The crystal was the waning, light blue of evening when four city guards appeared at the door. Hermione could see the entrance from where she sat with Draco on a garden bench, flanked by two large bushes, finally having escaped the party. There were a few tense moments of bickering between Marella and a large man with extremely bushy eyebrows, before she stalked off into the garden, returning with Harry trailing behind her, swiftly walking together back to the home, before the group of six left down the front walk.