Merlin, Penelope was afraid of this. Paying to get into the stands. Hopefully there wouldn't suddenly be a fee to play too, otherwise she would NOT be pleased. Ugh. She didn't have the money for all this, people.

Using five galleons from her earnings from selling ashwinder eggs, the Gryffindor finally entered the stands and looked around for a place to sit for this first part of the match. Not for the whole one, obviously, since she'd be playing the second half. Which she was SUPER excited for, even if she was only playing Chaser. She'd discovered she actually kinda liked playing that position...but Seeker was still her favorite. And she'd hopefully continue to stick with that one in the real house team matches.

But first, a seat. She'd been planning to sit with Ascanius, but she couldn't seem to find-

Oh there he was!

Beaming, she headed over to him and plopped down into the seat next to him. "Hey there."

Demetrius did not know why he was here at this match. But he could use a little time off. Maybe he was slightly hoping some other people from mysteries would be here. But that was wishful thinking. Without thinking he bumped into the turnstile and was confused by it for a minute. But did not care about money. So he put the required amount in and up into the stands.

Now to find a good seat. Maybe the third row. He did not really know anybody here. So he relaxed in a spot he found and waited for the match to start. Hoping it was a least entertaining.

Nigel was excited for this match. It was an awesome idea and he did not even care that he had to pay to go witness it. He payed the turnstile and walked up to the stands and looks around.

He spots his uncle in the stands and did not want to sit next to him. He was kind of in a bad mood lately. Now where it sit. It was an important question after all.

West arrived nice and early of course, and he had snacks on hand given he had no earthly clue if being a Quidditch Commentator was something that would be exhausting and stuff. He was sure it'd make him hungry since eeeeeeeeeverything made him hungry, so really it was just common sense to come prepared. His sandwiches though. Just saying. Not in the business of sharing for a 5 galleon entry fee.

... not that he had to pay it, but then that was kind of WHY he'd volunteered for this whole gig. Free was good even if you technically had to work for it. Just fyi to any mindreaders out there: he planned to work AWESOMELY.

He put the 5 galleons through the turnstile and went on through. Or well, not went so much as sauntered, which was still.... wenting.

"Sup." To you. And to you. People he knew. Which was... like everyone essentially. He went to the commentary box and set up shop. Setting up shop consisted of arranging his sandwiches, putting a comfy cushion on the wooden bench to sit on, and making sure he had the best spot.

SO THIS MICROPHONE THEN... or horn... speaker-into-thingy West eyed it and then tapped it curiously. Did he have to use a Sonorous charm? did it work on its -- SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!

Oh it worked on its own. Cool, cool.

"I meant to do that." He informed the growing crowd casually. "Just seeing if you're all AWAKE and READY for this, Hogwarts!"

And he was already bored so... why not get the crowd amped yeah? Or try to. He just casually assumed they'd be all into it.
"If you're here to cheer for the STAFF, let me hear you make some NOISE!"

He put his hand around his ear theatrically and looked behind him. Hmmm? Who was cheering for the Staff team hmmmmmmmmm? Were there TRAITORS in their MIDST?

"That was pretty loud but now I got a NEW question for all of you." He paused dramatically, "WHO HERE is cheering for the STUDENTS?" He cupped his ear again expectantly.

So this was it. It was time to watch the first session of the Staff vs. Students match.

And was he excited? YEAH.

Clutching a bowl of ice cream in his hands -- because ice cream was perfect for watching Quidditch matches, see -- Alec walked up towards the Stands, half SUPER happy and half... worried, actually. Because Quidditch matches meant Bludgers and that meant that someone was going to get hurt. That thought really didn't sit well with the boy seeing as a certain someone was playing.

...

OH? MONEY? PAY?

Frown. Five galleons was a lot of money, actually. Really. And for a school game. He reached into his pocket and took out his wallet, taking a peek inside. Five galleons were counted up and deposited into the turnstile before Alec passed through towards the Stands. Yeah... Hogwarts was going to get a lot of money out of this.

Why? There were quite a few people here already!

Ruffling his hair, Alec looked around, wondering where to sit. Because usually, if he wasn't playing, he'd have sat by the Hufflepuffs. Or his friends. Or close to someone supporting the same team he was supporting. It was sort of his own weird rule and now...

... He'd just sit somewhere and enjoy the match? He shrugged before climbing up the steps towards the stands. Good seats... good seats... he walked along a row of seats and sat down in an empty one, not looking around to see who he was sitting next to.

Now... how long was it until match-time?

