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A brisk wind would certainly not keep the young witches and wizards of Hogwarts away, Tiara mused on her way down to the pitch. Though many of them would never have done anything with a broom before besides sweep the floor, hopefully their eagerness to learn would trump the less-than-perfect conditions. Ideally this lesson would have been months ago. But with the uncertainty surrounding Abraham and then Meredith.. well, this had been pushed to the back burner on the list of priorities to sort out.
Such were the thoughts swirling through Tiara's head before she arrived at her old stomping grounds. She paused to reflect at how much had changed since her arrival at Hogwarts. First Quidditch and flying with her office right here in the stadium, then a sabbatical and marriage after being aged almost into extinction, coming back just to take up Arithmancy a few months into term, working closely with Leobald and Ravenclaw, having her role with Ravenclaw ended, and now almost full circle - back to first year flying lessons. But this wouldn't do: students would be arriving soon. Focus, Tyner.. Tanner! She grinned in spite of herself.
The referee/official-turned-professor whipped out her wand and performed a full array of cushioning charms on the ground of the stadium. Hard-packed ice had made it even more unforgiving to land on than normal. The next stop was to unlock the broomshed, also with the aid of her wand. Finally, she made a sign appear in front of the stadium: "First year flying lesson inside the stadium, personal brooms not allowed by school rules". After that there wasn't much left to do but wait in the cold wind.
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Rachel was not startled when Professor Tanner directed her to Haddie. Really, it seemed as though the entire school knew that trouble maker was her best friend. Now standing beside her, Rachel gave her an innocent look (which wasn't very difficult since she was generally innocent). "A princess does not need to rush to her destination. It wouldn't have made a difference anyway. Somehow I think you would have still gotten away from me.'' Alright, as long as Haddie was fine, so was Rachel. "In my defence, it was quite a long walk,'' she replied with a giggle.
The Eagle absently toyed with one end of her two plaits as she turned to observe the other first years. Mel, Azura, Olivia and Ariadne all got 'Hellos' from her as did Carl. Was something wrong with Azura? Why was she standing so far off? But at that moment, Professor Tanner announced they could retrieve brooms for themselves and Rachel found her hand being seized by the excited Haddie. She had no choice to follow and allowed herself to be dragged to the shed. What a lovely best friend she had, who found her a broom. "Thank you,'' Rachel said as she took it and allowed herself to yet again be dragged out to Mel where she giggled a little at Haddie's statement. "Yes, we will. What fun it will be.''
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Peachy keen, eh? Jace nodded, and looked over his shoulder to where Melbourne stood. He caught her greeting, and gave her a friendly wave as well, “Hi, Melbourne!” Sighing, he turned his attention back to Torrance, “It’s a good thing I layered up today. I figured the skies wouldn’t be too friendly...temperature wise.” He said making a face. He didn’t like the cold at all, but what can he do? An amused stare was given to Torrance though, when the Gryffindor mentioned about flying without a broom. “You’d have to turn into a transfiguring potion then...turn yourself into a bird or something similar. Or maybe you could ask Ichihara-sensei about self-transformation.” Oh yes, Jace did give him a sound and plausible ways to fly without a broom.
“Oh, I was part of the novice group...the one that had zero experience in flying. I’m glad I said yes to participate in it two years ago. At least I won’t look as clueless as...say, those who aren’t allowed to fly until today.” He’d have to thank his papa for it. Didn’t he say that education is a very good investment? He ought to listen to his old man more, yeah?
Jace pulled Torrance’s sleeve and pulled him to where the brooms where. Along the way, he passed by Ariadne and gave her a wave, “Hi Ariadne! Come on let’s get our brooms.” As he passed by the Slytherin, he saw Azura. Jace felt uncomfortable seeing her like that. He also felt...betrayed in a way because it seemed it’s his entire fault for her to be in such state when he was just being honest.
Jace turned to see another boy introduce himself to him. The Ravenclaw shook his head, but smiled at the friendly face. “It’s nice to meet you Tenacius,” he turned to Torrance again and chuckled. “Unfortunate indeed.” He added, “Have you thought of using the Silencing charm on him? He’d be a good practise dummy.” Just...don’t make it permanent, Ace. Flying though? “I am now!” How can he not be pumped when he’s got friends around to fly with?
The Ravenclaw then picked up a broom, and stood as far away from Azura as possible. He knew she hated him for being honest, and that it is entirely his fault why she’s being miserable. The Ravenclaw diverted his eyes away from her, and stood by his friends who actually appreciates him for his friendship and his honesty.
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She had arrived moments before the professor's announcement to go get a broom out the shed. She had waited for that announcement to be over, too, before greeting the professor. "Hi, Professor Tanner!" she said, as she made her way to the shed. She browsed through the collected of school brooms and found the most decent one she could.
Ah, the young Greingoth! "Hello, my dear! Go fetch yourself a broom!"
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Mel looked over at Professor Tanner and was about to answer when Tory stepped in. Heh, it was true. “I also…uh…brought uh padded things…? I don’t exactly come from a family of great flyers? My brother’s good, but my sister wasn’t” she admitted with a laugh. “But I brought extra mittens if it got reaaaaaally cold today Professor,” she smiled and placed the bag on the ground before sheepishly adding “I didn’t want to end up like my sister and fly into one of the hoops” she admitted with a grin before looking over at Haddie and grinning.
Tiara chuckled at the pair. "There is absolutely nothing wrong with extra padding for either of the reasons you gave, dear." Sure it probably made her less aerodynamic, but at this stage that wasn't likely to matter. "Feel free to distribute those mittens as you see fit!" Surely someone had not thought to wear them.
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"Okay everyone, listen up!" she yelled, both to grab their attention and to be heard over the wind. "Please form a circle with me." As in, she didn't want to be in the middle, she wanted to be part of it. While they moved around, she cast a Summoning Charm and her own Firebolt zoomed towards her from where it leaned against the wall.
"I don't want any screwing around or not paying attention today. I would rather not have to call Healer Murdoch down here because someone wasn't listening." Semi-stern looks were cast around the gathering. "That being said, I have never had that happen, so no need to worry." Can't scare the poor dears more than some of them already were.
So time to get right into it. "The first step of learning to fly is to recognize that brooms, while not cognizant, do have personalities, similar to your wands. Flying is a mutual conquest of knowledge, you learning from the broom and the broom learning from you." She placed her Firebolt on the ground and indicated they should do the same.
"To begin this bond, put your broom under your dominant hand." She was right-handed, so hers was on that side. "Confidently, but without yelling at it, simply say UP. It may take a few tries, but once the broom takes you seriously, it will jump into your hand and hover at waist level." She demonstrated, her own broom responding right away. "Give it a try!"
~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
It was Rachel's turn to drag Haddie and she did so with a tiny giggle as they made their way towards Professor Tanner. Had she not had her own broom clutched in her hand, she would have dragged Mel too. She came to a halt just in front of the Professor, bringing Haddie with her.
The dark haired Eagle paid close attention to Tanner, hanging on to her every word. She was not going to be the cause of the woman having to call the Healer for the first time. When indicated, she placed her broom on the ground on her right side. Yes, she was quite familiar with this, having seen it being done before.
