ii:After The End
The first of September nineteen ninety one was warm, but the sky was grey- which rather nicely reflected the mood in the small sensible car which belonged to the Granger family. John and Elizabeth Granger were both dentists and their only daughter Hermione had recently learned that she was a witch, which was why they happened to be in the car that warm grey-sky-ed 1st September.
Hermione was going off to her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She sat in the back seat, babbling excitably about her hopes and fears about the new world she was entering. Whilst in the front seat the Drs Granger sat listening to her; torn between sadness that their little girl was going so far away, and joy that she was so looking forward to her new life. This was probably why, in Dr John Granger's mind, they failed to notice the blue Ford Anglia that had suddenly appeared in front of them. Unable to hold in his curse, John swerved the car and proceeded to barge straight into a black cab that had chosen that inopportune moment to be turning onto the street. Hermione screamed in the back and then...
Crack.
"Are you ok sweethear..." Dr Elizabeth turned her head to check on her child and screamed as what appeared to be the branch of a huge tree swung out of nowhere and was just as it was about to crash through the rear windscreen, John slammed his foot down on the accelerator.
And we're going to leave them there. For now...
Next up we're back with Lily and Hazel, and That Snape Boy. In the mean time please feel free to tell me what you think of my revised idea.