Before long, she arrived at Serefina’s castle, the gates opening for her return.  Hermione gilded through the entrance, the magnificence of the structure still awe inspiring with large stone columns lined in a row leading up to a grand staircase. Beautiful as it appeared, its halls were desolate and empty; never again to be enjoyed by the eyes of its forebears. Instead it stood to epitomize Serefina’s victory over the late King Triton. 