With Hermione doing the planning, everything always seemed orderly.
This was especially apparent when the new school term began.
Two or three days in advance, Hermione had already made a checklist of everything they needed to bring and checked it carefully. On the night before their return to school, she organized everything against the list.
Then, on the morning they returned to school, all they needed to do was load the things they had already sorted and prepared into the car.
Yes, a car!
Harry and the others were setting out from the Black Mansion, which was quite close to the station. In theory, they could have gone there any way they liked. Moody, however, insisted that these were extraordinary times, and they had to use the safest method and have enough guards.
Harry thought this was rather unnecessary, but everyone else agreed, so he said nothing more.
Sirius had provided the car.
Harry did not know where he had got it, but he was certain this Lincoln had been manufactured within the last year or two.
How many people could a car normally seat?
The standard was probably four or five. A luxury car like a Lincoln could squeeze in six or seven without much trouble.
But even without counting their guards, Harry's group already had six people going to school.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and the Twins.
Five guards were accompanying them: Moody, Sirius, Lupin, Tonks, and Bill. Well, Mrs. Weasley was coming too, but Harry was not quite sure whether she counted as a guard, although he had heard Professor Slughorn say that Mrs. Weasley had been an excellent witch during her school days.
In Harry's impression, however, Mrs. Weasley spent most of her time doing housework, and it was hard to say how much of her