There were tens, maybe hundreds of tiny little creatures with big, bat-like ears and tennis ball sized eyes scurrying around a large room with high ceilings. There was a large fireplace at one end and pots and pans stacked about the walls. As Sirius stepped in after me, the creatures all became silent and simultaneously turned their heads towards us. All at once, about half of them scuttled away, revealing exact replicas of the four house tables right above. The other half came rushing to us.
"Mister and Miss!" One of the creatures said at the very front of the crowd. "What can we be getting you?"
"Be getting us?" I asked unsurely.
I heard Sirius mutter, "Perfect." Under his breath as the other half came back carrying plates of food and drink. Sirius opened his mouth to give the little creature a reply, but I beat him.
"Nothing." Sirius looked at me like I was crazy, but I kept going. "Not to be rude or anything, but what are you?"
"We're house elves miss! I is Savvy, head house elf."
"It's nice to meet you Savvy. What exactly do you do around here?"
"Just about everything, miss. We cook, clean, douse the fires, do laundry, or anything else Miss might want."
"And you do it all by yourselves?"
"Yes miss."
"Wow."
"But we is very humble creatures. Never be bragging about any of it."
This made me smile. Sirius was just shaking his head, obviously thinking of what he would be doing if I weren't here. "Alright then, I guess we'll see you later. Bye!"
"Bye!" the large crowd of house elves called back, then getting back to their work.
We walked down the corridor in silence. Once we got to the Entrance Hall we headed towards the next class, visions of house elves floating in our heads.
(A/N: Short chapter I know, but I think it's the perfect length to get my point across.)