22ND HOUSE QUIDDITCH: SLYTHERIN V HUFFLEPUFF: THUR 20TH JULY

22nd Match Commencing THURSDAY 20TH JULY - MONDAY 24TH JULY
Judges:ELFIE DUMBLEDORE, SKATINGLILS, WATERLILY, SKYLA0305, KITKAT
Commentator MCFLY_42

Slytherin V Hufflepuff

This is the post for the 21ST match of the season

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Only SLYTHERIN V HUFFLEPUFF house quidditch teams may post in here (rpg only)
plus - MCFLY_42 the commentator!

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Manoeuvres
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Creativity
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Let the match begin...

(Hufflepuff Beater)

:Marie walked on the Quidditch pitch and, not without noticing she was alone for now, she jumped on her broom right away and kicked the ground with all her strenght.

Oh, how she had missed flying! It had been more than a month now since she had played a real Quidditch match and she was definitely ready for it. Smiling as the wind played in her hair, she held to her broom and bat tightly, waiting for the others to arrive:

(Slytherin Chaser)

::Iritzsipv walked onto the pitch, broom in hand. She spotted someone up in the sky and decided to hop on her broom as well.

None of her other teammates were here yet, but that didn't stop Iritzsipv feeling good about today's match. The spectacular game they'd previously won against Gryffindor had her spirits high.

Iritzsipv decided to do a few laps round the pitch before the rest of her mates arrived.::

(Slytherin Chaser)

~Fated walked out onto the pitch, clutching his Nimbus 2006. He smiled seeing that at least one of his team mates were already there.~

~He mounted his broom and flew up to meet his fellow team mate~waiting for the game to begin~

"Hey Iritzsipv! Are you ready to kick some Huffy butt?" He grinned.

(Slytherin Chaser)

::Iritzsipv grinned and replied, "Totally! They'll be sorry today!"

She high-fived Fated, eager for the chance to show those Hufflepuffs what Slytherins were made of.::

(reserve seeker) ::kjk1011 mounted his broom he flew up nervesley because he saw nobody then he noticed they were talking and said "are you guys ready to kick butt"?as he waited for the game to begin.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

::Jen walked out onto the field with a broom in one hand and a biology textbook in the other.::

"Blah, Biology, enzymes, resirations systems, who needs that in magic?" She heard the Slytherins yelling at each other. "Yeah sure that would be the day Fated!" She hopped onto her broom and read some outlines as she waited for the referee whistle to start the game.::

(Hufflepuff Beater)

:Marie smiled and waved at Jenn before flying to her:

"Hey girl, are we ready to beat some snake?" she asked happily

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

"Awww boo we didn't get to finish the dance the way I planned! lol oh well we won anyway..is everybody still getting out of their costumes?" Jen asked with concern as she cringed her head toward the tents.::

(Slytherin Chaser-filling in for (Kitty-she isn't going to have time to play as chaser so since kjk is our reserve seeker, I will fill in for Kitty-)

~Fated smirked and waved to kjk.~ "Make us proud dude!" He shouted to him.

~Then he flew over and got ready to play. With this being his first time as chaser, Fated realized that he was going to have to be more focused~

(Hufflepuff Beater)

:Marie smiled at Jenn:

"I guess Ginny is still stuck in her dragon costume and Flissie must have trouble with her monkey one," she said laughing. "As for me, I still have that stupid make up that won't go away," she mumbled. "Anyway, let's get on moving"

:Marie took a look around the Quidditch pitch, which was quickly filling up:

(Hufflepuff Beater)

::Erin made her way onto the field and quickly spotted Marie and Jen, two of her other team mates. She hopped onto her broom and flew off to meet them.::

"Hey, you two! Ready to kick some Slytherin butt?"

