15th House Quidditch: SLYTHERIN V HUFFLEPUFF: 15th-19th

(Hufflepuff Beater)

:Etta stepped out onto the pitch, her brand new StalkAStar broom flung over her shoulder, nothing could keep up the StalkAStar broom thats why she had purchased it with Elfie's secret stash of Galleons which happened to be lying around the Headmistresses office.

With a wave to her fellow Huffles, Etta jumped onto her broom and took off into the sky, swinging her gold platted Beaters Bat, ready to smack some Slytherins

(Hufflepuff Beater)

Streams strode calmly onto the field, her beloved broom held lightly in her left hand, the bat in her right. Her broom was a bit battered and temperamental, but so what? They had been through a lot together, and her broom had never let her down. She straddled the broom and rose into the air slowly, getting accustomed to the rush of air before she accelerated.

Then she twirled her bat and zoomed in circles around the pitch, waving to Etta. She was ready to crack some hea--heavy bludgers!

(Slytherin Chaser)

Gemma walked onto the pitch torn between pride and hesitation. Playing her first real game of Quidditch was giving her both of these emotions, but seeing all her fellow housemates cheering in the stands, she decided to go with the pride and mounted her new broom, a FireComet, confidently. She rose upwards rather quickly, enjoying the rush of air around her whole self.

She was definitely ready to score lots of points for her house!

(Slytherin Chaser)

Gemma smiled at the sudden arrival of Nancy and Cat, relieved to have some distraction from the bat-swinging Hufflepuff beaters. Nodding at Nancy to show she had heard her, she continued flying around the pitch, waiting for somebody to release the Quaffle.
Why did things have to be this slow on the day of her first game?

(Slytherin Chaser)

Excited to see that the game had finally started, Gemma gave her best to catch up to Nancy and Jessie to take part in it as much as she could. Enjoying the rush of adrenaline, she flew to Jessie's left side, while Nancy was on her right. Time to get this game started!

(Hufflepuff Beater)

:Etta sat watching the Slytherin team, decidedly bored, she began to swing her prized gold plated Beaters Bat at an on oming Bludger.

Fwack

The bat connected with the Bludger and was sent hurtling towards Jessie

(Hufflepuff Beater)

"Ah no, we can NOT allow them to slaughter us," streams murmured, and twirled her bat, thinking. After a few moments she chased down a bludger on the left side of the field. Pretending she hadn't seen it, she let it fly behind her and then smashed into it with a Backward Badger Bang. It flew in an arc and headed straight for Nancy from the air, zooming straight down towards the back of her head, which made it that much harder to dodge, since it was behind her...

(Slytherin Chaser)

Gemma, alarmed because she had seen both Bludgers which had been hit by the Hufflepuff Beaters, dived towards Cat as fast as she could, screaming her name to avert her attention on the Bludger attacking Nancy. After all, a blow to the head was nothing funny, she could tell as much. Luckily, Cat seemed to have heard her, now all she could do was hope that the beater would be able to prevent the Bludger from hitting its target - well, prevent both Bludgers to hit both targets, actually...

(Hufflepuff Beater)

Seeing that Gemma seemed to be rather bored, and also disrupted what would have been a perfect bludger blow, streams hurried over to the bludger etta had just belted at Jessie. If Gemma was going to warn her about it, there wasn't much point, was there? Smoothly intercepting the bludger's course, streams sent it with a satisfying THWACK straight at Gemma's ribcage. She tried to dodge of course, but she was way too close to turn and the Bludger smacked into her stomach, knocking the air out of her.

(Slytherin Chaser)

Too concentrated on keeping Jessie from being hit by the bludger, Gemma didn't see streams aiming it at her instead. When she noticed the bludger, it was too late to react and Gemma was almost knocked off her broom from the force with which the stupid ball had knocked into her stomach. Dangling from her broom, her legs curled around it to avoid falling to the ground, Gemma was quite scared. 'How could I play this damn game when I'm afraid of heights?', she wondered. But now wasn't the time for regrets, and so she wriggled herself back onto the broomstick to go looking for the quaffle.

[Slytherin Keeper]

Ame ran out of the locker room just in time to hear a loud thud as a bludger slammed into Gemma's chest. She winced as she mounted her broom and took off towards her goals. She was playing keeper today and was excited for the change up. Hopefully she wouldn't be beat to a bloody pulp with bludgers today! She waved at her fellow teamates as she passed..and was glad to see not much had been missed. She was ready for a great game. She fastened her keeper golves tight and prepared to defend her goals.

(slytherin beater)

Cat saw a bludger go after Nancy. By looks of it she wouldn't make it in time to save her, but luckily Jessie was able to block it before it hit her. Cat saw the quaffle handed over to Nancy, so Cat flew over towards her so that way she could keep a watch out and see if any other bludgers went after her or if a chaser on the other team tried to interfere.

"Gotcha covered Nancy!" Cat shouted after her awesome adopted mother.