His hands in his pockets, Jake made his way down to the stands with Anya. It was weird for him... going to the stands on a day when some of his teammates were playing. He didn't mind too much, though. Surprisingly. Although it would have been really cool to play against the professors. So that was a bit of a bummer.

Commentating was cool enough, though.

He looked up when he heard the familiar voice of Carter. "Things are great," he replied with a small smile. "Thanks," he added. For the help and stuff. Hopefully that was clear. He gave a small wave as his girlfriend's brother walked off then turned his attention to the girlfriend herself. When she offered him the bag of coins Jake shook his head. "Professor James covered it for me." Which was nice of her. Even if Jake didn't expect to have to pay. But still, it was nice. He'd have to thank her later.

Looking around the stands, Jake shook his head a bit at Anya. "I've got to get to the podium with Odessa. Didn't I tell you I'm commentating?" He could've sworn that she knew. Whoops.

To the microphone. Jake took Anya's hand and led the way to the mic stand thingy. Where West was already talking. Cool. Did that mean Jake didn't even need to do anything?

He cast a quick glance and grin at Anya, still holding her hand, and joined West at the microphone. "Hey," he greeted quietly, barely looking at the Slytherin before locking his eyes on the mic. Well. It looked like West had the crowd thing going well for him so... Jake could just hang out in the background until the action started. He could do a mean play-by-play... of that, he was pretty sure.

What color did one wear to support... the entire student body? It wasn't like there was a Hogwarts school color, and anyway, the staff represented Hogwarts too, right? Hm. She wore blue for reasons and called it even.

Vivi found a seat high in the stands and spread out a bit, saving a spot for Vickers and anyone else who might want to sit with them. Oh, awkward... this might be their first time appearing in this type of venue as a couple. Would that be a thing?

Vivi kicked back with thermos in hand, giving a wave to West commentating and to a few other students she recognized and to Selina... oh HAI SELINA! Vigorous waving commenced.

***

Mo hesitated as he climbed into the stands, not exactly sure where to sit. It would be seriously uncool to sit with his sister... or at least she would think so. And West was... busy. And also he was West. Who else? Mo slid out of the way so he wasn't blocking traffic as he looked for someone to sit with.

Oh, there! Mo climbed the stands and seated himself near Professor Botros. They were sort of like best mates now, right? "Hey, Professor. I think you ought to cheer for the students just to win us over. We might be easier to manage in class, you know?"

why wasn't she with who.? Oh...... " I didn't see him there to be honest." she turned and looked up at where oakey was sitting.. and she saw Harvey with him " I don't think Harvey likes me anyways." she said matter of factley. cause you know he was SUPER weird and sketchy about her over the summer and as much as she would LOVE to sit with oakey she'd wait to be invited. maybe he just wanted to sit with just Harvey.. hmm?

Excited!? that was an understatement miss wheatborn " i'm thrilled really, it's going to be amazing!" never mind that most of THE best Slytherin players were on this sessions team, it was awesome no doubt.

Then a Wild Ethan appeared.. out of no where.. like.. weird. "Hey. Yeah im excited it's going to be GREAT!" Captain was seeking and they had Kinsley and Baltazar.. just an epic team really, se was so excited to see how they all worked together, and was Really hoping Dylan didn't tell them any of their tricks to being awesome or else they'd be at a dis advantage this term. she looked back to the field.. "what?" did one of them say something?

What the.. "OWWW!" she cried as the mic rang out and shr grabbed her ears looking over to the mic stand she saw no one other then.. Odessa. she rolled her eyes and shook his head.. until he started to try to amp people...

Professors..."BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

they we're going down ... Clearly..

now the students on the other hand..

"WOOOOO!!!!! she was excited.. YUP

Was she the only alum here? Well, that was uncomfortable. Even more so when she took into consideration that she didn't know much of anyone in the stands. Well enough to approach that was. Oh Biter needed to show up ASAP. She had been the one after all to tell her to come.

Oh wait, was that her roommate! Yeah it was! HAI VIVI. N'awww, she loved that girl. Kind of the most fabulous person to live with in the history of forever. So she got a wave back.



Well this was anticlimactic. After all of the hype that was surrounding this game it just sort of seemed lame now. 'Cause everyone was so well behaved. See, if this were a football game the fans would be punching each other and acting crazy and doing stupid stuff. The stuff that always seemed to entertain him and REMIND him just how awesome he was in comparison. But these ruddy people were talking and smoozing and didn't seem to be competitive at all. Pfft.

