Qaz watched the players, trying to pick up moves she might be able to use to inprove her own performance. She needed all the help that she could get.

Sky was blue, and the breeze felt really good against her skin. In other words, the weather was perfect.

Too bad her mood wasn't.

Coming to watch this match had been such a dreadful idea. In fact, Willow had been planning to stay locked inside the girl's dormitory brooding. But no, Professor Vindictus had the BRILLIANT idea to tell them that supporting Hufflepuff or Slytherin would be their homework.

And that was something Willow couldn't do. She just couldn't.

Best friend was in Slytherin and. . . her friend Dominic in Hufflepuff. Because they were friends, right? Right. Or at least she hoped so.

She should have just stayed inside the dormitories; a few points were not worth this, really.

Chewing on her bottom lip nervously and avoiding to look at the match -for some reason Willow didn't think bludgers were her friends that day- the walked down the stands, looking around to see if she could spot anyone she knew.

Or rather, looking around to see if she could spot someone she knew and that was tall enough to hide her. She did not want to see the match, nor did she want to be seen by any of the players. Nu-uh.

Sadly, there wasn't anyone. And so she made her way to Mariel, who was sitting by Juniper Goodwin -was it just her or the girl was EVERYWHERE- and took seat next to her without a word.

If anyone asked, she'd basically lost her voice due to some random cold she'd caught. Or, she was supporting both teams - whichever worked.

Thoroughly excited and ready for the latest Quidditch match, Anna Greingoth headed into the stands, banner in hands. She was, of course, rooting for Hufflepuff. Her father would be completely disappointed in her, but Anna honestly just felt as if the Hufflepuff team played better than the Slytherin team. The Badgers had crushed Gryffindor the last time they'd played them. Ouch. That one still stung.

When she reached the stands, Anna began climbing higher and higher, until she finally reached the point where she thought her little banner would most likely be seen. Not bothering to sit, Anna raised her banner and yelled, "Go Hufflepuff!!!!!" Smiling, Anna looked around, trying to see if any of her friends had arrived yet. Not seeing anyone, Anna turned her attention back to the field, waiting impatiently for the game to begin.

There was a tiny moment where she considered just leaving, when she heard her name being called and she looked up to see Robert waving at her. Oh Merlin, how on earth did she not spot him right away? Kayla grinned at him and gave him a small wave back as she headed up the stairs in his direction. "Hey Robert, how's it going?" she peered around him and spotted Lyra seated beside. "Hello Lyra, long time no see." Kayla parked her behind on a seat on the other side of Robert. "Sooooo quidditch..." yep that was all she had.

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Copernicus seated himself in the stands, ready to start cheering for... well, for both teams. He had friends on both teams, so might as well cheer for everyone.

Tobi had no idea who to cheer for so he had take the fatalist approach. He had flipped a coin. It turned up Hufflepuff and there he was wading through the crowd, to stand with Kettleburn.

"Hey man, who's winning?" he asked.

As for his attire he was rather decked out in the only yellow clothing he owned. It was actually terrible luck that his coin hadn't turned up Slytherin, he had tonnes of green clothing. His banana yellow T shirt was about 2 sizes too small and it was uncomfortably tight. He had drawn a large black badger on the front, or tried to, but it looked a more like a rat. Hmmm... Tobi wondered if he would get points for effort...

As for his pants, he took an old pair of blank pants, too short at the ankle, too tight at the bum, and painted yellow stripes on them, the effect made him look like bubble been in tight pants.

"YAY HUFFLEPUFF!" He cried. "What?"

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Mariel sprinted up to the stands, once again late for the match. At least she didn't miss half the game like last time. Decked out in as much green as she could possibly muster since she was obviously supporting Slytherin today, the second year looked around for anyone she knew - preferably someone from her own house supporting the same team she was.

Spotting Juniper Goodwin jumping and yelling for some boy and also the collective Slytherin team, Mariel decided to slide into the seat next to her fellow Claw. They could be really loud for Slytherin together and that would show Vindictus that Ravenclaw obviously had the most school spirit.

Juniper slowly turned her head and stared wide-eyed at Mariel for a moment. Oh no. Why was the girl who bit everybody at practice sitting by her? Juniper's breath caught in her throat and she inconspicuously shifted a little farther away from the younger girl. She did not deserve to be eaten. Giant child-eating chocolate slugs should be eaten by child-eaters. Child-eaters should not eat children. It was unnatural.

Why, this girl was as unnatural as Anti-Nature Girl.

"H-h-hi, Mariel," Juniper managed to greet the girl with a teensy smile. Turning her attention back to the game, but keeping Biting Mariel in her peripheral vision, Juniper began jumping up and down again, not even noticing Anti-Nature Girl herself on Mariel's other side.

