Note: I do not own 'Harry Potter' but do own Kadence...this is a sequel so please read the prequel to know what's going on...this story is a bit darker than the other one...Hope you enjoy it...

Hermione ran after Kadence but had lost sight of the older witch on the stairs. She went back to the common room to find Harry, Ginny, Neville, and the twins tearing into Ron. He was red with anger.

"She's never done anything to you."

"She saved your life when you didn't wake after breaking the surface during the Second Task last year."

"She saved Cedric's life and stood up to Voldemort," Harry yelled.

"You heard the healers about the broken bones and the residual effects of the Cruciatus curse. She wasn't there for a picnic."

"But she's married!" Ron yelled.

"Maybe she was put under the Imperius curse. She was forced into it, Ron."

An owl tapped at the window and Neville opened it. It flew in and landed on the table. It hooted and dropped something before flying to Hermione.

"That's Kadence's owl," Ginny pointed out.

The all turned to stare at the object it dropped. Ron's mouth dropped open first.

"That's her wand. Why would she get rid of her wand? Where is she? Harry, get the map. We'll find her on the map," he said.

Harry ran to his dorm to get the Marauder's Map but when he activated it, Kadence Towers was not anywhere on it. Hermione grabbed Kadence's wand and ran out of the common room. The others followed.

"Professor McGonagall, Kadence is gone. She ran and then had her owl return her wand."

The woman blanched and fire called the Headmaster. He called the staff to the Great Hall. The seven students went as well, to see what they could do for their friend.

"What happened, Ms. Granger?"

"Ron and her got into a fight and she ran out of the common room. I tried to go after her but couldn't find her. A few minutes after I got back, Ody brought her wand."

"When I was doing my rounds, I found the outer doors opened," Mr. Filch said.

"Albus, you don't think the people who were around earlier got to her," McGonagall said.

"What people?" Harry asked.

"She was followed on her walk from the station."

"By Death Eaters. The wards are still up so she didn't get out and no one got in. Harry, you and the others go back to your dormitory. Severus, you and I will check the forest. Minerva, you and a couple others check out the school."

"Not even a day into the school year and you have managed to lose a student. This will not sit well with the Minister," Dolores Umbridge, the new DADA professor, said.

The staff left the Great Hall and the students didn't know what to do. Harry turned to the others.

"Should we try to find her? There's no reason for giving up her wand."

"Unless she's giving up her magic. Kadence lent me a book once. It was a diary of an American witch during the witch trials during the 17th century. She knew she was going to be discovered so she gave up her wand. In essence, giving up her magic before she…" Hermione trailed off.

"Before she what, Hermione? If it can save Kadence, don't stop," George said.

"The witch killed herself."

"Why the bloody hell would she do that," Ron said.

"Because of what you said. Because of what's happened to her. No one really knows what happened when she was gone."

"We need to find her before she does anything stupid."

They rushed out of the Great Hall and out of the open doors. They all had their wands out, rushing towards the Forbidden Forest.

"Why did she have that book?" Fred asked.

"It was her ancestor's diary. Her paternal great-great-great-aunt's death took the spotlight off the rest of the family. It's because of her sacrifice that Kadence is here."

The seven students took off further into the trees searching for their missing friend.

No one found her that night. As McGonagall headed out to the forest to help Snape and Dumbledore, she found one 4th year, four 5th years, and two 7th years who had been told to go back to Gryffindor tower hours ago. She marched them up to the castle, just as the sun was breaking over the horizon. They escaped with a week's detention each and 50 points taken off.

"Last night, one of our students went missing in the Forbidden Forest. Since the staff is needed to help locate her, classes today are cancelled," Dumbledore announced at breakfast.

Three houses cheered while the entire Gryffindor table was silent. As Dumbledore was about to continue, Snape ran in holding onto a black robe. The two men conversed and the twinkle in the old man's eyes disappeared. He looked over at Harry and his friends.

"Even though classes are cancelled, all students are to return to their dormitories and stay there. Prefects will do rounds and if any student is found outside of their common rooms, detention and points will be taken," he said.

"Who went missing?" a student yelled.

"Kadence Towers. Once breakfast is finished, head to your common rooms."

Draco Malfoy didn't touch his plate. While no one could see it, he twiddled the wedding band on his finger. One simple spell and he could have Kadence next to him in an instant but he was under orders not to reveal their marriage. He needed to write a letter as soon as possible.

At the Gryffindor table, Harry watched Snape, Dumbledore, and McGonagall talk. The Potions Master kept holding up the robe and light shined on something.

"Fred, George, do you have any of those Extendable Ears with you?" he asked.

Fred found one in his pocket. Since they were sitting near the head table, getting the ear close wasn't a problem. Making sure they only heard what they wanted to hear was more difficult. George used a spell to get the Ear right near the edge of the table.

"Albus, we need to call in the Aurors. Those Death Eaters must have gotten in and managed to get her," McGonagall said.

"As Ms. Towers said last night, she's all that Voldemort has. He will not have any harm done to her."

"Then explain the blood on her robe," Snape said.