Chapter 3 - House Elf

Time-Skip.

Today was the day I was going to try my luck with the elf. I am now 2 and a half years old. I am now able to talk normally in complete sentences but the caretakers do not know that. I waited so long as I wanted to be able to converse with the elf. My daily meditation had produced results. During one session of meditation I decided to concentrate on a position near my tummy which felt weird to me. It felt weird as I did not have this sensation in that area in my past life. I could vaguely feel something there but that was it. After some weeks of trying I finally saw in my mind what I think was my magical core. It was a ball of white gas. I could see it but still could not control it.

In the evening I went to a hidden place and called, "Falken family elf come to me."

I waited but there was nothing. I concentrated hard on my magic and then tried again.

After a few seconds there was a pop sound and a small creature came into view. I was overjoyed. It looked like an elf from HP world and finally confirmed my guess that I was in HP world.

The elf looked at me and asked, "Who are you? Why did you call Sherry? Why does your magic feel familiar?"

I showed a confused expression and replied to Sherry, "I am Charles Falken. I was trying something and you came. What are you?"

Sherry was over the moon after hearing my words. She said, "You are Young master Charles. Mistress Sara told Sherry she was going to give birth to her son before she left me. Sherry waited for Mistress Sherry to come back with Young Master but suddenly Sherry lost her bond with Mistress that day. Sherry did not know what to do and waited at Mistress's house. Sherry is so happy that Sherry found young master. Sherry is a house elf young master."

I said, "I have many questions but that can wait. But first what is a bond?"

Sherry replied, "House elf bond with wizards to get magic to live. Sherry was close to losing her magic. She lived this long by using the magic at the house. Sherry is so happy that she found young master. Now Sherry can live. A bond also makes sure that the house elf follows the instructions of the master and does not go against it."

I asked, "so in exchange for magic from the bond, house elves work for the wizards. Ok Got it. Can I bond with you at this age? I don't want you to die."

When Sherry nodded happily, I asked her how to form a bond. She gave me the instructions and I followed it. When the bond was finalised, there was a bright flash of light confirming it. After that I told Sherry to take me to the house where my mother lived. She took me to the house.

After a lot of questions and answers, I finally got a gist of things. My father's name was Daniel Robert Falken and my mother's name was Sara Emily Falken nee Acton. My father was a part of the Neutral faction of the Wizengamot and was chased by death eaters when the death eaters needed money for their activities. When the Falken manor was attacked after my mother became pregnant, they knew that they had to go into hiding for my safety. So they decided to live in a house they owned from my mother's side which no one else knew about. They put the Falken manor into stasis and moved here. My grandparents from both sides were dead and I did not ask the details of their deaths. I was a pureblood but my mother's family was a recent one. House Falken was a Most Ancient and Noble House and I was the only member of it. I also did not have any relatives. My father had died during an attack at the ministry when he attended a Wizengamot meeting and my mother was devastated due to his death. After that her health deteriorated and no help from Sherry could help fix her. She somehow kept on living for my sake.

I asked Sherry about the manor and she replied that she was also locked out from it. The only way to go there was by activating the manor through the Lord ring which I could get only after I became 17. Sherry was also the only Falken family elf.

I looked around the house. I wanted to find what all I could make use of. The house had two floors. It had 3 bedrooms with bathrooms, a library, a hall and a kitchen. It was a small cosy home. The house had wards but they were very weak now. I could not power them up without knowing how to and I do not want to risk anything happening to me. Even Sherry did not know how to power up the wards. My parents' bedroom had their photos. For the first time I saw the picture of my father. My mother too looked totally different from what I had seen at the hospital. They both were happy and vibrant. My father was of average build. He had long black hair which was tied in a ponytail and brown eyes. He looked handsome and had quite a charm to him. My mother had dark brown hair and beautiful blue eyes. She looked beautiful. I had inherited black hair from my father and my mother's blue eyes. I had tears in my eyes looking at the pictures of them. After some time in the room thinking about my dead parents, I closed the room and went to the library.

The library had a lot of books. From the looks of the collection of books, it seems that they were planning to spend many years here raising me here too. The library had all Hogwarts books of all years. They looked used so they most probably belonged to my parents. It also contained the Falken family Grimoire. I hit the jackpot when I found the book on mind magic. This was the most important book for me to survive in this world. The book would save me from Snape, Dumbledore and Voldemort. I looked around and found many more useful books.

It was soon time for me to go back to the orphanage. I told Sherry to check if the coast was clear and pop me back. I told her to go back to the house and look after it and wait for my call. I reached the orphanage and went to my room. No one had noticed my absence. It was the benefit of living in a large orphanage. No one cared where you were. I decided to live in the orphanage as it was much more convenient. If I lived in my house I had to be careful of the neighbours as they would call the police when they find a small boy living inside an abandoned house. Also my Gringotts vault was closed and I had to visit the bank to unlock it. I did not plan on visiting the bank without having the full knowledge about it so the visit had to wait. I decided on taking trips to the library and looking through the books during my free time