"GOOOOO Slytherin! Go Go Gooo!"

Copernicus stood up and tried to start the one-man wave. It went badly. "GO BOTH TEAMS AND PLAY FAIR AND HAVE FUN!" He shouted it as loud as he could. Embarrassment was nothing in the face of house points.

"Um... not sure, Avalon. You want to try this wave thing with me?"

Plymouth was on his way to sit with his new BFF Tobi and Stepbrother BFF Copernicus. But he never made it. Anna, as per usual, was just so gee golly distracting!

"That - that is a nice banner, Anna!" Plymouth gave her the usual goofy grin he reserved for her and slid in next to her. "If you're rooting for the Puffs, then I suppose I'll have to root for the Slytherins."

Fly , Fly hufflepuff
Fly Fly HufflePuff
Chris shouted as Hufflepuff scored a point!

William whistled loudly, his flag waving furiously and looked over to see Juniper the girl he had partnered with before. He grinned getting up from his seat and stumbling over to her. "Hey, mind if I sit with you?: He asked, his eyes warm and courteous. He stood there, knowing it would be rude if he just sat down without her approval.

Robert grinned with a slight chuckle, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." His eyes scanned the field and he saw that the Huffies seemed to be winning. His smile was still plastered on his face and he yelled again,

"GOOOOOOOOOOO HUFFIESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!"

Hearing her speak he laughed, "You haven't been up to anything? Come now you have to have been doing something surely." Seeing her smile and her glance he smoothed down his tie with a grin, "Have I? I haven't noticed. And thanks." He turned back around in search of where Kayla had went to when he heard her voice.

Looking down Robert smiled and gave Kayla a hug, "Good good. You?" It seemed like he couldn't STOP smiling. He turned to watch the game and hearing her comment looked back at Kayla with a smirk, "Let me guess...you're not really into it. Do you know what's going on?" Hopefully she did unlike Mariska who only went to see him play. Least if she knew what was going on her reason for not liking Quidditch would be valid otherwise...well he might have to teach her. A smirk twitched at his lips as he glanced toward the field.

Rian looked behind her, laughing as she saw Copernicus do this wave-thing. He started speaking to another boy, who Rian thought his name was Toby, or something, but Rian stood up and climbed the few seats up to them anyway.

"Who are you supporting?" she asked out of curiousity. She wasn't sure about the answer herself, probably both. If Ravenclaw wasn't playing, who really cared what other team won?

A wave? he'd done crazier things. His current attire could count as one. The things he would do for house points.

"Sure why not? Just a sec though - WHOOOO GO PUFFS! - All yours now, let's do this thing."

He clapped his hands together and rubbed. He was READY!

Qaz really had no real team preference, so she made a sign with a team on each side, so she could just spin it around:



Go Hufflepuff!



Go Slytherin!

Hearing a familiar voice nearby---talking to her, at that---Anna momentarily put her little banner down and turned to face Plymouth Morgan. Ahhh, Plymouth. She and Plymouth had this weird little history---a short history, but a history, nonetheless---of borderline overly-flirting with one another. Had Anna really sat down and thought carefully about "Morganna," she she'd coined them, she'd realize that she was getting herself in a bit too deep. Problem was, she hadn't sat down and thought carefully about it...and the thought to do so had actually never crossed her mind. So when Anna's eyes met Plymouth's, a smile widened across her face, and she said, "Banner? Oh, yeah...banner. Thanks, Plymmy. It's not much, but yeahhh. So why do we have to be rooting for separate teams, huh? Why can't you root for Hufflepuff with me?" she asked, making a move to sit down. She tugged at Plymouth's shirt, wanting to him to sit with her. "Sit. Stay. I don't bite," she said.

With that, she raised her banner once again, and due to a charm she'd placed on it earlier, the "GO HUFFLEPUFF!" magically changed itself to:

What was with everyone and hugging? Last time she hugged someone just for the sake of it - it had ended up something else entirely. Kayla returned his hug somewhat awkwardly and then cleared her throat. "Yeah I am good too." Eh...what was she saying, she was at a quidditch match. She nodded her head, "Yes, yes I know what's going on, I'm just not that into it." Trying to knock people off their broom with a bludger just to get a quaffle through a goal hoop was totally lost on her. If she was ever going to knock someone of their broom it would be because they had probably annoyed the crap out of her...now that was a good a reason as any. "Stupid question but who's winning?"

"I am supporting the sport of Quidditch," Copernicus said emphatically, clapping his hands and stomping his feet to make noise. "Do the wave with us! You can stand right here with Avalon and I, and then you just... raise your arms."

"Let's practice, but we need more people," Copernicus told Tobi with all seriousness. If they were going to do this, it would be right and very logical and methodical and perfect. He did his ridiculous full body wave again, starting out low and then jumping high with his arms in the air. He was a super waving machine.

