOT BE WRITING FOR AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS AFTER THE END OF TERM…THAT'S IN FOUR DAYS…I MAY WRITE BEFORE THAT…IF I DON'T THEN I'M SORRY