"Are you going to go see him?" Asked Ron with a puzzled tone in his voice.
"I-I don't know. It's a funny thing; I want to see him but then again, I'm afraid to go see him."
"Hermione, just go to see him. What do you got to lose? And if you chicken out, you can go site seeing.
"Russia, here I come."
Hermione and Ron got off the train and said their good byes, which was followed by many hugs and promises of writing, and of course visiting.
Hermione got into her parents car and they drove away in silence. After 30 minutes of no conversation, Hermione spoke.
"Mom? Dad? I was wondering if you would let me go to Russia for one week alone?"
"Why do you want to go to Russia? And most importantly why do you want to go alone?" Asked Hermione's mother.
"I think going away for a week alone might give Hermione an experience of independence." Replied Hermione's father.
"Why don't we discuss this more at home?" Said her mother dejectedly.
The Granger's drove in silence all the way home. Once they reached there clean-cut home, Hermione brought up the subject of Russia again.
"Now honey, why do you want to go to Russia alone? What would you do there?" Asked Mrs. Granger again.
"I want to go to Russia so I can meet a friend. I did a locator spell and found where my friend is. If I still have trouble finding my friend, I can do sight seeing."
"Honey, let her go. It'll do her some good." Said Mr. Granger.
"Fine. I can see I cannot beat this argument. You can go." Mrs. Granger said disappointedly.
Hermione ran to her room and started packing. She wanted to leave immediately. She wanted to see Krum. Hermione spent all night packing and fell asleep over her suitcase.
TWO DAYS LATER
Hermione arrived in Siberia, Russia. The cold, harsh wind blew over her face causing them to redden. Hermione saw the Siberia train station through her slit-like eyes. She bent down picked up her suitcase and started walking to her hotel she would be staying at. She found a hotel that would be for witches and wizards. It was also near a magical town. Hermione walked into the hotel (Freezing Fran's Home) and checked in. Freezing Fran showed Hermione to her room. It was beautiful. Practically everything was made out of ice that wouldn't melt except for the sheets, pillows and the quilt.
After Hermione settled in, she went down stairs and ordered some toast with jam. She went back to her room after eating and put on a warmer sweater. She headed out to explore her new home for a week.
Hermione realized the magical world in Siberia was very much like Hogsmeade. Siberia had a candy Shoppe, like Honeydukes and a joke Shoppe like Zonkos. The magical town also had a bookshop like the one in Diagon Alley. Although Siberia didn't have a Shrieking Shack. Hermione went past the stores hoping to explore more, but as she continued to walk down the aisle of the little magical town, she noticed that the little stores faded off in the distance and there were homes for the magical people of Siberia. Maybe I can find out if Victor lives in one of these homes? Hermione finally gathered the courage to go knock on a door and ask.
Hermione chose a house that looked nice and quaint and rapped on the door. It opened but she saw no one.
"Down here Miss." Said a shrill voice.
Hermione looked down and she saw a house elf holding the door open.
"I was wondering if you know where Mr. Victor Krum lives?"
"I will get my masters Miss." Said the elf.
Hermione waited out in the harsh cold until a kind-looking old couple came to the door.
"Yes Miz?" Said the old man.
"I was hoping you know were Mr. Victor Krum lives?"
"Oh! I know where that nice man lives!" Said the excited old woman; "He lives about four hours from here. Let me zap you a map." With a pop a map appeared out of thin air. "You can take and keep the map deary, we have no use for it anymore."
"Thank you so much."
Hermione practically hopped down the street and ran back to Freezing Fran's Hotel. She opened her hotel door and sat down on the ice desk. She looked closely at the map. In order to see Victor again she would have to take the Underground through Grey City, Icy Ville, and the Last Forest, that would take 4 hours at least. I'll leave tomorrow.
Hermione took out parchment, her quill and inkbottle. On the parchment she wrote:
Dear Ron,
I wanted to tell you that I got to Siberia okay and I got a map leading to Victor's home. I'm excited and anxious. I'll be sure to write more. I wanted to know if you know how Harry is doing? I hope he recovers soon if he hasn't already. I hope you like the gift I got you for you. One is for Harry, please try to give it to him and tell him that I told him I hope he gets better and fast.
With love,
Hermione
Hermione borrowed an owl from Freezing Fran and sent her letter. She then had a small dinner and wrote another letter to her parents telling them she was okay. She then put on her pajamas and crawled into her bed.
NEXT DAY
Hermione woke up and went downstairs for breakfast. She decided to fill up because she didn't know when in those 4 hours she would be able to eat again. After Hermione ate her big breakfast (French toast, waffles, toast and jam and some fruit) she went back to her room and sat for 15 minutes waiting for a response from Ron. She didn't get one, so she decided to start packing. When she was going to put in her pajamas into the suitcase, the fluffy brown owl came back, holding a response from Ron. Hermione eagerly opened it.
Dear Hermione,
Harry is doing better, he is recovering, but isn't fully well. Cho got worse. Her eyes are turning yellow! But Pansy Parkinson is much worse! The Healers at Mungo's are with her constantly. My mum would like to say that she wants you to be safe. I'll write more on the health of the others. I'll be visiting them all soon (of course I'll be in a bubble so I don't breathe in the virus). Best of Luck
Ron
Hermione was happy that Harry was getting better, but she knew if Cho's health didn't improve, Harry would be upset if he found out. Hermione put the letter in her suitcase and continued packing her belongings.
Hermione carried her suitcase down to the lobby and checked out from Freezing Fran's Hotel and she paid 4 Galleons, 3 Sickels, and 2 Knuts. She walked to the Underground Station; luckily the winds didn't blow that harshly.