::She heard Jen commenting on their most recent dance and couldn't help but smile.::

"Awwww...but it all turned out alright. Let's face it, you can't help but love Ginny anyway."::

((Hufflepuff Chaser and Captain! Okay lol I just like saying that))

::Ginny walked onto the green pitch, breathing deeply. The was cool and clear, with the sun shining but a couple clouds still floating about the sky. Perfect Quidditch conditions. She slowly mounted her broom and kicked upwards, her brown eyes beginning to slide into tight focus, and she was now concentrating very hardc on the Quaffle. Her red hair streamed behind her in its ponytail, and one stand blew across her freckled face.::

"Now now, let's not insult the poor Slytherin's and their oh-so-fragile egos!" ::she said with a smile at her team. Her eyes met Fated's for a moment, but then Madam Hooch released the Quaffle and she flew straight at him.::

"Let's see if you can keep up!" ::The red head called, going into the nose dive at the last second to retrieve the Quaffle. Laughing, she tucked it tightly under her right arm.::

"See ya near your goal posts!" ::her brandy eyes sparkled as she flew towards Slytherin's end of the pitch.::

(Slytherin Chaser)

~The whistle was blown, the quaffle was launched into the air~

~The game had begun~

~Fated flew like a madman and soared up but Ginny had already caught it~ He smirked then turned and rammed into Ginny as hard as he could causing her to drop the quaffle.

He dove down and caught it and holding the quaffle securely, he zoomed off towards the Hufflepuff goal~

(Hufflepuff Beater)

:Marie grabbed her bat firmly and flew toward Fated as fast as she could. Quickly, she noticed a bludger coming toward her and aimed with precision before hitting it as hard as she could.

The bludger made a curve and flew toward Fated, knocking the Quaffle out of his hand, which fell in Ginny's arms.:

(Slytherin chaser)

~Seeing that the quaffle had been knocked out of his hands, he zoomed after it and rammed into Ginny again as she caught the quaffle~~

~He drew back his fist and punched the quaffle out of her grip and it dropped down towards the ground~

~He zoomed down after it~

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

::Luckily Jen was floating near the ground and caught sight of the quaffle going toward the ground with fated right behind it! With a kick in the air, she hurried her broom after the falling quaffle with a quick push of speed. She stretched out her fingertips and was able to grab it before anyone else did. Jerking her broom to the left, she make a complete 180 and flew toward the Slytherin goals.::

::Bobbing her head to the left and right as though dancing, she dodged flying bludgers that were coming straight her way! She flew a loop around the goal posts, tossed the quaffle in the air and kicked it into the center hoop with the end of her broom.::

"Yes! First score yet!" Jen cheered as she looked around the field for the rest of her teammates for the next play.::

(Slytherin Chaser)

~With a growl, Fated watched Jenn slap the quaffle into the hoop scoring the first goal of the game. He wrinkled his nose as he realized that now he was actually IN the game and he couldn't just fly off for he was not the seeker this time.~

~So as the Slytherin keeper threw the quaffle back in, Fated soared up and caught it then doing a complete 360 flip over and performing a well angled "Snake of 'Salazar' flight move- his trademark flying manuver- he flew towards Hufflepuff's goal.~

~He dodged a bludger that was flying at him and swerved his broom to the side, and then holding the quaffle tightly he rolled acrosss the air several times and swooped down below the Hufflepuff Keeper~
~Drawing his arm back, Fated clutched the quaffle in his hand, as he aimed and then let it fly through the lower hoop, scoring the first goal for Slytherin~

~He took a moment to catch his breath and realized that being a chaser required more than just his good looks and speed.~

~He looked over to Iritzsipv and then back to see the huffie keeper throw the quaffle towards Jenn.~

~Fated flew over, ramming into her as he caught the quaffle but as he turned to fly away he found himself blocked by none other than Ginny~

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

::Jen caught the ball in the air and took a quick glance around to make sure she was safe. Noticing Ginny blocking fated, Jen grinned to herself. 'Good, he's the biggeest threat as we don't really know his moves as a Chaser, just a Seeker.' She glanced around the field once more and caught Marie's wink.::

:: Holding on tighyly to her broomstick, she rolled swiftly toward the goal, successfully performing the Badger Revolve. Swifting turning her head at the right direction and timing, much like a ballerina, Jen was able to quickly sit upright in front of the goals and volley the quaffle into the center hoop.::

"Now could that shot BE any prettier?" Jen asked the crowd with a grin as the quaffle went smoothly into the Slytherin hoop.::

(Slytherin Chaser)