Just before he was about to get up and leave, which had nothing to do with heights or anything...ahem, he felt Pen slide in beside him. Jeez, well, it seemed like he was staying now. This wasn't something he could just dodge.

But at least he looked good like always. Upside to everything. Smirk.

"Hey Pen, you up I see?" 'Cause she was up and moving now. He slipped his arm around her shoulder and smirked, "You ready?" Because he wasn't.

Botros wiiiiinced as the mic let out a horrible squealing sound and had to alarmingly look over at the--- ooh! Odessa was commentating today. Ab brightened up at the idea and rubbed his hands, eager to see his colleagues flying awkwardly out to the pitch.

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Mo hesitated as he climbed into the stands, not exactly sure where to sit. It would be seriously uncool to sit with his sister... or at least she would think so. And West was... busy. And also he was West. Who else? Mo slid out of the way so he wasn't blocking traffic as he looked for someone to sit with.

Oh, there! Mo climbed the stands and seated himself near Professor Botros. They were sort of like best mates now, right? "Hey, Professor. I think you ought to cheer for the students just to win us over. We might be easier to manage in class, you know?"

Marco seemed to be either really fond of accompanying elderly or simply sugar-talking Botros knowing the man was a sucker for kids. "Or you guys ought to cheer for the staff just to win us over. We can give points." He gave him a super wide, super mischievous grin - one that he forgot he could manage at this age, even. He rubbed his hands again, anticipation driving him crazy.

Kat was here, at the Stands. She had paid her fee of five galleons okay? It was like a farewell to the money she earned from the Care of Magical Creatures thing where they had to sell their ashwinder eggs. She lost a whole jar... because that was five galleons. But whatever, she was going to be here for a while and go to the Locker Room a few minutes before the first session ends.

Merlin, she was feeling a bit nervy in the inside. Playing against her own Professors, do you know how weird that would be? There's the commentary and everything seemed to be getting in place. As much as she wanted to stay and just watch everything at the Pitch, Kat couldn't because she was going to be a part of this.

So much feelings her stomach had to handle. Wiw.

---

Well yes. Astrid has here too. Her dad had asked her to withdraw from Beauxbatons for a few days (because she was loved) so that she could watch this match between the Staff and the Hogwarts students. She heard that Bro Alec, Sissy Ells, and Mama Hulk!Alice were playing too which was another reason why she wanted to go here. See? Her first Quidditch match in Hogwarts. Awesome right?

The brunette PAID her fee, which made her sort of cringe and stuff. Egh, why? Since when did they have to pay just to watch a Quidditch match? That wasn't the way Astrid saw it. Paying a fee wasn't welcoming. Hmph. Sorry she didn't know people here right now. Sitting alone.

"Sup." West said to Jake as he joined him and grinned. They were nearly ready to begin. He wished he could go give his team mates the students that were playing a pep talk. Spotting Vivi arriving, West waved at her and then looked out over the empty pitch. EAGER. He was READY. Weren't they ALL ready?

"Come on, y'all can be LOUDER than THAT!" West encouraged the crowd. "Cheer louder, so they can HEAR you in the locker rooms!"

It was a brisk day but the weather was good for Quidditch, nobody was going to get complacent since it was warmer to actually zoom around and give it your all. There was a stir below and suddenly the STAFF team burst onto the pitch.

"Here they come folks: Led by Headmistress Truebridge herself, the Detention-giving Deviants, the Scary and the Scintillating, the Harbingers of Certain Doom, the Hogwarts STAFF team! But what's this? Cerulean looks a little shaky, and woah is SHE flying fast! Come back professor, the pitch is down here!" erm. Yeah. What position was she playing again? Cough. Woah, was that a TIE on Flammy's head? "Hey, Flamsteed, pretty sure neckwear does not make your head extra aerodynamic." Yep. Good luck with that one.

"Make some noise for those Staffers everyone because they are all showing their inner-Gryffindor bravery right now facing off with--" The Hogwarts all-star team zoomed out, "The STUDENT TEAM! Lead by Montmorency and Bishop! Look at that confidence folks!" Or... well, imagine it was there. Because to West they looked a little shakey.

West watched as Firth said junk about good sportsmanship and then THEY WERE OFF.

TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

"Quaffle up and the chasers are going for it!.... Its a real scrimmage out there folks, those professors don't care about doing damage. Is this face-off a sign of things to come? ....Cerulean is veering wildly enough to scatter Castell and Elisabeth-Potter, who veers back around.... Flamsteed's tie whiplashes and watch out Castell is temporarily-blinded!.... That flash of red hair can only be TRUEBRIDGE and boy has she got her claws out--but YESS KINSLEY SNATCHES IT AWAY--" ahem. Sorry, Terrortwins enthusiasm, "And he puts it through the hoop! SCORE FOR THE STUDENTS!"

"'Course I'm up. I'm here, aren't I?" Penelope replied with a grin. It'd taken her a few minutes to get up from her nap, but eventually she did. She'd been comfortable, okay? And she liked sleeping when she didn't have bad dreams. Sleep was nice, y'know? "But I'm definitely ready." To watch this session and play in the next. It was gonna be SO fun. "You ready?" He just had to watch, lucky for him. No panicking on a broom today.

Oh, and there were commentators again this term! And this one was familiar. If West was commentating, then this was definitely gonna be an interesting match.

"BOOOOOOOOO." Yes, she was booing the professors. No, she didn't care. All in good fun, right? And it seemed some others, like Ariana, had the same idea, so yeah, she wasn't alone.

"YEAHHHHHHHH!" 'Course she was cheering for the students. She was one, and she liked the people who were on the first session team. They were good people.

And now it was starting! Huzzah!

Penelope's eyes were locked on the student and professor players, darting this way and that to keep an eye on who had the Quaffle...and Theo scored! "WOOOOOOOOO!" Yeah, THAT was how it was done. Go student team!

Eliza waved back at Lex who had taken a seat in the stands now as well. When she turned back from waving at her lion friend, she saw Min coming her way.

"Hey Min!" she said happily as she watched the yellow clad girl take her seat. And was she excited? "Oh yeah, this is going to be a great game! I can't wait to see how some of the professors act outside of the classroom. How rough do you think they'll be on the students?" She paused to consider. "Or how rough do you think the students will be on the professors rather?" She chuckled and leaned forward to see the snakey girl on the other side of Minerva.

"Hi Ariana, how's it been going?" She hadn't spoken to her really since the train ride a while back and she'd been meaning to bump into her at school but it just hadn't happened yet.

And now, making her friendoms of house unity complete, Ethan arrived and sat by Minerva. "Hey Ethan!" She grinned and waved at him too.

Now getting back to Min's question, "And yeah, this should be a good time to get playing ideas. It's sort of like a preview of the other teams' players too yunno?" She was sure they were all aware. She wondered if any of the players had some super intense skills that she should be aware of. She wasn't sure that she'd like any wild surprises once she was out on the field.


Her eyes followed the student team as they stormed the field. The professors were really going for it, but the students SCORED!! "WOOOOOOO!!!!! Stu-dents! Stu-dents!!!!" She was hyper. Yes she was.

Was there going to be a fee to play, too? Because Alice wasn't paying it.

She maneuvered (read: politely shoved) her way through the stands after coughing up five galleons, trying to get to the only people she actually wanted to see in the crowd. Meaning a Selina, a Shark Bait and/or a Scany- if they weren't too busy snogging again, because she refused to have more conversations with anyone while their mouths were preoccupied-, her pseudo-seeker who possibly might want a pep talk or something, and anyone else on her fake team for the day.

"They must think I'm a bank," Alice informed the redhead she settled in next to, wrinkling her nose at the thought of more turnstiles. She waved at Alec, too, beckoning him over to Selina's seats, because she had such a good view of the pitch from there. And commentary. She was paying attention to that, too. Because reasons.

Oh, and there was Thinsley going across the pitch. He scored.

Eh. Wasn't that great. Not great enough to make her to cheer for HIM, anyway.

"WOO!" His eyes locked on the game, Jake almost momentarily forgot that he was supposed to be talking. He leaned forward, grabbing the mic in his hand to make sure his voice was heard.

"So the quaffle is back in play now. Flamsteed's got it, heading down the - OH, Nice one, Beezus, almost had it there! Flamsteed passes to Cerulean, nice catch, Professor. Elisabeth-Potter's gaining... And a pass to Headmistress Truebridge! She's got the quaffle... She's almost there... come on, Stone..! BAM. That's a point for the Professors."

Taking a deep breath, Jake leaned away from the microphone. Heh. This was fun.

Now. Back to the action. "Stone throws the quaffle back in and it's Beezus that catches it. She's off down the pitch... Hopefully Montmorency's not watching her. Keep your lookout for the snitch, mate. Focus. Beezus passes to Kinsley... Kinsley is FAST guys. Wow. Flamsteed's catching up, though. Amazing that he can see passed that tie, though. Kinsley - Oh! Yep, Kinsley passes to Elisabeth-Potter... he's ready to score... GAH. Missed. Next time, mate, next time."

