Catch!
 

Hopping on his feet now, he waved his arms a little more until he got her attention. WHICH HE DID GET, thank gosh. Steadying himself, and trying not to pay attention to others stealing more Gryffindor balls, he readied himself for the toss...

Which was a splendid toss. Went right to him.

Catching the yellow ball, he placed it on the platform, turning it red.

"NICE!"

Post 4 :: Pass attempt!
 

Ohh, look! It was another Slytherin boy, this time one she could throw the ball to instead of trying to catch a pass. She was still determined, and they WOULD beat these Lions! Ariadne nodded to him and raised the ball above her, trying to gain momentum for a really good pass. "CATCH!" she encouraged him, and with that, she hurled the ball in his direction.

But what was this?! Another GRYFFINDOR BOY trying to steal her thunder! Merlin, this Lion boys were FIERCE. She would NOT be stopped by another one! NOPE. Not this time! Ariadne tried to float around and around the boy in an attempt to block him from doing ANYTHING to stop her plans. Come on, Slytherin boy! You can do it!!!

"Oh, yes! TODAY!" she called back. She may be little. She may be young. But she was ON A ROLL.

Pass Interception!
 

Having successfully caught the ball, his victory dance didn't last long as his previous did. There were more balls to be captured and he still had two perfectly good legs and hands to use to get them. Jumping down from the platform, he gave another great leap just as his feet touched the ground towards the Slytherin side.

Maybe luck was on his side, but he found himself being struck by a ball mid air. Instinctively, he grabbed it as he was falling back to the ground, taking notice that it was indeed another red ball. What...

WHAT EVEN.

Post 5 :: Stealing from Gryffindor (Also, WAR.)
 

You have GOT to be kidding!

"Are you SERIOUS?" Ariadne asked, unsure if she could even be heard. The SAME Gryffindor boy that had JUST stolen her thunder not even five minutes ago had done the exact same thing again. "Alright, Gryffindor boys! This means WAR!" Yes. Specifically YOU, Gryffindor boys. She was determined. She was fierce, and she was GOING to steal all the red balls off the Gryffindor platform.

She just needed Lancelot McWitty to go hover by the Ravenclaws for a little while.

Frown set firmly in place, the tiny first year pushed her way toward the Gryffindor platform and plucked another red ball off the top. LANCELOT. TENACIUS. Go away. This was war! This time, she decided to float around with the ball just a little. She was trying to get clooooooooser to the Slytherin platform. Also, she needed a teammate to pass to.

ready to take the pass
 

Elliot glared furious that the ball had been intercepted huffing a little as he watched the ball turn red. No this was NOT how it was supposed to be. He looked around and spotted the same Slytherin girl. He caught her eye and motioned to himself when he saw her with a ball mouthing "Pass to me".

Deffending attempt again xD
 

Ariadne still kept going! Is she sure she wasn’t a Lioness herself?

And just when he saw the ball go to the other boy-- his teammate (Lancelot) charged in intercepting it.

YAAS!

But yeah there goes Ariadne again. This is war? "Bring it!" the curly top cackled.

And there he goes, zooming straight for Ariadne's hands. CHAAARRGGEE!

Post 6 :: Trying to pass, hee hee.
 

Another glance around the room, and Ariadne saw the same teammate hovering nearby waiting for a pass. Awesome! So now she had an ally! It was her and this Slytherin boy (she really needed to learn some names around this place) against the the Gryffindor boys that insisted on stealing from them! STEALING! Ruuuude.

Ariadne didn't waste any time. She wanted to get the ball passed to the Slytherin boy before the Gryffindor boys found out about it. BOYS. She always heard they were just a load of trouble! Heh. Ariadne quickly nodded and, on a whim, decided to fly in a different direction to try and get a better aim toward her teammate.

There were no Gryffindors around this time, so unless one just apparated right smack in the middle of them, the pass should go through beautifully! That was the plan! Ariadne hurled the ball through the air toward the Slytherin boy.

GOOOOO, SLYTHERIN!

catching for Slytherin from Ariadne
 

Elliot smirked. He had been waiting for this moment. With all the force his long legs could give him, he shot out into the path of the ball and grabbed it, fingers clutching tight. Slightly winded from the exertion, he jumped up placing the ball onto the Slytherin platform grinning as it turned a lovely green color.