~As Jenn sent the quaffle through the Slytherin's goal Fated gasped. He certainly wasn't used to being a chaser and he felt for sure he'd let his team down if he didn't pick up the pace and soon~

~He looked up and saw the quaffle launched back into play and luckily it was soaring right towards him~

~Spiraling diagnally upwards he caught it then zoomed down in an arc and flew straight under Jenn, then soared way up and back down zooming over the Huffie keeper's head and flying high up to the highest hoop Fated slammed the quaffle through it, making another score~

"Where's the rest of my team?" he mumbled looking around nervously. He felt a little out of place and now wondered why in Merlin's name he'd agreed to take Kitty's place. He took a few deep breaths and wiped the sweat from his brow as he awaited the quaffle's return into the game~

::kjk1011 waits in the sky looking for the snitch he sees it and goes after but than looses sight of it (slytherin seeker)

(slytherin seeker)


::kjk1011 finds the snitch again and goes after it avoiding the bludgers he cant see it anymore kjk1011 gets nervess

Edit by mod: Please don't double post!

(Slytherin Chaser)

~The quaffle was thrown back in and flying towards Jenn. Fated gripped his broom handle tightly and sped off in the direction it had been thrown in. He swooped down and rammed into Jenn hard enough to spin her around and allow him to catch the quaffle~

~he turned and doing an upside down loop, he flew towards the hufflepuff goal yet again~

(Slytherin chaser)

Thick, unnatural looking clouds formed over the Quidditch pitch... From the PA system the sound of Brain May's guitar emerged at face melting volume - the intro to 'One Vision'....

There was a terrific flash of lightining and clap of thunder. As normal vision was restored, a lone figure was seen strolling almost casually onto the pitch. He stood for a moment, head down, his black cloak billowing in the breeze. He reached for the cloak clasp and released it. It fell away to reveal the Slytherin Quidditch uniform he wore underneath. Under his left arm was an odd looking broom - one that had bright red bristles - yes, the fabled Nimbus Testarossa!

He mounted the broom and kicked off, zooming up to where Fated was circling, the Testarossa leaving a trail of sparks in the air. They exchanged a high five...

"We thought you weren't gonna make it," said Fated.

"It takes more than a Durmstrang dungeon to hold a Stealth Wizard..."

"Was it bad?"

"Yeah - they had no idea how to brew tea properly... But more of that later - let's go teach the 'Puffs how to play Quidditch. Plan Z, OK?"

"Yeah!"

They both shot off in search of the Hufflepuff chasers.

(Slytherin Chaser)

~With a burst of speed, Fated zig zagged and zoomed to Hufflepuff's goal and tossed the quaffle in the lowest hoop there, scoring once more~

(Slytherin Keeper)

Charmed cheered as she saw Fated score yet another goal. Suddenly, she saw the quaffle come back towards her in the enemies hand. Thinking quickly, she flew upwards leaving the hoops open for one second. As the hufflepuff chaser threw the quaffle - charmed was ready. From above she could see exactly where it was going and if by magic - she saved it!

(Slytherin chaser)

Stealthy had been busy pulling faces at JW... He saw the Quaffle fly loose after Charmed's save, looped downwards and gathered it into his gloves.

"Is this what you're looking for, Jenny?" he taunted, before tossing the Quaffle over the bemused Hufflepuff chaser's head. It was caught by Fated, who zoomed off towards the Hufflepuff hoops.

(Slytherin Chaser)

~Stealth tossed the quaffle to Fated who zig zagged passed Ginny and Jenn and who sped with a burst of speed around and around the Hufflepuff keeper tauntingly before letting the quaffle soar into the right hoop~

"Score another one for Slytherin!" He cheered happily as he flew over high-fiving Stealth~

"Good job man, good to have ya back!" He cheered happily~

(Slytherin chaser)

While Fated and the Stealth Man had been congratulating each other, Jenn had grabbed the Quaffle and was heading towards the Slytherin hoops.

"Oh not you don't!" called Stealthy. "Hey, Fated - Slytherin Escort Service!"

"Gotcha!" acknlowledged Fated.

Stealthy hoped that Fated remembered all the Chaser plays that they had rehearsed. His team mate was playing out of position...