BREATHE.

Even if the game just started, Astrid was already standing on her feet AND STOMPING AND BEING SUPPORTIVE. This was so exciting and would you look at those beaters with their bats and SWINGING THEM? Merlin, Astrid was squealing. OMG if only they could see her right now from that pitch. She was totally EYEING a familiar blonde with a beater's bat. Yeah. She can see SISSY ELLS.

WITH A BAT.

OMG. THIS IS SO AWESOME.

"GO SISSY ELLS!" Astrid yelled because... SHE GOT A BLUDGER OMG. PROUD SISTER!BEATER MOMENT.

Dead. From laughter, of course. Beacause funny commentary was funny. And really, what had Professor Airey been thinking? But it wasn't exactly surprising, since the Astronomy professor was so odd normally anyway. Sky took a drink of the coffee she'd finally figured out how to make herself and continued to watch as Kinsley made the first goal. "WOOOOO!" There might've been a bit of fist pumping too. What, she was excited. Students were winning so far. Totally making up for the five galleon fee that she'd had to pay to get in. That was sarcasm, of course. If they made the teams pay to get into their own locker rooms next, someone something was getting punched. She understood that the school was broke, but why make the students suffer for whomever's mistake, hmm?

!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT IN THE NAME OF.

The sound of the sudden squeaking made Alec jump about a foot in the air and, consequently, almost sent his bowl of ice cream flying. ... Almost. But because of this, the boy was now clutching onto his bowl as if it was his new born... puppy. GOTCHA.

His eyes flew up towards the commentators box where... was that West? And Jake? Commentating? ... And did West just say something about the game starting? Or the professors heading out onto the field? Grinning, Alec turned his attention back towards the grounds and... and...

WOAH, Flamsteed and the tie. Not knowing whether to laugh or applaud the guy, Alec turned his attention away from the guy and turned to look at...

ASTRID?! BLINK.

Alec's grey-blue eyes widened at the sight of the younger psuedo!sister and he immediately stopped clutching onto his ice cream bowl. Only because a) there was no need to be scared of it flying off anymore and b) there was also no need to give Astrid anymore ideas. Just saying.

"Astrid!" he called, grinning and waving at her, "How come you're here?" Or maybe the better question should have been 'how did the Beauxbatons lady let you come here?' Or even 'why are you here on your own?' ... Yeah.

OH? HULK? WHAT WAS THAT HAND MOVEME-

Oh right. Grinning, he got up and headed over towards her, still clutching onto his own of ice cream. "Thanks! So what do you think?" he asked, sitting down next to one of his Captains-for-a-day and holding out the bowl of ice cream and a spoon. And... he was talking about the match. Not about the ice cream. Because she knew that the ice cream was going to be great, yeah? ... Oh! "Hey Selina!" She didn't mind him sitting here, right?

...

And the scoreboard. He should be paying attention to that too. And according to Jake -- HEY JAKE -- it was tied now? ... He should pay more attention.

West helped himself to a sandwich. Just saying, he was already hungry. Good chance to stuff his face while Jake talked. Really co-commentating was good for this reason. Omnomnomnom.

Oh. His turn. West's eyes on the action he leaned forward eagerly.

"Quaffle to Staff and.... Come on Stone get in there! The Ravenclaw-seeker turned-keeper has gotta get his GAME face on! ....Flamsteed passes to Cerulean.... somehow....... she catchs and passes and stays on her broom...and there goes that flash of red hair as Truebridge snatches the Quaffle one handed from the air... that is an expert hairflip, even Montmorency would agree.... or he would if he wasn't busy hunting for that snitch. See that concentration?" Impressive right? "Truebridge shoots and... STONE KNOCKS IT AWAY WITH A FISTBUMP!"


"Oh watch out for the Bludger! Oh man, TWO Bludgers, working in tandom. WATCH OUT CERULEAN.... but here comes LAFAY, she smacks it hard she's GLARING at the Muggle Studies professor for getting in the line of fire... Romanos's eyes look beedy from this distance don't they? Like she can SEE something that we can't see. Has she got the vision to compete with MONTMORENCY though? Anyone seen the Snitch yet?" He turned to glance at Jake and then looked back at the pitch.

"Bishop is RIGHT THERE and with an EPIC thwack of her bat, she sends a bludger flying... is Baltazar SERIOUSLY in a shoving match with Bellaire? Brave.... Bishop's bludger cracks FLAMSTEED IN THE HEAD, almost dislodging his tie!"

