It was the last match of the season!

The Lions may have been out, but Jacob wasnt! So there was no way Patroclus was going to miss his mate's big day!

He had been working on an outfit for a few days, and had gone through several costume Ideas; things all relating to his best mate. But the one he had arrived at, he thought represented both of them, there was his own style mixed with Jacobs attributes!

So arriving at the Stands overlooking the pitch Patroclus suit of Pirate armour reflected the light and caused him to shine, however his large ornate Eagle headdress moved in the breeze, causing it look as though the eagle was alive. Introducing, Patroclus Hudson; Eagle Pirate!

"COME ON LITTLE J!"

Kyle Manning ran up to the quidditch pitch stands her blond hair not exactly ll that blond anymore. It was more - blue and bronze. Like her Ravenclaw house colours. Her cheeks bright and happy, and Ravenclaw was at the competition. She sighed biting her lips she wasn't normally the type to go all-out for her team nothing like wearing a roaring lion head mask for the opposing team as a brilliant person and ravishing graduate Ravenclaw Luna Lovegood had once done. But that was for a game of Gryffindor vs Slytherin. Not one for Ravenclaw and - and Hufflepuff. That would mean that they - well she would be surrounded by hoards of other team members from other houses.

She squeaked happily as she made it to a seat - slipping and falling on her bum as she did so. Now that was painful. She winced as she got up and took a seat on one of those small stadium seat. She was excited very, very excited.

Kurumi made her way to the stands carrying the usual box of cookies for those watching the match along with a large mug of hot chocolate. Despite it being spring time, Kurumi always found watching Quidditch matches made her shiver. Maybe it was the draft caused by everyone flying around on their brooms soo quickly?

Kurumi opened the lid to take a peek at the Ravenclaw cookies she had made and frowned slightly. She had been so busy studying for final exams that she had almost forgotten about baking cookies for the match and had to rush this batch. They came out fine and still tasted fantastic with the fresh blueberry and vanilla icing, but they certainly did not look like ravens....


As she was just about to take her seat, she nearly jumped out of her robes when she heard Patroclus cheer on Ravenclaw. Turning around, Kurumi nearly fell over backwards with what she saw. She recognized the voice as Patroclus...but...was...was that REALLY him?

"P-P-Patroclus?" she whispered half hoping that she was mistaken.

Well, better late than never Rowan thought to herself as she made her way to the stands. Wearing her favorite blue sweater and her hair a bright shade of Ravenclaw blue, she looked for her friends. Not seeing anyone she took a seat by herself.

Aaron shuffled his way through the stands. It was a great day for the championship match, and the Slytherin Captain was excited for a great game. It was extremely a little upsetting not being able to play in the championship himself, but after a few nights crying, Aaron got over it. And now he was going to watch two amazing teams, They have to be amazing teams if they beat mine.... play for the championship.

Then there was the undying question of "Who will Aaron be cheering for?" And after a long hard thinking, he decided he'd cheer for Ravenclaw. Why, you might ask? Because Hufflepuff had been undefeated all season, and Aaron wanted to see an upset.

Well, she supposed she should probably, maybe...possibly...come and watch the championship game. She hadn't missed watching one yet and she figured, she better not start now. So, rolling herself out of bed, she dressed in comfortable clothes before making her way down to the pitch.

What she wasn't expecting to see was...that.

Well no, she expected to see Cookie Girl, but not the person that was beside her. Patroclus? What in Merlin's Beard was he wearing?!

Moving to stand next to Cookie Girl, she smirked down at the young Gryffindor before turning her attention to Patroclus. "....What are you wearing?" Might as well ask.

Hugo quickly hopped onto the quidditch stand. Hmpfh, seemed like evertime Ravenclaw played, Fee wasn't there. Dusting off his ol' quidditch costume, he saw Kurumi and that Patroclus guy who was rather nice.

"Hello!" he said as he approached them. He took a seat next to Kurumi and waved his little flag around.

"WOOOOO!!! RAVENCLAW, GOOO RAVENCLAW!!!"

Lexi tromped up the steps with a smile on her face. She was so stoked to watch the final match of the season. Hopefully she would not be heading to the Hospital Wing after THIS game. It seemed that people were getting injured left and right this season.

Finding a spot near the top of the stands she set herself down, kicked back a little and cheered as the match began.

Wesley ascended the long, steep steps to the stands feeling doubly nervous. Her anxiety was multiplied by two because 1) it was the championships and 2) they were in it and -oh wait, make that triply nervous - 3) all the spectators had to sit ridiculously high to watch.

One would think, after six years of attending matches without fail, Wesley would have grown use to the extreme tension of the games and the height of the stands. And, technically, they would be correct - she now could make it through the entire match with her eyes open (mostly). But, really, they would be wrong.

Because it was SCARY. There were people, not just people, actually, but her friends, flying in the air with nothing to keep them on their brooms but the muscles in their legs. All it would take would be someone forgetting to eat a banana and not getting that necessary potassium and then BAM! Leg cramp and splat. And that's not taking into account weather or the fact that four of those people flying were equipped with bats ready to smack the other team's brains out. Then, to make matters worse, while fretting about possible flying accidents, Wesley had to worry about plunging to death herself - the rickety stands collapsing under the weight of the enthusiastic student population.

It was like a nightmare. only real.

Trying not to hyperventilate, the sixth year finally reached the seating area. With a silent 'thank-you Merlin!', Wesley practically dove for the closest spot on the first bench. There, tiny hands grasping the splintering wood with white knuckles, she momentarily closed her eyes and attempted to breathe.

