Eeeepppp!A horde of Flying Squirrels!!Cardigan had just happened to fly through when a group of 6 squirrels flew across together.She narrowly avoided them as she lowered to the ground to take a breather.A squirrel hanging onto her hair,a gigantic squirrel bruise,and almost being knocked clean out of the sky by six squirrels?What a hectic day!Cardigan got back into the air in a few minutes and avoided squirrel after squirrel after squirrel.These were some mental squirrels!

As Minerva was looking for another squirrel to follow she say Kurumi struggling. She leaned left and then forward heading towards her. Kurumi stay still. She flew as close as she could. She had never took her hands off the broom before. Minerva balanced with one hand off and then the other. She put her hands around the squirrel careful not to put them where it could bite. She took her hands carefully near it's feet to make sure it didn't scratch and pulled it off Kurumi's face. "There you go hun." she smiled as she let the squirrel go on away from Kurumi. She then put her hands back on the broom.

Violet was getting tired of circling around the Quidditch pitch. What if she did some tricks? Violet started shooting up again with great speed. Up and up away she went and then SWISH! She did a double loop in the air. It made her head feel dizzy, but Violet patted herself on the back for doing a great job the first time. While she was distracted by herself, she didn't see she was headed for someone's head. Violet pulled out just in time before her broom clipped some of their head off. "Phew, what a close call."

Did this squirrel LIKE being tossed around like a sack of potatoes? Because that was what it seemed like to Alex. He swerved left, right, up, down, in almost every direction he could go without unseating himself, and the bloody thing was still holding on! It was treating his broom like a ride at Disneyland.

"GET OFF!" Alex yelled at the squirrel. He must look awfully mental right now, shouting at a rodent, but it was so hard to steer with it on the back! Rolling his eyes, he turned his attention to what was in front of him and gasped. There was another squirrel flying RIGHT at his head!

Squealing, he pushed down on the broom and started to descend, causing the squirrel to fly over his head. Well, at least he didn't have one on his face now...

Just as Harvey had got one squirrel off of him he went to fly away from it when he saw another coming towards him and tried to dodge it... he did.... unsuccessfully.. the squirrel got a hold of his broom as he tried to avoid it.. so there was Harvey with a second squirrel on his broom.. now the first squirrel let go when Harvey zigged and zagged.. so he tried that again thinking that the squirrel would jump or fly or whatever it did to a nearby tree whenever he was near one.

After a while he looked behind him and saw that the squirrel was still there.. and he was again fustrated.. of how to get the squirrel off of his broom. So he sped up hoping that the squirrel would feel broom sickness before he did and jump or fly off his broom. So he pushed gently on his broom.. and sped up the speed of his broom.. occasionally looking behind him to see if the squirrel had left. But the squirrel was still there so he sped up even further until Harvey himself started to get broom sickness. So he looked at the end of his broom and was shocked.. there was no squirrel there! "When did he get off?!" he asked himself looking around.. there were none near him.. so he was confused now.. so he then slowed down to stop the broom sickness that he had..

After dodging the young Gryffindor. Violet dived up and down, around the huge hoops at the end of the field. It felt exhilarating to be up in the air for so long. Violet wishes quidditch would start soon. She would love to be playing some real quidditch for some time. Violet slowed down and soared sulkily around.

After getting himself back on the air, Kennedy surveyed the area and was about to move because if he didn't mostly likely he'd become a target, when...

Floooosh!

Something zoomed pass his right ear.

Floooosh!

The same thing happened except this time by his left ear. What was it?! And then...BANG! Something smacked right onto his head. Leaving one hand on the handle he raised his free hand to his hand and was met with fur.

He took hold of it and tried to pull the creature off, but every time he tried doing that it would pull on his hair. "Uhh...don't...that hurts...don't pull!"

A squirrel was trying to make a nest out of his curly hair!!!

He finally summoned enough courage to yank the thing off, along with some of his hair. Kennedy GLARED at the squirrel, but the only thing the little freak did was...snuggle with the bunch of hair he had pulled off.

Creeeepy.

