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It's time for the Gryffindor team to build on that team spirit, discuss what went wrong and right in the last game and most importantly; figure out how to win another game to finally lift that Quidditch Cup.

The Gryffindor captain; Zoryn Spinnet (Ariana Black), will guide you through this practice.

Gryffindor Quidditch Cup Championships
2064, 2071

Former Gryffindor Quidditch Captains
Amyliaz, Ben Black, Jennifer Wilson, Lua Stone, Serena Stone,
Marie Black, Ryan Black, Agie Rae Brandywine, Alexis Chosen,
Jack Fritzera, Brant DeVaice, Simon Bennett, Carter Phillips, Selina Skylar, Alice Fischer

ooc: Welcome to the Gryffindor Practice! This is for IC reference only, for you guys to have FUN!

This thread will remain open until the 10th of February approx 6 -7 pm CET.

Ariana will hold this IC practice and if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Ariana or me via PM.

Have fun!

- Josefin

Gryffindor Practice
Captain's first post

ArianaBlack · 01-06-2018, 05:26 AM

Was Zoryn excited? VERY. Was she nervous? ~~HECK NO~~ Okay, maybe a little, but she’d never admit it because that would be showing signs of inadequacy and that is not something Zoryn often did on purpose. You see, this Gryffindor was mighty excited to get to lead the Gryffindors in their road to victory (‘cause, yes they would most DEFINITELY be winning the Quidditch Cup). However, the other Captains were all older than her and it was kind of… sort of… pretty intimidating. Again, not that she’d admit it. Z did a pretty good job of playing it off too, thankfully her rather large personality made up for the fact that she felt low-key inadequate when standing next to the other three House Captains.

Anyway, this was all beside the point because no matter what she was feeling Zoryn Amari Spinnet was standing at mid-pitch at the edge of the grassy area with her own broom in hand. Around her she had a couple of chests containing the various supplies they would need, some school brooms (in case there were people who didn’t have their own), and a giant water-cooler jug.

Checking the watch she had gotten for her birthday, she took a deep breath and put on her GAME FACE. Gryffindors would be showing up any moment now! Bring it on, folks.

quick ooc: hi Zoryn and I are SUPER excited for tryouts! I’ll give y’all more info in my next post, but in the meantime feel free to post your charries arriving / chitchatting / whatnot!

I’m going to wait at least 24 hours so that people have the chance to get here, but we’ll start off nice and easy even after that so that you’ll have plenty of time. This is meant to be suuuuuper chillax and FUN! Let me know if you have any pressing questions.

feeheeheeny · 01-06-2018, 06:56 AM

Callum arrived promptly, his well-polished but well-loved (read: worn) broom over his shoulder. Although he had not anticipated trying out for Quidditch this term, here he was, in all his 6'3" glory. He knew who their captain was - who wouldn't know Zoryn Spinnet? Surely she had already made her impression on even the first years - and was not in the least bit bothered that she was only a fourth year. Zoryn was the same year as his sister, Chloe, who he had recently started to see as a young woman as opposed to his kid sister. She wasn't a kid anymore, and neither was Zoryn. Short, maybe, and overall awfully small compared to him, but it wasn't difficult for Callum to look at the Gryffindor captain and see his sister. Not literally, but to think of her in the same manner, with the same kindness and fondness and respect.

"Ms. Spinnet," he bowed his head in greeting as he neared her, a fairly pleasant smile resting upon his lips. There was a beat, and then, "If no one else shows, bet we could play all the positions in our first match, just you and me." His tone was a little playful, just like the way he would talk to Chloe - just being a big brother, with the hopes to ease the tension he could already detect radiating from the captain. She looked like she could use some lighthearted conversation in her life. Or maybe that was just her face.

PatInTheHat · 01-06-2018, 12:52 PM

Today was going to be THE BEST DAY EVER so far at Hogwarts because it was TRYOUTS DAY, and Emma was READY. She had already told EVERYONE ( literally, everyone she came across) that she was going to be on her house team and she was SO pumped to actually make that happen. Tryouts started much sooner than she thought because she had wanted to speak with the captain first about her AND Abey being seekers on the team, but that was oooooookay. Maybe she would see them and their awesomeness, and just KNOW that they BOTH had to be seekers. It was a perfect plan to Emma since they shared a broom anyway so couldn't possibly be on the field at once anyway.

Speaking of brooms.... she had a school one. It was soooooo BORING and not at all like Abey's really cool custom broom, but she couldn't go without so the much less cooler broom was across her shoulders with both hands draped over it as she skipped to the field. And their CAPTAIN was there! She was so cool. Probably the coolest girl in their house because she got to be CAPTAIN of the QUIDDITCH TEAM. That was goals. She must have been super awesome at quidditch and was on one of those international kid teams. And her broom was probably a custom made one too. SIGH. Emma would ask her later when she mentioned that her and Abey should both be on the team.

"Hi, Callum!" The coolest BOY in the whole school ever and her most favorite besides her OWN brothers. She was positively beaming when she reached his side, and had to look up just to see him properly (after she made HUGS happen) as he towered over her not yet 5' lithe figure. THEY were also going to be on the team together and it was gonna make his last year the best ever. "Isn't this the coolest thing ever???? I'm so excited. Hi, Captain!!" Emma gave the BIGGEST smile and wave to the coolest girl ever. Did she see that she was READY??? She was so ready.

oh its Erik ok · 01-06-2018, 01:40 PM

This was exciting Quidditch was BACK. It took long enough. Théo made his way there with his broom in hand with a skip in his step. See he was excited and well this time he could not make his normal entrance since this was important and all that stuff. He really should have come down with Abey but you know here Théo was anyway. "Hi Captain!" Whoa Callum was tall. Do you have to drink some magic potion to get that tall because Théo was 5'10 and still felt short to him.

It was a weird feeling.

And Emma was here also so this should be even more fun. Well once Abey was here and not being nervous like he usually is.

Théo just waited off to the side for everything to start

dansgurl · 01-06-2018, 02:17 PM

QUIDDITCH ! ! ! ! !

The moment she'd seen the notice in the Common Room, Amara knew she HAD to come try out. Even Zoryn had thought she HAD to. And Amara liked her Captain. Captains are always right!

