Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all characters belong to JK Rowling.
Prologue
'I'm sorry', she said as she closed the door behind her. Tears sprang to his eyes as he thought about his life without her. He just couldn't imagine it. She had always been there, even when he didn't realise it.
He walked through to the living room and sank down into the couch. As he did so he saw their wedding picture and remembered the joyous occasion that it was. He wished the happiness they had then had lasted.
Glancing at his watch, he realised Ashley was due home from Hogwarts any minute. He wondered how she would take the news that her mother had left them.
Almost on cue, Ashley appeared in the fire place.
'Hi Dad,' she said, as she stepped into the room and collapsed in the nearest chair. 'Where's mum?'
'Ashley, I have some bad news,' he began. Her face fell straightaway.
'She's gone isn't she?'
The look on his face answered the question for her. She burst into tears and he went over and put his arms round her. 'We'll be ok baby,' he whispered softly to her.
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Later that evening, after Ashley had cried herself to sleep, he sat up thinking about her.
'I loved her so much, how could she have gone away like that? I wish I had never gone to Hogwarts. Then I never would have met her. I wish magic didn't exist.'
With that thought an idea came upon him. If he couldn't have her, then what was the point of magic? He might aswell live with the muggles.
He didn't stop to think how his decision would affect Ashley. He just cast a last spell to pack there stuff and then sat down and waited for the morning to come.
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