Lyssie finally sat down on the couch and looked at her friends celebrating. There was one person that wasn't here. Aaron, and that made her sad. She missed seeing him even though she knew that he was busy making boats and designing costumes with Laura. The happiness of winning the game eventually wore off to be replaced with a little sadness and melancholy.

Minerva looked over and saw Alyssa looked sad. She walked over to her. "What's wrong Alyssa?"

"It's fine," he said, still a bit red. "And thanks, I'm not in the mood to have my great mood spoiled by more nerves. I had enough of that today."

And suddenly Treyen was following them to the drink table. Speaking of spoiling a mood, he was bringing up that shirt again. "Yeah, and you're lucky, too. Cuz if it had..." he let it hang there, only somewhat of an idle threat. He didn't know what he would have done, but he imagined that he wouldn't have let it go without any comment, at least.

"Plans for the summer? Um.. I haven't really given it a lot of thought, to be honest. My mind has pretty much been on Quidditch up until now." And understandably so, in his opinion.



Still trying to make his way to the drinks, he overheard Messer giving Alec a hard time. "Alec... the ladies' man! Don't let it go to his head, eh, Messer?" he laughed. What with his awesome Quidditch talent and constant supply of sweets... He's turning into a miniature Treyen! he thought, noticing the slightly ruffled hair. He chuckled at the thought.



And finally he found the drinks. He grabbed a Butterbeer and worked at the cap for a moment before finally getting it open. He took a large swig right a Ella walked up to continue the previous conversation. He tried to answer, but only ended up having a choking fit. COUGH. COUGH. COUGH. He gasped. "I'm okay..." he croaked out.

After several seconds, he was sure that he was fine. "Well, I'm sure if you asked the team they wouldn't say I give rousing pep talks or anything, but thanks." And then more congratulations. "Thanks! The whole season seems a lot more worth it now, you know?" Which was always good. "Have you ever thought about playing Quidditch yourself?"

Minerva smiled happy she could finally help someone and be of some help with a team mate. She listened as he spoke to Treyen. "May I ask what your talking about?" she was curious of the shirt they were talking about. Maybe it was what he was wearing, but she would ask to be sure. Minerva felt herself turn a bit red again when Keefer said his mind was only on Quidditch. Of course it was, that is where hers should have been if she wouldn't have been away. "Sorry, I guess I was just making conversation. Of course it was on Quidditch, how silly of me. Plus your mind is probably on classes as well." she took a sip of her pop and decided just to keep quiet while Treyen and Keefer talked so she didn't ask anymore crazy questions.

The first year's eyes grew quite wide as she watched Keefer start to choke. Merlin's Beard! I've killed the Captain! This IS NOT good. She ran over to him, patting his back awkwardly like her mom had done to her on several occasions. She was extremely relieved when he finally managed to talk again. "Good. I thought you were-well-that was scary." She got out, looking at him sheepishly.

She smirked as the older badger told her the pep talks were nothing to brag about. It still seemed exciting, the whole hearing a team pep-talk thing but there would be time for that in the future. "You're welcome and I Uh-yeah, I do know." Kinda... "Yeah! Actually I'm really thinking of trying out next term. I'm a little nervous but I guess that's normal?" Shrug. The thought of trying out against some of this talent was pretty frightening actually.

"Well they're not quite as bad, but that's the only melodramatic show I could think of" Sammy said with a small giggle. Some people said that Doctor Who was melodramatic, even more so since Moffat took the reins but Sammy just thought it was the most amazing show ever. Simple as that. "Sixth, and you?" she said, gosh saying it made her feel so old. Next time she was at Hogwarts she would be a seventh year. And would be expected to study for her NEWTs. Horrifying. Sammy had discovered back in fifth year that her and studying for long periods of time did not go well together, she ended up getting distracted for hours by the smallest things. For example, a loose thread on her cloak.

