Dedicated Practicing

[Charlotte Owens]

The warm sun shone down on the Quidditch Pitch as Charlotte trudged her way towards it, her broom in one hand and a quaffle she had asked to borrow in the other. Upon recently making it onto the Slytherin Quidditch Team, Charlotte thought it would be a good idea to do a bit of training by herself in order to get a good impression on her team captain. She had barely gone up into the air in her first ever Quidditch game at Hogwarts and knew that the chances of that happening again were quite slim, despite their very good seeker. Charlotte was very proud of herself on making it onto the team and wasn't going to just waste her free time. She wanted to get really good at the sport and practicing by herself was probably a good start.

Laying her broom down on the grass at the edge of the pitch and the quaffle next to it, Charlotte began to stretch. Stretching was always good before getting on your broom and somehow Charlotte had found it very satisfying. After that she proceeded to do a few laps and could already feel the heat getting to her once she was done. She then ran back to her broom and mounted it. Clutching the quaffle tightly under her arm, she kicked off the ground and flew high up into the air, looking for potential targets. She threw the quaffle into one of the hoops and ended up getting it straight through. Smiling at herself she began to challenge herself and aimed the quaffle into the hoops at harder distances instead. She had loved Quidditch and thoroughly enjoyed herself as she repeatedly threw the quaffle, getting most of the shots in. Playing the sport had relieved her of all stress and therefore she was very excited for her next game where she would hopefully be scoring some very important goals.

 

[Teagan Riley]

Teagan had had enough of mopping around at the dormitory, all she did was go to breakfast, lessons, dinner and sleep. The routine was getting old and her grandfather had been dead for a week now. So, when she has a chance to soak up the sunshine, Teagan did so and decided to sit around on the bleacher at the Quidditch Pitch because sometimes there are teams who practice and watching team is kind of fun.

Dress on her spring blue dress and high heels, she went toward the Quidditch Pitch, stopping when someone ask about her clothes. Teagan spotted someone flying around the pitch already and thinking how could someone ride a broom like that, she can't even ride a horse like that. She rolled her eyes and went to sat at the Ravenclaw bleachers, the Ravenclaw never watched any single Quidditch game because of how monstrous the game was. At least that's how her mother told her.

Leaning on her seat and putting her sunglasses on, Teagan sigh in relief and in the sun's warm heat. Is as if all her problems had vanished and was replaced by calm atmosphere.

 

[Alana Finch]

Thinking that it would be a good idea to get some laps in, Alana mounted her broom as soon as she hit the grass. She flew around slowly, circling the pitch. There were a few people in the stands, but one stood out like a sore thumb. A girl dressed like she was going to a party. There was no way she had a shred of interest in quidditch. Alana figured she probably had a crush on a player and was hoping to see him. Alana chuckled to herself as she continued.

Nearing one of the hoops, Alana spotted a teammate. She didn't know her well, but they were teammates and Alana had no reason to be unfriendly. "Hey. Want to test yourself against a Keeper?" she offered as she flew closer.

I hope it is ok that I joined.

 

[Diane Winters]

Diane was sick of her lessons and the constant studying it seemed to take just to keep up with her class load, and she was only a first year. It didn't bode well for the girls future if she was already struggling. The one shining light for the girl was quidditch. She still marvelled at the fact she was on the team even as an alternate as a first year. It was strange though that she was on the team but still wasn't allowed her own broom because of the school rules. It wasn't much a problem while she was an alternate but Diane knew when the time came for her to step up to to the regular line up she would have her broom and out fly everyone.

On a quiet morning when she had reached a point where she could see over her homework pile Diane decided to head down to the quidditch pitch to get some practice time in. If she wanted to outfly the competition at next years tryouts then she needed to start now. When the first year arrived at the quidditch pitch she was disappointed to see that there was already prople there. A girl in the stands who looked dressed for a party. Diane thought she looked ridiculous. There was also two girls up by the hoops and even from the ground sje recognised them as team mates. Diane grabbed her school broom and flew up to the hoops towards the two. Happy smiley face. "Hey there, mind if I join?" It seemed polite to askl even though she had no intention of taking no for an answer.

 

[Charlotte Owens]

Charlotte felt the cool air rush through her hair as she sat on her broom, trying her best to aim at the hoop across almost the whole field. She had been doing a pretty good job so far and was quite proud of herself. It wasn't until she noticed someone in the stands that seemed rather odd that she had stopped in her tracks. She was dressed like she was on her way to a formal event and didn't look at all like she should be at the Quidditch Pitch, so what was she doing here watching her? Better yet, the keeper from her team had showed up and wanted to practice with her as well as one of the alternate chasers. Her stomach flipped. Why couldn't she just practice by herself? Nonetheless, Charlotte smiled at the both of them. "Yeah, that's a great idea!" she exclaimed, not really meaning what she said. In fact, she didn't at all want their company at the moment and was perfectly fine practicing by herself, but she accepted the offer anyway. Besides, the more the merrier, right?

"Hey, do you know what that girl is doing down there?" Charlotte asked the both of them quietly in case someone heard her, gesturing to the girl sitting at the stands as she held the quaffle in her hand. It seemed very unusual for someone like her to be watching quidditch and she was very curious as to why she was there. Perhaps one of them knew her? Whatever it was, Charlotte tried to ignore it as she threw the quaffle at the hoops again, this time with a keeper in the way. She hadn't officially played a proper game of quidditch yet at Hogwarts and so hopefully having two new people to practice with was going to be fun.

 

[Alana Finch]

Alana didn't remember the name of the other girl who came up beside them, but she recognized her from the team and smiled. This would be fun and she knew she could use the extra practice. Their next game was coming up soon. It wasn't until after she had saved the quaffle from entering the hoop that the Slytherin answered her teammates question. Shaking her head, the blonde's ponytail whipped back and forth furiously. "No, but she looks absolutely ridiculous" Alana stated, not bothering to keep her voice down. She didn't really care if the girl heard. She was only speaking the truth. She threw the quaffle back towards the girls.

 

[Teagan Riley]

Teagan was minding her own business, soaking the sun up when she noticed another girl came riding her broom and she also looks like older and then another one who she recognize from her classes. Specially Flying. Like other people who minds their own business, Teagan was the same except when the older girl said something about her. The Ravenclaw lowered her sunglasses up to her nose and narrowed her eyes toward the older girl.

Who does she think she is? Thought Teagan but she also have to calm her nerves or she'll get in trouble which the news will directly go to her father. The young Ravenclaw just rolled her eyes, put back her sunglasses on and leaned against her sit. If she just avoided them, Teagan will be in good hands.