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Originally Posted by
Lissy Longbottom 
WOOHOO! Scarlett had managed to snag one of the Gryffindor balls this time without anyone trying to stop her. It seemed the Ravenclaws were totally DOMINATING this game though. And her Hufflepuff teammates were NOWHERE - absolutely NOWHERE - to be found. She had to pass it to someone, as she couldn't very well just run around scooping up all the balls herself, and when she noticed that Professor Flamsteed had just dropped a ball towards Ariadne - well, this was her chance!
"Psst! Professor! Could you put this on the Hufflepuff pile for me? PLEASEEEEE?" she called out. They couldn't finish with a COMPLETELY empty pile! With that, she tossed it to him, hoping he would catch it and play along with her. He wouldn't let a poor firstie finish this lesson totally empty handed, right?!
People really should know that calling out for who you were about to throw to just called the attention of others. Others who might intercept the toss. Like Olly, who was very easily distracted by the things happening around him. He heard the girl yell for Flamsteed and took a few steps toward the man. Sure, the nice thing to do would be to let Hufflpuff finish with at least one ball on their platform. But this was a competition, not a time to be nice. So Olly jumped and caught the ball that had been intended for the professor. He hurried toward the Slytherin platform and set the ball down so it turned green.