He needn't have worried. Fated accelerated away and Stealthy could tell by the direction he was taking that he had recalled his part of that particular play. Stealthy headed the Testarossa off to the left, Fated was heading away to the right - to an onlooker it might seem as if these particular Slytherin chasers had lost all interest in the macth.

Jenn sensed the quietness and took a moment to glance around. An apprehensive expression came over her face. She turned to Ginny, who was tailing her protectively.

"Ginny?"

"I have no idea.... Stealthy's probably gone off to have tea... You know what the Brits are like when it comes to tea time."

"Riiiiight!"

At the same time, Fated and Stealthy changed course and came heading back to the pitch at alarming speed. They arrowed straight towards Jenn, who cringed, thinking they were going to smash into her.

At the very last moment, they braked their brooms, taking up positions on either side of the startled Hufflepuff chaser.

"Your escort has arrived, madam..." said Fated.

Jenn, suspecting some evil trickery, jumped nervolusly and dropped the Quaffle.

Ginyy had suspected that this might happen and was moving to take up a position underneath her team mate. She had forgotten Fated's lightning like seeker relexes... He suddenly dipped down, placing himself between Ginny and the Quaffle, then somehow flipping his broom so that the Quaffle was flicked upwards, where it was grabbed by Stealthy.

"Nice try, Ginny, but you have to be faster!" He zoomed after Stealthy, who was heading towards the Hufflpuff hoops. They performed an intricate series of passes backwards and forwards in front of a very confused Hufflepuff keeper until Stealthy eventually powered the Quaffle through the right hand hoop.

Another 10 points for Slytherin!

((Hufflepuff Chaser-very late, sorry, I know))

::Ginny retrieved the Quaffle, after having been treated for severe injuries to her abdomen. Go figure, eh? She weaved in and out of clumsy Slytherin chasers and mis-shot bluders. The red head pushed her broom, the new Moonbeam 66, and in a final exertion of speed, managed to reach the Quaffle. Her brown eyes kept firm on the Slytherin goal post, she tucked the Quaffle under her arm.::

"Come on badgers, let's stop playing nicey nice with these silly snakes! Let's kick it up to Badger level!!" ::Ginny yelled, her voice uplifting over behind her to the other Chasers. She hoped her own little input would get her chasers into the Quidditch mood. As of late, they hadn't been too overjoyed to walk out on the pitch::

"Step it up ladies!!" ::the red head shouted, easily tossing the Quaffle into Slytherin's far right hoop.::

(slytherin beater)

Just as the quaffle flies towards the slytherin hoops, Snape hits the bludger into its path, smashing the bludger together with the quaffle, shooting it off path and back into play. One less goal for hufflepuff!

Snape followed the path of the bludger...

(slytherin keeper)

charmed breaths a sigh of relief as the quaffle is knocked away from the goal and continues to watch the game - her eyes always following the chasers!

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

::She cursed as the Quaffle was sent all the way to the other side of the pitch. However, not to be the deterred, she spurred her broom onwards, becoming a red haired yellow blur as she dodged past people. Her flying skills were good, and her instincts trustworthy. Hopefully, they'd be enough to help though this game.::

"Just try and stop us!" ::Ginny cried as she retrieved the Quaffle once more and flew over to the goal hoops. She performed the "'Crazy Badger Kick" and sent the Quaffle through the center hoop, just past Charmed's left ear::

(Hufflepuff Beater)

::Erin cursed under her breath as Snape managed to cause the goal to miss. But she wasn't about to let him hit another bludger toward another one of their Chasers, and he was clearly on the move. With an evil grin, she hit the other bludger toward him, watching it fly right past his head. If that wasn't going to distract him from chucking another bludger at another Hufflepuff team member, nothing would.::

"Come on Badgers! Let's get this game moving! We're not going to let these snakes win!" ::She cried.::

(slytherin beater)

Snape just reached the bludger when he saw another bludger coming straight for him. Performins a backhander, Snape hit his bludger towards the rogue bludger - hitting it squarly on, rebounding one bludger back to him and sending the other straight towards eirbear

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

::The red head saw Erin's very clever move and smiled::

