Leilani kept her hand down, though her eyes were fixed on the Proffesor.

Pfft. No, she did not like to play quidditch. Surprised? Don't be. Everybody well most everybody knows she's got the hand/eye coordination of a peanut. And peanuts don't even have eyes... Or hands, for that matter.

So yes. She kept her hand down and her mouth shut and watched Proffesor Zookara expectantly. Just watch, all the hands will go up and hers will be the only one that's down.

Alice stared at Professor Zookara...here they went with that Quidditch thing again. What in the world was Quidditch? Alice had been meaning to ask someone what it was, since people were somewhat disappointed that it was going to be cancelled this year, but she had forgotten.

Deciding this was probably going to point out very obviously that she grew up in a muggle home, Alice raised her hand. "Um, professor," Alice whispered, hoping that no one else noticed. "What exactly is Quidditch?"

Trix grinned and nodded, didn't want to distract the class now did we? So she stopped talking to her Bestie and listened to the Professor talking. She'd call him Jeremy. It made her sound strange but still, it was epic.

Blah Blah. Yes she knew his name, but still she listened intently and then raised her hand at his question.

"Erm...I'm guessing I don't have to say my name and..." she looked at Oliver, he was her captain last year. What should she say? She was bloomin violent in Quidditch that's what she was. "Well I prefer Chaser. But I've played Beater too..." she replied. Should she continue with saying how rough she was with a bat or let Oliver insert whatever he liked? He knew the best at how good she was at venting frustration with a bat....and a fist apparently... Oh and occasionally a cricket ball.

*Whistle*

Oliver opened his mouth about to reply to Trixie when the lesson started. He gave her a look and turned his head to look at Jeremy.. *cough* Professor Zookara - Cool name though.

Quidditch!?

The Head Boy smiled and raised his hand. “Sir I was Slytherin Captain last year. I'm an awesome Chaser... but I've played all positions.” But he was no Keeper.. as the lossage of the cup to Hufflepuff indicated last year. Blehhhhh.

Moving on..

"Oh, and I'm Greenwood. Oliver Greenwood." James Bond stylie.

Why were they talking about Quidditch in Muggle Studies? Hmm...

Nope. From time to time he would watch Quidditch, if he knew some of the people who were playing, but Kellen wasn't really a fan of it. Something about clinging to a broom while people hit things at you... more fun to watch, for sure.

Daisy raised her hand, "My name is Daisy elizabeth Rohdes and yes I like to play Quidditch. My two favorite positions are chaser and beater." Yep, but the Tri-Wizard tourament put a stop to all her chances of playing this term.

She liked Muggle Studies. A lot. Probably because it wasn't a load of jibberish to her like .. Arithmancy or Potions. Not to mention the fact that she genuinely liked the Professor.
Ooooooh! Quidditch. That was fuuuuun! 'Cept obviously for the fact that they didn't have it this year *pout*

She didn't say her name like the Gryffjndor before her just, "Beater. Always Beater." Shame she'd never struck up the courage to play.

Rae tried playing quidditch, last year... She couldn't play quidditch to save her life. So Rae couldn't answer, that sucks... So much for starting off the class with a good attitude, including participation. Rae couldn't participate... Wait.. Why was this about quidditch anyways? Weren't they in Muggle studies? maybe this wont be so bad after all...

Why was Rae so indecisive?

...

OOMPH!

Having tried to got the pillow before it hit her face, she moved her head out of the way and went to grab it. Only, it did hit her face, the side to be exact, yet...she still caught it! OH....that professor was going doooowwwwnn!!

Scowling, she stared at him for a moment, before looking down to the pillow. Eh, she supposed it was alright. It could do with a different color change though.

It was too late to do that though. Class had begun.

Sighing, she plopped the pillow on her desk and set her bag down next to her chair before sitting down herself, slouching in the seat slightly. Pfft. Without Lawson here, this was just another boring class that she didn't really need to take. What the heck kind of job was she going to do in the future that involved muggles?

NOTHING! That's what.

However, she had to admit...he started off the class with a rather nice subject. Quidditch! Anything BUT muggle related. "Evelyn Flores-Shepard." she said, raising her hand. If it was quidditch related, then she'd answer the question. "I prefer the position of chaser, though I don't mind any of the other positions." Mmhmm, her father taught her well. It was a shame she hadn't really played the game in over eight years though. She'd need to practice over the summer.

Oh thank Merlin. Vashti might've cried or something if she turned out to be late and lost house points. The very thought of it depressed her. Quickly taking the nearest seat up front, her hand shot up almost the second the professor had asked about Quidditch.

