Lucy had been missing for days. This time, she wasn't in her bed, or lurking around the corridors, but in fact no-where to be seen. Professor Flitwick had to write to Percy and Audrey to report her absence, but they weren't any help. Molly, however, was beside herself in panic, something which Roxanne picked up on and immediately questioned.

"I'm sure she'll be fine, Molly." She would tell her, not looking up from whatever she was doing. "I don't understand why she's so important to you. She's just a cold-hearted rat, pushing everyone away and never showing us who she is."

"Roxy!" Molly would whine. "She's my little sister, it's different."

"Sister?" Roxanne scoffed. "Please. How was she ever a sister to you?"

"Don't say 'was'." Molly mumbled.

"Whatever. If you two are such best friends, tell me one thing about her that no-one knows." Roxanne told Molly.

"Well..." Molly started, realising she didn't really have an end. "She, uh..."

Roxanne raised her eyebrow.

"Just because she doesn't like talking doesn't mean she doesn't love us." Molly whispered, wondering if there was any truth in her words. Roxy was right. She had done nothing wrong to Lucy, but all her sibling had done in return was ignore her. Maybe it was worth her being gone for a couple of days, so Molly didn't have to constantly try and cheer her up.

Lucy was probably fine anyway. She was smart enough, wasn't she?

"I HATE EVERYTHING!" Lucy screamed from a high branch somewhere in the Forbidden Forest. She wasn't a climber at all, but somehow in a blur of fury, upset and confusion, she had scrambled near the top of a huge tree, looking down without any fear to see everything a million times smaller. 'If only everything could be this small' she thought, gaping at the floor in shock of how high she had gotten.

But she didn't feel the fear that she was sure would come on.

She didn't feel anything.

Anything but free.

And that's how she wanted it to stay forever.

'But it can't.'

Lucy sighed as the realisation that she would have to go at some point hit her. She wanted to stay, but where would she get her food? Or anything to drink? Her wand had been stupidly left in the dorm, plus, she would still have the trace on her, and she could easily be found. So there was no choice. She slowly clambered down, still not feeling nervous, as though she belonged outdoors. Perhaps because she had never taken the time to realise how beautiful it was. She had been wasting her life, and she knew it.