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"Penelope Greenwell has caught the third and final snitch of the match! Gryffindor takes the win with a score of 170-15!" James announced brightly. "Both houses played valiantly. You have a lot to be proud of. Let's hear it for your teams!"

Erin dismounted her broomstick and landed in the center of the pitch, her gaze to the stands - the Headmistress would be crushed that her team lost, wouldn't she? Ah, well. They couldn't win them all.



FINAL SCOREBOARD

Gryffindor
Points Scored: 170
Snitch Captures: 3
Penalties: 0

Hufflepuff
Points Scored: 15
Snitch Captures: 0
Penalties: 1

Tobias was B U Z Z I N G.

THAT HAD BEEN SO FUN. Wow, practices were fun, but this was amazing. The first sport he'd ever played and the first match ever and he'd even SCORED and YEAH. He didn't even mind because that they had lost because sometimes people lost at stuff but that just meant that there was more potential to do even better next time. He just hoped that Alec knew that and in fact Tobias was going to make sure he glomped the seeker because he'd been super awesome, and Tobias was so jealous (good jealous) of his skills. Same for the other team, everyone had been awesome and Tobias had been part of it and YEEAEGJSKHKSJDKJDSHK.

Basically, the adrenaline had not worn off at all and now he was dismounting his broom he could bounce on the balls of his feet (his favourite pass-time) except now he was proper LEAPING into the air.

Tobias looked up at his team-mates who were and beamed.

"THAT. WAS. SO. COOOOOOOL."

Why had nobody told him? Tobias glanced at the other team too; they would be happy with their win, right? Good. Tobias liked when people were happy. Maybe he could make sure the Hufflepuffs were happy too. Because they'd been an awesome team.

But for now, Tobias continued bouncing up and down, bundles of excess energy waiting to be free.

As Kace was coming down to the grounds of the pitch, he saw Tobias there and was bouncing on the balls of his feet, he was still suffering from the post nerves from the game.

He committed one foul but that wasn't too bad. He was just REALLY into the game. Once he saw Tobias and said how cool it was, Kace smiled and said....

"That was awesome!" "We did pretty good team work back there." he smiled and fist bumped his new friend.

Then as he was fist bumping he saw all the other teammates coming over.

WHAT WERE MIKA'S HANDS DOING IN WEST'S HAIR ALL MATCH LONG? Hmm?

Not that Alice was looking, mind you. Because she clearly wasn't. She was completely and utterly focused on Keeping, see? Totally concentrating on trying to stop first years plus that one Elisabeth guy from scoring again and again. But seriously. Could she move them? Go stick them on someone else's head or something, really? There were other locks to be petted, Mika, she could cut it out now. This captain was waiting.

.. oh, had Potter scored again?

Glancing back to the stands distractedly, she was oblivious to everything occurring on the pitch until Professor James blew the whistle. They won? Research results collected. Grinning to herself and relaxing a little when Mika started keeping her hands to herself- ahem-, Alice waved enthusiastically at Mo and Dora before looking around for Penelope. And blew a couple of kisses at certain people in the crowd for good measure.

"Shark Bait?" Ooh ha ha. Seekers got congratulated before the opposing team, right? And Lex, she'd scored her VERY FIRST GOAL, too. Also, Ella. First match as captain. She'd had been counting her saves. Ice cream after, yeah? Her and her two favorite Hufflepuffs? She was expecting it.

Penelope. Was. BEAMING.

What she felt when she felt that final snitch in her hand, she couldn't possibly describe with words. She'd won. THEY'D won. Gryffindor won. For the first time since her second year, they'd WON.

She was far too excited to land right now. No, she needed to get this energy out somehow. So she zoomed around the pitch again in another victory lap, pausing briefly by the commentary box to wave and beam at West and Mika before continuing.

THEY'D WONNNNNN.

Christmas landed on the ground with a smile her face she couldnt believe that they had won and she was going to be celebrating with her team mates later she just could not believe that they had won a match her first win since she started playing qudditch last year

Oakey flew down on his Broom, and looked up at the Sky to his Teammates and the Lions who had yet to land. They had lost, but Oakey was not focused on that. He had got to play a match, after Ella confirmed him as a Reserve he was worried he'd miss out on some of the matches. He played though, and he did a pretty good job. Melanie was excellent with her bat so that just means he'll have to get even better.

