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Chapter 2
Amelia sat back as two of her best aurors stepped into her office.
One was a tall man of african descent, who had a very easygoing personality. That was until you crossed him, or were on the opposite end of his wand. Then he was all business. His name was Kingsley Shacklebolt.
The other was a short woman no taller than five foot five, with a shocking head of bubblegum pink hair - Amelia knew her to have a playful side and liked to live life to the full and was a bit of a klutz, due to her metamorphmagus abilities. This was Nymphadora 'Don't-Call-me-that' Tonks.
Once the two were stood opposite her she waved them to sit down before she spoke.
"Okay you two, I know you're a part of Dumbledore's Order of The Phoenix. Unfortunately I can't have aurors reporting to someone else. So I'm asking you two now, can I count on you?"
Tonks immediately surprised Amelia by holding her wand up before she spoke.
"I Nymphadora Tonks do swear on my life and magic, that I am loyal to Amelia Bones ahead of the Order of The Phoenix. So Be It" With that oath the auror glowed for a second before casting her patronus.
Shacklebolt less than a second after Tonk's patronus had faded made the same vow before conjuring his own patronus.
These actions surprised Amelia more than anything else, as they had said they were loyal to her and not to the ministry.
Nodding she flicked her wand towards the door activating the privacy wards about her office before she turned to the two aurors.
"I have just recently come into some information that makes it crucial that Harry Potter is given twenty four hour protection detail. You are not to allow any of the order or Dumbledore near Harry. I will explain on the way."
Briefing given she got up from her desk and dropped the privacy charm and led her two shocked aurors out, spotting an annoyed looking Dumbledore further down the corridor making his way towards her.
Unfortunately she had to go past him to get out the department, let alone the ministry.
"Ah Amelia, I was wondering if I could take a moment of your time?" Dumbledore asked.
Normally Amelia would have stopped to talk to him but after what Katie had told her, he was the last person she wished to speak to.
"I'm sorry Dumbledore, but I'm rather busy right now. I'll owl you when I have a moment free." She moved to step past when he interposed himself in her path before he spoke again.
"I really must insist. Harry potter has dis-" Amelia stopped and sighed before turning to Shacklebolt.
"Auror, what is the penalty for stopping an officer of the DMLE doing their duty?" She asked.
Shaklebolt blinked a moment as he thought before he answered.
"Well if the rules are still the same as when I graduated from the academy, I believe it's 30 day's in a ministry holding cell." Amelia nodded before she spoke again.
"If the Chief Warlock Doesn't move in twenty seconds or continues to block me, I want you to carry that punishment out."
Shacklebolt nodded before Amelia turned around, her own wand now drawn.
"Dumbledore, move." Dumbledore stood trying to talk to her once more.
"I really must insist. Harry Potter has gone miss-" Unknown to Dumbledore he had made the mistake of allowing Shacklebolt within arms reach. He suddenly found himself being spun around and having his arms restrained behind him in magic suppressing cuffs.
"Shacklebolt, Meet us at the twenty four hour coffee shop opposite the visitors entrance." Amelia instructed the auror before he ld Dumbledore away. She was surprised at what had happened but at least this would give her some breathing room to help Harry with the situation he was in.
She indicated for Tonks to follow her as they made their way up to the Improper Use of Magic Office. Knocking on the door she waited until she heard someone call for her to enter.
Going in she waited for the woman behind the desk to acknowledge her before she spoke.
The woman looked up and her eyes widened slightly when she saw who was there.
"Madam Bones, what can I do for you?"
Amelia smiled slightly before she leaned forwards planting her hands on the desk.
You can countersign three Waivers for Underage Magic Use for me, Harry Potter, Katie Bell and Hermione Granger. Today Mrs Hopkirk."
The woman shook her head as she tried to deny the near order.
"I'm sorry, but Harry Potter has already broken the statute twice, I cannot allow th-"
Amelia waved her hand cutting the woman off as she spoke.
"Harry Potter will be allowed that waiver. I'm not asking. When I see him later today I'm lifting the trace off his wand."
The woman behind the desk sighed and nodded as she got up and went to a filing cabinet, coming back with three forms that she quickly signed.
Amelia checked the forms herself to be sure they were what they looked like, before casting a charm to test their legitimacy.
Once everything was confirmed as above board she added her own signature to them before thanking Mafalda and making her way out the office and then the Ministry with Tonks in tow. Now all they had to do was wait for Shacklebolt, go to St. Mungo's and get a team of healers, and then go to the hospital Harry was in.
