Harry Potter And Common Sense

Neville looked at the ring in his hand. He had thought he would never wear the heir's ring. The Longbottom Earl was always magical. He had to be, he also had to uphold the family ideals of honor and bravery. Neville had never believed himself magical enough. The Longbottoms existed in Britain going back to Roman times. They had weathered invasions by Vikings, Saxons, Normans, and the uprisings and downfalls of kings. The Longbottom motto was "Like the earth we endure". The Longbottom title was not strictly patrilineal. If no sons met the criteria a daughter could be selected and her husband would take the name. He had always thought one of Harfang and Callidora's children would get the ring. Neville looked at his Gran.

"Go on put it on."

Neville did. They heard a knock on the door the knock was followed by Harry opening it and entering.

"Lady Longbottom you sent for me?"

"Indeed Harry, I did. Several months ago you offered me an apology for speaking truth rudely to me, I believe that was how you phrased it."

"Yes, Lady Longbottom, I did."

"Is that apology still on the table?"

"Yes."

"I believe, I will accept it at this time. However, if you ever speak that way to me again, I will hex you with a saponificus in a heart beat is that understood?"

"I guess…" Harry said in a confused tone.

"It's a mouth washing hex Harry and it tastes nasty." Neville said.

"Ah. I shall endeavor to remember that Lady Longbottom. Nev, are you okay?"

"Never better, Harry, never better."

A timid house elf popped into the room, with a tureen of tomato soup, a spinach salad with red onion,apples, blueberries, and stilton with blueberry vinegrette, and a pile of mixed grilled cheese with cheddar and grilled cheese with ham and swiss sandwiches. The fare suited the cool spring day. The three sat and ate the lunch. As soon as Neville finished he cast a tempus and yelped. "I gotta go, I already missed half my classes today, I don't want to miss the rest."

Augusta looked at Harry, "What about you?"

"No classes right now."

"Well I do have things to do."

"It was good to see you, Lady Longbottom."

"You as well and remember Harry, it's Lady Augusta." She said as she left.

"I'll remember." Harry idly considered the sandwiches on the plate there were three more and he was still a little hungry. The elf from earlier popped back in. "Would master like a dessert?"

"Why do you call me master? I thought… Aren't you a Hogwarts elf?"

The little elf gulped and then flung herself at Harry's feet. "I is so sorry master I is knowing that I should have stayed with others but I is being so hungry for works and magics I .." she sobbed.

"You're a Potter elf!" Harry thought for a moment. "So are you Penny, Mitzy, or Fara?"

The elf stopped sobbing and looked up at Harry in surprise. "Master knows my name?"

"I know the names of all the Potter elves. So which are you?"

"I is Fara, master."

"Very well Fara." Harry placed a hand on the elf's head. "I accept you as my elf."

"Master is not angry I come to Hogwarts?"

Harry shook his head no.

"I is accepting you as my master!" she broke into a happy and excited little dance.

"Fara are the rest of the Potter elves here?"

"Yes, master."

"Tell them to come to my dorm room this evening. But Fara, except for them, no one else is to know I have renewed your bond. Alright?"

"Why master?"

"Dumbledore."

"Ah, tricksy old bumblebee, he would send us away if he knew..master is being very smart. Dessert?"

"Does the kitchen have any carrot raisin muffins?"

Her tennis ball eyes sparkled. "Yes, Master."

"A muffin then."

A couple weeks later Harry finally had his prank for the Weasley twins ready. Neville and Cassandra knew because they helped him research its components and Aaron knew about it since Harry brewed the potion portion during one of their tutoring sessions. He'd recruited the his elves to get the potion into the twins' food. That night at dinner everyone who knew smiled when out of the blue Fred and George started singing "Ten green bottles sitting on a wall." There were a few snickers but no one recognized the diabolical aspect of the prank until later.

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