The first thing he noticed when landing was Professor James who was starring up at the stands. "Weather was great today." He called over to her with a semi-smile.

He patted his Beater bat on his leg and spotted the two awesome Chaser First Years next. Kace, and Tobias. No one played as intense as they did today, and avoided the teeth of Alice, who had to his surprise played Keeper today.
"I'll tell you what was COOL."Oakey said as he walked up behind Tobias. "You were!" He lightly tapped his bat to the top of the first years head, and then lifted him up with his other arm from behind and spun him around in place before getting himself dizzy and collapsing to the ground.

The Weather and just feel for today, was to good to be unhappy. Oakey was done with that now. He'll lay here for a while before going into the locker room.

That. was. intense. Yes? What could Wade say, these two little badgers with him could hold and score it on their own. He didn't pay too much attention to the other stuff going around him this time, he had to make sure that Gryffindor Captain's reputation didn't told true on them, a lion's bite they did not need. Especially so young.

After his last score, Wade looked around at the sound of the whistle. They won didn't... oh.. no, they didn't. Furrowed brows as he looked around. Aww, that wasn't good. Hmm, well, he wasn't going to show his sadness. They were the happy badgers. Yep, and no one will forget that. Wade looked at the very happy firsties, who verified this fact. Heh. Come on, who could stay sad after seeing that?

Wade then smirked, looking around at the others, before catching Oakey's eye. Time for them to bring out the team's Badgerly love. With a nod, Wade flew downward after Oakey landing by them and Wade went straight up behind little Kace before locking his arm around his neck playfully for the- HAIR RUFFLE! "You guys are awesome." *Ruffle, ruffle* Now where were the others for this ruffle-thon?

Minerva took a deep breath and held her shoulder. Of all things to be hit it was her shoulder again. Didn't she just get hit at practice in the same shoulder. It hurt, but she didn't think it was to bad. No she knew the only thing that was hurt was how she was feeling at the moment. It wasn't even that they lost, she noticed Ethan's aunt, who had helped her over summer in the stands. She didn't play her best and now she felt bad about that....

But her mind was else were and couldn't think of that flying over to Ella, "You alright Cap? I'll help you down." Flying slowly down she looked for her bro Alec and started trying to wave his attention. Girlfriend Captain Ella got her foot hurt and that meant Alec was needed.

Landing Minerva dropped her broom and waited to help Ella off of hers. Looking around she was glad to see her team show such great pride to each other. They all played well, they had nothing to feel sorry for. She was mad at her own performance, but that wasn't anything against them.. no she needed to practice more and she would. Looking back up she saw Ella getting close to the ground and got ready to let her put her weight onto Min so that she didn't have to put weight on her foot if needed.

Losing her first match as captain.

…

It was definitely a weird feeling. Ella stayed where she was for a minute, shutting her eyes tightly when she heard the familiar tweet of the whistle. She just felt bad, okay? Like she’d let her team down. Like she’d let Loch Nessie down. Like she’d let Hadley down. Treyen. Max. Keefer…Meh. Not that she’d been horrible because she hadn’t. It just…wasn’t her day. It wasn’t their day. And she was proud of her team. Her amazing team, by the way. They had played their best and that’s all that mattered to Ella. She was happy for Hulk, too. Because her team was amazing also. Mixed feelings were mixed.


When she opened her eyes, they immediately scanned the pitch for Alec. He was going to take this hard, she knew. The blonde was worried and she tried to push this down too. They would talk off the pitch. She had a team to cheer up, yeah? Yeah. And a Lion team to congratulate too. And hugs to give and hair to ruffle. The ickles were getting lots of that.

And there was Minnie checking up on her. Ella forced down all the self-doubt and gave her friend a half-smile. “Nice flying out there, Min!” Really. ”I’m okay. Or... I will be. Come on, let’s go see the team, yeah?”

Following the older badger towards the ground, the blonde landed rather ungracefully. When her feet touched down, the blonde finally noticed the pain in her foot. *WOBBLE* Melanie was a good beater, y’know. She had good aim and Ella appreciated that. She was a bit bummed about the current pain situation but whatever. It happened. She reached for Minnie’s shoulder and stood up straight, giving her a smile. “Look at that,” And she pointed a little ways away.

