Harry Potter: The Golden Viper - Chapter 682 - 0680 Questionings

... ing nothing gloomier than the scent of burning leaves and the distant aroma of butterscotch and cinnamon from Honeydukes.

Harry's unlucky morning encounter with Cedric and Cho had been just an awkward, fleeting moment in what should have been nothing more than another pleasant Hogsmeade weekend —at least that's what Harry had thought at the time. Yet what happened later that day was completely beyond Harry's understanding.

Hermione had almost been killed.

This brutal real ...