6th House Quidditch: Gryffindor vs Ravenclaw: 15th-19th

Apologies for this game starting late!

October 15th - 19th: Gryffindor vs Ravenclaw
Commentator: Etta
Judges: Elfie Dumbledore, streams of silver, jennifer williams, Raistlin the Wizard, Agatha Black

Only GRYFFINDOR V RAVENCLAW house quidditch teams may post in here (rpg only please)

plus - Etta the commentator!


NO ONE ELSE!!

The posts can begin on MONDAY OCTOBER 15th - NOT BEFORE!
and will end on FRIDAY 19th OCTOBER - 5 days of rpg posting!

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Concentrate on building your points up and please read how the matches are scored!

Concentrate on things like:
Skill shown
Team work
Maneuvers
Knowledge of the game
Creativity
Initiative
Reliability of team


Have fun!!

Let the match begin!

Weather: A grey cloudy day for this Quidditch match, with whirls of clouds eddying across the sky. Gryffindor and Ravenclaw had better watch out - it looks like rain!

Notes: Welcome to the sixth match of the Quidditch Cup! Good luck to all players!

Gryffindor Chaser

Katie stumbled down the empty corrider and away from the delicous breakfast she had left behind. How could she have possibly forgotten today was a quidditch match! Thnak goodness she had woken up early! SHe charged into the empty training room and pulled on her scarlet robes. Where was her team!? She searched at least twice around the room until she found her firebolt, shich incidently was in her hand the whole time. With a slight shudder she opened the door to the quidditch pitch and stepped into the large pitch.

Katie noticed no one was there as she scanned the grey sky. She let out a huge sign of releif and took the time to tie back her hair in two long french braids and de-ruffle her robes. Then she took off into the air and decided to do a few laps until the rest of the players arrived.

Gryffindor Seeker

Sitting on her knees in the Gryffindor common room and polishing her broom just in the right light to check from time to time whether it's shiny enough, Cris had almost forgotten the time, had she not seen a few of the other Gryffies head out with flags and mascots. She looked up, amazed. "What, already?" she though loudly and got a prompt answer from Nearly Headless Nick, who was just soaring by, "Yes, I think so. You should hurry up!". She didn't wait to be told twice and left for the Quidditch pitch, running over a few first-years on her way there. "Oups! Sorry!" she cried back but didn't even wait to see if they were ok, as she was starting to feel the usual Quidditch-exhilaration.

In the lockers, she threw her day-to-day robes into a corner, threw on her splendidly shiningGryffindor Quidditch robes and raced out .. to find.. an apparently empty Quidditch pitch and just a few viewers in their seats. She didn't have time to wonder though, as Madam Hooch was impatient for her to be up in the air anyway. Grumpingly, she rose, and then she finally spotted her teammate Katie flying around the pitch. She waved at her and flew over to hug her. "Sooo.. what d'you say... should be an easy win, huh? I mean, it's Ravenclaws and all but... " And then she stopped, as she looked at the sky. "Huh... certainly no fair weather today..." She frowned and tapped her glasses with her wand, making the water pearl off them just in case it would rain later on. "I hope you're waterproof," she said to Katie winking. "There are some jackets haging in our locker, by the way, did you see them?... I think they're new. Just grab one in case it should rain."

(Gryffindor Chaser)

Becca hit the alarm on her alarm clock to snooze. Just a few more minutes of sleep...But the sun was not having it. She scrunched her eyes tight as her mind began to work. Then, she remembered she had a Quidditch match to go to! Becca quickly threw off her blankets and threw on some clothes, trying her hair back loosly.

She sprinted down to the locker rooms and smiled as she slipped on her Quidditch robes. She was unusually quiet this morning, but then again, Becca was probably just trying to keep her energy levels good for the match. Becca grabbed up her broom and made her way out of the locker rooms and on to the pitch.

She smiled brightly as the she felt the outside air hit her face. Becca took a deep breath and then mounted her broom. With a good, hard kick, she was in the air. "Hey!" she greeted her friends. She tucked a piece of loose hair behind her ear. Dang that loose bun that she had not redone earlier. Oh well, she thought, it's not that bad.