"Way to go my badger girl!!" ::she shouted, brown eyes sparkling. As planned, Ginny swooped down and zipped towards Erin. Using extreme care and caution, she very slowly got into position in front of Erin. Now, there was a bludger flying at them both, and the slightest movement could disrupt this move.::

(Slytherin Chaser)

~The quaffle soared through the air as it was thrown back into play and luckily Fated saw Stealth catch it~

"Good job!" He shouted to Stealth and grinned as he remembered their teamwork plays.~

~And then he watched as Stealth rushed forward towards the Hufflepuff goal and Fated followed parallel to him across the way watching his team mate ~

"Fated, ready?" Stealth shouted as he got on one end of the goal area giving Fated time to circle back around and the two flew straight at each other then just before they were going to collide, Stealth rolled and flipped upside down and handed the quaffle off to Fated as they zipped by each other. This was a move they were both well familiar with. 'The Serpent Swap' and Fated, now having the quaffle drew his arm back and slammed it into the left hoop as he zoomed past it~
~Another score, another play another job well done~

(Hufflepuff Beater)

::Erin grinned when she heard Ginny's cheer. Her eyes widened slightly when she saw the same bludger she had just smashed at Snape, but she knew the plan. As soon as Ginny joined her, she knew what her fellow Badger was thinking. As the bludger met up with the two teammates, she swung her bat and made contact with the ball. To the innocent bystander who didn't know the two girls' brilliant plan, it looked like Erin was shooting the bludger at her own team member.::

::That, however was not the case. As the bludger shot away from Erin and toward Ginny, Ginny quickly flew up and away, allowing the bludger to fly straight through toward Fated. After all, that was the point of that tactic...no one could quite be sure where the bludger was headed before Ginny moved to let it through.::

(Slytherin Chaser)

~The howling sound of the bludger caused Fated to swerve around to see the massive ball flying right at him~

~Crash~ It collided into his stomach catching him off guard and making him completely do a figure 8 in the air as he lost control of his broom though he held onto it for dear life~He rolled through the air with one hand clutching his stomach and the other holding onto his broom so tight that his knuckles were completely white~

(Slytherin chaser)

Stealthy saw the bludger crash into Fated. For a moment, he thought his team mate was going to plunge from his broom, but he somehow managed to maintain his grip. He flew over to Fated.

"Really, Fated, you're supposed to sit astride the broom, not dangle from it!"

He helped his fellow chaser get back on board his broom. Glancing around, he reached into a pocket of his robes and withdrew a small vial, which he passed to Fated.

"What's this?"

"It part painkiller and part pepper up - it will take the soreness away from that whack on the tum you just took."

Fated sipped some of the sickly green looking liquid and grimaced at the foul taste, which Stealthy knew was reminiscent of rotting Brussels sprouts.

"Wow! That hit the spot!"

"Good - now let's go play post the quaffle through those Hufflepuff hoops. We can use the Rattlesnake Trap to get the quaffle..."

"Then I want to try the Salazar Slink to confuse the keeper," suggested Fated.

"Sounds ike a plan!"

They flew off in search of the quaffle....

(Slytherin Chaser)

~Fated flew off after Stealth, remembering their plan and ready to implement it at any time~

~He looked around to see if he could see who had the quaffle~

(slytherin beater)


Snape kept his eyes firmly upon his own chasers. He was taking a defensive way with the bludgers now, making sure the path was clear for Slytherin to score!

(Slytherin Chaser)

~With his keen eye he spotted Ginny and sure enough she was acting suspicious and just as he suspected; she had the quaffle~

~Kicking his broom into higher speed, Fated did a double diagnal loop and swooped down underneath Ginny's broom. As she looked a little caught off guard, he came zooming back up in a corkscrew spiral and drew his fist back and as he side swiped her, he punched his fist forward and dislodged the quaffle from the tucked area of her elbow~

~The quaffle flew up threw the air and safely landed in the clutches of Stealth who put their special move of the 'Rattle Snake' trap manuver into effect.

