"Dawdling is never a good habit."
In the entrance hall, Moody turned his magical eye toward Ron, clearly displeased with his tardiness.
"Wasn't Albert supposed to teach us the Fiendfyre Curse today?"
Ron pulled a pocket watch from inside his cloak, checked the time, and muttered, "Besides, there are still ten minutes until the agreed time. That guy's always punctual, so why are we going early?"
"To make sure the area is safe beforehand, of course." Moody seemed to have heard Ron's complaint and suddenly asked, "I recall you want to become an Auror someday, don't you?"
Ron pursed his lips and said nothing more.
He actually wanted to remind Moody that they had all dropped out of school and could no longer meet the academic requirements for Auror recruitment, but he saw no point in arguing and chose to keep quiet.
"There aren't any Death Eaters around. Looks like those lot have finally stopped wasting their time." After Sirius Black and Lupin returned, they told everyone about the situation outside. Sirius was delighted that the Dark Wizards who had been watching them all day had finally left.
No one liked being watched all day, even if those people could only wait stupidly outside.
"I think it's because it's pouring out there. No one would be stupid enough to stand in the rain."
Ron pulled up his hood and followed Harry into the curtain of rain ahead.
The six of them quickly joined hands in a circle and Apparated away through the downpour.
When their vision returned and they arrived at their usual Fiendfyre Curse practice site, they found it was still raining there.
The rain just wasn't as heavy as it had been at the shelter.
The sudden arrival of the group drew no concern over the rain above