Setting
A large green field that hosts a sport named Quidditch. There are three hoops of either side of the field, which are the goals (the keeper must defend them). There are also three balls; the quaffle (chasers pass this pass between each other and try to make a goal with it) the bludgers (try and knock anyone off their broom, so the beaters whack them with their sticks to beat them a different way) and the snitch (a small and quick flying golden ball. If a team's seeker catches the snitch, their teams wins.) A quidditch match is held between two Houses and for any onlookers, the stalls are raised around 50 - 100 feet off the ground to see the action, since the whole game is played on a broomstick. Most injuries tend to come from Quidditch because of any accidents or foul play between teams.
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Quidditch is a part of 
Hogwarts.
4 Characters Here
Kai Logan [6]
Ebony Charleson [5] Ravenclaw's Quidditch Captain
Samantha Damask [5] "I-I... umm... what was the question again? I'm sorry I forgot!"
Theodore Lewis [3] Doesn't matter how hard you try, there is a limit, and you haven't reached it yet.
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The blonde haired boy, who was lying out on the Quidditch field, was still trying to figure out how his new broom worked. Jared just got a new one because he had accidentally tripped and fallen on his first broom. He went through the worst state of depression possible, kind of, but he got over it, strangely, and recovered quickly as he had gotten a new one this year.
He wasn't too fond of the new broom he bought. It costed him quite a bit, is one thing, and then it looked far to modern, having golden lining and beautiful set twigs at the end of the broom. But Jared was a fan of the older brooms, just as he was a fan of the older items and things of the sort, "Oh well." He gave a shrug and decided to look at its better qualities in the mean time, since Jared was, after all, a very optimistic young man and had to look at the better side of things before the worse.
"Ack, but... but..." He started, speaking to himself as he usually, as it was a hobby of his ever since a child, "But what if I mess up? I could seriously hurt somebody!" Jared let his head rest on the palm of his head as he tapped his finger on his cheek, trying to think. In the end though, Jared chose the stupid decision, as he always would, "Well... I guess a little ride on it wouldn't hurt..." He grinned before taking the broom into his hand and mounting it carefully. His robe was stuck to the end, which he quickly moved since he didn't want his new robe to get ruined also.
A moment later, one of the janitors saw him about to ride his broom into the air and called him out on it, spitting all over the ground as he hobbled over to him, "Oy! Kid! you aren't suppose' to beh doin' that right now! Geh off! Shoo!" He shouted as Jared backed up a bit.
Jared was a bit terrified of adults, and the janitor was one of the older men who should have been retired at his age. He felt goosebumps as he got off his broom, raising his hands into the air as if a police were arresting him and shouting, "I-I'm sorry sir! I didn't mean to! I swear! I-I didn't know!"
"Yeh sure abou' that?" The janitor walked even close to the blonde haired boy until there was hardly any space between the two. Jared even held his breath, "How do I know you ain't about to go flyin' around tryin' to make trouble for Hogwarts, eh? I should report you, shouldn't I? Yeh, I should." He agreed with himself as Jared tried to defend his intentions.
"Wait! I just wanted to try out my new broom! Sir! Please!" Jared began to beg. It was only his second year in Hogwarts school, and yet he was already getting into so much trouble.
Kai had already been awake and out for hours when the sun began to inch over the horizon, as he had a habit of doing sometimes. He knew well that he shouldn't be, but as with all things, Kai paid no attention to rules that would stop him from doing something he wanted to do. He had arisen early, changing into his uniform silently, and then padded downstairs, and through the common room. As soon as he was free of the common room, Kai slipped off his shoes so as not to make any sound on the hard floor as he ran in his offensively red socks down the moving stairs. Along the way, he passed some kid asleep, and was so surprised that he came to a stuttering halt a few steps down from him.
He rose a hand and put it over his mouth to stop himself from laughing. Curled up to the side of the stairs, tucked out of the way, the first year was sound asleep with a rather guileless expression on his face. He had no idea how he had managed a whole night out on the stairs. The moaning of their moving would surely awake most people, and if that didn't, the night time patrols should have found him. Kai contemplated waking him and directing him to his common room, but quickly decided against it. He looked comfortable enough, and Kai had things to do.
