Kennedy made his way to down to the Quidditch pitch with a sligt grin on his face. Even if it was cold and his nose was red because of it, he was excited to see the match. It was first one in the term and of course he wasn't going to miss it. Sure, he had homework and some O.W.L revisions to do, but Quidditch sounded like a MUCH better idea.

His green eyed scanned the seating area searching for a certain Gryffindor. They had made a deal and he wondered if she actually went through it. His eyes finally settled on a green bow and he smirked a little when he saw that it belonged to Kurumi. "Hey, Kurumi," he said, waving from where he stood. "Nice bow," he said giving her a thumbs up. She seemed to be busy by all sorts of students so he'd talk to her later.

Then he spotted Selena and he wondered if she was up to cutting his hair. Sure, he was scared to end up with some weird looking hairdo...or worse, bald. But, he didn't have the guts to cut it himself. "Hi Selena!" he greeted. He could tell she was already hyper. He wondered how many sweets she's already had. Hmmm.

His eye were quick to spot a certain redhead, and a smile spread on his face. "Aurora!" he said. He sat next to her and gave her s quick peck on her cheek. Some professors were around and he didn't want them thinking that he wasn't being decent.

Aurora turned to see Kennedy and grinned, "Kennedy!" She shifted over in her seat so he could sit next to her on the bench. She took hold of his hand, her eyes glued to the game. "Just got here? There've been three penalties already!"

He chuckled when Aurora didn't shift her gaze from the game. It was...cute. He was glad to have a girlfriend that enjoyed Quidditch as much as he did...or even more?

M'hm," he nodded, but his attention was suddenly on the game. "No way! From who?" Not Slytherin, pleeaaaase!

"Hey there, Alec! Yeah, I'm trying to be. Anything I can do to give us an edge, you know?"

Keefer was hesitant at the proffered bag. Gummie... bares? "I'm not sure I'm familiar with those. Er, what are they, exactly?" He was afraid to look.

"No, problemo." He said. "So who are you cheering for, Selina?" Please not the Snakes. Not the snakes.

Then his eyes saw another two familiar faces who just arrived. "ALEC!" he waved his maracas toward his pillow fighting opponent. "You're cheering for SLYTHERIN?!" Really Alec? Slytherin?

And the other person who just arrived was Captain Keefer. He's apparently come to scribe some notes. "Hello, Capytain." he greeted the older badger. "You know Captain, if you want to do a Homework you could do it in the library." Or in their Study table.

Then the first year was standing in his feet when he saw the Snitch. ITS THE SNITCH..!!! "COME ON ELLIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE..!!! CATCH THAT SNITCH..!!" He shouted.

And Professor Vindictus announced that the Ravenclaw caught the first snitch. "YAY! ELLIE..!!!!" he shook his blue maracas with the rhythm. "ELLIE IS OUR QUEEN..!!!"

Ella shook her head. "No actually, I've just been reading all about the sport and its history and all the teams in the Quidditch league. I'm a big fan of the holyhead harpies! Girl power and all that." She said smiling. "This is my first time seeing it played live though so I'm pretty excited." She blushed a little when he said she'd be good at the sport. "T-thanks." She thought he'd be good as well, he made the team after all! "Being nervous is understandable but I'm sure you'll do great!" She couldn't wait to see Hufflepuff play, she'd be a cheering machine!

She watched as he put the gummy bag down, telling her to take all she wanted. That was a mistake on his part, she could eat A LOT of gummy bears! "Be careful! I've been known to eat an entire bag of these things..." She said, giggling. She wouldn't eat all of his of course. "I'm neutral as well. I know some people on each team!" Turning her attention back to the game she cringed a little, watching a Slytherin get knocked from her broom. "Ouch!"

Brooke watched contently at the field as a penalty had already been called. I'm sure that the snakes were just nervous, and this would soon wear off. I mean, everyone has first game jitters, right? Brooke answered her own question by thinking that she would for sure be nervous. As the Ravenclaws scored, she had begun to doubt her thoughts. Ravenclaw was up by ten points already! She shrugged it off and continued to watch the game.

Slytherin took the lead by ten points, and Brooke stood up to cheer. "That's it snakes!!" She screamed. She sat down again and watched the game. Another handful of penalties were given out. She shook her head in dissapointment, maybe this group of athletes need to learn the rules of quidditch!

She watched Slytherin plummit to zero points, and she suddenly became nervous. They might lose she thought, looking at the score and how Ravenclaw was up by fifteen points now. A silent wail filled her head and she leaned back and decided to just enjoy the show.

