Harry Potter Hermione's House-elf Training!

Femtedd

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#1
This can be done seriously or as crack, whatever you decide. (Sorry if the grammar is bad, this idea just popped into my head and I rushed to type it all down before it escaped me.) :(

Idea:
Harry inherits an old house/manor. He asks Hermione to go and check it out for him as a favor. She gets there only to find that the door wonÆt open for her. (Maybe do too some kind of Ward or perhaps Harry merely forgot to give her the key). She notices a little doggy-door/cat-flap, and decides to shrink herself in order to use it. This is when things go sour for our heroin.

Upon entering the house through the flap, she is greeted by the manors residing House-elf. The matron elf takes one look at her and comes to the conclusion that Hermione must be the newest elf sent here to work by their master. Perhaps the elf is old and has bad eyesight, or maybe this is merely do too skewered House-elf logic. ôShe is my size and is not the master, so she must be a somewhat deform elfö. Despite HermioneÆs protests, the old elf has already decided that she, is in fact, an elf, (and a very young and poorly trained one at that!) and with a snap of its fingers, HermioneÆs clothes (and her wand!) are banished and replaced with the standard House-elf uniform, a simple pillowcase with arm and head cutouts.

Thus begins HermioneÆs training as a proper House-elf by the matron elf and/or any other house-elves that might work in the manor, serving under the head elf. All the while, trying to find her wand and/or escape from her new domestic prison and its jailers. Will she ever find her lost wand? Will she be able to send for help? Will she escape? Or will she eventually give up and submit to the training, become the perfect little servant for her master? That, of cores, is up for you to decide.

One thing is for sure, Hermione will learn just how House-elves discipline those among them who are young and rebellious. :spank:


So what do you think? Do you like it or do you think itÆs just lame? :mellow:
 

zeebee1

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#2
There are two detainls you need to remember for this. The first is that house elfs are used to physical pain for punishments they might use similar things for training. The second is that there is a time limit. Harry will eventually show up. There is also the detail that so far there is no real plot. You've established a single plot point. But if you wnt it to be more than one chapter there needs to be more.
 

Femtedd

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#3
True, true, as I said I wrote this down quickly without taking any time to really flesh it out. :sweat2: Perhaps if we think about it, we could come up with a simple reason why Harry might take a little while to come looking for her.

Maybe the very reason that he asked her to check it out in the first place was because he already had some pressing matters to attend to. Something oversees perhaps? -_-
 

Prince Charon

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#4
Femtedd said:
True, true, as I said I wrote this down quickly without taking any time to really flesh it out. :sweat2: Perhaps if we think about it, we could come up with a simple reason why Harry might take a little while to come looking for her.

Maybe the very reason that he asked her to check it out in the first place was because he already had some pressing matters to attend to. Something oversees perhaps? -_-
No, if she doesn't report back, he'll be worried, and either come back to check for himself, or send someone else (who might end up in the same mess). If the second person either doesn't report back, or can't find her, he will definitely investigate, himself. Of course, by then, 'Hermy' and (for example, because she has a vaguely House-Elf-like name) Ginny might already be rather brainwashed.
 

zeebee1

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#5
By the time he gets there Loony will have taken over the place. I don't even want to know how she'd redecorate the place.
 

Femtedd

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#6
Prince Charon said:
Femtedd said:
True, true, as I said I wrote this down quickly without taking any time to really flesh it out.? :sweat2:? Perhaps if we think about it, we could come up with a simple reason why Harry might take a little while to come looking for her.

Maybe the very reason that he asked her to check it out in the first place was because he already had some pressing matters to attend to. Something oversees perhaps?? -_-
No, if she doesn't report back, he'll be worried, and either come back to check for himself, or send someone else (who might end up in the same mess). If the second person either doesn't report back, or can't find her, he will definitely investigate, himself. Of course, by then, 'Hermy' and (for example, because she has a vaguely House-Elf-like name) Ginny might already be rather brainwashed.
Oooh! I like that idea!

But lets brainstorm, just what exactly would HermioneÆs training consist of? Would she be taught how to perfectly perform specific tasks or would she just be taught general obedience and submission to her new master? Would the Elves go as far as to teacher her to only wear the flimsiest of clothes and always speak of herself in the third person?

ôHermione is so used to talking of herself like this, she canÆt stop!ö
 

Ina_meishou

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#7
Another thing to remember is that without a wand, Hermione and any others will be forced to resort to muggle style work rather than house elf magic to do her chores. This could lead to much exasperation on the part of the elf matron, which leads to much punishment for the new "elves".
 

