...ummm... Louisa looked a bit sheepish as she glanced down at her hands fiddling with her skirt. She didn't want to say no again to the girl, but she also wasn't going to cheer for Selina's team. Nope. That girl disrespected her and without a justified reason, without even considering the two years they kept a good friendship. However, Louisa didn't want to make the kiddo sad. "Okay. I guess a few red stars on the blue painting won't hurt." She smiled and patted the top of her head.

Louisa pushed her already red hair to the back and lifted her head up, letting the lioness have access to her face. "Go ahead, Vivi's buddy!" Oh about that... "You do have your own name, right?" Which waaaaaas...?

Louisa nodded enthusiastically at the younger Ravenclaw. "Now let's stand on our feet and cheer!" She pulled Lily up with her and started waving the flag and screaming at the top of her lungs for Ravenclaws. WHO CAUGHT THE TWO SNITCHES SO FAR! EEP!

And next to her, Louisa noticed how tensed Em was being and honestly the Hufflepuff was right to be worried. This game was far too intense for Louisa's liking, which was the main reason she never played (and the fact that they had to FLY throughout the whole match). The Ravenclaw's eyes drifted off to the pitch and tried to locate Max. "He's doing alright, Em..." Err... that was him, right? UGH.

....

'The cutest cheering couple award goes to them today folks!'

.... no!

Louisa's face turned toward the announcer and couldn't help but FLUSH and giggle, along with a shake of the head. Like... that was not necessary, really. Announcing to the whole school they were a cheering couple. The Ravenclaw then gave her boyfriend a swooning look. Who cares about Quidditch?

Ella couldn’t look…but then again she couldn’t look away. Meep. This was one of those situations where you’d fine the third year with her hands over her eyes, peeking through her fingers every now and then. Merlin’s beard this was a close match. What was worse, Ella had friends on both teams and she knew no matter what someone was going to be sad about the outcome. Frown. Frown. Frown.

”Goooo Hulk…and Blue….and Max!” Seriously. They were all playing so brilliantly but she still couldn’t help but be worried…about everything. Meep.

Emmaleigh really was the nicest. Ella smiled up at her as she leaned over and shared that she cheered for him too. Even if they were in different situations it felt nice to have someone understand. ”Exactly. I…just want him to be happy, y’know?” But of course she knew, Em was Max’s most important person, yeah? Surely she wanted the same thing. Taking a gummy worm out of the package, Ella munched it nervously as she watched Max seem to grow more and more frustrated. EEP. ”Come on Max!” She yelled in between nibbles.

O_________O So…Hitting the Head Mistress probably wasn’t a good thing and Ella watched as the Professors scrambled to avoid broomsticks and players. Meep. As if they weren’t under enough stress with this plant business going on. Poor guys needed some gummy worms.

Ella smiled at Harvey, nodding. ”It’s hard when you have friends on both teams.” But she was cheering for all of them truthfully so she was trying to be okay with the outcome either way. It was hard though. ”You miss playing?” She asked seriously, tilting her head to the side and looking at him. She wondered how he felt being in the stands for all of this.

The third year laughed at Lex, shrugging her shoulders. “I…well he does have his good qualities.” And she smiled from the first year to the boy next to her, amused. ”He’s the best, actually.” And no one could convince her otherwise. ”No thanks.” To the face paint, that is. She wanted to keep her eyes on the match.

Alec was offering ice cream? Ella looked from the match to him, a small smile on her face. ”I…yeah that would be great, actually. I’ll trade you some gummy worms for a bite.” Seemed like a good deal to her. Plus, maybe ice cream would help with the nerves.

Meep. This was so close!

Could this game be any more exciting? Ethan was at the edge of his seat, as well as on his feet at several points in the game. Ravenclaw was in the lead and couldn't be happier for his team. In between plays, he glanced back down at Harvey who was now just a little farther away since he and Minnie moved over to the mic. "Things are good.. as well as they can be, I guess," he said with a smile. Of course he was referring to the edginess after recent events as well as preparing for OWLs which took up too much of his time. None of that was much fun. "Always.." he said with a grin in regards to the Minnie comment. And at that, he turned and gave his girlfriend a little wink as she continued commentating the game.

Ethan turned his eyes back to the game for a moment. Ravenclaw was doing so well.. He cheered loudly when the Eagles scored, then turned to Professor Elwood as he heard her words. Oh. He should have known better than to assume that she went to Hogwarts. He knew very well that there were other Wizarding schools around, especially since he spent the last four years at Beauxbatons. Offering her an apologetic smile, he mouthed the word, Sorry.. He could tell she was trying to watch the game as well, so he wouldn't bother her with questions about her old school. Though he may at another point..

Turning his attention back to the game, Ethan caught a glimpse of Louisa again. Beaming at the Head Girl, he nodded. "I'm counting on it, Louisa," he said with a grin. And maybe a celebration party in the common room if the got it open by tonight.. not that he was getting ahead of himself or anything, though the Claws were winning.. And just to show her he meant it..

