#7 - Sad Sacrifice

Grace had stopped by her dorm to pick up the object she had decided to give up. The word "surrender" felt too heavy to her, and she was still half-convinced that her Fidgety Witchity book would be fine. She clutched the book to her chest. She'd gotten it when she was 9 years old, and she absolutely adored it. The pages were worn, some of them a tiny bit ripped, but she loved it anyways.

It had always been her favourite, and though she knew she could buy another copy of the story and read it all over again, it wouldn't feel like her copy. She'd even read it on the train to Hogwarts, so busy that she barely noticed what was going on around her. It had calmed her during her first days and she knew she would miss it dearly. 

Now in the Astronomy tower, Grace searched for the chest marked with the crest. How would it work? Would the seeds be in the chest, would her beloved Fidgety Witchity light on fire, its ashes sparking the seeds to grow? She nervously clutched the book once more, trying to find a proper way to say goodbye while she tried to find the chest with the Hogwarts crest.