Wizarding World Scandal: House Elf Is Actually Cat

Scandal rocked the wizarding world yesterday when news broke that a house elf named Codkey was actually a cat named Teddy.

“It came as quite a shock to us,” said Wendy Cresswell, whose family employed Codkey. “We immediately gave him a scarf to set him free when we found out. Though I guess… was that even necessary if he was a cat all along? I’m so confused.”

Officials at the Ministry of Elf Labor, which oversees house elf work assignments, aren’t sure how the cat was able to slip through their system.

“We thoroughly check every house elf we place,” said Argus Crabbe, a spokesperson for the Ministry. “We employ both archival research-based background checks as well as magical tests. We’ve no idea how Teddy slipped by us.”

Nor is it clear what the cat’s motives were for posing as a house elf. He could not be reached for comment.

Via The Daily Mail, H/T MilkyShaking.