Chapter 3: A Flaw In The Plan: Part 1
Harry managed not to shout out, but it was a close thing. The little creature on the bed had large, bat-like ears and bulging green eyes the size of tennis balls. The creature slipped off the bed and bowed so low that the end of its long, thin noes touched the carpet. Harry noticed that it was wearing what looked like an old pillowcase, with rips for arm- and leg-holes. "Err - Hello," said Harry nervously.
"Harry Potter!" said the creature in a high-pitched voice Harry was sure would carry the stairs. "So long has Dobby wanted to meet you, sir...Such an honor it is..."
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(The first part is from the book)
"Harry Potter!" said the creature in a high-pitched voice Harry was sure would carry the stairs. "So long has Dobby wanted to meet you, sir...Such an honor it is..."
"Thank you," said Harry, edging along the wall and sinking into his chair, next to Hedwig, who was asleep in her large cage. He wanted to ask, "What are you?" but thought it would sound to rude, so instead he said, "Who are you?"
"Dobby, sir. Just Dobby. Dobby the house elf," said the creature.
"Oh - really?" said Harry. "Er - I dont want to rude or anything, but this isnt a great time for me to have a house elf in my bedroom."
Aunt Petunia's high, false laugh sounded from the living room. The elf hung his head.
"Not that I'm not pleased to meet you," said Harry quickly, "but, er, is there any particular reason you are here?"
"Oh, yes, sir," said Dobby earnestly, "Dobby has come to tell you, sir...it is difficult, sir...Dobby wonders where to begin..."
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(Here is where the story begins to change...enjoy!)
"Well if it is important then you might as well sit down because my summer cannot get any worst," said Harry.
Dobby looks at Harry in confusion and asks, "What is wrong with your summer?"
Harry sighs stitting down and starts telling Dobby his story and why he is very upset. After he is done Dobby surprises Harry by saying, "If I had known this information I would have not done what I did."
Harry looks at Dobby with confusion and a bit of anger and asks, "What are you talking about?!" Dobby's ears start to drupe and he pulls a stack of letters out of his pillow case.
Harry jumps up in anger and yells as softly as he can, "What are you doing with my letters? I have been wondering why I havent gotten anything from my friends and my Headmaster was suppose to send one to my guardians!"
Harry grabs the letters and starts looking through them for Dumbledore's letter but doesnt find it which confuses him. He quickly glares at Dobby and demands to know where the most important letter was.
Tears start to leak out of Dobby's eyes and starts talking, "I...wish I could tell you that I had intercepted one from Dumbledore, but not a single one was sent to the house."
When Harry heard this his anger started to boil over and starts to just scream when everything in his room and through out the house started to shake. Dobby squeaks when someone starts to bang on the door and disappears with a loud crack.
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Downstairs the guests of Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia's guests looks around in alarm and scream that it was an earthquake. They run out of the house but discover that the shaking stopped when they got outside.
Uncle Veron chases after them to try to calm them down but they refuse to come back inside and declare that they will be calling the police.
Aunt Petunia runs upstairs and starts to hammer on Harry's door yelling, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU FREAK?!"
She hears a sound and a loud crack but continues to bang on the door even has she hears Vernon thundering up the stairs face red as a tomato. She moves out of the way to let him try to open the door.
Vernon doesnt try to bang on the door, because he was so mad he just crashed through it and stopped at the sight of Harry just standing in the middle of the room and screaming.
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Meanwhile this is happening miles away from the house at the Ministry of Magic the alarms in the Improper Use of Magic Office's alarms were going off. Madam Mafalda Hopkirk was one of the employees there and realized that this wasn't a simple case of underage magic and started to run for the office door when an auror by the name of Kingsly Shacklebolt ran in.
"What is going on?" he demanded looking confused, "Our alarms are going off and it seems like that yours is too."
"I don't know but it seems like it is coming from...lets me see..." She runs over to the alarms and punches several buttons and a piece of paper is printed out.
"The disterbance is coming from 4 Privet Drive," she tells the auror. He looks confused saying, "I don't remember ever hearing of a wizard or witch living there but I will have to investiage."
He turns around and starts to walk off but he stops and turns around and says, "Hold off on sending a warning letter until we figure out what is going on, but I will have to inform Madam Bones of what is going on to see if she should come."
He walks out of the office and nearly runs into the Hogwarts Headmaster. "What are you doing here?" he quickly demands wondering why Dumbledore was there and in a hurry.
Dumbledore pauses for a minute and seems to try to think of an answer, but Kinsley asks again after becoming suspicious. "I will ask you again...why are you here? Is it because of the alarms going off, because if it is, you need to tell me now!"
Dumbledore finally answers quickly , "For the life of me I do not remember why I am here," and quickly leaves muttering, "OH FUCK!"
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Author's Note:
I hope you liked this chapter and I promise that the coming chapters are going to be WAY longer.