She looked at her watch and sighed, two in the morning. there were days she hated that the ministry stayed open twenty four hours a day. But on days like today it helped when she was in a rush. now she just needed that coffee.
-o.O.O.o-
Katie and her father were shown to a waiting room as soon as they arrived and left to make themselves comfortable. Once they were sat down with nothing to do but wait, the full impact of what had happened hit Katie.
Slowly tears started to make their descent down her face as she the worry she felt for Harry hit her fully. Slowly her shoulders started to shake with suppressed sobs.
Her father went to get the details of Harry's injuries so he could forward them on to whoever would be in charge of the Dursley's prosecution. When he returned he immediately sat next to Katie, not saying a word just enfolding her in his arms.
This was bad she realised, if her father didn't want to tell her the details she knew that she wouldn't like the details. She sat there trying to keep at least a veneer of calm, knowing that as soon as Hermione arrived she'd want to know everything.
"Daddy?" She asked quietly, her voice breaking on the last syllable.
"Shh, I'll tell you when everyone else gets here." He whispered, his own voice filled with suppressed rage. Katie wiped her eyes as she heard her mobile phone going off.
Picking it up she saw Hermione's name on the display before she answered it.
"Hello Hermione." Trying to keep her voice level.
"Katie, we're at the hospital main entrance - where do we ask to go." Katie closed her eyes as she drew a deep breath, not wanting to say the next few words.
"Critical Care Waiting Room. Harry's still in surgery"
The other end went silent for a moment as she finished before she heard a muffled shout of Hermione's name.
"Hello?" A woman's voice sounded down the phone. "I'm Hermione's mother, Can you tell me where to go, Hermione just fell to the floor in tears here." Katie closed her eyes, wishing she was there for the bookworm. Repeating where they were she waited for the confirmation they knew where they were going before she hung up.
minutes later the door opened and a tall dark haired woman who had a remarkable resemblance to Hermione walked in, holding the door open as a man walked in supporting a crying Hermione. Katie felt her heart go out to the girl, all she wanted to do right then was ease her worries, knowing she couldn't was like a knife to her chest.
She went over to Hermione and gently put her hand on her shoulder, catching her attention.
Hermione looked up to see who it was, and immediately without warning threw herself at the slightly taller girl, wrapping her arms about her before, through her tears, she managed to ask. "Why are we waiting here?"
Katie guided Hermione over to one of the chairs, sitting next to her, still with an arm about her shoulders before she spoke. Trying to keep her own tears at bay so as not to worry Hermione.
"I don't know much, but he was hurt pretty badly. My dad hasn't told me the details yet - he's waiting until everyone gets here."
"wh - who else is coming?" Hermione asked in obvious confusion as she didn't know who else to trust. Katie's answer brought a small smile to her lips, with a matching on Hermione's. "Madam Bones" They both remembered she was one of the few people who stood up for Harry at his mockery of a trial.
They were startled when a doctor walked in still wearing theatre scrubs.
"We've managed to repair one of his lungs so far, but the internal bleedings bad. My colleagues working on the other lung now. It'll be a while before we can work on his other injuries. Is there anyone here who has power of attorney for the lad?"
Katie and Hermione had collapsed into each other when they heard the doctors initial words, at his last statement Hermione started a little before going into her handbag and quickly pulling out a letter she read it before passing it to her father. Mr. Granger looked down to read it, his eyebrows raising in surprise at what was written.
We the guardians for Harry James Potter of Number Four Privet Drive hereby grant permissions to Mr & Mrs. Granger or Mr Bell to act in loco parentis should the need ever arise.
Signed: Vernon Dursley
Petunia Dursley
"Hermione just when were you going to tell us about this?" Mr. Granger asked as he handed the letter over to Jeremy to read, as he did he turned a questioning eyebrow on his own daughter while passing the note on to the doctor.
Hermione looked to the floor blushing.
"It, we - Harry hoped you'd never have to know." Mr. Granger sat down next to Hermione after surreptitiously checking the chair was truly empty and not occupied by an invisible Dobby.
"Hermione, we don't mind that he trusts us this much - but if we knew before we could have probably helped him before all this happened. Now is there anything else we need to know?" Katie who hadn't moved her arm from around the girl felt her shake her head, before leaning into Katie a little more.
