Games 7&8: Gryffindor Training

[Headmistress Hero Malcolm]

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Seeker: Best of 3 rolls
Chasers: 10 extra points
Keeper: Subtract 10 points from the other team
Beaters: Plus 1 on your roll

Game Date: August 20
Against: Ravenclaw

[Ken Darkrider]

Ken was so excited!. It his first game as a member of the Gryffindor team was coming up and he was determined not to let them down. He had tried out after one of the old beaters, Peter Defalco was his name, was removed from the team. When he found out he had made it he was so excited. He had even set aside some time for him to go out and practice. he had borrowed a bludger from the equipment room and began walking down to the pitch. He carried a case, smaller than the normal ball one for this one only had one ball. The case shook violently as he carried it. He also held his broom, a cleansweep 11, along with a beater's bat, in his left arm. When he got there he dropped the case on the ground and set his broom and bat down beside it. He pulled his wand out and did some transformation on some rocks. They turned in somewhat larger circular targets. He then cast another spell on each so that they would float in different places around the pitch. A few of them stayed in one spot, but most of them flew around at varying paces. He smiled as he looked at his handiwork. "Not bad if I may say so myself." Then grinning he mounted his broom and grabbed his bat. He left the case on the ground for now. He flew around a bit pulling off some spectacular manuevers on his broom. Then once he had warmed up he went back down. Floating just a few feet off the ground he waved his wand once before quickly stowing it away. The case unlocked and out flew a bludger. It flew straight at him and he wasn't ready. He almost got hit but then his reflexes took hold and he flew out of the way. He flew up through the pitch again and then the bludger came at him again. This time he whacked it. It flew right where he had aimed it and one of the targets that wasn't moving was knocked by the bludger and his charm ended, it turned back into a rock and fell to the ground. Then the bludger flew back at him again. He smacked it knocking another target. Before long all the targets that didn't move were gone. Then he tried a moving one. He smacked the bludger towards it but he missed. "d**n!" It came back and he hit it again this time taking aim more carefully and it hit the target right in the center. His frown quickly turned to a grin, and it was showing all the brighter when he finally floated to the ground, done with all the targets. He had used his wand to force the bludger back into the case and then all the rocks on the ground flew off to the side of the pitch. He thought he had done a good job. It had been a good couple hours of practice. He then picked up the case, his broom, and the bat, and walked out of the pitch.

[Izabella Morbova]

Izabella was ready to really be there for her team. If anyone asked they would never have guessed she would have even been interested in Quidditch before now. Unless a boy had been involved...

It was true, she had first really learned about it from Maksim. She hadn't thought about him for a long time now. She didn't need to, there was Zayn to fill her thoughts and heart...

Izabella watched silently from the shadows of the Gryffindor Tower as the newest Beater had practiced. She had remembered that very first practice. They had all worked really hard and it felt great to be a part of a team. Then after all that they had lost...

Since then Iz had been doubting herself and her position on the team. She watched as the new Beater successfully took out all his targets. He was strong and a good flyer. Maybe he was just what their team needed. He was very handsome as well, not that she looked at him that way, but perhaps for Anna...

She took a moment as a small smile spilled across her pink lips and then as she watched him depart she pulled out her trusted broom. There wasn't much she could do alone but she was determined to try...

As she dropped her broom into the air she quickly climbed on and shot off around the pitch. She was fast, not as fast as say Mira, but after today she was going to surely be a lot faster. She circled around and around the entire Quidditch Stadium faster, faster and faster...

She felt the hard air push against her and it pushed her on stronger. She quickly plummetted down, down, down hard. She then weaved up and down between the wooden structures of the stadium's underbelly. She felt so alive in that instant. She had never felt so fast either...

Iz changed direction yet again and shot straight up. She forced and pushed her broom harder as she flew up through thick clouds and then came to a jutting stop...

She looked down at the stadium. It was so far down. Iz looked out at the open sky. It was the first time she ever felt as at peace in the sky that she did near the water. After a few more moments she flew back down to the ground to retrieve a ball and get some scoring practice in. Perhaps another team mate would join her soon.