Hufflepuff Quidditch Try Outs

[Patricia Styx]

It was finally the weekend adn while the rest of the school were getting caught up on some extra sleep that they missed out on during the week the certain Head Girl was up bright and early, ready to get a start on the day. After her shower and an early breakfast Patricia went back up to her dorm room and got ready in the appropriate attire for the day. When she had arrived back at the school she had gotten a notice up in the Hufflepuff Common Room bulletin board that the Quidditch try outs would be happening this weekend. Patricia, as the new Captain of the Hufflepuff Team wanted to get an early start on getting the team ready this year. She knew it was going to be hard to do this with a lot of the players, like Stephen and Violet, having graduated. Grabbing her journal, a muggle pen, her beaters bat and her broom, she made her way down to the empty Quidditch Pitch. Setting her things near or on the benches she went over to the supply closet and got out the box which contained her quaffle, snitch and bludgers – essential things needed for any Quidditch try out session. She took a seat on the benches and started to write in her journal, ticking off things in her to-do list. Today was going to be hard for her. She had never ran a Quidditch Try Out before and while there was always a first time for everything Patricia soon found out that this year she was doing a lot of firsts. While all these new responsibilities made her nervous because her fear of failing was one that just wouldn’t go away she couldn’t help but be excited for all of it. Being Head Girl and Quidditch Captain was indeed a lot of responsibility but Patricia was ready to embrace it all and tackle anything that came her way head on.

Out of Character:

So just RP arriving and telling me what position you are trying out for. Also, only open to 2nd years and up, sorry first years!

 

[Riley Mauven]

Riley arrived at the pitch bright and early, she had reminded herself that morning that whatever was going on in her life right now, Quidditch was always the best way to destract her. After being selected as seeker for the team last year, she had no doubt in her mind that she would try out for that position again this year. So that morning she pulled on her Quidditch sweater and grabbed her Sienna Storm before running down to the pitch and pulling her honey colored hair into a ponytail. Riley smiled at Patricia as she slowed her running speed and walked towards the head girl and new captain of the team. She remembered Patricia being at the tryouts last year and was pleased when she became captain and head girl. "Hey Patricia" the sixteen year old said, wondering if she should act differently towards the hufflepuff with her new position in the school, but instead she smiled back at the older girl. "I'll be trying out for Seeker again" she informed the young woman as she placed her duffel bag and broom down on the ground and pulled on her sweater, awaiting the arrival of her fellow team members.

 

[Sam Prince]

The day of the Quidditch Try-Outs was always a date that stuck in Sam's head even though he often lost track of the days in the week or dates in the month, however when it was for Quidditch, he always remembered. And so, Sam took his polished but worn, Emerald Streak from its spot under his bed and began to make his way down to the Quidditch Pitch. Every year, that he tried out for Quidditch he always was rather nervous, this time was no different. Each and every time that he had tried out for a spot on the team he always got it but the anxious thought that someone better might have come along always entered his head. Getting rejected from being on the team was like some horrible nightmare for the boy and so Sam walked onto the pitch with a mind frame of getting a spot on the team once again.

There was two figures ahead and Sam need not have squinted to know who they were. Patricia, was obviously there and then there was Riley. Of course Sam thought sarcastically, cursing his own luck. He stopped in his tracks and wondered wheter or not to wait for more people to arrive and then just slip into the group. At the back. Away from Riley. But he knew he would look like a complete dufus walking on and off the pitch like some sort of yo-yo and he didn't want to give Patricia the idea that he wasn't prepared. So the only option Sam had was to continue walking in the hopes that it wouldn't be long for more Hufflepuffs to arrive. Coming closer to the pair, Sam's insides twisted while that now familiar sense of guilt began building up inside of him. "Hi!" Sam said to Patricia, forcing a smile. He turned his head quickly to Riley only to blurt out a, "Hey," and turned just as quickly back to Patricia. "Eh...I'll be trying out for Chaser this time. But I'll go with Beater if there's any problems," He said while leaning - as casually as possible - onto his Emerald Streak.