She held tight to the bludger under her arm as it squirmed, waiting for a chance to use it to help out the team.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

Jenn stumbled down her dormitory stairs as she quickly pulled her quidditch robes over her shoulders. Cursing her heavy sleep, she knew she always overslept during the matches but four days sleep was completely strange! Although she couldn’t be sure, Jenn was suspicious of that love potion Elana brewed and she accidentally drank the other day. It must have countered with her own love potion she accidentally swallowed. On her way out the door, Jenn caught sight of herself in the mirror and automatically swept her black hair over her shoulders and admired herself.

“No!” She suddenly said with a shake of her head. “I suppose the effects still didn’t wear off yet.”

Hurrying out to the pitch, Jenn was horrified that many of the Slytherin team was already there. Giving Streams and Etta an apologic grin, she mouthed the words kidnapped hot lifeguards and flew into the air. As she noticed the quaffle was yet to be released, she glanced at Gabby and nodded in Cat’s direction. Gripping her broomstick tightly between her fingertips, Jenn flew straight toward cat’s back as she watched Gabby do the same in the opposite direction. At the last possible minute she pulled out of the way and felt her hair whip onto Cat's broomstick.

(Hufflepuff Beater)

Streams grinned at Jenn, their wonderful team captain who had arrived to take the game by storm. With a jovial wave to Gabby, streams watched closely as the two ganged up on Cat, startling her, and...yes! Cat lost her grip on the Bludger under her arm! The bludger prepared to zoom off but streams had been ready for it and she pelted it towards Nancy's left arm, the one that held the broomstick.

Sure that her aim was good, streams immediately turned in search of the other Bludger, which was hovering about a hundred feet away. She smirked when she saw Jessie only ten feet away from the temporarily stationary Bludger. "Sweet dreams, Jessie," she murmured and knocked the Bludger directly at her. Jessie's eyes opened wide as she saw the oncoming Bludger ready to attack.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

Satisfied that the other Slytherin players would be momentarily distracted, Jenn hurried forward with the next move as she knew they’d be on her tail before long. With a deep breath, she waited in anticipation until the quaffle was released. Watching the quaffle in midair, Jenn swooped forward and narrowly caught the quaffle with the tips of her fingertips. As she carefully held the quaffle, she flew upwards where Gabby was waiting.

Whispering a few well chosen words for the next play, Jenn bent forward and crouched forward onto the broomstick as they flew toward the goal posts together, occasionally changing places. Grabbing Gabby’s hand, they both moved together as one through the Huffie Weave and dodged the other obstacles in their way.

(Hufflepuff Beater)

"Hahaha." Streams grinned broadly when she saw that their teamwork had gotten their team a score, and she smirked, tilting her head as she let the wind whip the hair out of her face. She zoomed after the bludger she had just sent towards Jessie, watching the poor girl's eyes bulge out even more. Before, Jessie had a chance of dodging, but now...Streams bore down on her, flying fast and close, and feinted to the right.

Jessie dodged to the left, and the Bludger was so close, it didn't take more than a nudge of the bat for Streams to send the ball towards Jessie's right hand. She watched with a small grimace as the heavy ball connected with her hand, bending two of her fingers into unnatural positions. "Oof...that had to have hurt," she murmured, and sped away.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

With a light wave, Jenn flew behind Gabby and waited for her teammate to toss her the quaffle. A wind caught on a strand of hair and she impatiently batted it out of the way. Too late she saw the quaffle head straight at her. Jumping slightly, she ducked yet raised her arms over her head and prayed for the best. Feeling the quaffle hit her hand harder then expected, Jenn winced at the pain and clasped the quaffle close to her body.

Seeing the goal posts draw nearer, Jenn lifted her legs to unsteadily wobble on the broomstick as she crouch on her feet. At the last minute, before smacking straight into the goal posts, Jenn pushed downwards and lightly jumped up and over the goal posts with the quaffle as her broomstick flew through it. Landing on her broom once again on the other side, Jenn grasped her broomstick and jerked it around to turn a full 180 and threw the quaffle to score another goal.

“I always wanted to jump on my broomstick after I saw Angelina Johnson do it in the first Harry Potter movie.” Jenn admitted to Gabby with a grin and a grimace. “But unfortunately I think she had more cushion underneath then me if you know what I mean.” Rubbing her sore behind, Jenn couldn’t help but laugh.

(Slytherin Chaser)

Worried by the way those careless Hufflepuffs had suddenly taken over the game, Gemma hurried straight for the quaffle the second it was released and, seeing that nobody from her team was close enough, flew towards the goal posts as fast as she could, hoping that she'd be able to score a goal without any Huff getting in the way. Once more, she looked around for a teammate to pull off a smooth move.

(Hufflepuff Beater)

Seeing that Gemma had hold of the Quaffle, streams decided to chase down the bludger that had so recently hurt Jessie and she flew after it, gaining speed. At the last minute however, she pulled ahead of it and it smashed into her left shoulder. Streams groaned as the bludger was still around and half-heartedly just smacked it away as she rubbed her shoulder.

