XXIII. Gone

When Daphne arrived at school for her seventh year, she had a distinct feeling that there was something missing. She felt it all through dinner but didn't bother asking anyone until they got to the dormitory - until they were far enough away from the new heads of the school that she felt that she could speak without fear of recrimination.

"There's something gone, isn't there?" she asked the others. Pansy shrugged, not bothering to look up from where she was folding her robes. Millicent, however, glared at her.

"Not something, Greengrass. Someone."

Daphne frowned. "What do you m…" she stopped, finally realising what – or rather whom it was that had disappeared. "What's happened to Davis?"

"She's gone," Millicent replied. "Entire family disappeared when they heard that the Dark Lord was back."

Daphne didn't even want to think about what 'disappeared' might mean.