CHAPTER 2
"They're in, sir" said Draco Malfoy, "The birds have entered the coop. Initiate Operation Capture."
Immediately, 3 dozen men popped out of bushes, houses next door and just plain thin air. Hermione's apartment was quickly surrounded. Draco strode quickly up to the door. "Open up in there!" he shouted.
Silence greeted his words. "Open it" grunted the command to the men.
CRASH
The apartment was empty. "Damn! Where did they go?" Draco fumed.
CRASH!
Hermione winced. "That door was just replaced last week. Now I'm going to have to work overtime for a month to replace it." she whispered, amid more crashes and chaos.
"Shh!" Ron whispered back, "I'm trying to figure out if they are gone."
Hermione fell silent. The apartment was eerily silent. "I'm going out first" Ron said, "Stay here until I get back."
"Damn! We always miss them by just that much," Draco fumed, "You are so incompetent." He suddenly lashed out at the commander of his men.
"Sorry, sir" the commander automatically replied, "We were not prepared."
"Well next time, do exactly as I order, when I order it, or I'll have your head!"
Ron peered cautiously out from behind the door hidden in the back of the pantry. He motioned behind him & Hermione appeared, cautiously exiting the secret room.They walked silently side by side into the kitchen. The chaos was overwhelming; nothing had been spared in the frantic searching.
"You are going to pack your stuff now & we are going to get you out of here" Ron suddenly ordered.
Hermione jumped at the sound of his voice. "OW! She exclaimed, rubbing her suddenly throbbing head. "Why do I have to move?"
"This isn't the first time this has happened right?" he demanded.
Hermione's silence let him know the answer.
"You have 10 minutes" Ron said.
Passage of time
15 minutes later, in a fireplace thousands of miles away from London, a magical fire lit itself & 2 people popped out of it.
"Where are we?" Hermione asked Ron.
"We are at a safe house far from London, England." he replied distracted with their luggage.
"What?" Hermione exclaimed "Where am I? Why am I here?"
"You will find out in time" Ron answered, mysteriously.
