12th House Quidditch Ravenclaw Vs Hufflepuff: 8th-12th

December 8th - 12th, Ravenclaw V Hufflepuff


Judges: Elfie Dumbledore, Agatha Black, Raistlin the Wizard, duck the duck

Only RAVENCLAW vs HUFFLEPUFF house quidditch teams may post in here (rpg only please)

Plus - Raistlin the Wizard as the commentator!

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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: Thick gray clouds loom over the grounds and pitch, snow has fallen softly on and off for an hour, the cold is as bitter as ice and winds are reachomg gale force.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

Skie tumbled down the stairs from her common room, cursing her feet that were tingling from being asleep. Grabbing a rail to gain what little support would be possible, she clutched it for dear life only to find the staircase moving. Muttering verbal acrobatics under her breath, she finally reached the bottom of the stairs and went running for the locker room, only to find herself sprawled out on the ground.

"Yeoch.... wait... got to get to quidditch match!" Jumping up off the ground, completely aware of the 'is she crazy' looks she was receiving from bystanders, she vowed not to trip. Shrugging into her robes as soon as she reached the lockers, she realized that this would be her first game with a new broom. Looking at her old broom, that sat dejectedly in a corner next to her locker, had been reduced to twigs the last time she had used it. Picking up the Nimbus 2000 that she had purchased last time she went out, she felt the springyness of the wood under her fingers.

"I miss you..." she mumbled to her broom. It was an old habit to talk to inanimate objects and one that she didn't intend to break. Skie walked out onto the pitch only to run back in after the winds bit at her loose clothes. Shivering, she inched out and got onto her broom. Pushing both feet off the ground, she launched herself into the play of the wind as it tussled with itself and tried to rip her out of the skies.

"I must really love this sport...." she said to herself, realizing with suprise that she was the first one on the pitch.

(Hufflepuff Beater)

Etta was well and truly unable to sit still. Bouncing round the Changing room, adding more layers of clothing, more badger suits, Snapes Death Eater Outfit on top of Lucius's an extra pair of Quidditch robes, she now resembled a beach ball of some kind.

"Oh oh oh i hope Dani don't kille me for tormenting the Ravenclaw Heads of House about their team," she squeaked as she waddled out onto the pitch and threw her broom into the air, it hoered 12 feet above her head.

"Oh no you didnt!" gasped Etta in disbelief at her broom. "Get down here now!"

Her beautiful well kept, never been cleaned broom of two loyal years did not move. Etta knew instantly why.

"Get down here now!" she hissed at the Firebolt. "I am not removing any of my layers! ITS COLD!"

After five minutes of hissing, snarling and some very unlady like words, Etta removed Snape's Death Eater outfit, two badger suits and a set of Quidditch robes. As she pealed off each layer, her broom moved slowly down towards her. Etta was now beginning to shiver and her broom was still out of reach.

"Fine!" she screamed, stomping off the pitch only to return moments later with Filch's favorite extendareach ladder. Propping it open, Etta climbed the 5 foot ladder and and flung herslef forward onto her broom, landing safely.

"Now, where did i put my Beater's bat?" she asked searching her numerous pockets, her eyes spotted something glisening on the ground below. "Oh no." she groaned in disbellief. "Down Bobette, DOWN!" she instructed her rather stubborn broom. "SKIEEEEEEEEE HELP!!!!!" shouted Etta at her team mate, swearing some more at her broom and pointing to her Beater's Bat laying on the ground below.

(Hufflepuff BEater)

Etta heard Rai's voice fill the pitch and she groaned even louder. Sending him a rude gesture with her hand, the harassed and ever so annoyed Badger, flung herself side ways and fell off her broom, landing on the cold wet earth some feet below. Grabbing her Beater's Bat she glared up at her broom.

"come on Bobette! What am i supposed to do? Sing you a song?" she snarled, her father's Slytherin blood pulsating through her veins. "GET DOWN HERE NOW!"

Finally her broom gave a shudder of fear and fled to her side. Nodding with pleasure, Etta lumbered on, settling herself into the seat. Kicking off into the air, she flew past the commentators box.

"Sowwi Daddy," she waved carelessly with her bat, which accidentally on purpose, jumped from her hand and fell down in the crowd of Gryffindors standing in the stands. "oops a daisy's," she grinned, sweeping down and retrieving her broom from the body of a now unconcious second year.