Iritzsipv and Fated swooped down and diagnally zoomed around Stealth each taking turns flying from side to side holding the other Hufflepuff chasers back from getting too close to Stealth as he barelled towards the goal of Hufflepuff~

~Halfway there he suddenly threw the quaffle up above his head and that was the cue for Iritzsipv to take her part of the plan~

~She zoomed up and caught the quaffle and she and Stealth quickly switched places to where he was now on the side holding off chasers as she zoomed straight down the middle~

~Past the halfway mark, Fated saw the Hufflepuff keeper looking ready to stop their attempt at scoring~

~He sped up twice as fast veering to the left and then took his place for the final bit of their move.~

"Fated, Now!" Stealth shouted to him.

"I'm on it!" Fated shouted back and whirling his broom around he flew quickly around the keeper, making a V shape by zooming up, pulling back and reversing causing the keeper to become confused~

~This move was the 'Salazar Slink' and Fated made sure to excecute it properly~

"Okay take it!" Iritzsipv shouted as she threw the quaffle to Fated who was near the second highest hoop~

~Fated grinned as he caught the quaffle and with a proud chuckle he whooshed towards the hoop and slammed the quaffle right through it scoring brilliantly for his team~

"That's what I'm talking about!" He cheered as Stealth and Iritzsipv approached and high fived him~
"Great team work!" Iritzsipv said happily.

"It's not over yet!" Stealth pointed out as the quaffle was already being tossed back into the game~

"You're right!" Fated agreed. "Now let's get rough and show those badgers the venom in our fangs!" He added proudly~

Then Fated, Iritzsipv, and Stealth nodded to each other and zoomed off ready to score again for their awesome team~

Slytherin beater


Snape grinned as slytherin scored once more, and tailed his chasers back, hitting a rogue bludger away from them with a serpent bash, straight towards the hufflepuff chaser who seemed to be gaining speed towards the slytherin hoops

(Slytherin Chaser)

~Once again the quaffle soared back into play and Fated watched as his team mate, Stealth zoomed over and shoved a hufflepuff chaser to the side and caught it~

"Yeah!!" Fated cheered.

Stealth immediately fly back towards Hufflepuff goal but frown as he saw the hufflepuff chasers formed a blockade and were flying at him from all sides.~

"Sneaky Badgers, aren't they?" Fated mumbled to Iritzsipv. Then he got an idea and quickly flew off in a zig zag arial pattern through the air in a manuver called the 'Serpent on the Wind~

~And then he swooped down to help Stealth out by sliding into one of the chasers causing them to spin around and run into their other team mates~

"Take it Captain!" Stealth said throwing the quaffle to Fated~

~Fated caught it and nodded to his team mate and spun around, dodger a very close call with a bludger that he was certain Marie sent at him. But he hurried towards the goal now and snapped into his famous 'Snake of Salazar' move he'd perfected when he was seeker.

~Soaring with incredible speed, Fated zoomed up and over the hufflepuff seeker's head and to the highest hoop and tossed the quaffle in causing the crowd to scream and cheer~

(Slytherin chaser)

Stealthy was worried - this was all seeming way too easy....

The quaffle was now back in play. There was a bit of a tussle going on between Iritzsipv and Ginny, who had both grabbed the quaffle at the same time. He gained some height, then arrowed the Testarossa straight towards Ginny, swerving at the very last moment and just catching the brush of her broom. It was not a hard blow, just enough to put the unfortunate Hufflepuff off balance.

Iritzsipv got the quaffle and immediately tossed it towards Fated.

Stealthy was too engrossed in watching for a play signal from his captain and so was unable to see the bludger that Marie sent his way. It hammered into the back of his head... Losing consciousness, he fell from his broom.

slytherin beater

Snape called for time out as Stealth fell from his brrom. Thinking quickly, he pulled out his wand and sent a hover charm towards his team mate, slowing his fall. Quickly, he rushed over with Fated to their fallen team mate, keeping his fingers crossed that he would be alright to continue. He was right, though, Slytherin were getting a very easy game...

(Slytherin chaser)

Stealthy thanked his team mates for their concern and assured them that his skull was extremely thick and that he would be fit to carry on in a few minutes - when the baby dragons had stopped flying around his head.

He took the opportunity of the time out for a quiet word with the others.

"Do you all get the same imnpression as me? This is all too easy?"

This met with general assent, but no-one could suggest a why or wherefore...

"Well - you know there is a Muggle expression which say that 'when life gives to lemons, make lemonade' - and another one that says 'you should never look a gift horse in the mouth'?"

