Treacherous | Hermione Granger Book II

|03| Chapter Three

T H R E E

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Thus, the plan was set fully in motion.

Saffron would be accompanied by Rowan and Rachel into London, whilst Maya stayed in Holyhead, ensuring that they wouldn't be caught. The morning of Wednesday the seventeenth of August, Saffron was found to be shocked when she came to realise that Maya, Rachel and Rowan truly were serious about following through, on what they figured to be a well thought out plan.

It was surreal to see the sort of rebellious streak in all four of them simultaneously. Usually, one of the four would be more grounded, level headed and stern on obeying the rules stringently. However, since all four would be in Hogwarts in a fortnights time, all four were less concerned than they usually would have been in relation to getting in trouble. This time last year none of them would have dared try such a stunt, but with mere weeks left in Squires before an almost year-long hiatus, they dared it.

"Alright, this is it. Let's see if we remember everything perfectly, shall we?"

Maya's tone of voice was fuelled by authority and experience. In being the oldest of the four siblings, she was always the one trying to run their lives. She had agreed to her three younger siblings flooing to London on the condition that they follow the rules they had set in place. Them being that they arrive back no later than three o'clock, as Squire was bound to be home at that point. She was visiting her so-called 'youth witch' that day, a woman who essentially enhanced her appearance magically in an attempt to make her look younger.

The procedure usually took two hours but Squire always went out before or after it, usually to gossip with her friend Josephine, who was the lady's other half. Therefore, the Mitchells had that time frame to operate in. They just had to hope that Squire hadn't decided to go to Diagon Alley on that day of all days.

"We know, back just before three and stay together the whole time," Rachel repeated for what felt like the umpteenth time.

Maya nodded. "As long as the three of you stay together, you should be okay. Oh and remember to---"

"Keep the money for some floo powder in case of an emergency," Rowan finished for her with a nervous grimace. "We know,"

Maya sighed. "I know the three of you know, but I can't pretend that I'm nervous about someone getting hurt. Because if this goes wrong, someones getting hurt,"

"Nothing is going to go wrong," Saffron told her calmly. She completely understood Maya's anxiety but she wished she'd stop voicing it because it was making her feel sick to the stomach about what could go wrong. She had already owled Hermione promising to be there and she didn't plan on letting her down.

"Famous last words," remarked Maya through exhalation of breath. "Come on then, let's just get it over with,"

The three younger Mitchells followed Maya in a line over to the fireplace and watched on anxiously as Maya attempted to pick the lock to the gate that was guarding it. It was seldom used as most wizards just apparated to and from locations. Maya used a sharp hair clip and fiddled with the lock for only five minutes before it sprung open.

After a brief celebratory moment from the four Mitchell siblings, Maya reverted back to her seriousness.

"Okay, Rowan you first,"

Saffron watched on as Rachel and Rowan respectively took a pinch of floo powder, walked into the ever-growing flames and enunciated the name of their desired location. Both had an aura of excited nervousness around them. Those feelings correlated with how Saffron felt. She was eagerly anticipating getting to see her friends again but was dreading having to be on edge whilst with them in the fear of getting caught.