"Okay." Mr. Granger said before turning to Jeremy. "Am I right in assuming you're Mr. Bell?" Jeremy nodded and waited as Mr. Granger turned back to the girls.
"Okay, we're going to go and talk to the doctor about what needs to happen next. is there anything we need to know?"
"No amputations!" Katie suddenly blurted out, just as she did Hermione started furiously nodding. Their parents all looked at each other with a small nod before they went to speak to the doctor while Katie and Hermione carried on holding each other.
To Katie it just felt right to hold Hermione like this.
As their parents were talking to the Doctor Katies mobile went off again, she looked at the number finding she didn't recognise it.
"Hello?" she answered with a slight hesitation. "Hello miss Bell? It's Madam Bones." Katie breathed a sigh of relief. "We've arrived and I've brought some staff from St. Mungo's.
"Just a moment. DAD!" Katie called over getting her father's attention waving him over.
She turned back to the phone. "Madam Bones, I'm going to pass you on to my father. We're in the Critical Care Waiting Room." She passed the phone to her father as she whispered to him who she was and who she'd brought with her. He nodded as he took the phone moving closer to the doctor and the Grangers again.
Katie sat back feeling Hermione pull her into a comforting hug this time, and thats when she noticed that the free chair next to her had a slight indent as if someone very small was sat there. looking to Hermione she mouthed the word "Dobby" while nodding towards the 'empty' chair. Hermione's slight smile and nod was all the quidditch chaser needed.
she started as the door opened and Madam Bones walked in with two aurors and Madam Pomfrey. When the two aurors walked in she felt Hermione tense and a slight tightening around her eyes that only someone who really knew Hermione could tell, she didn't trust those two.
When she saw the healer though her shoulders relaxed marginally. Both Katie and Hermione had heard Madam Pomfrey going hammer and tongue against the headmaster for Harry in the past. They hadn't understood why at the time but now they had a fair guess. Harry's home life.
Within moments Madam Pomfrey had been 'confirmed' as Harry's Private Physician and was taken by the doctor to the theatre as everyone else took a seat. Katie looked about to check there were no camera's about before she spoke.
"Okay Dobby it's safe" The moment she finished Dobby made himself visible, his own face full of worry.
She saw Madam Bones's eyebrow raise but the look both she and Hermione shot her warned her not to say anything untoward about Dobby being there. The woman nodded before she spoke.
"Okay, first off - for those in the know, whatever gets said or happens here will not be going back to the order. These two have sworn oaths to me that their loyalty to me is above that of the order."
Seeing both Hermione and Katie showing obvious signs of relief all the parent's turned a questioning glance towards them before Jeremy spoke.
"Katie, this wouldn't happen to be anything to do with where you stayed a couple of weeks last summer and the summer before would it?" Katie could feel the guilty expression on her face giving her father all the answer he needed.
"Right." Was all he said, but the overtones were that of 'I expect an explanation later' making Katie wince.
Amelia sat forwards catching everyone's attention before she spoke up.
"Okay, now will someone please tell me what the hell happened?"
After a nod from her father Katie started to explain, taking out the letter she'd wrote to Harry initially, with his short message on the bottom.
When she got to the bit about arriving at Harry's house she pointed to her father.
He carried on to explain the state they'd found Harry in and how the Dursleys were now in custody and that they'd rushed Harry to hospital.
"... Once he was taken to theatre I waited for a bit before getting his list of injuries for our records." He closed his eyes and drew a deep breath before he sighed and continued.
"All of his ribs were broken, both arms and legs, multiple fractures. some breaking the skin.
But what's worse is the internal damage. Both his lungs had been pierced, along with his spleen and liver. They think an artery had gotten nicked as well with all the internal bleeding - they've had to give him a continuous blood transfusion just to keep him alive on the table." He finished with a sigh as he sat back running his hand through his hair as Mr. Granger carried on.
"From what the doctor told us, they've managed to stabilise him now and repair some of the damage, but they expect him to be on the table a few hours yet. On top of which, I sometimes work at this hospital and will be going in myself to work on him later - His jaw has been broken, and hes lost at least three teeth - trouble is with how they broke, there's likely pieces remaining in the gum."
By the time the two had finished Katie was sat there horrified at the amount of damage that had been done, tears running unchecked down her face, she could feel Hermione crying into her shoulder with all that had happened.
She looked to Madam Bones and tried to speak a couple of times before she got her voice working.
