All the Things (open)

[Maddie Wood]

A beautiful blonde stood staring at the lake, an expression on her face that was a cross between angry and upset. And Maddie Wood didn’t even know why. She wrapped her multi-colored scarf around her neck, which had previously hung loosely. Maddie picked up a handful of smooth, black rocks, and tossed them into the lake. There were tears in her large, piercing blue-green eyes, yet she didn’t even know why. It was probably something stupid; Maddie knew she was a dramatic little brat when she wanted to be. But she couldn’t help but feel sad this time, especially because she had no idea why.

And this is my beautiful life
But all the things sudden as everything changes
The lows and the highs
And all those goodbyes
As hard as it gets
I know it's still amazing to be alive

She sang softly to herself in her pretty voice, trying to remember something happy. Maddie was known for doing stupid things when she was upset. No one knew that when she was thirteen, Madeline Adrienna Wood, a normally happy and hyper person, had cut herself. She’d been so bloody miserable back then. Everything had seemed to make her upset or on the edge. It reminded her of a song – everyone thought she was the perfect girl with the perfect family and pretty much the perfect life. ’But they don’t know anything’, she thought bitterly to herself. They don’t know a d**n thing.’ It reminded Maddie of a muggle song, something about not being able to see the tears she cried. She tried to keep herself happy by continuing to sing. But it simply wasn’t working.

[Seth Lestrange]

Seth had decided to take a walk by the lake as the afternoon sun beat down through the thick cover of grey colored clouds. It was a beautiful day in his opinion, but most days were beautiful to him especially those in London, which was known for it's overcast grey weather. He hadn't been outside for long, and his same romp around the lake didn't seem like the best idea now. The moment that he had taken the second step outside he realized that he could be inside doing greater things. But nothing seemed to have struck him until the moment that he had finally stepped outside. Ironically that's how most things worked for Seth. He had walked to the lake's edge after that and had started around the circle. He knew that he wouldn't be able to make it all the way around, that would take hours. So for now he would just go half way or as far as his feet were willing to take him. After walking a few paces he heard a voice, a girl's voice not to far off singing. Seth blinked and wandered if he was hearing things, but after the next couple notes came out clearly he figured that he wasn't. He could hear her voice but barely make out what she was saying because it was a softly sung song. His brown eyes searched through the shrubby that surrounded the lake a moment, he had stopped walking the ring around the lake and now stood still trying to figure out where the song was coming from. He was naturely curious about it, and he knew that he didn't have anything better to do. It wasn't like he was going to start the small mound of homework that had been piling up every since Christmas break had ended. That would be something far to predictable, Seth liked to go out of his way to do something else instead.