Practice Makes Perfect

[Eilidh Evans]

The young girl had been enjoying her time so far at the school, it had proved good and she was enjoying all the little things about the school which brought her great joy. She wasn't doing what some of the other slytherin girl's were doing which wasn't going to end well, but she was enjoying wondering around, getting a feel for the place, trying to place herself in the centre of any given situation. All in all, just having a good time, she'd been unable to try out for the house team, which had greatly disappointed her, after all she'd really wanted that, but the young slytherin had managed to convince both her cousin and her sister to come to the pitch to play with her and Kasper. It was likely a good thing they were as close as they were, or else it would've been just herself and Kasper, as much as she liked Kasper, quidditch was not a game played alone, or really as two. So instead she had told her cousin, her sister and sent a message to Kasper to join as well, though she assumed he would arrive before they both did, which suited Eilidh fine.

Of course now was the time to head to the pitch and Eilidh would be using her cousin's old broomstick which he had leant to her when he had left school for when she attended. It was until she could have her own broom when she got on to the team which was the condition of getting a new broom, she had a quidditch quaffle under her arm, and the broom in the other, wearing more comfortable, quidditch appropriate clothes. It wasn't long till she reached the pitch, placing the quaffle down on the ground and doing a couple of stretches to get herself ready for flying and playing, when finally done, the girl got her broom ready and sat on it, making herself be a couple metres off the ground, waiting for Kasper and her family members to arrive, so that they could hopefully get started. She was sure no matter what they'd have a good time. Flying was one of the greatest things in Eilidh's mind about being a wizard.
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[Kasper Snowhill]

Kasper was enjoying his time at his new home, totally forgetting what he had said to Eilidh about thinking of the future. The classes had been fun so far and he liked the professors, well, almost all of them. Kasper had been sending letters to both his father and cousin with the owl the two of them bought him when they went shopping for his supplies. He named his owl after his favorite stuffed animal - the only thing Kasper forgot to pack in his trunk - Noah. The first year absolutely adored his owl and gave it as much attention as was possible to give. But the best thing about his new home was breakfast, lunch and dinner. Never in his life had he seen so much food before and every time he entered the Great Hall a smile as wide as the grin of the Grinch appeared on his face. At one afternoon, while munching on a big cookie, his new friend had approached him, inviting him to play Quidditch with her family.

As soon as he was done in the Hufflepuff commen room - finally remembering the password - he made his way to the Quidditch pitch, almost stumbling over a few steps of the grand staircase. Kasper had been wanting to play with the girl and her family ever since they met in the Student Lounge on their second night in the castle. Instead of his black robes, Kasper was wearing a more comfortable outfit so he could, or at least he thought, climb on his broom and play better. He opened the doors that led him to a courtyard, still running and clutching his own broom firmly. Kasper was very excited to finally get the chance to play with other people but his cousin and father, although his father didn't even know how to fly and only threw a ball up in the air for them to catch. When the Hufflepuffer arrived at the pitch he ran towards Eilidh, who was probably waiting for him and her family to show up, and said, breathing heavily, "Hey! I'm here!"

 

[Eilidh Evans]

Eilidh noticed Kasper come on to the pitch and smiled at him, it was definitely nice to have him as a friend she thought, even if he was a hufflepuff and her house wasn't really supposed to associate with them, that wasn't a concern of her and in fact she thought it silly. The girl nodded at him, "Yeah, I can see that," she told him, obviously realising that he had arrived on the pitch. She had her quaffle in her arms and she threw it down to him, "Think fast," she said as she threw it at him, before flying a little away from him, this would be fun, she knew that Ailsa, and Lydia would be here soon, and she was hoping that they could just get a little fun game of throwing the ball about, flying and maybe attempting to score some goals, she didn't even think anyone would go in the goals, but it would be fun. She glanced back at Kasper, "Come on now!" she yelled to him, "They'll be here soon, just come on up into the air," Eilidh encouraged waiting for him to do so. Waiting so they could just get started and her family members could just jump in and join them.
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[Lydia Warrick]

Lydia loved the fact that at school she had Stefan her cousin from the Archer side, and Ailsa and Eilidh her cousins from her mother's side. It was amazing, she loved that they were all together, albeit in different years, and Eilidh would spend more time at the school without anyone but she liked that they shared this experience, of course all different houses made things a little bit strange but Lydia just dismissed this, happy to spend her time with her cousins. being invited to play quidditch with her younger cousin and her friend had been very interesting to her, Lydia who was on the hufflepuff team was eager to always get some practice in, even if it meant toning down her skill to give the younger two a good chance in the game. She had her broom in hand and was wearing slightly more casual clothes than her usual hufflepuff practice gear. This was just a fun and friendly game between four people she wasn't expecting it to be magical or fast paced, she was expecting fun. Arriving on the pitch, she noticed that the two youngest were already there but they were missing Ailsa currently. She waved at Eilidh and also the boy, "I'm Lydia, third year hufflepuff," she told him, speaking loudly enough so that he could hear. She placed down her broom and began to stretch a little bit, she would wait till Ailsa got here before she shot up into the air.
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[Kasper Snowhill]

