<strong>Character</strong>: Hermione Granger (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=181836.msg8706099#msg8706099)<br/><strong>Location</strong>: Shell Cottage<br/><strong>Tagged</strong>: Harry<br/><br/><hr/><br/>She knew what was coming next, even as the couple in front of them relaxed briefly at the sight of them. At least until they noted the one missing from the trio.<br/><br/>Bill's face hardened once again. "The last we heard all three of you had escaped from Gringotts. Where's Ron?"<br/><br/>Hermione bit her lip as the tears threatened to fall again, no longer having to focus on finding a safe place. She swallowed them back and tucked her arms in close. "We got separated and there were death eaters in the area. We waited... until we heard about Hogwarts. Do you know where everyone is? We need to regroup. This can't be how it is any longer. The two of us can't do this on our own. We know how to take him down. We just.... Need help. We need the others." As much as she relied on Harry, that couldn't be how it was anymore. Harry wasn't going to be enough to take down this psychopath, as much as Dumbledore believed that. They weren't going to be allowed to be teenagers any more. Not even the tiny bit of her that held on to the only crush she really had. She tasted copper in her mouth as her lip started bleeding. She released the pressure there, swallowed and continued.<br/><br/>"There's no way we can find Ron on our own. Not without them getting back the Horcrux that we do have, let alone with us finding the remaining ones."