It was the sickeningly quick and casual way the group leader dispatched the injured muggle family (as if they were an afterthought) that frightened the bushy haired hero to her magical core. Hermione could see her options of escape shrinking from improbable to impossible as she lay on the cold ground. Her guerrilla battle-tactics honed from years on the run, would not be of any use when she was so outnumbered; disarmed and utterly helpless.