Chapter 157
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-Back to Hogwarts-
[POV – Ethan]
*Plop!*
"Sir Ethan sir, Dobby did it! Dobby is free!" said the little elf who Apparated in front of me.
"Incredible!" I said, with a big smile on my face.
"Yes, and Dobby also did what the sir asked" Dobby said, and immediately my smile grew even wider.
"You did?" I asked, and the little elf quickly nodded.
Dobby then snapped his fingers and a camera and a picture appeared in his hands.
Picking up the picture I saw that the image on it was of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy, lying on their bed covered in blue goo.
"Hahahahaha! Wonderful!" I laughed happily, holding the picture as if it was a gift from God, "You did great Dobby" I said, rubbing the little elf's head.
"And well... Now you're a free elf, Dobby"
Dobby, who heard this, began to smile happily with his eyes filled with tears.
He then, catching me completely off guard, threw himself at my legs, hugging me while crying.
"Thanks sir, thanks for helping Dobby," he said, and I looked up at him with a sympathetic smile on my face. I then lowered myself to his height and hugged him, running my hand in a soothing way on his back.
"No need to thank me Dobby, you deserve to be free" I said.
"Sniff... Thanks sir, Dobby is very happy" he said, using his rags to clean up his snot.
"You know Dobby, now that you're free you can get rid of those rags to wear whatever clothes you want," I said with a smile.
"Wear whatever clothes Dobby wants?" he asked.
"Yes"
"Any clothes?"
"Any clothes," I said, and then with a thought of mine, the Room of Requirement began to change, surprising Dobby.
At the end of the move, the cozy room we were in before changed to a room full of clothes that was in the Room of Hidden Things.
"I think as a celebration of your freedom, you're entitled to have fun in all these clothes," I said, emphasizing my sentence with a spin to show the whole room.
"Do-Dobby... Can Dobby wear these clothes?" he asked me as he rubbed his hands together nervously.
"Yes" I shrugged.
'It's not like these clothes are really mine' I thought.
"D-Dobby can't sir" he said shyly.
"Don't worry, if no one wears these clothes they will have to be thrown away, and that will be very sad" I said with a sad and disappointed face, "But if Dobby wears these clothes then they won't be wasted" I I continued, looking at Dobby with expectation and hope.
"So, what do you say, Dobby? Will you accept to wear these clothes?" I asked.
"W-Well... Dobby thinks it would be bad if those clothes were thrown away, so... If it's okay with the sir... Dobby will wear these clothes!" he said, with a smile on his face, and I smiled at him too.
"Very well," I said with a smile. I then cast a {Tempus} and saw that it was already past 2am, "Well it's getting late and I need to get back to my dorm so why don't you stay here and enjoy all these clothes?"
"You can leave it to Dobby! Dobby will only leave here after wearing all the clothes in this strange room!" the little elf said as he saluted.
He then turned and ran on his skinny, tiny legs to a basket with a pile of clothes.
'Sigh... House elves are weird' I thought with a ironic smile, turning and walking out of the Room of Requirement.
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-Next morning-
[POV – Harry]
After Madam Pomfrey checked my arm and and saw that everything was fine with it, she let me out of the Hospital Wing, and as soon as I was out the first thing I did was look for Ron and Hermione.
"Harry! How are you? Is your arm better?" Ron asked as soon as I got to the library, which is where they were.
"I'm fine" I said but then I looked at my arm, "Actually my arm is still a little stiff and sometimes sore but other than that I'm fine"
"Well that's good… And you're lucky it wasn't a rib the bludger hit," he said, and I immediately grimaced at the thought.
"Yeah, lucky," I said dryly.
"I'm sure Professor Lockhart wouldn't do the wrong spell if you weren't moving around so much," Hermione muttered, and Ron rolled his eyes helplessly.
He then moved closer to my ear as I sat down next to him.