You know what was awesome? How her team was taking this loss. It brought a tiny grin to Ella’s face and she hobbled over to them with help from Minnie, this time her smile genuine. “I’m so proud of you all, y’know.” Nodnod. “And YOU TWO!” Yes, the little ones. They got MORE hair ruffles. She considered cheek pinching too but she’d leave that to Nessie. Didn’t want to steal anybody’s trademark move, y’know. ”Great job!” How could she be sad when Kace and Tobias were so…bouncy and happy? She couldn’t. Not yet, anyway. Moping would be left for when she was alone. Oakey and Wade got small smiles and knowing looks because well, they must be feeling the loss a bit too. She appreciated how they looked after the firsties, though. Awesome teammates were awesome and smiley and lovely.

Oh and the Lions. “Congratulations, you guys. You’re a great team!” Looks for Hulk and a small smile too. “Congrats on the win, Captain. Thanks for not biting me.” Heh.

And then Ella spotted Alec and she gave Min a hug before hobbling over to him, arms spread wide. Hugs please? They both probably needed it.

...

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Five years. Five years of Seeking for the same house with a similar team and... well... this happens. The boy hovered in the air and looked down at his empty hands, a feeling of disappointment sinking into his stomach simultaneously with the way the realisation was sinking in. Because that was exactly how he felt. Disappointed. With no one but himself.

But... Penelope. He was happy for the Gryffindor. Really. The girl was BRILLIANT out there and this meant that he wouldn't get a punch in the face, yeah? Awesome. He was always more or less scared that she'd do that ever since their conversation about Tag's Girlfriend Application. That had been a nice conversation, actually. They should go along with that. Nodnod.

And speaking of Penelope, when the sixteen year old landed, he moved over to her personally, trying to let an easy, natural smile cross his face. "Hey... Penelope?" he said, holding out his hand, "Erm... congrats on the win. You were brilliant out there. Tell the others that ice cream's on me if they want any? I don't think there's any red ice cream but... there's always strawberry and mango! Or Vanilla? Gryffindor colours..." Nodnod. ... Also... had Hulk bitten anyone during the match? That was the important question here.

And did the other lions want handshakes too?

He turned away from the girl and looked around at all the yellow-clad players. The smile on his face spread a little wider as he just... watched them. Being happy. It was awesome, actually, that they weren't being... well... Alec about this. Taking a deep breath, he approached the boys MEN -- HUFFLEPUFF MEN! YEAH! -- and said, "Awesome Quidditch skills, guys! Really well done!" The Seeker turned away from them...

... only to look at a certain blonde haired girlfriend of his.

And his heart sank to meet his stomach. Because not only had he possibly let down his Dad -- how was he going to mention this to his Dad? -- but he had also let down the love of his life. And that thought was the one that really killed him. ... She wanted hugs? Alec shuffled slightly and shook his head. "You were brilliant! Really! Erm... and... I..." ... Moving on... "Are you okay? You're not hurt, right?" ... And... Minnie! "Awesome flying, Minnie! You're okay too, right?" ... And they can just... divert the conversation away from him? Okay? Okay.

Tobias fist-bumped Kace right back. They had made an excellent team, along with Wade. It was so totally awesome; practices hadn't quite given Tobias the full measure of playing in a team. It wasn't until they'd played against someone else that he realised how brilliant it really was and... like... YES WOW OKAY.

Feeling a slight tap on the head, Tobias GRINNED as he heard the head boy speak and started to say something back before WHEEEEEEEEEEE SPINNING!

And then floor.

Tobias was still reeling from the exhilaration of flying and actually really really playing like not in a practice. He sat on the floor beside Oakey and grinned as the rest of the team came over, and giggled slightly as Wade put Kace in a playful headlock. After Ella ruffled their hair he leaned back slightly, supporting himself by putting his arms behind him, and sighed happily. Yeah they'd lost, but it had been cool. "That was so fun. Like I didn't realise it would be that fun and it's like not that bad about losing because if everything always went amazingly then it would be like not even being human or something," he pointed out. "And it's done on points so it's not like we can't win the cup or still do really well, right?" It sort of relied on the other teams and they kind of had a disadvantage but disadvantages could be overcome. "I think you were super good, Alec. I wish I was that good!"

The firstie looked over to the other team. He'd shake hands in a minute but at the moment they seemed busy being happy together. He did follow in his team-mates' lead though and called over, "Thanks for the game, it was really fun. Congratulations!"

