DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters or the plots of the original books. I just came up with the plot for this story.

I sat bent over the desk,. my long, red hair falling in my face as I wrote:

Dear Harry,

Where are you? It's late August and we have been unable to reach you all summer. Mum even tried sending you a letter in the mugle post, we still got no response. We're all dreadfully worried. Mum especially. She's always asking Ron and I if we've gotten anything from you, trying to pretend she's not worried, but she is worried, Harry. We're all worried.

I miss you so much. I wish you would write. I hope nothing awful has happened. Are you alright? Oh please write, Harry, please. I can't stand not knowing, At least let me know you're okay. I still love you, but I understand your reasons for breaking up. I always knew you'd go all noble on me.

I won't say much about the Order. Just in case something happens to this letter, I am sending it with pigwidgon, so you never know . All I will say is we're all well, and everyone is very worried about you. Please write soon.

Love always,

Ginny

There. That sounds alright. Just desperate enough, I thought. I addressed the envelope to Harry potter, not knowing anything else about his whereabouts. I would just have to trust pigwidgion on that one, which wasn't always the smartest thing to do, erratic owl that he was.

I got up and walked out of the room in search of Ron. I found him in his bedroom beginning to pack his trunk for school and mumbling to himself about how mum makes him start packing "a whole bloody week" before school starts.

"Ron," I said, interrupting his long string of mumbled complaints

"What, Ginny?" he asked irritably

"Can I borrow pigwidgon?"

"Oh, sure. You can have him for all I care, He's a right pain"

"Thanks, Ron" I said strolling over to get the bird.. Ron grunted a you're welcome to me and resumed his packing and grumbling as I left the room, Pidwidgon in tow.

When I got back to my room I tied the letter to pigwidgon's leg.

"Find Harry for me, Pig, find Harry," I told him as I opened the window.

He chirped determinedly in fierce agreement. I smiled as he flew out the open window.

It was on the day before we left for school that it finally came. A letter from Harry at last! my fingers were shaking as I untied the string that held the letter to pigwidgon's leg. I opened the envelope haphazardly, hands shaking even more violently. I read the letter expectantly, hoping for some simple explanation. One that would mean all the unanswered letters were just a misunderstanding, that Harry was safe and I would see him the next day at Kingscross on platform 9 and 3 quarters. However, that wasn't the case. This is what the letter said:

Dear Ginny,

I have gone to look for the other horcruxes. The other owls couldn't find me for the longest time, but pigwidgon seemed really determined. Passed out as soon as he got here, poor fellow; Be sure to give him some owl treats. I need to do this Ginny, I'm sorry. I wish you could be with me, but I am afraid for your safety. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something happened to you. The same goes for Ron and Hermione. I miss you all terribly. especially you, Ginny

Love,

Harry

Luckily I was in the privacy of my room when I read it because I burst into tears right on the spot. He was gone. I didn't know if I'd ever see him again. I thought of telling Mum, but decided against it. She would be more upset knowing he was off on his own like that and doing such dangerous work than she would be if she wasn't sure of where he was or what he was doing. I wanted to tell Ron I had gotten the letter, but decided to wait until we were on the train, afraid that he might say something to mum and upset her.Yes, I decided, it would be much better if I waited to disc the matter with Ron and Hermione until we were on the train tomorrow.

"Bye Mum! Bye Dad!" I called out as I boarded the Hogwarts Express.

"Bye!" Yelled Ron, Waving, as the train started to pull out of the station

"Goodbye," they called back at us.

"See you at Christmas," Ron added as the train really began to pick up speed. Mum and Dad waved, and so did we. We waved until the train rounded the bend, and they disappeared from our sight.

"Well... I suppose I should go look for Hermione," said Ron, trying to avoid the fact that harry was nowhere to be seen.

"Yeah, I'll come with you" I told him.

" Okay, then let's go"

We found Hermione sitting in a compartment with Neville and Luna.

"Hi Ron!" squealed Hermione, jumping up and hugging him. She turned pink and let go of him quickly."Hi Ginny, Good to see you! Sorry I couldn't come to the burrow this year. we were on Holiday in France all summer. I just got back day before yesterday"

"It's okay, Hermione," said Ron dismissivly, blushing after her hug,"don't worry about it"

"Hi Hermione, good to see you too." I said, giving her a quick hug. "Hi Luna, Hi Neville, how've you been?"

"Just fine, " said Neville, "although I lost all my socks over the summer. Gran was furious. Good thing they were a horrible brown and yellow plaid color that she bought to replace my old white ones" He grinned mischievously.

Ron, Hermione, and I all laughed in a fake way. The horrible, unspoken truth of Harry having disappeared was looming over us, making real happiness impossible.

"I'm fine, in case anyone wanted to know," said Luna in a calm, bored voice. She was holding a copy of the Quibler that had a strange picture of what looked like a pink fluffy werewolf in its wolf form on the cover. She noticed me staring at it and said. " Oh, yes, haven't you heard? the fluferewolves are making a come back in Britain. Pretty soon there will be so many bitten it will be considered an epidemic"

"Oh, that's very interesting, Luna" said Hermione, humoring her.

"I've got something to tell you," I said as I pulled the compartment door closed, deciding that Neville and Luna should be in on it too. After all they had both helped us in the past when we had battled the death eaters.

"What?" came a chorus of four voices, eager to hear what news I might have.

"Is it Harry?" asked Hermione, guessing by the look on my face.

I nodded "I've gotten a letter from him," I told them," Yesterday morning. I didn't want to tell anyone. I was afraid to upset mum. I thought it best that we wait to discuss it in the train." I pulled the letter from my pocket and read it aloud. Hermione looked scared. Ron and Neville both looked worried. Luna had the same calm expression as always.

"Oh no," Hermione managed to squeak

"I should have known," said Ron sadly

"What should we do?" I asked

"I dunno." came three voices at once. The only person who had not spoken since I told them my news was Luna.

"Easy," she said." We go find him" Seeing our blank, incredulant stares, she added, "Well, we can't just let him go get himself killed, can we?

We all knew this was true. We couldn't stay at Hogwarts with Harry off battling voldemort and destroying horcruxes. We would not be able to keep him out of our minds. We wouldn't know if he was dead or alive. We needed to be with him. We needed to help him. Life at Hogwarts without Harry just wouldn't be right.

Slowly one at a time each one of us shook our heads."No, we can't" we each said one after another."We can't just let him go."

"So when do we leave?" I asked, anxious to get started

"We'll meet in the entrance hall at midnight," said Luna, still as calm as ever.

"but we need a plan!" protested Hermione, always the sensible one.

"Don't worry we'll think of something," Luna told her

"Well, alright," said Hermione, grudgingly, "tonight, then"

We all nodded in agreement. The sooner, the better.