Kennedy let go of the creature and watched as it glided off with his hair. Great, he probably had a bald spot now.

Suddenly, violet felt her broom wobbling and shaking violently. "What happening?" she cried. Violet held her broom tightly with both hands as her broom zoomed around the field in increasing speed. "Heeelp!". Violet looked around and saw the trees, bushes and all the other students zooming past her. Her heart was pounding with fright. She definitely did not want to crash onto the sandy ground 50 feet below her.

A faint chuckling could be heart at the back of her broom. Violet turned around to see...a squirrel hanging on the back of her broom. "Eek! Someone get that squirrel off me!" as Violet zoomed around and around with the flying squirrel shaking her broom.

Kurumi screamed when the younger Puff removed the squirrel from her face. The creature HAD had its claws buried in the hair on her head and her locks had been wrapped around its little paws in such a manner that it had formed knots. The girl must be a really good flyer considering just how unpredictable the fifth year's flight had been and it was a wonder she hadn't crashed into the girl. Kurumi looked at the strands of her hair that fluttered towards the pitched and rubbed her head. That...had really hurt. Still, she bowed her head in the girl's direction and then veered to the right.

She felt bad for the little creature that had just been on her face. It was probably just looking for an easy ride. It didn't take long for her to find the squirrel, or, for it to find her as the case was. The squirrel was back on her face, but this time its claws didn't dig into her hair as much. Okay, not being able to see was not a good thing. Kurumi took a deep breath and began to blow against the squirrel's belly, hoping that it was ticklish. Sure enough, the little guy began to chatter its teeth, mimicking a laugh noise and climbed off her face, settling for her shoulder.

"Much better," she nodded. Now, to get this guy across the pitch. Kurumi turned the handle to the right and made another lazy U-turn before leaning forward and flying across the pitch to the other set of trees. "There you go," she said, nodding towards the trees. It jumped off her shoulder and scampered away.

Best.Class.EVER!

After helping Kurumi Minerva pulled right and headed to the other side of the pitch, but before she made it there she saw a squirrel so she slowed to a stop. The squirrel flew close and landed on her broom. She smiled, it worked she thought. "Do you want to go for a little ride?" she was talking to the squirrel, yup she has lost it. Minerva leaned forward a bit and the broom moved slowly. The squirrel seemed to like sitting there. She dodged other squirrels flying around her so they didn't hurt any of her new friends, friends. She laughed at the fun she was having.

Nicki was enjoying yourself just flying around when suddenly she heard Professor Vindictus yell "Squirrels". Nicki immediately looked up to see at least 20 Flying Squirrels headed towards them. She knew that they were harmless but she still didn't want to fly into any of them. As the other students started flying all over the place trying to get away from them, Nicki decided that she would fly below the flock.

She leaned forward on her broom and pointed the handle downwards. Her broom started heading closer towards the ground. Once she figured that she was below the flying path of the Squirrels, Nicki straightened back and pointed the handle straight in front of her. Soon she was hovering above the ground as the first few squirrels flew past her.

Cardigan was happily flying along.No squirrels had bothered her in a while.She barely even noticed the squirrel sitting on the back like it was riding the broom!She stiffled a small laugh,trying not to laugh too hard.It was just soooo funny!She continued riding but wore a silly grin caused by the squirrel,still hanging on...

The fifth year rubbed his head. Dang, that really hurt. Who knew that he was going to end up missing a small chunk of hair at the end of class. He was still rubbing his head when something collided with his back. He turned to see what it was, but it was gone.

If another squirrel got at his hair there was going to be a prize to pay. He didn't want to be bald!

Turning back to the front he had to react fast and tilt to the left to avoid a flying squirrel. He leaned forward to go at faster pace and got at least ten feet above ground. Not only was he going to end with a bald spot, but with bruises.

Just when he'd been hoping the flying squirrel was about to let go of his broom...ANOTHER squirrel latched on to his broom, this time clinging to the handle a few uncomfortable inches from his bum. Now this was starting to turn into a nightmare of epic proportions.