Sammy smiled. As much as she thought Eve was a little weird for not liking parties, she was nice AND she was a Hufflepuff and only cool people got sorted into Hufflepuff. Which was totally the reason Sammy was there. "it's hard not to show house pride for such an awesome house" she said in a matter of fact tone. Sammy knew all about house pride, hell, she was the one with her Hufflepuff tie around her head in an attempt to contain the curls.

He glanced at Treyen. Is he going to defend himself or should I tell? "Okay, so there's this girl... Treyen's dating her. Captain of the Eagle front, Ellie Stone." Just in case not everyone was as completely obsessed with everything Quidditch-related as he was. "My theory is that she made him wear that." He gesticulated toward Treyen, who was bound to show off his... wonderful... shirt now just like a model. "I wasn't too happy to see him show up to our match AGAINST RAVENCLAW... for THE CUP... wearing that THING."



With a few good thumps on the back he was quickly back to normal. "Thanks. I think I probably was dying there for a sec."

But then she was actually expressing interest in Quidditch. More recruits?!?! Yes please! "You should go for it! We have Treyen graduating for starters, and Lewis mentioned he may have to put his studies first next year for NEWT level stuff. So there goes two right there!" Two he was not happy at losing, either. "Get in some practice this summer. That should help your chances loads." He nodded. "And your nerves as well. I always find it easier to relax if I know I did everything I could to prepare. What position were you interested in?" he asked, truly curious.

Alyssa looked up when she heard Minerva speak to her. She forced a smile and shook her head,"Oh it's nothing. Don't worry about it. I guess I'm finally coming down from the 'high' of all the excitement and am feeling tired right now. I'll just rest here for awhile. You go and have fun and catch up with the gang."

Then Alyssa felt it again. That sharp pain in her stomach. She tried to ignore the pain but it got worse, like a knife had been shoved into her. She bent over and collapsed on the floor.

Minerva looked over at Treyen and giggled a bit. It was kind of funny. She could actually see her Ravenclaw best friend wearing a shirt for their house while he was playing them. "Oh yeah I see why you could be upset over that."

Minerva listened to Alyssa not sure to believe her or not. "Ok if you say so, but if you need something please find me." she was just about to walk away when Alyssa feel to the floor. "Alyssa, Alyssa" she bent down to her friend "Are you ok?" turning to the table she was standing at with the boys "Treyen, Keefer help me something is wrong with Alyssa."

Relief. That's what Ella felt. "Well good cause if you'd died that definitely would have put a damper on the party." the first year said sheepishly, cracking a smile.

Keefer's excitement about Ella maybe joining the team caused her smile to widen, though nervously. "Oh." The first year knew that the team would change as the terms went on but it was still quite sad. "They are both great. I know they will be missed." And how could she ever live up to either of them? But she shook off the doubts, listening to Keefer's advice instead. "I plan on it. I've actually been getting quite good at flying. I'm pretty quick...at least I think I am." Ah yes, the nerves. Those probably wouldn't be shed anytime soon. Ella was a constant worrier. "What p-position?" Oh no. Ella couldn't say. First, cause she didn't want Keefer to laugh and second, because saying it out loud meant it was real. That she was actually trying out. "I-uh-I was thinking of chaser...b-but I also think beaters are q-quite important and I-well I have a p-pretty good swing." Long tennis lessons had helped with that. The tiny badger looked up at Keefer, wondering if he would laugh at her.

Then, something distracted the first year from the conversation she was having about quidditch. She had seen Alyssa fall to the floor and Minnie was with her. O_O Was she okay? Ella felt quite nervous again, this time for the older badger crying out in pain. "Help her." She said quietly, looking at Keefer with wide worried eyes. Was Hadley still here too? Someone needed to make Alyssa better and soon.

Alyssa clutched her stomach. It felt like the muscles were all cramping up inside and the pain was excruciating. "Oh Merlin. It hurts so bad. It hurts so bad." before she blacked out.