She made her way happily towards the Quidditch pitch, she saw that a few others were already there, gearing up for some Quidditch action. Amara was super excited. She'd loved flying with her cousins and being able to do it for team was just something else! She spotted Zoryn at the front, being sports-y and serious. She called out, waving at her fellow Lion.

"AHOY CAPTAIN!"

Walk walk, UHHHH, she was super excited to be walking and made a sprint towards the small group of Gryffindors.

Felixir · 01-06-2018, 05:54 PM

Excuse you Tayobore. Abraham Botros Jr. was not usually nervous, thank you VERY much.

He was usually anxious. TOTALLY different thing.

And, as it happened, he was also in attendance. Because of course he was. Because Quidditch.

Abra strolled onto the pitch, his broom slung across his shoulders and behind his head, both hands hooked over it, almost giving the impression that he had been put in a portable set of old-timey stocks. His eyes were on those already assembled as he approached them, and of course the glint of Zoryn's badge was enough to spark off some feelings that he had definitely already decided he was done with.

Jealousy was natural, he tried to remind himself. It wasn't his fault that he felt it, as long as he didn't act like it and as long as he didn't let it persist unchecked. Zoryn was a friend too, after all, and it wasn't like he particularly wanted to be captain, not when you thought about all the attention and responsibility and the unofficial charisma requirement that came with it. He also didn't think that he didn't think she shouldn't have the position, because she should. It made sense. She was great at flying and also much more of a presence and personality than he was, and a bunch of other things too. It was just a knee-jerk reaction, he supposed, just like what he had felt when Derf told him about being made prefect. Even when you don't want a thing like that, a part of you still sort of does.

Abra was old enough by now to know better than to make these feelings publicly known, and it wasn't like they were particularly strong feelings anyway. He was thrilled for Zoryn despite the initial pang of hurt feelings and, more than anything, he was eager to get a chance to try and make it onto the Gryffindor team now that Quidditch was finally back.

Before he reached the gathered group, Abra removed his broom from his shoulders and instead held it in hand like usual, and took stock of who was already there. Captain Zoryn, Emma and Tayobore (who were, of course, his friends), the Kettleburn boy he didn't know all that well, and a first year he didn't know at all.

"Hey," was Abra's greeting to the group in general as he fell in beside Théo, giving him a nudge in the ribs as his own personal greeting. "Couldn't have waited even five minutes?" Gryffindors, honestly.

Shanners · 01-07-2018, 10:01 AM

Beau was extremely excited for today. The fact that making the team this year wouldn't have the added struggle of having to face his older sister in a match was GREAT. And ANYONE would have been able to see the spring in his step from TWELVE whole gigantic miles away. There had been a battle to get him to sleep the previous three nights and he had literally eaten his whole weight in toast and breakfast muffins.

He had tried to keep up with Emmmmmma on the walk down here, but instead lagged behind so he wasn't the FIRST person to arrive...because he wasn't THAT desperate. On the outside. On the inside he was SCREAMING to be part of the team. ANY POSITION.

He would even hold their COATS if he had to.

SUCH TEAM PLAYER. YAS.

Hands in his pockets, Beau-ey strollllled up to the growing group of Gryffindor students and stood as CLOSE as he could get to their CAPTAIN!!!!! "Hiiiiiiiiiiii Captain, hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii." This is Beau Montague speaking, and yes it was NICE to meet him PROFESSIONALLY.

Was he going to have to pull the Mum card at some point??

*Kolyander* · 01-07-2018, 02:26 PM

Quidditch tryouts.

Rylee had know about them since the parchment had been hung up on the noticeboard in the common room. She had known she was going to be trying out from the very second she had spotted the Quidditch Captain at the start of term feast. Captain Zoryn had been so nice to her at the feast and she had an energy that matched Rylee's own.

Making her way onto the pitch, a school broom in her hand, which wasn't at all fair because it wasn't HER broom she could already see several others gathering together. Rylee could fly. She knew all the game rules. She had played the game loads of times for fun with her family and she had even attended camp when she was little. The first year was super pumped up and super ready to give it her all. All that mattered was if this broom in her hand would do her any good. Really she should have been allowed to bring her own.

"Captain, Zoryn! Hi!," she beamed brightly waving her hand at the older girl as she joined everyone else. Rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet she flexed her fingers around the broom. Would they be starting soon? She sure hoped so!

ArianaBlack · 01-07-2018, 05:19 PM

SPOILER!!: replies because she's making me do them this way

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Originally Posted by Rey

Callum arrived promptly, his well-polished but well-loved (read: worn) broom over his shoulder. Although he had not anticipated trying out for Quidditch this term, here he was, in all his 6'3" glory. He knew who their captain was - who wouldn't know Zoryn Spinnet? Surely she had already made her impression on even the first years - and was not in the least bit bothered that she was only a fourth year. Zoryn was the same year as his sister, Chloe, who he had recently started to see as a young woman as opposed to his kid sister. She wasn't a kid anymore, and neither was Zoryn. Short, maybe, and overall awfully small compared to him, but it wasn't difficult for Callum to look at the Gryffindor captain and see his sister. Not literally, but to think of her in the same manner, with the same kindness and fondness and respect.

"Ms. Spinnet," he bowed his head in greeting as he neared her, a fairly pleasant smile resting upon his lips. There was a beat, and then, "If no one else shows, bet we could play all the positions in our first match, just you and me." His tone was a little playful, just like the way he would talk to Chloe - just being a big brother, with the hopes to ease the tension he could already detect radiating from the captain. She looked like she could use some lighthearted conversation in her life. Or maybe that was just her face.

Zoryn was starting to feel somewhat tense, which was strange. Is this what........... feeling??? Nervous??? Was??? Like??? Hello?????? If yes, then Zoryn didn't like it and she wanted a redo. But unfortunately that wouldn't be possible, as she could already see someone approaching. Rats!

"Hi Callum," Zoryn recognized the quiet, older kid from her house (well, obviously) and dude, he was SOOOO tall. She appreciated his words though because obviously he was trying to be funny, and they did make her smile. "Might be a good strategy, we could throw Slytherin a good curve ball!" Of course, she wasn't being serious either. There was no way Zoryn Spinnet would allow Gryfifndor to go into a match against Slytherin with only two players. They were the team to beat this term (and not just cause of her personal biases--or maybe only because of them, ahem).

