2. Before dawn

The dinning hall was full. Chat cheerfully filled the room and even the professors weren't that cranky as usual.

Only one person noticed an empty seat. And that person wasn't listening to his friends at all. That person was a shaky pile of nerves, remorse, worries. And no one even noticed.

Dumbledore finally showed up, his long blue cloak kind of slowly followed his steps. He reached his seat and turned to the students. They all either saw or felt his deadly serious face, and in a second they froze.

He started in a deep voice they haven't heard before.

«Early this morning, before dawn. A tragical thing happened. First of a kind in Hogwarts, a thing no one saw coming and no one was able to stop. This morning. One of our students commited a suicide.»

It was the longest, most horrifiying moment in their lives. Anouncement that banged them worse than You-Know-Who's forbidden curse might have. A long and honest sigh was heard from many lips that didn't froze at the news.

«.I am broken to tell you. That one of our best students. Jumped from the highest tower in the castle. The one I strictly warned to be kept a secret. The cursed one. I have to tell you. The student was Ron Weasley.»

The first second, they froze. The whole dinning whole froze in horror. It was the worst thing the Gryfinodorrs have ever heard, in their whole lives, and they had no time to react. Because the next second, a petrified, long scream teared the air.

Draco jumped up, not caring a bit for his fallen chair. This wasn't happening. This wasn't happening. He didn't even realise he screamed like the death itself. This wasn't happening. Not him. Not him, not him, NOT HIM!!!!

He felt someone's arms around him, and a soft voice trying to calm him down. He pushed Blaise away and ran out of the hall, followed by what seemed to him like million daggers thrown at him.

Indeed, it was one more shock for Hogwarts.
A/N I know, I know, short. But if I get enough reviews, you're gonna get a waaaay bigger chap next time!!! And I know Ron wasn't really a good student, God forbidd one of the best, but play along with me :).