Someone was calling her name..no shouting it, but in excitement. Turning around, Nessie saw one of her fellow team mates Daisy and gave the girl a huge grin like she had given almost everyone else. "DAISSSYY!" she shouted back sharing the same enthusiasm. Without remembering about her arm, she got up and threw her arms around Daisy only to find herself wincing from the pain her right arm was giving her. "Oww!" she whispered quietly so her teammate wouldn't hear.

"We did!" said Ness giving a small nod. She could still barely believe the trophy was theirs, at least now she knew she wasn't the only one. "You played awesomely too." According to Ness Daisy probably played better than she herself did. All the practicing all the hard work. It paid off didn't it, because look where they were now.

Butter? Yeah sure why not? Ness gave Daisy another small smile and then nodded at her. "Um, yes please if you don't mind passing me one?" she asked being polite like her parents excpected her to be.

Who was that? Someone definitely seemed to be in pain. BOOM! Ness heard a noise. It sounded like something or someone had fallen to the floor. SHe turned around to face where the source of the noise had come from and was horrified with what she saw. It was Lyssie lying on the floor? But why? There was only one logical reason that Ness could think of, Lyssie had fainted.

Hurrying over to where she was Ness looked at the people around her panicked. "What happened?" she asked her mind going crazy inside. Was Lyssie okay? What if she wasn't? Taking a few steps closer, the third year bent down to her fellow friend and felt her neck to check if she was breathing. It didn't help though, because Nessie didn't know how to find the pulse. "Lyssie?" she called as it was the best she could do.

Alyssa heard her name being called from a long distance away. She opened her eyes and saw Nessie leaning over her. "Nessie, please help me. My tummy hurts really bad. I don't know what's happening. Am I going to die?"

Oh thank Merlin! She was alive. A small reasuring smile lit up on Nessie's face when she saw Lyssie eyes open. Inside she was as worried as anything, but she knew if she showed that it make Lyssie more tense. Then, Lyssie began talking, which made Ness feel better already.

Her tummy? Now why would that be in pain? Maybe too much sweets. Ness bit her lip. She then took her good arm, that hadn't been injuired and took hold of Lyssies hand with it. She then squeezed her friends hand tightly trying to calm her down. " Lyss, everything will be fine..um..no. I don't think you are...wellIhopenot." she slipped out the last bit, a little unwillingly. That would only make Lyssie more scared which was not what they needed right now.

Looking around, Nessie tried to find someone anyone, that could help. Where was Hadley? Or Treyen, Or Arya or even Keefer? They must have been somehwere right? But no matter how much Nessie scanned the room she couldn't see them. "Umm..someone please get help!" she shouted. She would have gone herself, but she wanted to stay by Lyssie's side.

Alec smiled back at Ella. He was so used to older people coming up to him to praise him and say things to him that it felt a bit out of place for his own classmate to do the same. But Ella was really nice so he didn't mind one bit. "A superhero with the power to be speedy!" he mused, "I really like that! But that means you have to be a superhero as well."

Alec grinned. Ella was going to try out! That meant he'd have more people his age playing on the team! "Great!" he said, "It would be great if we were on the team together!" If he got onto the team next term that is. Then they could prank Messer some time. Brilliant! Erm... mascot? "I think you can get in," he said, nodding, "But a mascot wouldn't be too bad, either. You'll dress up in a badger costume for us?" Because that was pretty nice of her.



Before he could say or do anything else, he felt himself being taken up in a bear hug. Alec blinked. This was slightly odd. Okay, he had gotten used to this by now but it was still odd to find people other than Anya hugging him.

... Lyss. She was the one hugging him! Alec hugged her back, a small grin playing across his face. "Hey Lyss!" he said, "Erm... thanks!" People really did seem to like complimenting him all of a sudden. "I just... did my job," Which was to catch some snitches! "You were amazing as well, Lyss. Brilliant with that Beater's bat!" All the Bludgers were probably scared of her now.



Alec blinked. Not a single game? Not one? Now he felt a bit bad for attending all three of the games. But he was the Seeker. The only Seeker. If he had dropped out for a game, Keefer might have gotten mad.

