The Stands
 

Jayden was completely STOKED. It was the first match of the year!

"CAW CAW RAVENCLAW!" She cheered loudly, wrapping her arm around Cael's.

"It sure is cold out here!" Jayden mumbled, her teeth starting to chatter in the cold December air as she leaned in closer to her boyfriend.

Alyssa decided that despite all the homework that was piling up and waiting to be done, that she had to come out and watch the game between Slytherin and Ravenclaw. She knew that she was early, but was glad that she wasn't the only student sitting on the stands. She had made sure that she had dressed warmly for the day and that she had brought a very large warm blanket, and was wearing her leather gloves and scarf, because even though tht sun was shining, it was starting to get really cold. She tried to find a spot where the stands would shield her from the wind and quickly sat down.

She looked around and wondered whether Professor Bentley would show up to watch her former House play. She said that she would, and Alyssa said that she would sit with her and help cheer. She just didn't say which team she would be cheering for.

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Making her way to the stands, Kurumi tugged on her high ponytail and adjusted the green ribbon in her hair. She had struck up a deal with a certain Slytherin that she would wear something green after all. Kurumi was amused at just how often she was making deals with Slytherins - ignore that she was currently head over heels for one as well.

A smile on her face, Kurumi made her way through the still somewhat empty stands with a very large thermos of hot chocolate in one hand and a box of simple chocolate chip cookies in the other. Finding a spot towards the front, Kurumi took a seat and set her things out while she waited for the others to arrive.

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The first Quidditch match in this term would be interesting! Not only because it was Slytherin vs Ravenclaw match, but also her best friend, Zhenya Burton would be one of the player there, as a beater.

"GO GO SLYTHERIN!!" Raven shouted. Then she looked for a seat and sat next to the Gryffindor prefect.

"Do you mind if I sat here?" she asked.

Cael used his wand to conjure a Ravenclaw-themed scarf around their necks, afraid that Jayden might be too cold to endure the match. Wrapping an arm around her, Cael self-consciously gave her a quick peck on the cheek before echoing her chant as loud as he could.

"Let's go Ravenclaw!!!" he yelled, absolutely jazzed for the match.

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Looking up, Kurumi hadn't expected to see Raven to be the first person to find her, but she wasn't about to turn down the girl's request to sit. "Of course not," the Gryffindor chirped, scooting a little bit to the right so that the younger Slytherin could take a seat. "Would you like some hot chocolate? This December weather can be pretty rough." Hopefully it wouldn't start to snow...all blizzard style, during the match.

Daisy walked out to the pitch and up to the stands, grinning with excitement. It was the first Quidditch match of the year, and how they played would depend on how and who Hufflepuff played. She, of course, was supporting Ravenclaw, but not too much. She didn't want people thinking she actually liked the team... they were just kind of, well, friendly enemies that she preferred to win over Slytherin.

She slipped into the stands, carrying a mug of hot chocolate charmed to keep warm and stay dry if it rained, and put on a blue scarf over her other clothes, to show who she was supporting.

Elliot had decided to go to the game. Weirdly enough, she actually wanted to support her house...

She had a bronze scarf wrapped around her head, and a pair of sunglasses to cover her eyes. She sortof looked like a little diva.

She noticed Caelius and Jayden, but she chose to ignore them!

"Thank you!" Raven smiled and then sat next to her. She took her binocular from her bag. Using binocular to watch quidditch match was better. She could see the player clearly

Then Kurumi offered her to have a cup of hot chocolate. Hmm.. Seemed good! The weather was very cold, it meaned that winter would be come soon.

"I'd like to have some." She said. The match was not started yet, she was looking forward when Slytherin against Ravenclaw.

"Hmm.. What do you think about this match, Kurumi?" She asked the lion prefect opinion.

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Lilly shivered, taking a place in the stands to watch the match. She was obviously supporting Ravenclaw, not because her pride lay with them, but because she wasn't about to cheer for Slytherin. The lioness was dressed up warmly for the cold weather and had a flask of hot chocolate in her hand. Her long hair was tied up in pigtails and she'd forgotton to put on a scarf. Uggh. At least the girl had a hat and gloves.

Transfiguring one of her candy wrappers into a small cup, Kurumi poured Raven a cup of hot chocolate and handed it to her before pouring herself one and taking a small sip. "MMMMMMMMMMMMM," she mumbled in warning. It was still FAR too hot to drink. Hopefully that had been transmitted in her mumbling and slightly squished up features.

Sticking her tongue out and hoping that some of the cold air would ease her tongue's throbbing. And then the younger girl was asking her a question. Awkward. Slowly slipping her tongue back into her mouth, Kurumi thought for a moment. "I'm afraid that I am really not up to date on Quidditch this term," she said with a slight frown. This mostly had to do with her no longer being a member of the Gryffindor team and sort of tuning Selina out whenever the captain went on and on about the sport. "But...I think that this will be a good match. Slytherin and Ravenclaw always put together a good team...although...I am wondering how Slytherin is going to recover having lost so many good players. Evelyn was virtually unbeatable as a Seeker."