(Gryffindor Keeper)

Amber ran into the locker room, out of breath. She'd overslept and knew that if she was late again June would probably flip her lid. She quickly changed into her quidditch robes and grabbed her broom. Her eyes landed on a package sitting on the bench, it had her name on it as well as a note. She curiously opened the package, not bothering to read the note. It was a jacket. Since when did they have jackets? Oh well, she quickly threw it on and raced unto the pitch. Wincing when she saw that Katie, Becca, Cris and June were already there.

"So sorry I'm late June!" she called as she got unto her broom and headed over to the rest of the team.

Gryffindor Beater Alternate

Izzy stumbled out of bed feeling a little naseus. She glanced at the time on her watch and screamed (thankfully it was a mental scream). She ran down to the locker rooms. As she entered the locker rooms, she thought she saw Filch's cat. She took a flying leap into the air. As she glanced back, the "cat" was gone. Izzy thought she was going delusional. Remembering her task, she jumped into her Quidditich robes (literally), grabbed her broom and was off. Just as she was walking onto the pitch, she realized that she set her watch 15 minutes early.

"Well, at least I am early," she thought.

Swinging onto her broom, she rode out to June to discuss tactics for beating.

(Gryffindor Keeper)

Amber listened to June and cringed as she started talking about how good Ravenclaw was, that definitely wasn't helping. As she speech progressed however she found herself feeling more confident and more pumped about the game. She was ready to play and ready to take on this challenge. "I'm with you!" she screamed, enthusiastically. Then blushed a deep red as she realized how loud she was.

(Gryffindor Chaser)

"I'm totally with you!" Becca clapped her hands together happily, forgetting she was in air. She giggled as she steadied herself again. "I promise to stay in the air as well," she flashed a grin. Like she could actually promise that. Everyone knew she was one of the most clumsy people in history to be allowed on a broom, let alone the Quidditch Pitch. "Let's win this match!"

(Gryffindor Seeker)

Cris had just had time to fly a round around the pitch, when she noticed her team flying in, one after another. She did an upside-down loop to express her joy at the sight of almost all Gryffies and definitely no Ravenclaws yet on the pitch, then she flew towards the places where her sister and one of their great captains, June, had already begun her pep-talk. Not wanting to disturb, she just lined up with the others and waited to greet them afterwards.

"This is Ravenclaw we’re going up against" June said, and Cris immediately knew what the words meant - she had seen them in action and knew them all too well to underestimate them. She still felt confident about the game, though. She nodded smiling at the ennumeration of all the great Ravenclaw players but positively beamed when June came to talk about the Gryffie team. “Are you with me?” asked June in conclusion of her speech. "DUHHH!" Cris cried enthusiastically and raised her fist in the air, then she said grinning, "Well hello, hello there, everybody!". Noticing Becca's small clumsy moment, she added "Oups, take care!", giggled, and assured her she'd be right there to catch her in case anything went wrong, which she hoped didn't. "Uhm, may I add something to your pep talk?" she asked, looking questioningly at June. She promised to make it short, so she just said "We've won this term's first game and I really think that's a good omen, don't you? Let's just stick to it like we've done before and show'em what we've got!" She whooped ecstatically, then mimicked sealing her lips, adding, "Annnd that, dear ladies and unfortunately no gentlemen, was my seeker's two pence for the moment."

Grinning playfully, she took off to occupy her usual position high above the field because - as her mum always said - one could never be too careful.

Gryffindor Chaser

"I am SO Ready!" Katie answered her Captain's call for enthusiasm with gusto. This would be there match she thought as she continued welcoming the rest of her team to the pitch with hugs. She couldn't wait to get started. They were only one player short - Aliza, which was much better than the usul scramble to have all teammates present. Hopefully the match would start soon she thought. Katie was very pumped up.

Gryffindor Chaser and Co-Captains

Aliza hurried into the locker room, only slightly late. Especially considering exactly what she had been doing before. She looked around her and saw that all the players had arrived - except of course, for herself. She sighed and got changed as fast as she could. Unfortunately - she wasnt very good at getting dressed fast and had managed to button herself up all wrong. She rolled her eyes at her own stupidity and fixed her outfit. Pulling her wand out of the heap of clothes she had just discarded and put it in the pocket of her robes. She was ready. Except...for her broom. She grabbed it and walked out instinctively looking up at the sky. Drats, it looked like it was going to rain!

She climbed on to her broom and prayed that the weather would uphold - she didn't particularly want to be playing in the rain. It made everything MUCH more awkward. She kicked off and surveyed the pitch while doing a quick lap. She noticed that all of the Gryffindor team was present and only Elana was there from the Ravenclaw team. Brilliant. That would give them a great advantage.