Post 6 : Stealing from Gryffindor
 

Post 8..oh just hanging out on top of a lion. No biggie *grins*
 

So she wasn't terribly big but Tia hoped the shock other surprise tackle might have been enough to have drop the ball. Her ball. But not quite, because he still had the ball AND he was making a joke about hugging him. Uh no... She'd seen him with that snake girl and she wasn't for splitting relationships or making girls jealous. Hence why she let Soph and Z be last term.

"You're dreaming, Browne. And while Gryffindors give great hugs I wouldn't want to make the girlfriend jealous." Tia retorted, snorting a little. "However, I would like that ravenclaw property returned to me and our pyramid, please" she reached for where he was holding out, hoping that by being on top of him was enough...

Defending attempt yea!
 

Wait what theres another one!

""Yo Snakes! The Lions aint hosting an open bar ok??

And there goes the curly top after the little Snakette. GIVE THAT BACK!

Stealing Attempt from Slytherin
 

open for steal-pass
 

Yo that Gryffindor boy is faaast!

Hey dude! Yeah you he yelled at Lancelot "Over here!" Opeeeeen for a Passsss

attempting to defend Slytherin honor
 

Elliot blinked when he saw a Gryffie streak on the Slytherin platform. "Hey! Give that back!!" He lunged, fingers gripping onto the ball locked in a tug of war with the Gryffindor boy.

#7 still tackling with Tia, and kicking the blue ball
 

He never would understand this whole thing of people tackling him. They were welcome to, he didn't mind, but as it was... it wasn't working in her favour. Legs failing in midair, he managed to somewhat right them, but they were still floating on a slight angle.

He was dreaming? Nooooooo. But she did have a point, a jealous Maggie would do neither of them any good. "Good thing my dreams are only of her then," he mused shrugging. And shrugging some more, because GET OFF NOW PLEASE?

If she thought she was going to get the ball back, she could think again. "Fat chance of that happening," he chuckled some more. It was amusing for so many reasons. 1) Because she sucked at tackling 2) because he was sure his arms were longer than hers 3) he was sure he was stronger and her 4) being on top didn't necessarily give you an advantage and 5) because he had a plan.

He made sure to keep a firm grip on her arm with one hand and loosed his hold on the ball with the other, enough to be able to get a foot to it, and BAM!

... "Incoming!" Dammit Lions! CATCH!

Stealing Attempt from Slytherin! Pass Attempt!
 

Maybe there was an advantage of being a few years older? Or having climbed trees everyday since he was little? Or just plain active? Finger muscles like a hippogriff! He gripped the ball tighter, frowning at the attempted defense of the Slytherin.

Until he maneuvered so he grabbed the ball with his underarm and lunged backward...

Off the platform...

Landing with a slight stumble on the ground, a big ol' beam was on his face. How he got away with that was just AWESOME.

Speaking of awesomeness...

He looked up to the Gryffindor side, noticing the lion that was really good at trying to defend their side.

"CATCH!" he called up, throwing the ball towards him.

Catching!!
 

Catching tiiiiime!!

Tenacius seized the ball in mid air, and zoomed for their platform. Slam dunk! There goes the ball turning rosey red

"YAAASSS!!!!"

Did a baby lion just mew at her? Seriously? Ilia looked at the first year and smirked. "What would you know about an open bar short stuff?" The tall snakette retorted with a giggle as she defended her stolen ball. She needed a team mate to throw it to before she'd let the precious object fly. Who was open?

Post 4; intercepting kicked ball from Zeke-Tia tackle pile :)
 

There was a problem. A big problem when said partner was suddenly out for the take!!

Browne down! Browne down! ....More or less.

Which meant tactics had to change. Which mean the tackler had to become the tackled so the tackledee could be free. Or some such. Either way, too much thinking and not enough action was going on.

Hoping down from the Gryffindor platform, Amur made a mad break for the Raven-engaged-Gryffin duo, and there might have been a bit of a war cry in there. After all, someone had called war. She had heard it.