 

[Hamza Khalid]

At long last, Hamza finally got a chance to try out for the quidditch team. Him wanting to try out for the team last year was not a success, seeing as the team didn't allow for first years to be on the team, for obvious reasons of course, but now that Hamza knew how to fly a broom, thanks to his Professor Rais Hussain, who also is his uncle. Getting bright and early to make his way to the quidditch pitch, he was walking with confidence, he knew that he would have to give it all he's got to be on the team and he knew that there would be a lot of competition out there that he would have to beat in order to get himself a spot on the team. One of the things that Hamza was worried about was being not selected to be on the team, but all he knew was that he would have to give it his best. He made his way to the quidditch pitch, where he saw the Head girl, Patricia, standing and waiting for the individuals to come and try out. He made his way up to Patricia and said in a very cool tone and a very calm tone, "Hey there Patricia." Hamza gave a warm smile towards Patricia, who was also the quidditch captain. He knew that making an everlasting impression on her was a very important thing. "So, now that I'm finally able to try out, I'm here to try out for a Chaser Position." Said Hamza with confidence. If there was one thing Hamza prided himself of and if was that he always had confidence in himself on whatever he did.

 

[Sapphire Bookchild]

Sapphire was on the Quidditch court with the broom that William had bought her. She didn't know how well she was going to be at this herself but she had been watching quidditch ever since she could stand. She loved the sport even though she could no where near get close to yelling for the players. She had studied and practiced all the moves she was going to need and now though herself ready to take on the team. She was a shy mouse who was scared of people but she hoped that through quidditch she could get over some of that fear. She spotted none other than the Head Girl on the court as well as one of the girls that was at the welcome party. Sapphire suddenly didn't know if she was old enough to do this even though she was a second year now. Still Sapphire clenched her hands together put a determined look on her face and walked forward to the group. She put a finger to her brow as she nodded her head in a voiceless hello to everyone.

After this Sapphire walked up to Patricia and handed her a piece of parchment. I would like to try out for Keeper It said in her well practiced loopy handwriting. She hoped that the captain and Head Girl would let her at least try out. She was good in the air. She knew she was because she had managed to out run Zeal while on her new broom. She still had a lot to learn about keeping a goal but still she hoped that Patricia would allow her to practice while doing.

 

[Dymetris Kozlov]

Dymetris Kozlov ran after a bit of breakfast with a broom in hand ready to show off a bit of his flying skills this year. He was determine to show off what he had to offered, and even though he occupied at the moment a broom from the school's sheds, he didn't let that bring down his focus for today try-outs. His long blonde dread locks were knotted up in a tight hold that spiral tightly around his head. Wrapped in placed, a shirt kept them knotted together just in case any of them let lose. It would be horrible if they fell let loose while in the middle of trying-out for seeker position.
Arriving in the greenest part of the school, were the grass were cut neatly thanks to the grounds keep, he came to a pause noticing the very few puffs gathering around to try out the same. Dymetris always been shy, hardly knowing anyone in the circle spoke up for the first time, while his left hand tightly gripped the second hand broom. "Ahllo, I'm Dymetris and I'm trying out for Seeker" his Russian thick accent seem clearer now after adapting to his english a lot better than it had been when he first began his studies at Hogwarts. He twiddle with the broom in hand, he hope no one mention that position. Its possible they had already, though he was willing to fight for the spot. Being tiny in size gave him and advantage from the most of them. He could move a lot faster and his grip were like baseball gloves. Nothing can get in his way, the tinest of object withstand a chance in getting by him.

 

[Dannii Merrythought]

Dannii was excited for the quidditch try outs that day. Last year she had only made the team as an alternate but was determined to actually be on the team this year. Dannii slung her firebolt over her shoulder while she used the other hand to carry her beaters bat and headed for the pitch. Dannii smiled and waved to everyone as she stepped onto the pitch, there were already some people here from last year, as well as some new second years wanting to try out. "Hey, I'll be trying out for beater again." Dannii said happily. Most of the nervousness she felt around large crowds disappeared when she was on the quidditch pitch. Dannii dropped her broom from her shoulder and leaned on it hoping she could get into the air soon. She hadn't been able to do much flying that summer because she spent most of it visiting with her aunt. She loved the old woman dearly and always felt guilty if she didn't visit her.

