Simon looked at Professor Hadley and smiled before shouting back. "WHO THINKS HADLEY SHOULD BE REF SO VINDICTUS CAN HAVE A BREAK?" Simon laughed and then turned away back to Bentley hoping Hadley wouldn't kill him, saying that she couldn't she'd probably want him for the next Hufflepuff match.

Simon looked at the Professor. "I thought about leaving it on your doorstep but then what if someone took it or another Professor saw it and thought it was from the Library, then you would have been in a mess and you'd probably blame me so I thought I'd give it to you in person, that way I knew I'd given you it." Simon smiled. "Thanks for lending it to me, it's a great read." Simon handed the book to the Professor, for some reason he had a feeling all the Professor didn't like him and he hadn't done anything to them.

Simon smiled Professor Bentley didn't know that being a Prince has it's rewards sometimes and his older brother was captain of the Hollian Quidditch team and Simon had trained with them a few times.

Caroline nodded. Two whole years. She didn't want think much more about that match, other than meeting Kita not today anyway. "Cheers."

She smiled as Kita introduced herself to Brae. Her best friend and her best guy friend finally met. She was happy that they finally did.

Awww. Kita was such a good captain, taking notes for her next match. She watched as she wrote things down. Oh so she was cheering for Gryffindor. "Cheering for Gryffindor I see." She said with a giggle

So was she. She watched the match for a bit.

"LET'S GO GRYFFINDOR!!!!!!!"

Yeah. she was going to use 'her good set of lungs' to cheer for the lions.

"RAWR!"

...

Someone was CHANTING! And not the usual chanting you expect in a Quidditch match. No no. This chanting was about Hadley and Bentley playing Quidditch. Huh? Kita turned her head and looked at the boy who... was now laughing.

Simon. Obviously.

Kita shook her head slowly and smiled. Honestly. It was almost worth it to sit near this boy. "Hi Simon!" she chirped, waving at the boy.

But the odd behaviour amongst the people in the stands was enough to make Kita turn around and focus on the game again. How much had she-

SQUEEE! SNITCH! Who was going to get it? She secretly hoped it would be the Gryffindor Seeker. But... for some reason... she kind of knew... Yes, Ellie got it. Honestly, if she had to go against Ellie again, she might just give up on chocolate for a while.

Thats the spirit! she thought, giving Harvey an approving nod.

"Caw Caw Ravenclaw!" she cheered, clapping her hands to the rhythm.


"Mmm ok then," she mused, taking the book off his hands. A fair enough reason she supposed. And knowing her luck a snow dragon would have thought it was dinner or something. "I'm glad you enjoyed it, it's definitely one of my favourites."

"Geez would you look at that!" she gasped as she watched Ellie catch the second snitch.

"Ellie Stone... you are amazing," she said to herself. Yes that girl was deifnitely something.

"I'm...okay." Yes, JUST okay...

She absentmindedly fingered the Gryffindor tie hanging from her neck.

"How does it feel seeing your girlfriend play?"

Oh... she didn't have to worry about the little moves? But then ... how was she supposed to catch when they scored? Frowning at Treyen, she shook her head. That just didn't seem to make any sense at all.

"Ooh... Eagles are flying pretty strong today...." she commented, watching as Ellie caught a second snitch. Clearly they were trying to make a triumphant return at the Quidditch Cup.... And keeping the Lions at the bottom when it comes to Quidditch rankings.

What? His Head of House didn't like him? Shaking her head at the fifth year, amused, she decided she would let him think that. Let him think what he wanted.


Glancing back at her male prefect as he LAUGHED, Fina smiled in amusement. She had no idea really what was so funny .... except Simon, who clearly was good comic relief, but yea.

"She did!" Fina nodded, noticing his wide smile. Huh, strange. She's seen a smile like that before ... Not toward her, but toward her older sister . . .

And ... Simon didn't give up, did he?

"Hadley as ref would be the worst mistake ever." Please, honestly, she was just able to stay on a broomstick without throwing up. Having to ref a match so soon in her Quidditch Training? That was pushing it. Maybe in another year or two . . .

"YES!" Zara squealed, as Gryffindor finally scored. She sat back down and began to hope for the best as she continued to cheer.

"GO GRYFFINDOR! SHOW THEM OUR LION PRIDE!" Zara proudly yelled, hoping no Ravenclaws would hate her for cheering so loudly.

Teehee! She raised her glass and CHINKED it with Caroline's! Yes, okay, it was only hot chocolate. Still.

Wait... "Caroline, did you MAKE this?" she asked, eyeing the girl. Honestly, if the girl can make hot chocolate now, she was going to STAY in the kitchens. Yes yes.

Feeling a pair of eyes on her, Kita looked up and smiled at Caroline. Was she... reading this? Well, she was allowed to. It wasn't about Slytherin at all so that's fine. "Spying on me?" she asked, smirking slightly.

