Loyal

Chapter Four. Night Time Meetings

By the time Elizabeth and Rose arrived to where the Slytherin common room was hidden, everyone else was already there.

The two stopped in front of the entrance and glanced at each other.
"Do you have this years password?" Elizabeth asked Rose.

"Nope." She sighed.

"It's Pure Blood Pride." A bell like voice behind them said and the entrance opened.

The two turned around to see who it was.

A smile crept on to Elizabeth's face as she saw it was their dorm mate Emma.

"Hello Liz, Hello Rose, Did you have a nice summer?" She asked with a pleasant smile.

“Yes.” The two girls said in unison.

"That's nice." Emma said and walked past the two and into the Common Room,

Elizabeth and Rose followed her, and the entrance shut behind them.

The three settled at a table in the corner of the room, only the older students were in the common room, though most had already gone to their dorms to get rest.

"Did you guys read the Daily Prophet today?" Emma asked as she placed her bag down on the seat next to her.

"I read it and I can't believe they broke out of Azkaban." Rose spoke and Elizabeth looked at the two.

"My mum was reading it today, I didn't get to read anything, other then the front page, I was only able to read the Mass Breakout part," She told the two.

"Well it said that Bellatrix and her husband, Rodolphus Lestrange, and his brother Rabastan, Antonin Dolohov, Augustus Rockwood, and a couple of others broke out." Emma informed Elizabeth.

"Who's Bellatrix Lestrange?" Elizabeth asked frowning.

"You don't know who Bellatrix is?" Rose asked me shocked, the girl's eyebrows had disappeared beneath her bangs.

"Nope." Elizabeth answered honestly, she fidgeted slightly as the two girls both stared at her in disbelief.

"She's the worst Death Eater there is, She's also You Know Who's most loyal Death Eater," Emma answered and something flickered on her face.

"So this is very bad," Elizabeth said as she looked between the two.

"Very." Rose nodded.

"Where do you think  Helena is?" Emma asked changing the subject.

"Maybe she's in the dorm." Rose suggested.

"Let's go and see." Elizabeth said standing up.

As the three entered their dorm room, they saw Helena sitting upon her bed in the corner, a book propped up in her lap.

“Hey, Helena!” Elizabeth smiled at her and Helena looked up, she smiled widely at the three.

“Hi!” She said and put a bookmark in her book, setting it aside, she pushed the frames of her purple glasses up as they kept sliding down the bridge of her nose.

“Have a nice summer?” Rose asked Helena as she walked over to where her bed was, and opened her trunk at the foot or it.

“Yes, Ma and Pa took me to visit my grandparents in Ireland!” Helena grinned.

Rose nodded and then she left to the lavatory.

“That's wonderful.” Emma smiled as she flopped down on her bed.

Elizabeth sat on her legs as she opened her trunk, she pushed her books aside and pulled out her nightclothes.

Once Rose was finished, Elizabeth crossed the room and entered the lavatory.

Once all the girls were ready for bed, the lights went out.

But as Elizabeth lay in her bed, desperately trying to fall asleep as she had an early morning, she heard something in the common room.

Elizabeth frowned, swallowing, she pushed herself up in her bed and pulled the covers off her legs, swinging them out, she stood up and quietly crept passed Rose's bed.

Silently thanking Merlin for the door not creaking as it opened, she walked down the stairs.

She squinted as she came to a stop at the bottom of the staircase, there was something by the dying fire.

“Hello?” She called out in uncertainty.

There was a surprised screech, the thing turned around to face Elizabeth.

Elizabeth’s eyebrows knitted together as she took in its appearance, it was very short and had very large eyes and big ears, it wore a sweater and a very colorful tie.

“Are you a house elf?” Elizabeth asked softly as she stepped off the staircase, her footsteps soft as she walked across the green carpet slowly to the elf.

“Yes, miss.” The house elf nodded, his voice was high pitched and his ears flapped as he moved his head.

“I've never met a House Elf before, do you have a name?” Elizabeth tilted her head as she stopped by the lush sofa.

The dying embers in the fireplace cast a cold glow around the common room, Elizabeth's nose tickled from the smell of the light smoke.

“Dobby.” The house elf spoke as he took a step back, he seemed frightened as he was able to get a full look at Elizabeth.

“Nice to meet you Dobby, my name is Elizabeth Smith. If you don't mind me asking, what is it you are doing here?” Elizabeth feared she said something wrong as Dobby's eyes widened.

But that was not the case, as he answered her. “It is house elf's who take care of the common rooms, we come when we know all the students are asleep to clean and tend to the fire.”

Elizabeth raised her eyebrows, “I didn't know that.” She looked at the floor, a feeling of guilt washed over her.

“I'm sorry you have to clean after some of the slobs in my house.” Elizabeth told him softly.

Dobby shook his head wildly, “No need to apologise, Miss Smith, it is our job as house elves.”

“Well, thank you.” Elizabeth swallowed as she glanced up at the stone fireplace, the engravings of snakes on the mental seemed to be glaring daggers at her.

“I suppose I should allow you to get back, to whatever you were doing before.” Elizabeth smiled slightly at Dobby, “Goodnight.” She said to him.

“Goodnight, Miss.” He smiled, though it seemed forced, his eyes kept darting towards her wild black hair that refused to stay in it's braid.

Frowning slightly, Elizabeth turned and ran up the stairs to her dorm.

She entered her dorm and closed the door, Rose's snores echoed throughout the dark room, Elizabeth glanced at where the curtains were drawn shut her friend's bed.

She shook her head with a sigh, not completely sure why Dobby had seemed so afraid of her. She crept to her bed and climbed into it, pulling the covers over her, she looked at where Rose's bed was to the right of her, and then to where Helena lay sleeping soundly to her left.

She closed the curtains around her bed and laid on her side, she closed her eyes, falling asleep to the sound of Rose's snores.