Little Moonfoot

All this confusion

"Hey Hermione are you alright" asked Ron.

"Yes. Why?"

"No it's just that you seem a little off lately." Ron was the only one that had noticed that something was going on with her. But she knew that she couldn't tell anyone about the time turner. So instead, she said—

"Ya I just miss my parents"

"Oh" said Ron. And that irritated her "What? Don't you miss your parents?"

"I do but not like that. You should have gone home for Christmas if you thought like that."

"But harry needed us. That's why we stayed."

"You don't have to stay just because of harry if you miss your mum and dad. He's got me and I wasn't going home for Christmas anyway."

"Why? Don't you like Christmas?"

"I do but mum just makes me work a lot during the holidays. It's always degnome the gardens, or feed the chickens, or clean your room. We got the house elves to do it here. I wish we had a house elf at home. Then my mum wouldn't have to work this hard."

"What is it with you and house elves Ron?" asked Hermione.

"The best part is that you just have to summon your house elf and they appear before you. And do all your work for you"

"That's not possible what if they are doing some other work at that time? Or resting? They can't always appear when you ask for them."

"I don't know about all that Hermione. I don't have a house elf. I just know that when you say 'come here house elf', they come to you"

"Oh really Ron? 'Come here house elf' I cannot believe why you would want to keep a poor creature slave like that." She said, furious. Suddenly, a loud crack was heard near the couch and a house elf stood in front of Hermione.

"Mistress called me?" it said.

Hermione screamed on top of her lungs and Ron had a bewildered look on his face.

"Go... Get out of here" they screamed.

And just as he had come, he disappeared with a crack.

"Ron what was that? I thought you said you dint have a house elf"

"That was not me Hermione. You summoned the house elf"

"Me huh? Did you forget that I'm a Muggleborn? Or do you think my parents bought that creature in a mall as my Christmas present" said Hermione.

"It might just be a Hogwarts house elf that was listening on our conversation and decided to scare us."

"Do house elves usually scare people? Also, have you ever seen a house elf in the three years we have been in Hogwarts? Why will they show themselves now?"

"I don't know ok. It might be someone's stupid idea of a prank. I'd say Fred and George but they don't have a house elf."

"Alright I'm going to go ask professor Lupin about it."

"Ya that is a good idea."

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Remus was walking down to the great hall for lunch when Hermione came running towards him.

"Professor I –"

"What is it miss granger?"

"I— something weird happen. I need to talk to you"