GOOO RAVENCLAAAWWW!!!!

Ethan turned to Minerva, glancing at her often during the game. He knew they both wanted to focus on the pitch.. as well as she had to for her job.. but he did his best to talk to her between plays as well. Glancing down at the roaring lion, he chuckled. "Pink?" he grinned. He would have like to have seen that.. the boy was sure that was a funny sight.. especially if it had been left that way and he was now running around like that. And so that was DJ.. he should have figured, since he had waved at him and didn't know many Gryffindors who would have fit in that suit. He gave the younger boy an approving nod. No he wasn't supporting Gryffindor.. but he could appreciate the kid's house pride.

Ethan smiled at Minnie as she took his hand. Squeezing it a little, he jumped to his feet, pulling her out of her seat as he held onto her hand, when he spotted the snitch.. and yes! Aidan caught it for Ravenclaw! Ethan cheered loudly again for his Eagles..

"This is so exciting," he said with a grin to Minnie as she stopped commentating for a moment to take a breath. He chuckled at the roaring lion again.. briefly wondering why Ravenclaw didn't have a mascot.. and he turned his eyes to the pitch again. Another snitch? Ethan was on his feet yet again.. ducking a little as the seekers flew near the stands. He whipped his head around in their direction, cringing at the sight of the professors. Thank Merlin he was sitting where he was.. nothing like a broom to the face.. or hair.

He turned his attention back to Minnie and chuckled. Was it too quiet? There were a few people cheering he thought.. but maybe she was right and needed to shake things up a bit. He grinned down at the 7th year claws at their mention, then turned his eyes back to the pitch.. Ravenclaw was so close to winning..

Lex smiled at the girl. Why was she smiling? Simple. If she didn't then she would have started acting like the sore loser she was and there might have been a tantrum shortly afterwards. Yeah...so she'd just smile.

"Well we'll see about that now won't we?" Was all she was prepared to say because she was well aware of the Professors and now the Headmistress that were behind them. Plus, she liked Em and could tell she was only joking--she was joking...right? o_O

"Can't fly?! But everyone can fly!" That was just ridiculous and she wasn't buying it. [b]"You don't have to lie you know. Pout.

Hadn't been near the water?! But then how would she communicate with the Giant Squid?! This was all so messed up and the kid didn't know what to make of it. At this rate she would never see the creature. SIGH. "Well then were you playing in the rain without me?" That would have upset her beyond belief. Playing in the rain was fun.

"Goooooooo Penelope!!!!! Go Gryffindor!!! Whooo!!! Penelope!!!!" And then she had to put in, "And gooo Vivi!!!" You know, 'cause they were both important.

It seemed the Professor was finally seeing the error of her ways. Lex nodded at this.

Oooooooo!

Neutral!

Perfect!!!!! Lex beamed up at the woman, definitely glad she'd said that. "That's great! Awesome for you Professor, now would you like to paint your face red in show of support to a house that needs it?" She already had the paint and everything...she just needed some willing volunteers.... "You can have it all painted or just half...but if you only paint half you can't have the other half being blue." No. It couldn't work like that.

Then suddenly...

O_____O

What just happened...?

SCOWL.

The woman was being extremely difficult. Mmm. "Okay fine...don't paint your face...just know you've made someone a VERY unhappy lioness today." Yeah she was using the voice of innocence because this woman was hard to break. Lex looked up at her with big, disappointed eyes. "All I wanted was a little support for my house and you'd rather have me here feeling dejected than put a few strokes of red on your face." POUT.


Lex carefully painted his face, making sure to get every inch of it. The Gryffindor in him needed to come out and she was gonna help with that.

"There! All done!!" She beamed at his perfectly red face. "You look amazing now!" Nod nod nod. "Annnnnd now we cheer! I know we're losing but Lion's have spirit so get to it!!" That's right. She wasn't gonna let him sit there doing nothing, especially now that he had a face all nicely painted and everything.

So Cassia was turning her down too? These people were most certainly not inspiring confidence in the 11 year old today. Just a little face painting; that's all she asked yet everyone was determined to say no.

Oh umm...

"Of course it can be erased, it's not permanent or anything like that." And even if it was did it matter? Wait...did this mean she was changing her mind??? Lex looked over at the girl with hopeful eyes. It would've meant a lot to her if she got the go ahead. One more person in red would've really brightened her mood.

She looked back to the pitch for a moment, realizing the girl wouldn't give in--but wait. GRIN. Lex turned to her again. "Really?!" Eeeep!! "Okie, I can do that!!!" She got the paint ready again and gave her to lines. "There, thanks Cassia!"

And now the Headmistress was turning her down. Her scowl got even deeper. Didn't anyone appreciate a good face painting in the name of a good Quidditch match??? They were all just lame was what they were.