Alex noticed that his broom was slowly getting lower...and lower...and lower...those things were weighing him down! Merlin, how heavy WERE they? Just when he was about to turn around and try and bat them off, a third squirrel joined the party and landed in between the two already hitch-hiking squirrels, and Alex knew it was time to get DOWN.

Lowering his broom handle so he came down to a stop, he stumbled once his feet started to touch the ground and he tumbled onto the grass, his right hand still grasping the broom tightly. Those squirrels STILL hadn't let go! What was with them?!

"Get off!" he grumbled, picking up the broom like a bat and shaking it to try and get them loose. "Come on you wretched things...FLYYYY!" he said, twirling around in a circle with the broom held in front of him like a stick as he tried to shake them off. Finally, one came off and darted away, and a few moments later the other two let go as well. One flew off, while the other decided it hadn't taken too kindly to being flung around like a fish and jumped at Alex's face. He let out another shriek and dropped the broom as the squirrel kicked off his cheek and flew off to terrorize some other student.

Defeated, Alex sat on the ground and crossed his arms moodily. There was no damage to the broom, thank Merlin, but the only thing Alex had learned today was something he had already been well aware of--animals did NOT like him.

As Harvey was cruising around and keeping an eye out for other squirrels while he got rid of that broom sickness he was feeling from earlier when he saw a wonderous sight.. a pretty hufflepuff girl giving a squirrel a ride around the pitch.. he watched as she flew that little squirrel around the pitch.. when suddenly he caught movement in the corner of his eye and saw another hitchhiker coming towards him.. he could do what she was doing and let the hitchiker ride with him.. he looked at the squirrel as it came towards him.. but he had an evil look about him.. "Oh no way!" he said shaking his head.. and before the squirrel could latch on he sped away from it and looked around to see where it was.. he couldnt see it.. maybe it landed onto someone else's broom he thought as he flew to the other end of the pitch avoiding more of the squirrels

Minerva still had the squirrel on her broom. She slowed her broom to a floating stop again. She leaned right to turn her broom, but a squirrel was coming at them she turned quickly and the squirrel that was on her broom jumped off and flew away. Darn that was fun she thought as she flew forward again.

Harvey was flying around having fun dodging all the other squirrel hitchikers.. practicing his reaction with the squirrels as was the point of this task.. so he was zigging and zagging.. when he saw one come right at him.. so he dove.. by pointing his broom downwards and escaping the squirrel he looked backwards and saw it go into a nearby tree.. he looked forward and quickly pulled up..and as he did he saw a flash of blonde hair as Minnie flew past him.. and suddenly he felt extra weight on the back of his broom and looked around to see a squirrel.. he shook his head... he knew where this one had come from.. Minnie's broom.. the same one she had been giving a tour of the pitch to.. he then flew around the pitch also with the squirrel.. might as well give it a ride also since he is used to taking rides.. so he flew around for a bit longer giving the squirrel a ride

Even if Sophie could use magic, she wouldn't know what spell to use in a way not to harm all of the 7 squirrels that were on her and her broom. They were everywhere!! Her broom was still going down without Sophie wanting it to go down.

When she tried to shake them off, they would hold tighter with their claws. "OOOUCH!!! That hurts, squirrel! Stop it!" she was getting actually kind of angry at all of the squirrels that were on her. "GET OFF ME, YOU ALL!!" she yelled while trying to keep the broom steady. It was quite hard to do it when you couldn't see a thing and had about the double of your weight on squirrels over you.

"Someone please help meeeeeeee!!!!" she begged, still trying her best to free herself from the flying squirrels. She then started zigzagging as fast as she could. Maybe the squirrels would fall off if she did it fast enough!

Gideon forward over the stick of his broom a little and shot forward heading towards the break in the influx of vermin. At least it wasn't a never-ending swarm to deal with, just a sort of clouded area. Once he was through and into more cleaner air, the 5th year leaned himself into a wide turn so he was now facing the gaggle of students and flying squirrels.

He should be safe for now....right?

It appeared not for almost as soon as turned his back on one batch of trees, the Gryffindor felt a pressure on his back. It was light and Gideon might have almost thought he was imagining it until he felt a curl or two on his head being pulled. "Uh oh...not gonna let ye stay there little squirrel," he remarked shaking his head trying to get it to lose its grip and slide off, quicking the movement when it didn't seem to work at first.