"I do!" she answered with a bright grin, all thoughts of tardiness and house point loss out of her mind. "I play Chaser mostly, but I've been a Beater before too." But Chaser was definitely her favorite of the two.

Oh wait, he'd asked for their name too. "Oh, and my name's Vashti." Should she add her last name? Probably. "Greenwell."

raising his hand Michael white.... I have never seen a quditch game befor so you can say spectator is my fav

He was from America! She knew it cause it talked just like her. Well......their accents were the same, so she knew he was from the states. There was no doubt in her mind. This also made her like him even moar. "I'm doing great, professor!" She replied cheerfully as she gave the pillow one more squeeze and placing it on her desk. Resting her elbows on the duckie pillow.

Annnd now class was beginning. Giving Ivy a quick little nudge, she looked at the professor as he spoke. Quidditch? What did that have to do with muggles? Hm. Curious as to where this was headed, she listened to the replies, not giving one of her own. She didn't play the sport and never would.

Amused? The corner of his lips curled up into a small smirk as he regarded Savannah for a moment. Well, this was certainly going to be interesting. "Well, we'll see about that." Was all he settled with saying for now. And that last part about forcing her to change her shoes? Yes, no comment.

"Apparently so, hm?" Jeremy mused, still with that slightly amused smirk plastered across his face. Why would he have princess pillows after all? Again, did he look like somebody who carried around princess pillows? "How about I'll take one along next time...under one condition." His eyes twinkled in amusement slightly as he continued, "You change your shoes to flat ones later." Yes, she should have seen this coming.

Staaaaaaaaaaaaare!

Alice didn't know what Quidditch was?! Blinking at her for a moment Jeremy turned to the class instead and ignored all the raised hands for a moment. "Can anybody explain to young Alice here what Quidditch is?" Because they were supposed to help each other...he was actually quite surprised that nobody had explained it to her yet.

Brant Raised his hand. "Brant DeVaice, I have been the Quidditch Captain for the past two years for the gryffindor house, I've played Beater and Seeker." he told the professor.

Louisa was feeling extra comfortable on these pillows which meant she was in a REALLY happy mood today. She even thought about bouncing on them for a bit before the class started getting serious... but nah the professor has already asked something.

She almost jumped up raising her hand, "Louisa Carter. I love to play Quidditch, sir. I never tried but I hoped that I would this year... but, you know, I was disappointed with the tournament thing." And the older students getting all the fun this year, Grr.. yeah she was not happy with that. Meh. She didn't want to ruin her fluffy-mood with that. Aaaah, nice pillows.

Daisy rasied her hand even higher,"Quidditch is played on brooms." Obviously. "There are seven players for each team. Three chasers, two beaters, a keeper, and a seeker." She noddded. "It's the beaters job to keep the bludgers away from their team with wooden bats. The keepers job to block the three hoops so that the other team doesnt scare. The chasers are spposed to try and score for their own team with the Quaffle. The seeker has the most important job of all. They are suppose to catch the Golden Snitch. That's how the winner is usally determined. It's a really fun game," she said nodding,"but can be rough at times, like all the time." If that wasn't a good explanation then what was? Maybe she should've went into more details on the color and description of the balls?

Having slipped into the classroom with a small smile and a slight wave in the Professor's direction, Trent had taken a seat at the back of the room. The pillow had been placed on the desk, and her bag under the table.

As the class began, her wrist cut through the air so that her hand was still and waiting. She waited for her turn and then smiled at the Professor. "Hi Professor. I'm Trent Parker. I play Quidditch, and prefer the role of Chaser, but have been known to play Seeker when I am needed too. Though, I have never played for Slytherin."

Wha...?? Someone didn't know what Quidditch was? Seriously? Louisa glanced at the not-educated-enough girl with disbelief. That girl wasn't a Ravenclaw! No way.. And she answered right away not missing a chance for herself to stand out, "Quidditch is sport. It has rules and special equipments." Heh where Louisa would start and where would she finish talking of this brilliant sport? That girl needed to read more.

"well its sort of like a wizard soccer i guess." Brittany said shrugging. Except youR flying on brooms in the air and instead of one goal there ARE three. ANNNNNDDD you hAve 2 people trying to hit you with a bludger. Hmm maybe its not so much like soccer.' she said grinning sheepishly

Ooooooooooooooooooh

So now it suddenly dawned on her why the Professor was talking about Quidditch. Goodness she could be so SLOW sometimes. Yeah because it totally wasn't like he played for the Fitchburg Finches or anything [/Sarcasm] But still it didn't exactly have a lot to do with Muggle Studies did it?