She was about five paces, or two and a half hops, from Zeke and Tia, when Zeke decided to change tactics again. All of a sudden the ball was a free-bee, rolling about on the ground. Amur squeaked, dug her heels in and lunged. The anti-gravity propelled her forward, and she almost swallowed the ball rather than catching it with her hands. Thankfully the impact with the ground drove said ball and air out of her mouth and into her hands, and as she bounced up off the ground and skittered a few feet away, she pulled the ball in close and tucked her arms and legs around it.

She HAD it.

Now.....she had to get back to the Gryffindor platform.

ready to catch!
 

Elliot spotted his team mate from across the room and shouted out to her "I'm open!!"

Passing for Slytherin
 

Ilia heard the voice. BINGO Baby snake at twelve o' clock. She whipped the red ball as swiftly as her arm would allow, right at the young snake. Come on little one! You can do it!

catching for Slytherin oh snap!
 

Elliot was at the ready. Eyes darting back and forth as he snatched up the ball that came flying toward him. Clutching it tightly he rocketed back to the Slytherin platform triumphant at the green color taking over.

Steal attempt-- Slytherin
 

If theres one thing Tenacius learned today, is that Snakettes are hungry!

"I know plenty" too much even "My dad owns a chain of luxury hotels. Seen more than my fair share of drunks and drunkettes" he laughed.

And yeah he saw them score. So off he goes stealing it right back!


"Yo Lions look awake!!" and he needs help to pass this to.

"AWESOOOOOME!" he shouted, hands thrust into the air.

But time was not on their side! He noticed the Gryffie boy moving from his post on the lion's side, deciding to take his place in hopes of defending or catching. Whichever came first. Leaping up to the Gryffindor platform, he turned and waited. Which seemed pointless, but waiting was sometimes good.

Or so his grandmother says.

NO WAIT. WAITING WAS GOOD. "HERE!" he waved his arms towards the great defense lion.

Steal-pass attempt
 

Where is he where is he where is he????

There!

"Here it gooooessss!!" fly ball fly!!

Catch!
 

Anticipation waaaas the key.

Reaching out as far over the platform as he could, his fingers wiggled and stretched until they grasped the green ball flying in his direction. Though it was difficult to hold onto while trying to keep your balance and not topple over the edge, he managed to drop it on the Gryffindor platform, turning it red.

BAM!

Another for Gryffindor!

Stealing from Gryffindor xD
 

Did the lion child actually just answer a rhetorical question? She held back the eye roll and just smirked as her team mate caught the ball. She would have commented about the fact of him knowing such things at his age, but her mother was no prize so she felt she had no room to talk. Away from that whole subject......

She danced around the platform a little to snatch another red ball. If they wanted to keep it at war, she'd oblige. Ilia was fiercely competitive and protective when it came to her own house.

"Look alive little snakes." She grinned as she sized up her next pass partner.

Steal attempt-- Hufflepuff
 

He'd rawr like a lion if he could.

It'd just end up in cracked squeaks nowadays...

Back to business. He looked out for that one boy to see where he was, and if he needed another lion to pass to. LUCK was with him today it seemed! "YO!" he called over, noting that he was by the Hufflepuff side this time.

We were open! Again.

Steal-pass attempt
 

Wheres the cavalry??? Oh there he is!

"Bring this baby hoooooome!" the boy yelled as he sent it Lancelot's way

ready to catch
 

Elliot glared at the two Gryffindors and darted out toward his teammate. "For Slytherin!!" He held his hands up ready to catch

Catch!
 

Since the whole stretching thing worked out last time, Lance reached out as far as he could over the platform again to grab the yellow ball headed his way. Luck? What luck? He used all that up it seemed as he grasped the ball, but slipped off the edge...

LOOK ALIVE THOUGH!

With his free hand, he grasped the platform, hanging off the edge yet holding onto the yellow ball with his free hand. LUCK WAS TOTALLY STILL WORKING. Reaching the yellow ball up, he scooted it into the platform, turning it red.

Steal attempt: Slytherin
 

open for pass
 

Oh! Oh! Theres his bestie!

