"Is we to be going? Really?" asked the young girl of the strange creature before her. Well, strange if you were not capable of magic. Certainly witches and wizards knew what a house-elf was, even if they did not own one. Providing they had at least a year of schooling, any rate.

The small creature looked at the girl and boy it and its companions had raised from infancy. With a sigh, it replied, "Is do not know. Dinky knows only two things. That Master Padfoot is ordering Dinky to care for Master and Master's sister, and not let anythings happen to them. Master Padfoot tells Dinky to keep thems safe until Master Padfoot comes back. But Dinky also knows that Master James and his Lily wanted Master and Master's sister to go to school. Dinky does not know what theys should do."

"Master Padfoot say Harry and Amber go to school?" asked the boy. His name was Harry Potter, and he was supposed dead to the wizarding world after defeating the feared evil Dark Lord Voldemort.

"Master Padfoot expressed agreement with Master James once, Dinky remembers."

"Then we is going to school. Momma come with, and still follow order of Master Padfoot. Nothing happen to us and we go to school." said the girl with finality.

The house-elf thought about it. Amber, for that was who the girl was, had a very good point. Dinky was a good house-elf and followed orders, and had been at a loss when the duo's letters for the English magic school, Hogwarts, had arrived. Dinky had heard the express wish of her former masters, Harry's parents James and Lily, that they go to school, and had heard "Master Padfoot" agree. But then "Master Padfoot" had told Dinky to take the duo and make sure nothing happened to them until he arrived. Amber's father—who was biologically speaking Remus Lupin—was allowed to take his daughter back, and help with Harry, but neither Harry nor Amber was to be taken by anyone else unless "Master Padfoot" said so.

Amber's idea made sense. Master Padfoot's wish that Harry and Amber go to school would be taken care of, and Dinky—who Amber had referred to as Momma—could come with and make sure the other order, that nothing happened to them, would also not be in jeopardy.

Both preteens had an interesting background. When Amber had been born, Remus (a werewolf), fearing persecution of him, his mate and Amber herself, had asked good friends James and Lily Potter to hide her with them. Both were very willing, and passed her off as the twin to their own young son, Harry James Potter. Sirius Black, another good friend of both them, was named godfather to both.

It was a happy time that was to be cut far too short. At the time, a very evil wizard, who called himself Voldemort, was terrorizing the world, and the Potters became a target. In an effort to stay safe, they went into hiding, storing their location literally into one person. They had wanted that person to be Sirius, but they switched at the last minute to another friend, Peter Pettigrew.

Unfortunately for the Potters and little Amber Lupin, Peter turned out to be a Death Eater—one of Voldemort's followers. He gave the location to his "Master" and Voldemort attacked. James and Lily lost their lives, but Amber and Harry survived—although how was beyond everyone.

Sirius, in a fit of grief, went after Peter. Before he battled the traitor one last time, he called Dinky and told the little elf to watch over the "Twins" and make sure that nothing happened to them. Remus was allowed to take Amber home with him, and watch over Harry, but no one else was allowed to even know the twins existed unless Sirius said. Sirius would come back for the both of them and rescind the order after dealing with Peter.

Now the thing about Peter, Sirius and James was that, upon discovering Remus' lycanthropy, they became animagus—people who could turn into animals. James was a stag, Sirius a black dog often times called a grim in the Wizarding World, and Peter was a rat. They all had nicknames to go by. James was Prongs, Remus was Moony, Peter was Wormtail and Sirius was Padfoot. This was why Dinky called him "Master Padfoot".

Peter outsmarted Sirius that day. He yelled to a muggle (Non magic people) filled street about Sirius' "Betrayal", blew up the street with the wand behind his back, transformed into a rat and got away. Sirius was framed and sent to Azkaban—a formidable wizarding prison run by creatures that suck the happiness out of you known as dementors—without a trial. Dinky did not know this. All the little house-elf knew was to follow Sirius' orders.

So, for ten years, Dinky had been doing just that. The Potter House house-elves had raised both Amber and Harry for ten years, and no one outside of the Potter mansion—meaning nobody at all period—knew anything about it. This was why everyone thought the both of them dead.

The house-elf nodded at Amber. "This we shall. Yous is going to Hoggywarts, and Dinky is coming to follow Master Padfoot's orders. Dinky will bring Master's and Master's sister's uncle Toopy and cousin Floop. Wes keeping good eye on Master and Master's sister and make sure nothing is happenings to them while at Hoggitys."

The duo grinned and raced off, calling back that they were sending back responses to accept the invitation. Dinky let them, and went off to find Toopy and Floop. She had to tell them of this latest assignment.

Minerva McGonagall was not one to normally scream and get hysteric. At anything. She had lived through a war, had been friends with the powerful wizard Albus Dumbledore, had lived through seven years of school with the pranksters that were James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin. She had seen practically everything there was to see. For heaven's sake, she taught at a MAGIC school! Nope, Minerva McGonagall was not the type to go into hysterics and begin screaming at much of anything.

Still, everyone had off days and days they acted a bit out of character. Today, incidentally, just happened to be Minerva's. This, logically, could explain why she screamed and went wacko at lunch. However, she had a far better explanation for her unusual behavior.

It had started with the letter. In fact, it was all about the letter. While the letter itself was ordinary, it was in fact the reason behind Minerva McGonagall's hysterics. There was a rational explanation for it all.

It had come during lunch. This got everyone's attention right off, because normally they received mail during breakfast. They promptly dismissed it when it landed—it was delivered by wizards' preferred carrier, an owl—in front of Minerva, who was deputy headmistress of Hogwarts.