....

"Possession to students... Stone tosses the Quaffle back in... Their passing game is flawless, folks, See how Kinsley weaves around Elisabeth-Potter? But its CASTELL with the Quaffle tucked under her arm... and now its Elisabeth-Potter... and now its Kinsley.... Hadley's waiting at the goal with a smile on her face...that's creepy....but she's watching Kinsley! And Elisabeth-Potter SHOOTS AND SCORES FOR THE STUDENTS!"

Wooo this was EXHAUSTING. West offered Jake a fistbump though, for reasons. Their team-mates didn't need to be awesome for him and Jake to be awesome, obviously. But they were awesome. So awesome all around then.


"IS THAT.... THE SEEKERS HAVE SPOTTED THE SNITCH! Romanos and Montmorency in a head-to-head dive... Truebridge is YELLING... what is she saying? Something about being fired?..." West stared and bit into his sandwich, chewing in a frenzy as he watched. "They're stretching out, reaching.... Montmorency politely budges his Defense Professor out of the way and she elbows him FIERCELY and... he lunges for the snitch but MISSES! HE LUNGES AGAIN and... THE SNITCH IS HIS! MONTMORENCY GETS THE FIRST SNITCH CAPTURE OF THE GAME!"


YUSSSSSSSSSSS.

"That's alright Bishop, you can stop chewing your tongue now." West informed the Hufflepuff co-captain generously. Now back to his sandwich.

Mika had practically ran all the way to the pitch...and sure, she wasn't a fan of the paying thing because she just didn't think that it would be fun - the whole idea made her nervous that eventually she'd have to pay a pittance for being on the team. That wouldn't be good, and as a reserve she'd feel kind of silly paying because the whole she didn't know if she'd ever get air time.

SPOILER!!: Amara (because its longer)

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The quidditch match was easily the talk of the school. Students taking on staff. Who wouldn't miss it? As she made her way through the grounds and towards the stands, she replayed all that she knew about quidditch. Tugging at her robes and grinning for unknown reasons, she near the entrance of the stand.

And here she thought she could just walk in. Silly Amara. The turnstile did materialize out of thin air. She let out a low groan. What? They had to pay for this too? She eyed the sign and it said.....

GOOD LORD MERLIN! IT SAID WHAT?

5 galleons....HEY, 10 for adults.

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?

She knew just what they were thinking. YEAH, who wouldn't miss this match? Everyone would come to see it and Hogwarts could just get richer by a single day with all the galleons floating in. Grumbling, she picked 5 galleons from her money bag that she now carried everywhere around the castle. She knew something like this would surely happen and she didn't want the first day experience to repeat itself. Not with no Natasha to come up with the coins.

She inserted the galleons one by one into the turnstiles, cursing as she did. She didn't really want to spend the money she earned with the ashwinder eggs this way. NO, she did not. But what could she do? She wanted to see the match so badly. And now, now. What a brilliant plan, Hogwarts.

After the turnstile disappeared, she walked into the stands with low spirit. She looked around. There wasn't anyone in the vicinity, except a single girl. Had everyone backed off seeing the turnstiles? Were they the only ones stupid enough to make the payment?

Nevertheless, she moved towards the girl. As they did their waiting, they could as well get to talk something. Something to lift her low spirits? She was just hoping the match would be worthy of losing 5 galleons.

"Hello" she said, as she approached the girl. She also kept an eye at the entrance. She was hoping to see a certain Claw girl.

“AMARA!” She practically pounced on the girl when she saw her. Well, really she had just jumped over and given her a hug. “Hey!” She beamed and immediately winced as she heard the microphone screeching in her ear. That wasn’t fun at all. “You ready to cheer?” She asked as she beamed at the young lion girl.

Even after finding the lion girl she glanced around to find other people to sit with. Because well…there might have been a friend she needed to talk to about things pertaining to feet and divinations. She just needed to talk to that person after the game. And, well…telling them hey lets have a chat later sounded like a plan to her.

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Mo hesitated as he climbed into the stands, not exactly sure where to sit. It would be seriously uncool to sit with his sister... or at least she would think so. And West was... busy. And also he was West. Who else? Mo slid out of the way so he wasn't blocking traffic as he looked for someone to sit with.

Oh, there! Mo climbed the stands and seated himself near Professor Botros. They were sort of like best mates now, right? "Hey, Professor. I think you ought to cheer for the students just to win us over. We might be easier to manage in class, you know?"

