They did build a sandcastle after lunch. Naturally, Hermione instructed the boys on how much water was needed and how to build the towers. It was standing quite tall in the end. Draco was laughing and running after them when Ron stole the little flag he had transfigured from a seashell. They tripped over each other and into the water. None of them cared. When Harry came at them from the ocean, dunking them both, he just retaliated, as joyous and carefree as the trio had never seen him. When he joined them in the evening, trousers rolled up and shoes in hand, he looked like every other 17-year-old should during his holidays. Yet when Peverell Hall came into view, he hesitated.