Aliza flew over to June and grinned, "Good turnout!" she said, smiling. "I just hope it doesn't rain." She paused. "When do you think the game is going to start?"

(Ravenclaw Chaser)

Anthony ran down the grand staircase weaving in and out of what few students hadn't made it to the quidditch match. Ravenclaw were to face Gryffindor and he himself was running extremely late. Finally able to make it into his team's locker room, he had no time to waste, throwing on his team's blue and bronze robes quickly, and grabbing his firebolt that matched, he busted threw the doors, running out onto the pitch. Gryffindor players swarmed around, the sky was filled with red a gold, the crowd roaring and thrundering in the stands as usual, and only one fleck of blue stood out. Without taking time to take in what was going on, Anthony mounted his broom, kicked off hard and rocketed skyward.

Barrel rolling as he maneuvered through the many gryffie players, his eyes searched around for the quaffle. He took note of Elana's position, and he could only hope that more of his team would arrive soon.

(Gryffindor Seeker)

“THEN LET’S ROAR!!!!”, Cris heard June shout and grinned in approval. "That's the spirit", she thought looking at the team. They were all looking extremely anxious. Her eyes then fell onto the first member of the Ravenclaw team on the pitch - Elana! She smiled, even though she wasn't even sure Elana could see her. Then came in Aliza and Cris suddenly burst into a happy giggle - she couldn't even remember when the last time had been when the Gryffindor team was completely on the pitch so early in the game! .. if ever. She chuckled. Next came in Anthony. Nice, the Ravenclaws were starting to gather and they'd better do it soon, because she was already, slowly but surely, getting bored of waiting for the game to get started. Balancing her her feet in the air, she started humming the Flinstones song and and bending over her broom to analyse whether she had polished it well.

Gryffindor Chaser

Katie watched as more of the Ravenclaws arrived. Aliza had shown up and now she was really itching to score some goals. She looked through the air and up at the daunting clouds as she felt a drop of water hit her long red hair. Oh No! she thought to herself as another drop hit, this time landing on her freckle filled cheeks. Well, at least it's not coming down to hard she thought as she attempted to try herself off. Then, in one mighty crack the sky opened up and started to pour.

(Gryffindor Beater Alternate)

Yes, Izzy almost jumped off of her broom in joy. Going quickly to assist June, she glanced around for a bludger. "Now, If I can just get rid of a few more players, maybe other beaters?" she thought hopefully. She was squinting desparately, the rain made it basically impossible to see. Quickly she started circling the pitch looking for a bludger. As she glanced back toward the Gryffindor goal posts she saw a blur of black hit the Ravenclaw chaser.

Izzy chuckled to herself. "June, must've hit her mark."

Quickly, though, she realized her chance as the bludger darted sideways after gaining momentum from the impact. She flew at the speed of light (or tried at least). As she came closer to the bludger Izzy stuck out her arm with bat in hand. Izzy came to a screeching halt and did a 90 degree turn sideways. Her bat hit the bludger and Izzy felt the vibrations of the impact rolling through her.

Glancing up she checked to make sure the bludger was heading towards the correct target. Izzy grinned malicously as she sat back to watch the bludger fly straight back towards Anthony.

Gryffindor Seeker

When she felt the first drops of rain on her skin, Cris frowned and sighed. She knew it was coming, but there had been just a tiny ray of hope that it didn't - this would make her job about 106.456 times more complicated than it already was. She then saw Juney - her saviour! - hurry to fly up to her and give her one of the new, cozy and most importantly, waterproof jackets of the Gryffindor team. Thanking her, she took one and it immediately made her feel somehow more protected.

Then she noticed the game had really, seriously started - and the bludgers were flying with amazing speed. She yelled a few times over to her teammates to be careful, but otherwise she did have to admit it to herself that bludgers were something extraordinary indeed - especially when they hit the other team's members. However, the rain was soon so strong that she could barely distinguish the players. Through the loud sound of the rain, she imagined she could distinguish Elana's voice rejoycing after Anthony had scored for Ravenclaw, but she wasn't sure, as she was too high up to actually hear what the people flying underneath were saying.