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Originally Posted by PatInTheHat

"Hi, Callum!" The coolest BOY in the whole school ever and her most favorite besides her OWN brothers. She was positively beaming when she reached his side, and had to look up just to see him properly (after she made HUGS happen) as he towered over her not yet 5' lithe figure. THEY were also going to be on the team together and it was gonna make his last year the best ever. "Isn't this the coolest thing ever???? I'm so excited. Hi, Captain!!" Emma gave the BIGGEST smile and wave to the coolest girl ever. Did she see that she was READY??? She was so ready.

The next Gryffindor to arrive was not-so-tall, but very spunky. Emma Dakest was excited and tbh, it was mega appreciated. Zoryn gave her a wave as she made her way closer to where Zor was currently standing with Callum Kettleburn. "Hey, Emma!" The older Gryffindor was already starting to feel much more like herself and much less like.... that nervous thing.

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Originally Posted by oh its Erik ok

This was exciting Quidditch was BACK. It took long enough. Théo made his way there with his broom in hand with a skip in his step. See he was excited and well this time he could not make his normal entrance since this was important and all that stuff. He really should have come down with Abey but you know here Théo was anyway. "Hi Captain!" Whoa Callum was tall. Do you have to drink some magic potion to get that tall because Théo was 5'10 and still felt short to him.

It was a weird feeling.

And Emma was here also so this should be even more fun. Well once Abey was here and not being nervous like he usually is.

Théo just waited off to the side for everything to start

Especially because the next to arrive was one of her all time best friends. "ThéooOOOoooOOO," she smiled SO big at him. Okay, back to normal Zoryn. Things were gonna go GREAT she could feel 'em in her bones now. There were a couple of people here, which meant that Callum and Zoryn wouldn't have to make up the entirety of the team, and those who came looked happy to be here. SO, all good things, right? Right.

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Originally Posted by dansgurl

QUIDDITCH ! ! ! ! !

The moment she'd seen the notice in the Common Room, Amara knew she HAD to come try out. Even Zoryn had thought she HAD to. And Amara liked her Captain. Captains are always right!

She made her way happily towards the Quidditch pitch, she saw that a few others were already there, gearing up for some Quidditch action. Amara was super excited. She'd loved flying with her cousins and being able to do it for team was just something else! She spotted Zoryn at the front, being sports-y and serious. She called out, waving at her fellow Lion.

"AHOY CAPTAIN!"

Walk walk, UHHHH, she was super excited to be walking and made a sprint towards the small group of Gryffindors.

Ah, this one was somewhat a surprise? Zoryn didn't know how many firsties would come to tryout, but she was grateful nevertheless. Y'know, this way she could train 'em from the get-go. They'd be a really cool super, secret weapon! "Yo!" Zoryn looked down to her clipboard and made a couple of quick marks on her parchment in order to make sure she had all of their names jotted down for later.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

"Hey," was Abra's greeting to the group in general as he fell in beside Théo, giving him a nudge in the ribs as his own personal greeting. "Couldn't have waited even five minutes?" Gryffindors, honestly.

Abey trying out was no surprise either. She knew how good he was at Quidditch and Zoryn was looking forward to having him on the team, mhm. She smiled at him as she watched him join their crowed, then again went to scribble his name on her clipboard. She wasn't sure what the others were trying out for, excluding Théo, but she was pretty sure Abey played seeker. Which was good, 'cause they needed one of those.

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Originally Posted by Shanners

He had tried to keep up with Emmmmmma on the walk down here, but instead lagged behind so he wasn't the FIRST person to arrive...because he wasn't THAT desperate. On the outside. On the inside he was SCREAMING to be part of the team. ANY POSITION.

He would even hold their COATS if he had to.

SUCH TEAM PLAYER. YAS.

Hands in his pockets, Beau-ey strollllled up to the growing group of Gryffindor students and stood as CLOSE as he could get to their CAPTAIN!!!!! "Hiiiiiiiiiiii Captain, hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii." This is Beau Montague speaking, and yes it was NICE to meet him PROFESSIONALLY.

Was he going to have to pull the Mum card at some point??

Y'know the best part of running these tryouts? The fact that she was basically already friends with everyone who showed up. Sure there were a few that she didn't know as well as the others, but for the most part... They were ALL friends. And not only that, but some of them were accomplices. Like Beau here. That's right, she wouldn't forget his heroic stand last term. He definitely deserved to be on the team just for that. Hopefully he was good at Quidditch. "Beau, nice!" This was already shaping up to be a GREAT team and they hadn't even started doing anything yet!

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Originally Posted by Kolyander

Quidditch tryouts.

Rylee had know about them since the parchment had been hung up on the noticeboard in the common room. She had known she was going to be trying out from the very second she had spotted the Quidditch Captain at the start of term feast. Captain Zoryn had been so nice to her at the feast and she had an energy that matched Rylee's own.

Making her way onto the pitch, a school broom in her hand, which wasn't at all fair because it wasn't HER broom she could already see several others gathering together. Rylee could fly. She knew all the game rules. She had played the game loads of times for fun with her family and she had even attended camp when she was little. The first year was super pumped up and super ready to give it her all. All that mattered was if this broom in her hand would do her any good. Really she should have been allowed to bring her own.

"Captain, Zoryn! Hi!," she beamed brightly waving her hand at the older girl as she joined everyone else. Rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet she flexed her fingers around the broom. Would they be starting soon? She sure hoped so!

Annnnnnnnnnd another first year! Zoryn wasn't so surprised to see this one, especially the way her eyes lit up when she had asked Zoryn about her badge during the feast. Ah man, first years were awesome. So excitable. So loud. So Zoryn's cup of tea. "Hey, hey, hey!!" she grinned at the girl before checking her watch one more time and deciding that they ought to get started now before it got too dark.