"I had to listen to her defend the peacock better known as Lockhart all day yesterday, and I can't stand to hear her talk about him anymore," he whispered, and I laughed a little, though I could imagine how tiring it was.
"What are you whispering over there?" Hermione asked with narrowed eyes.
""Nothing"" we replied, and she looked at us suspiciously.
"Well, changing the subject, I don't know if you already know, but if not then I'm sure these two good news I have to share will probably cheer you up" Ron said with a huge smile on his face.
"What news?"
"Lockhart was again bombarded with pranks," he said in wonder, with stars in his eyes, but I'm pretty sure my expression was no different from his.
"Serious?!" I asked, but then I remembered my conversation with Ethan last night, 'Wait... Could it be him?'
"Uhm, and you know what? Colin got hit by some prank too, and now his camera is floating over his head, and he can't catch it" Ron said laughing as he remembered the scene.
"What? Really!?" I asked, laughing too.
"Yes, hahahaha"
"Hahahah, that should teach him that he shouldn't be taking pictures of others without permission, hahahah" I said, laughing heartily.
After laughing for a while, I wiped my tears with the sleeve of my robe. As I wiped away my tears, my conversation with Ethan in the Hospital Wing again came to my mind.
'Wait, didn't Ethan also say that he managed to convince Colin not to take pictures of me somehow?'
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'He's scary' I thought.
"Hmph! I don't know what's so funny about these pranks, especially when it's done on a professor" Hermione said, putting down her book and crossing her arms.
"Oh come on Hermione, you only say that because it was with your darling Lockhart... And you have to agree that some of these pranks are funny " Ron said.
"No, they're not funny. And I'm not saying that because the pranks were played on Professor Lockhart, but because it's wrong to prank teachers... In fact, pranking anyone is wrong" Hermione snapped.
"Really? Are you sure about that? Because as I recall, you were laughing a lot at the prank the twins played on the Slytherin Quidditch team in the Great Hall" Ron said, looking at Hermione victoriously.
"But that was different," she defended herself.
"Why?" Ron asked in defiance.
"Err... Well, wasn't the prank with the Slytherins so humiliating?" Hermione kind of asked.
"Wasn't it humiliating!?" Ron exclaimed.
"Shhh!" we then listened to Madame Pince, who signaled for us to speak quietly.
""Sorry"" Ron and Hermione said quietly.
Ron then turned to Hermione and started whispering.
"What do you mean that prank with the Slytherins wasn't humiliating?! They were almost naked wearing those ridiculous clothes in front of everyone in the Great Hall!"
"Well, but the Quidditch team got caught in one prank, and Professor Lockhart has been plagued with pranks since the start of the school year!"
"And he deserved it!"
"He didn't deserve it! He's a great writer and a great wizard!"
"That's what he wants us to believe"
"Well, that's..."
Harry seeing his two friends arguing could only shake his head with a ironic smile, and any questions he had about a Chamber at school were left in the back of his mind.
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-Meanwhile in the Room of Requirement-
"Hmm, does this green cap go better with this lilac scarf or this yellow scarf?" Dobby asked no one in particular as he looked into a mirror the Room of Requirement had offered him.
"Should Dobby put some more brooch on that blouse?... Hmm, Dobby thinks it matches" the little elf said, putting a prefect brooch on his blue and gray striped blouse, which already had more than 13 brooches on it.
"What do you think, Lady strange room? Is Dobby handsome?" Dobby yelled, looking up.
And in answer to his question, the room vibrated, which he took as a yes.
"Great, Dobby likes brooches, hehe"
End.
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(End AN:Unfortunately I'm noticing a lack of good Harry Potter Fanfics to read, and I really don't have the time to look for good stories on FF.Net.
Most of the fanfics that are highly rated here on WebNovel are almost 80% smurts with a harem of 100 women, or with a villainous, bastard, arrogant and selfish protagonist, and unfortunately these stories are not to my liking.
Maybe I'll go back to consuming some original stories.)