Hannah was determined to not have any complications with any squirrels from now on. She was going to be faster and smarter than them. She took off to her left and seen some squirrels coming towards her so she quickly veered right. She saw some students struggling with the creatures so she used them as a distraction and zoomed by untouched.

Maybe this wasn't as bad as it seemed at first. Maybe she just freaked out a little by the feel of a little tiny furry hand on her leg. That would do it for anyone! She even took a second to hover and take in her surroundings. The squirrels seemed to be occupied with the other students so she took this down time to fly around and avoid flying into any of her distressed classmates.

Turning her broom handle left, she headed away from a majority of the chaos. She glided past a tree and felt a small thump on her shoulder. She didn't want to look at it. She didn't want to see the squirrel that was sitting there...on her shoulder. She zigzagged her way to another tree than turned her broom handle to the right and made a u turn. "Okay, you're ride is over now please get off my shoulder." She felt the pressure vanish and she moved away from the tree before another could land on her. She was getting just a little tired of flying. She kept an eye out for students and squirrels hoping not to run into either of them.

HEHE.

Beezus just couldn't help but laugh as she ascended more. Looking at the other students below was just very entertaining. A few others were too scared of the squirrels that some acted violently while others seem to like them more than they should. On top of that, it seemed like the squirrels were the ones who was having the most fun. Yeah, Quidditch lessons were always fun.

She kept hovering above those students who were seemingly playing with the squirrels. At least, those creatures on that part seemed to be harmless. She was still enjoying the scene when suddenly, a squirrel came flying...RIGHT INTO HER FACE?

THWACK!

It did land on her face. "Pleeesh..geeyt.." she mumbled, the squirrel still on her face. "OFF!" she bursted upon releasing its grip on her face with the hand that she freed from grasping the broom handle. She held the squirrel in front of her, "Kiyuuuuuuuuut!"

After zooming in and out of the hoops, Violet was finally able to get rid of the flying squirrel that had been shaking her broom out of control. Her head was busy as she was doing figure eights, left, right, up, down and dangerous loopdee loops around the quidditch pitch. The whole world was spinning around her and her head was throbbing from the view. Violet had to sink back down slowly until she reached the ground. Violet hobbled around for a bit before heading to the sidelines. She sat down and began to massage her head slowly. It was enough flying for the day, she thought. One of the most fun classes in Hogwarts. After a few minutes, this nausea will go away and I'll be ready for the new assignment. as she patted the school's broom.

Oh! The zigzagging seemed to be working after all! The squirrels started letting go from Sophie as she zoomed through the air as fast as she could. FINALLY!! she thought, feeling much lighter. She looked down and saw all of the squirrels flying downward. "Good!".

Sophie was about to go back when she heard something and looked behind her. One last squirrel was still there, grabbing a hold of her broom. She frowned. Gaahh! At least it was only one. She turned around to make her way back to the trees and leave the squirrel there.

When she was going back down, another flying squirrel came in her direction. "Oh, not again!!" she was much more prepared now. She ducked and kept on going down, avoiding all of the squirrels that decided to come her way. For that she had to lean to the left a couple of times and to the right a lot more times. But she made it safely - and almost squirrelless - to the tree this time. "There you go, squirrel. Go away now!" saying that, she flew as far away from the trees as she could.

Phew!

"Nae....let go," Gideon remarked uselessly as the squirrel still seemed to be perched there. Its small claws managing to grip into his school robes well enough. And when its grip on his curly hair seemed to slip with the continued shaking of his head, it scampered to get a better hold and succeeded in scratching along the base of his neck. "Oww....!!" he let out making a face as he thought over his options to get it loose.

Well if his small movements didn't get it off, perhaps it was time for a BIG movement. With that crossed his mind, the 5th year tightened his grip on his broom and leaned forward and down a bit to go into a semi-dive. Maybe the sudden jerk and actual movement would combine with gravity and knock it off so it had to fly on its own.

One could only hope.