Finally atisfied she was ready to send some Ravies into a world of hurt, Etta forced her now resistig broom high into the air.

"Bobette, i will not tell you once more, I AM IN CHARGE!" she spat as it vibrated in protest. "We shall discuss the situation after this game, i promisenot to make an hasty descions....DO NOT MAKE ME SUMMON FRANARD! Ha!" she cheered in triumph as her broom settled down. "Now i know your weakness, misbehave again Bobette and i will swop you for Franard!" she added with a hint of malice in her tone.

"LETS GO HUFFLEPUFF!!! THE CUPS ARE OURS!!!!!!!" Etta shouted out into the crowd, her arms waving like mad at her ickle Huffies. Suddenly Etta began to sing "AInt no stopping us now, Hufflepff Rule, yes we rule, I said there aint no stopping us nowwww, Slytherin drool, yes they drool!"

{Ravenclaw Seeker and Co-Captain}

Rigby stood in the locker room shivering, not from the cold, but from the thought of facing Etta on the pitch. There was hardly a bone on her body that had not been broken, brusied or otherwise damaged by the Hufflepuff's bloody beater. Shaking her head to banish her morbid thoughts, Rigby determined to cheer up. Afterall there was snow on the ground, surely that would soften the blow when Etta knocked her off her broom...

"Stop it!" she yelled at herself. There was nothing to fear but fear itself. Besides her organ donor card and life insurance were both up to date and in order. Looking in the mirror she narrowed her eyes, fiercely staring at her reflection.

"You are going to go out there, hop on your broom, avoid bludgers when you can, take the hits like a soilder when you can't avoid them, and get that snitch! Ra-Ra-Ravenclaws!"

Her pep talk cheered her up. Now smiling, she removed her cute little reindeer headband, with little blue and bronze christmas lights hanging from the antlers. Not only was it a festive look, but the heat from the lights would help keep her head warm. Rigby slipped on her warmest gloves, and wrapped herself in her wool lined qudditch robes. She stuffed some extra tissue in her pockets, because no doubt she would have a runny nose throughout the game as she was battling a head cold.

Whistling the tune of Silver Bells, she made her way down the corridor, broom in hand. The gray sky greeted her. It would dull the light of the snitch, but Rigby was used to playing in these conditions. Hopefully that would give her an edge.

She took to the air, seeing a few Hufflepuff already in flight, although she avoided eye contact with Etta, not wanting to make an early target of herself. She smiled to see Raisty commentating. He also added some humor to the game.

(Hufflepuff BEater)


"Fee Fi Fo Fum, i smell a Ravie HERE I COMEEEEEEEEEEE!" Etta squeeled loudly, sprinning her broom into a dive she head directly for Kate.

"YooHOO!" she called, her sparkling and slightly frozen titanium bludger's bat in her right hand, Etta quickly gained a lotta speed. "KAATTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Squealing with the rush of wind in her hair, blood pounding through her brain, Etta flew directly into Kate.

"HUGGGGGGLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!" screeched Etta as she hugged the shell shocked and terrified Ravenclaw. Quickly releasing Kate from her bear like Etta grinned a smile of pure evil, a smile which made her own father shiver.

"I'll count to three, you fly fast and i'll aim well and hard and i lobe you lots but now, we must play, and yo know, if you were to die, i'd come to your funeral, i'd even bring cake," Etta said at warp speed. "Now, lets count TWO, THREE! READY OR NOT HERE WE COMEEEEEEEEE!"

{Ravenclaw Seeker and Co-Captain}

"Now, Etta, aren't there some cute little kittens you could be torturing, or a first year you could be dangling over the Forbidden Forest, ready to drop them into unimaginable horrors?"

No response, other than Etta's counting could be heard. Rigby flew away, fast. Mentally she shook her head, where Hufflepuffs got the reputation of being nice and sweet she didn't have a clue. Bloodthirsty and brutal had been her experience with the whole lot of them.

Determined to avoid the pain of bludger, Rigby flew in zig zags. It may not appear graceful, but it might save a concussion or two.

{Ravenclaw Seeker}

Rigby sighed in relief as she noticed out of the corner of her eye that both Stephy and Elana were flying to her rescue. Ha! Try killing me now, Etta, she thought, Now there's witnesses! Still, all this spinning was making her dizzy. She flew close to stephy, hoping the Ravenclaw beater could do a little damage control for her so that she could concentrate on finding the snitch.