"You were a Gryffindor seeker last term, Weren't you?" Raven asked. She remembered that last term she saw Kurumi on the match. "Do you play again this term?"

Ah, Raven had never played Quidditch in serious match. This term she TOTALLY failed to be on team. Worst than last year tryout. She was envy with her friend, Zhenya who successfully became on of the team. She sipped the hot chocolate from Kurumi. Hmmm... a warm drink was a good friend for this cold weather.

She heard Kurumi told her opinion about this match. And yes! Slytherin lost many good players because they were graduated. Well, she didn't know about Lola Jones.

"Yeah.. I saw there were new good players on team. But no one were as good as Evelyn Flores. And I don't know where was Lola Jones. She dissapeared."

Freeze. Well, that is what Kurumi did at least. It was almost as if in not moving the question that had just been asked of her would go away. Unfortunately, that wasn't going to happen. "I...was..." she admitted slowly. "For two terms. I decided to give it up though." Quidditch just wasn't in her blood and, well, with her renewed fear of flying...

And then Lola came into the conversation. Kurumi really missed that girl and she was one of the things that had made Quidditch fun for her the previous terms. From the giant signs and T-shirts to throwing cookies at people, Lola had been one of a kind. "I've heard that she went to live with a flobberworm colony as their queen." Well, Lola HAD told Kurumi that she was queen of the flobberworms once, so it made sense.

The first match of the term! Slytherin against Ravenclaw and Daichi was ready for it.
He wore a green scarf that was wrapped around his neck and half of his face from the cold. A green hat that was a little too big for his head and he had to push it up a few times when it fell over his eyes.

Green flags with a snake printed on it were in both of his hands. One green, one silver. The match hadn't begun yet but he had heard students cheering for their favorite team already. And Daichi...well he was no exception.

"GO SLYTHERIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN~!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. A little too loud because a coughing fit followed behind it.

The stands aren't that full when Janice arrived. She wrapped her scarf around her neck more tightly as the December wind rushes past her. She was always reminded that she tend to catch a cold if the temperature is colder than usual, so she brought her wand in case she needed to magically warmify the piece of metal she was clutching. She took a random seat, waiting for other people to come.

Daichi shivered a bit from the cold as a breeze swept over the stadium. But he was too excited to notice though. His dark brown..almost black eyes were twinkling with excitment and he bounced a little on the seat as if he had drank an energy drink.

Looking around for someone he knew, he saw Kurumi talking to Raven a little further but he was too lazy to stand up and walk towards them despite his..ehm..hyperness.

Daichi looked to his left and it was then that he saw the DADA Professor in the arena. "Hi Professoooor~" he called , waving his arms up and down. "Who are you cheering for?"

she better say Slytherin...

Raven just listened to Kurumi and a little bit about her quidditch experience. Huft.. She was a little bit envy with Kurumi. For two terms she couldn't be in team. First, because she had fever and second, her ability suddenly became worse. She just hope she could be better for the next term and be in team. A slytherin never give up for her dream, right?

Hmm... Hot chocolate from Kurumi could make her became warmer. It's also delicious. She felt her tounge burnt while Kurumi told her about the lost captain Lola Jones.

"Queen of flooberworm?" she was surprised. "Sadly. She was very brilliant in Quidditch. I thought she became more serious in Quidditch."

Then, back to match topic.

"I'm sure Slytherin could win in this match." Since Raven joined the tryout, so she knew some of the players and most of them were... awesome.

Slytherin versus Ravenclaw today huh. It's been awhile since Jonathan watched the Slytherin game, so since he had a time off, he decided to enjoy the game this time. Now, he is hoping for the Slytherins to win. Last term, they had the best quidditch team and now that most of them are gone, Jonathan feels uneasy about it. He trusts the new ones but he's just used to seeing the former ones.

Going up up the Stands, Jonathan spotted Professor Romanos and of course, Daichi. He went next to them and decided to sit there. This would be the first time he had conversed with the DADA professor.

... "Hello Professor Romanos" he gave her a smile "hello Daichi" he smiled at Daichi. WAIT! Does Daichi already know that Jonathan knows who he is? Or were they still playing that game?

Shoot!... Oh well...

Jonathan just starred at Diachi, grinning. "So professor, who are you betting on?" he asked casually as he took a seat next to Daichi.

Jory was looking forward to the first Quidditch match. He was supporting Ravenclaw, of course. He had come prepared for the cold weather, bundled up in a yellow sweater his mom gave him.

There were a few students already out. Jory even spotted the DADA professor. He headed off to find a good spot before it got too crowded.

but...daichi...we haz chocolate! Jonathan toooooooo <3 <3
 

Thankful that no further questions were asked in regards to her personal Quidditch journey, Kurumi continued to sip on her hot chocolate. She hadn't removed the lid on her box of chocolate chip cookies, but she did so now and set it to the side. Raven was free to take one if she so desired.