Turning away from the sleeping kid, Kai continued to run down the stairs until he came to the massive doors that opened out into one of the grand courtyards of the school. There, he slipped on his shoes again, and walked quietly in the direction of the Owlery, where he could send a letter to his mum and dad before coming back inside for some breakfast. Kai had received a letter from them a few days ago by owl, telling him about all the progress is baby sister was making, and about how quiet it was at home without him. Kai adored his sister, so had quickly written a reply to send back.
Kai walked through the grounds, following the worn path that led up to the tower where the owls were no doubt just drifting off to sleep. He looked around him often, wary of the groundskeeper who would send him back to the common room without a second thought, and jogged the last half of the journey towards the Owlery.
Inside, it was dark. A single shaft of light interrupted the close darkness. Kai was met with the overwhelming stench of bird and grimaced. He had always thought that the smell was unpleasant when he came here. Kai slipped his wand from his pocket, and whispered a simple spell. "Lumos". His wand tip lit up, illuminating the dim room with a glow so gentle that it didn't even wake the birds. Seeing one that was awake, and appeared lively, Kai approached it, and beckoned it onto his wrist with a soft gesture. He attached his letter, and fed the owl a tidbit he had filched from last nights meal, and then set the bird free. The tawny owl soared away into the distance with an envious majesty.
With one job done, Kai turned and left the Owlery, muting the light from his wand as he did. He had one job left to do, and plenty of time to do it, except that it was the part that he was most likely to be caught doing. Kai had recently held tryouts for his Quidditch team, and having chosen who he wanted, he had yet to schedule a practice. This was what he was hoping to do today.
Kai jogged towards the Quidditch pitch where his team's room was always open to him. He walked in, grateful that he hadn't been caught yet, and attached his notice to the board. Practice was to be the following day, early in the morning. He had already booked the pitch, and had checked it with a few teachers. His team wouldn't be stopped when they made their way down to practice the following morning. Kai was just about to leave when a familiarly loud voice interrupted his thoughts.
Rising a brow, Kai turned on his heel and walked out onto the pitch where he found a student cowering before one of the groundskeepers. Kai grinned and shook his head. It wasn't that he didn't pity the poor Hufflepuff student. He really did. He had lost count of the amount of times he had been caught out on the pitch, trying to get in some early morning flying practice. But it had been a long time since he had, and now he had become familiar with most of the groundskeeping staff.
Kai walked over to the couple with long, purposeful strides. His height often gave him the bonus of appearing more mature, and older, and if it wasn't for his uniform, he would probably be confused for a teacher. As he reached them, Kai looked the tall groundskeeper in the eyes as he towered above the student.
"What's going on here?" He asked, before patiently listening to the groundskeeper report back to him. In truth, Kai didn't really listen. He knew this story well enough. Kai looked down at the student with fake stern disapproval and shook his head slowly.
"It's okay. There's no need to report him," Kai said smoothly, placing a hand on the students shoulder, "I'll take him up to his common room right away. He wont do this again." Kai waited until the groundskeeper gruffly nodded, deferring to the student as he would any student, and Kai hid a victorious grin. He held the students shoulder firmly until the keeper was well out of earshot and then turned with wide, jealous eyes.
[color-crimson]"Is that your broom?"[/color] Kai asked enviously. It was beautiful. His was getting a little old, but it was sturdy and fast. That didn't mean, though, that he didn't want a new one. He hoped his dad would get him the new broom for Christmas this year, but it was expensive, and Kai wouldn't get his hopes up. He knew that the kid with the broom would recognize him as the Captain of the Gryffindor team, so probably wouldn't freak out on him. Kai knew that they should head in soon, but they had a little time.
