When she got to the table, Hermione said "Good morning"
to her parents, and then reached for the owl. It willingly walked
forwards to the edge of the table.
Hermione wondered who it had come from, as she didn't recognize
this owl, and it was too early for Hogwarts letters. It was also
obvious that it didn't have a copy of the Daily Prophet.
The note was from Fred and George, and it was fairly short.
Dear Hermione,
Please don't be
alarmed if you don't
hear from Harry for
a while.
WWW
This sounds suspicious, she thought. It'd better not be dangerous.
Hermione thought it over as she talked to her parents.
Maybe they taught him to Apparate.
"Yeah, I'm probably going to work on some more homework today,"
she answered.
Or maybe they're flying.
"Mostly Transfiguration and Herbology," she replied.
She was now lost in thought. She couldn't figure out any way possible
that Harry could travel without getting him in serious trouble. She surely
didn't want him to get expelled, or killed, he added as an afterthought.
As Hermione watched the owl pick at the leftovers in her parents' cereal
bowls, she thought: I might as well send a letter back. I want to make
sure they're no doing anything stupid.
After just finishing her cereal, she went back to her room and fished out
parchment and quill.
If you guys don't tell
me what's going on,
I'll just have to find
out for myself.
Hermione
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Orla was now searching everywhere in her house for her pet puffskin, Badger.
As she couldn't let her parents notice that she was home (they didn't know
about the Self-Apparators) she had to be as inconspicuous as possible.
They still thought that she was at the Weasley's.
In the process of tearing apart her bedroom, Orla decided to try the bathroom
next: Badger always loved toilet water and soap.
It was essential that she find him-he held her most treasured possessions.