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"His train back home? What do you mean 'his train back home?" Rhiannon asked Hagrid.
"His train back ter his relatives, o' course," Hagrid said.
"And you're not going to be going with him?" Rhiannon said, her eyes wide.
"Er, well uh..." Hagrid stumbled.
"Do you mean to tell me... that you're about to send this boy alone on an unfamiliar train to who-knows-where?" Rhiannon asked, becoming angry. "Are you crazy?! He's eleven, Hagrid! You can't just send him off on his own like that!"
Harry and Daphne watched this exchange unfold, neither of them really sure what to make of the situation.
"Ma'am, I'm just doin' what I've been instructed ter do," Hagrid said in defense.
"And who is it that 'instructed' you to send a young boy on an unfamiliar train like this?" Rhiannon questioned.
"Look, I don' wish ter be rude, but we really got ter be goin'," Hagrid said tensely.
"No," Rhiannon declared. "I will bring him back to his relatives."
Finally, Harry spoke up for the first time.
"Mrs. Greengrass, it's really no trouble. I can make it back on my own," he said meekly.
"Nonsense," Rhiannon said. "It is only appropriate that you are brought back home in a safe and responsible manner. I don't doubt Mr. Hagrid is a nice guy, but he cannot just send you off into the unknown like this."
Hagrid opened his mouth to argue, but closed it again seconds later. He really wasn't in the mood for any arguments right now and decided that it didn't really matter who brought him home, as long as Harry did make it back.
"Fine. You can take him," he relented. "But first, please let me give him somethin' that he'll need for Hogwarts."
He then approached Harry and gave him what was his ticket for the Hogwarts express. Afterwards, he gently rubbed his head, said his goodbyes and began to walk away.
"Alright then, let's go," Rhiannon declared as she hitched up her purse.
Before Harry could even make a response, he found himself being pulled, along with his luggage, by both Daphne and Rhiannon.
