They needn't have accounted for that extra time, as those golden doors opened almost as soon as Draco took a half-step towards them. He tensed for only a moment before Cecily stepped out of the mansion, a decidedly unfriendly look on her face. If it wasn't for the faint sparkle deep in her eyes, Draco might've just called it quits right then and there. She strode for them, her black robes swirling around her legs, stopping just short of where the ward boundary should be.