Supporting Gryffindor? 'Course she was! Carter had supported them hadn't he? "I see you are as well..." Why else would she be wearing the skirt? Unless she knew what Kita was wearing and decided to wear something similar?

She smirked as Caroline started cheering for Gryffindor. It reminded her of that time two years ago when she managed to attract the attention of a certain Quidditch Player. And lookit! Carter was Keeper again.

"Well done Ravenclaw!" They just had to be really good didn't they? "Come on Gryffindor! You can do this!"

Simon looked at Kita and smiled. "Kita I need a word with you and Professor Hadley about something soon." Simon wasn't sure if he wanted to play Quidditch when everyone hated him and saying that with a head of house who didn't really like him maybe he should ask for a transfer to another house.

"Professor, I'll speak to you later." Simon smiled. "I want a chat with you about Herbology soon." Simon wanted to do something in that field when he was older since Quidditch was a dangerous sport.

Simon decided it was about time to speak to his head of house. "Professor why you shaking your head at me?" Simon then laughed. "I think you would make a great Ref." Simon smiled as he walked upto her, hopefully she wouldn't eat him. "Professor do you know when Hufflepuff next match is?"

One could even confuse this Hufflepuff for a Ravenclaw today, honestly, because he even shook his head at Hadley's comment, "They always fly pretty strong, haven't you noticed?" she even took them to the Trophy Room during a lesson, Hadley should've checked the Quidditch trophies in there.

Of course, all Hufflepuffs care about was Quidditch, no? But the eagles were meant to fly forever.

AND...she did it again. Only one more snitch to go. Which Ellie was gonna get either way. "Why are you here today, Professor?" Didn't she come when Hufflepuff played and...just when Hufflepuff played?

"Sure think dear... anytime."She gave the Badger a smile and nod before returning her attention to the game...

Both teams were playing so well. Though Ravenclaw were clearly in the lead. Poor Lions, she did like the Lions... only her old House sort of came first. Being neutral wasn't as easy as she had thought.

Clapping and whistling loudly, Seren continued to observe the game. Ravenclaw seemed to be all over it!

Harvey nodded back as the Professor approved of his yelling cheering. "YES!!!! THAT'S IT!!!!! COME ON ELLIE!!!!!!! ONE MORE!!!!!! AND THAT WILL BE GAME!!!!" he yelled as Ravenclaw scores were going up and up, ANNNDDDD Ellie had caught the second snitch of the match too!!!!!

Not determined to give up, Zara cheered them on some more. She was feeling the thrill of the game. Emotions were getting into her, that need to cheer on for her fellow lions. It was her family, her lion family fighting their hearts out at the field. She smiled to herself and cheered on.

"GRYFFINDOR, FIGHT TILL THE END! I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!" Zara yelled, trying to be heard over the sea of people cheering for both Ravenclaw and Gryffindor.

He laughed. "No, not secretly a Ravenclaw. Huffies can be smart too, you know!" Of course she did. She was one of them. "Yeah, I've played before, and that's what happened to us. We came from behind and won it all, I think it was our determination. We just worked like crazy in practice to get over our embarrassment and whatnot."

He smiled. "Yeah, it's a simple spell. You must've missed that lesson. I can teach it to you sometime if you'd like." Not that she couldn't look it up herself. "Yeah, I'll do it again if we make the Championships. And I can even attempt to paint my face like a badger. You mean like black and white stripes, or paint an actual badger?" Either way it'd look pretty sweet.

As the game progressed, he quieted down. I should let her take notes he thought.

Minerva watched the game. She really didn't mind who won, but she was just trying to figure out what was going on. She just kept moving her head trying to watch everything. "I'm sorry, but give me the ground and a hockey stick any day."

As the Seekers zoomed into action once more, Keefer found himself on his feet. It looked like Kurumi would make it there first...

"Yes!" he shouted when Gryffindor met with success. It wasn't that he really was cheering for them, he just wanted to watch more Quidditch. If Ravenclaw had gotten it, the match would be over. "Way to go, Kurumi!" he yelled.

BAH! She was getting too old for this... or at least, her voice wasn't holding up like it used to.

"Go Claws!" she yelled encouragingly. It was only a matter of time. Surely.

Fee stood there watching the game as she got really excited.She hadnt been to quidditch game for a long time so this was really amazing. Looking around the girl smiled as she caught her boyfriend on his broom.He was sooo passionate when it cam to Quidditch it was breathtaking and there was probably nothing the blonde loved more.

"GOOOOO RAVENCLAWW",the Slytherin rooted loudly,"COME ONE.YOU CAN DO IT."There was no doubt that the Eagles would lose.Gryffindor was a great team but still.

Turning around as Simon approached her, she tilted her head. He was interrupting her watching the game. "You're silly, that's all..." She nodded. Really. Nothing more than mere silliness. "No idea really when the next match is, but it shouldn't be too far away." It was March now, so maybe sometime in the rainy month of April?

