Just outside the gates of his family's estate, Draco stopped moving. Hermione didn't know what to do next. Was she supposed to thank him for allowing her to leave? Somehow it didn't exactly feel like a rescue. She couldn't put her finger on it, but something felt off about the whole affair. In an effort to distract her confusing thoughts, she stuck her hand deep into her beaded bag to find the one object that she knew would help her next. Unfortunately, she couldn't find it.