Mel over here!! pass to meeeeee

Passing for Slytherin
 

Good boy! She liked this little snake and would have to learn his name later. Yet again she whipped the red ball with all the speed she possessed for the first year, with a smirky grin. "Go snakes!" Heck yeah for Slytherin. Team pride whoop whoop.

Pass Interception!
 

Dropping to the floor, he looked back up to the platform, noticing that once again, Slytherins were in their territory. Which wasn't cool, but he got pretty decent at intercepting lately. Just all that anticipation and waiting for the right moment before-

LEAPING up into the air, he reached his arms out and grasped the red ball. Intercepted!

This was still Gryffindors!

HEY LOOOOOOK IT WAS ACE!

Mel just grinned and turned tossing the ball toward him HOPING that he would catch it and no slytherins would intercept it…yes she was eying Elliot again because HE had thwarted her last steal.

Caught ball!
 

"COME TO ME BABYYY!!"

-- OOF! Gosh that smacked straight at the heart

But there he scores! WOOHOOO! Ball turn Red booyeah!

stealing attempt from Ravenclaw
 

He watched as the ball that was coming toward him was snatched from his grasp. If it was a war Gryffindor wanted then a war they would get. At this rate they were just recycling balls. He needed a fresh start. Elliot darted over to the Ravenclaw platform and leapt up snatching a blue ball down looking for a fellow snake to take the pass

Catching for Slytherin
 

passing the Claw ball!
 

Spotting another Slytherin by their platform, Elliot nodded in their direction hurling the ball and hoping his classmate caught it. "Coming your way!"

Pass Interception!
 

Sprinting to the Gryffindor side with the ball in hand, he leaped up and smashed it down on the red platform where it should stay. Forever. And ever. And he was starting to see the appeal of skirts now. Regardless that he was wearing shorts underneath, pants were a little more restricting than skirts when running.

Skirts were cool.

Jumping down from the platform, he hurled himself over towards the middle and leaped up, arms reaching out for whatever came his way since that seemed like a GREAT plan. Everyone was passing to someone, he just needed to catch one. Like this one! Reaching out, he grasped the blue ball.

For GRYFFINDOR!

Steal attempt: Slytherin
 

defense defense defense!
 

Elliot shot over to the Slytherin platform. That girl who pet him was stealing from them! He reached out, fingers gripping the ball trying to tug it back from her. "No ma'am!"

Defending
 

"Sorry Kiddo." Ilia placed her hand over the lion's on the ball. "That is my ball." She said with her smirky little grin she slapped the ball in the little lions hands. That ball needed to stay green thank you.

He could do it all day. Leaping up to the Gryffindor platform, he once again smashed the ball down on the platform -- turning it red -- before leaping down and heading to the middle of the room. All the leaping was starting to make itself known on his limbs. Not a big deal though. There may have been a bit of lack of gravity, but he still had to push off from the ground or platform or wherever.

He'd take a moment to stay on the lion's platform though. Rest up his not hurting limbs and maybe help out some teammates.

The young lion held his arms up in the air, signaling he was good for a pass from whoever.

stealing with Slytherin
 

open for pass
 

"Meee!!! Pass to me!!" the curly top yelled as he waved his arms up and down

passing slytherin ball
 

THERE! Gryffindor ahoy!!!

"Comin atchu!" he called, pitching the ball in the firstie's direction!

He really wanted to roar now, but he refrained from doing so. Kepp calm and Gryffindor on. Zeke was quick to keep moving (bouncing) on, hoping the ickle was as skilled with the ball as they needed him to be.

Interception
 

"Oh no you don't." The older snakette feet flew as fast as they could to block the Gryffindor boy. She was attempting to use her height to slap the ball back where it belonged. She needed to keep it all green. Get off her platform lion brats.

Post 5; returning Hufflepuff ball to Gryffindor Platform
 

Peaking her head out from under her arms, Amur was surprised that no one had yet tried to take it back from her or trampled her. Which meant that she was free. Free to try and get the ball back to the platform.

Pushing herself up, Amur used all four limbs to do a type of frog hop off the ground and back onto her feet. It was so much easier than scrambling, and took off a lot of the distance too. The rest of the way was conquered by doing a few quick hops, the last of which put her teetering on the edge of the platform.