Darn, that hurt. She tried rolling her shoulder but was rewarded with blinding pain...probably dislocated. Great. She would now have to keep as best a hold of her broom with her knees as she could. She had trained that way, but it wasn't comfortable...sighing, she set off once more to track down a bludger.

(Hufflepuf Chaser)

Jenn looked up and noticed Streams chasing after a rogue bludger. Too late to call out a warning, she watched as the bludger slammed into her favorite two Beaters xD and grimaced. What did she tell that girl at practice? Although Jenn and Oliver Wood had a close personal relationship going on at the moment, she didn’t embrace his captain ethics of letting his teammates die in the game as long as they scored first.

Gritting her teeth together, she flew toward Gemma who had the quaffle. Luckily Stream’s aimed bludger loosened her grip a bit as Jenn quickly flew past her and knocked the quaffle out of her arms before she was able to score. Just as she turned her broomstick around to fly in the other direction, she gave Streams a glance to make sure she’s okay. At least this game was ending soon. Circling the hoops a few times, she tossed the quaffle in the far right and smiled when she heard a faint ting of the scoring bell.

(Hufflepuff Beater)

Streams made sure not to move her left hand at all as any little movement delivered white-hot pain. She whooshed on, drawing level with a bludger, and tried knocking it straight at Nancy, who had dodged the last one. All it would take was a wide, straight swing, but when Streams attempted this, the sudden movement of her right hand sent pain shooting down her left, and the Bludger arced away from Nancy, headed towards Gabby. Groaning, Streams rushed after it to do some damage control and noted that next time she shouldn't aim for her target, perhaps then it would actually hit them.

[Slytherin Keeper]


Forgetting she was playing quidditch...Ame woke up from her cat nap to see Jenn flying straight towards her. She screamed loudly and winced at the thought of impact, but luckily Jenn was able to stop before she ran into Ame...unfortunately she managed to throw the quaffle in the furthest hoop away from Ame..and as she dove to block it...she heard the faint ding that meant she had been unsuccessful. Not willing to hand this game to the Huffies...Ame put on her mean face and tried her best to get her team pumped up and ready to kick some butt!!

(Slytherin Chaser)

Annoyed with herself about letting go of the quaffle and allowing the Huffs to score, Gemma now raced for the red ball at full speed as soon as it was released. She would score at least once! Knowing that she'd have to do this on her own this time, Gemma held tight on the quaffle while speeding towards the goal posts. If one of the beaters would aim for her now...well, better not to think about that. The wind blew into her face, and when she had reached the goal posts, she decided to try showing off just a little, even though the Hufflepuff keeper still hadn't turned up.
She flew a loop in front of the posts, but in the process of doing so the quaffle slipped from her firm grip. This was not good, the other team's chasers could be anywhere around! While the Slytherin crowd gasped in shock, she made a dive to get it back and grinned in relief when she held the quaffle in her hands again. This time, she decided to simply throw it through the middle hoop, so she wouldn't do something even more stupid. When she saw her fellow housemates cheer below her, she felt the happiness of scoring her very first official goal ever...

(Hufflepuff Beater)

Streams was all set to cheer loudly when Gemma dropped the Quaffle, but she caught it again which was hugely disappointing, to Streams, anyway. Favoring her left side, streams flew at a speed slower than usual as she chased down a bludger, but she simply wasn't fast enough. She would have to fly faster if she wanted to catch up with the bludger...gritting her teeth, she accelerated and groaned inwardly when the vibrations from her zooming broom caused pain to jolt up her left arm.

She really hoped this game would be over soon, because she didn't know how much longer she could handle it. A bludger suddenly whooshed towards her, aiming for her head, and streams tucked her body in on itself in a classic Badger Ball while her bat dangled loosely from her fingertips. Then she turned on the Bludger, which was still nearby, and aimed for about ten feet away from Gemma. This way, perhaps it would actually hit Gemma, and she probably wouldn't think the Bludger was coming at her because Streams was looking in the opposite direction...

Streams turned away, feigning nonchalance, and was rewarded with a shriek a few short seconds later. Gemma hadn't thought the Bludger was headed her way and hadn't been ready to dodge it. It hit her right leg full on and streams wondered if it was broken.

(Slytherin Chaser)

With all the excitement about scoring, Gemma had not paid any attention to anything going on in the game - and now this fact had caused her quite some pain. Damn, that stupid Huff - steams or whatever she was named - had brought a bludger to her right leg, and that bang had been rather forceful! Wondering if her leg was broken, Gemma carefully turned around on her broom, casting the beater what she hoped would come off as a hateful glare even with her face scrunched up in obvious pain. Well, she should probably forget about glaring for now.

Deciding that the game couldn't be much longer now, she chose to ignore the throbbing in her leg as much as possible, but as she tried going for the quaffle again, she found the injury was rather distracting. Without further thought, she bent forward at a wave of pain, wanting to press her hands onto the hurting leg. Unluckily, she had truely done this without any further thought, and now she suffered the consequences as she slowly slipped to the right side, threatening to fall off her broom. With her leg unusable, she couldn't hold herself. What a great way to end the first game, Gemma reflected as she waited for the fall.

Scores will be up shortly