 

[Patricia Styx]

Patricia was glad that people had started to arrive as it gave her something to do. Greeting everyone as they came over to her she took their names and wrote down what positions they were going to try out for. The Quidditch Captain was glad that a few of the old crew had turned up as she knew them and knew how they played so it made her decision all the more easier. She was also glad that they were some new blood, but they would have to meet her standards, at least, to make it on to the team. Although she wasn’t going to turn anyone away, she would always keep people on, even as alternatives. When a few had gathered around she stood up from the benches. “Alright guys, thanks for showing up today. We have a few more to wait on but we’ll get started with what we have her.” she said with a small smile. “Now; Riley, Sam and Dannii.” she said looking at the older Hufflepuffs. “Seeing as I know how you play in your preferred positions you won’t have to try out today, you’re position is safe.” she said with a grin, hoping that it would relief them a bit, but hopefully they would help her with the new recruits. “As for the rest of you I want you to try out your positions. I’m sure you all know what each position entails so one by one get the necessary equipment and do a demonstration for me.” she told the younger hopefuls.

Out of Character:

Alright guys.

Chasers: RP shooting a few goals against a keeper (pretend there is one)
Beaters: RP hitting the bludgers about a bit
Seekers: RP trying to find the snitch
Keepers: RP trying to save goal attempts from chaser (again, pretend)

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Also, for anyone that comes after this, just RP telling me your name/preferred position and then RP your tryout. Anyone from last year still here, your position is still save but RP here so I can put your name down

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And you are all free to start. One by one off you go! Good luck!

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[Jennifer Wilkonson]

Jenn walked onto the pitch with her broom in her arm and her face relatively free from make up and her long hair tied into a messy bun that would probably fall loose once she got to a fast enough speed, not that she cared anyway. As she walked to Patricia Rogers Styx, Jenn smiled at Sam before saying, "Hey there, I'm Jennifer Wilkonson and I'd like to try out for Chaser." Jenn was nearly certain that she would make the team but there was always room for error which was why Jenn would work her hardest today and fly as fast as she could while trying to make some goals on the Keeper hopefuls.

It seemed that they were going out of alphabetical order as Jenn hopped onto her broom first and grabbed the Quaffle and held it like a football under her arm as she kicked off and zoomed up to the level of the hoops with a focused glaze in her eyes as she waited for the keeper to take their place at the hoops. Tightening her grip around the neck of her broom and flew up higher, zooming as quickly as she could without falling off of her broom, which wouldn't be too impressive. And almost out of no where, Jenn appeared in front of the hoops and shot a goal into the right one and got it in. A light smirk touched her lips before she went to get the Quaffle once more and continued her efforts to beat the Keeper, ending up getting seventy percent of her shots in before giving someone else a chance to try.

 

[Sapphire Bookchild]

Sapphire added her name to the bottom of her note after the Head Girl said that she could play. Quickly Sapphire got on her broom and flew towards the goal posts. She saw that one other person from her year come up and ask if he could play Seeker. He looked interesting. Sapphire before she took off took in a quick scan his profile so she could draw him into a senerio that she had just thought up. She reached the goal post then looked back. She could see the older kids getting ready to test her Keeper abilities. Sapphire was ready.

The first Quaffle came and Sapphire knew that they had feed it to her just to see how well she would catch. She did easily and threw it back to another player who gave her a bit of a trick shot. Sapphire zoomed over and made her broom do a spin which normally would have made her sick but she had made sure she was used to it before coming to the field. Sapphire was able to block the quaffle with a large smile on her face. Sapphire heard someone clap for her which made Sapphire smile a bit wider. She got ready for the next one.

