On the morning of the day of the second task, Albert, who had gotten plenty of sleep, woke up very early. He sat up, leaning halfway against the headboard, and gently stroked Tom, who was angling for breakfast with spoiled cooing. Turning his freshly awakened mind over, he ran through his original plan once more in his mind to ensure there were no fatal loopholes in any of the steps.
Though the likelihood of that was virtually zero, but... well, Albert admitted he was feeling somewhat irritable. Perhaps this was what they called caring so much that one's judgment became clouded.
As far as he knew, Hermione and Ron had already quietly "disappeared" by yesterday afternoon, whereas Fred, George, and Lee Jordan were still lying soundly asleep in their warm beds.
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