She nodded at Elana. Smiling at the newly crowned chaser.

"Come on, Ravenclaws! Beat the Badgers!" she cried. Raising her arms to the crowd, she continued her Beat the Badgers cry until the Ravenclaw supporters took up the cheer.

Now that she had the crowd energized, she just had to focus on not letting Etta kill her and catching the snitch. Simple, right? Yeah, right.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

Dragon trudge onto the pitch we her broom slung over her shoulder. It had began snowing again. Even with her scarf wraped tightly and the warming charm she had quickly put on herself she felt like a walking ice cube.

She stiffly climbed onto her broom and rose up in the air while rubbing her hands together hoping to become warmer. Doing a lap around the field to warm up, she waved to Skie who had just arrived and Etta who seemed slightly hyper. She settled besides Skie and scanned the skies for the red quaffle as her breath appeared in small puffs in front of her in the icy air.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

Skie giggled as the game began to get interesting, with Ettie talking to her broom and what not. Pausing as she saw her breath collect in a thick mist around her face, she stuck her tongue out impulsively. Withdrawing it as it began to freeze, she decided to get hot chocolate as soon as she left the pitch. Taking her hair out of her ponytail, Skie let it down to warm her ears a little bit. Scrunching up into a ball she squinted into the wind and searched for the quaffle. Spotting it, Skie dove for the bright red ball and felt it beneath her fingertips.

"C'mon...." Feeling her fingertips only graze it for a mere second, Skie dove lower. "YES!" Picking up the quaffle and securing it under her arm, she waved to Dragon. Time to get this game on the move... with a score for Hufflepuff.

{Ravenclaw Seeker and Co-Captain}


So far, so good, Rigby had managed to play hide and seek with Etta's deadly bludgers. Eventually one was going to try to hit her though. Staying close to Stephy, she was relieved to see Herby fly on the pitch. Feeling a bit safer, she pulled up on her broomstick, flying high above the action.

Flakes of snow blew in her face, causing her to squint her eyes. Her nose felt suspiciously drippy, but it would have to wait. The snitch had to make an appearance soon, right?

The crowd was still cheering, and the smell of hot chocolate and warm butterbeer drifted up to her from her stadium. Hmm... She could use some refreshment. No snitch in sight, she decided to swing by the Ravenclaw stands and see if she could convince someone from her house to bring her a cup of hot chocolate. Maybe even Raisty would be sweet enough to conjure some up for her.... or not...

(Hufflepuff Chaser and Captain)

:: Dani swore and ran onto the pitch, Hufflepuff had just made her captain and she was late for her first game. Cursing in the locker room she tried to pull on her Yellow and Black socks and the put on her quidditch robe upside down. Huffing under her breath she grabbed her firebolt from Etta and ran onto the pitch.

::She sighed a sigh of relief when she saw that Dragon, Etta, and Skie were there. She waved and then saw Skie with her hands on the qwaffle and jumped on her broom she followed the girl in case her fellow Badger need some help or wanted to do some cool Huffie moves.

::Dani spotted Polly Hovering in front of her goals and she smiled. Leaning so close to the wooden broom she shot herself over to Polly, hoping to distract her enough that Skie could make the score.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

“Yay for Dani!” Skie called out to the captain. Getting a better grip on the ball, she performed a Huffle Shuffle and secured the ball beneath her arm. Feeling just a little wobbly as the wind tugged at her long robes, she clutched the ball to her for dear life. “Must make it to goal….” Skie muttered through clenched teeth. As her cold fingers began to numb against the ball, Skie flew lower and closer to the ground. Searching for bludgers that could be hit at her, she ducked in and out of a straight line, Skie really didn’t need to die before Christmas. As she neared the goalpost, Skie pushed her arms into a shooting position. With Polly distracted it had to go in…. Feeling the tingly sensation of the ball leaving her outstretched fingertips, Skie craned her neck to watch the ball arch perfectly.

“OH YEAH!!” Skie punched the air in a clichéd manner as she heard the resounding ‘ding’ as the quaffle hit its mark.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

Dragon cheered along with Skie as the quaffle went in the hoop while Polly was distracted. She flew back to the center of the pirch and hovered while waiting for the quaffle to come in her sight.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

"Oh, no you don't," Skie muttered as Elana raced towards the Hufflepuff goal post. Racing along below her, just in case she dropped the ball, Skie's mind whirred. The best way to get the quaffle back would be.... to steal it. Skie smiled mischeviously and stopped in the middle of the field. A game plan was needed and a good one at that...

