Leaving for Down Under WHO: Harry and Hermione...supposedly. WHEN: Just before 3 p.m., Friday WHERE: Portkey outside of Hagrid's hut WHAT: Hermione's had enough & is leaving to see her parents; Harry is delusional and thinks she's coming back for more than just NEWTs...and he invites along an unwelcome guest or two.
Hermione was half an hour early to Hagrid's hut, having gotten all of her classwork done, as usual. She was leaning against the cold stone of the structure, trying not to shiver even though she was wearing a relatively warm jacket. Perhaps it was the effort of trying not to think about how completely done she was with this place...
Now all she had to do was hope that Harry would be true to his word. She hadn't wanted him to come along in the first place, but how could she refuse him when he'd called her his family? Hannah was the only one who was supposed to know anything about this, and while it had already started to fray at the edges, she hoped her plan wouldn't go even more to the dogs than it already had.
She glanced at her watch. 2:54. Any time now, she thought.