Beauxbatons Quidditch Practice

Fletcher didn't realise that the Snitch had been caught, twice, until she heard Elviras voice through the sky. She looked back across the pitch to see both seekers holding up a small golden ball, and she grinned widely at them. If they could catch them that fast in their real games they were sure to win every time. She congratulated them both, feeling as though she was part of a new family that might actually have the strength to win.
 
Theodore looked to Elvira for approval after having caught the snitch, but she didn't look as happy as he was hoping. Putting both hands back on his broom, he quietly made to start his search again, but had barely moved anywhere before Elvira too managed to catch the snitch in such a short space of time. He was still proud of himself, but he thought maybe the practice snitch was easier after all. He'd have to find out when he eventually played in a real match. The young seeker gave Elvira a thumbs up as she called out to him, feeling glad that she didn't seem as unhappy as before, with him particularly as he'd worried, and went back on his way to find the snitch. He didn't expect to catch it as quickly as he had again, but he was certainly going to try.
 
The Seekers were on fire today, with both Theodore and Elvira catching the snitch in an incredibly short span of time. Seemed like she wasn't going to let a kid upstage her after all. Brendan was incredibly proud to see their team doing so well, and he shot a smile toward Jessica. Humblebrag, but they'd really chosen well when it came to the new players, and he was confident in their future success, and that the team would keep going strong even after they both graduated. Taking possession of the quaffle as it was thrown back into play, Brendan flew back toward the opposing hoop, and returned to looking for an open chaser to pass to.
 
Jessica had only been in the air for what felt like a few minutes before so many things happened all at once. She'd seen how Fletcher had hit their Seeker on her first try and any hesitation she had about playing with her immediately went away. And even if the girl was sorry for hitting Elvira, Jess was proud of her for the hit. It sucked that the victims ended up being their own teammates, but as a Beater it was always best to practice their aim as well as the other players to practice trying to dodge the obstacles while playing. Jess was too focused on her fellow Beater's performance that she didn't notice Theodore had caught the snitch at first until the little boy shouted.

Jess looked around at both Elvira and Brendan, impressed and dumbfounded, but grinned in approval as she cheered him on. She did briefly wonder if the hit Elvira had taken might have prevented her from catching the snitch first, but either way at least she knew choosing Theodore had been a smart move. And in the next second, Elvira was shouting about catching the snitch too. This time Sica laughed and called out, "You guys didn't tamper with the Snitch did you?" but there was a triumphant grin on her face. All this time she was worried about a new team being a detriment to their success when really they might well be the reason for it. If this was how their practice was going so far, they were going to be a force to be reckoned with come game time. Jess felt happier than ever in that moment and motioned for the practice to start again, eager to see the rest of the team work hard as well.
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Theodore smiled at hearing Jessica' comment on tampering with the snitch. It certainly seemed like it could have been the case. Turning away, he continued his pursuit of the snitch, wherever it may have been. The golden glint was nowhere to be found now.
 
Elvira thought the whole thing was hilarious, especially because the practice now in theory had 310 points. At this rate, they may scare away the winning Hogwarts team if they ever heard about this. She grinned at Jessica. "Nah, we're just talented!" She shouted back at her before zooming off, in search of the snitch again. If she could catch it once, she could catch it again.
 
Cassi was still positioned at the hoops and witnessed the action in front of her. She smiled as both their seekers caught the snitch and their beaters made their mark. This had caused her to miss the goal made by Brendan. She winced, waiting for some reprimand from him but nothing came. All of them were focused on the second year catching the snitch. Cassi got the quaffle and tossed it back to Brendan to put it back in play.
 
Celine was focused on a stretch involving using one hand to pull the other arm across her chest when she saw the new alternate keeper approach her, and she smiled warmly in greeting. Upon hearing the other girl's words however she shook in her head in slight reassurance. "No of course not, don't think that. I was only an alternate last year myself, so I don't really feel any different." She switched to stretching the other arm. "We're in this together." She would have liked to have said more, but Jessica began the practice at that moment and so Cassi didn't get a chance to reply to any of what she'd said. Hopefully she'd taken something out of it though.

Celine listened to Jessica's instructions patiently, and then once directed to take off mounted her broom and streaked off towards the northern hoops. It was only once she got there that she realised Brendan had headed off in the opposite direction, and with nothing to do for a while she simply watched the rest of the team. Elvira was zooming about as she tended to do, and Celine winced as from her line of sight a Bludger came out of nowhere to hit her friend on the shoulder. She knew that felt like, and she hoped the hit had looked worse than it actually was. The other seeker seemed okay, considering Elvira had nearly run him over in her attempt to swerve, and Celine watched in amazement as the kid managed to catch the snitch! Maybe he was going to be a natural - although with Elvira around Celine wasn't ever really going to get a chance to see it in a real game... as her friend proved by then managing to also catch the snitch as well straight after. Despite all of the exciting action however, Celine did manage to catch sight of the successful goal being scored at the other end of the pitch, and readied herself in preparation for the chasers about to head her way.
 
Fletcher thought she saw a trace of her ball flying through the air, and hurriedly got back down to business and attempted to chase after it. She raised her bat as she got closer to it, but in her excitement she tried to hit it a little too early. Determined not to let that stop her, she focused on catching up to it as she glanced around the pitch. It would help for the third year to know where everyone on the field was at all times, as it only took a second to aim the bludger.
 
