Recent content by Hinemoa Josephs

Hinemoa knew she wouldn't be playing in today's match unless things went very wrong, but it didn't do anything to dampen her excitement. Just being a member of a team playing in the championship match was a huge thrill, and she grinned brightly when she looked up to the stands and saw her mum...

Hinemoa thought she caught a glimpse of gold and wove towards it, but it was just light reflecting off a hoop.

Doing her best not to let disappointment get the best of her, Hinemoa focused all her attention on searching for the snitch, weaving through hoops as she looked.

Hinemoa was still buzzing off the high of her team winning their first game. Her first year playing Quidditch, and her team were finalists for the championship. Sure, she hadn't had any part of making that happen, but it was still exciting. At the same time, it only made her own performance...

Hinemoa knew she likely wouldn't be playing today, and she couldn't help quiet relief at the thought. Practice had been a complete disaster, and she didn't want to humiliate herself and let the team down. She stayed uncharacteristically quiet as the team gathered, listening to Lucy solemnly...

Hinemoa thought she had done a pretty good job of dodging the rest of her teammates, so she jumped at the sound of Lilith's voice, scrambling to stop herself crying. She hated it, hated that Lilith had noticed so clearly how badly she had failed, how hard she was taking it. It hurt, and she...

Hinemoa hadn't let herself cry the whole time she was in the air. Even when the rain hit and froze her to the bone she had kept it together, kept her head held high. She wasn't going to cry in front of her teammates at their first practice, she couldn't let them see her as weak before they had...

Hinemoa flew a little lower and tried to pull back her tears and get herself together. She couldn't find the snitch with tears in her goggles.

Hinemoa flew lower again, this time to hide herself a bit from her fellow players, embarrassed by her ongoing failure.

Hinemoa barely had time to prepare but she threw up a quick grin and peace sign as Fiona raised the camera, posing for the picture as best as she could with such little prep time. She rolled her eyes once the photo was taken, shaking her head. "You're plenty of fun! I just run around more...

Hinemoa knew it should help, but Lilith's encouragement only drove her humiliation deeper. She had been playing her whole life, she had literally trained with the head of the whole Quidditch league, but somehow she was completely choking when her chance came to play on a real team? It was...

Hinemoa knew she should be happy Lilith was having so much success, but she only felt more defeated than ever as she flew on, head hung low.

Hinemoa didn't really think she could get any more depressed at this point. She had daydreamed for so long about what it would be like when she finally made it onto the quidditch team, and here she was, completely failing to even spot the snitch.

Hinemoa tried not to give up as she carried on the search. It felt hopeless, and she was already dreading having to go back to the tower and tell her mum that she hadn't caught a single snitch in her first practice.

Hinemoa pulled her broom up a little higher again, not having any luck searching down low.