Selena was watching the Quidditch match intently still unable to make heads or tails of this game. Where was Emma when she needed her? Selena took another bite out of her chocolate bar, trying to find out why exactly people were getting penalties and the whatnot. This game was frustratingly annoying.

Then she heard someone say hello to her.

Looking around for the person who had said hello she spotted the Slytherin Prefect. "HELLOOOOO, Young Grasshopper!!!" Selena beamed, waving her flag at him and taking another bite from her chocolate bar. "Scream out Go Slytherin. Okay?"

Because she was preeettty sure Slytherin was winning. Right? She had absolutely no idea.

If Selina had been running late, then Gideon was totally out of the running. He had been preoccupied with a book he had been studying in the quiet library and had completely lost track of time. Did he dare he skip the game and risk the wrath of a certain Gryffindor quidditch captain?

Naaaaah.

The fifth year rushed to the pitch and headed up to the stands in the direction of the area he knew Selina prefered to perch herself when watching.It was probably a good thing playing quiditch kept him in shape. He reached it just as Ravenclaw made a snitch grab, the boy innocently approaching beside his girlfriend and acting like the had been there the whole time.

"Great job!!"

He heard a familiar voice and recognized it at once as Messer. He was chastising Alec for his cheering preferences. "You know, as a House we should want Slytherin to win. After all, they are less of a threat to us in the House Cup race right now." Just some food for thought, there.

"Oh, I'm not doing homework," he laughed. "I'm actually--"

He broke off as another Snitch sighting occurred. He watched as Ellie made a spectacular grab and the Ravenclaw fans erupted. He clapped appreciatively, then went back to his notating.

"I'm actually taking notes on the game," he continued. "Kinda scouting out the players, which moves they use alot, figuring out how to best prepare us for when we have to play them."

"One each... and we're not doing very well." she said, frowning slightly. "Come on, come on, come on!!!!!!" She was frowning a little bit - enjoying the game, but very involved.

Ravenclaws were winning! By Snitch captures! Slytherins were winning by points. But Snitch captures were what mattered, according to Keefer, so... Ravenclaws were winning! Alec was secretly glad they weren't going against those blue people next. Instead... he had to go against his best friend. Fun(!)

And speaking of best friend... there she was! "Anya! You made it!" he said, grinning, "And you brought hot chocolate! Thanks, Rilez!" Hot chocolate was exactly what they needed right now! It was really very cold! Much colder than it was back at home!

"Sure i did!" he said, "You want some?" Anya was definitely the one to get him into the habit of taking gummy bears around with him when it came to watching sporting events. And he knew she was coming so... gummy bears were necessary.

Oh right! Anya didn't know Ella! "Anya, this is Ella! She's a Quidditch fan as well! And Ella," He turned to look at Ella and smiled. "this is Anya. My best friend and a Gryffindor first year!" Introductions... were done!




Alec chuckled at Keefer. He was such a good Captain! "Are you scared about our first match, then?" he asked. Hopefully the boy was scared because Alec was absolutely terrified!

Keefer... didn't know... what gummy bears were? How can anyone NOT know about gummy bears? They were the most delicious things ever! "They're sweeties that are shaped in little bears!" he said, "Here, try one." Maybe Keefer would like them! Everyone had to like them!



Alec grinned as someone called out to him. IT WAS THE OWNER OF THE DEADLY PILLOW! The boy who probably walked around with pillows stashed in his bag. He, Alec, wouldn't have been surprised.

"MESSER!" Alec yelled, waving back at his dormmate, "I'm... cheering for both teams!" More like not cheering at all. He really should do some of that. "Nice maracas, mate!" They shared a dorm and were now playing on the same team. Really, the boy was just following him everywhere.



Alec raised his eyebrows. She had found out all she needed to know... from books? "That's a smart move, Ella!" he said, impressed with the girl, "The Holy... holy... they're a girl team?" There were all girl Quidditch teams? That was quite good of them. The girls. They must be brave! Anya could definitely play for that them. "Really?" he asked, "This is my first time as well. So... you've never played before?" He could just teach her how to play. If she wanted to. "Thanks! I take it you'll be cheering for your house?" What house was she in, exactly?

Alec let out a small chuckle. "It's a good thing i have more than one bag of gummy bears, then," he said, nodding over towards his bag. There were plenty in there! "Aren't you popular!" he said, "The Ravenclaws seem to be winning! Their Seeker's really good!" Better than the Slytherin one, at that.

