Missing

Prologue

"Harry come on! Slow down!" I screamed as I tried to pedal faster but the burning in my legs couldn't be ignored.

The mass of curly hair that was in my vision turned around quickly to reveal green eyes and a sweet smile. My heart raced but I knew it wasn't because of how fast I was going. That smile could make anyone stop in their footsteps.

"Don't be mad that I'm faster than you Sofia! Catch up!" He laughed, his hair bouncing along with him.

Even though he was competitive, I could see him start to slow down. I pedaled a little faster until I reached him.

This was a normal Sunday night for Harry and I. Riding our bikes through town and messing around until 6 which meant that it was time for us to go home and eat dinner with our families. Let me actually rephrase that; we ride our bikes around to new places in town that we haven't been to and then be late to dinner which results in me being grounded and Harry sneaking out of his house to visit me.

It was a weekly thing tradition.

Harry and I continued on our journey, a thick forest coming into view, along with a gray car sitting on the side of the street. I looked at my watch and looked at the boy riding next to me.

Harry and I were 5 years old when we met at daycare. He dumped paint in my hair and our parents had to come pick the both of us up since Harry got a red card for the day and I was sobbing. Our moms took us home and it turned out we lived one street away from one another.

That neon green paint led to a beautiful friendship. 1o years later and we still remain the best of friends.

At least that's what Harry thinks.

People always say that if you're young, you don't understand what love is. But when I looked at Harry I knew that the person looking back at me was something worth loving. The butterflies in my stomach that erupt every time he looks at me proves it.

From his beautiful eyes to his confident personality, Harry is the most wonderful person in my 15 year old eyes and I can live comfortably knowing that he would never know my little secret.

As my head began to clear, I could hear a voice calling me out of my day dream. "Sof! Are you listening to me?"

I blinked and saw that Harry had stopped and was sitting on his bike. Behind him was that same gray car. Were they doing driving in circles?

"Oh yeah I am."

"What planet were you on?" He asked, giggling at me.

My heart started beating a little faster. I looked at my watch again as the both of us sat in front of the thick green forest.

"We should be getting home soon Har. It's 5:45 and we're still in trouble for being 20 minutes late last week."

"Come on Sof. Live a little," He reached out and shoved my shoulder making me laugh and shake my head. "Don't you trust me?"

"Of course I do. But we really do need to get home. Next week?" I asked with a hint of hope.

He rolled his eyes at me but smirked. I returned the smirk as I turned my bike around and started pedaling quick. I was totally winning the race home.

I heard Harry laugh from behind me which pushed me to pedal even faster. There was no way he was catching up.

"Sofia wait up!" He yelled at me from a distance and I kept going.

Pay back is so sweet Harry.

I suddenly heard the loud noise of car tires squealing to a hard stop and a faint cry. I turned around to see Harry lying on the ground, his bike thrown to the side. The gray car that I had seen earlier hit him.

"Sofia!" I heard Harry's muffled  scream.

"Harry," I could barely get his name out of my mouth as I turned my bike around.

A man stepped out and walked to where he had hit Harry and grabbed him by the arm. Was he trying to help?

"Sofia!" He looked at me with horror in his eyes.

He never got scared. I pedaled harder.

"Harry I'm coming! It's okay!" I was pedaling as hard as I could now, not having time to think about the burn in my legs.

Harry opened his mouth to say something when the man hit him hard. Harry didn't move and his head laid still. I could feel the tears burning in my eyes.

That answers my question, we're in danger.

I was so close. I was so close to him. "Please stop! Leave him alone!" I screamed.

I hopped off my bike and threw it to the side as I started sprinting. The man opened his back door and picked Harry's unmoving body up into his arms. He threw Harry into the car, slamming the door shut and ran to the drivers side but he was too late. I threw myself on the mans back and started scratching him.

"Harry wake up! Get out!" I screamed as the man grabbed my arm hard but nothing moved in the car.

The man threw me on the ground and took his foot, slamming it into my shoulder continuously pressing his heel into me harder and harder.

"Get off of me!" I screamed, grabbing the man's ankle and shoving my thumb into it. The man didn't even flinch.

He picked me up by the shirt and brought me to face level. He smelt like alcohol and cigarette smoke. When I opened my eyes, the first thing I noticed was the giant red scar that the man had above his eyebrow.

I didn't have enough time to even think before he gritted his teeth and brought me closer to his face. "Do you want to go with him sweetheart?" He asked in a thick British accent.

"Please let him go," I whispered, my eyes filling with tears.

'Take me,' I tried to say but the words were caught in my throat. 'Please.'

He looked at me but said nothing, his face completely emotionless. He brought a hand to my face and smacked me so hard that I fell out of his grip to the cold asphalt.

The man got into his car and shut the door. I looked up one more time to see the car start and speed off just as quickly as it came.

I tried to get up, to run after the man who just took Harry away, but I couldn't move. Every inch of my body hurt. I watched the gray car drive farther and farther away.

My body was hurting but I realized nothing could hurt worse than watching Harry get taken.

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After many years of working on this story and contemplating on posting it or not, I finally decided to give it a try. I wrote this when I was 16 and I'm now 19 so hopefully things don't seem too outdated.

Do people still read fan fictions? Guess we'll have to see haha.

Hope you all enjoy the prologue to Missing! ♡