Note: I know that my chapters are really short. Sorry, it just looked like a lot more on notebook paper. This one is probably going to be short too, but I promise I'll make them longer.
Chapter 2: Smoke
They left that night. Outside Dumbledore sent Hermione's bags ahead. "We are to meet your caretaker tonight," Dumbledore finally spoke. "You can apparate correct?"Hermione nodded and with a loud crack they were gone.
When Hermione oped her eyes she fond herself in front of what looked like a western style bar. She could see smoke slowly filtering out from above the door. Dumbledore had already made it to the door before she moved.
Once inside Hermione could hardly see through the smoke. Dumbledore leaned down to ask, "Do you see her?" Hermione shook her head no. "There in the back." She followed his eyes to the table in the very back of the bar.
She sat with her back to the door. Hermione could see from the back the she was young. Her hair fell in soft golden curls against her black western style shirt. She had a black cowboy hat which was sipped low so that if you were in front t of her you probably could not see her eyes.
She had sensed Dumbledore as soon as the had apparated outside. Why he believed, he could sneak up on her was beyond her. He knew what she was, but yet he tried every time. She still couldn't understand why she had agreed to this. For some reason Dumbledore thought this would be good for her. He never really understood her, even when she was at Hogwarts. Yes, he had helped when the others ask questions, but he never really understood. The only person that had ever understood in her whole life was gone now. She had loved him so much. Well, now she had to move on this was her life now. She could fell Granger's eyes on her back, and now they began to move to face her.