Trying not to get too upset she ignored the no and listened as the Headmistress complimented her house on their playing. "I suppose so." 'Cept they were losing. "Glad you're cheering for them. Even if she refused to paint her face. In some way there was support so she wouldn't complain all that much. Instead she turned back around and went back to the game that was only getting worse.

FINALLYSOMEONEELSEWHOSAIDYES!!!!

She was beginning to take all the 'no' answers quite personal. It amazed her just how many people were unwilling to paint their faces. She grinned at the girl then got straight to it--not overdoing it at all because then she'd never get the girl to trust her again.

A star here...a star there...doo dee doo dee doo. Oh the joys of painting.

"There! All done!!" And of course she beamed a little at being called Vivi's buddy again but like the girl said, she had her own name. "Oh I'm Alexa!" She was actually happy the girl didn't know her name before she said it. The other day another claw completely freaked her out when she said her name even though they'd never met before...weird people. O__O

By now the girl was getting sad. With the exception of a few people no one wanted their faces painted. "Oh...okay..." Could you hear the sadess in her voice? She was hoping so. If they didn't want their faces painted then the least they could do was feel bad about it. "Can I have another gummy worm...?" Comfort food because she didn't have her chocolate frogs with her.

She turned to the pitch when she heard another goal was scored.

-______-

Ravenclaw won...? Seriously...?

That was nice... a puffer rooting for the claws. Lily smiled back at the girl...Em. "Nice to meet you too." Especially if the puff was going to root for the claws in quidditch.

Vickers seemed very surprised to see the third year. "Where else would I.... oh.... you think..." Lily connected the dots and looked down at her shoes for a moment. "I... I didn't make the team this year." It was sad. Especially when Louisa had promised to get her a brand new broom and Lily wouldn't be able to use it for Quidditch this season.

Luckily, Louisa was there to bring Lily's attention back to the match. The third year obliged and stood up, waving her flag like crazy and yelling...but not as loud as the head girl. Until.....

"Snitch!!! THEY CAN SEE THE SNITCH!!!" the redhead started jumping up and down as the two seekers sped into action again.

"Hi too." Dora stared at the girl and all her colors and paint and flags.... she approved. Even if she wasn't cheering just for Ravenclaw, the twelve year old approved of the attire. "I'm Dora."

"Hi, Taryn!" She grinned widely when she spotted the older snake, though it had taken her a split second longer than usual cause of the blue hair. There was a bit of staring going on there, but also fascination. Absently she touched her single braid, running her fingers down to the tip. "I love your hair! Can you do a strand in mine?"

Then they'd be MATCHING, but not completely. Dora wasn't sure she wanted ALL of her head blue, she'd had enough of it on.

Hehe. "Then you're with Ravenclaw." Cause of course the claws were gonna win the match. Duh. Her eyes flickered out to the match.. no, she'd never really come to these things except to be with friends and support her house. She supported friends on the field too.

"No, I don't do sports. I prefer... everything else." Pretty much. Except creatures maybe. "But I do support my house and cheer them on pretty loud. Nod. Yup, and to prove she gave a good shout at the field. What was going on anyway now?

Maxwell smiled a bit as she finished painting his face, he probably looked full of house pride. "Right, cheering.." His least favorite part, he just wasn't a big fan of shouting and being loud. But eghh this was his house! his team! or as Selina had recently referred to them, his family.

"Come on Lions! We can still do this!" Could they still do this? Maxwell had faith in his team, they were all excellent players...but Ravenclaw was owning this match...he didn't want them to win, then Elliot would have bragging rights...he needed those..

She grinned over at him, just for the sake of grinning because she was still a little disturbed even if she was too polite to say it--what was she saying? Polite? Nevermind.

"That was gross Vick." Manners were best left on the cat, weren't they? "It's like I told Harvey, people like you need to rent a room in another country." But the smile was left in place so he would know not to take things too seriously.

.“I guess We will.” Em said grinning at Lexa and reaching out to give her a little poke. “Well, I can't fly.” Em insisted. “I can't ride a bike either.” She shifted a little uncomfortabley. “Max has been helping me learn, but I still can't go high and fall off all the time.”

As the match progressed, Em's hands left Louisa's and covered her face. She just couldn't watch. It was too intense, and it wasn't going well. She couldn't look, and ended up just closing here eyes. When the other girl said Max was doing alright, she peaked through her fingers from a moment to see her boyfriend miss another block, She squeezed her eyes tight again. That was not alright, and he was going to be all sad again after the match, she just knew it. But she couldn't watch, and she would just have to rely on the announcer's commentary to know what was going on.

When the announcer mentioned Max not looking happy, Em frowned and glared at her when she mentioned her. She started to stand, fully intending to yank that microphone away from her, and then something, when she got distracted with Vivi scoring, And the sighting of the snitch. The redhead sat back down to try to watch the game, but that announcer would PAY. She didn't care if she was a badger or not.

She continued to watch uneaisly, hands still covering her face. But then, there was the Snitch again. And it was caught by Ellie's little brother. They won? This horrible game was over?