Rachel stuck out her right hand. "Up.'' Her voice was steady, confident and in a commanding Haddie- like tone. Indeed she had adopted her best friend's tone whenever she needed to get things done that involved spell casting especially. It was no surprise when her broom jumped up.
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Ariadne snagged the spot in the circle right next to the professor. This was FLYING class, and she didn't want to chance missing a single second of the instruction. She felt like she was BORN to do this, but...only time would tell. She saw the Firebolt dashing toward the professor and couldn't help but be jealous. "Awesome broom, Professor!" she said, thinking about the broom her mom and dad said they'd buy her this summer.
She nodded along as Tanner instructed to listen up or ELSE. She placed her school broom on the ground. Her mom, dad, and sister had already shown her so much about flying. Ariadne wanted to fly NOWWWWW. She was so super excited! Her broom was already on her right side, so no need to switch that around.
"UP!" she called out, and the broom quivered on the ground. "UP!" she called out again, and this time, the broom bolted from the ground and into her hands. She had watched this a million and one times at home, so she would have been highly disappointed had she not done well with this. One just didn't have a sister who played pro Quidditch and then NOT know anything about flying.
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Azura hung back a little as everyone got into a circle around Professor Tanner, she wasn't sure where to go now! Not next to the best friends.. Nope.. Maybe by Ariadne? Maybe by..
Jace?
It seemed to be the only open spot around so she headed right next to him, and she turned and gave him a small smile. because well,, she missed him. He was a good friend and now that they were ignoring each other.. Everything felt worse. She didn't care that he didn't like her... She cared that she had lost her friend.
That was more important than anything else.
She turned her purple eyes to the teacher, set her broom on the ground, put her hand over it and said
"Up!"
Perhaps her up was a bit too forceful and confident, for it jumped up, hit her hand and then whacked her in the face before she could stop it! She pulled it instantly back down, but now her cheek and her eye were throbbing..
Right... right. Jaemin was holding onto his broom as the professor spoke, almost hugging it as if doing so would make the thing like him. If it liked him, then it wouldn't drop him later. Yes? But then the professor was telling them to put them on the ground, so they could call them back up? Huh.
The small twelve year old carefully set the broom down on his right side, looking at it for a long moment before watching the professor. Hers jumped right up, but... well he was fairly sure his wasn't going to be that nice to him. It looked plenty polite, but... who knew, really? His wand looked polite too, but that didn't mean it worked on the first try all the time. Or even most of the time.
"Up," he tried, holding his hand open. The broom, however, did not move, and it was likely because the uncertainty was audible in the little Slytherin's voice. He swallowed hard, eyes fixed on it as he hoped maybe it was just having a very slow day. When nothing happened, he let out a soft sigh.
This was probably a confidence thing, like Professor Primeaux had told him Charms needed. Even if he wasn't overly confident... Jaemin sure could fake it. The small boy bit his bottom lip for a moment and frowned softly, getting himself settled and holding his hand out again.
"Up!" he said, small voice forceful. The broom shifted around a bit on the grass, and he blinked in surprise before trying it once more. "Up!"
He almost missed it when it hopped up, fingers flexing in a bit uncertainly before he grabbed onto the broom out of surprise. It had woooooorked. He let go very slowly, and the broom hovered where it was under his hand.
Those words were like an explosion going off in Bella's head. She had been waiting all term for a chance to fly. She was so eager to get on a broom that she could barely keep still. It had been so long since she last rode on one with her older brother, which was sad. She loved riding with him, but he's been busy with work, which left very little time to spend with her.
When instructed Bella walked over to the shed to pick out a broom. She ran her fingers over a few of them until she found one that felt right. It took her a moment, but once she had one she headed back to her spot, ready for the first step of the lesson. She placed her broom on the ground, about an arm’s length away from her feet and stuck out her hand.
"Up," The broom moved a little on the ground. "Up," She said again, but this time it hovered just a bit off the ground. "Up," Third time was a charm because the broom jumped into her hand. Bella grinned as she let it hover at waist level.
Not quite yet? Tenacius bounced listlessly on the balls of his feet when the Professor essentially told him to wait. Waiting isnt his strongest suit, she ought to know.
Hey hey hey! Bestie gal is here "Thanks Mel!" he beamed as he grabbed some mittens and scarves. And those leg warmers he actually wore on his arms, because where else should they go ey? Granted he was so pumped he didn’t really feel the cold but that can quickly be a different story when theyre up in the air zooming about.
Hey yo there be Bestie dude chatting up that other dude. Did he want some leg warmers for the arms? Well he was getting some like it or not. He slapped ALL the warmer things on Tory's chest while being all up-in-your-face on the Ravenclaw boy (Jace) "Hi! Have we met? I'm Tenacius, the poor unfortunate soul that has to sleep next to this truck horn every night." he nudged his head at Tory. "Arent you excited for flying?? I know we are!" Spread the excitement, even to those who arent quite as pumped about it.
But it was broom pickin time!! The curly top bolted for the broom shed and screeched to a halt before he slams into the back wall. Oh wow brooms!
....Oh wow these brooms need a LOT of work. Down to the level of YIKES even. Or at least it was to him because he's never had anything less than top of the line brooms. But Tenacius sniffed his aversions away and gritted his jaw. Today they were gonna fly and if he had to use one of these beat up ol jalopies then so be it.
He picked out the least scraggly one, or at least it was to him as it was really hard to pick out one that didn’t look like they needed replacing. As he stepped out of the broomshed, he caught Haddie's look and returned her wave, then decided to just walk towards her and chat her up, because cool girls should be chatted up duh "Hey Haddie! Is this your first time flying?"
Oh hey look it’s the Greingoth Gladiator. Yes that’s what he calls her "Heya Radnee!..." Yes he calls her that too "Ready to take on the friendly skies??" Or at least as friendly as they were back in Astronomy hehehe.
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Rachel was not startled when Professor Tanner directed her to Haddie. Really, it seemed as though the entire school knew that trouble maker was her best friend. Now standing beside her, Rachel gave her an innocent look (which wasn't very difficult since she was generally innocent). "A princess does not need to rush to her destination. It wouldn't have made a difference anyway. Somehow I think you would have still gotten away from me.'' Alright, as long as Haddie was fine, so was Rachel. "In my defence, it was quite a long walk,'' she replied with a giggle.
The Eagle absently toyed with one end of her two plaits as she turned to observe the other first years. Mel, Azura, Olivia and Ariadne all got 'Hellos' from her as did Carl. Was something wrong with Azura? Why was she standing so far off? But at that moment, Professor Tanner announced they could retrieve brooms for themselves and Rachel found her hand being seized by the excited Haddie. She had no choice to follow and allowed herself to be dragged to the shed. What a lovely best friend she had, who found her a broom. "Thank you,'' Rachel said as she took it and allowed herself to yet again be dragged out to Mel where she giggled a little at Haddie's statement. "Yes, we will. What fun it will be.''
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It was Rachel's turn to drag Haddie and she did so with a tiny giggle as they made their way towards Professor Tanner. Had she not had her own broom clutched in her hand, she would have dragged Mel too. She came to a halt just in front of the Professor, bringing Haddie with her.