Skie whizzed through the air as she aimed for Elana's arm that held the quaffle. Pulling up higher to get a better vantage point, she abruptly dove down to steal the quaffle. 'I better not miss...' she thought to herself.

{Ravenclaw Seeker and Co-Captain}

Rigby looked up from her steaming cup of cocoa, alarmed by the sound of the Hufflepuff goal. Spitting her too hot sip back in her cup, she handed it back to the eager Ravenclaw fan that had brought it to her. The gray clouded skies still masked the snitch, so she raced to help Elana. The least she could do was help block the Ravenclaw chaser.

Zooming over to where Elana retrieved the quaffle, Rigby began corkscrewing around the chaser, careful to give her enough room to move, but creating enough of aversion that hopefully they could make a play and even up the score.

Out of nowhere a Hufflepuff chaser tried to swoop in, Rigby closed her eyes, throwing herself in between the eager Huffie and Elana.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Skie brought her broom into an upward spiral and tried to save both herself and Rigby, who had thrown herself between the quaffle and Skie. Holding onto her broom and praying that no one would die if she had knocked them off their broom, she opened her eyes to realize that everyone was okay.

"Whew.... well, better find another plan," she said breathlessly after the danger was avoided.

{Ravenclaw Seeker}

Rigby could not believe that she had survived the game this long without any broken bones, but somehow she and Skie had avoided a mid-air collision. Realizing that she was unharmed for the brief moments she had before Etta decided to resume her attacks, she raced to catch up to Elana, continuing her corkscrew turns around the capable Ravenclaw chaser.

(Hufflepuff Beater)

:Etta was floating about in mid air, still arguing with her broom, her eyes glanced over tp the Hufflepuff goal posts and her heart sank, the pesky Ravies were trying to score.

"NOt on my watch!" she shouted to her bat, which was weld high above her head, searching for a bludger, thankfully one was coming staright for Etta's head, she just didnt know it yet.

The familiar sound of the whooshing, the wind suibtly circling the Bludger made her snap her arm and Bat to the left, she swung hard and felt the vibarations run down her left arm as the bat CRACKED into the Blduegr, her eyes followed the path of the bludger as it made for the soaring Quaffle.

"come on, come on," she urged the Bludger. "YES!" she screamed as the Bludger knocked the Quaffle off course and away from the right hand Hufflepuff goal hoop.

Etta turned Bobette the Firebolt around and sped off towards the Ravenclaws.

"TIME TO CRACK SOME HEADS!" she shouted to the poor Ravies.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

Skie regained her composure as she heard Etta's valiant battle cry from the other side of the field. Racing to the other side of the field, she grabbed the quaffle before anyone else could and did an about face to the other side of the pitch. Leaning into her broom to gain a little momentum, she tried to speed up and get to the other side before any bludgers decided to take a shot at her.

"I have to name my broom...." she said, momentarily distracted. While she played for a while with names for her broom, she still somehow managed to keep a grip on the quaffle. Nearing the midfield, she decided that she would name it Fred.

"Well, Fred, it looks like you have a name and shall conquer all!" Skie smiled evilly and pulled up higher into the air. Diving down into the crowd, Skie pulled up in front of the Ravenclaw goal. Time to score baby! Tossing the ball out, her fingers shook for a seconds and she winced and closed her eyes as she waited to see if the ball would go in.

(Hufflepuff Beater)

Etta kissed her Beater's bat as she rounded on a whizzing Bludger. Something about the Bludger's speed and killer instinct made Etta smile her most evilist smile.

"If a blduger had a face, i'd say it would look like Daddy Rai, dont you argee bobette?" she asked her broom before pointing it down towards the speeding Bludger. "Fiver says that Bludger has my name engraved on it."

As Etta gained pace on the rampaging Bludger, she was reminded of DT locked away in her office and his day of escape, naturally he didnt get too far, considering he was still chained to the end of Streamies big toe. Etta grinned to herself at the memory.

