Disclaimer: Since today is opposite day, whatever you recognize, I own. Translation: I own nothing you recognize. I don't even own the computer I'm typing this on, as it is my friend's. The songs in the chapters belong to Evanescence.
Rated R for mentions of abuse and rape. Some of it will be a little bit graphic, but not to the point where you will be totally grossed out, or disturbed.
SS/HG pairing, don't like it, don't read it. Any crap given about the pairing will be copied into the end note of the chapter so everyone can read it. You have just received your warning. Light flame and instructive criticism accepted, as this is only my second ff, and the first one was a One Shot.
Chapter One: Missing
Please, please
forgive me,
But I won't be home again.
Maybe someday you'll
look up,
And, barely conscious, you'll say to no one:
"Isn't
something missing?"
You won't cry for my absence, I know
-
You forgot me long ago.
Am I that unimportant...?
Am I
so insignificant...?
Isn't something missing?
Isn't someone
missing me?
Even though I'm the sacrifice,
You won't try
for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all
alone.
Isn't someone missing me?
Can you stop the fire
Please Please Please
Can you stop the fire
Please Please Please
You can't stop the fire
Please Please Please
You won't say the words
Please Please Please
Please, please
forgive me,
But I won't be home again.
I know what you do to
yourself,
I breathe deep and cry out:
"Isn't something
missing?
Isn't someone missing me?"
Even though I'm
the sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't someone missing me?
And if I bleed,
I'll bleed,
Knowing you don't care.
And if I sleep just to
dream of you
I'll wake without you there,
Isn't something
missing?
Isn't something...
Even though I'm the
sacrifice,
You won't try for me, not now.
Though I'd die to
know you love me,
I'm all alone.
Isn't something
missing?
Isn't someone missing me?
Daily Prophet
Students Still Missing
Four weeks since Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore's triumph over You-Know-Who and his Death Eaters lead four students (Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini and Pansy Parkinson) still to be missing. The country's top aurors are currently working on the case, in hopes of finding the students. No evidence has been found, but no one is giving up. As a valuable Order Member, Miss Granger's abduction was very costly. Misters Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley urge anyone who has information on the abduction of Miss Granger to owl the auror center with their information.
Meanwhile, Kingsley Shacklebolt...
He was tired of this. Everyday the Daily Prophet told the same damn thing: four students, one abducted, since the war. There was no need to announce a play-by-play on the follow-up of the same thing, as no one was closer to making any progress. Maybe if the Minister of Magic stopped wasting his time on getting the same thing published every day and start trying to find the girl, they would be getting somewhere. He didn't even care about Miss Granger, as she was a constant pain in his ass. Yes, Severus Snape despised Granger. Being a Know-It-All didn't help her, as she always had to test his knowledge. He wasn't a Potions Master for nothing. Besides, many witches and wizards died in this war, including Remus Lupin, one of the only people he could call a friend, had died in this war. Yet, everyone was so keen on getting Miss Granger back, when they could be doing better things, like rounding up the remaining Death Eaters. Just when Severus thought that his mission days were over, he was sent on another one. Along with several aurors, Order Members, and The-Boy-Who-Refused-To-Die along with his lapdog, they had to track down the missing students, and bring them back. Couldn't the ministry wait until the end of term when Potter and Weasley graduated, along with all of their friends, and the students go home, which was in less than two months time? No. They couldn't. If those damn aurors could have waited just a little while longer, I would have more time to search, as right now I am tied down with the preparation of Final Exams.
Part of the whole reason why I have to look for Granger is because of Albus and Minerva. They were the ones that originally wanted to start searching right away. Since that Granger chit and all of her Gryffindor self is very close to possibly the two biggest Gryffindor originators since Godric himself, they had to start a search as soon as they heard of her disappearance. Why did Granger have to get herself into this mess? She knew about the precautions she should have taken, yet she ignored them. They were actually stated to her quite clearly that she had to be extremely careful, because she was an important part of the Order.
Flashback
Curses were flying everywhere, as well as bodies as I tried to keep track of Granger, because the Order absolutely could not lose her. I saw her run off into the center of the battlefield which took place right in front of Hogwarts. She was trying to take down three fully trained Death Eaters at once. Damn her Gryffindor bravery! I briefly saw someone transform a mask into a portkey before I had to dodge the Killing Curse. The person, who I automatically assumed was a Death Eater, grabbed her along with two other people. My blood froze then and there. I knew that if we got out of this war, there would be hell to pay.
End Flashback
True to his word, there was a lot of hell to pay. One of their top Order Members was missing, and everything was in total chaos. Maybe tomorrow they would get a step closer. For his sake, he hoped they did.
AN: How was it for an opening chapter? I want constructive criticism, as it will help me with future chapters. Also: I do not have a beta, so I am sorry for any mistakes you see.
I will not be able to update once a week sometimes, so if there is not update on this story for a while, don't worry. I have not given up on it, I am just extremely busy. I promise though, that there will be updates every month, just not every week. I will try to do updates every other week if I can.
