Hermione threw the portkey – an empty can of sardines – on the ground and left it there, not that she was going back to the Manor ever again. She walked up the mounts, and down the courtyard, shivering – not from the cold, but because of what she knew awaited her at Hogwarts. Upon entering the castle Hermione didn’t look around – her face dead with grief, her eyes empty, unseeing. She was caught off guard when Cho appeared around the corner, running towards her.