And then there was another problem. "Minor" one. The snitch. How in the whole planet of fluffy pink bunnies would she catch it if she couldn't see it? It was true that her glasses were pretty efficient in just letting the water pearl away quickly - the spell had worked, her visibility was as good as one could hope for on that weather, but the thick rain was a problem nevertheless. She just sat on her broom thinking for a few seconds, drew her hand through her soaked hair - she could bet there was a hood hidden somewhere in her collar but it wouldn't stay on while she was flying anyway, so it was useless.

Deciding that nothing was worse than inaction, she started flying around the pitch in hope to see something - however, a bit slower than she would usually have done, as it now took a while to scrutinize the surroundings.

{Ravenclaw Seeker}

Rigby ran into the locker room, her hair hissing and moving wildly about her head. She was late to the match due to an ill conceived transfiguration. She had been planning her Halloween costume when the idea to dress as Medusa had struck her. Rigby knew it could be tricky to transfigure her hair into snakes, so she decided that she would start practicing right away. It took her hours and hours, but eventually she managed to transfigure the hair on her head into dozens of blue and bronze snakes. Only now she couldn't change them back!

Struggling into her quidditch robes, which was not an easy thing to do since the snakes kept lunging at her hands, Rigby wondered if her hair was going to be allowed on the pitch. She was also worried that one of the evil snake tresses would try to catch the snitch before she could. If only she were a parselmouth! Then she could order the snakes to obey.

Rigby grabbed a hair ribbon from her locker. Taking a deep breath she suddenly whipped her hands to her head and wrestled the biting vipers into a contained ponytail. Bleeding, but victorios as the snakes now had far less movement, she grabbed her broom and raced onto the pitch.

Her worst fears were realized as she saw how far behind her team was. Hissing hair aside, she should have been on time. Foregoing the usual waves and greetings to friends, Rigby went immediatly to work. The snitch was still up for grabs, and that was all she was going concentrate on.

Gryffindor Chaser and Co-Captain

Aliza had been circling the pitch, anxiously waiting for the quaffle to be thrown in to play. However, while she was doing this she had been lost in a train of thought and so was completely clueless when the game actually did start.

Only when the rain began pouring was she brought back to reality. Unfortunately, now she couldn't see anything. She sighed and looked around her trying to locate the quaffle but failing dismally - she could barely locate the other players on the pitch!

She wondered whether she should call a time-out and talk to the team when suddenly a blur of red came flying at her. She assumed it was one of her fellow team mates and so quickly dodged out of the way, emitting a small squeal. Suddenly she realised that the red blur wasn't a player. But...it was a ball. She dove after it, urging her broom forward with her arms outstretched.

Once her fingers made contact with the ball she grinned widely. At least she had that covered. But...because it was raining she couldn't keep an eye on bludgers or other players. That was a definite disadvantage. She shrugged to herself and flew toward the Ravenclaw goal-post trying keeping an eye out for the other chasers...

Gryffindor Chaser

Katie took the Gryffie-jacket gratefully from June. It was really starting to get cold! She saw Aliza get the quaffle and then June catch up with her for protection. Katie zoomed along side her teammates for support incase somehting went wrong. She need Aliza to know that she was open and ready for action!

(Gryffindor Beater Alternate)

Izzy zoned out for a minute, enjoying the cool rain on her face. No matter how hard rain was very cold and refreshing. Still, it stung a little bit. Realizing her brain malfunction, Izzy snapped her head up and looked over to see a group of gryffies, including June. All of a sudden she saw a bludger flying fast toward June coming from the direction of Herby.

"Dang, that beater." Izzy grumbled. Quickly she lurched on her broom, trying to get it moving. To her horror she realized she could never get all the way across the field in time. Izzy crossed her fingers, hoping that June would see it.

At last second she saw June hold up her bat and the bludger rebound off of it. Izzy watched the movements of the bludger and grinned as it came straight her way. "Payback time, Herby." Izzy thought with an evil grin.

Izzy came near the bludger and whacked the bludger with all the strength in her left arm. It flew off in the opposite direction headed for Herby.

(Gryffindor Chaser)

Becca slapped herself in the forehead. How could she have zoned out so long? Shoot! She quickly looked around, trying to figure out what her surroundings were at the moment. Ah. Anthony had the quaffle. Wait! Anthony had the quaffle?!? That wasn't great for her!

Becca sped after Anthony, trying to figure out what she could do to get the quaffle back into Gryffindor possession. She had to help make sure that ravenclaw did not make another goal....