"Sup." West said to Jake as he joined him and grinned. They were nearly ready to begin. He wished he could go give his team mates the students that were playing a pep talk. Spotting Vivi arriving, West waved at her and then looked out over the empty pitch. EAGER. He was READY. Weren't they ALL ready?

"Come on, y'all can be LOUDER than THAT!" West encouraged the crowd. "Cheer louder, so they can HEAR you in the locker rooms!"

It was a brisk day but the weather was good for Quidditch, nobody was going to get complacent since it was warmer to actually zoom around and give it your all. There was a stir below and suddenly the STAFF team burst onto the pitch.

"Here they come folks: Led by Headmistress Truebridge herself, the Detention-giving Deviants, the Scary and the Scintillating, the Harbingers of Certain Doom, the Hogwarts STAFF team! But what's this? Cerulean looks a little shaky, and woah is SHE flying fast! Come back professor, the pitch is down here!" erm. Yeah. What position was she playing again? Cough. Woah, was that a TIE on Flammy's head? "Hey, Flamsteed, pretty sure neckwear does not make your head extra aerodynamic." Yep. Good luck with that one.

"Make some noise for those Staffers everyone because they are all showing their inner-Gryffindor bravery right now facing off with--" The Hogwarts all-star team zoomed out, "The STUDENT TEAM! Lead by Montmorency and Bishop! Look at that confidence folks!" Or... well, imagine it was there. Because to West they looked a little shakey.

West watched as Firth said junk about good sportsmanship and then THEY WERE OFF.

TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

"Quaffle up and the chasers are going for it!.... Its a real scrimmage out there folks, those professors don't care about doing damage. Is this face-off a sign of things to come? ....Cerulean is veering wildly enough to scatter Castell and Elisabeth-Potter, who veers back around.... Flamsteed's tie whiplashes and watch out Castell is temporarily-blinded!.... That flash of red hair can only be TRUEBRIDGE and boy has she got her claws out--but YESS KINSLEY SNATCHES IT AWAY--" ahem. Sorry, Terrortwins enthusiasm, "And he puts it through the hoop! SCORE FOR THE STUDENTS!"