HEHE. Taryn was sooooooooooo proud of Ravenclaw. She had not dyed her hair in vain, it seemed. She was MOST proud of Milton though, obviously. Coming back from missing so many matches and leading his team to victory! She glanced at a near Ravenclaw and smiled, "Thanks." She wasn't quite sure if she was being NICE with the comment, but hey, Taryn liked her hair and it didn't much matter to her if anyone else thought it was weird.

Of course Dora was interested. Taryn turned her smile to the younger girl. She was so CUTE. Taryn just wanted to buy her presents. Hehe. "Sure I can." She patted the spot beside her and motioned for Dora to scoot down so Taryn could see her hair.

He could see that Alec was a little surprised that he was talking to him he smiled at this, well he wasnt going to be the guy that didnt say hi to his girlfriends friends just cause he didnt know them he was making an effort to know them all. He grinned at the little puff "Thats good! I am glad to see that Ella has someone she can have join in her excitement for quidditch. " cause it was just nice to have someone as enthusiastic as you, that way it was more fun to join in and have a good shoutabout! "I am.. great thanks for asking" well he was always great when he was with Ella so that was nothing new "how about you?" he asked



He listened as she told Ella she didnt know how she put up with him, really Alexa? wait til you get a boy of your own then you will see how amazing it is! He couldnt believe kids these days, why at this time in his first year he'd already had two girlfriends. Not that he was saying they should all go around dating all of a sudden.. just maybe understand why they did date.

He chuckled as she made a face at him "Never?" well that wasnt going to work out.. there would be someone sooner or later.. hadnt he said never again.. and BAAM! the moment he set foot in hogwarts he started dating Minnie even though he had only just met her on the train TO hogwarts. "Oh Alexa.. trust me.. when you find that right person.. it is the greatest thing in the world!" he said squeezing Ella's hand.. cause thats how he felt right about now!

He sat where she told him to.. but only until his face got painted.. after that he would be back with Ella. "Ok but not too much paint Alexa" he said even though it wouldnt matter since he was wearing blue anyways. He got ready to get painted upon hoping that Alexa would understand that he was with his girlfriend.. he cant exactly look like a tomato when he wants to spend time with his girlfriend. Then again Ella did look lovely as a tomato.. hadnt he told her that many times.



He smiled as Ella smiled at him... he nodded that he understood "Yeah I can see what you mean.. I mean Alexa here wants me supporting gryffindor.. which I now I am and I myself support my own house.. it was like that when you were playing against the claws.. I was all decked out in yellow and blue for that game. " he smiled as he looked out the game, how it was amazing to be on that pitch part of the game.. and as if she could read his mind she asked him a vital question. He looked at her and nodded "Yeah I kinda do.. I mean there is nothing like being out there flying as fast as you can, well except being with you of course! But yes I do miss playing sometimes" he had felt that way many times but was glad that he wasnt playing during the claw vs puff game.. he didnt know how he could have handled playing against Ella.

He smiled as she laughed at Alexa.. making his heart beat faster as she talked about his good qualities.. well he wasnt going to argue with her on that one. He looked at her as she called him the best "You are the best" he said trying his hardest to refrain from kissing her.. oh he just had to.. instead he settled for discreetly kissing her hand. Now Alexa if you hadnt been here that kiss would have landed somewhere else. He thought to himself, he smiled as he heard her say no to Alexa painting her face. Why couldnt he have said that.. oh yeah cause Alexa made him feel bad.. being like her brother and not supporting the lions.



He smiled as he said that things were good as can be.. he nodded understanding what he meant "I am glad to hear that Ethan" he grinned when Ethan said always. Finally it seemed that Minnie had found the one that could actually keep her happy long term and not just a few months before disappearing or something or other. She was a great girl and she deserved all the happiness she could get, he wondered if Ethan knew about his history with Minnie.. probably not the thing to tell your boyfriend Minnie.. hint hint. Though Ella knew cause she had asked and he couldnt ignore her question. "Good! do keep it that way!" or you will have Harvey coming after you, he didnt need to know that Harvey wasnt much of a fighter.. unless Minnie told him cause she knew what a wimp he was from his first year. Even back then he tried and failed to be a tough guy.

This sandwich..... this sandwich was a good sandwich. Almost completely distracting him from the game, which is why he was being quiet. He did smile at all of the guys that had joined the group, though. The cool group of Slytherins that were quietly narrowing their eyes at the players on the pitch. At least, that's what Theo was doing.

He knew everyone else was, too.

Jee WHIZZ, the announcer was being particularly loud today, wasn't she? Theo sent HER a glare, as his sandwich was finished.

Anyway... he watched, grumpily, as the game went on and on, taking a quick look over at his bestie at the moment that Penelope caught the snitch. Blue was doing really good, too... He was proud. That got a small smile. And even a.....

"GO, BLUE........ YEAHHHHHH!"

Not Ravenclaw. Blue.

And yeah, they won. Great. Could they go now?

