Lunch was a quieter affair, with no Ron stuffing his face at their table and most of the lions sombre over the poor health of one of their own. Alexander and Hermione were watching the doors, knowing that Lucius would come straight to Severus, wanting his belongings before anything could be checked too thoroughly. In the antechamber entrance, they could see Amelia standing there with a couple Aurors behind her, waiting in case the dark wizard claimed the diary as his own.

It wasn't too long before lunch was finished that the large doors burst open, and a blonde wizard walked forward, his cane tapping on the ground. Just from the pompous air around him, nearly everyone in Gryffindor, who didn't know already, knew that this was a Malfoy, even the Muggleborne first years.

Severus watched as the man who had recruited him into the Death Eaters strode forward, not at all impressed by the theatrics of his entrance. Groaning inside, he didn't rise or acknowledge the blonde's presence until he was under his nose, "Malfoy."

"Severus, you have something that belongs to me?" Lucius asked pompously.

Pulling the copy from his pocket, the potions master passed it over, making sure that the man held it by himself, "I was informed that it was yours, it was found yesterday. Is it yours?"

The dark wizard looked at the diary, knowing full well he was in danger unless he played this right. His disgusting niece was sitting only a few seats down from Severus, a trainee Auror but still able to arrest him if she saw a crime, and no doubt the diary had been checked over. On the other hand, this was placed into his care by his master, and even though he was dead, it was not something to be destroyed.

Seeing no other option, even Cornelius couldn't save him if he was caught red-handed with a dark artefact; Lucius tossed it backwards, not noticing where it went, "Never seen it before Severus."

Dobby had been invisibly waiting ever since his evil master had left for the school, doing as he was told to, not knowing why though until he caught the book and felt his forced bond released, and became visible, "Former master released Dobby."

"What?" The blonde turned suddenly and saw a Gryffindor tie in his former elf's hands, "No!"

Lex and Mia were unable to stop laughing and the slight cheer that came from their lips, alerting Lucius to them. When he saw them acting as they were, he knew that they were behind this, and in a sweeping movement, had his wand aimed at them. Before anyone could react, Dobby was growling, "You will not threaten Harry Potter and his Hermy!"

Everyone in the room was stunned at seeing the blonde flung through the air, over the top of the elf, and out the other end of the hall, through one of the stained glass windows. When Draco rose in defence of his father, he quickly sat back down at the blazing wands held by Lex and Mia at the Gryffindor table.

Not wanting there bloodshed, Severus stood and created a loud whip crack, "Alright, that's enough! The next wand drawn gets snapped and the owner expelled. Everyone is to return to their common rooms until your head of house releases you. Go now!"

Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw were quick to leave, followed by the snakes, while Gryffindor stuck around until everyone else was gone, not wanting to risk fights. On their way back, Lex and Mia stepped into a room and were happy to see that Dobby had followed them invisibly.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you," the elf wept, so grateful to be free from Malfoy.

"Dobby, it's fine, we wanted to help you," Lex told their friend, "Actually Mia and I were wondering if you would like to bond with us?"

It barely took a second before the elf had a hand from them each and was bonding with them; the rush of magic when it was done had their hair standing on end, "Cool."

The elf was looking at them oddly now, "Master and Mistress are not humans."

"That's right Dobby, we're demigods. Our names are Hermione Hippia and Alexander Olympius, and we are the children of Poseidon and Zeus respectively."

Dobby was quickly on the ground bowing, "Great Master and Mistress, Dobby is not worthy."

"Yes you are, and to you it is Lex and Mia, unless we're around anyone else bar Severus, who knows, then its Harry and Hermy. Okay?"

Fighting within himself, the elf eventually nodded, "What would Lex and Mia like for Dobby to do?"

"Umm…" that had the pair stumped, they had no idea, "Whatever you think is best, we honestly don't know."

"Dobby will start by helping Hogwarts elves in making Mia and Lex's meals. If you is needing Dobby, just call," and the little fella was gone.

The two demigods just stood there for a moment, trying to wrap their heads around everything before heading off once more; certain the day couldn't get any weirder.