Once there, Amur wasted no time in dropping the ball into place, watching the change from yellow to red. Roar roar Gryffindor!

Turning, Amur surveyed the madness below. What next?

sort of dropping it here /pass
 

”My name’s not Ma’am” and she wasn’t OLD enough to BE a ma’am…she was eleven thank you very much. She was holding as tight as she could when Elliot came to fight for the ball and then Ilia and it was game over the ball was falling.

“noooooooooo the ball” she watched as it fell toward the ground…wait the ground. IT WASN’T ON THEIR PLATFORM! She wanted to yell for someone to catch it but stayed quiet.

“my name’s Mel…not kiddo” she muttered at the two of them….she was just going to steal another of their balls when they weren't paying attention.

Catch! Steal? What is this xD
 

Instead of waiting for a ball it seemed, he was going to be running for one again. Witnessing the tussle between his lion teammate and TWO Slytherins, he hopped down from the Gryffindor platform and sprinted his way towards the SLytherin one. Just in time too, seeing as the ball fell down.

Hands up in the air, he caught the ball and held it close to his chest before sprinting back to the Lion's side. Leaping up to the platform, he placed the ball down on the surface, watching it turn red.

'Nother point to Gryffindor!

Zeke couldn't help but flash his pearly whites in a GRIN so big it threatened to take over his face. "Tough luck, too slow," he teased a little. Slytherins. They were so funny. So cute... and just not tall enough. Tsk tsk tsk. It was a hard life. It really truly was.

But where were the other balls at? Hmmmmm?

Bounce. Bounce.

Elliot grinned as the ball was knocked free winking at the Gryffindor girl. "Better luck next time, Mel"

Post 5 - Stealing from Gryffindor
 

"Oh that's good llia! I almost had a heart attack!" Henric chuckled as he stopped himself in front of her. He was distracted making sure llia was alright, but Ava came sneaking back in and stole his ball.. again. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! He shook his head at his little Gryffindor 'bestfrienemy'. Then llia told him, he should save his balls first! "I am! I'm trying," he pouted and then realised what llia had just said to him. His cheeks flushed. WHAT?!...

Anyway, he saw his Hufflepuff platform kept losing balls because the other students kept attacking their house platform! "I'll be right back, going to get Ava for this." He bounced back to the Gryffindor house platform and quickly stole another red one for the THIRD time. "AAAAAVVAAA." He grumbled.

Sorry for this xD Snake hissy fit
 

Apparently, even being tall for a girl....wasn't tall enough and the younger lion got it over her head. That grin......she really didn't like it right now. Her competitive streak was getting the better of her and her icy eyes narrowed. Teasing her? No. Only Henric got to do that. She marched after the boy and aimed with her palms open, at his torso. "Get off of my platform." Yes, she just tried, with all her might.....to shove the lion off the platform.

Steal attempt: Slytherin
 

Catching!
 

Here it comes here it comes!

SWOOP! SMACK ON THE PALMS!

"Boooyeahhh lets goooo hooome boy!"Tenacius yelled as he ran for the red platform, slam dunking their ball!

And the ball goes red! Boom!

Sucking in another breath, he wiped the non-existant sweat from his forhead, gaze automatically searching out for his teammates. The adrenaline was coursing through his veins! Spotting lion!girl with a ball, he leaped forward off the platform, attempting a flip and... landed on his tummy.

Close enough.

"Over here!" he called out.

Pass attempt
 

Mel heard the sound of Lance’s voice near by and grinned. Well…that move did NOT look comfortable. “Got it.” She nodded and made a quick underhand pass toward her teammate.

Defending attempt numero 4? 5?.. ??????
 

Whoah did he see a streak of yellow?

Boom there he goes, right on his tail

"Brriiiing thaaaat baaaack" Grabby grab grabby!

Catch!
 

Sprinting towards the ball, he leaped up and caught it, grinning as he landed back on his own two feet. More sprinting. This whole class was just sprinting and sprinting. And jumping. Leaping up to the Gryffindor platform, he quickly placed the green ball onto the platform, turning it red.

"BRING IT!"