Okay, Zoryn was definitely feeling all sorts of excited? Anxious? Anxcited? Yes, precisely that. Her internal feelings aside, she was definitely portraying a TOTALLY unfazed exterior. She let her serious game face fall, as she took a couple of steps in order to center herself amongst the crowd of Gryffindors that had eagerly gathered ‘round. “YooooOOOooooOOOOoo, welcome to Gryffindor Quidditch Tryouts! If you’re in the wrong place you should probably leave now," There weren't any of those right? "I promise we’ll only laugh at you a little,” that was a joke and people should laugh at it, okay? ANYWAYS, they were trying out for the best team, did they know? “If you don’t know me, you should make sure you never make that mistake ever again ‘cause I’m Zoryn Spinnet and I’m your Captain this term.” Though that wasn’t the main reason why they should commit the name to memory… One day when she became famous they’d all understand; in the meantime, however, that was much too long of a subject to explain. They were here for one reason and one reason only: Quidditch.

“We’re gonna crush Slytherin….. And the other teams and win the ENTIRE Quidditch Cup this year, so we need to have the most AWESOME, cohesive team EVER. Basically you’re here to show me what you’ve got today, so don’t be shy.” Did they understand that? It was important… especially the beating Slytherin part. She took a look around to make sure that heads were bobbing, before she continued. "I'm looking for 1 keeper, 1 beater, 3 chasers, 1 seeker, and 3 reserves. I'll be taking notes on my clipboard the entiiiiiiiiire time," they knew she was gonna be watching them, yeah? Yeah. Okay cool.

“I’ve got a some stations set up to test your skills, but first we’re gonna start off with some warm ups. If you didn’t stretch before you got here... first off, shame on you... but you’re lucky ‘cause I’ll start us off in some stretches. So spread out and make sure you've got room to move around,” They were SOOOO lucky that Zoryn was being so merciful. Mhm. She was soooooo nice.

“RIGHT ELBOW BEHIND THE HEAD,” she called out, angling her arm behind her head and pushing on her right elbow with her left hand. She counted out ten sounds before calling a “SWITCH,” indicating that everyone should switch to their left elbow behind their head. She followed this same procedure for various other stretches in order to loosen their arms, wrists, legs, ankles, back, y’know… and ~all that jazz~ before letting people stretch some more as they needed. "FYI: Coming around to mark down your top choice position," so they needed to tell her that.

OOC Note: Hihi again ~~~ look at all of you *___* y’all are incredible !! We’re starting with some STRETCHING, feel free to make them up. This is meant to be chiilllllllllll.

Here’s more info as promised:
1. To try out you have to post in here AND fill out this survey at some point (y’all have approx 2 weeks for this)
2. I’m going to be posting at a consistent pace (to help move things along), but you can ALWAYS play catch up as long as this thread remains open
3. I know it feels super structured right now with my posts coming in and moving along like a lesson, but once warm ups are over and they get into the real ACTIVITY it won't be like this anymore so please bare with me

As always, hmu with any questions you have and I'll post again in AT LEAST 24 hours. (probably more).

Steelsheen · 01-07-2018, 08:48 PM

Tenacius was busy, oh so busy. So busy that he had to double back because he forgot where he was supposed to be going and just knew he wasnt supposed to be going down this way.

But then, he heard Zoryn's voice echoing from the pitch. His Captain has AUTHORITAY! And so the Head Boy suddenly makes a detour for the greens. He could spare 5 minutes right? Could he finish the whole tryout thing in 5 minutes? If he showed Zoryn the picture of his toddler self strapped to a ceiling fan, laughing like a mad baby, as proof that he belongs in the air she's sure to put him in the roster right?

Or call him crazy, which for Quidditch, is actually an admirable trait innit?

Hellooooo Zoryn-wavey stretch 2, 3, 4....

Felixir · 01-07-2018, 11:22 PM

Stretching. Yes.

Naturallly it was the norm before a tryout or a practice session or a game, or before any sort of sport or... exertion. Warming up in general was, too, but Abra considered the walk to the pitch from Gryffindor tower to be a perfectly sufficient warm up in and of itself. But yes, stretching. He had sort of guessed that they'd be going through stretches before the tryouts really got underway, and for that reason he'd held off until then. Didn't want to get over-stretched, you know?

... And perhaps it was partly that he was actually a little bit lazy, and preferred to fall in when everyone else got started, rather than spend extra time doing the same thing.

...... And also just a little bit to do with not wanting to do something that nobody else in the group was doing yet. Perhaps. Merlin. Get off his case.

Abra switched his broom into his left hand and, after moving back a few steps into an area with plenty of space, he held it horizontally by his side. He gave the 'Up!' command while holding it there and let it go, which left the broom suspended, eerily still, in the air beside him. The reason for this? He just didn't want to put it on the floor; that broom was a prized possession, custom-made and also full of sentimental value, and he wanted it literally by his side and away from potential clumsy feet (including his own) if he could help it.

Then the stretching began. Both hands free now, Abra did exactly as Zoryn had instructed, stretching his right arm back behind him with his elbow directly behind his head, and pushing said elbow gently but firmly so that his right hand reached a touch further down his back and his triceps were carefully stretched. After a ten-count, he switched arms, and it was around about that time that it became his turn to tell Zoryn the position he was trying out for. He cleared his throat, and said in a low voice, "Seeker." All the while, though he didn't look at Emma, he was silently willing her not to ask the thing he knew she wanted to ask when Zoryn reached her, because then everyone would hear and stare and Abra wasn't entirely sure he could deal with it.

Trying VERY HARD not to think about that, Abra continued stretching. He moved on to holding each arm, one at a time, across his chest and working on his shoulders. Then his legs, leaning and pulling up the toes on each foot, and then standing up straight and pulling the ankle of one foot up behind him, and then the other.

And then it occurred to him, as it did every other time he had ever gone through this rigmarole ever in his life ever, that this part of Quidditch was easily the most boring. While he worked on stretching out his back and torso with various twists, turns, and leans, Abra looked longingly towards the sky.

He was not a patient person.

oh its Erik ok · 01-08-2018, 02:50 AM

Théo shook his head. Nope, he could not even wait 5 minutes. He wanted to get down here as fast as he could and well everyone else disappeared from his mind when he made his way down here.

"Sorry, but this is exciting"

He had tryouts before and his biggest one yet the past summer for a team even bigger than this but he was still excited. Anyway, no time Captain Zoryn was talking and Merlin that was a good speech straight and to the point and Théo did not even get bored listening. The true marks of a good speech.

He started stretching right elbow behind his head.