The dark haired Eagle paid close attention to Tanner, hanging on to her every word. She was not going to be the cause of the woman having to call the Healer for the first time. When indicated, she placed her broom on the ground on her right side. Yes, she was quite familiar with this, having seen it being done before.
Rachel stuck out her right hand. "Up.'' Her voice was steady, confident and in a commanding Haddie- like tone. Indeed she had adopted her best friend's tone whenever she needed to get things done that involved spell casting especially. It was no surprise when her broom jumped up.
"Hey, Ariadne." And suddenly, Haddie's voice faltered a little bit. Tenacius had made his way over and struck up a conversation. "Yep!" Haddie was playing it cool, see? Cool. Even though inside she felt like exploding into a fit of giggles or dying of embarrassment or something... "Well, no, not really. I got turned into a canary before the break and flew around the Great Hall. It was a lot of fun. Except for turning back into me mid-air and landing on the Ravenclaw table..." Stop. Babbling. Haddie cleared her throat. "But, uh, on a broom, yes." And now it was awkwardly quiet. "Um, you?"
But before Tenacius had a chance to respond, Freckles was yanking her away to get into flying position. For which Haddie didn't know whether or not to thank her best friend for saving her from the awkwardness, or kill her where she stood for ruining the first actual non-poisoned, non-embarrassing conversation she had with the boy. She decided to split the difference and did nothing. Besides, it was time to get started. She had other things on her mind. Like flying!
Haddie positioned herself so she was between Mel and Rachel, her two best friends. The Canaries were gonna fly together. She held her hand over the broom as instructed and said, "Up." Her voice cracked with excitement but the broom still flew into her hand without hesitation. If there was one thing Haddie lacked, it wasn't confidence. And Rachel got it on the first try too. "Way to go!"
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Carl returned a greeting to Rachel and moved closer to Professor Tanner. The school broom clutched tightly in his hand, he joined the circle between two other First Years. They were getting started!
The Badger listened attentively to the Professor. He was not talented at sport, so following instructions carefully was the only thing he could rely on. When indicated, he immediately placed his broom next to his right foot, under his dominant right hand. Wow, so the broom just jumps up into your hand? This was so cool!
He stretched out his hand and said, "Uh - up." No, his voice was too shaky. He had never realized how nervous he was. "Up." He said, more confidently, but the broom stayed still, as if it thought he was not serious about flying. This thought made him angry, he definitely wanted to fly! "Up!" This was an order! This time, his broom jumped up into his hand. Yay!
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What was he supposed to do with all these Leg Warmers!?!?! Torrance quickly took two of the tons Ten just slapped against his chest and slide them on under his sleeves.... Wow much better....He never even got a chance to snap back at Ten for his snoring remark! Torrance Ugo Spades does not snore, or at least he doesn't think he does? He'll need to consult with Benton about that later? His cousin, he could trust his cousin to tell him the truth about that! Jace had pulled him along to grab his broom, and he did just that. He should look into speaking with the Transfigurations Professor later like the Ravenclaw said he should. She could turn him into a Bird. That would be a nice step, but Torrance wanted to stay human and fly.
He got his broom, and followed the rest of the students back to Missus Tanner Flying Numbers Professor.
So they had to do all these basics first? Well Tory could do that. He set the Broom on his right side and looked down at his broom. He then pictured it in his mind and spoke with conviction, determination, dedication, all those other positive forms of speech. "Up!" The Broom jerked up from the ground and slapped right into the palm of his hand. He was so Boss at this.
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"Jace if I've figured out how to pull off the Silencing charm I wouldve, but so far I havent" silencing things just werent his thing right now. "And well, Tory may be a practice dummy for me--" and vice versa "-- but throwing a spell at him while he's asleep aint cool in my book man. Its bad form." he shrugged. Its true though. The Ace of Spades brocode runs deep. They don’t do that to each other "However, throwing pillows, clothes and other things to shut them up-- totally fair play." hehehe
Ok so Haddie went all Black Canary at some point in the term "You got turned into a canary? So did I!" he laughed "Ava offered me some funky custards and I went tweeting around the animal pens. That was so fun. Really short lived though, which is the only down side to it. And yeah I landed on the ground, not quite as hardcore as a dining table." But that wouldve been a HILARIOUS sight. To which Tenacius is laughing his bum off -- just not in front of Haddie right now. She was starting to look like she swallowed a canary and wants to lurch. But she's a first time broom flyer "Just relax, it'll be cool, nice and slow, probably have more stability on a broom." he glanced at her broom "Hopefully." See this makes a good case why firsties should be allowed to bring their own brooms. But yeah before he can answer her question, she gets dragged off. Ah well, maybe she can see the answer to that when they're up in the skies....
... Provided this school broom doesn’t make him look bad.
But now it was time to bond with the broom. The leonine lad looked skeptically at the scraggy bundle of sticks in his hand before dropping it to the ground. Rubbing his hands together, he puffed a warm breath on his hand before hovering it above the broom and commanded "Up!"
The broom rolled away a few inches. Is this thing avoiding him??
"Dude you are seriously NOT making me look bad right now." Tenacius murmured annoyed and impatient. He crouched lower and continued murmuring "Look I'm sorry if I think you're ugly..." because its true "... But we gotta help each other out here ok? I have to work with you and you have to work with me and it would be in your best interest for me to not use this moment as a solid case to bring in our own brooms and basically putting you and your buddies outta work. Capisce?"
He straightened up, confident that doing the dad-thing would work with difficult people, or things in this situation. "Up!"
And up went the broom into his outstretched hand, but not before kick-slapping his wrist with its wooden shaft.
Oww. Nasty broom.
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It was Rachel's turn to drag Haddie and she did so with a tiny giggle as they made their way towards Professor Tanner. Had she not had her own broom clutched in her hand, she would have dragged Mel too. She came to a halt just in front of the Professor, bringing Haddie with her.
The dark haired Eagle paid close attention to Tanner, hanging on to her every word. She was not going to be the cause of the woman having to call the Healer for the first time. When indicated, she placed her broom on the ground on her right side. Yes, she was quite familiar with this, having seen it being done before.
Rachel stuck out her right hand. "Up.'' Her voice was steady, confident and in a commanding Haddie- like tone. Indeed she had adopted her best friend's tone whenever she needed to get things done that involved spell casting especially. It was no surprise when her broom jumped up.
"Oh well done, Miss Watson!" she clapped. The Ravenclaw was the first one to successfully get her broom airborn - well, hovering, at least. Who said the eagles couldn't also be sporty?
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Ariadne snagged the spot in the circle right next to the professor. This was FLYING class, and she didn't want to chance missing a single second of the instruction. She felt like she was BORN to do this, but...only time would tell. She saw the Firebolt dashing toward the professor and couldn't help but be jealous. "Awesome broom, Professor!" she said, thinking about the broom her mom and dad said they'd buy her this summer.
She nodded along as Tanner instructed to listen up or ELSE. She placed her school broom on the ground. Her mom, dad, and sister had already shown her so much about flying. Ariadne wanted to fly NOWWWWW. She was so super excited! Her broom was already on her right side, so no need to switch that around.