Trix raised her hand to answer his question. HIS, was how he should be known for the moment so she didn't completely confuse herself. "It's a Wizarding Sport. Probably the biggest. In which one team verses the other... You get Professional and school teams. Even nationwide ones" Did he want full blown rules or was a simple explanation enough? And wasn't this question better suited for a flying lesson? "Basically you fly around on brooms and have you four positions. 3 chasers, 2 beaters, a keeper and a seeker on each team. Then you have your 3 balls, the Quaffle For the Chasers, Bludger for the beaters and then your Golden Snitch.." she continued. "The Chasers have to score goals through the hoops on either side of the pitch, your keeper defends the hoops stopping any goals being scored. Every goal is worth 10 points. Your beaters hit bludgers using a beaters bat away or towards the players depending on which team they are on and then your seeker, well they will chase after the Golden Snitch, a very fast small golden ball with wings. Once this is caught, your team gains 150 points and usually wins the game." And breath. "Lets just say however, Quidditch is not a game for the faint hearted." That was for sure.

Nibbling her lip, Trent listened to the others explain what Quidditch was. "But sometimes the catching of the Snitch doesn't mean your team wins. Each goal scored with the Quaffle by your Chaser's is ten points. Catching the snitch gives your team a hundred and fifty points." Trent took a deep breath.

"That means that it is possible for the opposite team to win if they score more goals than the team who catches the snitch." She paused and looked at the Professor. "For instance if Team A has scored ten times and caught the snitch, then they would have 250 points. However, if Team B has scored twenty-six times, they would have 260 points and would win the game over Team A."

Alexandrie almost groaned at the question of Qudditch, she hated the sport.. and anything to do with flying since she had a slight fear of flying. So Alex kept her hand down and listened as everyone else talked, her head was beginning to ache as someone was explaining Qudditch... should they be taking notes on this Alex wondered.

Cam was a natural Beater? Figured. And it was also kinda... hawt? Oliver turned and and smirked at her, not having seen her when he entered the classroom. Redheaded!Siren!Girl was good at making herself invisible when she wanted to be...

Eh? That girl didn't know what QUIDDITCH was!? HEATHEN! It's just The. Most. Awesome. Game. like, everrr.. Still, she looked small... must have been a muggleborn firstie. How confusing for the poor wee girl.

He was about to tell her exactly just how awesome the sport was, when another girl piped up... and then Trixie.. and then ten million other kids. Well.. their explanations were A LOT better than his would have been.

Heh.

Cam laughed - Trixie's response was enough for a pHD in the subject. She reckoned Alice would understand more than perfectly what it was now. A game, but an awesome game. And there was Oliver. There was no chance of her sitting next to those two. Her and Trix had just gotten the stage of being pleasant around one another. Better not to push her luck, right?

She poked her tongue put at the Head Boy as he smirked. Beating was stress relieving, hadn't he heard?

Was it wrong that he felt the urge to smirk smugly? Probably yes, right? Which was why Jeremy managed to refrain from doing so. It wouldn't be appriopriate. He was a professor now, and not supposed to be smug about something like that. And he had sent the pillow the girl's face's way accidently. He hadn't been AIMING for her face.

So not.



Jeremy smiled at each of the students who answered to explain the concept of Quidditch. Now, hadn't been that difficult now had it? Only why they hadn't JUST answered it when Alice had asked was still a little hard to understand. "Thank you for the various explanations." Yes, various. Now Alice probably knew EVERYTHING about how Quidditch worked.

Turning to the girl in question he raised one eyebrow at her questioningly. "Did that answer your question?" He wanted to know with a friendly grin. Though, that question probably didn't need an answer. After Trixie's explanation Alice definitely knew every little detail about the game.



Oh, wow, so many people who had played Beater before. That was good. Very good. It would come in handy later. Jotting down each of the names of the people who had mentioned playing the position of Beater, Jeremy turned to face the class again after putting Brant on the list. "Thank you. Believe me, it will come in handy later." Was he making it obvious what the class would be about?



Well, if they hadn't guessed until then they certainly would now. Jeremy reached down to grab something which had been placed under the table...a Beater's Bat. Holding it up for the class to see, he turned it around a couple of times before asking, "Now, I assume most of you have by now identified this as a Beater's Bat." Apart from Alice probably. "Obviously,-" Sadly. "-this lesson will not be about Quidditch and Beater's Bats, though. So, any idea what a Muggle could be doing with this?" As if to emphasize his point Jeremy tossed the bat in the air and caught it again as if he were juggling.