Now how in Merlin's beard was she supposed to know the answer to that? Yeah she liked Quidditch but not enough to want to be a professional player one day and certainly not enough to know these trivial things.

Her eyes fell to the page again and something caught her eye.

Oh.

She totally knew the answer was right there the whole time or well...that was the answer right? It was a date on the page so something must have occurred during that time so it was possible it might have been the answer. She would have read to make sure but well...reading was all...all bleh..."1674?" She asked said after raising her hand. As for the other one she saw a random number on the page. Meh. Good enough. "And there are...13 teams..?" Right?

"Excellent! Two points each to Max, Taylor, Ella and Alexa for their correct responses," replied Vindictus and he took a sip of hot cocoa before continuing.

"Out of the thirteen teams, which one is the oldest and in what year was it founded?"

With a smile at his earning of points, Max's hand went back up at the next question. That was easy. "Puddlemere United is the oldest, having been formed in... 1163." Right? Something like that. He peeked down at his book just to be sure and gave a nod. That was standard Quidditch knowledge, really, even though he didn't care much for Puddlemere one bit.

"Puddlemere United were founded in 1163. I think they're the oldest." Theo said with a nod. He'd missed the first question cos that darn-it Ravenclaw answered first.

"Puddlemere United was the first team," Aidan said. "And it was founded in 1163." Nod nod.

He'd been to a few of their matches. But his family weren't very big on them for whatever reason.

Ella BEAMED. Two points? That was brilliant news. Hufflepuff could totally use the points. Grin. Oh...and the oldest team in the league? Ella knew this as well. Bounce. Bounce. Bounce...shiver.

"Professor, the oldest team is Puddlemere United and they were founded in 1163." Nod. Look at her being all Quidditch smart and such. Grin.

And here we go again, back to the textbook. Sure she heard some people saying an answer that might possibly have been right but you know...she couldn't be too sure because she wasn't about to spout rubbish just 'cause everyone else was. Nope.

Ahem.

So ....scanning through she found what looked like it could have been the right answer--what'd ya know! It was what everyone else was saying. Now She could answer confidently. Once more she raised her hand. "The first team was formed in 1163 and they were..." She squinted a bit so she could see the print clearly, "Puddlemere United..."

Man, he wished he had a warm drink too. Anyway, they had a question to answer. Kennedy raised his hand and said, "It's Puddlemere United, who were founded in 1163."

This reminded him of his godfather who was an ex-professional Quidditch player...who owned a sweet shop in Diagon Alley. He was still cool though, Kennedy really admired him.

Tay beamed as he said two points to her and the others. She raised her hand, "Professor the oldest team is the Puddlemere United... and it was made.... in... ummmmm...." She blinked and twisted a blonde curl that was loose, "I want to say 1163 but I may be mistaken..."

Alex raised his hand. "It's Puddlemere United, right Professor?" he said. "I think that they were founded in like...the 12th century, I think," he answered. He quickly flipped through his notes. "Ah, yes! 1123 was their founding year," he said with a smile.

Professional Quidditch Teams! GRIN GRIN GRIN.

Not many people knew this but that was what he was thinking about doing. Well, that was the only thing he had been thinking about doing in the future, actually. Yeah. And he did like Quidditch so... well... this lesson was immediately awesome.

At Vindictus's question, Alec grinned and raised his hand. Sure, people had already said the answer but... well... he was just a little too excited about this. GRIN. "Erm... Puddlemere United, Professor," he said, his eyes sparkling a bright blue, "And... and... they were formed in 1163!" That was a LONG time ago. O_O

Also... could they have some hot chocolate? You know, to help with the coldness of the broomshed?

Kurumi was here...listening...slightly shivering...but she was here.

And Professor Vinictus could thank Selina for the seventh year's attendance really - which also meant that the man got cookies as per usual. As class began and questions were asked, Kurumi held back and sort of just was there like a bump on a log due to her not really knowing too much. Quidditch announcing was one thing - easy enough to do research on who was playing and memorizing the rule book and reporting what she was seeing - but everything else...well... not so much.