"Shacklebolt has the quaffle, he takes off. The bludger is going right at him, Shacklebolt avoids the hit and keeps going. The beaters head towards the bludger. Shacklebolt quickly gets the quaffle to safety and passes it to his partner Branxton. Branxton catches the quaffle and heads down the field. Branxton has to make an impressive move to get past the bludgers and beaters storming towards it. Fairfield takes the swing and connects with the bludger sending it straight to Fischer. Fischer is looking woozy on her broom from that hit. Branxton still has the quaffle, but she passes it to Ashby. Ashby heads down the field, he dodges Hughes and shoots, but Phillips is quick with the save...

the quaffle goes flying and Ashby goes in for it, but so does Keller. They are in a shoving match.. Her comes Skylar towards them raising her bat.. Keller gets the quaffle and Skylar nails Ashby with her bat sending him backward. Keller takes the quaffle down the field and passes it to Hughes. Hughes flies down the field. The blue beaters come flying towards him Gracae tries to hit the quaffle, but sends Hughes into a spin. The quaffle is out of his hands. Gert catches it and takes off. Shacklebolt comes to try and knock the Quaffle away, Gert looks like he is yelling for help. Fischer comes to his rescue, but Shaklebolt is not giving up. OOOOH but here is Fairfield and she knocks Shacklebolt back and Gert speeds away. Gert is getting closer down the field, but here comes Braxnton.. Fischer sees this and comes to Gert's side. They are in a shoving match and head straight towa.....

Before anything else could get out Minerva can't get out of the way fast enough and Vivi is flying straight into her. She is knocked back and slams into the back of the bench hard with Vivi on top.. "You did that on purpose.. I know you did..." She growled at the Ravenclaw and tried to push her away. "oowwwww" she hurt from the hit, but she couldn't leave the announcing empty could she.. Pushing the chaser off of her, she would deal with her later.. She forced herself to the mic and looked up.. what had she missed..

"oww..umm... Looks like James saved the day again for claws by blocking Gerts shot. There is a snitch.. Both seekers are on the go. They are looking like they are in a race around the pitch. It looks like it's coming this way.. Heads up everyone...There headed toward the professors again. They are neck and neck.. Both reach up just as the.. ewww hit the staff, wow are they getting a beating today. I hope no points will be taken for kicking your headmistress in the face...Greenwell and Stone are pushing each other and reaching... Greenwell looks to be losing control and she is in the stands, at least she had the Slytherin team to catch her fall. and Stone has the snitch! RAVENCLAW WINS!!! RAVENCLAW WINS!!!!

"That's it for the day folks.. Thanks for coming out. The next match will be the championship game between the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff! Until next time Hogwarts."

Putting down the mic she grabbed her arm that was hurting from the fall.. Looking at Vivi she glared for a second and then tried to breath, "Are you alright?" She couldn't not ask the player if she got hurt, but Minerva at the moment wasn't sure if she really cared..

The overly zealous Gryffindor had shoved Vivi right out of the sky, and it was more than inevitable that she was going to crash into the stands. Inevitable, but yet not entirely out of her control. As soon as her broom started to drift, she pointed it right at that lovely announcer's podium.

Might as well take out a bit of the trash since she was going, right?

Vivi crashed right into the podium. Literally. Crashed. Way too fast and way too hard. Still, it was satisfying to lay people out, and when she struggled to her feet and wiped her bloody hand across her face, she was grinning broadly. "Oops. So sorry. Blame that Alice... she's a pusher." She swept out her broom in order to climb back on, accidentally sweeping poor whatever-her-name-was across the face before hopping aboard and sailing back toward the pitch.

"Good thing you had your eyes on the game or you could've been injured," she called back over her shoulder. Also... "Hey, Lex. Love the face paint."

He heard that he was apparently being quiet in the stands.. him? quiet? pfftt.. no way was that happening! "I am not quiet! I am the noisiest lion thats here" he yelled up at her "ROAR!!" *cough* *cough* ok no more of that for a while.. his throat was hurting a bit now. He looked at the game and ROARED a few times in quick succession making his throat hurt a little more, he then heard Minnie announcing something about the two seekers heading for the headmistress? oh he so had to watch this and fair enough he got to see it all with the headmistress screaming her head off. Oh this was amazing entertainment for sure! See this is why he came to these matches.. and of course cause Minnie's announcing was just like the awesomest thing after his costume of course. He loved the fact that Scabior got a faceful too.. after the start of term feast that was needed.

He grinned when she told him that he was doing a great job.. finally someone noticed what a great job he was doing, see people.. he was a great mascot! He jumped around even more now that she had said that. He so loved this costume no-one knew it was him under here unless you were Minnie or Ethan, cause Minnie knew and she would have told Ethan.