"UP!" she called out, and the broom quivered on the ground. "UP!" she called out again, and this time, the broom bolted from the ground and into her hands. She had watched this a million and one times at home, so she would have been highly disappointed had she not done well with this. One just didn't have a sister who played pro Quidditch and then NOT know anything about flying.
Tiara chuckled at the Slytherin's admiration. "Thank you, my dear. Sadly, yours cannot be quite this advanced." School brooms would never be that expensive without an outside donor. And then it was no surprise when the broom zoomed into the girl's hand quickly. She had Quidditch in her blood. Tiara flashed her an approving smile.
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Azura hung back a little as everyone got into a circle around Professor Tanner, she wasn't sure where to go now! Not next to the best friends.. Nope.. Maybe by Ariadne? Maybe by..
Jace?
It seemed to be the only open spot around so she headed right next to him, and she turned and gave him a small smile. because well,, she missed him. He was a good friend and now that they were ignoring each other.. Everything felt worse. She didn't care that he didn't like her... She cared that she had lost her friend.
That was more important than anything else.
She turned her purple eyes to the teacher, set her broom on the ground, put her hand over it and said
"Up!"
Perhaps her up was a bit too forceful and confident, for it jumped up, hit her hand and then whacked her in the face before she could stop it! She pulled it instantly back down, but now her cheek and her eye were throbbing..
At least it had missed her nose!
Oh dear. "Yes, that does tend to happen if the broom feels it is being yelled at," Tiara said consolingly. "May a bit gentler in the future? But you got it up, and that is the point." Silver lining.
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Right... right. Jaemin was holding onto his broom as the professor spoke, almost hugging it as if doing so would make the thing like him. If it liked him, then it wouldn't drop him later. Yes? But then the professor was telling them to put them on the ground, so they could call them back up? Huh.
The small twelve year old carefully set the broom down on his right side, looking at it for a long moment before watching the professor. Hers jumped right up, but... well he was fairly sure his wasn't going to be that nice to him. It looked plenty polite, but... who knew, really? His wand looked polite too, but that didn't mean it worked on the first try all the time. Or even most of the time.
"Up," he tried, holding his hand open. The broom, however, did not move, and it was likely because the uncertainty was audible in the little Slytherin's voice. He swallowed hard, eyes fixed on it as he hoped maybe it was just having a very slow day. When nothing happened, he let out a soft sigh.
This was probably a confidence thing, like Professor Primeaux had told him Charms needed. Even if he wasn't overly confident... Jaemin sure could fake it. The small boy bit his bottom lip for a moment and frowned softly, getting himself settled and holding his hand out again.
"Up!" he said, small voice forceful. The broom shifted around a bit on the grass, and he blinked in surprise before trying it once more. "Up!"
He almost missed it when it hopped up, fingers flexing in a bit uncertainly before he grabbed onto the broom out of surprise. It had woooooorked. He let go very slowly, and the broom hovered where it was under his hand.
"Woah..."
Woah indeed! "Well done, Mister Song!" she said, beaming. Perseverance was key in flying, and this one had it.
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FLYING LESSON!!!!
Those words were like an explosion going off in Bella's head. She had been waiting all term for a chance to fly. She was so eager to get on a broom that she could barely keep still. It had been so long since she last rode on one with her older brother, which was sad. She loved riding with him, but he's been busy with work, which left very little time to spend with her.
When instructed Bella walked over to the shed to pick out a broom. She ran her fingers over a few of them until she found one that felt right. It took her a moment, but once she had one she headed back to her spot, ready for the first step of the lesson. She placed her broom on the ground, about an arm’s length away from her feet and stuck out her hand.
"Up," The broom moved a little on the ground. "Up," She said again, but this time it hovered just a bit off the ground. "Up," Third time was a charm because the broom jumped into her hand. Bella grinned as she let it hover at waist level.
Another one with 'stick-with-it-ness' over here. Tiara had watched Isabella struggle a few times, but was happy to see her keep trying. "Ah, that's the ticket, Miss Miklos!"
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"Hey, Ariadne." And suddenly, Haddie's voice faltered a little bit. Tenacius had made his way over and struck up a conversation. "Yep!" Haddie was playing it cool, see? Cool. Even though inside she felt like exploding into a fit of giggles or dying of embarrassment or something... "Well, no, not really. I got turned into a canary before the break and flew around the Great Hall. It was a lot of fun. Except for turning back into me mid-air and landing on the Ravenclaw table..." Stop. Babbling. Haddie cleared her throat. "But, uh, on a broom, yes." And now it was awkwardly quiet. "Um, you?"
But before Tenacius had a chance to respond, Freckles was yanking her away to get into flying position. For which Haddie didn't know whether or not to thank her best friend for saving her from the awkwardness, or kill her where she stood for ruining the first actual non-poisoned, non-embarrassing conversation she had with the boy. She decided to split the difference and did nothing. Besides, it was time to get started. She had other things on her mind. Like flying!
Haddie positioned herself so she was between Mel and Rachel, her two best friends. The Canaries were gonna fly together. She held her hand over the broom as instructed and said, "Up." Her voice cracked with excitement but the broom still flew into her hand without hesitation. If there was one thing Haddie lacked, it wasn't confidence. And Rachel got it on the first try too. "Way to go!"
The girl who had already flown inside the castle looked primed to be ready to fly outside of the castle as well. Perhaps that wasn't a memory to bring up just now, though. "Good work, Hadley," she practically yelled over the wind, making her voice go across the circle.
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Carl returned a greeting to Rachel and moved closer to Professor Tanner. The school broom clutched tightly in his hand, he joined the circle between two other First Years. They were getting started!
The Badger listened attentively to the Professor. He was not talented at sport, so following instructions carefully was the only thing he could rely on. When indicated, he immediately placed his broom next to his right foot, under his dominant right hand. Wow, so the broom just jumps up into your hand? This was so cool!
He stretched out his hand and said, "Uh - up." No, his voice was too shaky. He had never realized how nervous he was. "Up." He said, more confidently, but the broom stayed still, as if it thought he was not serious about flying. This thought made him angry, he definitely wanted to fly! "Up!" This was an order! This time, his broom jumped up into his hand. Yay!
"Now that's the spirit, Mister Leonard!" She was proud of the boy, the one she thought may be the most nervous of the bunch.
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What was he supposed to do with all these Leg Warmers!?!?! Torrance quickly took two of the tons Ten just slapped against his chest and slide them on under his sleeves.... Wow much better....He never even got a chance to snap back at Ten for his snoring remark! Torrance Ugo Spades does not snore, or at least he doesn't think he does? He'll need to consult with Benton about that later? His cousin, he could trust his cousin to tell him the truth about that! Jace had pulled him along to grab his broom, and he did just that. He should look into speaking with the Transfigurations Professor later like the Ravenclaw said he should. She could turn him into a Bird. That would be a nice step, but Torrance wanted to stay human and fly.
He got his broom, and followed the rest of the students back to Missus Tanner Flying Numbers Professor.
So they had to do all these basics first? Well Tory could do that. He set the Broom on his right side and looked down at his broom. He then pictured it in his mind and spoke with conviction, determination, dedication, all those other positive forms of speech. "Up!" The Broom jerked up from the ground and slapped right into the palm of his hand. He was so Boss at this.
