Harry Potter is not mine.

Crius – Thank you for your review. Yes I totally agree with you about the magic, and it will be explained within this or the next chapter.

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CHAPTER 2

Being able to see Hermione again was great, Harry was extremely happy that she had come out of her petrification with no adverse effects. But that didn't make all her questions any easier. Nearly the entire time they where eating she was questioning him about what happened in the chamber, it was nearly the end of the feast when he decided he couldn't take it anymore.

"Its a shame you missed all these classes Hermione, your really going to have to study a lot to catch up." he said before trying to finish his treacle tart.

"Oh my god! Your right! I...I need to go." it barely took 10 seconds before she was dashing out of the great hall. Most likely headed for the library.

"Err, she knows classes are done...Right? Mental that one." Ron muttered before stuffing his face with more chocolate eclairs.

Harry tuned Ron's disgusting eating habits out as he looked to his right, where Ginny was seated staring down at her empty plate. She had yet to eat anything all night and he was starting to get really worried. Gathering his Gryffindor courage he scooted closer to her and spoke quietly. "Not hungry?"

She looked up at him for a brief second before looking back to her empty plate. "Not really." She murmured.

Harry sat there for a minute in silence before reaching out and picking up a cinnamon scone and placing it on her plate, he had seen her eating them before, so he knew she liked them. "You should at least have dessert, its the best part of a meal." he said giving her a small grin when she looked up to him.

She looked at the scone and back at him a few times before looking down at her hands that where in her lap giving him a small shrug.

Harry swallowed a lump in his throat. He felt like he failed her somehow, she had tried to tell them but Percy had run her off, he should have went after her to find out what was the matter, he knew it wasn't what Percy had said. And now she had all this guilt in her when it wasn't her fault! And she wasn't eating because of it, and he knew from personal experience that not having enough food can make you sick. "Please, just that Ginny. Its not a lot." He whispered pleadingly.

She looked up to him again for a brief second before she slowly started eating the scone. Glancing at him every few bites.

He gave her a small smile as he watched her eat. "I need to go, I'll see you later Ginny." He murmured before standing from the table.

"ere oo oin?" Ron asked from a mouth full of food.

Harry looked at Ron for a second wondering how he could stuff so much food in his mouth before shaking his head to clear his thoughts. "I need to finish packing my stuff."

"But we still have loads of time!" Ron exclaimed after finishing what was in his mouth.

"Well I don't want to leave anything behind. Besides I don't want to leave things til morning."

Ron shrugged as he loaded more food onto his fork. "Whatever, I'm gonna finish here first, maybe take a quick fly before bed. Hey think I can use your broom if your not using it Harry?"

"Not tonight Ron, just use a school broom. I really want to keep all my things together."

An angry grimace laced Ron's face before he shrugged. "Whatever." he mumbled going back to his food.

Harry rolled his eyes "I'll see you later." He turned and noticed out of the corner of his eye that Ginny had taken another scone and was slowly eating it, and he grinned at her before leaving the hall.

As he took the stairs leading to the dormitory he couldn't help the giddy feeling that was in his system, and he didn't think he could wait until later in the night for Dobby to start to train him. With a new found energy running through his veins he ran the rest of the way to to Gryffindor dormitory. Outside the portrait of the fat lady he looked around seeing the corridor was empty.

"Dobby?" He Whispered

With a loud CRACK Dobby was before him, a large grin plastered on his face. "Dobby comes to Harry Potter Sirs."

Harry grinned at the elf. "Just Harry Dobby remember? Anyway, do you think we could start training now? I only have a couple hours til I should be in my dorm, my mates would think its weird if I'm not there."

Dobby nodded his head furiously. "Of course Harry Sirs, wes is being going to the other right now!" and with that he reached out and grabbed Harry's hand.

And with that Harry felt like his entire body was heated until boiling point before he felt normal again. He looked around in confusion. "Err Dobby, we didn't go anywhere."

"Wes is going to the other Harry Sirs! Wes elfs is training here." Dobby exclaimed proudly.

