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Thinking Ahead
End of School Year 6 (One day before Bill's wedding)
Bill's wedding to Fleur was quickly approaching. This was made quite obvious by the
large group of family and friends moving furniture and decorating outside of the Weasley
Burrow.
Ron helped his brothers move some tables around, and Hermione assisted Mrs. Weasley
with hanging decorations.
Hagrid and Professor McGonagall arrived, followed by Lupin and Tonks.
"Hagrid, Professor Lupin; how about you relieve me of my table duties," Ron called out.
They came over and took Ron's place.
"Thanks guys," Ron said, walking off, far into the field.
Hermione saw Ron leave and called out to Ginny. Ginny came over and took Hermione's
spot helping Mrs. Weasley.
Hermione followed Ron into the field and found him sitting under a very big tree. She
could tell that he wasn't exactly in a very chatty mood, so she decided to just sit with
him.
"I'm worried," Ron said, out of the blue.
"I know," Hermione said.
"Am I that obvious?"
"No, I just know you pretty well. I'm worried too. We've got a whole lot of danger in
front of us."
"Searching for Horcruxes with Harry, fighting a war, the possibility of dying or killing
someone; yeah there's quite a bit of danger waiting for us, isn't there?" Ron asked.
"War and death. Did you ever think you would be part of something like that way back in
our first year of Hogwarts?" Hermione asked with a sad smile.
"No… Remember our friend Fluffy? That seems like a piece of cake now, compared to
what we're up against."
Hermione let out a small laugh.
"You, me, and Harry. We're the Golden Trio, remember? We'll make it through this
war," she said, trying to sound confident.
"If it came right down to it Hermione, could you kill if you had to?" Ron asked.
"Yes. If someone went after my family, Harry or you, I could. What about you?"
"It's not something I like to think about, but I could do it. If someone was trying to hurt
my family, you or Harry, I could definitely do it."
"Speaking of Harry, we're going to have to get him in a few hours," Hermione said.
"Do you think my family, McGonagall, Hagrid, Tonks, and Lupin, are really going to let
us pick Harry up on our own.?"
"They're going to have to. Soon enough, it's going to be just me, you and Harry,
anyways. They can't come with us to search for the Horcruxes. They might as well just
let us get out on our own."
"Yeah."
"We've still got a few hours before we leave. Let's just relax a bit, while we still have the
chance. I have a feeling that as soon as your brother's wedding is over, the word relax
will no longer be part of our vocabulary."
Ron laughed. "This isn't exactly the comfiest place."
"Accio pillows," Hermione said. Two pillows appeared in Hermione's hands.
She handed one of them to Ron, and put the other one behind her head, against the tree.
Ron did the same, and both he and Hermione just sat in the shade, in comfortable quiet
for the next two hours.