1.....2......3........4........5

And he switched. Doing the exact same thing. Oh right she was goign to come around and ask for what position they wanted. Well he knew what position Abey wanted and it was rightfully his plus Théo did not care much for seeker anymore and Chaser was a lot more fun for his training and playing.

Who knew.

"Chaser, Captain"

Could they go ahead and begin other stretches or did he have to wait for Zoryn because he was ready to move on since really he need no directions but this was tryouts after all.

He would just wait for Captain.

laurange · 01-08-2018, 03:06 PM

The first thought Faith had this morning was WHY DIDN'T ZORYN WAKE HER UP. If she had the audacity to hog all the blankets last night, it was unfair of her to forget that the blonde had every intention of making it to tryouts. Even if it meant going early. Even though early was not a concept Faith was proud of. But she would have done it for Zoryn - FOR LOVE.

Scrambling everywhere in her haste to make it to the pitch before everyone got in the air, Faith had barely made it out the courtyard with her broom under her armpit when she heard the counting of stretches. AND SHE HADN'T EVEN TIED HER HAIR YET. She ran. Joining the rest of the group, she gave Zoryn a mildly affronted look. "You forgot to wake me up." Except the frown promptly dissolved into an easy expression - the quidditch pitch was like a second home to her.

And on that note, she'd tie her hair up. As well as join in the stretching, continuing with the body parts that she had missed even after Zor stopped counting and began going around with the clipboard. She gave her bestest friend a bright smile over her shoulder as she pushed her elbow over in a stretch and counted under her breath. "One, two, keeper, four, five, but you knew that, eight, nine ten."

Shanners · 01-08-2018, 08:31 PM

Waaaaaaaaas it obvious that Beau was excited yet? Maybe it was the bouncing... Maybe it was the clicking of his tongue... Perhaps, only a small perhaps, it was the clapping of his hands behind his back... NOISE. He was making an amount of noise that could quite possibly draw attention to him whilst Captain Zoryn was talking. Uh. oOoOoOOOOOooops. SHE LOVED HIM THOUGH, OKAY?! He saved her bottom from Professor MEAN last year.

Instead of following the proper stretches, Beau lay down on the floor and held his arms and legs up in the air. "Ommmmmmmmm." See. Stretching. Calming. Soothing.

AND NOW FOR THE BICYCLE LEGZZZZ. GO GO GO.

BEAU GO GO.

"FaST FAST FASSSsssSsSssssT!!>">!<>!!!"

"Sloowoowowowowwwwwwww slooooooooooooooooooOoOoOOooow SLooOOoooooEWWW"

wAI T. Positions?! Beau shot to sit up, hand waving in the air as Captain Zoryn was walking around. "I want ke--" Keeper?! Did sOMEONE else just say they wanted keeper?! NO. NOT AT ALL. NOT HAPPENING. BEAU MONTAGUE WAS DESTINED TO BE A KEEPER SO HE WASN'T A BEATER LIKE HIS WHOLE FAMILY.

NO.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO.

"Keeper would be //EXCELLENT//, Captain Zoryn. You're SO talented, you know? SO TALENTED." Oh yes, he would use charm when he needed to. "But I suppose chaser wouldn't be awful." Oh yes iT WOULD.

With an overly DRAMATIC sigh, he flopped back onto the ground and went back to bicycle legs. Fasssssssssssssssssssssssssst. Sloooooooooooooooooooooooow.

PatInTheHat · 01-09-2018, 01:15 AM

Emma had been WONDERING where some people had been. Namely her practically dorm-mate BEAU THE FANTASTIC. They had stayed up allllllll night until they went to sleep preparing for these tryouts, but some how she had LOST him in the morning when she came down here. It must have been because she was SO fast, she must have ran past him or ran before he could even wake up. That had to be it. She waved at him excitedly. His wave was put together with Abey's cause he was going to be her PARTNER in this. Seekers UNITED.

AND LOOK Theo was here too. This was going to be the BEST team ever because all her friends in her house were going to be on it with her, she just KNEW it.

Emma was about to launch into multiple conversations with all of her friends at once until their super cool captain started to speak soooooo she gave her all the attention she could, doing her BEST to stand still and not be TOO excited (even though that was like, REALLY hard - her speech was SO inspiring). The stretching gave her excuse to start moving her limbs around all silly-like, shaking out the rigidness before she got to the stretching that her soon to be captain was doing. She had HEARD exactly how many people she was looking for in each position and it REMINDED Emma again of what she had wanted to ask before but never got to 'cause she forgot or whatever. Now was good to ask, right???? She had looked over at Abey but he wasn't LOOKING at her so she was just gonna ask anywaaaay.

"Zoryn! Captain! CAPTAIN Zoryn." My captain. Teehee. What was she doing?? OH. "I'm gonna be seeker. It's the only position I want." So she HAD to get that very one. But. "BUT I can only have it with Abey cause we're like THIS." Emma released herself from an impossible stretching position to cross her fingers together for her captain to see. "We're like, ONE. I know you said you want just one seeker, but since we ARE one, maybe you can take both of us?" Her brown eyes were big and positively full of hope. She picked back up her stretch so the captain could keep walking around but like, THINK about it captain, okay??? Okay.

Govoni · 01-09-2018, 09:37 AM

G R Y F F I N D O R. Q U I D D I T C H.

Yes, and thank.

Ahem, it was true Olivia Lynn Phillips hadn't fallen in with the U17 crowd, or those with leagues of official match experience, but one thing was absolutely certain: she could outfly every kid on this pitch (oozing the confidence, you see). And quidditch knowledge? The blonde had grown up surrounded by pro league players. All thanks to her father (STILL her biggest idol, if anyone were to ask). And what hadn't been learned while she was sneaking away from home to fly, she'd garnered from the numerous pick up games with her cousins and summer quidditch camps. The situation hadn't always been ideal growing up, but where there was a will, there was most definitely a way. And Olivia, for all her dramatic behaviors and ridiculousness, was a VERY determined younger woman.

....and most importantly, she was very impressed by Zoryn Spinnet. The Seventh Year knew the younger girl was going to be a really great Captain, and thought that if her father happened to come to any games, that he might be doubly impressed by her, as well. She was spirited and competitive, and really, what more could you ask for? Noooot to mention, there were a lot of talented kids on the pitch. The Botros boy, for instance was a league player, and the Montmorency boy had a brother that played with her da. Well, not like...on the same team....or anything, but in the pro league. Actually, a lot of these kiddies had that connection...