"What's a gift horse?" asked Iritzsipv.

"I have no idea," answered Stealthy "but it would seem to be something that has extremely bad breath... But it seems to me that we should make hay while the sun shines!"

"You really are full of Muggle sayings to-day, aren't you..."

"I collect them... Anyway, I suggest that we don't worry too much about the lack of Badger bravado - if they are letting us score - let's just keep on pounding away at their hoops. What do you say, oh capitano?" He looked enquiringly at Fated.

"I say - let those hoops suffer!"

"What about set plays?" asked Iritzsipv. "We've used a lot of serpent based ones. I did bother to learn the alternate set..."

Stealthy and Fated exchanged a glance.

"Are you game, shipmate?" Fated winked at Stealthy.

"Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, matey!"

"OK, let's try the Treasure Chest Inversion, the Crossed Cutlasses - oh - and I'm dying to try Walking the Plank. You recall those?"

"Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!" chorused the rest of the team. "Savvy!"

When they took to the air, each had a particularly nasty piratical glint in his or her eye.

The time out was over and Madam Hooch once again tossed the quaffle. Ginny grabbed it, but soon let go as Stealthy ploughed into her from above while flying vertically downwards and inverted. This was the Treasure Chest Inversion.

"Sorry, Gin!"

Iritzsipv grabbed the quaffle and headed off towards the Slytherin hoops. The Hufflepuff chasers just watched, not believing was was happening. Was this Slytherin chaser so disoriented?

No, of course not - this Slytherin chaser was performing the first part of the Crossing Cutlasses. No-one had noticed what Fated was up to.

Jenn had made a half hearted attempt at interception, but was soon put off as Snape managed to send two bludgers in her general direction.

Iritzsipv, meanwhile, had built up a tremendous speed and looped round behind the Slytherin hoops, her course following a graceful curve...

Meanwhile, Stealthy had looped behind the Hufflepuff hoops and was now looping towards the centre of the pirch at high speed. He was heading directly for Iritzsipv - have the Slytherin team gone crazy?

Stealthy and Iritzsipv passed each other in a flash - there was a blur of movement and it seemed that the quaffle had been passed to Stealthy - who now headed towards the Slytherin hoops.

He went even faster, looping again behind the Slytherin hoops and following Iritzsipv's earlier trajectory. Iritzsipv meanwhile was followijng Stealth's earlier course. They flashed past each other, even faster this time, and the quaffle was passed back to Iritzsipv. Around the hoops and towards each other, even faster...

This manoeuvre was the second part of the Crossing Cutlasses and, as is usual with piratical things it was dead sneaky. This time, Iritzsipv did not pass the quaffle to Stealthy - she made a motion as if tossing it - and he made a reciprocal motion as if catching it, and zoomed off towards the Slytherin hoops.

No-one paid much attention as, this time, Iritzsipv headed straight towards the Hufflepuff hoops and arrowed the quaffle through the centre on.

Another 10 points for Slytherin!

Meanwhile, Fated had slinked off to prepare himself for Walking The Plank - a manoeuvre so sneaky that it had to be learned in two parts and then joined together, lest the pupil be overwhelmed by its sheer sneakiness.

Never trust a pirate...

A Slytherin Pirate? Merlin help you!

(Slytherin Chaser)

~Relief washed over him, as he saw that his team mate Stealth was okay and grinned as they had all conversed about the many moves they'd formed together~

~With a sneaky grin, Fated was ready to perform the 'Walking the plank' move and the first part consisted of several tricky moves.~

~Diving down quickly and veering up in a sharp series of curves, Fated began the move in a shaky yet straight pattern across the field~

~Just then he was cut off by one of the Hufflepuff chasers as they caught the quaffle and tried to fly towards the Slytherin goal. But Fated would have none of that. He side swiped the chaser and made them lose their grip on the quaffle~

~It began falling and Fated signaled to Stealth~ This was his cue~

~Iritzsipv was waiting anxiously for her part in the move~

~Fated gave her a confident nod and then looked over to see that now Stealth was zooming diagnally upwards and whooshed by Snape, who had perfect timing at sending a Bludger at Jenn to keep her from disrupting the Slytherin's awesome move~

