If y'er friends were on y'er new account, it may be that they changed the password. Try getting a hold of them and see if this was the case. It may 'ave been accidentally deleted by one of y'er friends. Deleting, I believe, is instantaneous once confirmed that ye want to delete it. I believe one of the staff can take a peek to see what has happened to y'er account. If one doesn't respond to y'er thread, just give 'em a private message.