She beamed at the girl before saying “I’m going to go find a seat if you want to join” she smiled and glanced around. Macabre! She had spotted him. “I’m going to go attack someone quickly” she smiled to Amara before walking the short distance to where Mo was sitting with Professor Botros.

She was standing behind the seat – this wasn’t going to work. As carefully as she could she hopped over the seat and landed a little less than gracefully next to him. “Hey! I think I took a wrong turn but you looked like you needed someone else to sit with!” She beamed.

She did laugh of course when she heard West’s commentating. So he was good at this – and funny, and really…he was making people laugh and she liked that. Turning to Professor Botros she beamed.

“Hello Professor Botros!” She beamed a practically classic Mika smile. Eyes wide and almost manic with happiness. “Points for cheering?” She inquired as she heard what Professor Botros had said. She did laugh a bit at that. “We could cheer for everyone and make it even more confusing because I hear some really good players are out there today” she nodded and glanced up when she heard about Professor Flamsteed.

“Oh…that is interesting” she chuckled as she saw the tie about his head. “I guess think Professor Fancy…er…Flamsteed didn’t want to leave a tie behind for this game” see he had it about his head. Couldn’t that be dangerous and blind him?

An All-Star Match—Hogwarts style. There is now way this former Head Boy was going to miss this event. Because how often does this happen huh? Better yet how often does his former Head of House get this close to death then bounce back and be ready and roaring for a Quidditch match?

Those are the odds this guy is willing to put some hefty galleons on uhuh.

So Salander makes his way up the stands, his little boy drooling cooing at the crowd and the sky and all those bits and bobs that is typical of a Quidditch match. Settling down he props his boy on his lap and waves one of his old Slytherin pennants from years back “GOOO LAFAY!! WHOOOO!”

Once a Slytherin, always a Slytherin it seems.


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With a handful of treats Vickers climbs the stands, his piercing blue gaze honing in on the platinum blonde locks waving in the slight breeze “Here you go Love.” he murmurs as he handed her some popcorn, drinks, a candy bag and a large puff of cotton candy. He wasn’t able to get what she wanted so he bought some of everything. Too much? Well lets just say he can afford to splurge, specially this Quidditch date was being funded by his Uncle heh.

Alice was SO FOCUSED and SO INTENTLY staring at the game that she nearly didn't notice her pseudo-seeker next to her. "Are you eating ice cream?" She turned her head a little but kept her eyes glued on the HILARITY that was Aireyhead's face!tie getting hit with a bludger. "You know we play right after this session finishes, right?" Was she allowed ice cream before getting on a broom? She made side eyes at Selina before gingerly taking the bowl and spoon from him and setting them on her lap, but not digging in just yet.

Because she didn't want to ruin game day or anything by doing un-Captainlike things.

Oh, and Astrid was there, too. She got an Alice wave before the fifth year turned back to the pitch, and just in time for a snitch capture, too. "SELINA! DID YOU SEE THAT? DID YOU SEE HIM CATCH IT?" She jumped up out of her seat in excitement and spilling the ice cream all over everything, tapping the redhead on her shoulder multiple times and pointing all eagerly at the pitch. "WASN'T IT AWESOME? DID YOU SEE? DID YOU? HE GOT THE SNITCH." Like, just in case Selina hadn't heard West say it first.

She turned to Alec next, just to make sure HE had seen it, too.

Also. Did he mind that she'd spilled his ice cream? Whoops.

As Minerva sat with Ariana and Eliza she noticed Belle's brother coming up in the stands. She smiled and waved at him. He could sit here if he wanted that would be fine. "Hey Kace, if you need people to sit with you are welcome with us." She wondered if he was going to meet up with any friends or not. She felt bad, she hadn't really paid much attention with all the classes going on. She would try harder to make sure he was adjusting well. "Are you going to watch to get some tips? We will be starting practices soon." She was excited the boy got on the team, it was nice to get some new faces and experience in there.



Minerva was sitting and cringed putting her hands to her ears as a loud squeak went over the stands. Looking around she noticed West had done something with the microphone. She wondered if he was nervous, she remembered being nervous the first time she had done the commentating, but it was a blast and she knew West would do a great job.

As she was watching and thinking of the commentating, she felt someone sit down next to her. Looking to her other side, she smiled. "Hey you.. I was wondering when you would get here." Leaning over she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and leaned into him a bit. "So you cheering for the staff or students?' She looked back at the pitch. Minerva had decided she was cheering for people rather then teams today.