Focusing on his own team again, Tobias' smile faded a little as he noticed Ella and Minerva properly. "Are you hurt?" That wasn't quite as fun. Hopefully it wasn't too bad, but Tobias hadn't been focusing on the bludgers or anything when they had been playing, so he was completely oblivious to anything else that had happened.

Minerva really didn’t answer when Ella said nice flying. She knew she could do better and would prove that at some point, but now it was just making sure the captain was alright. Making sure Ella grabbed the unharmed shoulder, Min helped her to the rest of the team. “I know it’s wonderful to see such a great working team. It stinks we lost, but it’s nice to see everyone coming together.” What a great team, Min felt so blessed to be part of it this term and honestly they had so much talent and you couldn’t win them all even though they had won a ton since she had come to Hogwarts…. oh six years ago.


Oh and there went Ella, she was a little worried about the captain and wait.. did Alec just shake his head no to her hug wish and out arms.. Glare a bit little bro… glare.. Give girlfriend captain a hug this minute.. She gave a small I’m fine Alec look to her little brother. “All goes with the territory, can’t be a beater without being beat.” She chuckled a bit, but moved aside. It was time for him to take care of his girlfriend and she had others to speak with.
As she moved to talk with the others she grabbed her hurt shoulder. Darn it.. it hurt, but she wouldn’t let the others really know that. She knew it wasn’t healed from practice and well it was probably worse now, so she would just try to fake it. Eyes glancing at the stands, yes she would have to fake it being alright for Ethan as well.. Speaking of Ethan *waves*.


Now back to her super doper awesome possum team. Grinning at the two excited first years she went over to them, “Kace your sister.. Oh my goodness.. Belle would have been so excited about his. Owl her as soon as you can. You did amazing.” Then she turned to Tobias, “Great match Tobias, you played amazing for your first game of the season.” These two were amazing players and they were going to do such a great job.

Now time for her fellow beater and Wade.. “Oakey, great job. You really are a great beater. I hope this was just first game nerves for me.” She gave a slight grin, yes first game nerves were gone, now time to lay the smack down on some bludgers for now on. “Wade you were a great chaser.. You must be able to play all the positions well.” She didn’t forget his position last term, and secretly she was glad he wasn’t the one with a bat anymore especially at the claw match.

Now time for the other team. Minerva went over and smiled at the lions, “Great game guys, you all play awesome. I think it’s going to be a tough season with all the teams this term.”

As Kace was done fist bumping Tobias, he was giggling because Oakey was giving him a spinning hug. He always found those funny he had no idea why. As he was giggling he felt someone's arm on his neck and then he felt his hair being ruffled. He looked up and it was Wade!

"Hey Wade, you did a good job at keeper dude and so did you Oakey as beater." He remembered being with them at practice and it was always nerve wracking proving himself to the older students. But now hearing he did well, he could relax for a while. They were telling him and Tobias how awesome they were. And it was true, they were like double trouble when they were on the field and Kace was proud of it. Then he saw Ella limping with Minnie on her shoulder. She hoped she was okay, he did see her get hit with the ball. She was managing to walk and that was a plus. Maybe she needed to go to the hospital wing?

She heard Ella giving them compliments. That meant the world to him knowing he did well in his captains eyes. He smiled cutely and squirmed underneath and captain hair ruffling. "Thanks Ella, you did an amazing job as keeper! Will your foot need the healer?" he asked looking at it. I guess a lot of people thought his hair was cute, he didn't mind it all. It was better than cheek pinching that is for sure.

As he was done talking to Ella, he saw Minnie there and Kace smiled at her, "Hey Minnie you did an amazing job, don't beat yourself up too hard now." he winked at her and hugged her. Then she mentioned Owling Belle, Kace slapped his forehead, "Oh of course i will i forgot to tell her i was playing in the first match! But i will tell her about you too. You did amazing as well! But you might need to help me with the play by play " As he was finishing hugging he noticed Alec coming down looking all glum.

Oh no...that needed to be fixed. Kace went over to Alec and then he heard him complimenting him. "Aww thanks Alec, you were an amazing seeker today. You did the best you could and that is all that matters. Hey at least you didn't commit a foul right?" he winked at him to lighten his mood.

Kace saw the Gryffindors and smiled at them to show good sportsmanship. He hoped his didn't hurt them too badly with his foul but they were used to it. Besides it probably didn't hurt them too bad since he was a firstie.