Huh? Oh yea, she noticed, but she did like to try to forget about their strong flying abilities during matches when they played against Hufflepuff. "True." Her Hufflepuff players tended to hold their own though, no?

AND ... Oh... what happened to Ellie!? Kurumi caught a snitch!! Well now, this was getting more exciting. Hmm? Why was she here? "Well, one of these teams is going to play against Hufflepuff next, aren't they?" she answered simply enough.

There you go. Treyen nodded and kept on watching the game, being even more amazed by the second at Vashti's chasing abilities. Honestly, he's never noticed before how incredible she was. She'd lose in a duel against him, though, he was sure of that.

It was very likely that the opposite would happen if he kept thinking like that.

He was more than ready to stand up and start heading back towards the Castle when...Kurumi got the snitch? Well, good job, Kurumi. Half a smile made its way to his face. That was the only snitch she was gonna get.

"Wait, what?" he blinked, repeatedly. Good thing he was just a substitute, then. He wouldn't want to play against Ellie's team, but he also didn't want them to lose now. If they were to face Ravenclaw..then..he hoped Kita wouldn't call on him. "I guess so." He looked worried and beyond concerned.

Simon looked at Fee and forgetting he was now near the Professor he shouted. "FEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, I'VE MISSED YOU." He yelled at the top of his voice. "You should come over here and chat to us, he then realised he didn't know the score. "What's the SCORE?"

Simon looked at Professor Hadley, "I am not silly?" Simon laughed. "What gives you that idea?" Simon wanted to know that. "I can't wait for the next match, though maybe you should play Professor it would be fun." Simon smirked. "How are you anyway?"

Caroline watched as so many things started happening at once. First Vashti was about to shoot. Then Carter got knocked off his broom. "Huh?" Kita had said something to her but she had gotten a bit distracted by the match. "Oh, yeah I made it." She nooded.

Caroline smirked. "Maybe." with a giggle.

"Me? Cheer for Gryffindor? Never." She teased, why wouldn't she?

THE SNITCH!

If Ellie caught it the match would be over.

"COME ON KURUMIIII!!!!!!"

She had it, right?

"Way to goooo, Kurumiiiii!!!!" She shouted and jumped to her feet. When she did she dropped her mug of hot chocolate. Merlin, nooooo. She hadn't just refilled it. But who cares Kurumi caught the snitch. Gryffindor was still in this.


"LET'S GO GRYFFINDOR!!!"

Staring... yes... staring at the scene that played out before her, Seren had barely noticed that she had stood from her seat. Ravenclaw... had done it! They'd DONE IT!

"Good Game," she cheered, clapping her hands together enthusiastically. Gryffindor had played wondefully... just not wonderfully enough, and quite frankly, she wasn't complaining.

"Well done Ravenclaw... well done Gryffindor."

With an intake of breath, Keefer realized the Seekers had seen the Snitch again. His eyes glued on their progress, he leaned forward in his seat. "Go, go, go!" he yelled, not to anyone in particular. It looked like Ellie Stone was going to get there first...

He watched her fist close around the tiny ball. "Game over!" Keefer cheered appreciatively the Seekers' skill. Both of them played excellently, but Ellie had the edge. It looked like Hufflepuff would have tough competition for their next match.

Bliiiiiiink!

A word? Simon wanted a word with her? She hadn't DONE anything to him had she?

Kita looked at Hadley before frowning up at Simon. "Simon, is everything okay?" she asked, looking at the boy carefully. She hoped everything was okay. It wasn't as if she was going to get mad at him. No no. Unless he wanted to leave Hogwarts. THEN she might get mad.

Kita let out a small giggle. "They can be!" she said, "Their loyalty and awesomness landed them in the house of the badgers." Simple. Pity she wasn't smart. Siiiigh! "Merlin that's... Well done!" she squealed, "So you've... been in this position before?" Merlin, it was no wonder that Hadley recommended him to her as a sub. "Thanks for the advice!" Even if he hadn't really... but he kind of had.

Missed that lesson? "Maybe..." she said, trying to remember a lesson where weird hair colours popped up everywhere, "You will? Really? That'd be great!" She might even remember the spell and it would certainly help her in her NEWT's!

Uh oh. NEWT's.

"Oh, yipee!" she said, clapping her hands, "Er..." How could she explain this? "Paint it as if you ARE a badger. Nose... eyes... other things a badger has." Teehee! That would be really funny to see!

Kita turned her attention to the grounds below. Wait... the Gryffindor Seeker had gotten the Snitch! Yipee! Well done to-

Oh. Then Ellie caught it. The last Snitch. The one that won her team the game. Kita clapped for the Ravenclaw team. They were good. REALLLLY good. Now all she had to do was make sure her team could beat them again. AND figure out a way to beat Ellie. She was not looking forward to this.