Hermione closed her eyes, as her upright body-tight cage was rolled out of the castle onto the grounds of Hogwarts. The juddering motion of wheels on cobble stone reverberated uncomfortably through the strict confines of her prison, the wide metal bands encircling her body bit into her flesh. Soon the uneven stone pathway made way to open fields, she could hear Dennis struggle to push the handcart that was aiding the transportation of the bondage frame, she could hear his heavy breaths behind her as he struggled to match Umbridge’s unrelenting pace.