"I actually had my first conversation with Lola over this topic," Kurumi nodded. It had been frightening to be entirely honest. The girl had been wiggling around on the floor of the kitchen claiming to be on the brink of starvation and Kurumi had given her cookies. "I am not sure Lola ever really took things seriously...Lola was just...Lola."

Kurumi sipped some more and nodded. They would just have to wait and see how the match went. Ravenclaw were not a team to take lightly. Then again, neither were the lions - or so she had heard. Kurumi hadn't actually been to any of the practices to watch the team this term.
And then Kurumi's gaze caught Daichi. Well, it was more like she heard him before anything else and a small smile tickled the corners of her lips. When he happened to be looking her direction, Kurumi waved at him and then pointed to her thermos of hot chocolate. Daichi did like chocolate after all.
Soon after, Professor Romanos entered the stands. Oh, right, Kurumi had promised to sort of give her a run down of Quidditch. Her, Kurumi Hollingberry, the girl who still let the word waffle slip when she was talking about the quaffle, was going to attempt to explain the sport.

This should be interesting.

Just as Kurumi stood up, grabbing her thermos and cookies, she saw that Jonathan also made his appearance. Even more reason to go over to the professor, right? Hehe.

"Good day, professor," Kurumi said with a small small, taking a seat next to Jonathan. He was looking awfully...blue today. "You...rooting for Ravenclaw?" she teased, sticking her tongue out and nudging him softly while her right hand played with the necklace around her neck. Her cheeks flushing, Kurumi unscrewed the lid to her thermos, the aroma of chocolate filling the air.

"Anyone want some hot chocolate?" And cookies, but that was a given.

Moving around to find a good seat, her gaze shifted automatically to looking for whoever was saying hello. Of course, there Mister Katharos waving his arms. "Good day, Mister Katharos." she grinned, enjoying the fact that she could see her breath. Though the question about who she was cheering for had her stumped. She'd never seen the players in action before. "Oh, I don't know. Which do you think I should cheer for?"

Just as she was sitting down, she looked up to see another one of her students there, making her wonder just how many of them would show up; and how many of them would be Hufflepuffs. They seemed to like the gobstones sport. This was apparently a very popular sport all around though. "Mister Kim. Hello." she smiled, though momentarily had a guilty yet amused expression cross her features as she glanced to Mister Katharos just for a split second. "I am not quite sure actually." Not yet anyhow...

Perhaps three opinions on who to cheer for would come in handy. "Hello, Miss Hollingberry. Keeping warm?" she smiled, pulling her jacket closer around her neck. What with the smell of chocolate filling her nose, she relaxed a bit more, yet still awaiting anxiously for the game to start.

Though she did shake her head politely to decline at the offer of the warm beverage, still avoiding the prospect of sweet foods or drinks after all those welcome gifts from the beginning of the year.

kurumi jonathan professor and ..chocolate !
 

Making eye contact with Kurumi as he looked her way. He noticed that she held up a can of..whatever was in it. He thought it was some hot drink seeing as how cold it is but...he liked his place right here~ He waved at her but then let out a yelp when someone greeted him from next to him.

He turned his head to the side and looked at Jonathan. Daichi shrugged his shoulders as he said his name, real name though. "Hiya~ ...I already know that you know who i am.. Aurora suspected it and told me" and he playfully hit his arm. But..something was off with Jonathan now that he was looking... His clothes looked blueish O___o

"TRAITOR!" he gasped, pointing at his clothes. He is a Slytherin right?! WHY have Ravenclaw colours?!

But his shock didn't last long as he caught a sniff from the sweetest smell in the world. The young slytherin sniffed the aroma and he almost drooled at the smell. He knew what that was! "CHOCOLATE~! GIMME GIMME GIMMEEE" he extended his arms and motioned with his hands for the Gryffindor Prefect to give him some hot chocolate.

Over his excitment from the hot chocolate, Daichi did here the Professor talking to him. He turned his attention towards her and blinked. She didn't know who she should be cheering for? "Slytherin..defenitely Slytherin .. we are the best~!" and he said that with pride.

QUIDDITCH!

It was just one of those things that she would gladly part with her greenhouses for. The thrill of the game, the skill, the adrenaline and of course the memories... she wouldn't miss it for the world. Another reason why she couldn't miss the game, was because Ravenclaw were playing in it. Sure, she was the Gryffindor Head of House now... but that didn't mean she'd forgotten the Eagles. Heck! she was one!

No.. Seren would be there to support them, so long as they weren't playing Gryffindor of course. She could already imagine that match up... and the awkwardness, and the uncertainty and mixed emotions. On the plus side, she couldn't lose right?

Seren didn't mind the wintery weather. With the right charms and nice cup of tea pre-match, she was toasty warm. Shuffling along the seats in the front row of the stands, Seren snagged a seat and waited anxiously for the game to start. Quidditch! THIS was where the action was!