"Yes, I know that." He nodded his head. "But Ellie is not a Slytherin." he said plain and simple. That is the first reason he's cheering for Ravenclaw and beside he's not a big fan of the Slytherin house.

Then when Keefer was gonna answered his question another cheer broke. Instantly the first year boy turned his gaze back to the match. Ellie already caught the second snitch.

"YAY ELLIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE..!!!" As usual he shook his two blue maracas. Two downs one more to go. "GOOOOOOOOOOOO RAVENCLAW..!!"

His gaze went back from the match to his Quidditch Capytain. "Taking notes?" Okay.

"But your outfit is SO green. If you cheering for both team you should wear more natural color." he told Alec. "Like yellow!" Yellow is a natural color, right?

"Thanks." He grinned. "And I'm going to give you one." he said. Then Messer's eyes went to a girl who sat next to his roommate. "Its look like Alec already has a girlfriend." he said with a smirk. "Hello, I'm Messer." he greeted Alec's girlfriend with a nod.

Ella nodded, smiling. "Yup! All girls. It's pretty awesome to me, especially since I want to play someday." Ella spent lots of time daydreaming about playing on a professional quidditch team, wearing the colors of the harpies. That would be awesome. Too bad she didn't even know how to play the sport. "Nope, never played. I'm getting the hang of flying though and I love it. Learning how to play is the next step." Would she be cheering for her house? Of course! She loved to cheer. "I forgot to tell you, I'm a hufflepuff too. Strange that we haven't talked before this huh?" She smiled, shrugging her shoulders. "We've met now though. Expect me to be one of the loudest in the stands."

She smiled at his popularity comment. "No, not really. Just friendly!" She turned her attention back to the game, focusing on the seekers. "The seekers should be good, they have a lot of responsibility!"

Anya handed the mug to Alec. "No problem Blakey." she said with a smile. She set the thermos off to the side and took a few sips of her own hot chocolate.

Mmm! Much better!

"Of course I want some. Do you even need to ask?" she said holding out her hand. Gummy bears and hott chocolate. It was just like home. Except... they were watching quidditch instead of football.

She nodded a short greeting to the other girl. Anya still wasn't used to the fact that Alec would be making more friends. She just assumed he made yellow friends... and that was were he kept them. Just like how she made red friends and kept them in the common room.

"That's going to be us up there soon." she said watching the game. She gave Alec a little shoulder bump. "You ready for it?"

"Scared? Not exactly. More like worried. I've never been Captain before and it will be my first big test, you know?" And if they lost his name was mud. "I've been playing long enough that it's not really an issue of being afraid anymore. Just positive nerves that turn into adrenaline." He nodded.

Sweets? Hmm... He fished into the bag and pulled out a little red bear. He popped it into his mouth. "Mmmm!" he said as he chewed. "That's really good! Can I try another flavor?"

Lily stood up, she had never seen something like this. Ravenclaw had the lead, and their seeker had spotted the snitch! Lily was so excited, she looked around the stands to see some others celebrating as well. She just wanted to see how it ended, with all the excitement going around. This is awesome! she thought, her eyes not leaving the action on the pitch.

Selina was watching the game intently as it was progressing. While she was enjoying the sport in general she had a dual purpose for being at the game. She was watching the teams just play in general. She knew that her pride would soon have to play these teams and if she had a general idea of how they worked together as a team she would be able to better manage practices in a way that would help her team in the long wrong.

Her blue eyes skirted back and forth between Slytherin and Ravenclaw when she heard a familiar voice yell great job at the pitch. The redhead did not even look to the side to know it was one of her Chaser's, Gideon Gert. "You're late," she said flatly. Cracking a smile at him she looked at him and said, "Its okay I was late too." Her head snapped back toward the pitch, "Ravenclaw is in the lead."

Lilly looked up as she heard her name. "Hi Lily!" she said a little too enthusiastically, knocking the cup of hot chocolate in her hand all over her coat. "Scourgify," the Lioness muttered, causing the hot mess on her lap to disappear. Uggh, Lilly was so clumsy. "Of course I don't," she replied as if nothing had happened. "I'll be supporting Ravenclaw. My friend Harvey's playing in the Claw's team this year," the blonde grinned broadly. Lilly wasn't wearing a Gryffindor scarf, due to the fact that her house team weren't playing, but she wasn't wearing a Ravenclaw one, but a plain muggle one she'd had for her tenth Birthday.

