An unexpected task

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Hadrian P.O.V

As one night he was walking in the corridors of the school in his invisibility clock with the map of marauders as he was feeling hungry right so he got to the  huge green pear in the fruit bowl as he tickled the pear as it giggled and then it changed into the green door as he entered the room as he hear

"Harry potter sir" he shouted as everyone heard him and saw their owner as the main elf came and said

"Welcome lord hogwarts what can we do for you today" He asked as hadrian said

"Ah can you please get me some snacks and tea" he said as they popped away and her harry asked

"So dobby how did you end up here in hogwarts" He asked as dobby said

Dobby let go and stepped back a few paces, beaming up at Harry, his enormous, green, tennis-ball-shaped eyes brimming with tears of happiness. He looked almost exactly as Harry remembered him; the pencil-shaped nose, the bat like ears, the long fingers and feet — all except the clothes, which were very different

He was wearing a tea cozy for a hat, on which he had pinned a number of bright badges; a tie patterned with horseshoes over a bare chest, a pair of what looked like children's soccer shorts, and odd socks. One of these, Harry saw, was the black one Harry had removed from his own foot and tricked Mr. Malfoy into giving Dobby, thereby setting Dobby free. The other was covered in pink and orange stripe

"Dobby has come to work at Hogwarts, sir!" Dobby squealed excitedly. "Professor Dumbledore gave Dobby and Winky jobs, sir!"

"Winky?" said Harry. "She's here too?"

"Yes, sir, yes!" said Dobby, and he seized Harry's hand and pulledhim off into the kitchen between the four long wooden tables thatstood there. Each of these tables, Harry noticed as he passed them, was positioned exactly beneath the four House tables above, in theGreat Hall. At the moment, they were clear of food, dinner having finished, but he supposed that an hour ago they had been ladenwith dishes that were then sent up through the ceiling to their counterparts above. At least a hundred little elves were standing around the kitchen, beaming, bowing, and curtsying as Dobby led Harry past them.They were all wearing the same uniform: a tea towel stamped with the Hogwarts crest, and tied, as Winky's had been, like a toga.

Dobby stopped in front of the brick fireplace and pointed.

"Winky, sir!" he said.

Winky was sitting on a stool by the fire. Unlike Dobby, she had obviously not foraged for clothes. She was wearing a neat little skirt and blouse with a matching blue hat, which had holes in it for her large ears. However, while every one of Dobby's strange collection of garments was so clean and well cared for that it looked brand new, Winky was plainly not taking care of her clothes at all. There were soup stains all down her blouse and a burn in her skirt.

"Hello, Winky," said Harry.

Winky's lip quivered. Then she burst into tears, which spilledout of her great brown eyes and splashed down her front, just as they had done at the Quidditch World Cup.

"Winky, don't cry, please don't . . ."

But Winky cried harder than ever. Dobby, on the other hand, beamed up at Harry.

"Would Harry Potter like a cup of tea?" he squeaked loudly, over Winky's sobs.

"Er — yeah, okay," said Hadrian.

Instantly, about six house-elves came trotting up behind him, bearing a large silver tray laden with a teapot, cup for Hadrian, a milk jug, and a large plate of biscuits.

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