Letters in response to the invitations sent out did not exactly have a set time. Really, no mail did, but most mail was sent so that it could be received for breakfast. Acceptance or refusal letters were an exception. They always went to Minerva, so when this owl landed in front of her, given the time of year, the other teachers decided that that is what it was, and lost interest.

It was an acceptance letter alright, but the most oddest Minerva had ever seen. Several had come from muggleborns—meaning witches and wizards born to muggle parents—who had thought the whole thing a joke. They had been interesting because they had put things like "I have no idea what you're talking about. Go away." on it. But no, this letter was the oddest Minerva had ever seen in her life. It read:

"To Missy Minerva,

We is pleased that yous wanting Amber and Harry to comes to Hogggitys. Wes writes this letter to tell yous that Harry and Amber accepts this and comes to Hoggitys. Amber and Harry wishes to tell yous about how honored wes being that you wants us to come, but Amber and Harry know that doing so would makes this letter too long. So, Amber and Harry will have to be waiting till September the Firsts and tell yous in person. Wes can't wait till September nows! And wes hopes to be seeing yous soon!

Amber Dawn Lupin—alias Isabella Abigail Potter

Harry James Potter"

Now, certainly the grammar was odd. As far as grammar went, to a wizard, it sounded like a house-elf wrote it. But this was not the cause for Minerva's hysterics. No, it was the fact that it was signed by two people, these two in particular, that caused it. For as far the wizarding world is concerned, Harry Potter and his sister Isabella were dead. So, for that matter, was Remus' daughter Amber.

Minerva began screaming. This got her fellow teachers' attention. Many had rarely ever seen her get like this—in fact, the youngest teacher on staff, Potions Master/professor and Head of Slytherin House Severus Snape, had NEVER seen her like this—and got instantly worried. They had a right of course.

Minerva refused to calm down and explain rationally. This worried her colleges even more. Therefore, many began hitting her with calming spells. It took a fair few before Minerva regained herself to a point.

Once she had, she handed over the letter to her confused friend and employer, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, to read out loud. Confused and worried about his deputy's mental health, he did so. He read the whole thing, including the signatures. Five minutes later, his delayed reaction to this was made known.

It was the first time anyone on staff would ever recall seeing the normally unflappable Albus Dumbledore looking utterly shocked. His jaw dropped and his eyes widen to impossible lengths. However, very few managed to notice. They were all caught up in their own shock.

Now, this was very understandable. Normally, you don't receive acceptance letters from dead people. In the wizarding world—which was full of ghosts and poltergeists—this was not normal either. Most ghosts were quite happy to stick right where they were and leave it at that. And they certainly didn't have the talents—specifically the ability to hold and use solid objects like paper and pen—to let someone know they were coming beforehand.

Therefore, seeing how it was signed by the dead daughter of werewolf Remus Lupin, and the also dead Potter twins, it was perfectly understandable that the staff of Hogwarts got shocked at the letter.

Amber and Harry weren't aware that their letter had caused any problems. They were therefore unaware that for the rest of lunch, the reminder of the day, and the beginning half of dinner, the Hogwarts staff was completely incapable of even the most basic of functions. They were also unaware of the upset the staff made once they had regained bodily function and legitimate thought.

Hogwarts herself simply prepared. While it knew little of what was going on, it knew that it was receiving two new house-elves for the next few years. Hogwarts may be a sentient being—what with hanging around, really, being built with magic, how could it not gain it's own thoughts and personality, so to speak?—but it did not know everything. Therefore, while it prepared for its two new elves, it was unaware that these elves were in fact supposed to be new students—specifically Harry James Potter and Amber Dawn Lupin.

Amber and Harry had a relatively normal day. They made plans with Dinky to visit Diagon Alley the next day, to buy their school supplies. They cleaned the basement of the Potter mansion. They chatted with Harry's painted ancestors.

Hogwarts prepared for two new house-elves, which were supposed to be students.

Her staff went nuts as they attempted to explain how they missed that both children were alive. They notified several people, and those people went nuts. Severus Snape calmed down enough to notice that the grammar of the letter writers was equivalent to that of a house-elf's. And he got to thinking.

It is amazing to think that one little letter was capable of throwing the entirety of Wizarding England into mass panic. But that is exactly what that one little acceptance letter did.

And no one knew what an exceptional year this was to be. For while they focused on the fact that the saviors, both supposed to be dead, were coming to Hogwarts, they were thinking both had been raised by normal people. They had no clue the magic that filled Hogwarts during the school months was going have a couple dozen add-ons, but that the magic of Hogwarts that was solely house-elf magic would also grow, even though no new elves were really coming in.

None knew that being raised by house-elves had an effect on more then just Harry's and Amber's language and grammar. Their personalities were shaped and influenced by the subservient creatures. And their arguably large magic wells were too. Amber and Harry were for all intents and purposes house-elves—only these house-elves could work wizard magic too.

It was defiantly going to be an interesting year. It would be the first Hogwarts had ever seen house-elf wizards. The first they would see wizards acting under the rules of the house-elf, while acting under the normal wizarding rules as well.

Oh, yeah. Definitely interesting.

There. I have no idea where this came from. All I can say is that is it is influenced by Latens Child—with a similar plot. However, I have my own plot in mind…

There is also a reason behind "Master and Master's sister". Harry, obviously, is a Potter, and Dinky is a Potter house-elf. Therefore, he is her master. Amber is not really a Potter. As is already stated, Amber is a Lupin. James and Lily adopted her, and she and Harry grew up together, so she is his adopted sister. But her father still yet lives, was even allowed to take Harry and Amber away from the elves if he so wished, but he didn't know what happened to them. So he didn't. As a non-Potter, Dinky has entitled her with the term Master's sister. And that is why she calls Amber that.

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