Tobias’ little speech? Ella tilted her head and listened with a small smile plastered on her face. How was it that the younger kids always understood this kind of thing the best? Maybe because they still valued the fun of it more than the winning? The blonde wasn’t sure but she sure was proud. ”You’re pretty smart, y’know.” Grin. ”And you’re right. We’ll just let this push us to work even harder.” Let it be motivation and all that.

Kace too. He was a little cutie pie. ”Thanks Kace. I appreciate you saying that.” As for questions about her foot from her teammates, ”I’m sure it’s fine. Probably just needs some ice or something. No worries.” And she gave them reassuring smiles because she’d be okay.

Ella let her arms drop to her sides when Alec shook his head and she just blinked. Then she nodded and she looked away to where Minnie was. The fact that Minnie was glaring made her shuffle and her gaze returned back to the boyfriend just as he spoke. ”I’m fine,” She said quietly, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. She was just trying really hard not to look hurt right now. ”You flew hard out there. Everyone knows that, okay?” Nodnod.

And with that, Ella decided she needed to get off the pitch. ”I’m just gonna…go get some ice or something. Erm…ice cream later, guys? Maybe we can meet in the kitchen or something.” Her eyes flickered to Alec briefly before she flashed her team a smile and hobbled off the pitch.

There was this wonderful feeling she was feeling. It was like a giant bubble had popped inside of her and left sparkles everywhere. She felt sparkly but in a good way, like... well, Melanie wasn't really sure. As she joined the rest of her team in a victory lap around the pitch she felt really... free or something. That must be how a bird felt like all the time. It felt like she had drank a million cups of tea and her insides were being hugged. That was what winning felt like. The Gryffindor landed on the ground, still clutching Alice's bat with a giant grin on her face.

She gave all the members of the house of the Good Huggers a giant smile. "It was a great games guys. Really nice flying," she told them, giving them a little salute using Alice's bat. Then she remembered she was holding the bat. And she also remembered she had used the bat to hit actual bludgers which had hit actual people. Oops. "I also hope you're all okay and not injured and stuff. Because that sounds like it'd hurt and that wouldn't be good," Melanie added. She really hoped none of them were physically injured and probably not mentally injured either though she didn't know how any of them could be from just one simple match. ... one simple match that the Gryffindors had won.

And then Melanie ran over to Alice to give her a giant hug. "We won, Captain," Melanie exclaimed, her eyes wide and probably sparkling all weird like they did in the cartoons when someone was all happy. "And thanks for letting me borrow your bat," she added. And where was Penelope? Melanie needed to give her a giant hug too and everyone else. Melanie opened her mouth to say something to the rest of the Gryffindor team, something along the lines of "Ohmygosherswewon" but all that came out of her mouth was a high-pitched squeal and she jumped up in down clapping her hands the best she could while holding onto a broom and bat. Needless to say, Melanie was way too excited about winning.

Final Scoreboard

Gryffindor
Points Scored: 170
Snitch Captures: 3
Penalties: 0

Hufflepuff
Points Scored: 15
Snitch Captures: 0
Penalties: 1


Game Summary

Kace Lecium (H) - Scored
Ella Bishop (H) - Blocked Shot
Kace Lecium (H) - Penalty; Haversacking
Tobias Tempus (H) – Scored
Ryan Myles (G) - Scored
Melanie Sung (G) - Bludger Hit
Wade Elisabeth-Potter (H) - Scored
Penelope Greenwell (G) - Snitch Capture #1
Alexa Cambridge (G) - Missed Shot
Tobias Tempus (H) - Scored
Melanie Sung (G) - Bludger Hit
Alexa Cambridge (G) - Scored
Penelope Greenwell (G) - Snitch Capture #2
Alice Fischer (G) - Blocked Shot
Ella Bishop (H) – Blocked Shot
Melanie Sung (G) - Bludger Hit
Wade Elisabeth-Potter (H) - Scored
Penelope Greenwell (G) - Snitch Capture #3


Goals Scored
Tobias Tempus (H) - 2
Wade Elisabeth-Potter (H) - 2
Kace Lecium (H) - 1
Ryan Myles (G) - 1
Alexa Cambridge (G) - 1

Blocked Shots
Ella Bishop (H) - 2
Alice Fischer (G) - 1

Bludger Hits
Melanie Sung (G) - 3

Snitch Captures
Penelope Greenwell (G) - 3