It felt like being torn asunder, and then put back together again through magic; like a long form of Apparition, except it hurts so much to take the first breath on landing that she half-fears she splinched herself.
She dislodges from the embrace, quick and alert, dread sinking into the pit of her stomach as she takes in her surroundings and how very much not Hogwarts they are.
"Oh no." She whirls around, looking for any traces of the portal that brought somehow both of them here, panic brewing - nothing, it's gone. "No, no, no, I was - I - "
Hermione comes from close by, and she finally faces Wrathion again. Well. This was one way to not forget him.
"I'm aware." She looks up, to the structure at the top of the pillar. "What the hell is that?"
All things considered - all months of travel and subterfuge and investigation considered, with this misshap on top? - she's earned the right to swear.
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She dislodges from the embrace, quick and alert, dread sinking into the pit of her stomach as she takes in her surroundings and how very much not Hogwarts they are.
"Oh no." She whirls around, looking for any traces of the portal that brought somehow both of them here, panic brewing - nothing, it's gone. "No, no, no, I was - I - "
Hermione comes from close by, and she finally faces Wrathion again. Well. This was one way to not forget him.
"I'm aware." She looks up, to the structure at the top of the pillar. "What the hell is that?"
All things considered - all months of travel and subterfuge and investigation considered, with this misshap on top? - she's earned the right to swear.