He ROARED a few more times at some of the players and he looked at the scoreboard before looking at the game and suddenly he noticed that the seekers were dodging players, he wondered who they would get next. What he then noticed was that they were coming towards him "Oh no.. not again!!" he said as he tried to run towards the other end of the stands but he was too late in reacting again! and he was hit by one of them and down he went.. flat on his costume face. As he got up his lion head fell off and he quickly put it back on and in doing so he realised that he had hurt his right arm.. well mainly his wrist and elbow in the process of getting hit again! He then heard that Ravenclaw got the snitch.. well he cant get blamed for that.. he wasnt to know that he was going to be the snitch magnet again.. did he? "I am alright everyone!! As always nothing can hurt me!!" he called out to them keeping his right arm by his side cause he had bruised it quite bad this time round.

He watched as an older claw came straight towards the stands and he watched in horror as she went straight for Minnie, no way! He was about to go there when he heard Minnie announcing that there was another rush for the snitch. He watched as they went for the professor again and hit the headmistress again.. wow this was one entertaining match and he was sure that Minnie was enjoying announcing the match.

He heard the whistle go and heard the announcement that Ravenclaw had won "Noooo Gryffindor was supposed to win this one, have you not seen how hard Gryffindor have been working during practices.. you are wrong!" he was now yelling at Vindictus.. not caring who heard him "You counted wrong! You need glasses cause you cant see!" old man!! he added in his head! Surely he must have counted wrong.. though looking back now.. Penelope hadnt caught the number of snitches they needed.. his bounce now gone.. he took off the body part of his costume.. since he was very hot now.. but he didnt take off the head just yet. He hung his head a little.. they had lost.. and afterall the hard work they had all put into the practices.

He then remembered Minnie and looked up at her, he rushed over to her "Umm Minnie.. you ok?" he asked a bit concerned.. sure she and him had not seen eye to eye sometimes but there was no doubting she was one cool puff.. just like Ethan was the cool claw and .. he, Alexa, Kurumi, Selina and many other lions were cool too!

She would have been bothered by the fact that the girl was staring at her so much but then under these circumstances she couldn't really complain. Colours were the order of the day and though she didn't care very much for the opposing team she cared about some of the people on the team and blue was her favourite colour so it all panned out. "You wanna have half your face painted???" Yeah she hadn't given up on this yet.

Lex grinned at the boy for his effort. She could tell that he was a bit reluctant but that wasn't important. What mattered was that he actually got up and decided he would cheer. Despite the fact that they'd lost he was still being a good lion.

She got right next to him and began cheering too...just not as loud because they'd lost and she'd lost a bit of her spirit. This was rather disheartening. When she was cheering for Vivi earlier she didn't expect her team to actually win. Granted she was happy for her Mama Vivi but...it would have been better if they'd won instead.

Whoa..so then...she was actually being serious about the whole thing??? Oh. Merlin. "That's terrible--and you can't ride a bike either?" How was that even possible. "Tell me...did you get into some kind of war with gravity that makes you uncoordinated beyond belief?" That was the only explanation she could think of as to why the girl wouldn't be able to do either things.

It was so strange.

Seriously? So they would be having this talk again. Merlin. Why did people think it was fun to try convincing her that love and boyfriends were cool. Didn't they get the message? Wasn't the hint enough?

"I hate to break it to you Harvs but you're wrong." He was, he really was. "There won;t be some kind of super fantastic boy out there." All boys were the same; candy grabbing and stupid. "So you might as well save the speech for someone who's already crossed over to the dark side." You know...the side that fell in love.

Trying to remain in a good mood she began humming as she did his painting. No she would have stopped short of his whole page but then she felt a little bored so she painted it all. "There you go!" BEAM. [b]"Now you're whole face looks prettiful. Nod.


Dear sweet pufflefudgewaste.

O___________O

Vivi...and the sky...and whoooosh and crash and--- WHAAAAAA? Her first impulse was to rush over and asked if the girl had hurt Vivi on the landed but then...the landed suddenly didn't make Vivi look like the vicitim...not as much as Minnie anyway.

"Uhhh...."

Then Vivi just got up and flew off--but not before complimenting her painted face. Seeeee? The paint was good. These people just wouldn't understand. "Thanks!" She called after her. Now back to the erm...crushed Badger...?

"Uhhh...Minnie...you okay...?"

It all happened so fast Penelope didn't have time to react. One moment she was chasing the snitch and almost had it, then the next she felt the other Seeker's broom hit her, and then finally she was colliding into a group of people in the stands. It wasn't TOO bad of a hit since she wasn't too far from the stands to begin with, and she landed on something - someone? - so the impact wasn't extremely hard. But she WAS going pretty fast, so it still hurt, especially after being nearly knocked off her broom with a bludger and running into that lion before, not to mention being kicked and shoved throughout the game.

At least she'd managed to do just as much back. That made her feel a tiny bit better.

But speaking of that...

She shifted to get off whatever she had landed on and realized two things: One, West was who she'd landed on, and two, she was really really REALLY sore all over. She winced slightly, but tried to ignore it - and the whistle and declaration of Ravenclaw as the winner in the background - and focused instead on making sure West was okay. She wasn't very big so she couldn't have done too much damage, at least.

