Chapter 20-
Snow was lightly falling on the grounds of Hogwarts that morning. Hermione stood just in front of Ron, her hair slowly becoming whiter. Ron, who was looking around him, smiled with delight.
"It must almost be Christmas" He laughed, still holding on to Ellie.
Hermione, whose mood had not changed to cheery with the sight of snow, sighed. "Ron do hurry!" she wined, grabbing hold of his robes.
"Miony, could you use that counter-curse on Ellie? It's a really pity she should have to miss the snow just because she's fainted!" He asked sweetly, hoping she didn't notice he had called her "Miony".
"If you will carry her AND if it will make you hurry!" Hermione answered, and with a quick flick of her wrist and a tap on faint girls head, Ellie's invisibility melted away. Hermione, realizing Ellie was still floating there, whispered another incantation so that she slowly drifted from levitation into Ron's arms.
With that Hermione turned on her heel and sped off, Ron staggering close behind. After a few moments Ron, other than feeling cold and tired, began to think about where Harry could be. Then he realized Hermione and himself had no idea where to go and what to do.
"Hermione," He finally asked, watching her stop and look at him angrily, "where exactly are we going?"
"Hogsmead." She answered shortly, as if it was obvious.
"Ahhh, and you were planning to tell me this when?"
"When we got there." Then she smiled at him and continued.
"When we got there..." He mumbled, following her still, " when we got there..."
The snow around then began to get thicker, making it harder for them to see. Yet still they trudged on, never stopping. Soon they could see the familiar shops of Hogsmead, nestled in the freshly fallen snow. The closer and closer they got, the more anxious Ron got.
"Ron...?"Said a weak and small voice from below him.
"Oh! Ellie! Your awake!" Ron smiled, looking down at her face.
"Ron...what's...what's going on?" She whispered shutting her eye's slightly.
"Ellie...rest...we'll tell you once we get there..." Ron held her closer, noticing she wasn't even wearing her robes.
"Where...?" She began, but her heavy eyelids fluttered momentarily as she weakened in his arms.
"Hermione!" Ron called, making her stop shortly.
"What?" She replied, turning around and walking back to him.
"Ellie woke up! But I told her to go back to sleep till we get to Hogsmead."
"Good, but Ron if we keep stopping we'll never even GET there!" She said, her breath turning white in the cold.
"Well I just thought you would want to know!" Ron argued, his face turning hot.
"Ron...I'm sorry! Lets just keep going before we get into a fight"
"Fine..." He muttered and continued trekking along in the snow.
Snow was lightly falling on the grounds of Hogwarts that morning. Hermione stood just in front of Ron, her hair slowly becoming whiter. Ron, who was looking around him, smiled with delight.
"It must almost be Christmas" He laughed, still holding on to Ellie.
Hermione, whose mood had not changed to cheery with the sight of snow, sighed. "Ron do hurry!" she wined, grabbing hold of his robes.
"Miony, could you use that counter-curse on Ellie? It's a really pity she should have to miss the snow just because she's fainted!" He asked sweetly, hoping she didn't notice he had called her "Miony".
"If you will carry her AND if it will make you hurry!" Hermione answered, and with a quick flick of her wrist and a tap on faint girls head, Ellie's invisibility melted away. Hermione, realizing Ellie was still floating there, whispered another incantation so that she slowly drifted from levitation into Ron's arms.
With that Hermione turned on her heel and sped off, Ron staggering close behind. After a few moments Ron, other than feeling cold and tired, began to think about where Harry could be. Then he realized Hermione and himself had no idea where to go and what to do.
"Hermione," He finally asked, watching her stop and look at him angrily, "where exactly are we going?"
"Hogsmead." She answered shortly, as if it was obvious.
"Ahhh, and you were planning to tell me this when?"
"When we got there." Then she smiled at him and continued.
"When we got there..." He mumbled, following her still, " when we got there..."
The snow around then began to get thicker, making it harder for them to see. Yet still they trudged on, never stopping. Soon they could see the familiar shops of Hogsmead, nestled in the freshly fallen snow. The closer and closer they got, the more anxious Ron got.
"Ron...?"Said a weak and small voice from below him.
"Oh! Ellie! Your awake!" Ron smiled, looking down at her face.
"Ron...what's...what's going on?" She whispered shutting her eye's slightly.
"Ellie...rest...we'll tell you once we get there..." Ron held her closer, noticing she wasn't even wearing her robes.
"Where...?" She began, but her heavy eyelids fluttered momentarily as she weakened in his arms.
"Hermione!" Ron called, making her stop shortly.
"What?" She replied, turning around and walking back to him.
"Ellie woke up! But I told her to go back to sleep till we get to Hogsmead."
"Good, but Ron if we keep stopping we'll never even GET there!" She said, her breath turning white in the cold.
"Well I just thought you would want to know!" Ron argued, his face turning hot.
"Ron...I'm sorry! Lets just keep going before we get into a fight"
"Fine..." He muttered and continued trekking along in the snow.