"Because," Plymouth grinned, his eyes following her hands to his shirt. She was tugging on him and smiling and he didn't MEAN to stop. WHy had he stopped? One look at her and he knew. "Because," he started again, "you and I were going to make a bet on this game, of course." Plymouth briefly held her wrists and pulled himself right up next to her. "If Slytherin wins... then.... I get something. And vice versa." Plymouth and his mom played this game ALL the time.

Meanwhile, Plymouth pulled out two rolls of toilet paper. One was gold, the other green.

"GOOOOO SLYTHERINNNNNNN!!!" Mariel stood up and yelled at a random point in the game. It didn't look like the Snakes were really in the lead, although it was close, but Mariel wasn't all that worried about who won. Why would she? It didn't matter that much, she just wanted to show that she had loads of school spirit. And Slytherin would be the obvious choice over Hufflepuff anyway, because Nancy albeit absent today, was normally their beater.

As she sat back down, the second year glanced over at Juniper who seemed to be inching away from her. What was that about? Frowning slightly at first, she immediately grinned as the older girl greeted her. "Hi Juniper," she said, waving cheerfully. "So, you like Slytherin too?" she asked as she tried to inconspiculously point out the green scarf lightly draped across her shoulders. "We should make up a cheer or something. That would totally show Professor V that the Claws have the most spirit in the whole school."

Nodding to herself the approval of her brilliant idea, the 13 year old caught a movement out of the corner of her eye. Turning her head, she saw Willow sliding into the seat next to her. "Hey, Captain," Mariel said, looking appraisingly at the girl for any sign of who she might be supporting. "Are you cheering for Slytherin? Juniper and I are trying to think up some kind of cheer to show everyone that Ravenclaw has the best school spirit." And they obviously were since all the recent games were packed with Claws and few of the other houses.

Cela skipped up to the stands dressed to support both teams playing. She danced over to Copernicus and Tobi and did a little twirl before pointing her wand at herself and casting sonorous to yell her cheer.


"Go Slytherin and Hufflepuff! One game is never enooough! You all have mad skillz and get up all intact and stuff when you make scarrrry spillssssss! It’s like art when you fly A kaleidoscope of colour in the sky! I go oooooh! When I see the loop the loops and flippy flips and I think you are all tops with your skill and good sportsmanshiiiiiip!

She did a cartwheel and offered up some spirit fingers before jumping up and down in excitement and offering a grin to Copernicus and Tobi. This was totally fun!

"Mm," Rian murmured in agreement. That worked. She was about to ask something else, but then Nic asked if she wanted to do the wave. Well, he told her to, actually.

She nodded and turned forward, watching Nic as he did his one-man wave, both of her eyebrows raised. "Lovely," she muttered sarcastically, before bending over and bending her knees. She raised her arms, and finished the thing with a jump, looking - most definately - like an idiot. But that didn't matter, 'cause she was actually having fun.

Yes, Go Hufflepuffs, Herminny screamed in Euphoria as she saw Hufflepuff score another 10 points.

She closed her eyes, squinting them shut as Robert was cheering for her Huffies. Once he finished, she opened her eyes with a sly smile. "Oh of course I have been up to something," she began as she saw Tobi's bright RED hair.

"See that beautiful RED hair? I did that!" She was proud of her work and knew that she should become a famous wizarding hair coloring perfectionist but...NO NO! She couldn't do that. Instead she was going to become something in the muggle world of fashion known as...a model. "I can even dye your hair as well.

"Hello Kayla! I'm glad you could join us!"

Rian grinned as she watched Cela do her cheer-type thing, dressed...interestingly. But Rian wasn't going to say anything about the cheer or the outfit, because she'd just made a fool of herself, too.

"Hey Cela," she said with a laugh, straightening up after almost losing her balance after she jumped.

"Because.....why?" Anna asked, her eyes drifting back to the field. Was Hufflepuff winning? She couldn't tell. Plymouth had momentarily distracted her, and to be honest, it appeared that he was started to distract her once again. Before she lost interest in the game entirely, Anna tapped her banner once again, changing the previous words to:



Anna then turned back to Plymouth to get the answer to the question she'd just asked. She was quite interested to find out why Plymouth just had to support the one team she was currently against. "A bet?" she asked, putting her sign down once again. "So what sort of beat were you wanting to make?" She listened as Plymouth explained what he had in mind. It sounded like she was going to get the upper hand in the bet he was describing, as Hufflepuff was definitely going to slaughter Slytherin. That thought in mind, she agreed quite quickly to what he was suggesting. "It's a deal. If you win...you get something. If I win, I get something." Her eyes then traveled to the rolls of toilet paper he'd pulled out. "Erm, Plymmy, what in Merlin's name are those for?" she asked.