"You alright?" she asked.

Great Scott...

Before Theo even had a chance to get up and leave, there was a RED SEEKER COMING THEIR WAY. He made a face and then covered his head with his arms and ducked. Alas, he still had a boot in his face. But as he escaped from the boot, he saw that the said seeker was on top of West.

O_____o

Bet he's looooooooooving that.

"Ugh." Now he really needed a shower with his special smelly lotion. But first he kinda had to break West free. "You just smushed West!" He informed Penelope, as if she was oblivious.

West greeted all his friends and classmates back of course, and Theo got a fistbump as usual, before he settled to watch the game. He cheered for Gryffindor as he'd promised but a few times a 'GO BLUE' and even a 'GO VIVI' slipped out as he waved the little Gryffindor flag he was sporting. BUT he DID get quiet toward the end, watching collisions and watching players hurtling here and there and watching yet another Stone catch yet another snitch.

And of course there was Loppy hurtling toward....

... next thing he knew he was knocked from his bench, with a weight on him, and the air knocked entirely out of him. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze.

Whaaat haaaaappened?

He blinked.

BLINKKKKKED.

Err... was she gonna get off him? Good. Okay. Breathing could happen. He took in a deep one and shifted, on account of his head was resting on someone's uncomfortable foot.

"I'm fii-*crack*-iiine." Wheeeze. Even though he had absolutely no padding on him to soften that landing. Ouch. At least he broke Loppy's fall?

And at least he hadn't hit his head again. That would be bad.

West didn't get up though, the thirteen year old just stared up at Penelope, blue eyes still a bit dazed. "You played good." He still had a grip on his little flag. Little Gryffindor flag. Which he waved folornly.

Yup, Theo was right, he DID feel rather.... smushed.

Maxwell noted they had lost and felt awkward.. "Oh...well...i'm not good at any of this anyways." He said laughing a bit. He noted that Ravenclaw bumping into Minerva. He looked back to Alexa. "Hey, ummm thanks for painting my face and all....i have to go check on my g-my friend.." He said catching his almost slip up, why would he almost call her his girlfriend? He'd been with Elliot for 7 going on 8 months...weird.

Maxwell walked quickly over to Minerva, wondering where he boyfriend was. Wasn't this his job, his face was still painted red...what would she say about that? He put a hand on her shoulder. "You all right? That was rude...if she were a boy i'd kick her butt for you.." He offered her a small smile. "Do you need to see the healer?" He asked gesturing to her arm.

Just one more snitch.. They almost had the win and Ethan alternated watching the pitch, looking over at Minnie, and glancing down at DJ the Lion, who was quite amusing. And there was the snitch.. Ethan was up on his feet again. Ravenclaw needed this to win. His attention was diverted by the Lion again.. falling flat on his face.

He watched for a moment, making sure DJ was alright.. nearly missing the flying Claw headed straight for his general vicinity. His eyes wide as he finally saw her, he lunged for Minerva to push her out of the way.. but too late. Vivi was already on top of her.. and she was pushing her off. Scrambling back to his feet, Ethan stood over her, his face clouded with concern. "Are you alright, Minnie?" His eyes went from the arm she was holding to the side of her face, where he gently touched her cheek.. It looked like she had been brushed by that girl's broom.

Then.. ugh.. Maxwell. Ethan fought so hard the urge to roll his eyes.. instead plastered on a smile at the Gryffindor. Of course he should be concerned, he was her friend after all. Healer? He raised an eyebrow to the other boy, then turned to Minnie with a sad smile. "Of course, if you need to go see her, I'd be more than happy to walk you up there."

Dora looked at the Gryffie consideratly before shaking her head, declining the offer. "No, next game though! I have Puff friends." So she might just go with the painted face thing.

Giving her friends a look that said she might be back for her seat later, she bounced to her feet and over to Taryn grinning, passing glances at the players in the stands and shouting cheers. They'd won!

"You gonna do this for the next match too?" The blue hair she meant. Reaching up she took off her hat and unbraided her hair.

The excited expression on the lioness' face was really, really heart-warming. Louisa was glad she gave the girl her face. "Good to finally know you, Alexa." She spoke as her cheeks were being painted. It was a good thing the commentary went on as her eyes were torn away from the pitch, so far things seem very very interesting.

Come oooonnn.. OH! She was done, great. Her cheeks itched though and Louisa wanted to scratch so bad. "Awesome. Now let's get our throats sore." She pounded her fist with the girl's.

The older Ravenclaw simply jumped when Aidan caught the snitch a third time getting the team into championship. She screamed at the top of her lungs, probably for the first time ever. Everyone knew Louisa didn't really care much about Quidditch, she'd be happy when they won and stuff of course but she never screamed cheering or even dressed up for the occasion. Now she felt her heart slamming in her chest watching the professor tweeting and calling it a win.

