Hermione and George descended down the stairs, hidden by the Invisibility Cloak. They would then carefully and quietly manoeuvre around the shop until they found the squirrel. It would be taken out immediately after.

They did carefully and quietly manoeuvre around the shop until they found the squirrel.

It was there that the plan went awry.

As they silently approached the squirrel from the side, its head swung around in their direction. Its black eyes stared into theirs, drilling fear into their chests.

George whispered, "Do you get the feeling it can see us?"

At Hermione's nod, his heart dropped into his stomach and immediately began to burn from the acids. Feeling a bit of sweat gather on his forehead, he asked quietly, "What do we do now?"

The squirrel bared its teeth at them and barked loudly. Jumping, Hermione and George recoiled. It scampered forward, toward them.

"Run." Said Hermione, her voice strangled.

And they did— all the way up to the flat, cloak billowing behind them, and unable to see that the squirrel had stopped chase and was nibbling on the rest of George's lunch.