The Pitch
 

The quidditch pitch is a long oval pitch with wet, well-kept grass, tall stands on each side, and three large rings supported by tall posts on each side of the pitch. There is a rack with well maintained school brooms, robes, and rain gear on one side of the pitch and a few practice quaffles on the other.

Davina walked on to the pitch with her broom over her shoulder.She pulled her hair back into a ponytail and saddled her broom.Greatful that Professor Devine had allowed them to use the pitch to practice,she kicked off and began to do some of the things the professor had taught in his last class.

Hermy walked ont othe pitch, and picked up one of the school brooms from the rack. She smiled, she loved the feel of flyign and was glad that their instructor had allowed them to used the pitch for flying practice before the next lesson. Hermy thought about what they had covered last lesson, before sitting lightly and comfortably onto her broom. She leant forward and accelerated before ascending to practice changing level. Beofre getting to high, she allowed herself to adjust and brought the broom steadily downwards.

it was a sunny day...Brooku picked up the only broom avaliable..he was a bit nervous and lazy as he arrived at the pitch...but he saw something that made him active and confident .. a silver snitch was fluttering in the sky ..he sat on his old but stable Comet 260 bumped on along for a few second's and even was close to falling but in a while he was in full action to grab the snitch....

Rave walked into the pitch and slowly began a walk around the perimeter with Lua at her side. She was debating whether or not to tell her sister about the note she had found, but if she wanted her help she would have to. Or she could look by herself. Or.... The options just kept running through her head. She hoped Lua would speak and break the silence soon.

"Um... Its...its...its just the quidditch loss against Ravenclaw. Thats all." Rave said quietly. "Well actually its only half that. You see I found...... something in my common room and I'm trying to figure it out." she continued evasivly.

"Your not the only one Rave" Lua replied coldly "I've found something as well" taking a look around she gasped "ohhh my i see now" Lua said "I still don't even know where my riddle takes me" she added as she took the piece of parchement from her robe pockets and handed it to rave. Lua looked around the pitch again looking for a needle in a haystack.

Rave gave a sigh of relief, "I was hoping someone I could trust had found one. My riddle points here, to the Pitch." she said gesturing around. "It said let your heart soar to find the clue..... Thats it!" she said happily, "The clue is somewhere in....the air?" she finished doubtfully. She shook her head and summoned one broom from the locker room and one from the school brooms, she gave one to Lua and held onto hers. "What did yours say?"

Lua couldn't resist and started laughing hysterically "I can't believe my own ears" Lua screached, "I am very honored, that you trust me rave. Your probably the only one that told me that so far" Lua continued as she stopped her laughter when she realised her rude laughing behavior during a serious matter.
"Yea, if it said so, it could also mean hogwarts grounds. Cause when you soar up there you see the entire grounds including the games keeper" Lua replied arching her eyebrows "That means your perimeter is rather large, is there another clue in that riddle that might pinpoint us to an area" asking curiously.

Rave arched her eyebrow at Lua's laughing, "Should I not trust you?" she said with a smirk, "You know what your right. I'll just go find Serena." she added with a joking smile.

In response to Lua's question Rave answered, "Actually I'm positive its the Pitch alone. It said 'Rings of gold on endless blue' so I asume that means the goal posts against the sky."

Lua giggled at the Rave's reply "Its up to you, your the older one" Lua replied blinking her eyes hysterically.
"Hmm the gold hoops you say" Lua replied as she walked towards the gold hoops poles and circled them "Nothing seems here at the bottom...Wanna, climb up there or use brooms" questioning her sister for the next step.

Charlotte walked up to the pitch. She sat down on the stands, looking around to find someone she knew.

"Um I think brooms would be the better idea Lu." Rave said with a cringe imagining the posisbilities if they climbed.

"Yea, i knew you'd say that" Lua replied teasingly, " where do they keep extra brooms around here" she asked curiously, taking one last look around the pitch.

"Here take this one." Rave said handing her one of the brooms she had summoned. Hoping on to her broom she flew up to the goal posts and began to examine them.

Matt stepped out onto the pitch and looked down at the broom he held in his hand. It had been a long time since he'd flown on broomstick. But, there was no other way to examine the Quidditch hoops so, broomstick it was. He mounted his broom and kicked off from the ground. Fortunately, riding broomsticks was one of those skills you never really forget and after several low passes around the pitch, Matt felt comfortable enough to fly up toward the goal posts where a couple of other students seemed to be already.

Rave was flying around the goal posts when she noticed something odd sticking in one of them. She pulled off the note and read it her eys widening. "LU!" she yelled "Get over here!" She flew to the ground, note in hand, and waited for her sister to land beside her.

She looked up and noticed the boy from History of Magic class and descided if she could, she would talk to him before going to Professor Branxton.

He didn't see anything at this end of the pitch and was getting a bit uncomfortable on the broom so, Matt decided to land for a few minutes before taking off for the goal posts on the other end of the pitch. The other students had already landed and Matt stayed a little away from them while he caught his breath.

"Look! Look! I found the clue!" Rave answered in an excited whisper. She handed the note to Lua so she could read it. After her sister read the note she took it back and stuck it in her pocket. "Would you do me a favor Lua? Bring my broom to the broom closet for me?" she said hoping Lua would go so she could talk to the Slytherin boy alone.

After reading the note lua took the broom for her sister and mummbeled "Anything to ger rid of me aih, ill be in the castle when your done, most likely in the hallways" she replied as she walked to the broom closet.

"Lu I didnt mean it like that!" Rave called after her sister.

Shaking her head she walked over to the Slytherin boy and said, "Hey, I'm Rave Stone. I just wanted to ask you something. How did you know so much about the young Voldemortist in History of Magic?" she asked bluntly. "My parents believe what he does and I kind of wanted to know more." she finished with an odd look in her eyes.

Matt looked over as one of fellow Slytherins walked up to him. "Matt Walters," he said, introducing himself and holding out his hand. "The professor never said it was Voldemortist but, I guess everyone figured it had to be him. It was just some lucky guessing on my part during class... What did you want to know more about?"

'Lucky guessing? That was some pretty acurate guessing' Rave thought to herself. "Oh nothing much." Rave said looking down and fiddling with her robes. She didnt know how much she should say to someone she just met, but she discided to take a chance. "I wanted to know what he believe and how he goes about things. My parents dont like me much and I want to know why they follow him so faithfully, so maybe I could be something like them." she said honestly.Then, realizing what she just said, she quickly tried to cover it up, "Not that I would ever follow him or anything. I would.. I mean wouldnt. Yeah that right wouldn't" she said stuttering slightly and mentally kicking herself. 'Nice Rave. Real nice.'