Fear had spread through the Wizarding community. No one knew what to believe anymore but one thing that itched at the back of their minds was that the darkness was rising and they could no longer deny it. The death of the Minister of Magic was when the real fear started and 'blood traitors' and 'mudbloods' alike were sent to the ministry for questioning.

Lacie Horncroft had gone back to her home on the outskirts of London after the death of her headmaster. Her parents had welcomed her home with tear filled eyes immediately firing questions at her. Their world was changing and the families' choices made life dangerous. It was widely known amongst the purebloods that the Horncroft family were traitors, even more so now that Lacie had been recognised to socialise with the golden trio.

Lacie had sat quietly on her bed after her parents had warned her that someone may come after them during the next few months but still, they refused to run like common criminals. They had nothing to hide, they were purebloods. Though Lacie had tried to get them to leave their home she had failed, she knew the severity of what others thought of her family, she knew what people said about them but still her parents wouldn't listen. It was only a matter of time until they came for them.

Lacie lay back on her bed as she practiced charms, smiling slightly as a couple of small yellow birds flew around her room tweeting softly as they went. Her father was in the kitchen cooking tea whilst her mother sat on the phone to one of her friends. Everything had been calm until Lacie heard several loud cracks from outside of her house.

She sat up abruptly when she heard a crash as the front door slammed into the hallway with a powerful force. She jumped to her feet and ran to the banister rail and peered over with widened eyes.
"Get her!" One of the men ordered another when they both saw the seventeen year old. A jinx was thrown at her but she narrowly missed it as her mother grabbed her from behind and pulled her back into her bedroom.

"Oh Lacie! I'm so sorry!" Her mother gushed out with tear filled eyes as she tried to barricade the door. They could both hear bangs from outside of the door as well as downstairs. Lacie was in shock. She stood in the middle of her room just staring at her mother as she tried her best to stop the door from opening with protective spells.

"Lacie!" She suddenly snapped out of it and looked her mother in the eyes, "Disapparate! Go somewhere they won't find you," That's when Lacie understood; Snatchers. She didn't understand how they'd found them so suddenly though, it can't have been luck that they'd just happened to apparate outside of their house.

"What about you and dad?" Lacie yelled out as her mother left the door and thrust her daughter's wand into her hand.

"We'll find you once you're safe, don't worry about us," She kissed Lacie's forehead and hugged her tightly, "We both love you so much Lacie."

"I love you too," She uttered before her mother released her and then moved closer to the door again.

"Now go!" Lacie didn't need to be told again as she disapparated with a sharp crack.

In the rush of everything Lacie had made several mistakes; all she had taken with her was her wand and anything that was already on her person. This meant that when she had landed barefoot in the forest that she had disapparated to Lacie immediately gasped out in agony of being stabbed in the foot by the sharp twigs and such surrounding her.

Lacie knew the area well as she'd been here many times with her father in the breaks between Hogwarts. They both used to settle by the river nearby and he'd fish whilst she draw anything and everything. Immediately she set off the short distance to the river whilst being careful where she stood as her foot started to bleed. She didn't know what to do, she was isolated.

Lacie sat at the bottom of a large tree trunk, staring at the moons reflection in the river before her. She'd created bandages using a spell and had wrapped her foot tightly in them to protect the cut and stop it from bleeding. Lacie couldn't help but wonder what was going to happen now. She couldn't go back home and her parents were gone indefinitely, she didn't even know if they were still alive. What would those snatchers have done if they'd caught them? Lacie didn't know too much about her situation at hand and how much danger she was in - she didn't know about how the taboo of speaking the dark lord's name had become even worse now.

She didn't know what to do, hunger was eating at her already but she had no means of food. She also tried her hardest not to sleep as the night blanketed the forest. She didn't feel safe, anyone or anything could've been lurking behind her between the trees and undergrowth. As the hours passed however, her head began to droop and she couldn't help but rest her eyes every few minutes until she didn't open them again and instead fell into a deep sleep. She was going to have to think of a plan once she awoke.

He grimaced as the woman before he and his father screamed out in agony before falling to her knees in a twisting pain. She was begging him, begging him to make it stop. Crying out that he was better than his father which only made everything worse for herself. He looked to his father and saw the sadistic grin and concentration on his face and immediately knew he was going to milk this for what it was worth.

"Lucius that's enough," Immediately his father stopped and looked up to the even colder man coming towards them through the door. "We haven't got time, finish her off Draco." He looked up with horrified eyes but didn't say a word.

"Come on Draco, do as he says," Lucius muttered worriedly into his sons ear. Draco pulled out his wand and with a shaky hand pointed it at the woman he'd known since he was eleven as she laid so close to death.

"Avada kadavra," He muttered, cringing as she twitched once more and then she was gone.