Coming Back

Chapter Sixteen

Everywhere I turned there was a puddle, water spewed everywhere along the floors of the corridors. Like when Miss Noris was petrified. Along the corridor I saw a first year, a Gryffindor, lurking the corridor with his camera. Colin Creevy. He climbed down the steps as he looked among the puddles. There was a soft sound behind him as I jumped and did t dare look behind me. Colin turned back as I heard his feet stop. Once the noise went away I turned to see him frozen stiff. Colin Creevy was petrified just as Miss Norris, the vision got dim as I woke up.

I panted and looked at Harry who had been looking at me.

"Are you ok?" he asked.

"Y-Yeah," I sighed wiping my forehead, "just a bad dream that's all."

"What was it?" I wanted to answer back but I felt a sharp pain in my arm as I winced.

"You okay?"

"I-I think my arm just grew back," I winced as he laughed.

"Glad you weren't awake when mine did," he laughed, "you took it better than me."

My arm felt like it had large splinters in it. And for second, I swore I saw something on the edge of Harry's bed.

"H-Harry where are you?" I muttered but he was frozen stiff.

"Harry!"

"Dobby!" I hear Harry exclaim as I jumped to the lamp on the table between our beds.

"Nova and Harry Potter came back to school. Dobby warned warned them. Why didn't you heed Dobby?," he stuttered. "Nova and Harry Potter should have listened to Dobby, Nova and Harry Potter should have gone home when the missed the train."

I heard Harry move himself up on his pillows and pushed Dobby away.

"What are you doing here? And how did you know we missed the train?" Harry asked.

Dobby's lips trembled as my mouth fell.

"It was you!" I said rummaging out of my covers, "you sly little elf."

"You stopped the barrier from Nova, Ron, and I coming in," He said as I walked over to his bed.

"Indeed yes, sir," he said his voice quaint. His ears laughing.

"Dobby hid and watched for Harry and Nova Potter and sealed the gateway ad Dobby had to iron his hands afterward," He said pulling out his bandaged fingers. I gasped.

"But Dobby didn't care, sir, for he thought Harry and Nova Potter were safe and never did Dobby dream that Nova and Harry Potter to get to school another way!"

"Dobby was so shocked when he heard Nova and Harry Potter were back at Hogwarts, he let his master's dinner burn! Such a flogging Dobby never had, sir..."

I let out a short laugh as Harry looked at me.

"You nearly got Ron and I expelled," He screamed, "you almost killed Nova! You'd better get lost before my bones come back, Dobby, or I might just strangle you!"

"Dobby is used to death threats, sir. Dobby gets them five times a day at home."

I could hear him blow his nose, I looked disgustedly to Harry who now felt pity rather than anger on the elf.

"Why do you wear that thing, Dobby?" Harry asked I knew he was talking about the filthy pillowcase he wore on his body.

"This sir? ''Tis a mark of the house-elf enslavement, sir. Dobby can only be freed if his masters present him with clothes, sir. The families careful not to pass Dobby even sock, sir, for then he would be free to leave their house forever."