            It wasn’t until twenty minutes later that Hermione’s feet skidded to a stop, her hands jerking up just in time to keep her from crashing into a brick wall the thread disappeared into. Hermione took a shaky step back to observe where she had been led. Apartments loomed up into the sky, the doors to her left and right separated by an unusually wide expanse of windowless brick. With her bottom lip between her teeth, Hermione set her fingers back on the wall’s rough surface.