Oh. Minerva's reasons were pretty good. Sick and family emergency. "Are you okay now?" Because if she was sick... she had to get better right? That's what usually happens when people get sick. They get all better. "So did you get to watch the match?" She did come back to Hogwarts an hour before the match started...

As for the bit about her letting the team down... Alec just shook his head at that. "We're not angry with you, if that's what you mean," he said, "You're still a great player, you know." From what he remembered from their earlier practices together, she really was.



Usually Alec wasn't one to turn his head and look at the entrance of the common room everytime someone tumbled through it. But with the way everyone seemed to be turning to look at the newcomer, Alec couldn't help but turn his head as well. A small grin spread across his face as he looked at the woman standing by the entrance of the common room.

Hadley!

And she was here to make a speech! Alec smiled as he listened to what the Head of House had to say. It was weird how a few words can have so much effect on someone. Alec could feel his chest puffing out in pride, especially at the point where Hadley said that 'Helga Hufflepuff, herself would be proud',



Alec ruffled his hair slightly as he took another look around the common room. Maybe some food would be nice. He hadn't really eaten much that day and he was only realising this fact now. So... food and drinks, yes?

... No.

Hearing a clucking, Alec turned to look up at the boy who was now speaking to him. Messer! Usually the sight of his fellow firstie would have made Alec grin... but not now. Why? Because Messer was being Messer and mocking Alec now. Typical.

"For someone who doesn't like girls, you're surrounded by girls a lot as well, you know," he said, "Are you jealous that I have friends who are girls?" Messer could be. And maybe that's why he kept on pointing out that he, Alec, was around girls or that him and Anya were anything more than just friends.

And speaking of Anya... "You're going to tell her that I'm surrounded by girls?" Because there was no way he was going to let Messer say anything like that to Anya. Not because of how Anya would react, but because of how Messer would make it sound. His roommate was a weirdo.



His roommate was in big trouble as well.

Alec's eyes widened as Keefer interrupted their conversation with a comment about... wait, what?! ... Him?! The ladies' man?! How was this even possible? He just had a lot of girls around him for some weird reason. That didn't mean anything. All they wanted to do was congratulate him for the match. Yeah... that's all.

He could feel himself going red slightly as Keefer continued to mock him. This was... embarrassing. "I..." What was he even meant to say? "I'm not a ladies' man. I mean, I'm a boy!" ... Yeah, good going Alec.

Yes, Keefer? If it had...then what? Was that a post-game threat? Funny, it was, and he chuckled lightly at his words. No, he didn't think Keefer would've done anything about it, mainly because Treyen still wore the shirt to the match and the Captain did nothing to prevent it.

"Hey, now," he started to say, as Keefer started to explain the t-shirt business to Minnie, "Ellie didn't make me wear it." Nope, he gladly accepted to wear it, which was oh-so-different.

Actually, she did make him wear it. By asking him to. Not forcing it on him. Plus, he really liked it.

Nothing more could be said...because...

"Lyssie?" Die?? What? She didn't die on the Pitch, there was no way she was going to die at a party, okay? "We should go to the Healer." And since he was the one who arrived late, might as well take her, no? Because he could always return and be late again.

His hand was laid out for her to take, "I'll take you." And she could lean on him as much as she wanted.

Alyssa:

"Alyssa don't worry we will get you help." She looked around and then breathed easier when another teammate came over.



Minerva smiled at Alec "Yes I feel better." Then he said she was a good player, "Well I don't know about that, but we will see next term if I try out again. I haven't decided yet to be honest, but it's obvious you are going to be on the team again from what I saw at the match. Yes I did come and watch." she blushed a bit with his comment on her being a good player. "Well I will let you socialize. You seem like a popular person here." She grinned as others came to speak with him.



"Well Treyen I don't see a problem with the shirt since we won." she smiled at him.

(Different times with Treyen)

When Treyen joined them with Alyssa Minerva was relieved. "That sounds like a great idea. Here Alyssa let me help you up." she took Alyssa's hand to help her up and to have Treyen take her to the healer. "I hope you feel better dear."