"This . . . this h - happened at t - the place Dumbledore forced him to g - go. I - it was s - safest for him." She turned a glaring eye on the two aurors that had help imprison him there. She didn't care about the tears running down Tonks's face or the stony expression of Shaklebolt as she lashed out.
"Are you happy now?! He begged you lot not to send him back after the tournament for fucks sake! NOW LOOK WHAT YOU LET HAPPEN!" Her magic was rolling off her body in fury as the lights started flickering.
By the time she finished she had stood up, the only thing that stopped her from going over and hitting them was Hermione's hand in hers.
"I hope you're happy with how safe you've kept him." She finished collapsing to the floor with harsh sobs, not noticing when a pair of arms encircled her.
-o.O.O.o-
Hermione watched as Katie lost her temper with those who had helped keep Harry in a place where this would happen. As Katie collapsed to the floor she knelt down beside the distraught witch, pulling her into a comforting embrace as she glared at Tonks.
"Now do you believe they are really that bad? Or do you need Dumbledore to confirm it still?" Hermione growled out. Neither her parents nor Katie's father tried to stop the girls words, their expressions plainly stated they agreed with them.
"We didn't know." Tonks mumbled out.
"That's because you didn't want to see the truth. You would have had to have seen how they treated him when you were guarding him!"
Hermione saw how her words were hitting the mark as she finished her worry fuelled rant.
"If he d-dies I b-b- blame y-ou!"
With those final words she collapsed against Katie, comforting the girl,even as she drew comfort from her. Dobby had moved to join them on the floor wrapping an arm about them both. He wasn't able to do much, but Hermione drew comfort from the attampt all the same.
-o.O.O.o-
Katie was lost to her world of emotions, her mind tumbling, cycling through rage, worry and fear. The only constant she had was the soft arms wrapped about her, Hermione's arms.
She homed in on that feeling, allowing it to bring her world back into balance as she calmed herself down.
Slowly opening her tear-filled eyes she realised she was still on the floor, Hermione wrapping her arms about the girl. Katie had held tight to one of those arms as she had been pulled in tight against Hermione. It was with some shock she recognised the arm of Dobby holding her too.
Her ears finally managed to process sound as she heard the words.
"... So as of now, you two are on full protection detail. No-one Harry Potter, Katie Bell or Hermione Granger want near them is allowed. That goes for Lucius Malfoy's spawn right to Dumbledore himself. Is that clear."
Carefully Katie pulled away as not to startle Hermione or Dobby and managed to get back up off the floor and sat back in her chair with Hermione next to her.
Dobby clicked his fingers and a little box of tissues appeared in her lap as she smiled her thanks at him.
"Now Miss Bell, Miss Granger." Madam Bones addressed them. "I have decided that due to the unhealthy interest multiple parties seem to have in Mr Potter, that it is just to dangerous to have him stay at the house you found him at." Katie looked towards the head of the DMLE with an expression that was quite plain for all to understand, it screamed 'Hell of an understatement.'
Madam Bones smiled a little before she continued.
"Furthermore it is well known that you two are Harry's best friends and have been for years, I have decided that you three need a constant auror presence for the foreseeable future to watch out for you."
Katie was starting to get a little worried now, did this mean that they were going to have to go into hiding? were they going to have to change their names? what was happening? It didn't help that Madam Bones had gone quiet a moment before she continued.
"This effectively means that wherever you go either Auror Tonks or Shaklebolt will be following. Unfortunately I can only spare two of my staff at the moment so we're going to have to arrange a place for you all to stay." She finished looking to the parents.
Jeremy cleared his throat before he spoke.
"That's okay, I may only be a policeman, but I struck it lucky on the lottery a few years ago, I've got plenty of room to put up a few extra guests, the Grangers are welcome to join us."
Hermione looked up as he finished, Katie couldn't hide the hope in her own face that mirrored Hermione's.
"Emma don't you dare, crap she is - three ladies with puppy-dog eyes? Aw hell, sure." Mr. Granger said as he finished trying to avoid his wife's hopeful gaze, and failed."
Hermione shot from Katies side and into her father, Katie was sure she heard a couple of ribs creak.
Just at that moment the door opened and a nurse stepped in.
"Excuse me Dr. Granger. The theatre said you'd want to study these. They think they'll be ready for you to join them in a couple of hours." Mr. Granger let go of Hermione and took the file off the nurse thanking her.
