𝓖𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻.

Hᴇʀᴍɪᴏɴᴇ Gʀᴀɴɢᴇʀ ɪɴᴅᴇᴘᴇɴᴅᴇɴᴛ ᴘᴏʀᴛʀᴀʏᴀʟ Pᴏsᴛ-ᴡᴀʀ | Dᴇᴘᴀʀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏғ Mᴀɢɪᴄᴀʟ Lᴀᴡ Sʜɪᴘs ᴏɴ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪsᴛʀʏ

carry alone. And by then... the question is no longer whether the decision was right. But whether it was ever hers to make at all.

disruption, the pain of it. It is a belief she can no longer maintain. Because the truth, she has come to understand, does not lessen with time. It settles. It roots itself in the lives of others, shaping them quietly, irrevocably; until one day, it is no longer hers to --

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒 Hermione Granger has always trusted in her ability to make the right decision. Not the easiest one, nor the most comfortable, but the correct one. The one that, when examined from every possible angle, would yield the --

@thelionseeker eyeing the bag as though it might start producing a sofa next. "Right, right. On it. Just saying... good thing one of us thinks ahead." Hermione didn't look up, but Harry would be able to see the the faintest pink touch her ears. "Well," she said briskly, "someone has to."

@thelionseeker mostly, and began setting up the ward stakes around the area with crisp precision. "If you two could stop gawping and maybe help, that would be wonderful. Once the perimeter is secure, we can get out of this rain and dry off before we freeze." Ron moved to her side, still --

Bound by Fate: The Hunt for Horcruxes. @thelionseeker Hermione sat cross-legged on the worn sofa in the drawing room of Grimmauld Place, her fingers absently tracing the spine of a dusty tome in her lap. The heavy curtains were drawn tightly shut, blocking out any hint of --

@thelionseeker of them disapparated, just as a jet of green light shot through the space where they had been standing a split second earlier.

@thelionseeker Another burst of spells erupted from below, furious shouting, scrambling boots, but the three of them had already drawn close, wands raised, breaths aligned. Ron grit his teeth. "On three... two... one..." Hermione cut in, "three!" And with a resounding CRACK! The three --