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emjay Ethan nodded as he stopped in front the the number two course, then looked at DJ appraisingly.
"Um.. how old are you now? Eleven?" He thought he was a first year at any rate.
"Probably not till you're about my age.. like 15 or so." The Ravenclaw gave the younger boy a smile and shook his head.
"No.. I don't think you need a potion yet. Give it a few years and if you're not any taller.. let me know and I'll give you a hand with a growth potion."
The boy thought about the little lion's words as he watched him take a shot. Minnie had been playing since she was five? She certainly had a head start on him, didn't she? Then, yes, he definitely needed some more practice before he played against her.. didn't need to go embarrassing himself in front of her or anything.
"Hmm... I guess not," he said as he watched DJ's ball bounce back towards them.
"Maybe the trick is to figure out how your ball is going to bounce and where it's likely to end up." Yes, he knew there had to be some sort of strategy or trick to this game... but it seemed so hard to figure that part out!
Ethan set his ball down at the start and aimed where he thought it should go.. maybe if it bounced of that wall.. He took only one practice swing this time as he was sure he was getting better at that part at least, then hit the ball. The bot watched as it hit the wall as he thought, bounce off, and roll at a slightly different angle than he thought. But it actually wasn't that far off and landed somewhat in the center of the course. Ethan shrugged and said,
"Not too awful, I guess.. Okay, DJ, your turn."
Dylan looked at Ethan as he asked him how old he was "
I am twelve now!" he said grinning proudly as it showed he was now growing up!! He wasnt the small 11 year old he was when he joined the school all those months ago in September.
His eyes when wide as he said not until he was his age "
15? Hmm well thats far away so I guess I could get away with being short for now" as long as it didnt matter that he was shorter than some of the girls around here. He looked at Ethan as he shook his head "
Umm ok! I will give it a few years.. BUT if I aint taller than .." he needed a girl he knew and quick.. first person to come to mind was Minnie so he named her "
Minnie by then you can bet your Galleons I am coming to you!" he said giving him a nod as if to seal the deal.
Dylan raised his eyebrows at him "
You guess not?" why did he say that?! He then looked at Ethan as he told him about a trick or something to help them both improve together.. Dylan nodded "
Mmm I see what you mean.. like.. if I want it to end up near the hole then I gotta hit it off that wall in such a way that it goes towards that hole.. right?" he looked at it as if trying to imagine an imaginary line that showed him how to hit that ball.. but he just couldnt see a clear line to the hole.. no matter how hard he tried he couldnt see that line so he gave up trying to look for it.
He watched Ethan take his shot at the hole, he watched Ethan do only one practice before giving the ball a good whack and watched as the ball bounced off the wall and ended up not too far from the hole in the center of the course. Hmm was it him or was Ethan now getting better at this game? He looked at the boy as he shrugged, Dylan shook his head "
Nope not bad at all.. yes sir!" he said and with that he walked over to his ball and tried to hit the same line as Ethan.. whacking it towards the wall. He watched his ball went off on a different angle to Ethan's as well as flying past the whole at a blinding speed and bouncing off another wall going back towards the original wall and coming to rest near the first wall that he had hit. "
Ok... so too much power I think" he said to Ethan as he got off the course and waited to one side so that Ethan could take his shot.