Diagonally

Harry got over to Ms. Figg's house, he noticed the guests that were at Mrs. Figg. He was glad to see Hermione and Errol, but he couldn't figure out why Errol, in the cage he was in, was being held by another person.

Irumi, the other three Elflings and the Hobbits still weren't used to the bus as in banged to a stop in front of them. They could hear Vernon Dursley yelling something from the house about the neighbors having a trap of a car and it constantly backfiring and that he would have a word about having the safety hazard hauled off. This caused laughter to come from the children and the two Hobbits.

When they got onto the bus, Harry turned to the Hobbits and saw their bare feet. "I don't mean to pry, but shouldn't you be wearing shoes?"

"Hobbit's don't wear shoes, right Merry," Pippin chirped. The Hobbit was always in a good mood.

"Hobbit… what's a Hobbit? Hermione!" Harry turned to the one person he knew would have the answer.

"Well, have you heard of Lord of the Rings?" Hermione asked.

"Yes, well Dudley has the comic book for it." Harry said, shrugging his shoulders. They felt themselves being thrown as the bus made a stop. "Uughh, I never liked that part of it. Hey, were did that small Hobbit person go."

They noticed that Pippin had gone up front and was talking to the shrunken head. Harry's eyes went wide. "He isn't afraid of that? I mean…"

"Have you read the comic?" Hermione asked.

"No, I don't do comics. If I did, Dudley would take them all." Harry said shaking his head. Comics were something that Harry had never pictured Hermione having any knowledge over. Just as he would not expect her to have any knowledge about sports. Hermione was a book worm through and through.

"Well… at my new school, the latest fad, or fads I should say, are the book about us and the comic about them. Oddly enough, theirs is about their past and ours is about our future." Hermione stated.

"You mean that the comics already happened? Not going to happen like us? I figured from what you're saying that it would be their future. I mean, the comic just came out. Dudley's going on and on about how it will be ten or more comics long." Harry suddenly withered from the glare that Hermione gave him.

"The comics are based off a book trilogy written by, no translated by, Professor Tolkien. Thus it was already written when my parents were my age Harry."

"So, Tolkien was trying to give information about the Wizarding world?" Harry asked, completely out of the loop. A girl with brown hair and pointed ears glared at him.

"No… his information… it isn't something that most of the Wizarding World knew about… I don't think he was a wizard." Hermione said, looking at the other girl.

"No… but if he was, I would find him acceptable in comparison to most other… wizards." The girl commented, still glaring at Harry.

"So, Dudley's been asking me if they have Elves in the Wizarding world. When I talked about the House Elves, he seemed disappointed. You wouldn't happen to know why Hermione."

"House Elves and Elves are not the same thing." Hermione then pointed to each of the Elflings. "Each one of these children is an Elfling. They are the children versions of Elves. They are a different race then us."

"Like the Centaurs and Goblins,"

"Centaurs are of the group 'Human' only in the humane sense. Goblins are of the group 'Human' but are in no way humane." The girl piped up, only to have the eldest of the Elflings pipe up.

"Yeah, but they're much better then Orks."

"Ainel has a point Irumi. Goblins are better then Orks." Ms. Figg spoke up.

"Yeah, well, that's because they don't eat the flesh of any of the other 'Human' group. And they are a whole lot smarter then those foul things, which isn't a good thing. They are both not to be trusted." The blond Goth elfling piped up.

"Don't mind China… her attitude is a complete rebellion from our People's culture… and for good reason." Irumi piped up. Harry could only stare at them. Finally he spoke up.

"I hope that Umbridge doesn't find out about this. She would have a hay day." Harry suddenly saw a grin on the brown haired Elfling's face and her eyebrows rise.

"She already knows, as does Cornelius Fudge. I believe he's England's Minister of Magic currently. He came off as a real idiot, which makes one wonder how he ever came into office." Irumi piped up.

"How did you? Hermione?" Harry looked at Hermione in shock and disbelief.

"My story, so I get to tell it." Irumi spoke up, causing Harry to glare at her. "It's my fault because I got into trouble at school… no… it's the fault of these two Hobbits for getting on the library tables and dancing and singing boisterously."

"What was Fudge doing at your school library?" Harry continued to glare at her.

"He wasn't at the school library. It's a Muggle School, so there is no reason for him to be there." Ainel said with boredom. He was getting irritated with the stopping and going of the bus, as was the other Elflings. The Hobbit's however were enjoying it and were beginning to slide back and forth on the floor, only to be stared at by the Wizards and Witches around them, much to Harry's chagrin.