"The other? But it doesn't look like we went anywhere." Harry looked around again trying to find any difference. And when he reached the fat lady's portrait he found it. The portrait wasn't moving like normal. She was totally still. Like a muggle painting. He quickly looked to Dobby again surprise and confusion in his eyes. "What exactly is the other Dobby, Where are we?"

"Wes is going to other world Harry Sirs, time not have any meaning here, wes elfs is being trained here when wes is born so wes is able to work for masters we is."

"Other world? So we're not on earth anymore?" Harry was getting more and more confused.

"Oh no, wes is still on earths Harry Sirs. Wes is just going to the between of times we is."

Harry worked what Dobby said in his mind for a second. "Between of times? So like, you stopped time ?"

Dobby shook his head. "No Harry Sirs, wes is just stepping into time before it moves ons!"

"Err...right." If Harry was confused before now it was even worse. Stepped into time before it moved on?...Wouldn't that be stopping time? Either way he wasn't going to let this chance escape him. "Ok...so can we start training now?"

Dobby got extremely exited now. "Of course Harry Sirs. We be started right away." Dobby sat down on the floor and snapped his fingers. A chair appeared from nowhere and Dobby gestured to Harry to sit in it.

Harry moved the chair out of the way and sat in front of Dobby. "I can sit on the floor." he commented.

Dobby gave him a large toothy smile with watering eyes. "Harry Potter sir is so great, so powerful, so-"

"Err right Just Harry Dobby, you don't need to say sir either." Harry Blushed

Dobby nearly choked in a sob and nodded.

"So, What do I do to use elf magic?" Harry asked.

"Nots really elfs magic Harry...wes is just being using our magic to do whats wes is needing it tos. First wes is finding ours magic and then having it do whats we needs it tos."

"Oh, so its not really elven magic then?"

Dobby shook his head. "No sirs."

Harry gave a small nod. "So, how do I find my magic?"

Dobby sat up straighter. "Yous is needing to look inside yous selfs." he said as if it was the most common thing in the world.

"Look inside myself...right.."

"Watch." Dobby exclaimed before he closed his eyes and...started humming...but not with his mouth...it was as if the very air was alive and was humming with magic, he could feel the magic pooling around Dobby and extending a foot or so around him.

Harry stared at Dobby wide eyed. And as suddenly as it started it stopped.

"You sees how to dos it now sirs?"

"Wh..what! I don't know how you did that! That was incredible! Oh my god why don't you elfs just take over the world, holy crap, I've never seen anything like that before!"

Dobby looked sad all of a sudden, "Wes is not being able to harms masters wes is bound tos, and cannot be doing anything unless told tos."

"But your free now Dobby! You can do anything, I saw what you did to Malfoy earlier."

"Yes." Dobby muttered. "Buts mys magics be going less and less nows thats I's is frees."

"What do you mean?"

"When wes is nots bound to master wes is loosing our magic, and soon wes be dead."

Harry gasped. "So, you have to be bound to someone to be alive?"

Dobby nodded sadly

"How long can you live without being bound?"

Dobby shrugged. "Dobby not sures. With hows much magics I is having maybe a year. I is being trying to teach yous all I knows in that time. But its takes some elves long long time to learns."

Harry looked at Dobby with sadness in his eyes. "Isn't there someone who you can bind to that would treat you good?"

Dobby shook his head sadly. "Wizards not likes us when wes is been freed. Wes being shamed we is."

Harry Considered Dobby for a full minute before coming to a decision. "Why dont you become my elf Dobby? I don't care that your free." Harry Grinned at the elf as Dobby looked up at him with hope shining in his eyes.

"You would bes Dobby's master Harry Potter Sirs?"

Harry blushed again. "As long as you stop calling me Harry potter sir." he chuckled lightly.

Dobby rushed at Harry and enveloped him in a hug. "Dobby can dos this!"

"Great, so what do I need to do?"

Dobby put his hand out. "Yous is having to mark me as yous elf."

Harry looked at Dobby unsure."How do I do that?"

"Yous is having to cuts my hand and say spell to do so. Spell is Elvo Supermio Enlevio."

"Right..is there any wand movements I need to know?"

Dobby shook his head. "No sirs, just put wand tip to my cuts sirs."

