They said their farewells on the ground floor. Hermione headed to the floo bank, and Percy was on his way to the cafeteria. Hermione flooed to the Leaky Cauldron to meet Luna. She ordered a butterbeer and perched on a stool at the end of the bar in a shadowed corner. Habits of constant vigilance ingrained in her caused her to sit facing into the room with her back to the wall. She sipped her drink watching the crowds move through the pub to the Alley's entrance. A young girl caught her attention. She followed her mother sucking her thumb. The lapse of attention to her left allowed her to be startled when a male voice spoke her name. "Hermione!" She jumped and whirled on the stool. For the second time that day, a freckled ginger greeted her. This time with tears and hugs. "You're alive, thank Godric."