Really, his last name was unfortunate. Her grandfather was huge into playing muggle card games and called spades 'spadoodlers' - poor, poor Torrance. So when she said, "Good job," to the boy, it was all she could do to prevent herself from laughing at him. Time to move quickly to observing another student.
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"Jace if I've figured out how to pull off the Silencing charm I wouldve, but so far I havent" silencing things just werent his thing right now. "And well, Tory may be a practice dummy for me--" and vice versa "-- but throwing a spell at him while he's asleep aint cool in my book man. Its bad form." he shrugged. Its true though. The Ace of Spades brocode runs deep. They don’t do that to each other "However, throwing pillows, clothes and other things to shut them up-- totally fair play." hehehe
Ok so Haddie went all Black Canary at some point in the term "You got turned into a canary? So did I!" he laughed "Ava offered me some funky custards and I went tweeting around the animal pens. That was so fun. Really short lived though, which is the only down side to it. And yeah I landed on the ground, not quite as hardcore as a dining table." But that wouldve been a HILARIOUS sight. To which Tenacius is laughing his bum off -- just not in front of Haddie right now. She was starting to look like she swallowed a canary and wants to lurch. But she's a first time broom flyer "Just relax, it'll be cool, nice and slow, probably have more stability on a broom." he glanced at her broom "Hopefully." See this makes a good case why firsties should be allowed to bring their own brooms. But yeah before he can answer her question, she gets dragged off. Ah well, maybe she can see the answer to that when they're up in the skies....
... Provided this school broom doesn’t make him look bad.
But now it was time to bond with the broom. The leonine lad looked skeptically at the scraggy bundle of sticks in his hand before dropping it to the ground. Rubbing his hands together, he puffed a warm breath on his hand before hovering it above the broom and commanded "Up!"
The broom rolled away a few inches. Is this thing avoiding him??
"Dude you are seriously NOT making me look bad right now." Tenacius murmured annoyed and impatient. He crouched lower and continued murmuring "Look I'm sorry if I think you're ugly..." because its true "... But we gotta help each other out here ok? I have to work with you and you have to work with me and it would be in your best interest for me to not use this moment as a solid case to bring in our own brooms and basically putting you and your buddies outta work. Capisce?"
He straightened up, confident that doing the dad-thing would work with difficult people, or things in this situation. "Up!"
And up went the broom into his outstretched hand, but not before kick-slapping his wrist with its wooden shaft.
Oww. Nasty broom.
And then there was Salander, who appeared to be having a conversation with his broom. Whatever he said to it must not have been very nice, unfortunately for him, since it whacked his hand a moment later. Tut, tut. "Perhaps your broom, like myself, does not appreciate hearing people referred to as practice dummies, Mister Salander." Just a suggestion.
"Well done, everyone! I think you are ready to hover now." As in, that was ALL for the moment. "Please take two large steps backwards to give yourselves some room," she said, following her own directions. Hopefully that would prevent collisions.
Right then. "Mount your brooms carefully, like so," she said, swinging her leg over the twig end. "Grip firmly, but not like a vice grip. The broom will not appreciate being squeezed to death." Nor would anything else. "If your grip gets too tight, your shoulders and arms tense up and it is harder to maintain balance. Just relax." That would be even harder than normal on a windy day like today.
"So we will start with taking off and landing. When I give the signal, you will kick off hard from the ground. Lift the handle up slightly to rise off the ground. Hover no more than a few feet off the ground and then tilt the handle back down to land." She paused for a few moments to let them digest these instructions.
"Now I want you to practice a few takeoffs and landings. Go ahead, give it a go!"
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Tiara chuckled at the Slytherin's admiration. "Thank you, my dear. Sadly, yours cannot be quite this advanced." School brooms would never be that expensive without an outside donor. And then it was no surprise when the broom zoomed into the girl's hand quickly. She had Quidditch in her blood. Tiara flashed her an approving smile.
"Well done, everyone! I think you are ready to hover now." As in, that was ALL for the moment. "Please take two large steps backwards to give yourselves some room," she said, following her own directions. Hopefully that would prevent collisions.
Right then. "Mount your brooms carefully, like so," she said, swinging her leg over the twig end. "Grip firmly, but not like a vice grip. The broom will not appreciate being squeezed to death." Nor would anything else. "If your grip gets too tight, your shoulders and arms tense up and it is harder to maintain balance. Just relax." That would be even harder than normal on a windy day like today.
"So we will start with taking off and landing. When I give the signal, you will kick off hard from the ground. Lift the handle up slightly to rise off the ground. Hover no more than a few feet off the ground and then tilt the handle back down to land." She paused for a few moments to let them digest these instructions.
"Now I want you to practice a few takeoffs and landings. Go ahead, give it a go!"
Ariadne gave a disapproving look when Tanner brought up the fact that their brooms wouldn't be quite as nice as hers. What she wanted to say was that she WOULD have had a nice broom had first years been allowed one. Her dad had even said he'd buy her one! Next year, though. NEXT YEAR. She returned the professor's smile then turned her attention to the broom grasped in her hand.
OMG, A HOVER!
They were getting close! They'd be flying anytime now! Ariadne bounced from side to side for a few minutes before settling into place. She took two large steps backward then looked around to make sure she had enough room. She mounted her broom then got a decent grip on the handle. It was SUPER hard to relax when she was so excited, but Ariadne managed it anyway.
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Ariadne gave an INNER scream of excitement then kicked off from the ground...
Professor Tanner's words repeated in her mind, over and over and over again. She was gonna be the most impressive firstie flyer ever. Probably not. But she'll be up there. Oh yes. She'll be up there.
"Alright Charlie," that was her broom's name, see? "You ready?" She thought about her question for a moment and smiled to herself. "Of course you are, you were made for this. Just don't drop me okay?" Not that she thought he would, he was clearly the best broom in the shed. Haddie swung her leg over the broom in an over-excited mimic of how Professor Tanner showed them. "We got this?" she asked the broom, then nodded. "I think we do."
The broom and her were becoming fast friends, she could feel it. And with that, Haddie raised the handle of the broom and pushed off the ground as hard as she could. In an instant she was at least six or seven feet off the ground, her heart beating away in her chest so fast she was noticeably shaking. If it wasn't for the ear-to-ear grin on her face, one might think she was scared. "Whoa..." She patted Charlie's handle. "You're as eager as I am." See how well she and Charlie connected? Angling the handle down, gentle, Haddie brought the broom to just a few feet off the ground as instructed. See, she was listening.
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Rachel was not going to laugh. No, she wasn't going to laugh but what she would be doing is smiling. Why was she smiling you may ask? Because her best friend was babbling more than usual since she was around Tenacious. Haddie reminded her of David. Whenever Rachel got close to him, he would stammer and get very nervous. Rachel reasoned she needed to rescue her friend, so she did exactly this.
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''Oh, thank you, Professor Tanner.'' Rachel smiled excitedly at her Professor the looked back at the Eagle beside her. Like her, Haddie had her broom leaping into her hand fairly quickly. "Excellently done, Haddie.'' Soon more instructions were coming their way and Rachel hastened to follow them. She took two great steps backwards.