Keeping silent for the most part, as she wanted to make sure she didn't miss anything being said, Olivia got down to doing the warm-ups (which she'd already done kinda, because she did yoga every morning, but....probably not the same thing, right?)......Whatever, it didn't hurt to stretch again. Whilst thinking about what position might best suit her build and personal skill level, she flexed backwards, creating a bridge with her body. All the way back until her hands hit the grass, keeping her in the bridge stance. Counting slowly to herself, Liv waited until she hit two minutes before using her core strength to right herself once more. Noooow for lunges!

"Hello, Captain Spinnet." She chirped from her forward crouch. "I'd like to try for Chaser, if you don't mind." It had been her father's position, and Liv thought her speed would lend best to the passing game.

*Kolyander* · 01-09-2018, 02:27 PM

Rylee was listening. Mhmm. Yup, she totally was. She was trying SOOOO hard to remain still but it wasn't easy. The rocking back and forth on heels was the best to could come to remain still. Holding in her excitement never went well for her AND she was practically ALWAYS excited about something.

Exercising. Got it. This was easy. Ry exercised all the time. She put her left elbow behind her head and pushed on it with her right hand mentally counting out the seconds before switching arms. Next came toe touches and running in place. Arms being stretched up over her head as high up as she could reach (which wasn't all that high compared to some others around her).

Plopping her bottom down onto the grass she spread her feet apart as far as she could reaching for her right toes with her left hand and holding it there before switching hands to the other foot. A few more different stretches were done as she was running through all the warm-ups she normally did for dancing. Leaping back up onto her feet she beamed at Zoryn when her turn came around to say which position she wanted to play. "I'd really like a chance to play Seeker, Captain Zoryn, but it's okay if I don't get that spot." There could only be ONE Seeker after all. "I don't think I'd make a really good Beater though," she admitted. Sure she had a great amount of strength in her from dancing but that didn't require flying around on a broom super high up in the air and whacking Bludgers away from team mates with a bat. If Captain Zoryn thought she would make a good Beater though she would do it.

Rylee smiled brightly returning to rocking on her heels as she waited as patiently as possible for the next set of instructions.

ArianaBlack · 01-09-2018, 03:53 PM

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Scrambling everywhere in her haste to make it to the pitch before everyone got in the air, Faith had barely made it out the courtyard with her broom under her armpit when she heard the counting of stretches. AND SHE HADN'T EVEN TIED HER HAIR YET. She ran. Joining the rest of the group, she gave Zoryn a mildly affronted look. "You forgot to wake me up." Except the frown promptly dissolved into an easy expression - the quidditch pitch was like a second home to her.

Zoryn began scribbling on her clipboard, taking note of positions as they were told to her. When she got to Faith, she gave her a BIG smile. But also, had to whisper a heartfelt, "Sorry," to her best friend, who she had forgotten to wake up from her nap. Z was all sorts of asdfasdf before try outs and of course she had accidentally forgotten to do the most important thing. Fortunately, her best friend had made it and all was right in the world.

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"Keeper would be //EXCELLENT//, Captain Zoryn. You're SO talented, you know? SO TALENTED." Oh yes, he would use charm when he needed to. "But I suppose chaser wouldn't be awful." Oh yes iT WOULD.

Zoryn continued her rounds in asking for positions and she hadn't come to a full stop until she reached Beau, who had a little bit more to say than others. And what he said brought a HUUUUUGE smile to the Gryffindors face. OF course she didn't need anyone to tell her how talented she was (Zoryn already knew), BUT it was always nice to hear. Just sayin. "Thanks, Beau! Bet you've got loads of talent too!" Probably not AS talented, 'cause Z was like awesomesause ((((if she had to say so herself)))), but hopefully the kid would be good. 'Cause Zoryn wouldn't take bribes of flattery. Flattery wouldn't beat Slytherin, y'know? Though she'd have to find a way to keep him on the team even if he stunk. This is the kind of love one needs in the locker room before a match.

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"Zoryn! Captain! CAPTAIN Zoryn." My captain. Teehee. What was she doing?? OH. "I'm gonna be seeker. It's the only position I want." So she HAD to get that very one. But. "BUT I can only have it with Abey cause we're like THIS." Emma released herself from an impossible stretching position to cross her fingers together for her captain to see. "We're like, ONE. I know you said you want just one seeker, but since we ARE one, maybe you can take both of us?" Her brown eyes were big and positively full of hope. She picked back up her stretch so the captain could keep walking around but like, THINK about it captain, okay??? Okay.

It was funny how some people chose to capture the Fourth Year's attention. It wasn't like she was gonna skip them if they didn't flag her down, but.... It was kind of appreciated anyways. It made her feel much more important than she actually was. Zoryn smiled at Emma, deciding not to say anything until the third year was able to say what she needed to. Girl was super excited about something or another and tbh, it looked like she'd explode if she had to hold it in any longer..... Oh. Zoryn thought about it (I know, SHOCKER) before saying anything. But her eyes did LIGHT up after imagining the advantage behind having TWO whole seekers. They could just 'em out during the game so neither ever got tired !!!!! "I'll see what I can do!" She winked at Emma, trying to hide her own excitement over the plan. She was sure the Professors would let her do that.......... Right? Professor B was a reasonable man? Surely he'd see the necessity behind having TWO seekers on the team. Maybe? ~~unlikely~~.

***********

After arms, Zoryn moved on to legs; calling out stretches so that they could all get nice ’n loose before they took off into the sky. Really, she was being MEGA responsible here. ‘Cause if it were entirely up to what she wanted, they’d be in the air, like, yesterday. Zoryn hated this part. The stretching. It was SOOOOOooooOOOooo boring, but a necessary evil.

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnndddddd.....

Finally, she had made her way around to talk to every potential player and had a running list of their preferences, which meant they could actually get to the flying thing they were all here for. They were all here for that, yeah? So once again, she walked over to the center of the huddle and raised her voice to address the group. “LISTEN UP! Now that we’ve got all the boring stuff outta the way,” whaaaaaat, it was the truth! “I’ve got some stations, separated by position! Beaters grab a bat! You'll be on that side of the pitch! I’m gonna release some bludgers and you’ve gotta hit em at the moving targets,” Get it? Got it? Good.