Once she'd left he turned to the magicals in the room and spoke.
"Any chance you can make a portion of this wall backlit? i need it to see these x-rays properly."
Madam Bones smiled when she saw Hermione's arm nearly shoot up as if to answer a question.
"We don't but I'm sure your daughter knows how, and would find these useful right about now." She finished passing a piece of parchment over.
Katie saw Hermione's eyes widen as she read them before passing one to her.
Katie looked down to read and her mouth dropped open with what she was reading.
She, and presumably Harry and Hermione, had an exemption to the Restriction for Underage Sorcery. Hermione sat next to her confirming her suspicions when she saw the same exemptions in Harry and Hermione's names.
Hermione had turned to look at the wall behind her with a thoughtful frown on her face. Katie realised she was considering how to light it up enough.
"Hermione, what about four everlight Charms. . ." Katie started.
"combined with a sticking charm . . ." Hermione mumbled.
"in 12 inch square formation." Katie finished standing up and helping Hermione up, ignoring the warmth it sent through her when she held Hermione's hand.
They both drew their wands, having them in wrist holsters that were presents from Harry, that came with the condition they always had their wands on them.
Katie started by applying a sticking charm to the wall as Hermione sent the four lights from her wand.
When they had finished they looked at the wall that was a peach colour and Hermione shook her head and nodded to Katie. "You're better at the colour charms than me." Hermione told her. Katie just nodded and waved her wand in an arc, changing the wall from peach to brilliant white.
They moved away to let Hermione's parents step up pulling the x-rays out the file.
"The sticking charm means you won't have to hold them against the wall dad, they'll stay there on their own." Mr. Granger nodded as he put the xrays on the wall.
What Katie saw horrified her.
The lower jaw was fractured it two places and broken in a third. multiple lower teeth were broken and loose. How Hermione's father was just looking at this and nodding as if it was a simple tooth extraction she didn't know. He turned to Madam Bones before he spoke.
"I can remove most of the damage and set his jaw, but from what Hermione says you can vanish and regrow bones?" Madam Bones nodded.
"Ok, what I'll do is a temporary wire-up to keep from any more damage being done and then once he's in the clear have him transferred to the magical hospital and have them finish the job. Emma, you ok to assist?" He finished turning to his wife who was studying the X-Ray herself.
Emma nodded before turning to the two girls.
"If they're getting us ready that means he's out of danger." Turning to her husband she carried on.
"I suppose if they're going to 'send for us' soon we may as well start heading there now."
Mr. Granger nodded before he gave his daughter a quick hug. "We'll make sure he's okay."
Hermione had a couple more tears fall; Katie fully understood why, they could be told time again he would be okay, but she just wanted, no needed to see him for herself.
She heard another little sniff and looked to see Dobby holding his ears tight as he worried.
Sitting down next to him she pulled the usually hyper elf onto her lap and whispered to him.
"It's okay Dobby, Harry will be okay."
Hermione rejoined them where they were sat after cancelling the charms on the wall after her parents pulled the X-Ray's down. Jeremy sat the other side of Katie before he spoke to Madam Bones.
"Ma'am, with the danger you seem to think Harry's in, do we need to organise Police protection as well do you think?" Amelia got a thoughtful look on her face as the Aurors faces looked hopeful at this idea.
Nodding Amelia answered with a smile.
"As long as the officers you use are aware of the Magical World then that shouldn't be a problem." Jeremy nodded.
"Since Katie started Hogwarts I've made some discreet enquiries within the force, I can guarantee I know four squibs alone who are trained in the use of firearms." Amelia nodded.
"Okay, if you can get them in on the detail I think that'll work until they go back to Hogwarts at least.
Jeremy nodded as he looked to his watch.
"Damn, I'm glad I'm supposed to be a day off today." He looked to the Auror's once more before he had a thoughtful expression on his face.
"We know as soon as they've finished here, they're moving Harry to St. Mungo's to finish his treatment. How about we all go back to mine now so you two" He indicated the two Aurors on protection detail. "Know where it is and one of you can bring the grangers straight there?"
"Uh, Mr. Bell, my parent's drove here? I can't exactly shrink their car in the car park - the security camera's would notice something like that." Hermione said quietly.
"That's okay" Tonks said suddenly. "I can bring one of them back here first, we'll drive to a secluded spot and then shrink the car." She finished with a smile.