Maia hadn't noticed that the seekers had both caught the snitch until she heard people shouting beneath her. She'd been flying high to search for a bludger she could hit but there were none close to the fourth year. She smiled brightly at the two seekers and hoped that they could play this well against Hogwarts too - she could already imagine the look on the opposite team's faces if Elvira would catch the snitch this soon into the real match as well. Grinning, she accelerated to follow a bludger on the other side of the pitch, hoping she could hit someone soon too.
 
The practice had gotten off to an eventful start, and Elvira was soon over any annoyance she may have had towards Theodore. The boy being good was only good for the team, but Elvira still wanted to do better than him just a little. After all, she thought she could be sort of an example for him. If he was beating her already at age twelve, how could she teach him anything? She kept an eye out for the snitch, but didn't spot it anywhere.

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Before Brendan even had a chance to pass to one of the other chasers, with so much happening at once, and him trying to keep an eye on everyone, he suddenly found himself in the opposing scoring though. He looked for an opening and took advantage of it, watching the quaffle sail through. He was pleased to see he was doing well, but he couldn't help but frown. That was two for two, and he didn't think he was the most amazing chaser. Scoring goals was only good if it was against the enemy - which their own keepers weren't. They needed to really step up their game. "You aren't going easy on me, are you?" He asked, waiting for the quaffle to be throw back into play.
 
Theodore continued to keep his eyes peeled, for both snitch and bludger alike. After seeing Elvira hit by one earlier on in the game, he was afraid of the same thing happening to him. It looked painful, and heavy. He'd never been hit by one before in his life, and he wasn't looking to start now. Raising a hand to block the sun from his eyes, the youth kept up his search for the tiny golden ball.
 
Elvira noticed how Brendan scored again from the corner of her eye, wondering quietly if that was a good sign or not. They wanted their chasers to score, but also for their keepers to stop the attempts. That wasn't something to ponder now, though. She had to keep her eyes open for the snitch.
 
Jess was watching others in the air, making sure that everyone was getting into the swing of things so she wasn't really going after many bludgers, which was careless of her. Just because she was captain didn't mean she had to stop trying. She soon began focusing on searching for one of the heavy balls to hit, if only to knock it off course and not at a player, and came across one, but the tip of her bat barely hit it enough to only nudge it in a different direction, making little difference. She huffed and kept flying around, looking around to make sure none of her teammates were in any danger from another bludger at least.
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Theodore continued his search - with not much else to really do. There wasn't the same back and forth the chasers had, and while some of the other positions seemed a little more engaging, he knew his was the most important, even if a large portion of it was just flying in circles.
 
Elvira looked around for the snitch as she flew around, dodging her teammates so she wouldn't cause a collision. At one point she flew past Theodore and gave him a little wave before continuing her search. Sometimes the seeker position was a little bit dull, though the excitement of seeing the snitch and catching it more than made up for it.
 
It seemed rather hard to find a bludger she could aim towards one of her teammates but she continued her search, hoping one would find its way to her soon.
 
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Cheryl flew fast and took posession of the quaffle. She hold it tight, didn't want to drop it or anything. The blonde hadn't tried out for this position but she was happy with everything. Scoring goals seemed fun too. The blonde saw how the other chaser scored two times and hoped she would do as good too. Cheryl flew fast to the hoops on the other side and decided to try out. She saw an opportunity and scored! Cheryl smiled and felt confident at her first try.
 
Fletcher noticed that Jess was having about as much luck as she was at locating one of the bludgers, but the student cheered when one of their chasers manged to get a goal. Fletcher flew close to the youngest seeker, on the look out in case a bludger decided to go for him. She already felt bad it had hit the other seeker, and she didn't want the ball to go after another.
 
Celine watched as the co-captain streaked across the field towards her, and though she thought she had been in a good position to cover all three hoops, Brendan managed to get around her and score. Celine was a bit put out with herself, but practice was for the benefit of them all and not just her own skill. "I do not think so!" she called back cheerfully to the older boy, though she did feel slightly worried. "I guess when you make it back here we shall have to see!" Having retrieved the Quaffle she threw it back into the little crowd of chasers, surprised to see one of the alternates reach it first. Her speed was really something, because already she had scored and play was about to head back to her end of the pitch. Celine hoped she would do better this time.
 
Elvira barely paid attention to the chasers and keepers and where the quaffle was, but she did try to keep an eye on the bludgers. She zoomed past Celine and waved at her quickly before resuming her search for the snitch. She found it sort of difficult to focus, it felt like there was less pressure on her than in a real game, or even in a normal practice where the snitch hadn't been caught twice already.
 
Maia continued to search for bludgers to aim at people. She seriously wondered if one of her teammates had bewichted them so that they wouldn't come anywhere near her.
 
Fletcher knew she shouldn't get too hung up about whether or not she could hit a bludger, but she kept flying around the pitch a little way from the seeker, her eyes open just in case.
 
Elvira could tell the beaters were a little annoyed at the little success they were having, but she didn't mind. She could still feel the result of Fletcher's earlier success on her shoulder and she would be happy to avoid a repeat. She looked around for the snitch, frowning as she saw no sight of it. It seemed to be eluding them both again.
 
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