𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃 ━━
✧˖*. | ❝You look wonderful.❞ | ✧˖*.
Sally, a member of the Hex Girls, was completely besotted with Hermione. She loved talking to her and slowly inching her hand toward her hand to intertwine them. She enjoyed being able to...
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Everything seemed fuzzy and slow. Harry and Hermione jumped to their feet and drew their wands. Many people were only realizing that something strange had happened; heads were still turning toward the silver cat as it vanished. Sally and Hermione held eye contact in the deafening silence before somebody screamed. People began running, and time seemed to slow down for Sally and Hermione. Someone passed by in front of Hermione and suddenly, Sally had disappeared.
Harry and Hermione threw themselves into the panicking crowd. Guests were sprinting in all directions; many were Disapparating. The protective enchantments around the Burrow were broken.
"Sally!" Hermione cried. "Sally, where are you?"
As they pushed their way across the dance floor, Harry saw cloaked and masked figures appearing in the crowd.
Remus and Tonks had their wands raised and shouted, "Protego!"
"Sally! Sally!" Hermione called, half sobbing as she and Harry were buffeted by terrified guests.
Harry grabbed her hand to make sure they weren't separated as a streak of light whizzed over their heads. He tugged them through the crowd, trying to find Ron. And when Harry finally found Ron, he grabbed his arm and then they Disapparated.
"Where are we?" Ron asked.
"Sally, I don't know where she is. Oh, God, I - "
"Hermione, where are we?" Ron demanded.
"Uh - Tottenham Court Road," Hermione replied. "Walk - We need to walk. We need to find somewhere for you to change."
Harry did as she asked. They half walked, half ran up the wide dark street thronged with late-night revelers and lined with closed shops, stars twinkling above them. A double-decker bus rumbled by and a group of merry pub-goers ogled them as they passed. Harry and Ron were still wearing dress robes.
"Hermione, we haven't got anything to change into," Ron told her, as a young woman burst into raucous giggles at the sight of him.
"Why didn't I make sure I had the Invisibility Cloak with me?" Harry asked, inwardly cursing his own stupidity. "All last year I kept it on me and - "
"It's okay. I've got the cloak, I've got clothes for both of you," said Hermione. "Just try and act naturally until this will do."
She led them down a side street, then into the shelter of a shadowy alleyway.