OH! But She knew about professional Quidditch teams sort of! In fact the one being asked about now was the one Carter played for! Pu---

But someone had already answered with that one...so her hand was back down and she was sitting like a bump on a log.

Hum de dum.

Jen was about to raise her hand to answer the question but, then realized, someone had already answered. So, she put her hand down and rubbed both her hands together. Jeez it was cold...

"Bravo! Two points each to Max, Alec, Kennedy, Taylor, Alex, Alexa, Ella, Aidan, and Theo," replied Vindictus.

"Can anyone name all thirteen teams? Those who answer correctly will earn five points!"

Merlin's beard! More points? Ella couldn't help but wonder if Vindictus was getting soft in his old age...or if he'd eaten some ice cream with gummy worms recently. Either option would definitely explain his awesome mood right now. In any case, Ella had some teams to name. Hmmm...

"Professor these's...Ballycastle Bats, um Puddlemere United, Montrose Magpies, uh... the Tutshill Tornados, Kenmare Kestrals, Pride of Portree, Appleby Arrows, Caerphilly Catapults, ...the Holyhead Harpies" BEAM "The Wimbourne Wasps, Chudley Cannons, Wigtown Wanderers and..." O___O Oh merlin's beard! What was the last team? Think Ella, think! Um....DING! "The Falmouth Falcons!"

Taylor smiled and raised her hand, "Professor, they are Puddlemere United, Appleby Arrows, Caerphilly Catapults, Falmouth Falcons, Holyhead Harpies Kenmare Kestrels, Montrose Magpies, Pride of Portree, Tutshill Tornados, Wigtown Wanderers, Chudley Cannons, Wimbourne Wasps, and Ballycastle Bats." She took a breath and looked at him, blushing.

Now he played quidditch and knew many things about it Gideon surely wasn't an expert. That role remained with Selina, at least in their relationship. So as Professor Vindictus was shooting questions about the professional aspect of the sport (another area of expertise for the quidditch hopeful) and its history the seventh year was unsure of answers. At least to the extent that he hesitated and his classmates answered first. With the latest inquiry posted before them...naming ALL 13 teams, the prefect was sure to remain quiet.

A handful...maybe...but not all of them.

FIVE POINTS!

And to think, Aidan was excited that one time he LOST five points. Of course, he knew better now. And five points seemed like a LOT. And you know what? He was positive he could do this. Thirteen teams was no biggy, right?

"Puddlemere United," because they all just said that, "Pride of Portree," because that was who his sister played for, "Appleby Arrows, Holyhead Harpies, Montrose Magpies, Wimbourne Wasps, Ballycastle Bats" all teams he could associate with people thanks to his sister. So that was...seven, according to his fingers. "Falmouth Falcons....Tutshill Tornados. Wigtown Wanderers. Caerphilly Catapults..."

The boy paused, trying to think of the others. "....Chudley Cannons....and.....and...."

He should have done these in some order so he could go back and account for them. Like...alphabetically or something. But....no. His fingers said he'd gone through twelve, but he wouldn't be getting the thirteenth.

Pout.

ALL thirteen? Well. All right. Max thought about this one for a long moment before raising a hand once more. This time, he used his other hand to count as he went. "The Appleby Arrows," he said first, feeling obligated to list his mother's team before the rest. "Erm... Puddlemere United," as they just mentioned, then, "Pride of Portree!" For Ellie. She would've probably been upset that he didn't say her team first. "The Chudley Cannons, the Montrose Magpies, the Kenmare Kestrals..." Max was just listing whichever came to mind first now. "The Ballycastle Bats, the Wimbourne Wasps-" he wrinkled his nose at that one, as they were the enemy of his mother's team, "-the, erm, Falmouth Falcons, Tutshill Tornadoes... the Catapults - of Caerphilly, that is, the... uh... Holyhead Harpies..."

