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[Elphaba Finnigan]

SO IF YOU CAN'T FIND ME LOOK TO THE WESTERN SKY
as someone told me lately everyone deserves a chance to fly.
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The sight of a small girl dressed in jeans and a t-shirt was never one to draw attention, and for this girl it never would be. Everyone tended to look through the small frame of Elphaba Finnigan, preferring to look at those who were more attractive, such as her best friend Glinda. Elphaba was so used to being the ugly duckling she just didn't care that no one saw her anymore, she was just that quiet one in the corner. The only time anyone ever paid her any mind was when they saw the bruises littering her pale skin due to the illness tearing through her little body. Everyone worried that she was being hit or something, and as she didn't want to tell anyone about the leukemia she just said she'd fallen out a tree, and with the way she looked they tended towards believing her.

Letting her dark hair out of her ponytail and running her hand gently down the side of her broom she smiled. Her Mum and Dad knew flying made her feel free, they knew it made her feel like she had a point so they made sure to get her the top model available, it was their way of trying to keep her fighting for her life. The Medi Witches knew there was no other way to fight the disease than the muggle way, and even that might not work, but she knew she was going to fight no matter how high the odds were stacked. She was small but she had the strength and power of someone double her, and she would lock her mind into the living world, not the fade.

Sweeping her leg over the broom she kicked off and sped around the pitch at an alarming speed. She had the fastest broom in existence, she was only about 6st and she stood at 4ft 11", these were all the factors that added up to her being one of the best seekers in the school. Her hair blew a gale behind her but she found she didn't care for once, she was so happy for the freedom that being away from the ground gave her. Elphie was born to be in the air, her limbs relaxed and her body flipping over and over as she shot through a variety of aerial tricks that to anyone heavier than her wouldn't have been possible. It was at this moment that she caught sight of the other person, a person that was watching her...

[Lucy Weasley]

It was early morning, just before breakfast as Lucy entered the grounds. She wasn't sure where to go. She'd been to the green houses way to much, the forbidden forest was never her favorite, and the owlery... who to write to? That only left the Quidditch Pitch. So Lucy took her petite little self, dressed in khaki shorts and a red tank top out to the stadium.

When she arrived at the stadium nobody was there, not a single flyer, so Lucy took a seat in the stands to think. To frame her future. She had always wanted to play quidditch and although she was a Weasley, she just wasn't very good. Lucy came every game no matter who was playing, it could be Slytherin verses Hufflepuff for all she cared. She watched the keeper... and how he barely ever let the ball in. That's what Lucy wanted to do, she wanted her friends to like her, not for just her talentes with the boys. She was always told tales about her great uncle Ronald, who was also a Gryffindor Keeper. She modeled him, wanted to be just like him.

Lucy closed her eyes to let her dreams sink in. When she opened them, she noticed a small petite girl, not much older than herself flying around. She was amazing! At the way she flew Lucy guessed she was a Seeker... for which house Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, but definetely not Slytherin. Lucy had never seen anyone enjoy flying as much as this girl seemed to. She seemed to love it more than Lucy! Lucy sat in awe as she analyzed every move and motion that this girl took... from this moment Lucy wanted to meet her and be her best friend.

At this thought Lucy wasn't quite sure about it. Lucy had tons of friends and in her mind, she was quite popular. But she didn't have real friends! All Lucy wanted was one real friend who understood her and didn't just want to use her to get a guy. Maybe this was Lucy's chance... and she was going to take it!