Harry nodded, then thought of a problem. "Err I don't know any spells to do a cut or anything, and I don't have a knife."

Dobby reached his other hand out and slashed at his hand with his nails creating a large gash. Then he put had hand out again. And the way he was looking so happy to be slashing his own hand open and enslaving himself to him made him look kind of crazy.

Harry steeled himself and put his wand tip to Dobby's cut. "Elvo Supermio Enlevio!" As soon as he finished a bright flash of light filled the room for a second before dissipating.

Dobby launched himself at Harry Sobbing. "Master Harry yous is the bestest strongest kindest wizard evers!"

"Hey I thought I said no more of that? Just Harry!" Harry blushed again

"Master Harry only said hes cannot calls you Harry Potter Sirs! Hes is not! Dobby did bad already, me bad house elf!" He launched himself at the nearest wall. But before he could make it he was grabbed around the middle.

"Dobby you are never aloud to punish yourself while your my elf! Understand?"

Dobby nodded with tears in his eyes. "Yes sirs."

Harry sighed and sat on the floor again. "Right back to teaching me to ...look inside myself.."

Dobby sat in front of him again. "Yous is having to close yous eyes and look into yous for yous magic...should not bes hards for yous...yous magic REALLY big sirs."

"Err right, how do you know if my magic is that strong Dobby?"

"When yous be binding mes I saws is..." he trailed off in awe."Yous is being really powerful sirs yous is like twenty of Malfoys you is!"

"Err..I dont think so Dobby. I have trouble with some spells."

"Thats is being because you not using staff sirs. Yous magic is trying to force to much into yous wand and making problems sirs."

"Staff? I thought all wizards use wands?"

"No sirs, longs time agoes they be using staffs to make the spells sirs. Buts wizards be getting not as strong, so theys is having to be using wands instead sirs."

"Oh...What about the magic you will teach me? Even Malfoy looked scared. It was brilliant!"

Dobby gave a small smile. "Its be the first magic. Takes long times to learns it, buts it is being the true form of magic."

Harry considered this for a second before grinning at Dobby. "Wicked!...How long does it normally take to master this magic Dobby?"

Dobby gave a shrug. "I's is not knowing. Wes is only learning until wes is knowing how to care for masters, then wes is going."

"So...how long does it take to get to where you are?"

Dobby puffed up with pride. "Dobby learns fasters than others he does. Only took Dobby eight cycles it dids, others be taking twice as long evens!"

A look of confusion settled on Harry's face. "Eight Cycles? Is that like...a month?"

Dobby shook his head. "Its being years is it Harry sirs."

Harry looked at Dobby incredulously. "WHAT?" Its gonna take me EIGHT YEARS! B...but I don't have that long!"

Dobby looked at Harry curiously. "But times haves no times here sirs."

Harry stopped his tirade. "err...right, I forgot." he said sheepishly.

"Its not beings a problems sirs. You wants to starts again?"

Harry gave a nod and sat down again. He closed his eyes and tried to look into himself...whatever that meant. After nearly 30 minutes of sitting there trying to look for something in himself he felt it...it was almost like water. He could tell that he was just at the edge of whatever it was, so he went through the 'water' and continued on. After a interminable amount of time he came across a swirling mass of...something, and he had to say Dobby was correct...it was indeed HUGE, it was like looking at a sun, but it wasn't blinding, it was almost like phoenix song, very calming and inviting. He reached out to touch it and felt an immense power start to rage through his body as the mass slowly siphoned into his hand, and slowly started to cycle through his whole body. After what felt like forever the mass was no longer there, but instead the energy was coercing through him, but he could also feel that where the mass was, it was slowly charging back to try and rebuild into the mass again.

Harry opened his eyes and saw Dobby in a corner shielding his face as a wind whipped against him pushing him back. And Harry noticed what appeared to be water that was glowing with magical energy was pouring off him in waves, crashing to the ground. The stones under the magical aura where starting to crack under the strain of the intense magic, and he gasped in surprise. As soon as Harry lost his concentration the wind and energy stopped and seeped back into him as though he where funneling it into himself at an incredible rate.

"Wow." Was all he could muster himself to say before he fell unconscious.