There was a long pause as he realized how many he had counted on his fingers. That was twelve. Thirteen... thirteen. He squeezed his eyes shut, trying to think of his mother's Quidditch schedule at home in the past... who else had she played?

And then he knew.

"And the Wigtown Wanderers," he said finally. Right? He hadn't said any twice?

5 Points?!?!

Hearing that made Lex scramble for the words on her page. She scowled when she realized that the page that had been helping her out didn't have the answers. Seriously? At a time like this...? -__-


With a sigh of impatience she began skimming the pages of the book. Surely one of these pages had the answer. It had to! This was a Quidditch history book for merlin's sake!!! Skip. Skip. Skip. Each skip made her more agitated until at last she came to a page with a list.

"Aha!" She was ready to answer. "Professor you have: Montrose Magpies, Appleby Arrows, Wimbourne Wasps, Puddlemere United, Falmouth Falcons, Tutshill Tornados, Wigtown Wanderers, Chudley Cannons, Kenmare Kestrals, Pride of Portree, Caerphilly Catapults, Ballycastle Bats and..."

...

O___O

Oh no....this was the page she had torn a piece of during the summer to write down a phone number for her father...oh no, oh no, oh no. Alright, think Lex, you must know the answer. What team didn't she remember calling...? Let's see, there was the Magpies...the Tornadoes...the Harpies--Oh! "The Holyhead Harpies!"

Woot! Points! Not as many as he'd like, but points would be points. At the next question, Kennedy raised his hand once more. "They are: Chudley Cannons Appleby Arrows, Montrose Magpies..." Hmm... " Holyhead Harpies, Puddlemere United, Wigtown Wanderers, Tutshill Tornados, Caerphilly Catapults,..." breath, "...Wimbourne Wasps, Kenmare Kestrels, Pride of Portree, Ballycastle Bats...and...."

Of course, he couldn't forget his godfather's team, "Falmouth Falcons." He got it, right? He got the five points?

OH WOW. All thirteen of them?? That was going to be a challenge, but Alex was up for it. He raised his hand and bit his lip. "Well, um, obviously there is Puddlemere United," he said. "Then the Ballycastle Bats, the Chudley Canons, Appleby Arrows...umm, the Tornados are a team too right? So there's them, that makes what...5? Let's see..." Gosh, this was really hard. "OH! Obviously the Holyhead Harpies, they're the all girls team..." How could he have forgotten THEM? Seriously?? "Umm, the Wimbourne Wasps are a team, then the Montrose Magpies," What kind of mascot was a magpie?? "Then, uhh...the Falmouth Falcons, Kenmare Kestrals, they're in Ireland, andddddd....the Wigtown Wanders! Yes, that's one," He knew he was still missing a few, though. "Umm, umm...I know this, umm...OH! Pride of Portree! Then, there's umm...the Catepillars! They're from Caerphilly, I think," he said. He was trying to keep track of them as he listed them, but had no idea if he actually got all thirteen. So he was just going to stick to these!

"Five points each to Ella, Taylor, Max, Alexa, Kennedy and Alex," announced Vindictus. "Aidan, you forgot the Kenmare Kestrals and will only receive 4 points." He sat the thermos of hot cocoa down and looked thoughtfully at the class.

"Not everyone is fortunate enough to play in the League, but there are opportunities on other continents. What are some other professional teams you've heard about? Don't be afraid to use your textbook if you're not sure, but only one team per person and no repeated answers. If someone has mentioned your team, see if you can provide another one instead."

Taylor raised her hand, "Professor would the Moose Jaw Meteorites count? She looked at him and tilted her head. It was a Candian team so she wasnt too sure.

"They cheated!" Aidan protested, pointing his finger accusingly at no one in particular. But he definitely saw some peeking at their books. HMPH.

International teams? "Bigonville Bombers," he mumbled grumpily. Why couldn't that be worth five points, too?