Still catching his breath, he smiled at her. ''Good. That's good.'' Kasper said, wishing he would stop breathing heavily. His broomstick fell on the ground when he caught the quaffle, almost dropping the ball too, Kasper grabbed his broomstick off the ground. ''Hey! You made me drop my broom!'' he shouted at Eilidh while he sat down on his broomstick. Kasper pushed himself off the ground with his feet and flew towards the girl. ''I bet you can't catch the quaffle.'' The Hufflepuffer said to her with a grin on his face, obviously challeging her. Kasper flew away from her so there was distance between the two of them. ''Alright, catch!'' he shouted as he threw the quaffle towards the girl, as hard as he could. Kasper jerked his head around when hearing someone shout, on the ground stood a girl with a broomstick in her hands. He happliy waved back at her, ''Hi!'' he shouted again, but this time to the girl on the ground, ''I'm Kasper, first year Hufflepuff!''

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[Ailsa Vacarius]

Ailsa had been invited to play and since she liked having her sister around the school, had been more than happy to have her join this sort of fun game which had been set up. She was in her usual sports gear and had her broom under her arm. Ailsa had told her sister to not bother about trying out for the team in first year, since she was more likely to directly get on to the team in second year, it would work out for the better and she was sure that was what her sister really wanted, none of this sitting on the bench stuff. Ailsa gripped her broom more tightly as she crossed the grounds and stepped on to the pitch as the boy seemed to be saying hello to his cousin, Lydia who was still stood on the ground. Ailsa was the oldest of all of them, but she was just as excited about this as she would be with anyone. "Kasper, did I just hear that right, I'm Ailsa, I'm her sister," she motioned up to Eilidh before waving enthusiastically at her, and then smiling at Lydia, "Right, let's get started," she stretched briefly, before getting on to her broom and shooting up into the air to fly next to Eilidh and indicating for her to pass the quaffle she was holding to her.
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[Eilidh Evans]

Eilidh laughed as he dropped the broom to be able to catch the ball which she had thrown down at him. Eilidh just grinned happily, finding herself really just so very interested in everything about this. Watching as her cousin arrived on the pitch and Kasper threw the quaffle at her, she flew to catch it which she just managed as her sister also arrived on to the pitch, she waved at her, they were still pretty close to the ground and this was a good thing. Holding on to the quaffle, Eilidh flew further up with her sister following, and her cousin not too far behind, smiling at Kasper as she pretended to throw the quaffle at her sister but threw it to him instead, "Let's show them what us firsties can do," she said to him with a smirk, indicating that despite the two elder student much bigger practice and experience that they would be fine and that they could win whatever this was, even if it was just some people casually throwing about a quaffle and having a lot of fun. She flew forward, towards the closest hoops and then motioned for him to do the same, "Come on!"
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[Lydia Warrick]

Lydia smiled him as he introduced himself as Kasper, just as Ailsa arrived on to the pitch, she glanced at her cousin and smiled warmly, "Yeah, Kasper," she confirmed with a small nod, it was surely going to be something else. Lydia had been looking forward to a bit of a friendly game and she was surely going to get it now. The teen finished up stretching just as her cousin shot up into the air to join the rest of them. Lydia picked up her broom and then flew up to join them. Smiling to herself, she wasn't sure how this might work, but the girl had a fair idea of just how competitive the Evans' were and was definitely looking forward to being able to just play a little bit, although when Eilidh tossed the ball to the boy, Kasper, Lydia decided that at least to begin with she wouldn't play too difficulty, she wouldn't make it too hard, instead she flew close to the boy enough that she could threaten to take the ball, but waiting for more of an opportunity to do so. She hadn't wanted to be responsible for accidentally injuring a first year, but the same might not be sayable about Ailsa, who had always been more competitive.
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[Kasper Snowhill]

Kasper smiled at the other girl. "Yes!" When all four of them were in the air he got even more excited, and although this was meant as practice for fun he thought that it might turn out to be more than just for fun. The young boy smiled at Eilidh when she passed the quaffle to him instead of her sister. "Yeah, let's kick their asses." Kasper said to her with a smirk on his face. He knew that the two other girls played for their Houses, so he didn't expect a victory out of this. When Eilidh motioned to him to follow her, Kasper pushed his broom forwards, to the hoops. "Alright, catch!" he exclaimed and threw the quaffle as hard and fast as he could to Eilidh when he noticed the other hufflepuffer, who was right on his tail, and hoping that her sister wouldn't catch the ball before she could even reach it. After throwing the quaffle to his friend, Kasper began to zigzag so Lydia would have had a hard time getting past him, but was not sure whether it would work or not