Ron and Hermione boarded the Hogwarts Express together. Hermione had been staying with Ron and his family for the last few days of Christmas break, which made it easy for both to get to the train. While the Weasley family entered the platform, the two friends started curiously looking around for the third member of their group. Mrs. Wealsey came last onto platform 9 ¾. "Make sure you look up Harry, dears; good Merlin, I’ve been worried with him not answering your letters. Make sure everything is okay. And bring him this". Molly handed Ron a soft gift, which was clearly one of her knitted sweaters. Mrs. Wealsey had been too scared to send it by owl and wanted to make sure Harry received his Christmas gift nice and intact.They waved their goodbyes and stepped onto the train. "We better pick a compartment; I’m sure Harry will find us." Hermione said this with a lump in her stomach. Something felt weird, she thought. She thought back to the beginning of Christmas break, when Harry was undoubtedly a bit distressed. She hadn’t thought about it at that moment, picturing it as some sort of excitement. Looking back at it, Hermione felt dumb. She was now worried something might've happened to their friend, but decided to talk to Ron instead, hoping Harry would show up any minute to calm her nerves.