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"A-a real dragon. Like one that breaths fire and has the tail. A dragon, you have a dragon! How long have you had a dragon?" Selina squeaked.
Composing herself as best as she could Selina turned her attention to calming down Owen who was frightened by her rant. "Well, um what are their names? The unicorn, phoenix, and uh... DRAGON?"
Selina giggled, "It's a beater. A beater hits the bludger. The bludger is a rouge iron ball that is bewitched to chase after any player on the either team. They hurt really bad. The point of the beater is to hit the bludger away from their team mates and aim it at the other team. There are two beaters on every team. They hit the bludger with a bat and try to knock the other players out of the game, off their brooms. The main target of the beater is usually the seeker.
"The seeker is the lightest player on the team. They chase after a small golden ball called the snitch. This ball is very small with wings and can fly through the air at very fast speeds. If the seeker catches the snitch the game is over and the team with the snitch is awarded 150 points. This goes back to a very old tradition when the snitch was the bird the Sniget. But I won't bore you with that.
"The other way to gain points is through the Chasers. My Dad is a chaser. There are three on each team and they try to throw the Quaffle through three hoops. These hoops are guarded by the Keeper. The keeper is like a goalie. If they get it past the Keeper the team is awarded 10 points. And well that is pretty much Quidditch. A couple other things here and there, but that is it."
Looking back at her pets Selina replied, "A puppy? That is so cute. How old is he?"
"Ok, I guess I don't know that much about Quidditch." she chuckled nervously. "I guess you really want to be on the Quidditch team don't you?" she asked and then she smiled about Colt. "He's three months. Quite the hyper one and he's teething...a lot."