Steal attempt: Slytherin
 

Adjusting his tie to be a little more lose for breathing room, he jumped back off the platform and jogged back over to the Slytherin side. Lion!Girl was still over there with who knows how many Slytherins. Though he couldn't help the grin upon his face just from seeing her sitting there.

"Open!" he called up, wiggling his fingers.

Gimme the ball!

Pass attempt
 

There was Lance. He was a good one. A keeper. Mel nodded and tossed the ball down toward him with a little grin on her face. THEY WERE DOING SOOOO WELL!

intercepted
 

Elliot shot out waiting and ready, fingers gripping the ball. This was a Slytherin ball and it would stay that way. He jumped back up placing the ball on the Slytherin platform

STEAL ATTEMPT: SLYTHERIN (she's stubborn)
 

open for pass
 

"Yo Mell! Over here!" there he goes waving his hands in the air like a talking tree with hair.

Pass attempt
 

SHE HEARD THE VOICE! Got. IT!

Giving him a nod she tossed the ball over toward him as HARD as she could.

Catching!!
 

BAM! Right on the face!

"Ouuuch"

But off he goes with the ball and tosses it onto their patform the ball turning red

"YAAAS!!"

Steal attempt: Ravenclaw
 

open for steal-pass
 

Ace-- yep he heard that. And authorized use too. Bestie clearance yknow.

Ok Mell send it to me! hands up!

Pass attempt
 

BESTIE CLEARANCE WAS AWESOME…because that meant she didn’t have to go TENACIUS at him and use looooooooooong names while trying to win at this competition….sports were fun right? So fun.

Nodding toward him she tossed the ball toward him and HOPED no claw was going to steal it back.

Catching
 

He's trying to keep this ball from hitting his face this time.

SMACK on the side of the head.

"Ow ow ow ow ow"

Flying towards the red platform and pops the ball in, watching it turn red.

STEAL ATTEMPT: SLYTHERIN (xo)
 

open for steal-pass
 

He's got to keep an eye out for these Steelers stealers, don’t want no attempt go to waste yeah? Specially the enemy isnt exactly dozing off either

"Yo Mell! Send it this way!"

Pass attempt
 

Hearing Ace’s voice she just grinned. “You got it.” She nodded before tossing the ball over toward her friend and giving the slytherin frenemies a grin. “Maybe next time?” She offered and returned to the ground.

Catching!!
 

Here it comes! Not the face Not the face Not the face

SWOOP!

"YAAASS!!"

And fliiiies to the platform. Slam dunk! Red ball!

we haz a Slytherin ball YOOOOOOOOOLO
 

pass it here XD
 

Dropping down to the ground Mel just grinned as she watched Professor Flamsteed with the ball. “I can take that ball” she called to her Professor and Head of House….who said anything was fair about this game eh?

THIS WAS THE BEST CLASS EVER. Ever. ever.

4. Just..... Charlotting. Idk man.
 

Earmuffs or no earmuffs, there was no mistaking that yell, and even as Daxton started in surprise he cursed his rotten luck.

Letting go of the door handle like it was electrified, Daxton quickly turned to see Airey Flamsteed barrelling towards him. He thought about insisting that he had not done anything, but the door was still very much ajar behind him. Perhaps an argument that he had only come over to close it? But then he would have to remain in the lesson.

For a moment, Daxton's gaze drifted past Airey Flamsteed and back to the chaos that was the rest of the classroom. He regarded the proceedings with no small amount of discomfort, then looked to the professor once again. Another pause, then the Ravenclaw gestured at his own head, signing 'headache' and even mouthing the word too, by way of explanation as to why he was leaving. It was not strictly true, of course, but neither was it very far off. Overstimulating environments and overwhelmed senses could easily lead to... well. It was never good. And he wanted to leave. Which was what he had been doing.

Watching Airey Flamsteed uncertainly, Daxton awaited his response, one hand creeping back behind him to the handle of the door once more, in case he needed to make an extra fast exit from the classroom and potentially furious professor.

Steal attempt: Slytherin
 

He gave the Slytherin guy props. That was a good comeback from their almost steal from the Slytherin side. Though now he was left hanging below the green platform. Mel was still up there, wasn't she? Taking a few steps back, he peered up towards the surface, making out that she was indeed still there.

"STILL HERE!" he called up.