"Nope! I'm gonna report you! Stupid seconds years think they're powerful now and can go 'round causin' trouble? Not here! Not today!" The janitor began to say threateningly, but just before he could lead Jared away, who was really beginning to freak out, someone else came to the rescue.
"What's going on here?" A voice asked as both Jared and the janitor turned to see an older student with blue hair. Now while Jared was afraid of adults, tall people wasn't exactly his concern. In fact, he was much more glad than afraid to see the student, who Jared recognized to be the team Captain of Gryffindor, Kai Logan, appear while the janitor seemed to have made a nervous gulp.
"T-The kid was causin' trouble! Gotta go report him to the headmaster, see!" The janitor spoke out, finally, a hint of anxiousness in his voice while he looked up at the tall student.
"It's okay. There's no need to report him," Jared felt a hand go on his shoulder, "I'll take him up to his common room right away. He wont do this again."
The janitor eyed the two suspiciously, but was in no mood to make a fight. So he nodded and muttered a few things under his breath as he hobbled away, leaving the Quidditch Pitch.
Once he was gone, Jared looked up at Kai and gave him a relived smile and said, "Thank you so much! You saved me! Really, you did! You really did!" He said, letting out the greatest sigh of relief before he then saw the Captain's eyes drift over to his broom.
"Is that your broom?"
Jared looked down at the new broom. It was one of the newer models, but Jared kind of missed his old broom, one of the oldest that he bought for very little. He had to adjust to the modern brooms, and he wanted to do that before his first Quidditch game. He'd be the worst player on the team if that was the case.
The blonde nodded and said, "Yeah, one of the newer models, Raiwen 300." He remembered the brand of the broom. He then remembered something else as he added, "Costed me a fortune! Brooms really are expensive now, but I only got it because I broke my last one."
“H… h-hey Kai. I… I-I was wondering when the next practice was taking place…” Another, and more feminine voice asked. This girl Jared didn't know so he only watched her, blinking cluelessly. Was she blushing?
"I know Gryffindor is in trouble this year, Logan-" Another girl walked up to the group, this one having red hair that Jared stared at as she continued to speak, "-but seriously, trying to recruit a Hufflepuff? You've not run out of options already have you?"
He then recognized her as Ebony Charleson, Ravenclaw's Quidditch Captain, 'Wow, two Captains in one place...' Jared thought in awe before then speaking up after regaining his thoughts, "U-Um... He wasn't recruiting me. I wanted to give my new broom a test run before the janitor was about to rat me out. Kai was only trying to get me out of the situation is all." He said, hoping he wasn't causing any trouble to the Gryffindor House.
The Hufflepuff was staring at her. Ebony didn't like being stared at, especially not in the manner that this unfortunate creature was. She narrowed her eyes in his direction, giving him a clear signal to knock it off before she decided to do it for him.
"U-Um... He wasn't recruiting me. I wanted to give my new broom a test run before the janitor was about to rat me out. Kai was only trying to get me out of the situation is all."
The red-head blinked slowly; he must have been joking, but he sounded serious. Her eyes flicked casually from Jared to Kai and back again, waiting for the punchline. It didn't arrive. The crooked grin returned, and she was about to make another comment before the Gryffindor Captain quite literally stepped in. Ebony and Kai had sparked off each other from day one, and it was only a matter of course before he found one of the best ways to unsettle her. She generally liked guys being taller than her, but in Kai's case, she despised it. He was tall enough to make her feel small, and while she didn't like being stared at, she positively hated being forced to look up at him. Still, she wasn't going to let him get the better of her.
"Charleson, one day you're going to learn that you can whine as much as you like, but it's not going to make your Quidditch skills any better,"
She scoffed lightly in retaliation, although she was a little bemused to receive a roll of the eyes. "Well, my skills are certainly not going to improve much this year unless I actually have to work to score against a team other than Slytherin."