The Blduger whizzed off course to the right, cursing loudly and repeatedly, etta swung Bobette in the new direction, her broom gained more speed as the wind kicked at her back, pushing her forward, raising her arm high, Her bat gleamed in the glistening cold of the day.

"Ready or not, here i come, me and Bobette, you can't runnnnnnnnnn," squealed Etta in a sing song voice as she caught the Bludger, swinging her bat round her head four times, she brought it walloping down on to the head of the Bludger, the CRACK which echoed from the connected hit sent a shiver of violent hurt down Etta's spine as the Bludger rocketed straight for the right hand side of Polly's Face.

"Vibrating Badger!" Etta Cheered, pausing to wave at the other Ravenclaws. "You all right dears? yes, i thought so, your not being healed yet are you? Never fear, i'll SOON FIX THAT!! HI KATE!" shouted Etta with a look of pure malice, she scanned the sky for another Bludger, one which she could use to ricocheted off every Ravenclaw on the field.

i wonder if thats even possible, Etta thought to herself.

{Ravenclaw Seeker and Co-Captain}

For a moment Rigby thought she heard the vicious shriek of the banshee, but no, it was just Etta, up to her usual violent play. Despite the fear her voice normally brought to Rigby's heart, Rigby was determined to fight back. If Etta made her into a human goal post, then Rigby was going to give as good as she got.

Since the goal had failed she had broken off from Elana and was now busy searching the gray skies for the snitch. Night was setting in and visibility was poor at best. Keeping her ears tuned to the sound of bludgers and her eyes peeled for the snitch, Rigby contiued moving about the pitch, making a difficult target of herself

(hufflepuff Beater)

Etta saw Kate fly away, with a sinking heart, Etta decided she wanted to make peace. Dropping her BEater's bat temperarly onto a the Head of Raistlin the Wizard, Etta spun he rbroom in the direction of Kate, flying hard she caught the tail end of Kate's broom.

Grabbing out for the broom, Etta began to pull herself along side Kate, a mischievious grin spread across her face as she siddled up along side the Ravenclaw Head of House.

"Hi Kate, no wait don't fly away, look, no Bat!" said Etta holding up both hands and pointing down at Rai. "I dropped it on Daddy's head.....So....Whattya doing?"

With big innocent eyes, Etta looked at the only Ravenclaw she'd known who was cool as ice.

{Ravenclaw Seeker and Co-Captain}

Racked with laughter at Etta's audacity, Rigby could barely breathe, let alone speak.

"I think we should say you had a seizure and that the bat just slipped, so Raisty won't fly off that podium and try to beat us with your bat!"

Her eyes, teared up from the giggles and the cold, almost froze shut. In a perfect world she and Etta would be teammates, but alas it was not to be. Still keeping an eye out for the snitch, she nudged Etta with her shoulder.

"So, you playing Holiday Quidditch, right?"

(Hufflepuff Beater without a Bat having a nice chat)

Watching the game below Etta smiled at Kate.

"Nice to see a dedicated Ravie team," she said honestly. "It means i don't have to break every bone in your body, a real lovely change!"

The wind began to blow fiercely into Etta's eyes and she had to blink a few times to numb the sting.

"NOpe, no playing Holiday Quidditch, I'm doing something so much more fun, like helping Amy, are you taking part?" she laughed, her eyes glanced down to Rai and her bat. "You know, i don't think Rai is Slytherin enough to leave his podium," she added with a grin.

(Hufflepuff Seeker)

"Of all the days..." Rose grabbed her jacket, broom, and ran at full speed onto the field. She quickly put the broom between her legs and kicked off the ground. She flew over to the Hufflepuff stands and looked around to see what she missed. The clouds looked as if they could just reach down and bite her. Quivering, Rose tried to figure out if she was the last person on the team to arrive. Shacking her head she seareched for the quaffle.

Why did Rose even bother coming? She was late for everything. Quittitch matches, band rehersal. It was as if something was trying to keep her from having any fun. Rose shook the thought off. Well, she was here now. She was Hufflepuff's new seeker, and she knew what had to be done. She began to look for the snitch, cursing at herself under her breath.

{Ravenclaw Seeker and Co-Captain}

Arching an eyebrow at Etta, Rigby agreed that it seemed unlikely that Raisty would leave his podium. Suddenly her eyes narrowed. The Hufflepuff seeker had made her appearance.