Wiggle wiggle the arms!

Pass attempt
 

She heard the voice and grinned. “Heeey here you go!” She called and tossed the ball down to Lance’s wiggly arms. This was going to be such a success she thought as she grinned down to him.

“I’m Mel by the way” she hadn’t introduced him yet and yelled down to him. Maybe the ball would get there soon? She hoped….it seemed like the Ma’am-er wasn’t paying attention anymore.

Catch!
 

He'll try his darnest to catch the ball this time.

With a bit of a leap, maybe two or so feet off the ground, he reached up and grasped the green ball, tucking it safely inwards towards his chest. Bonus points, this was probably the most gentle landing he'd had since the game started as well. It was almost like landing on a dainty flower petal.

Sweeeet. "Hey Mel," he beamed, giving a bit of a wave back up to the platform. "I'm Lance. Be right back! Get another green ball!"

Besides his soft landing, he jogged back over to the Gryffindor side, leaping up to their platform and forced the green ball onto the surface with their growing pile of treasure, turning it red.

still got the Slytherin ball (still bludger sized despite gif's appearance *ahem*)
 

zomg... lulz and stealing another slytherin ball
 

Antagonising girls was something he apparently did alright at, but never had he asked them to place their hands all over his body. Never. Never ever. That was reserved only for Magdalena Traulton... and if only he could see her face right now. Her fellow Slytherin didn't seem to mind touching up his chest.

Okay.

Being pushed back though, well now, that was rude. Pushing pushing pushing... Zeke chuckled a little. "Not your platform," he mused, deciding to jump ship, literally, and leave the platforms edge. Only... he waited at the bottom before finding his footing, hovering slightly without the gravity.

It took one good push to jump to a height great enough to be able to grab hold of the platforms edge... and that he did, before swinging himself on, and rolling to claim a ball before rolling back off the edge.

HAHA!

"Who wants it?!" he called, the bludger sized ball firmly held in both hands.

Why was he looking at him like that? Granted, Airey Flamsteed's expression was nowhere near the anger Daxton had been expecting, but that only meant he then had to spend more time attempting to decipher it. He had only just developed the beginnings of a solid theory when the professor was talking again.

In the interests of hearing Airey Flamsteed more clearly and not needing to revert to lip-reading - something he was learning but still far from flawless at - Daxton reached up and gently nudged one 'ear' of his earmuffs away from its optimal position. It made the noise of the room all the more striking, and Daxton did his best to fight off a pained expression as he looked off at the proceedings in the classroom, and then back at the astronomer.

Mention of the Healer brought about a very sudden response. Sudden, but subtle, though present nevertheless. Daxton tensed ever so slightly, his own eyes widening as he shook his head just a little. No Healer. Absolutely not a chance. And what if he left anyway, and avoided the Healer? Daxton had a sudden mental image of said Healer seeking him out, somehow informed of the fake ailment. It was too much to risk, and the Ravenclaw shook his head again, more vehemently this time, though his expression had been reigned in from hints of fear to its usual unreadable state.

But that left staying, which Daxton was not exactly keen on either. He kept his eyes fixed on Airey Flamsteed, before his attention was predictably drawn to the mesmerising progress of the green ball, and he watched it closely for several long moments.

Eventually, once several more moments had passed, Daxton released the handle of the door and let it swing gently closed behind him, and let that simple action speak for him. Dragging his eyes away from the green ball, he glanced at the other students in the room again, and then at Airey Flamsteed once more. Fine. He would stay. Fine.

But only because he did not want to risk the Healer coming anywhere near him.

Maybe he could just sit on the sidelines, and wait out the rest of the activity, and Airey Flamsteed could forget about him having to 'make up' for anything. Technically, he had not missed any of the lesson. Technically, he had been present for the entire thing.

Blocking!!!
 

Nooooooooo. Jaemin was still hanging on the platform, watching the professor. But when this boy person took a ball, he did the only thing he could do - reached out, and wrapped himself all the way around the boy's arm, and the ball. Drop iiiiit.

oh the struggles <3
 

Huh? ...........

There was a first year on his arm.... and the ball. What?

