Character/Prompt: Harry/invisible


He opened his trunk and pulled out his treasured invisibility cloak. He put it on and went down to the Gryffindor common room and sat on the floor in a dark corner and watched. He wanted to know how it felt to not be stared at. He wanted to know what life was like when he wasn't in the room. He wanted to know what it was to be invisible.

Wizard chess and Potions homework and flirting by the fireplace. No one looking at his scar. No one talking about him behind his back. Out of sight, out of mind.

The last of the students went up to their dormitories. Harry reveled in the silence for a few minutes. Then he slowly took off the cloak, stuffed it in his bag, and went up to bed.

"Where were you?" Ron asked.

Harry discreetly put the cloak back in his trunk and shrugged. "Around."