Hermione nodded. "Okay, and you two definitely won't report back to the order where Harry is or who he's with?" Tonks shook her head before she answered.
"Nah, I promise. Besides he's practically family ain't he. Sirius being his godfather" Hermione didn't realise when she'd done it but somehow using one arm to keep Dobby stable her other arm had gone about the petite girl's shoulders next to her.
She had to fight not to suddenly remove her arm, as she knew if Hermione hadn't wanted it there she would have shrugged it off earlier.
Dobby looked up to Katie from his perch on her knee before he spoke up.
"Yous wants Dobby helpings yous look after Harry too?" Katie smiled at him as she spoke.
"If it won't get you in trouble Dobby." Dobby shook his head rapidly.
"Oh noes misses bell. Dobby is a free-elf so's has own choice. Dobby chooses too looks after mister Harry Potter Sir untill Dobby's magics runs out!" With that he popped away.
Katie noticed the slight frown on Amelia's face and asked her what the problem was.
"How long has that elf been free?" Hermione looked indgnant at the question and nearly shouted her answer.
"He threw off his slavery back when Harry was in his second year!" Amelia sat back and sighed.
"Hermione, I'm going to let that slavery comment slide. Just. This. Once. As a muggleborn unless you'd bothered to research it - which with who you are I'm surprised you haven't, the bond isn't slavery. It's mutually serving. Elves help us to look after our homes and selves, and in return, they get to keep their magic. Without the bond, their magic drains. most Elves last only two or three years after that, then they die." Hermione's face at this point looked horrified.
"You mean when I stopped Harry from bonding Dobby. . ." Amelia nodded.
"That's why we have trouble between Purebloods and Muggleborns, you rushed head first thinking they were enslaved from the treatment of one elf I'm guessing. Had you bothered to looke House elves up in a book." Amelia didn't say it harshly or unkindly, but the rebuke was there all the same.
Katie felt Hermione deflate at the words, tightening her arm around the girl she spoke.
"Hey, as soon as Harry's better we'll explain things to him. You know he's wanted to do this for Dobby for years. It's only because he didn't want to upset you he hasn't." Hermione nodded her head, still a little downcast expression on her face as she leaned in to Katie.
-o.O.O.o-
Hermione wasn't sure what to think anymore. Normally she researched everything to do with a subject, yet this time as soon as she'd heard Dobby's story she went off on a one woman crusade. Time again someone had tried to dissuade her, tell her to read up on why it was a bad idea to 'free' the elves but she'd ignored them all.
It had taken the head of the Aurors to break through to her. Now she understood as well why the elf Winky had been so upset at the world cup. In effect Barty Crouch had just sentenced the little elf to death for using a wand, when elves couldn't even manage to get a spark from them!
She leaned in towards Katie glad of the girls presence there, throughout the night she'd helped her and even now with her arm about Hermione's shoulders she was supporting the girl.
"Okay, as soon as Harry's well enough I'll ask him to help Dobby, but what about Winky?"
Katie's face showed immediate understanding having been there with them at the world cup.
"Madam Bones, what are the rules about elves working and living in a muggle residence?" Amelia looked to her with a small smile.
The only rule is that if you have non magicals around who do not know about the magic world, then to keep the Statute of Secrecy. Other than that there are no rules.
Katie nodded and Hermione understood what was happening.
As soon as they got back to Katie's later the chaser was probably going to call for Winky and bond with her.
"Okay, I think I'm finished here for now. I'll see you in a week." Amelia got up from where she was sat and nodded towards them before she disapparated.
"Well, how about we go back to your place and wait for news?" Tonks said as Kingsley nodded.
"Let me just leave a message for the Grangers so they can call us when they're ready to leave and we'll go." Jeremy said as he left the room.
Hermione felt Katie's weight on her increase and looked to see the girl was half asleep.
She gently poked her in the side startling her.
"Come on Katie, we're heading back to yours." Katie nodded and let out a cute yawn Hermione thought as she got up and pulled Katie to her feet.
As soon as Katies father came back they left the room and made their way out the hospital to the car.
Only half an hour later they were back at one of the biggest houses Hermione had ever seen. She watched as Tonks levitated the unconscious Katie out the car and followed Jeremy in to the house with Shacklebolt coming last.
Hermione sat on the couch in the living room that Jeremy pointed out to them intending to just close her eyes for a moment, not realising that sleep had staked its claim on her as well, before long she too was asleep.
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