"Lobe you lots, Etta, but I've got to go give a hand to your new little seeker" She smiled wickedly at Etta and flew away, realizing she was now giving her friend the perfect target of her back. Still, snitches must be caught, and occassionly bludger hits had to be endured.

She flew past the Huffie seeker in a blur. "Snitch!" she cried, giving chase.

(Hufflepuff Chaser and Captain)

::Dani listened to the resounding sound of scoring and smiled she knew her team was doing well this season and every 'ding' mattered. She rubbed her hands and breath slightly on them and looked around, she couldn't tell who had the qwaffle it seemed that they had all hunched over on their brooms and if anyone was consealing the red orb they were doing a fabulous job.

Rubbing slep and coldness out of her eyes, she pulled out her wand and flicked it with two buttons on her quidditch robe and they turned into gloves. She smiled and put them on, they were thin and easy to manuver around almost like she had a layer of hot water on her hands.

Spinning around she spotted Etta droping her bat on Rai's head and laughed. Then focused her attention to the game.

No one ( I think) had the qwaffle!!!!

She spotted the globe in snow under the ravenclaw goals. She soared to it as if she were being chased by angry woodpeckers. She swooped it up in her arms and shot upwards following the straight line corse of the left goal post. Dani was sure that Polly saw her coming but she didn't care. Nearing the top of the post she punched out her feet and kicked off of it flying upside down towards the hufflepuff goals. She did an about face that gave her whiplase then finally threw the qwaffle at the right hoop.

She waited to see if Polly would block it...

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

Tailing Dani she held her breath as the quaffle shot straight at the hoops and saw that it had just missed by a few hairbreath from Polly's fingertips and tipped in the hoop.

She twirled in the air and brought her broom to a stop and hovered while scanning the pitch for the quaffle while keeping an eye on the other ravenclaw chasers just in case they spot it.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

Dragon was officially confused. Stephy had jsut helped them by hitting the quaffle straight at where she and Dani were hovering. Shrugging and grinnning at their good luck. Dragon only had to reach over a tinsy bit and the quaffle was now in her arms.

Doing a sharp U-turn, she turned to the ravenclaw hoops and started to fly towards it.

(Hufflepuff Beater)

Etta waved at Kate before spinning her broom and her head back into the game, her eyes narrowed in on Stephy as she took aim for Dani with a bludger. Etta's heart sank with fear and anger.


"NO!" screamed Etta, kickng hard at Bobette, she sped faster towards the Commentaters podium, where her beautiful bat lay.

With one eye on her bat and the other focused on Stephy, Etta reached out to grab the bat, over stretching wasnever a clever thing to do whilst in the air. With her hands curled tightly around the handle of the bat, Etta's attention was caught by a scream, losing concentraion and blance, Etta began to fall.

The wind rustled through her robes, her face was now feeling like ice as she clung to her bat desperately, the Quidditch fied growing bigger and bigger and she got closer and closer.

Finally, with aloud THUMP and a cry of UMPTH Etta landed back first in a bodyslam against the cold field. Her eyes were fixed pointedly at the game above, a trickle of blood leaked from her now bleeding head and face, Etta was well and truly out of it, she began to hum nursery rhythms to numb the intense pain ricocheting through her body.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

"Uh-oh...." Skie muttered as Etta fell. Swooping down a to see if she was okay, she saw Madam Pomfrey hovering above her and muttering curses about quidditch. Okay..... where's the quaffle....? Skie scanned the field for the red ball eagerly and spotted Dragon racing away with it.

Speeding up to catch up with her, just in case Dragon needed help, she swung up beside her, still searching for the other quaffle.... wherever it was.

(Hufflepuff Seeker)

A blue blur flew past her. The Ravenclaw seeker was on the chase. Rose shot after her, hoping she really had seen the snitch. What if she hadn't? What if she was trying to trick her? Rose slowed a tad. If she starts grabbing at the air, Rose muttered, guess I'll get closer.

(Hufflepuff Chaser)

"OUCH!" Skie recoiled when she heard Polly's amplified voice around the stadium echo. "Deafening... deafness.... hearing.... leaving...." Skie's voice trailed to a dramatic whisper. Shaking her head of useless theatrics, she decided that she would stick with Dragon and see if Dani could find the other quaffle... her eyes were probably better. Still searching for the quaffle in her peripheal vision, she accompanied Dragon as the chaser got closer and closer to the Ravenclaw goal.