"Getoff," Zeke hissed through his teeth, giving his arm a shake, both hands still fixed around the object. Like, kid, really? We could probably break you. Not that he would have, of course, because 1) ickle and 2) Professor.

Sorry she is very competititve xD
 

Not her platform!? Excuse him!? Her eyes remained narrow as she watched him bounce down. "It is green and I am standing on it. That makes it mine." She said rather defiantly. He bounced back up to steal another ball.........because he was a jerk at this point. Oh no! One of her snake babies was on his arm.

She rushed to the side of the platform with jerk face and his new attachment. Gotta save the ball and the baby. At this point....she ran up behind him and threw one arm around his neck. "I want it. That is ours, go steal someone else's lion boy." That might have been a hiss. Her other arm went onto the ball that was still held by him and the firstie. "Let the baby snake have our ball back." She definitely hissed at him as she used all of her might to tackle him and try to take her ball and firstie back by force.

#1: Steal attempt from Hufflepuff (by accio)
 

Post 8ish: Speaking to snakes and Zeke :/
 

2: Accio failed, stealing attempt by jumping now from Hufflepuff
 

lalala XD <3
 

If one warm body on his person wasn't enough to contend with, before he knew it, there was another...

COULD PEOPLE PLEASE CONTROL THEIR URGES?! He didn't need people that were not Maggie. Shooo Illyawhateveryournameis. Simply because something was green it didn't make it 'Slytherin' property, he was fairly certain the whole setup belonged to Flamsteed... so, yeah.

"You again," he sighed, a slow deep laugh escaping him. Merlin.

MERLIN.

On top of that, she could want the ball all she wanted, she wasn't going to get it... not without a fight. Did she know? He didn't mind hitting girls. Or well, he could dish it out as good as they gave. "Get your own ball back," he retorted, head-nodding to another platform. Go! Get! Fetch you crazy girl. Seriously... wasn't she dating Henric? What the heck did that dude see in this psycho?

But before he could say or do anything else.... Hady was there.

...

Hi Hady. Zeke grinned, welcoming his Slytherin friend. See she didn't mind that he'd tried to steal one of their balls. IT WAS A GAME, PEOPLE, and as competitive as he was, he wasn't going to lose his cool over it. He wasn't letting go though either, ahem

"I'm fine," he assured her when she asked directly if he was okay, "it'll take more than a squirt and a psycho to bring me down." Cue more grinning. His charm was showing, he only hoped little miss grabby hands wouldn't take a liking to that and hold on tighter. Like, could he please have his neck back now?

Hady could give them whatever talk he wanted, he was quite at his leisure here... distracting THREE Slytherin's while the rest of his team were hopefully capitalising. Fingers crossed.

Post 7 :: Trying to catch Airey's stolen ball!
 

Ariadne just kind of hovered in place for a bit unsure of what to do next. On one hand, she was determined and very competitive. On the other hand, the Gryffindor boys just could NOT be stopped. As much as she hated to admit it, they were good. VERY good. She was just going to have to target the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs next. Maybe they weren't so hard to beat.

*sulk*

She made a quick turn to head to the Hufflepuff's platform, when... "Professor Airey!" she called out. The Astronomy professor had a SLYTHERIN BALL. So that just sealed the deal. Gryffindor MALES, because it wasn't just the BOYS now, were going to be the death of her. Maybe she could trick him. Did he know she was a Slytherin? Probably... Maybe she could catch him off guard, though...

"I'm WIDE OPEN!" she called out, raising her hands. "Give me your best throw!" She HAD to get that ball back before any of the Gryffindor boys saw what was going on.

3: Pass Attempt
 

5: Interception
 

Everything was happening at once. Olly had a hard time keeping track of it all. He hopped his way back to his own platform to defend that for a while. But there were others there and they seemed to have it under control. Stealing was more fun than defending. So that's what he decided to go back to doing. He took a few steps forward, glancing around to see where would be the best place to go.

He spotted a girl throwing a ball. She was a Ravenclaw, but he was closer than who she was throwing toward. So Olly leaped. The gravity in the room carried him up higher than he could have jumped normally. He snatched the ball out of the air and sent the girl a grin. Thanks. He hurried back to his own platform and set the ball down, so it turned green.