“Chasers, there are a bunch of floating hoops stationed around the pitch leading up to the three goal hoops. You’ll take turns or work together, passing back and forth, to fly through the hoops with the quaffle and then take a shots at the goals at the end of the line.” She looked around to make sure they were following. “Which brings me to the keepers, you lot will take turns protecting the goal posts from the Chaser’s as they try to score.” Straight forward, yes?

And last, but certainly not least: “Seekers, I’ve also got floating hoops staggered around the course of the pitch for you all as well as some other floating and some moving obstacles up there. You’ll fly through the obstacle course and at some point I’m gonna release a few Snitches. When they make their appearance… Well, you know what to do,” it was their whole job, yeah?

All of this to say, there was one last thing she needed from them. “BUT before you can head to your respective parts of the field, you gotta fly some laps. Both to warm up, but also so I can see what you’ve got.” Made sense, yes? “Everyone’s flying FOUR laps, don’t cheat cause I’ll know,” that was true of the whole try out, okay? Cheaters did NOT belong on this team. Slytherin, maybe. But not here. “First and fourth lap take it easy, but lap 2 and 3 I wanna see SPEEEEEED!”

Yes? Yes. “I’ll be floating around taking notes!” The only time in her life when she'd be taking notes, actually. Cash her in Muggle Studies taking a nap, yo. ……….. “Okay, well, what the heck are you waiting for?!!?! Go!”

OOC: Here’s what you’ve got to do from this point on:

1. 4 laps around the pitch: Laps 1 &4 are warm up / cool down laps, respectively. Laps 2&3 aim for SPEED
2. I will outline the stations below. Feel free to have them complete the tasks on their own OR work with other member’s trying out for the same position (I tried to make it work both ways). Post as many times as you want for this!

Beaters: Grab a bat and hit bludgers at the MOVING targets (they will vary in movement speed, height, etc) ; Can also hit the bludger at each other like a back and forth partner work
Chasers: fly through the floating hoops leading up to the three goal hoops. Take turns (or work together) to fly with the quaffle and throw it into a goal post
Keepers: Protect the three goal hoops from the quaffles that are being thrown by the chasers
Seekers: Fly through the in air obstacle course, then when the snitch is released capture it

Note: It’ll help if you TITLE your post with the position you are trying out for (ex. Zoryn: BEATER) so that others can interact with you. Post as as much as you want and INTERACT with each other! You can ALWAYS catch up. We will be watching and reacting throughout too! You should have until around January 18th for all of this!

Felixir · 01-10-2018, 01:34 AM

Oh Merlin. But she was saying it. Emma was saying exactly the thing Abra had been hoping she would forget to say. Not that he believed for a minute that she would forget, but he'd hoped all the same. It wasn't that he didn't want to share the position with Emma, not at all. It sounded fun, really. It was just that he knew that it wasn't going to happen, because that wasn't how things worked.

Also, the question might draw ATTENTION to him, and might even make people think that he already assumed that he would be good enough to get on the team, and that it was this assumption that led to Emma's request. The thought that anyone might believe that of him sort of made Abra wish that the ground could just swallow him up. Hadn't there been a sinkhole or something out on this Quidditch pitch, years before he had even joined the school? Because now seemed like the right time for it to make a reappearance, and take him away. Please. Now.

Major overreactions to minor incidents aside, Abra was glad to hear that the tedium of stretching was over and that the time had come to get into the air.

Except, you know, there was more of the talking part. LUCKILY they didn't ALL have to remember ALL of those instructions given that they were split up according to position, otherwise he'd have instantly lost track of what was going on. Spoken instructions were not almost as difficult for Abra to follow as written ones.

Four laps, slow-fast-fast-slow, through the obstacle course, catch the snitch.

This he repeated to himself over and over, trying to get it to stick in his head and be less something he needed to remember, and more something he could just do. With an eager look in his eye, Abra took hold of the broom still hovering at his side and swung a leg over it in one fluid motion. With a grin in Zoran's direction - he couldn't help it, it may have been nerve-wracking but it was also exciting - he glanced around to make a mental note of where everyone was (in order to avoid a immediate post-take-off colision), and kicked off hard from the ground.

If nothing else, it was good to no longer be standing around in a group full of people and feeling their eyes on him even when their eyes were definitely not on him.

Abra shot into the air like a cork from a bottle, consciously reminding himself to take it easy for the first lap, though it really was so DIFFICULT to hold himself back where flying was involved. He took the broom up a little higher so that he wasn't at the same altitude as anyone else (again, for collision-avoidance reasons) and did his best to moderate his speed. Luckily, with everyone doing laps at once, it would be relatively easy to fall into pace with the others.

Ultimately, though, he was ready to GO FAST.

oh its Erik ok · 01-10-2018, 01:56 AM

Théo finished going through his streches ending on some leg stretches before Zoryn started talking like Captainy and such. You know the most amazing thing about all this was her instructions were crystal clear and not boring. Tho the thought of her taking notes made him chuckle in his head.

Right Right onto the instructions.

Practice Laps first. First and Fourth Lap he was supposed to take it easy and then go fast and look amazing doing it on laps 2 and 3.

Got it.

Simple

Now the instructions on Chaser were a bit more complicated but still easy. Floating Hoops. Got it. Take turns or pass with someone back and forth and fly through the hoop with the quaffle and then try and beat the Keeper which was always the most fun part. Uh wait was he suppose to grab the quaffle and get it in the air or was Zoryn going to pass it off to one of them once in the air. Oh well, he will worry about that once in the air and after the laps. Théo mounted his broom replaying the instructions in mind and kicked off into the air and started his first lap to warm up.

He wanted to show how fast he could go on the second and third.

*Kolyander* · 01-10-2018, 03:56 PM

Rylee had given up with rocking back and forth on her heels to bounce on the balls of her feet. It was much more relaxing to her and helped her focus on ALL that Captain Zoryn was saying. Which wasn't to much but enough that she didn't want to miss anything. If she messed up something it could cost her a chance on the team and that she didn't want.

All her attention was on Zoryn as instructions were given out.

Laps. Four of them. Slow. Fast. Fast. Slow.

