"Hermione!" The name echoed loudly.
"Damn it!" Lupin muttered, turning toward the group slowly. "They're gone."
The force field vanished.
"What the hell are you playing at?" George accused angrily.
"Excuse me?" Lupin asked suspiciously.
"You let him go!"
"You can't Apparate in this house!"
"Then where'd they go?"
"I don't know. But I sure as hell wasn't trying to help him."
"You were helping him stay alive," Ron excused with bitter resentment.
"No! I was helping you all not go to Azkaban for murder!" Lupin defended himself.
The room fell silent.
"Where did they go?" Ginny whispered their thoughts.