Gideon had a feeling Selina had registered his presence even before she spoke up talking directly to him without turning. "My humblest appologies, m'lady," he remarked given the impression of a repentant servant as he half bowed. Though when he raised his head, his face smiled back at her before following her gaze back to the game. The 5th year nodded as he was filled in on the status of the game so far.

"And who are we...well ye rooting for?" he asked as they watched the action. Gideon himself was leaning towards Ravenclaw to keep the snakes from heading towards the championships once more. But judging by what was happening in the sky above the pitch in front of them it could go either way.

Lily saw that her gryffindor friend had knocked over her hot chocolate. But as soon as she had opened her mouth to offer napkins or something to clean up the mess, it was gone by magic. "How do you know all of these spells?" Lily asked sitting down. "I'm glad you are supporting Ravenclaw. I really hope we win." She said as she shivered a little, before turning her attention back to the game.

Tay spotted her friend and came down the stands to sit by her. "Hey Lily, awesome game so far right?" She smiled and looked over at the person that Lily was talking to. Taylor smiled and held out her hand, "Hey I'm Taylor."

His outfit was very GREEN?! But he was wearing bits of blue and green. How can he be more green? "But i'm wearing blue jeans!" Alec said, pinching his jeans. Natural colour... Alec let out a snort. "And cheer for Hufflepuff instead?" He actually would have done that if Messer had done that as well.

"Really? I get to use one of the deadly maracas? Gee, thanks!" Messer had better have a set of maracas that were yellow...

O___O Girlfriend? Why did Messer just call Anya his 'girlfriend'? "She's a girl... who's my best friend," he said, eyeing the fellow he-badger, "We all know that you're secretly in search for one." Nudge nudge, wink wink!



Alec nodded along. A Quidditch team full of girls... He should know realised that there would be such a thing. And... Ella wanted to play for them? "You'll be great at Quidditch one day," he said, nodding. He would have asked her to send him free tickets... but that would be a step too far. "I hear there's a place where you can practice playing," he said, "Who knows, you could make it onto the team next year." Maybe she could be like Keefer one day. Captain of a Quidditch Team. Alec grinned. She was a Hufflepuff! "That is strange!" he said, "I think I've seen you around the common room before, though." That was slightly creepy on his part. Alec let out a chuckle at Ella's last comment. "I'd feel so proud then!"

Just friendly... "You're also very modest," Alec said, nodding at her. She was obviously popular if she knew some people on both of the teams. He... didn't know anyone flying up there. "You're right. And both Seekers seem to be flying better than any other player in their teams." Something he had picked up whilst watching the match.



Alec looked down at the pitch as he took a sip of the hot chocolate Anya gave him. "Mmmm! Anya, this is good!" he said, licking his lips. This and the Quidditch. And the fact that he was sitting here with some of his friends and his best friend!

SNORT! "Of course not!" he said, holding out the bag of gummy bears towards her, "Take as much as you want, Rilez!" Not that she needed telling twice, of course. The girl might just finish all his gummy bears if she knew where his secret stash was.

Alec gulped. It was enough that he was soon going to be playing in his first ever match of the term but... did it have to be up against Anya's team? "i hate the fact that we're going up against each other," he said, "I... don't know. Keefer's a pretty good Captain and the team's great. You ready?"



Alec blinked. He didn't understand why Keefer should be worried. But then, as he explained everything to do with being Captain... Alec couldn't help but feel sorry for the boy. It must have been hard for him. "No one will think anything less of you if we lose," he said, ruffling his hair, "You'll do great! We all will. We could just make this our year." They were winning on house points so maybe they'd win Quidditch as well?

Alec grinned as Keefer reached into the bag and took out a gummy bear. A red one! They were the best! "You like them?" he asked, the grin spreading across his face, "Sure, take as much as you like!"

But then the cheers made Alec turn his attention away from Keefer and look towards the pitch. It seemed... as though the blue's had won! Even though both Seekers seem to have gained quite a bit of injuries. Small injuries. Good. "Well done Ravenclaw!" he cheered, clapping his hands. These blue's were really good!

Tay cheered and hollered when it was announced that Ravenclaw won. She was proud of her team. Taylor was smiling huge and stood up.

"NO!" Aurora shouted, dropping Kennedy's hand and jumping out of her seat. "But..." She couldn't even be bothered being annoyed about it... it wasn't exactly a long or entertaining match to be honest. They'd win the next one... maybe...