Full of confidence, Rachel swung her right leg over her broom, holding onto it gently. She was quite determined to follow Tanner's instructions to the letter, you see. She never had a problem with take offs but sometimes her landings were a little bumpy but hopefully she had improved by now. The girl kicked off from the ground at the go ahead, lifting the broom's handle a tad. Look at her hovering beside Haddie! Rachel giggled at the excitement written across her friend's face. "Are you enjoying yourself?'' she called and now tilting her broom's handle down so that she was lowered close to the ground.
Oh, lovely! Her landing had indeed improved. She needed to see if she could keep this up so she began the process of hovering, hovering and landing again.
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He nursed his wrist as he strangled held his broom. Not practice dummies? He looked at his Professor with genuine confusion. But they are school brooms. Aint that what they're really for?
"Sorry Professor…" he began "…. But this broom is being difficult-- it rolled away when I bade it to come up." His own broom is never stubborn. It knew how to follow instructions. Yeah yeah he should stop comparing.
But now they have to mount their brooms? With after what this thing did to his wrist, would he even risk putting this between his legs?? And then they were told not to squeeze it to death. "I wont squeeze you to death if you promise never to hit me again. Anywhere." Capisce broom? He has never been more serious in his short life.
Relax, lift handle, kick off, right right, he knew what to do. Its riding an unfamiliar broom that is a more pressing matter to him now. Even a muggle jockey needs time to feel his new steed. Or donkey, as the case may be.
Gingerly the curly top mounted his broom, still ready to leap off at a moment's notice in case this broom had a sick sense of humor. He held onto the shaft firmly, tilted it up like he would when he was on his own broom and kicked off from the ground.
…. And it hovered. It hovered 2 inches from the ground.
Wow much impressed school broom. Not.
He didn’t even bother tilting the shaft back down because if he did it would just dig into the soil. He simply stood again, the broom still hovering around his ankles. He swung his leg to rest it across the other one and sat somewhat side saddled on his broom, slumping his face annoyingly on his hand as he grumbled. "Yeah real funny Broomhilda, just tell me when you're done with the lame jokes and ready for some real flying."
And all of a sudden, the broom lurched back, throwing him off, then hovered a good 5 feet off the ground. He rolled onto his elbows and just glared. Oh it was just waiting for him to do that innit? Glare glare glare glare glare.
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Azura's face was still stinging from the sudden whack with the broom handle and she put her hand up to gently rub it as the Professor spoke. Yes, she had been a bit TOO confident. This wasn't charms, this was flying class! And her broom at home was used to her really. She didn't have to tell it to get up, it just did! "Okay, I'll be more gentle next time. "
She did as she was instructed and took two careful steps backwards to give herself some room before she swung her leg over her broke and took a breath as she looked down at it. "All right broom, it's just you and me! I won't yell at you again if you don't hit me in the face okay? I've already broke my nose 6 times this year, I don't want to go for a seventh." She gently petted her broom and then whispered to it.. " Especially in front of Jace. "
She then raised her head up, held her broom firmly but not tightly cause.. She had done this before a lot! She then kicked up off the ground, raised her broom handle and...
In the airrrrrrrrr!!!!
A smile came over Azura's face as she hovered there! She loved the familiar feel of being off the ground, the wind in her hair, biting coldly against her face! She didn't have any problems here.. It was just her and the broom!
A soft laugh escaped her throat for a moment before she gently angled the broom back down and landed!
"You have to ask?" Haddie grinned at her Eagle bestie. She angled Charlie's handle down, but the broom resisted her, as if he didn't want to land anymore than she did. This made Haddie grin even more. She and this broom were simpatico. "Chuck ol' boy, when I get my own broom, I hope it's just like you. But if we don't do as instructed we might have to sit out the rest of the lesson."
The broom reluctantly descended to the ground and in a second or two, Hadley's feet were back on the ground. Okay, that's plenty of ground time. After all, Professor Tanner did say to practice taking off and landing a few times. Haddie kicked off, angling the handle up, and was airborne again with ease. And back down for a landing. Up in the air again. And back down. Up again. "Wheeeeeee!" It was a pure and childlike squeal of fun as much as it was Haddie just being silly old Haddie. "I feel like I'm on one of those grocery store rocket rides." Put a quarter in and the little rocket ship goes up and down for a few minutes. She used to love those things.
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Ariadne gave a disapproving look when Tanner brought up the fact that their brooms wouldn't be quite as nice as hers. What she wanted to say was that she WOULD have had a nice broom had first years been allowed one. Her dad had even said he'd buy her one! Next year, though. NEXT YEAR. She returned the professor's smile then turned her attention to the broom grasped in her hand.
OMG, A HOVER!
They were getting close! They'd be flying anytime now! Ariadne bounced from side to side for a few minutes before settling into place. She took two large steps backward then looked around to make sure she had enough room. She mounted her broom then got a decent grip on the handle. It was SUPER hard to relax when she was so excited, but Ariadne managed it anyway.
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Ariadne gave an INNER scream of excitement then kicked off from the ground...
Well, the Greingoth girl was quite excited if her perpetual motion was any indication. Tiara watched as she mentally prepared herself and made her best attempt at relaxation. The woman smiled in understanding. Her first time on a broom was not exactly the picture of relaxation.
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Professor Tanner's words repeated in her mind, over and over and over again. She was gonna be the most impressive firstie flyer ever. Probably not. But she'll be up there. Oh yes. She'll be up there.
"Alright Charlie," that was her broom's name, see? "You ready?" She thought about her question for a moment and smiled to herself. "Of course you are, you were made for this. Just don't drop me okay?" Not that she thought he would, he was clearly the best broom in the shed. Haddie swung her leg over the broom in an over-excited mimic of how Professor Tanner showed them. "We got this?" she asked the broom, then nodded. "I think we do."
The broom and her were becoming fast friends, she could feel it. And with that, Haddie raised the handle of the broom and pushed off the ground as hard as she could. In an instant she was at least six or seven feet off the ground, her heart beating away in her chest so fast she was noticeably shaking. If it wasn't for the ear-to-ear grin on her face, one might think she was scared. "Whoa..." She patted Charlie's handle. "You're as eager as I am." See how well she and Charlie connected? Angling the handle down, gentle, Haddie brought the broom to just a few feet off the ground as instructed. See, she was listening.
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"You have to ask?" Haddie grinned at her Eagle bestie. She angled Charlie's handle down, but the broom resisted her, as if he didn't want to land anymore than she did. This made Haddie grin even more. She and this broom were simpatico. "Chuck ol' boy, when I get my own broom, I hope it's just like you. But if we don't do as instructed we might have to sit out the rest of the lesson."
The broom reluctantly descended to the ground and in a second or two, Hadley's feet were back on the ground. Okay, that's plenty of ground time. After all, Professor Tanner did say to practice taking off and landing a few times. Haddie kicked off, angling the handle up, and was airborne again with ease. And back down for a landing. Up in the air again. And back down. Up again. "Wheeeeeee!" It was a pure and childlike squeal of fun as much as it was Haddie just being silly old Haddie. "I feel like I'm on one of those grocery store rocket rides." Put a quarter in and the little rocket ship goes up and down for a few minutes. She used to love those things.
