"Morning."
The pancakes were delicious and fluffy! And the bacon… Hermione and Harry didn't know what to make of the crispiness of it but they enjoyed the full meal none the less before Anna was standing up and taking her plate to the sink, along with a coffee mug the kids hadn't noticed until she picked it up.
"You're sure you'll all be fine, Anna?" Dean asked, looking behind at her as she nodded and Hermione and Harry finished their breakfasts. The woman actually looked authoritative as she went to grab the duffle bag that Bobby picked up and passed to her as he wheeled to the sink with the empty plates.
"I know enough, Dean, in case I run into anything." Anna told him as she shouldered the bag, "Just make sure that I don't get followed to England."
"Make sure you check in every now and then, Anna." Dean followed her out, grabbing a plate of pancakes and bacon as they went, "I'd better go see if Sleeping Beauty's awake."
"He was when I woke Harry and Hermione. I think he needs to get out for a bit, Get it out of his system that way as well."
"Easier said than done when he's Lucifer's vessel and I'm supposedly Michael's. And I ain't up for saying yes to that dickwad." Came Dean's mutter. It still carried to the kitchen and caused the two wizards to look at each other confusedly then to Bobby who shook his head. There wasn't an answer from Anna as Bobby set about washing the dishes when Harry got up and went to help him, wanting some answers.
"I wouldn't ask, kiddo." Bobby told him, before a grubby looking tea towel was handed to the boy, before Harry could even open his mouth, "We're kind of in the middle of something big over here and this is the most peace we've had for a couple weeks."
"Something to do with England and what we told you?"
"No. It's more… Heavenly? " Bobby looked at Harry then. The boy looked tired, even after the night's sleep they'd both had and there was a sense of alertness around them both as he wheeled around to look at Hermione as she fiddled about with a silver beaded bag that looked too small to have her arm up to her elbow in as a door shut. Anna came back in soon after with her hair up in a ponytail and the same duffle bag over her shoulder as she stuffed something into a pocket of the bag before looking at them all.
"We ready to go?" Anna asked, aiming her gaze at Harry and Hermione who nodded and stood from the table. Harry looked to Bobby who rolled his eyes quickly and said, "Off with ya, Idjits. And trust Anna."
Both kids nodded slightly as Dean came back through before they were all going outside, Dean and Bobby stopping on the porch, looking out into a massive scrapyard filled with beat up, crunched down and disused cars. A sports looking black car stood parked by a beat-up open-back truck as Harry looked around and then to Anna as she put her hand on each of their shoulders and they disappeared from the courtyard.
Their instant appearance back in England went unnoticed and silent, unlike the usual crack of thunder that Apparition had. Looking around quickly around the alleyway they'd arrived in, Anna relaxed her grip from the shoulders but was still tensed up as if she were ready to run. Five minutes passed before the tenseness seemed to disappear as Harry and Hermione watched.
"Where are we?" Harry dared ask, looking at the woman as they began to walk out of the alleyway and into a bustling city. Anna smiled softly at them before it was revealed that they were in London's centre. Hunching over, the two teens stuck close to Anna and tried to avoid looking into anyone's eyes as Witches and Wizards walked the streets, each talking in hushed whispers before Harry and Hermione each felt a hand on their shoulders before they were led away from the square. Ducking into a lesser busy street, they felt the hands taken away and Anna's voice apologizing before they got the courage to look up at her face.
"You didn't know, Anna. It's okay." Harry told the American who turned to look around where they were and back to them again. Hermione was fiddling with the bag again and pulling out a necklace which she put around her neck and tucked into her shirt.
"Okay, we're in London…" Big Ben's clock chimed nine in the evening as Hermione spoke and looked to Harry who nodded as Anna leant against a wall with her arms folded, but looking interested, "And by the looks of things, we're probably near Charing Cross…"
"'Mione, we're going nowhere near Diagon Alley." Harry interrupted, shaking his head, "We're Undesirables, for Merlin's sake!"
"Harry Potter?" A voice had them all startling and looking to the end of the street, where a lone cloaked man stood, watching the three as Anna joined the two teens as they tensed and stared. The two teenagers seemed to wait for a reaction from the man as Anna quietly and slowly opened her duffelbag and slipped her hand in, grasping hold of a solid, cold handle as the man gawped and slowly approached them. Anna tensed up beside them both and almost pulled out the thing that she was holding before the two teens backed away and grabbed hold of Anna's free hand.
"Wait!" The shout went ignored as they turned tail and began to run, Anna being dragged behind them until she gathered herself and grabbed hold of Hermione, just as the younger woman turned on the spot and they disappeared with a crack, into a woods.
"Wanna start explaining why we ran?" Anna was straight to the point as Hermione went straight to Harry and began fussing over a wound on his arm. The young woman coughed slightly as the feeling of being shoved through a really tight tube passed and she looked to where they'd ended up.
Hmm… I'm not exactly sure where they should end up. I'm trying to keep this as close to the books as possible but with Supernatural involved as well. I know at one point, they end up in the Forest of Dean, should they end up there?
Anyway, I realy need to start revising. I have an exam in a couple of days and need to study. Please do the usual read, like and leave a review...
Hermione Jean Burton