Oakey was still bouncing around the common room going from one end to the other. His team had won, his team has won! Noticing that he was slowing down just a little he darted back to the refreshments and downed another cup of the sugary drink.

As he got back to the celebration he saw from the corner of his eye that Alyssa was sitting down and didn't look so well. Popping up out of no where with the group of other puff's that were concerned with her. Oakey spoke up. Heyalyssawhat'swrongareyoufeelingokaywasitthecandy ibetitwasthecandythat'sidon'teatcandyanymoreyouare n'tgoingtothrowupcandyareyoui'vedonethatonceitwash orrifyingwellyouweretherewhenithappenedsoiguessyou doknowbutthat'snotthepointyou'resickandmayneedtose ethehealerholdonineedtotakeabreath. Oakey inhaled as much air into his lungs then let it all go. He turned his attention to the two of the Chasers, Treyen and Renesmee. Might as well congratulate them all while they were here. MERLINYOUGUYSWEREAWESOMEBYTHEWAYtreyenrenesmeeyouw erebothalllikewhooooooshandswoooooooooooopanddasha ndalyssayouwerealllikeWHACKandPOWandSMACKkindalike batmanitwassoooooooocooool.HEYhasanyonehadthatdrin katthetableitisREEEEEEAAAALLLYGOOOOOOD!

Alyssa opened her eyes when she heard Treyen's voice. He mentioned something about taking her to the Healer and would have said that she was totally afraid of her, but was too weak to say anything, so she weakly reached up with her hand and grabbed hold of his and tried to pull herself up. She immediately bent over in pain, but bit her lip and tried to stand up.



Alyssa still struggled to get onto her feet, even with Treyen's help. So she took Minerva's hand with her other one and pulled herself up, leaning on Treyen as much as she could. "Thanks Minerva for all your help."



Alyssa could barely make out what Oakey was saying let alone. All she heard was something about candy. She weakly waved at Oakey before leaning back against Treyen and letting him lead her off to the Hospital Wing.

Why, of course. There was no problem with the shirt at all. Had they lost, the blame wouldn't have been on the shirt, because no one would've known. Right, Keefer?

Treyen returned the smile.

And he even nodded in approval when she volunteered to help Lyssie get up.

O_O

THAT...was...what was that?!

Treyen blinked, and kept on doing that. He had NO IDEA whatsoever of what was Oakey talking about. He recognized no word. Except Merlin. And that was a name, not a word.

"Perhaps, Oakey, you're the one in need of the Healer." Seriously. For real. This boy was on something. Too much sugar, perhaps. Or too much excitement. Or both combined, which was NOT the best combination.



And...yes, he'll carry her to the Hospital Wing. No problem. How many floors were there? Thank goodness she didn't weight too much. Treyen allowed her to lean against him as he lead her away from the Common Room to the Healer. He only hoped not to find Vindictus in there.

"That show is horrible." Evelyn said, with a small shake of her head. She didn't understand how people watched shows of that sort. Jeez. "I don't think anyone could be as melodramatic as the characters on that show." That was true. When Sammy said that she was sixth year, Evelyn smiled. "Me too!" Gosh, only one more term to go before she left school. Sigh. It was quite sad, really. She'd also heard that the last year would involve a lot of studying. She definitely didn't look forward to that.

Awesome house? "Absolutely. We are the best." Evelyn nodded her head seriously. That was why she was at every quidditch match cheering for her house. She really wanted to play since she loved the game so much but she knew it was just wishful thinking. Anyway, it didn't really make much sense since she would be here for only another term. Besides, she was terrible at sports.

Ella smiled. "Gummy girl." She said to herself more than to her housemate. She looked at him sheepishly, realizing he had no idea what she was talking about. "That's my superhero name, I mean. Logan and I, he's a Gryffindor first year, we thought a lot about our superhero names. I'm Gummy girl cause I love gummies and he's Candyman cause he's obsessed with candy and now I guess you're...you're...?" She scratched her chin, thinking hard on a name. "You can be Snitch Snatcher!" Yup, you're welcome. "Welcome to the Hogwarts Avengers." She added, saluting her housemate.