Hadley definitely had a healthy connection with her broom. She had even given it an affectionate name, apparently. And the bond showed when she shot up into the air like a rocket. "Oh well done, Miss Denaker!" she exclaimed with pride. She was about to urge her to bring it down in altitude a bit when the girl did it herself. Good good.
After another successful takeoff and landing, Tiara knew this girl was a natural. Perhaps she would make a fine Quidditch player someday?
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Rachel was not going to laugh. No, she wasn't going to laugh but what she would be doing is smiling. Why was she smiling you may ask? Because her best friend was babbling more than usual since she was around Tenacious. Haddie reminded her of David. Whenever Rachel got close to him, he would stammer and get very nervous. Rachel reasoned she needed to rescue her friend, so she did exactly this.
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''Oh, thank you, Professor Tanner.'' Rachel smiled excitedly at her Professor the looked back at the Eagle beside her. Like her, Haddie had her broom leaping into her hand fairly quickly. "Excellently done, Haddie.'' Soon more instructions were coming their way and Rachel hastened to follow them. She took two great steps backwards.
Full of confidence, Rachel swung her right leg over her broom, holding onto it gently. She was quite determined to follow Tanner's instructions to the letter, you see. She never had a problem with take offs but sometimes her landings were a little bumpy but hopefully she had improved by now. The girl kicked off from the ground at the go ahead, lifting the broom's handle a tad. Look at her hovering beside Haddie! Rachel giggled at the excitement written across her friend's face. "Are you enjoying yourself?'' she called and now tilting her broom's handle down so that she was lowered close to the ground.
Oh, lovely! Her landing had indeed improved. She needed to see if she could keep this up so she began the process of hovering, hovering and landing again.
Not to be outdone, Rachel was soon airborne beside her friend. Tiara applauded with the successful landing that actually looked quite smooth. The woman wasn't surprised when Rachel continued the process again.
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He nursed his wrist as he strangled held his broom. Not practice dummies? He looked at his Professor with genuine confusion. But they are school brooms. Aint that what they're really for?
"Sorry Professor…" he began "…. But this broom is being difficult-- it rolled away when I bade it to come up." His own broom is never stubborn. It knew how to follow instructions. Yeah yeah he should stop comparing.
But now they have to mount their brooms? With after what this thing did to his wrist, would he even risk putting this between his legs?? And then they were told not to squeeze it to death. "I wont squeeze you to death if you promise never to hit me again. Anywhere." Capisce broom? He has never been more serious in his short life.
Relax, lift handle, kick off, right right, he knew what to do. Its riding an unfamiliar broom that is a more pressing matter to him now. Even a muggle jockey needs time to feel his new steed. Or donkey, as the case may be.
Gingerly the curly top mounted his broom, still ready to leap off at a moment's notice in case this broom had a sick sense of humor. He held onto the shaft firmly, tilted it up like he would when he was on his own broom and kicked off from the ground.
…. And it hovered. It hovered 2 inches from the ground.
Wow much impressed school broom. Not.
He didn’t even bother tilting the shaft back down because if he did it would just dig into the soil. He simply stood again, the broom still hovering around his ankles. He swung his leg to rest it across the other one and sat somewhat side saddled on his broom, slumping his face annoyingly on his hand as he grumbled. "Yeah real funny Broomhilda, just tell me when you're done with the lame jokes and ready for some real flying."
And all of a sudden, the broom lurched back, throwing him off, then hovered a good 5 feet off the ground. He rolled onto his elbows and just glared. Oh it was just waiting for him to do that innit? Glare glare glare glare glare.
"Oh it is the broom you should apologize to, Mister Salander, not myself." She didn't think he was grasping the importance here.
And after what she witnessed a few moments later, she knew he wasn't getting it. She could plainly see that he wasn't injured, so she wasn't that worried about it. "Mister Salander, I would try a less insulting-sounding name than Broomhilda for starters. Treat it like you would treat someone you want to impress: be nice to it, compliment it, show confidence in it." He needed an attitude adjustment if he was going to make this relationship work.
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Azura's face was still stinging from the sudden whack with the broom handle and she put her hand up to gently rub it as the Professor spoke. Yes, she had been a bit TOO confident. This wasn't charms, this was flying class! And her broom at home was used to her really. She didn't have to tell it to get up, it just did! "Okay, I'll be more gentle next time. "
She did as she was instructed and took two careful steps backwards to give herself some room before she swung her leg over her broke and took a breath as she looked down at it. "All right broom, it's just you and me! I won't yell at you again if you don't hit me in the face okay? I've already broke my nose 6 times this year, I don't want to go for a seventh." She gently petted her broom and then whispered to it.. " Especially in front of Jace. "
She then raised her head up, held her broom firmly but not tightly cause.. She had done this before a lot! She then kicked up off the ground, raised her broom handle and...
In the airrrrrrrrr!!!!
A smile came over Azura's face as she hovered there! She loved the familiar feel of being off the ground, the wind in her hair, biting coldly against her face! She didn't have any problems here.. It was just her and the broom!
A soft laugh escaped her throat for a moment before she gently angled the broom back down and landed!
Tiara was gratified to see Azura take her advice to heart. "Now THAT," she said, watching the girl touch down, "is more like it. Well done, Miss Kennedy," she finished with a smile.
This was going quite well, actually. It seemed like every year there was at least one student that was completely paralyzed by fear, but that didn't seem to be the case this time around. "Okay, back to terra firma for a bit, everyone!" Yes, sorry, some things were better accomplished on the ground. Like listening to instructions.
Once they were gathered, she began once more. "Time for steering instructions. It works just the way you would intuitively expect. If you want to turn left, guide the handle left with your hands and lean into the turn. For right turns, just change the direction." Easy enough.
"Perhaps even more important is how to brake." Especially for beginners! "To slow down, pull up on the handle. Also, sit up and lean back at the same time." Again, not that difficult.
"So rather than have you practice it several times right here in the circle," which could be boooooring, "[B]we will be practicing on an obstacle course of sorts. She pointed towards the other side of the pitch with her wand. Giant padded poles and hoops sprung up out of the ground, three sets of them in a line. "They have pads and cushioning charms, so if you hit them it should be alright!"
"The set on the left is the easiest, on the right the hardest. You know your level, go where you will be challenged but not impossibly so." Her pointing indicated the leftmost set, made up completely of poles. "The easy set remains stationary, but gets closer together the further through the slalom you get." She shifted her gaze slightly. "The middle set is similar to the easy set, but some of the poles move side to side. In addition, there are a few large hoops sprinkled in there for you to fly through that will move up and down." Which left... "The last set's poles move much faster; the hoops move they same speed, but they are much smaller." In other words, there was something for everyone.
"Try as many or as few of the courses that you'd like. So have at it! This is what will occupy the rest of the lesson - have fun!"
