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Chapter 41
"But…the danger's out there not in here!" Hermione yelled, frustrated, at the overhead speaker as if Professor McGonagall could hear her.
"We could make them let us stay inside," Rachelle said with a demonic gleam flickering in her eyes.
"No…It'll be ok…there'll be TONS of people out there…and besides, it would be better if we found Zastrin instead of Zastrin coming and taking us from the castle. He won't expect us to come right now, so maybe we'll catch him off guard," Tiffany suggested.
"Yeah…" Rachelle agreed slowly. "I guess that's true…"
By this time, people were beginning to fill the halls as they evacuated, confused and frightened. With a last look at one another, the four girls turned and made their way out of the castle, feeling as if they had dropped their shields and weapons right before marching into war.
When they were outside, the four friends found Ron, Harry, Matt, and Jonny standing together and walked over to them.
"Rachelle, Tiffany, and Bita just told me th –" Hermione began, but she was cut off by Tiffany tugging quickly on her sleeve. Tiffany shook her head slightly.
"What?" Ron asked when Hermione didn't finish.
"Nothing, I'll tell you when we get back inside. Let's just…stay close to them," Hermione said, looking at The Odds.
"No need, we can take care of ourselves," Rachelle said rather half-heartedly, knowing that Hermione wasn't going to listen.
Sure enough, Hermione didn't even bother arguing any further.
The two trios stood where they were for a while. When it seemed that they weren't going inside any time soon, Tiffany, Hermione, Rachelle, and Harry sat on the ground while Ron and Bita leaned on against a tree.
After a while more, Tiffany said, "They should be letting us in soon…it's been a long time already…"
The others made sounds of agreement…except for Bita and Ron.
Tiffany looked up at where they had been leaning against the tree to ask, "What do you guys think?" when she stopped and gasped. Her eyes grew wide and Rachelle heard her gasp, saw her gaze, and followed it.
"Oh no…" said Rachelle, her eyes growing like Tiffany's had.
"Why does this keep happening?" Tiffany asked angrily. "Never again will I let Bita lean against anything."
Harry and Hermione looked up, too, and saw what Rachelle and Tiffany saw. A tree. Their eyes grew as Rachelle's and Tiffany's had.
"Where'd they go?" Hermione asked, knowing that no one else knew either.
"This can't be good…since when does Hogwarts have portal-trees?" Tiffany said worriedly.
"Never." Hermione said matter-of-factly.
"What do we do?" Rachelle asked.
Tiffany looked at her remaining friends and leaned against the tree. She vanished just as they had at the train station when getting on Platform 9 ¾.
Rachelle stared at the tree for a few moments, managed a weak smile at Harry and Hermione, waved as enthusiastically as possible, and followed Bita, Ron, and Tiffany. Hermione, Matt, Jonny, and Harry were right behind her. Soon, all eight of them were reunited. Unfortunately, they weren't alone…
