Her parents regained conciousness early February, so she used the Hogsmead trip to secretly floo to St. Mungo's.
Tonks, on guard duty, raised a brow...but silently let it pass.
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They wanted to pull her from school.
Of course, they did.
...she almost let them.
It would be cowardly, she knew, but she'd never claimed to be brave.
Still, Hufflepuff or Slytherin she was loyal.
She couldn't leave while her friends were vulnerable.
She had to protect them.
Even if she had to rewrite all the rules of Alchemy to do so.
Wait...rewrite? That's it!