SPOILER!!: Penelope and Toddles!
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AlwaysSnapesGirl
Penelope was wandering around the castle, mostly just to avoid the possibility of doing homework for the moment. Of course, there was an assignment or two that she could be doing while wandering...but details. She didn't really want to do homework right now. Just check out the castle and stuff. See if there were any other places that needed to be paid or something that she hadn't found yet. So then she could avoid those places.
She was heading down the second floor corridor when she spotted a couple others. One was Alexa, and the other was...an elf? Toddles, wasn't it? The little elf. He was the only one left? Poor thing...
"Hey, Alexa. Hey, Toddles," the fourth year said as she made her way over to them. "What's up?"
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Toddles
The dust was going away but there was only more for Toddles to clean on the other floors and hallways and classrooms and studensie sleeping places and DIRTY toilets! So much. Toddles didn't like to work and it was all he did now.
The little Elf was cleaning a bench when he heard a voice, a studensie voice behind him. There was not just a voice either, nope it was a studensie! "Hello Riffenbloar studensie." Toddle said turning to look at the girl. She was the one that got in trouble a lot right? Toddles thought that was okay, he used to get in trouble a lot too. She probably just liked to have fun.
"Toddles is okay, I just have to clean a lot of things, yes a lot." She was going to help him? That would be very nice.
But another girl showed up, this one he didn't really know but he recognized her.
"Hello studensie Miss. Toddles is sad that he has to clean and that all his other friends are gone. Tinka is like Toddles's mommy and now he does not have a mom." He sniffled and used the dusting rag to wipe his nose. "Toddles likes hugs and Miss Pippa, the helper Elf from the new Misses Charms Professor-lady isn't liking to give Toddles hugs and just tells him he needs to clean."
It was no fun to be a baby elf anymore.
Just as she got talking to Toddles she began hearing footsteps. There was no need to turn around because she recognized the voice immediately.
"Hey Penelope!" She smiled over at her when she got close enough before turning her attention back to Toddles for a bit.
She wrinkled her nose.
"I imagine that's awful, it's a big castle and you're a baaaby. I can help you, if you'd like." Because this was NOT okay!! He was so small and the size of the castle should have made this all illegal! He couldn't possibly get it all done alone, it was no wonder the place looked the way it did!!
"You just tell me what else you've got to clean and I'll probably tag along for as long as I can." Cleaning wasn't her thing, but neither was seeing an adorable elf so upset!
Her resolve strengthened when he gave an answer to Penelope--
Waaaaait.
"Charms Professor?" She looked to Penelope before focusing on the little guy again.
" The Professor brought her own elf?--That elf is bossing you around?? Listen here Toddles, tell that thing it's not the boss of you, you've been here longer even if you are smaller." Then she gave her housemate a look that said 'can you believe that?'. The woman brought a bossy house elf! It was probably making her delicious food while the
Gryffindors students who loved eating suffered through...well she supposed through whatever Toddles made??
Lex pulled him into a hug shortly after. Now that she'd told him what to do she needed to get some things understood AND HE NEEDED A HUG!
"If she's like your Mum then why'd she leave you behind when they all quit? Shouldn't they have taken you with them?" Seems like if they cared that much for the baby elf they wouldn't have left him.
"It's strange, don't you think?" She asked, turning to Penelope again.
"If they've all quit then why leave the baby?"