~Stealth did a roll and handed off the quaffle to Iritzsipv who flew quickly to Hufflepuff's goal.~

~Fated and Stealth followed her and Fated zoomed up to the highest hoop while Stealth tauntingly flew around and around taunting the hufflepuff Keeper and keeping them busy~

"Now!" Fated shouted to his team mate~

~He watched as Iritzsipv threw the quaffle in and scored another 10 points for Slytherin~

"Good Job Team!" shouted Fated encouragingly.~

(Slytherin chaser)

In order to really irritate the Badgers, the whole Slytherin team formed up into a V formation and flew a lap of honour around the pitch, forcing Madam Hooch to wait before relaunchihng the quaffle.

Ginny grabbed it. Fated attempted to intercept but a Marie directed bludger just caught the end of his broom handle and he spun out of control. Ginny was heading towards the Slytherin hoops at a great rate of knots. Piling on the speed, Stealthy overtook her and barely managed to halt the Testarossa by the Slytherin keeper, who looked slightly worried.

The Testarossa was a new broom - it swept clean, butit could also sweep dirty. Stealthy pressed a concealed stud in its handle. Dense smoke started to issue from the bristles, obscuring the whole area of the Slytherin hoops in seconds.

Ginny flew in blind and smacked painfully into one of the supports and spun away, dropping the quaffle. Fated, who had been hovering beneath the pall of smoke, caught the quaffle and zoomed off down the pitch accompanied by Iritzsipv.

Stealthy shot after Ginny, whose broom seemed out of control. She crashed into the Gryffindor stand and started to slide off the broom.

From the far end of the pitch he heard the score bell sound. Another 10 points for Slytherin.

He reached out and caught Ginny, who seemed stunned, briefly wondering why her own team mates were not looking out for her... He hauled her off her broom, which then chose to shoot vertically upwards, and, keeping one arm clamped firmly around her waist, lowered her to the ground behind the Slytherin goal.

(Slytherin Chaser)

~Iritzsipv and Fated had done a most interesting team effort and had both thrown the quaffle in scoring the goal together, stifling taunting laughter as they watched the Hufflepuff faces drop in disbelief~

"Ya snooze ya lose!" spouted Iritzsipv to the huffies who really looked unhappy.~

~Fated chuckled then shrugged as he added. "Yeah, huffies, you play against the best ya might as well lose like the rest" He said with a proud smirk.~

~Then he looked around suddenly wondering where their new Seeker was. ~

~Fated scratched his head then flew over to Snape~ "Hey there mate, any idea where our new Slytherin Seeker is?" He asked.~
~Snape also looked a little curious about that~
"I haven't seen him for a while now. Hopefully he will find and catch the snitch though." Snape said.
Fated nodded in agreement. "Yeah I know. Since I am a chaser now, I can't be seeker too. We're doing quite well though it's a little TOO easy as we all discussed earlier. But still I hope our seeker shows up."

~He then swerved around on his broom and zoomed over to the other two Slytherin chasers.~

"Well guys, this game is coming to an end, but we need to stay on our guard because those Huffies might try to make a comback." Fated said.

~Just then the hufflepuff chasers zoomed by them and one of then caught the quaffle that was launched in the air~And it looked like they were going straight towards Slytherin's goal!!~

"Let's get them!" Fated shouted out, quickly kicking his broom into faster speed as he started leading the way with Stealth and Iritzsipv at his sides~

~Fated caught up to the three hufflepuff chasers and signaled to Stealth to take one side and Iritzsipv to take the other~Then noticing a bludger out of the corner of his eye he motioned to Snape and then turned back to the huffies who were trying to continue on their path but the three Slytherin chasers attacked from all sides.~

~Stealth rushed down in quick spurts of speed from the left side, Iritzsipv coming in the same manner to the right and Fated zooming from front to back making several grabs for the quaffle~

~Fated watched the huffies began passing the quaffle between the three of them and backflipped in the air, zoomed down and came up from underneath them,drawing his fist back and punching the quaffle out of Jenn's grip~

~It flew up and Fated watched as both Iritzsipv and Stealth made a mad dash for the soaring quaffle~