"Come on," Hermione said, walking uncertainly. "I think it's this way."
"Are you sure?" Harry asked, too, confused. "I thought we were supposed to go that way?"
"What do we do, now?" Hermione bit her lip uncertainly. Harry's fiddling with his hand, they got to hurry. Sirius' in danger! "We can't do much without our wand."
"Bugger," an annoyed voice suddenly heard from the bushes. "Can't they walk slower?"
Hermione's widen eye stares at Harry's green orb, they stare each other in confusion. Whose voice is that?
"Those nasty warriors, if they loner, I would talk to them. Better walk away than they walk to me," the voice continued as if given up and planning to walk away. Muttering words like 'poor woman' and 'likely deserve it.'
Both Gryffindors walks slowly toward the bushes, trying to find out the source of the voice. What they found was unexpected. There's a woman with messy braided red hair and shining blue eyes. She's likely as tall as Tonks, and as fit as Cho. Her locks full of dirt and dust, her face filled with few ashes. The weird thing is, she's using old leather clothes that fit her hair, and on her back, there is a bow and arrows, bringing warrior look on her.
"Better told him the news, hope he won't cries," She sighed, wiping her sweat and walk away. Hermione and Harry stared at each other. Harry in a hopeful eye, and Hermione in worry stare.
"Wait!" Harry called, and stand up, running after the woman. Hermione tried to call him back, but he did not cares. If he's right, this woman can help him out of the forest, and he can save Sirius. Yes, this woman can, something about her told him so. The lady stopped, and with no time, she turns away with a bow in her hand aiming at the boy. Harry stopped, and raised his hand next to his head.
"Who are you?" She asked, with a loud voice, threatening.
"I-I'm Harry," The boy answered with a bit fear in his voice. The woman stares at him, unsure before lowing down her bow a bit. Her face scrunching in confusion, and Hermione walks out behind Harry.
"You both from Hogwarts, aren't you?" The woman asking, more like stating, making the both nod. "What are you doing here, then?"
"We got lost, ma..." Hermione's voice left not continued, since the woman put a finger to her lips, and stares accusingly to a bush. She walks carefully and smiled when finally see what's inside the bush. She let her hand inside, just for bringing out a white rabbit from the bush.
"Finally got it easy," she said and smiled at them. "So, how did you both get lost, again?"
Hello, this is new. It is started at the end of OoTP. Yes, after the Pink Toad is pulled by a herd of Centaurs. Poor woman, likely deserve it anyway.
-Liya-