Shouts were already heard coming from multiple corners of the village. As concerned neighbors rushed to what had been the Weasley home, Hermione only had a few moments to hide behind a large hedge in the garden of the house next door. Just by sheer luck she was able to find a hiding place where she could watch the scene unfold. It could be described as nothing less than chaotic. People she'd known quite well over the twenty years that she'd lived in Hogsmeade began a frantic search through the rubble. No one seemed to know whether or not anyone was inside when it happened. It would've been too suspicious if she'd suddenly arrived and announced Ron was there. They would wonder how she knew that. Killing Rita Skeeter in front of a witness was one thing. Committing a terroristic act on the family home of a respected Death Eater with influential connections was another. She'd gotten away with Rita's murder because no one cared. Ron Weasley would be different.