Femtedd

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#8
Ina_meishou said:
Another thing to remember is that without a wand, Hermione and any others will be forced to resort to muggle style work rather than house elf magic to do her chores.? This could lead to much exasperation on the part of the elf matron, which leads to much punishment for the new "elves".
That brings up an interesting point: how DO House-elves usually carry out their duties? Is there any real amount of physical labor involved or do they rely primarily on magic to do their jobs? Do they simply snap their fingers and turn a dirty room into a clean one? Instantly conger four-course meals?

From what little weÆve seen of House-elves at work (such as the Hogwarts kitchens) it seems to be an even mix of both. They prepare the food by hand but use magic to instantly transport it to the great hall for the students and faculty to eat.

No doubt the matron Elf will be upset by HermioneÆs (and any other young witches you decide to add to the fray) inability to instantly ôpopö to any area of the manor, as well as getting her work done as quickly and efficiently as ôelflyö possible. Much punishment ensues.

A possible outcome of this is that a panicked Hermione would subconsciously force her own magic to work the way the matron Elf wants out of sheer desperation; like a House-elves.

This in turn could have all sorts of unpleasant ôside-effectsö on the poor witch-turned-pseudo-house-elf. :evil:
 

kingdark

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#9
and when harry finally learns about it, he is too late, and hermie wants to please her master...
W00t
 

Femtedd

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#10
hehe, I just found a somewhat on-topic picture of Hermione dressed like a House-elf... :lol:

...

And I have no idea how to post it here... :mellow:

Oh well, I'll just make it into my Avatar for now.



edit: jeez, it's so small I can bairly see it...
 

cgobyd

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#11
If you have the Url for the pic (which is found in the pic's properties) you hit the button "IMG" on the second row of tags. This will cause a separt window to pop up, in which you copy the url into and then hit ok, this will automatically place it in.

To do it manually, you type [-IMG-]PIC URL[-/IMG-], just take out the dash marks.

 

Prince Charon

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#14
Femtedd said:
cgobyd said:
I just love this pic; it's just how I imagined Hermione to look in the fic. :lol:

Minus the ears, of course.
Well, if you look just above her bangs, you'll see the band that appears to be holding the ears on.
 

Femtedd

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#15
TA-DA! I just found another on-topic pic!

...........BUT!!!

The forum won't let me upload it!

"Sorry, dynamic pages in the tags are not allowed"[/b]

!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!???????????????1111111

:mellow:

wathahel does [i]that[/i] meen?!

Oh well, guess It's Avater time agan...sheesh. <_<
 

Femtedd

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#16
............. !

OK, that's interesting; if I change my Avatar the preveose pics all changed to match.

...........What???


........... :mellow:
 

Femtedd

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#17
:help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :unsure!: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help:
 

InternetLOL

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#18
That means they don't want you stealing their bandwidth. Save it and upload it to a host, like Imageshack or Tinypic.
 

Femtedd

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#20
Having taken some time to think on this idea and reading the suggestions of fellow forum goers, I have this to say;

Setting aside the lame story set-up (which I admit was pretty contrived). The core of this fic idea is the desire to see a human being enslaved and dominated by House-Elves. This kind of messed-up role reversal is quite appealing to me. And who better for this role than the very founder of S.P.E.W herself? The epic irony alone is enough to make me quiver with glee.

How this is done is completely up to the author righting it.
 

Garahs

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#22
Sorry for the necro, but does someone know how the house-elves pronounce Hermione's name? I'm working on fleshing this out (filling in plot-holes and all), but not knowing what name Hermione will get stuck with is distracting my muse. (I know it's rediculous that such a minor point is holding me back, but that's how I am.)
 

Femtedd

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#23
Garahs said:
Sorry for the necro, but does someone know how the house-elves pronounce Hermione's name? I'm working on fleshing this out (filling in plot-holes and all), but not knowing what name Hermione will get stuck with is distracting my muse. (I know it's rediculous that such a minor point is holding me back, but that's how I am.)
I always thought "Hermy" or perhaps "Herm-ninny" would work. Best to keep it simple I think.

(Wow, I seriously thought this thread was gone forever...)
 

Jakkun

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#24
I think they could also call her Grangy. At least in reference to being Harry's friend. Such as Harry's Grangy. Hermy or Miney could work too. I don't think I've seen Miney, but it should work for Mione. Plus it would be unique.
 

Seratin

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#25
I remember this idea, you posted it on DLP and they raped it. I actually don't mind it though, it's a guilty pleasure. Would be great if someone would write it.
 
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