It’d been a way of distraction to come this way—another rash decision made by Hermione in a split second of terror. Running into the forest was a last-minute effort to steer them away from what they were really looking for. But Hermione’s drawn them so far out from the edge of the town they were hiding in, she’s afraid if she even cries out for help, no one will know. It’ll be just her, all alone, and she can try such bad odds only so many times before fate has enough of her. 