Louisa's first instinct was to hug Lily and lift her slightly off her feet, laughing and cheering some more. Then she turned to Em and hugged the girl tightly before letting go and throwing her arms around Vickers, placing a peck on his lips before she started jumping on the spot.

THEY WON!!!

HER TEAM DID IT!

Oh wait, there was a commotion nearby. The head girl broke free from Vick and saw Vivi land on top of the Hufflepuff announcer before taking off again. Huh, she was a tough girl, wasn't she? Louisa wouldn't jump to her feet as fast. Was Minnie alright then? The Ravenclaw waited to see the Hufflepuff getting up with four functional limbs. Oh look, Alexa was with her. Still the older Ravenclaw approached them both. "You okay, Minnie?" Another check on Vivi would be good too, Louisa turned her attention to the pitch.

Everyone seemed down on the ground by now. The blondish hair was easily detected.. but... there was a face attached to the blondish head. Wait, was that the tanned Captain?!!?! Louisa's face broke into a smile and quickly turned to a giggle. Milton and Vivi? How classy, right after a victory.

Louisa flailed her arms to get Vickers' attention, "Hey! You see that?" She grinned and pointed at the couple down the pitch. Hehehe, how cute.

He chuckled as Alexa told him he was wrong "Trust me one day there will be that guy! I said the same when I was younger than you! I didnt want anymore girlfriends.. not after one bad experience I had as a little boy. But.. the moment I came here.. I had a girlfriend.. met her on the train here.. and a few weeks later.. we are dating. So things dont go the way you think!" he smiled "As much as you deny it.. if you ask any of us that are dating.. we will say that we are with the most fantastic person there is! I know that cause.. well Ella here.. is amazingly fantastic!" he siad looking at Ella though that was not enough to describe how truly amazing she was! He chuckled "Ok.. but trust me.. one day I will say.. I told you so" cause as much as anyone tried to avoid it or not.. this attraction, crushing.. maybe even ... love.. comes to them.

He heard her humming as she painted his face, he then felt her paint more than she was supposed to. He wanted to tell her to stop but that would risk him getting paint into his mouth and that was something that he didnt want. So it was against his wishes but soon he had a faceful of red paint! He just blinked at her, well as least she was happy. He chuckled as she said he his face looked prettiful.. more like Ella was pretty but ok whatever she said.

He then watched in horror as one claw was pushed by a gryffie and straight into the stands went the claw, but not just any stand.. she went to where Minnie was announcing

Holey Crud Muffin.. nooo!! He rushed over to her as several others did as well "Mins!!! are you ok?!" he looked at her arm that she was holding, well and truly concerned for his best friend.. and he looked around for the claw to ask her as well but she had flown off. He frowned.. what kind of claw was she?! didnt even say one word to Mins.. oh if he ever saw her again.. she was gonna get it!! He turned back to Mins.. and he looked around for Ethan "Ethan! where is he?" he questioned himself.. he was probably trying to get through this crowd that was around her. "Ok.. people.. lets back up a little and give her some breathing space yeah?" he said backing away a little.. cause he was sure that she would want to get up. He then saw Maxwell was there now.. he wanted to push him outta the way and tell him to get away from Mins.. but he just got a big cold stare and a glare. It was upto Mins whether she wanted him there or not.. but he didnt like Maxwell being there with her one bit.. NOT.. ONE.. BIT!!!

He was then glad that Ethan was there.. at least there was someone that actually generally cared for her, he smiled at this. He just watched as Maxwell put a hand on her shoulder.. willing him to get that hand off her shoulder.. NOW!! Maxwell get this hint and get away from her now!! Ethan.. do something!!! He couldnt do much since he wasnt her boyfriend anymore.. but Ethan WAS!! In all this he had forgotten that Ravenclaw had won and frankly he didnt really care when his best friend was hurt like this.

Anastasia was still so TRAUMATIZED by the blow to her precious HAIR that she didn't see a) the Chaser zooming into the announcer nor b) the Seekers going into a dive near her seat. AGAIN. She was just so busy trying to untangle her RUINED red locks from a group of TWIGS near her crown and didn't even SEE the foot before it crashed into her forehead and knocked her head-over-heels off the bench seat.

"Ahhhhhhhaaaaaowowowowoowww," the poor redhead whimpered, flipping herself over and pulling herself back onto the bench. Owww that had hurt. She'd never been so injured and humiliated when she herself had played Quidditch, much less as a spectator!

She quickly dug around in her purse, ignoring the chaos of the students around her as she flipped open her little mirror. "Oh oh oh nooooo noooooo," she moaned, frowning and coming close to tears as she eyed the BRUISE on her forehead. HOW HORRRRRID! "That's IT!" the woman snapped her mirror shut with a click and stood up from the bench. "That is IT, I am SPEAKING TO VINDICTUS IMMEDIATELY about the LACK OF SAFETY around this pitch!!!!"

The Headmistress marched out of the stands infuriated, one hand flung back against the bruise on her head so no one would stare.