Mellie

**Mellie**is a house-elf who, for most of her life worked for the Potter family. She has a daughter, Picksie, who also worked for the family, until they were sent away by James Potter when he and Lily went into hiding with Harry.

## Biography

Mellie was born into servitude for the Potter family. She worked with her mother for a time and then with her daughter. At some point, Euphemia Potter had officially released the House-Elves from the family service, but Mellie and Picksie willingly stayed as servants. When James and Lily had to go into hiding, because they were marked for death by Voldemort, James had to force them to leave when Mellie and Picksie refused to abandon them. Not wanting to split up, the mother and daughter went to Hogwarts and worked there with other house-elves.

Around December, 1994, Mellie, very old by then is bed-ridden and being cared for by Picksie. One night, the house-elf, Dobby, comes to her with three Hogwarts student: Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Harry Potter. She sees Harry and confuses him with his grandfather, Henry Potter, and Harry realizes she and Picksie are his family's former house-elves. Despite being there to ask about the Goblet of Fire, Harry could not resist asking the old house elf about his family. She tells him of how she and Picksie were forced to leave and complains that Harry looks too thin, thinking his parents don't feed him enough without Mellie's guidance. Hermione asks who could enter Harry's name into the Tri-Wizard Tornament, and Mellie goes down a list of families who hated the Potters. She mentions the Black family, who have a house-elf named Kreacher, turning suspicions on Regulus Black.

Some point after the Tri-Wizard Tournament and Voldemort's return, Mellie and Picksie were welcomed back to Styncon Garden to serve the Potters again. With James and Lily back to working with the Order of the Phoenix, sometimes Harry was left at home with the two house elves for company and protection. Returning to work for the Potters gave Mellie a kind of vigor, that was absent in the last few years. While she did not do the heavy house work that Picksie does, she insists on serving morning and afternoon tea to the residence.

Mellie fell ill in the winter of 1996, a year and and a half after returning to Styncon Garden. She passed away the following summer and was buried beneath the willow tree on the grounds of Styncon Garden.

## Personality

Mellie was very stubborn and very determined in her charge as a house-elf. Despite being released, she remained loyal to the Potters, even if she sometimes criticized family members. Her mind had waned in her old age, sometimes forgetting which year it was. However, returning to Potters gave the elderly house-elf a second wind, feeling a little stronger. Perhaps even giving her the will to live for a little while longer before her passing.

While she was sympathetic to house-elves freed of abusive families, she did not think they should be happy to be severed from families of such old, respected names.

## References

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1. ↑ Harry Potter Everyone Lives AU: Goblet of Fire Chapter 21: The House Elf-Liberation Front
2. ↑ Harry Potter Everyone Lives AU: Order of the Phoenix Chapter 1: Lily Demented
3. ↑ The Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 16: A Frosty Christmas
4. ↑ The Deathly Hallows - Chapter 2: In Memoriam