OOC: Feel free to finish up your takeoff/landing posts if you still need to. The obstacle course makes up the last big chunk of the lesson and will remain open for a couple of days. Tiara will be flying around supervising, so not too much funny business! ;-)
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He wished Tory stood by him instead. Jace could feel his cheeks warm up when Azura stood by him, and gave him...a smile? What was going on? He was sure she was mad at him, because she walked out on him for being honest. The Ravenclaw did not return the smile, because he was confused and was still in the process of figuring out what the smile meant. After days of not talking to him, or at least an acknowledgment, there she was being all friendly.
Yes, girls are confusing. Thankful that Tenacius spoke up, if only Azura wasn't messing up his thoughts, he would have asked the Gryffindor why it wasn't cool to help Torrance...and himself. Jace was sure he'd do the silencing charm on a snoring machine to do everyone in his dorm a favour.
Following the instruction of the Professor, Jace placed the broom on his right side, raised his arm over it and commanded it to fly to his hand. He was able to get this right during the Summer Quidditch Camp, so it was no surprise that the broom responded to him immediately, "UP." After mounting his broom, and listening to the professor, Jace kicked the ground, and in seconds he was hovering off the ground. Jace did a good, solid landing when the professor asked them come down again for the main activity. Looking to the other side of the field, the Ravenclaw eyed the middle course. He wasn't really that much of a beginner anyway, so he thought he'd do okay with a bit of a challenge.
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Rachel was getting even better at her landing, she knew. They were certainly getting smoother with each attempt. She felt slightly disappointed when Professor Tanner called them back to the ground. Rachel landed and dismounted gracefully, smiling at Tanner, grateful for her encouraging applause. Her Professors were always a part of the reason she worked hard.
She paid keen attention to the instructions given to them. They would be put into practice shortly, after all. The girl then directed her attention to the hoops that had sprouted up. Lovely! An activity would give her more practice.
"Which would you like to try first, Haddie? I think we should leave the last set after some more practice.'' Rachel was simply offering what she thought was logical. Since this was her friend's first time on a broom, she might want to get a little more practice. Knowing Haddie, however, Rachel reasoned that she would want to go for the more challenging hoops first.
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Azura was so excited about flying, she didn't even fully notice that Jace didn't smile back at her. Instead, she just shot him another wide grin, and then after listening to Professor Tanner explain how to steer as well as the obstacle courses.. She got back onto her broom..
She pulled her cloak in tighter around her, tying it on the bottom to make sure it didn't flap too much, before she rose into the air and headed straight towards the hard course!
Yes! On the ground, she was terribly clumsy, she could barely walk without tripping, but in the air.. In the air it was a different story! She was graceful and alive and didn't have a care in the world!
Even though she wished she had her own broom, she would take what she would get and she took off like a shot across the pitch!! Ahh!!!! Her dark hair was streaming back like a banner, her purple eyes alight with happeinessm the icy wind was blowing in her face but she didn't care! She felt alive and for the first time in awhile.. Happy!
"WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! She yelled out as she found the hard obstacle course and then.. Zipped straight through a smaller moving hoop! This was fun!!
Rachel was getting even better at her landing, she knew. They were certainly getting smoother with each attempt. She felt slightly disappointed when Professor Tanner called them back to the ground. Rachel landed and dismounted gracefully, smiling at Tanner, grateful for her encouraging applause. Her Professors were always a part of the reason she worked hard.
She paid keen attention to the instructions given to them. They would be put into practice shortly, after all. The girl then directed her attention to the hoops that had sprouted up. Lovely! An activity would give her more practice.
"Which would you like to try first, Haddie? I think we should leave the last set after some more practice.'' Rachel was simply offering what she thought was logical. Since this was her friend's first time on a broom, she might want to get a little more practice. Knowing Haddie, however, Rachel reasoned that she would want to go for the more challenging hoops first.
Haddie nodded without hesitation. There were very few times Haddie got to surprise Rachel, and this would be one of them. "Let's start on the easy course." Just like when she learned to snowboard in Big Bear. They started her on the kiddie slope, which she had mastered in no time and was rocketing down the hill. But it helped. Learning to control the board on a nothing slope. And that's what Haddie planned to do here. "Until I get a feel for it."
Haddie rubbed the broom's handle lovingly and mounted it. "Ready for this, Charlie?" She grinned. The broom's excitement hung around her like a thick cloud, mixing with her own excitement. Gently she pulled up on the handle, but they still shot into the air in an instant. Not that it mattered this time, since there were no instructions to stay only a few feet from the ground. Being high in the air was exhilarating. She spent a moment, taking it in, just hovering up there for a moment. Then she angled the handle to the left, and sped off a bit more sharply than she had intended.
"Whoa, boy. Easy." Haddie pulled up on the handle, but instead of stopping, they just raced higher into the air. She was high over the pitch by the time she managed to get them to stop. It was the leaning back and sit up that did it. Apparently she hadn't leaned back enough or something. "I know, I know," she patted the handle. "You've probably been in that shed way too long." That alone made Haddie feel for her broom. He was like her. They didn't do well cooped up. They both needed to be out, and active, and pushing themselves to the limit. "We'll get to the fun stuff, just let me get a feel for you first, huh?"
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Haddie nodded without hesitation. There were very few times Haddie got to surprise Rachel, and this would be one of them. "Let's start on the easy course." Just like when she learned to snowboard in Big Bear. They started her on the kiddie slope, which she had mastered in no time and was rocketing down the hill. But it helped. Learning to control the board on a nothing slope. And that's what Haddie planned to do here. "Until I get a feel for it."
Haddie rubbed the broom's handle lovingly and mounted it. "Ready for this, Charlie?" She grinned. The broom's excitement hung around her like a thick cloud, mixing with her own excitement. Gently she pulled up on the handle, but they still shot into the air in an instant. Not that it mattered this time, since there were no instructions to stay only a few feet from the ground. Being high in the air was exhilarating. She spent a moment, taking it in, just hovering up there for a moment. Then she angled the handle to the left, and sped off a bit more sharply than she had intended.
"Whoa, boy. Easy." Haddie pulled up on the handle, but instead of stopping, they just raced higher into the air. She was high over the pitch by the time she managed to get them to stop. It was the leaning back and sit up that did it. Apparently she hadn't leaned back enough or something. "I know, I know," she patted the handle. "You've probably been in that shed way too long." That alone made Haddie feel for her broom. He was like her. They didn't do well cooped up. They both needed to be out, and active, and pushing themselves to the limit. "We'll get to the fun stuff, just let me get a feel for you first, huh?"
Rachel was prepared for Haddie's answer of trying the most difficult of hoops first. She really was but she was definitely not prepared for that answer. She did a double take at her friend. "Really?'' She took a second or two to recover before her excited attitude returned. "Let's go then!''
She gracefully got onto her broom again, following the instructions to rise gently in the air. But Haddie, it seemed, was too excited. She really shot into the air, leaving Rachel behind. "Wait for me, Haddie!'' The girl continued to rise until she caught up to where the other eagle was hovering.
"Eager Eagle, you really ought to stop leaving me behind,'' Rachel chided gently but smiling all the same. "Let me know when you're ready to get started.'' Perhaps Haddie would like some time to continue practicing her ascending and descending? If so, Rachel would wait because she and Haddie would tackle those hoops together.
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