The really frustrating thing about the entire business was that Hermione had no idea why someone had issue with her father. She had never seen her captors, either.
She had been taken at night, and she assumed it was magic that had made her sleep, or forget how she had gotten here....and now, this was her world. A large circular room of stone with a single window, which had enchantments so that she could open it for fresh air, but it was no means of escape. As if it could be; she appeared to be hundreds of feet up from the ground below, as well.
It was not uncomfortable. She had a little kitchen, and the tower clearly had magic in every element, as the foods and drinks she desired always appeared. There was a cozy little loft bedroom, a luxurious bathing chamber, and to Hermione's enormous relief there was even bookcases filled with stories. So she was not bored, and not neglected.
She was simply alone. She had only one explanation, a letter that she had found on the first day advising her that the magic would prevent her leaving and not to try, and that she would be safe so long as her father complied. Nothing more threatening than that, and no follow up.
Hermione couldn't really track the time passing. Mornings, evenings, night, all passed, and she watched the wildflowers from the window, wondering what she was waiting for.
And then everything changed with a quite literal crash.
Hermione was at the table, her favorite book of fairytales open but ignored beside a cup of tea that had grown cold, when the glass of the window shattered inward. She leapt her feet with a gasp, staring in amazement at the young woman who straightened up and shook herself off, introducing herself cheerfully.
"O-oh!" Hermione said, blinking rapidly. "I mean, that's wonderful, thank the gods, but--are you alright? Did you cut yourself? The window has enchantments, I can't believe you managed to break it." She inched forward. "Who send you to rescue me? My father? How long have I been imprisoned here?"
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