Harry and Dobby separated the next morning with both going on their own missions to reconnect with their loves and collect pieces of Tom's soul in the process. Dobby popped straight into the kitchens and immediately sought out the little elf he had left six weeks previously.
As he knelt beside her, he could tell that she had sank further into depression and was wasting away quickly. He laid his hands on her and channeled some of his magic into her core. Winky was lying there and felt what was going on around her and then felt the powerful magic enter her core. As she came out of her stupor, she recognized the magic and called out "Dobby?"
"Yes my dear. It is me."
She slowly opened her eyes to see a hooded figure leaning over her. She demanded. "Show yourself!"
He reached up and pulled the hood from his head to reveal his hybrid Potter/high elf features. She looked into his eyes and raised her hand to gently caress his cheek. "What happened to Dobby?"
"That is a story better left for a private location. I have come to take you away from here so that you can care for a family again."
"What? Who?"
"Harry and me of course."
"You want Winky as your servant?"
"No love, I want you with me. There are no servants in Harry's house. There never was."
"But Dobby bonded with him."
"Yes I did but I was never his servant. I was more his friend than anything else."
"What would Winky be?"
"Bonded to me and free of the curse that has afflicted our race. We want the Winky I love to come and take care of our family just as you have always wanted."
Winky smiled "Winky be coming Dobby. Somebody has to keep an eye ons the two of yous."
Dobby smiled down at her as he stood. "You need to get yourself ready to travel. I will be back in a few minutes."
"Dobby is leaving Winky again?"
"Only for a few minutes. I will take you away from here to where you can heal and be yourself again as soon as I get back."
He popped away to the Room of Requirement and followed Harry's directions to the diadem. As soon as he found it, he conjured a box and placed it inside. He looked around the room at all the junk and thought he and Winky could have so much fun in here. He shook off the thought and slid the box into the pocket of his robe before popping back down to the kitchen. Once there, Winky threw her arms around him and they popped back to the suite.
Dobby led her to one of the bedrooms and sat with her on the bed. "Winky, do you trust me?"
"Yes Dobby"
He reached over and pulled off her worn tea towel. He then stood and took off his cloak followed by his clothes and sat down in front of her. Her eyes grew wide as she saw his body and said "Dobby is too beautiful for Winky now."
"No you are too beautiful for me."
He reached out and placed his hand over her heart as he motioned for her to do the same. Dobby closed his eyes and started channeling his magic into her. Before long, there was a soft golden glow surrounding them as they sat there motionless for quite a while. Unknown to them, Azrael faded in and saw what one of his boys was trying to do for the one he loved and he softly touched both their shoulders. The soft glow intensified and the darkness that was the house elf curse was lifted from Winky.
Dobby looked up to see Azrael smiling down at him and softly said "Thank you."
"She will need lots of rest and your attention for a while but she will get better in time. Just be patient and let her feel your love for her."
Dobby nodded and gently moved to lay Winky down on the bed. As he staggered a little, Azrael said "Perhaps you should rest as well."
Dobby nodded as Azrael faded and then curled up next to Winky and held her in his embrace as he drifted off to sleep.
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Harry popped into Grimmauld Place and took a quick look around. It was probably the largest manor he had available but quite frankly, it was a dump and he was ashamed to call it one of his homes. He put off all thoughts of what could be done to the place to follow the magic of the wards straight down to the basement and to a corner by the furnace. He found various knick knacks rolled up in a ratty blanket that was stuffed back behind the ancient looking furnace. When he unrolled the blanket, a locket adorned with a serpent fell out and he felt the dark magic emanating from it. Like Dobby, he conjured a box and placed the locket inside. The box quickly went into his pocket but it still gave him a dirty feeling. In response, he didn't want the thing anywhere near him so he popped back to the flat where he dumped the locket out beside the cup.
Harry called out for Dobby and then went and looked around the suite, he came across a partially open door and when he looked inside, he saw his best friend naked as the day he was born holding as equally naked Winky. In his hurry to back out of the door, Dobby raised his head and grinned. "Eyes off my girl Harry."
"Sorry mate. Horcrux?"
Dobby waved his hand and the box floated up and into Harry's hand. Dobby asked "Something wrong?"
"Yeah, that locket gave me the willies. Now that we have the rest of them, I'm going to call Azrael and have him get rid of them."
"You could always pop back to the Veil and step through with them. I imagine you'll have the big bad Unspeakables pissing themselves when you walk through and then walk back out."
Harry grinned and said "That does sound like fun. Be right back."
Harry ran into the living room and pulled on his heavy cloak. He went ahead and cast the illusion on his hand and created the scythe as well before picking up the boxes and popping to the Death Chamber. To his surprise, Croaker was in the room studying the Veil.
As he approached, he had a feeling so he waved his hand and the mist dissolved into the wall of water. When he saw this, he knew that he could travel to the others without consequence as they had already told him that the ring would allow him to commune with them. If he was wrong, then he knew he would be in trouble with Azrael.
Harry now knew what it meant to be the master of death so to speak as he now had no fear of dying. He was probably the only person in the world who truly knew what awaited him on the other side and to be quite honest about it, his life there was much better than it was in the living realm. The only downside was that Megan would not be there with him and that more than anything is what brought him back.
Just as Harry was about to step through, Croaker shouted out "Lord Peverell, might I come along with you?"
Harry stopped and turned to the older wizard. "I'm sorry Uncle Algie but grandfather would have my head if I took you through."
"Harry?"
"Yes Sir and thank you for continuing the ruse. When I saw the article, I knew you had figured it out."
"It was the least I could do for…"
"I understand Sir. Grandfather spoke very highly of you as well. I guess he was right when he said you would be the first to figure it out. The problem is that if I took you through the Veil, you would surely die."
"What about you?"
"Harry James Potter was already dead when he first went through. He just didn't know it yet. It is Harrison James Peverell who walked out of the Veil and who faces you now."
"But how? What happens if you step back through? Won't you die again?"
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