Warm up. Give it her all. Than cool down. Just like dancing. Only... not. She got this. Flying was easy. After laps she was to fly through the air obstacle course and catch a snitch. ~~Hopefully.~~ She would!

"Up," Rylee commanded firmly holding her hand out over the broom she was using which was currently resting on the grass beside her feet. The broom rose to meet her hand which she wrapped around the smooth wood. It wasn't HER broom but it would have to do. Mounting the broom she kicked off and hovered for the briefest second to get a good feel for this broom and position her hands just so. Once she felt like she was ready she leaned forward ever so slightly flying upwards to join the others for laps, though keeping herself at a different level.

Lap one. Relaxed and calm. A lap to get the best feel of this broom. So far so good.

Felixir · 01-10-2018, 05:03 PM

Once he had a feel for the relaxed pace that seemed to be acceptable for the warm-up lap, it was a little easier to stick to it. Nevertheless, as Abra rounded one end of the pitch and started up the opposite length, he found that - subconsciously or whatever - he seemed to be urging his broom on a little faster, eager as he was to speed up.

"Stop it," he said firmly as though he was rebuking the broom, when really, deep down, he knew full well he was talking to himself. Patience was a virtue and all.

Sticking with the general body of the group of ~~tryouters~~ ~~tryer outers~~ airborne Gryffindors, Abra focused his attention on making sure his balance and his position on the broom was as perfect as he could get it. Keeping his mind on the slight shifting and minor adjustments of body, hands, and feet helped him to keep on top of his speed, and by the time he approached the other end of the pitch just a few moments later, he was ready for ACTION.

Around the hoops he flew, and finally, just ahead, was the exact point where he had reached the perimeter of the pitch a minute ago to start his laps, aka where the first lap would end, AKA WHERE HE COULD GO FAST. Without really meaning to, he urged his broom on so it picked up juuuust a little bit of speed juuuust a little bit early, but when he reached the exact point that his first lap ended, all bets were off.

There was nothing subtle in the way he picked up speed now. Abra leaned right forward, moving his hands a little further up the broom so that he could press himself as flat to it as possible, and therefore become streamlined and aerodynamic and, of course, fast. As for the rest of his body, he drew his knees and elbows in as tightly as he could, trying to picture and emulate, as his coach in Egypt had once suggested, the way an archer's arrow flies through the air. The blast of cold air as he shot forward was almost startling but easily overridden by the thrill of the flight. And actually, actually, the rush of air was good because it kept his hair blown back and out of his face. Visibility was important, or something.

In seconds he had reached the other end of the pitch again, and in the split second that he needed to turn, Abra pulled the handle of his broom to the left - i.e. the direction he wanted to fly to take himself around the hoops - and swung the tail end of his broom to the right, effectively drifting (like a muggle car, not that he'd be able to make the comparison) around the end of the pitch. It was imperative to stay pressed as close to his broom as possible in order to minimise air resistance, which was the biggest obstacle in turning like this, but Abra - since figuring out how to do it, which had actually happened by accident actually - had found it much more effective than simply steering his broom around the moderately narrow ends of a Quidditch pitch, especially when doing laps, and especially again when trying to go as fast as possible.

Honestly, the less he had to brake, the better.

The way he took the corner meant that, by the time he'd rounded the hoops using the drifting method, Abra's broom had turned a hundred and eighty degrees and was already right on course for the next length of the pitch, and because he never once let up with the speed, there was not a second's delay in his ahead to the opposite set of hoops. Mega quick (though relatively minor) adjustments were necessary in transitioning to the position he needed to be in to take the corner and the position for essentially going straight forwards, and though Abra was hardly an expert at this at the tender age of fourteen, he nevertheless did his best to execute these as fluidly as possible. Every flight was a learning experience, that was another tip from his coach.

At the other end of the pitch, as Abra encountered the second set of goal hoops, he employed his turning tactics just as he had before, and coming out of it smoothly enough for the next long stretch. As he completed his first fast lap (in almost half the time it had taken to do the warm-up lap) Abra smiled to himself (it was too cold to grin and expose his teeth, and also it might even take up too much of his concentration) and his heart raced in the best possible way.

More more more! He had a NEED for SPEED.

ArianaBlack · 01-11-2018, 05:48 AM

Zoryn hated this part. Well okay no, she loved this part. This was the FUN part. She just hated the note-taking aspect of it. There was a reason why she didn't take notes in class. Half due to the fact that Derf's notes were always much better, but also because transcribing was such a pain. It took SO much concentration to write things down and if she was writing how the heck was she supposed to be listening TOO? The Professor's asked way too much of them.

Which...... Would explain why she was kinda rusty when it came to noting down what was going on here. She wasn't surprised to see the kind of control that Abey had with his broom. The guy was like a flying prodigy, even Zoryn knew that. The expectations were high for this one and so far he wasn't disappointing!!

The bar was also set pretty high for Théo, 'cause she had seen him fly too and dude was really good. She was excited to see him in action !!! This was SOOOO exciting. Minus the part that she didn't get to participate 'cause that was not so exciting. Rylee was also doing really well, 'specially for an ickle first year. Zoryn was super hoping that she'd knock the try outs outta the water (and not just 'cause she thought Zoryn was a celebrity for being Captain) (definitely not 'cause of that).

Anyway, Zoryn looked down at her parchment and scribbled some notes (which only she would probably be able to decipher oops?). "Doing AWESOME, guys!!! Remember 2 and 3 are FAAST FAST FAAAAAST!"

itsjustjesse · 01-11-2018, 06:33 AM

Melbourne was excited, and stretching when she noticed Tenacius had arrived…ah this was fun – maybe things would be good yeah? Wait…right she had to say what she was going for ”um…beater,” she shrugged her shoulder and continued stretching out.

Now….there, she could do it.

Leaning more into the stretch she heard the commands.

”good luck everyone,” she cheered on and stood up carefully.

Bouncing on the balls of her feet she put her arm out stretching her hand over her broom and quietly commanded her broom to her hand.. With it in her grasp she let it over and climbed onto the broom before lifting off.. This felt nice, it felt right.. The slight breeze on her face, the way everything seemed to be just so right…summoning a bat to her hand she quickly tucked her wand away and adjusted the padding on her arms before taking off.

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