Hey! This is Willowfairy and Linwe Amandil. Linwe and I have been reading D/Hr fanfics for a long time now, so when she was at my going away party, we decided to write our own. Here we go! Oh, and it does have a sequel..

Disclaimer: We do not own the HP universe. If any of this sounds familiar, we're sorry. We are two sad, sorry human beings who have read two too many D/Hr fanfics. Currently, one of us is frozen up North while the other is beginning to thaw down south. Flames will be used to speed up the thawing process. So, if you have problems it's probably just the ice and snow taking over our already frozen brains. Also, this was dreamed up between 12:10 and 2:30 am, and that might explain a few things. And as Linwe says, if you know us, that explains everything. Happy Reading! ~W + L~

When Your World Falls Apart. Chapter 1: Denial and Confusion

Hermione Granger sat in her Head Girl dormitory thinking about her years at Hogwarts. She pulled out her Hogwarts: A History book from her trunk. Anything to keep her mind off her summer. Maybe not the whole summer, but definitely yesterday, the day before term started. She still didn't believe it had happened. Stuff like that didn't happen to Hermione Granger, Gryffindor Queen, and head of the class. No, that kind of stuff happened to people you don't know, just things you read about in the newspaper. Hermione glanced at her book again. It was upside down. Sighing, she put it away and reached into her trunk. Her hand closed around a jar. She stepped into the hallway and walked down the hall into the bathroom. Grabbing a cup from the sink, she half filled it. She poured some of the liquid from the jar into the cup. Swirling it around, she downed half of it and quietly left the bathroom. Walking back into her room, she closed the door and headed for her bed. Dropping the jar in her trunk, she finished the drink and crawled into bed, welcoming a dreamless sleep.

Draco Malfoy was bewildered. He had been standing just outside of the bathroom and had seen Granger drink whatever was in the jar. Confused, he wandered back to his room. Sitting on the bed, he thought back to the train ride.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I had gone looking for the "Golden Trio" to torture them before they reached the school. It had become tradition. Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy had been especially annoying today, so I had left them in the compartment. Walking down the aisle, I had opened the door to the Dream Teams usual compartment. "Oh look, it's the poor, pathetic Weasel and the Boy-Who-Lived. Where's the mudblood? She get a new boyfriend Potty?" "Get out, Malferret." Potters voice was icy, but still nothing compared to mine. "Awwww, did wiw Potty get his heart broked? So sad." I smirked at him evilly. Potter jumped to his feet, wand in hand. "Watch it, Potter. I know at least 30 ways you could die in 30 seconds." My voice was cold. I glared at him and stepped out of the compartment. I glanced at my watch. Damn, not enough time had passed. I wanted to avoid Pansy as long as possible. She had been bad enough to have around the manor all summer. Moving down the hallway, I listened at doors. Most had voices coming from them. I wanted peace and quiet. I passed a door, but stopped. Listening, I heard nothing, so I slid it open softly. Granger was curled up by the window. Her face was toward it, but something was glinting wetly on her cheeks. I was about to make a rude comment, but somehow stopped myself. I slid the door shut and walked on down the hall. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Thinking about it now, I didn't quite understand I had just left her alone. It was probably the look on her face. One of utter confusion even with a little bit of terror. Shaking my head, I slipped between the covers and fell asleep.

And that is the first chapter. Let us know what you think with a review! Thankz loadz! ~W + L~