Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters etc. I'm only borrowing them.
Author note: I need reviews if you want me to continue the story. This is my first so be gentle. I would like suggestions also.
/thoughts \
"speech"
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The wizarding world was in panic. For the Boy who lived had disappeared. Why, was the question on most people's mind. Everybody took the news hard and fear and rumours of the dark lord rising started to surface despite the Ministry of Magic's efforts to hide the truth. Ron and Hermione were taking the news the hardest.
Both were silent as they sat in front of the fire in the common room. Not a word was spoken, and the other Gryffindors respected their need to be alone. Harry had been their best friend for five years. None of them could understand why Harry had disappeared, some said that he was caught by death eaters, others say he joined the dark side, but nothing could be proven.
Ron didn't know what to think. Harry had been acting odd lately. More silent and withdrawn. He had thought it was due to the events of the year before, with the death of Cedric, and the rising of the dark lord and everything.
/ I should have known that there was more to it \.
Harry had to do something for Albus a few weeks ago, though they didn't know what, and since he came back he was even more withdrawn. He never showed any emotion anymore. He would disappear between classes, he almost never ate, despite the efforts of Hermione, and he didn't talk back to the Malfoy git.
/We could have tried to help more. Maybe then Harry would have been here, safe with us.\
But he knew it was too late." We should have done something" Hermione murmured. She looked up at Ron her eyes red from crying. Ron was silent and watched the fire burning, deep in thought. Hermione looked down at her hands, knowing that Ron blamed himself for his friend's disappearance. She sighed and was silent again, hot tears burning her cheeks. The fire crackled, the only sound in the room. The warm glow it cast on the two friends did nothing to warm or comfort them.
It was as if a cold wall separated the two from the rest of the world. The coldness were clutching at their hearts and minds. At each day that passed it seemed to get a little colder, feelings began to fade. They became distant from their friends, even each other. Hermoine would spend all her free time reading in the library, a piece of paper and a quill always close at hand. Her grades were still pretty much the same, though she did not volunteer answers as she usually did.
Ron also became quiet and reserved. He would often disappear through the day, never speaking of where he went. Malfoy couldn't even get any reaction from Ron with his taunting and jeers. The famous Weasley temper seemed to have disappeared, leaving only a shell of its former host.
Life had changed much since Harry's disappearance.