"Get used to it. That's what those two are known for, but you can count on them in a pinch, or so I've heard. I haven't exactly seen it yet." Irumi continued. "Anyways, as punishment, I had to go to the old stadium because they needed 'help'. Apparently, in Anwe, the country we live in, they are trying for a whole racial involvement in their renewal in Quiditch."

"Anwe… Quiditch… so there is going to be a new Quiditch team?" Harry said, his interest perked.

"Apparently, yes. They were missing an Elf, so Fudge, who came with Umbridge representing your ministry, volunteered me because he read the 'Muggle' books by Tolkien and thought I wasn't ten, but twenty five. But Elves are aging differently to blend in with the Edain easier." Irumi piped up.

"What position," Harry said, excited.

"Seeker… though I don't know anything about Quiditch. The only reason I am going along with it is for political reasons." Irumi piped up, crossing her legs.

"Political…" Harry was confused.

"Umbridge turned it political by insulting her people. You know that is enough from that lady to constitute a threat." Hermione spoke up.

"But why would a child…" A glare from Irumi caused him to be quite. "Any ways Hermione, you mentioned that you moved to a new town. Why?"

"Word got out I was a Witch. I lived in a small town, so the words had negative connotations. My family had to move. My sister… she's mad at me about all of it."

"Sister… you never mentioned that you had a sister at school. And… you said you just hid your parents…" Harry spoke up, a little irritated.

"My sister never wanted to believe in magic. She died the summer between forth and fifth year because of a stunt she pulled. It was right after we had gotten out of school for the year. She decided to pull a stunt, a dangerous one. She told me, if I had magic, I could save her. But I didn't carry my wand for one thing; and, even though I am the smartest Witch for our age… there are certain things that one can't do even with magic."

"You should have told us."

"It wasn't important, I was dead to her as I am dead to her now. She became a different person. Plus, that summer, we had things to deal with. No one believed you and Ron, well… he isn't someone one can talk too about things. I did tell Ginny though."

Harry let out a sigh. "At least you told someone."

"Hermione?" Irumi spoke up, asking something specific. "It sounds like your sister committed suicide. What happened to dive her to it; she seems so optimistic."

"Those same friends who now shun her now because I was ousted for being a Witch, they got jealous of her and began to bully her. We didn't communicate and she was mad at Mom and Dad that they played along with what she called my 'game'. So, she didn't tell any of us. Anyways, those who are bullied tend to never tell anyone until it is too late. Thankfully, she doesn't remember any of it."

"Not everyone is going to remember. She wasn't… to say it, a main player in the play of life for the story you guys lived through." Irumi spoke up.

Harry narrowed his eyes at the Elfling. "You're annoying."

"I think the same about you." Irumi said, not looking him in the face.

The bus came to a clunking stop and everyone went flying yet again. The two Hobbits went sliding into the front of the bus. Pippin piped up with a smile. "That was a fun ride."

"The Leaky Cauldron… we're at our stop." Ms. Figg spoke up and walked to the front of the bus.

Pippin watched her and tilted her head. "Is this where we are going? Merry, what is the quest?"

"What do you mean quest?" Ainel groaned. "I'm here for school supplies, Irumi is here for Quiditch supplies. I wouldn't call that a quest, now would you."

"Follow me children." Ms. Figg said and they hurried after her through the pub. Harry pulled a hood over his head so he wouldn't draw attention to himself. She made a comment about Godchildren to the bartender, who just shook his head. She then led them into the back and tapped the bricks.

Merry and Pippin let out gasps of surprise as the bricks began to move. An entire street appeared in front of the children. Ai pointed up at a huge crooked building, a smile on his face. Ainel grabbed his shoulder and shook his head. "That isn't a tree Ai. No matter how many tales of Gondolin you have heard, you are not to climb that building."

A bigger grin came to the Elflings face. Irumi looked at him and shook her head. "I really don't think that he means too, but that is an interesting building."

"That's Gringott's," Harry spoke up. "It's a Wizarding bank."

"In Anwe, the Humans, Hobbits, Elves and Dwarves have one economic system. Why do Wizards here have separate banks?" Merry asked. "It makes no sense as they are in the same cities. If they were in different places, I would understand."

"The Wizards and Muggles in England have no contact or interaction with each other. The Muggles don't even know that the Wizarding world exists." Hermione spoke up.

"However, I don't know how long that's going to last, what with the book." Harry spoke up.

Author's note – Dobby walks on to the screen wearing a lime colored bowler hat. "Well, there's the fourteenth chapter, long in the wait. The author also gave further reason why Hermione's sister isn't mentioned as being hidden in the seventh book. If she has failed in this chapter Dobby will punish himself."

NOTE! What Dobby said about punishing himself, it's a joke about his behavior in book two.