The whole time the others tried out Sapphire didn't miss a single shot. Sapphire had never expected to be this good at Quidditch even though she had practiced her hardest at it. She was getting a bit tiered though and she was paying as much attention as she assumed she should have been paying because while she was hovering around the right hoop a quaffle started to make it's way into the left one. Sapphire flew as fast as she could to make the save. Sapphire felt her finger tips graze the ball as it went into the hoop. She huffed and sighed. It was only one ball against her so she hoped that Patricia wouldn't count it against her chances of getting Keeper.

 

[Hamza Khalid]

Hamza was all ready to go. Hearing the head girl Patricia say that all of the students that were trying out to be on the quidditch team, Hamza knew that he had a lot of competition out here. He knew he would have to give it his best and to beat out the competition, he had to be the best. Being only a 2nd year student, he wasn't too well experienced with quidditch, but he knew that if he tried enough, he would get on the team no matter what. All he had to do was try his hardest and his best, and showing his efforts would pay off. His father always told him that no hard work goes un-noticed, so he knew that his hard work would pay off in the end. Having his hopes very high, he walked over to his broom and instantly said, "Up!" With confidence, the broom flew right into his hands. He got onto the broom and kicked off very fast up into the air, to where he was at a pretty good height to where he could see both sides of the field, noticing the goal and keeping his eyes very sharply on the goal he was to hit towards.

Crouching down a little on his broom, keeping his eyes sharp on his target, Hamza bolted off with his broom very fast. Though, going fast, he was a little fearful of how fast he was going and he just hoped that he wouldn't screw up in making any goals. Running parallel to one of his team mates, Hamza looked over to his team mate and nodded. He did a zig-zag formation in order to dodge some of the other individuals who were beaters and trying to dodge the bludger as well. One of the other team's member almost hit Hamza, but he barely passed through in order to dodge successfully. He kicked off fast again in order to catch up to his team member who instantly passed the quaffle to him and seeing the opposite team member coming in for a shot at Hamza to steal the quaffle, Hamza instantly flew downwards towards the ground, did a quick spin twist to where he didn't hit the ground, but he started to fly forward near the ground. He looked back to see two opposite team member's chasing him for the quaffle.

Hamza knew that he didn't have long before they would be able to catch up to him and he noticed one of the opposite team member getting close to him and so, he kicked off upwards to where the goal was not very far away. Hamza smirked at the keeper who was guarding the goal. Instead of taking a clean shot at the goal, Hamza tricked the keeper in order to thinking that Hamza would shoot towards the goal from the bottom, but Hamza instantly flew past the keeper and took a shot at the goal from above and successfully making a goal. Hamza was glad to have made this goal because he had to try very hard to make this goal. He knew that there are going to be many other older individuals on the opposite team who are well more experienced than he is, but Hamza knew all he could do was try his best.

 

[Dymetris Kozlov]

Dymetris watched for a few seconds as the others took for the skies. The position he had asked to be in was very difficult one. No matter how much points any team scored with the quaffle, the one that matter most was the little golden snitch ball. With that ball you advance your team for a full win. That's all he had to do when it was his time to go up there. Grab for that golden snitch and he claim his victory. The downside of carrying this position, you have to be very quick with your eyes and your flying skills has to be notch top. Grabbing for the broom that had just fell between his grip, Dymetris mounted his broom. He guide it up, before he knew he taken full speed ahead. He'd flew twelve feet towards the skies, the numbers increased before he knew. He even gotten higher than the rest of them. A few notice him, others flew below him trying to catch for the quaffle. While he observed from his point of view, this is where he had to seek the ball and go for it when he did. Dymetris nervous feeling came over him, but that didn't stop the boy getting the ball. Shaking or not, he had to get it.