Ebony knew only too well that this was little more than fighting talk; that all her teasing was amounting to very little. Still, she enjoyed herself, even if Kai did tend to take himself a little too seriously at times. She was silently daring him when a little voice popped up, and it's owner tried to step in between them. What was she expecting, a fist fight? Did she really think that Ebony was as stupid as to try and pick a fight with a guy that size? No, she knew that Kai was highly unlikely to try and swing for her, and when it was best to grin and walk away. Their reflexes as Keeper and Chaser, despite Ebony's wind-ups, were roughly the same, and her wand was never far out of reach, so it wasn't like she was unprepared if he decided to duel instead.
“Alright. Here’s the deal. Both of you should probably just back off and calm down for a bit. Why don’t we settle this on the field later.” Her eyes flicked up to Kai for a moment, bemusement glittering in her eyes, but biting her tongue for the moment. Fancy someone actually paying attention to the traditional clash of the captains.
"Well, that was me told," She chuckled quietly as Sam left, folding her arms across her chest. "Nice kid you've got there,"
Fang, after arriving in the Gryffindor Common Room, got changed into those uncomfortable robes for the fourth year in a row. She made horrid faces as she put it on, wanting to keep her pajamas on underneath, but knowing that'd just feel more uncomfortable, "Why can't we just wear normal clothes..." She complained silently to herself before exiting the room, waving good bye to the few moving paintings on the wall who laughed at her for getting trouble again which she glared right back at them.
Along the way, Fang conjured up a clock and figured it was about to be time for her first class, and she was more than excited. It was Quidditch after all, one of her favorite classes, and probably one of the only ones she really liked. With a little too much thrill by the thought of getting on her broom again, she grabbed it before heading off to the Quidditch pitch, skipping along the way, but making sure not to get in trouble a second time. She'd be more let down to get detention during her favorite class.
After walking back down the Great Hall, spying some people helping a first year around the school, she made it to the Quidditch pitch only to realize that there were already a bunch of people there. After getting a little closer, she noticed that they weren't from Gryffindor and it looked almost like they were having a friendly argument. Fang couldn't really tell since she didn't arrive early enough to listen to the whole story. But she had no reason to.
Casually, she walked up to the group and said in her regular loud and slightly obnoxious voice, as it nearly heard all day long, "And what exactly's going on here huh? Gryffindor's are taking the Quidditch pitch for the day ya know, so you Ravenclaw," She glanced at the blonde haired boy, "And... uh... Hufflepuff go on and get to your classes, or you'll be late. We don't want that now do we? Go on!" She said, pointing them in the direction to exit the large stadium.
She then turned to Samantha and Kai, looking at them a grin as she held up her room upright so the twigs of it were just touching the grass, "Ready for a practice? I promise no bludger will hit you in the face, so lets practice hard today. I don't want to lose to any of the other three houses, honestly." She laughed, "We just have to wait for Miss Gordon to get here and we can start!" Fang said excitedly, as she was nearly hopping up and down.
Suddenly, a bell was heard in the distance, and just then, a girl with brown hair put into pigtails walked up to the large group. Not wanting to get anyone else in trouble since he had always caused enough chaos. He already knew his next class was with transfiguration, and he decided he'd head that way after he visited the Hufflepuff Common Room.
After entering and doing the password, he quickly got in and changed out of his clothes which were now muddy because of the time he'd spent in the Quidditch Pitch trying to figure out how to get on his broom and not destroy anything in the process. In the end, he never got enough practice with it, which he actually got not practice, so he'd definitely be unprepared for his next Quidditch game.
After changing into a second pair of robes, he headed for the Grand Staircase, and after figuring his way around, he passed two people along the way, he was quickly headed on his way to Transfiguration Classroom, having his books in his hand and a smile on his face. But then he paused after passing these two people, and turned around, the small smile on his face which turned into a childish grin as he said loudly and happily, "Jemima~" He shouted, dashing back up to her before ruffling her green hair and saying, "Aha, you've grown since last year!"
He then noticed the white haired boy, around his age, just behind him and looked down at her with a confused expression, "Who's this?" He asked. Jared knew he had to get to class, but he hadn't seen Jemima in around a full year, so he really wanted to spend some time just to bring up a conversation.
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