As she was talking to Ethan she heard West ask who was cheering for the students "Woooooohooooo" clapping as loud as she could. Of course she was going to try to be peppy and help him out as well. It was always better if the stands were involved with the match and the commentator. Minerva had his back, even though he really didn't need it, he was doing a great job so far.

Oh and there was Susan, Minerva smiled at her. She was over the prank and wasn't even thinking of it.. hopefully for Susan's sake. "Hey Susie" She smiled and waved her over. Their group was growing in numbers which was fine by her. "Hey Susie, do you know everyone. This is Kace, Eliza, Ariana, and you know Ethan. Everyone this is my cousin Susan." or Susie, because that's what Min called her. Giving her another smile, Min nodded, "Sure as long as no water is involved." Laughing, Minerva winked just to show her she was joking. "So you excited for the match, I noticed you didn't try out this term, any reason?"




Minerva smiled at Ariana's excitement. "It is supper exciting. I can't wait to watch Hadley and the other professors play. Think there any good?" It probably had been some time since some of them had been on a broom, let alone catch a quaffle or hit a bludger. She glanced up towards Oakey, well that was just odd.. "Well if he doesn't like you then he's an idiot. What isn't there to like." She smiled brightly at her best friend, because she knew everyone should love her friend even if she could be a bit difficult at times.

Minerva's eyes went to the pitch when the students came flying out, "Ella's a beater? Wish I would have known that she could have borrowed my bat." She couldnt' remember if Ella had ever played that position before or not. "It's interesting to see them play different positions then they usually are, like that Stone boy, he's not usually a keeper."



Minerva smiled at Eliza, "Well if I know some of these players I would say they are going to try and have some fun with a few of the professors. At least I would if I had my bat up there." She chuckled a bit, Min knew she had the hardest time hitting people and would probably be to afraid to hit a professor. Speaking of professors "WOOHOO GO PROFESSOR Hadley" She looked around eyeing her friends to say anything about her cheering on her house mom.."I bet there are a few students that some professors can't wait to get the bludger towards." She chuckled. It really was a both way deal if you thought about it.

Looking back towards Eliza she smiled, "I think your going to do great! You really showed potential this summer." She really did believe in Eliza and knew with practice and confidence she was going to be a pretty great player. As she was talking to Eliza, Minerva's eyes went to the pitch just as West said Ella's name. "COME ON ELLA.. WOOHOOO CAPTAIN ELLA!!!" Wow she was doing great at beater.. Maybe she needed to take Min's bat and play there this term, but no they needed her where she was at. Plus Minerva didn't really want to give up her bat, she really was in love with that position. If she only could not have to worry about hitting certain people..

She was listening really she was to everything everyone was saying to her and around her .. not really. Her eyes were GLUED to the pitch watching on the edge of her seat as the plays played out she was thrilled, she cheered everytime the students scored and booed when the professors did.

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was that a SNITCH!? Ariana stood slowly as she watched.. was anyone else NOT seeing this.. LOOK

watching.. watching..

" Get it Dylan!" that was encouraging right? she would of yelled captain.. but there was more then one out there soooo

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" WOOO!!! Good Catch Dylan!" she said clapping for her captain.. he was a darn good seeker yo.

Still not over that bludger hit by her Sissy Ells, Astrid was jumping up and down the stands. It was EXCITING you know. Merlin, she loved Quidditch sooooo much. She was on her tiptoes as she watched the whole thing at the pitch. Oh, a professor with a bat. That's awesome. Even if Astrid didn't know her name, but still. She already had awesome points for the little brunette. THEY GOT TALENT, YO.

Especially that redhead woman. Headmistress yeah?

Wasn't there a rumor that she wore a wig? Astrid wondered if the woman's wig would fly off her head any time soon.

SNIGGER.

Astrid then heard a familiar voice. She turned around to see who it was. HMM. Inner!flail BROTHER ALEC. Wait... wait. The brunette staaaaaaared at her pseudo!brother for a moment before letting out what she was going to say. "I THOUGHT YOU WERE PLAYING WHY AREN'T YOU AT THE LOCKER ROOM?!" Serious Astrid was serious.

"Anyway, HAII ALEC," she grinned. Why was she here? Honestly, he was asking obvious questions. "To be supportive, duuuuuh. AND before you think of it, I did not dig a hole underground and end up here." Nope, she didn't break out of Beauxbatons for your information.

AND ALICE FISCHER YOU GOT A WAVE. YOU GO, ALICE FISCHER.