Hermione's POV;I was packing my things. I had no idea how long it would take to find my mum and dad, so I wasn't taking any chances in time. I had finished my magical education at Hogwarts, because I figured that I needed to do that before going off to find my parents alone. Ron has been going into fits of chivalry ever since I made this decision, but Harry was incredibly understanding.
"Ron, if she feels she needs to do it alone, then let her," Harry had said, one afternoon. Another fight had broken out between Ron and me again and he, Harry, wanted to keep the peace in the house we were all sharing for the time being. "She's more than capable of handling herself and you know that."
"Yeah but she might be gone for days at a time, mate, I want to no what's going on with her!" Ron cried.
"Ron, I'll be perfectly fine," I said, irritably. I pulled out three golden Galleons out of my pocket... the ones that we had used for the D.A.. "I'll be communicating to you and Harry through these, daily. You won't have to worry about me. If I need your help, I'll contact you. That had put an end to all future arguments, it had seemed.
As I finished packing I heard a knock on my door."Come in," I called. The opened gently and, to my surprise, there was Harry standing there in the doorway. "Oh hi Harry," I said folding a shirt and putting it gently in my suitcase, not looking at him. "Didn't expect you to be coming in here. It's usually always Ron so he could yell at me about my choices."
"Yeah," said Harry, rubbing the back of his neck. Harry had always been awkward when it came to certain things. I wondered what it could be now."Look Hermione, I know you're probably tired of hearing this from Ron, but this the only time I'm gonna say it," he said cautiously, but seriously. "Are you sure you wanna go through with this?"
I turned to him. I understood where he was coming from. He was quite and didn't want to start anything with me whereas Ron wanted to cause a scene. Also he was like a brother to me, so I understood his concern. "Harry," I said quietly, "I need to find my parents before I make any other decisions in my life. Do you understand?"
"Yes, I do," Harry said with a small, understanding smile. With that he turned on his heel and left my room.