That's when he saw it the snitch, the winged little thing flying next to a player going for the quaffle, its small just as he imagine to be. Dymetris ducked lower than five feet, twisting his broom around heading for the snitch. To his disbelief, the snitch had already move in place. The boy mouthed out foul in silence, he couldn't let that stop him. He did the next best thing. Circle the pitch till he saw it again. He headed for the equator line of the pitch, than felt his natural instincts kick in. He headed for the north side of pitch, in just that time he felt something swish passed him. A bat broke across the atmosphere, another swish and the same feeling came across to him. It had been the beaters and their ball. He'd felt his heart rate raced just as he increase his speed to avoid another ball. Only that drove him straight into the middle of two chaser. Both flinging the quaffle back and fourth, to keep away from another chaser coming from behind Dymetris. Dymetris choice came unexpected, he dive under than spiral to his left. His focus threw out of balance, he no longer could see the golden snitch anywhere. Again he scowled silently before turning around to head for the south of the pitch. A Hufflepuff flagged greeted him where he pause in mid-air. That's when he saw it again! This time it where going after the third chaser from before. No one notice it but Dymetris. He took off again racing after that golden snitch. The more he speed away, the more the distant close on them. He reached farther out to be able to catch that little ball with wings. Just a little closer he kept saying with fresh beads of sweat running down his face. Just a little more! In a split second he caught the snitch, the ball tightly fitted into his little hand, he felt so proud that he didn't watch where he were flying anymore. He felt a bang, his broom hitting the side of the hoops, almost trembling off the broom stick. Luckily for him, he had a tight grip around the broom. Sighing now that he regain control again, Dymetris flew back down beaming ear to ear with the snitch between his hand.

 

[Patricia Styx]

Out of Character:

I will be posting up the new team tomorrow so everyone, last calls to try out

 

[Liberty Kaelen]

Libby wandered down to the quidditch pitch, after hearing that the try-outs were running. She had tried to get on the team for the last six years, however things had happened that prevented her from ever been able to attend the try-outs. She found a gathering of Hufflepuff's, and smiled to Pat. "Congratulations on Captain and Head Girl" she said, her broom in one hand. "I'd like to try out for keeper please" she added, looking round and wondering who she would be up against. She knew Violet had previously been the Keeper and Captain, and so now the position was open, Libby was going to try her best to get it.

She knew in about 8 months time she would have to breifly pull out, but her ambitions as a quidditch player had never left her. She'd been taught to fly when she was very young, and for a long time it had been what she wanted to do professionally. She mounted her broom, and kicked off from the grass. Last week she'd been praticing for this day, and she flew high, weaving around the other players who had already begun, and taking her place up by the three hoops.

Her eyes scanned the pitch, as she tried to work out who was playing what position. This had been her strongest position in the team since she was younger, and she darted from side to side in anticipation as she watched the quaffle being thrown around. After a few moments, a chaser came speeding towards her, quaffle under one arm. Her eyes flicked around, checking no bludgers were about to take her arm off, before concentrating hard on not letting this chaser get a goal. As the red ball came towards her, she flew forwards so fast anyone beside her would have been knocked over. She spinned suddenly, knocking the ball out of the way of the hoop with the end of her broom, and off in the direction of another chaser. Smiling to herself, she returned to the center of the hoops, and braced herself for another.

As the try outs went on, Libby continued to save the goals. There was only one close call, when a boy threw a shot from behind her, and she'd had to balance with just her legs to grab the ball with her hands, and in doing so had almost collided with the side of one of the goals. By the time the try outs were over, libby glided back down to the grass, landing softly and standing with the other hopefuls, excited yet nervous to see whose names would be appearing on the list.

 

[Patricia Styx]

Out of Character:

OK Pheebz, sorry but Pat would never let a pregnant girl play on the team (no matter her far on she is) it's stupid and Pat's training to be a Healer so she wouldn't let it, sorry.

Team Member Name	Position Held [/td]
Patricia Styx	Beater and Captain
Dannii Merrythought	Beater
Sam Prince	Chaser
Hamza Khalid	Chaser
Jennifer Wilkonson	Chaser
Sapphire Clow	Keeper
Riley Alexandra	Seeker
Dymetris Kozlov	Alternate seeker

[th colspan="2"]Hufflepuff Team[/th] [th]

 

[Liberty Kaelen]

No worries. Understandable Ill try out next year.

Congrats for peepz who got on team