The first year nodded enthusiastically. "It would be great! It would be nice to play with someone my own age." That way Ella would have someone to talk to, especially when she was feeling nervous. "Oh yes, I wouldn't mind. I actually think it'd be quite fun to dress up like a badger." Plus maybe she could scare a few unsuspecting people with her badger costume, that would be funny!

Ella raised her eyebrows as Messer started to tease Alec. Boys were funny that way. What was the big deal about boys and girls talking? Ella had many friends that were boys and it didn't seem weird to her. Not at all. "It's perfectly acceptable for boys and girls to be friends." She said quietly, to no one in particular. And then she wondered who Anya was. She would have asked Alec if it was his girlfriend but wouldn't that just add to the teasing?

Keefer laughed heartily as Alec resisted the idea. He probably still thinks girls have cooties or something. "Hey, it's fine, Alec. I'm just joking around with ya!" Well, mostly, at least. He clapped his Seeker on the back and gave him a wink.



"Hey, we need quick fliers. That's actually what our main weakness was this turn. We were good at out-maneuvering opponents, but quickness wasn't up to the level I wanted." Yes, he could still critique though they were the Champions. "Beater, eh? I've seen some really good female Beaters in my day, though I think that's the hardest position for them to play." Which wasn't to say that they couldn't play it. It was just the hardest one for them to perfect. "But we will be needing some talented Chasers to make up for what we're losing." He sighed at the thought of losing both Treyen and Lewis in one year.



Keefer smirked, somewhat doubting the BigHead Boy's claims that he willingly offered to wear the shirt. "Suuuuuuure she didn't. You just keep telling yourself that, buck-o." He sighed and shook his head a bit. I mean, the guy is clearly head-over-heels here. He'd do anything for her. So she probably just mentioned it and he did it to make her happy. So willingly, but only somewhat.

Then pandemonium broke in as Lyss went down. He watched the scene unfold, a passive bystander. Several people were already dealing with it, and he didn't think crowding around was what she needed at the moment. Especially since this was kinda the Head Boy's territory, no? I mean, she was his teammate, but Treyen's as well. And this type of thing is more in his job description than mine.

Now that Treyen had Alyssa, Minerva turned back to the party. She reached for her drink and scanned the room. No Justin or Ame. Well she was getting use to not seeing them. Everyone seemed to be talking to someone so she sat quietly back in her seat and picked at her bracelet. Watching everyone being happy was nice for a change she thought.

Josephina felt herself swelling up with pride as she heard applause throughout the common room. They might applaud her, but she was speaking the truth. She was proud of ALL of them.

Oh good and she even helped out Keefer in terms of his comfort level of speaking in front of all his housemates. See. Teamwork! Cause that's how Puffs do it!

Giving her captain a smile, she took a quick glance toward the beverage table as she realized she was thirsty. May as well let his housemates socialize with him; she was only there for the food to celebrate with them. But it was them who did the work.

Just as she was about to make for the beverage area, she head Treyen and Evelyn calling toward her, appreciating her efforts as Head of House. Naw! They were just SO sweet.

"You're welcome, but you know, I do it for you," because she cared about them. What could she say? She was a true gold and black badger.



Fina made her way over to the beverage table and quietly poured herself a glass of butterbeer where she contentedly observed the students. They were enjoying themselves, it seemed. But she did wonder for a brief moment if perhaps the house elves outdid themselves in terms of sugary foods and drinks. Couldn't they have put some fruits and vegetables out instead of a second plate of cookies?

Judging from the way Oakey was rambling, she guessed that there WAS too much sugar at the party. And eh? What was up with Alyssa? Sipping her butterbeer, she watched as others crowded around the third year.

"Er ... Miss Potter? Everything alright?" She was just overwhelmed with excitement. That HAD to be it.