Selina was sitting and watching the game when her nostrils were bombarded with the smell of fresh cookies. When she smelt cookies a second year Gryffindor could not be far behind. Jumping up from her seat she plopped down next to Hugo and grabbed a cookie from Kurumi. If she was not going to play she was sure going to eat.

"Hey Hugo! How've you been." When she went to address Kurumi she could tell she was in distress by the look on her face. "...Kurum..? You okay?"

Decked out in all his fancy Hufflepuff gear, Alex headed down to the stands, tiny little Hufflepuff flag in hand. It was so exciting that they were in the Championship! Granted, they were down by one snitch right now, but their seeker was FAST. There was still time to pull out a win!

"Come on Hufflepuff! Let's gooooooo!" he exclaimed, jumping up and down and waving his banner wildly in his hand. He was so glad that this was the first Quidditch match he'd chosen to attend. They just had to win! They just HAD to! He had to rub it in Sierra's face that he was in the WINNING house!

Peeping out between her fingers, Wesley watched as the match proceed, obviously flinching after every close call, and especially after Jake just narrowly, narrowly missed the Snitch. So close!

And now - now the bludger was chasing this boy (Wesley couldn't clearly identify who it was, but she was 99.9% sure it was a boy). It was tailing him - it was going to hit - oh, no it wasn't, it was swerving away, it was heading for -

She dropped her hands from her frightened face, leaning forward to yell, [ B]"Melanie watch-!"[/B]

Out. Bam. Just like that, it hit, and oh, oh, she was going to - she was going to - oh, wait - she was hanging on, dangling, oh!

Panicked by what she believed would be the end result, the sixth year automatically reached for the closest spectator -

- as if he were a life-preserver that could save them all.

"She's going to falllll!!!" the brunette wailed, clamping one hand back over her face to hide her eyes and keeping the other firmly gripped on the random-spectator's sleeve.

Alex was late (naturally) but at least he was there. He was there because he wanted to show them that he was on the Slytherin team but he was a good loser, which meant he would see the final game which he wanted to play. The only problem was that he sucked at losing, so he was a bad loser hence the grumpy face.

He looked around at the people and tried rather miserably to put on a smile. He had no idea what he was doing there, who was he cheering for? Err....

His brain = 0

Perhaps his girlfriend Ellie would be there. Yes, he was allowed to call her that now. Or his twin Chandler. But then, Ellie was in Ravenclaw and Chandler in Hufflepuff. All the colours were messing with his head, he just wanted to watch a good game and from the looks of it, this was going to be an exciting one.

Taylor made her way up into the stands- she soon spotted a familiar face and waved. She made her way over to him and smiled as she reached where he was.

"Hey Alex" she said softly, "We haven't spoken in a while!" she said giving him a quick friendly hug and smiling widely- although secretly wishing she could be on the pitch playing, or rather, above the pitch and playing.

"By the way, congrats" she said excitedly. "Ellie and you" she said softly with a big smile.

"Merlin, merlin, merlin," Kita said under her breath as she rushed towards the stands. And it was the last match of the season! "Merlin!"

Upon reaching them, her eyes scanned the stands. Nope, no one she really knew well. Sighhh! Where was Caroline when you needed her? Decked out in black and yellow, Kita walked up the stands and found a seat.

And that's when she noticed it. The scores. "No way!" she whispered. What kind of atrocity was this? Standing up, she bellowed, "COME ON HUFFLEPUFF! YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS!"

Yeah... she was going to lose her voice at the end of this.

"Hey Selina!" Hugo cheerfully answered. They hadn't talked in a while, which was a shame. "I've been good. Got bitten by a Venomous Tentacula though, but all better now," he patted his scar. "How have you been?"

...

Blink.

Blink.

They...

They won! Ravenclaw had won! "YEAHHH! RAVENCLAW!!" Hugo cheered. They had won the quidditch cup. How splendid.

Alex gasped at the action on the field, but was immediately distracted by the sound of someone yelling, and then by the sudden jerk on his arm as the girl next to him grabbed onto him for dear life. EEEP! HE was going to fall! Throwing out his long arms to balance himself, he looked back out on the field and saw that, to his relief, she was ok. He smiled and looked back at the girl who was clinging to him to tell her the good news.

"Erm, it's ok! Look, she's fine, it's all...well, actually, it's not ALL fine I mean, we lost," he said with a sort of sigh. Ah well. It was fun while it lasted, and at least they'd made it to the championship game, right? Right.

Gasp! It was the only thing Kita could do. Gasp. Never had she seen the Puffs lose a Championship Game. Well, ok, once. But that wasn't the point. This was devastating.

Poor Melanie. Her first time as captain and... but second place was good. She bit her lip. There was no way she was going to cry. Slightly deflated, she sat back and put her head in her hands.

"Oh," the Hufflepuff replied, unsticking her fingers from her face to leave behind a blotchy pink-red hand print. The vowel that came out her round mouth wasn't a dejected oh, but it wasn't an OH YAY! oh either. It was more of a thank-Merlin-no one-died oh.

Feeling mentally exhausted she released his arm, and leaned forward to take in the congregating mix of blue and yellow.

Wesley self-consciously touched the shiny badge clasped to the front of her vest and began to speak, to reply further, "We did lose, but remember, it's not about-," then suddenly, midway through her first sentence, stopped. Biting her bottom lip, eyes still on the field, the prefect slumped over slightly, shoulders swiveling inward.

After a long, quiet pause, she mumbled, "Never mind."

"I've been good. You know...." Then Ravenclaw won and Hugo went crazy. She turned and hugged him. "CONGRATS!"

It seemed Patroclus' outfit was confusing the other spectators in the stands, "Yes Kurumi it's me!" He laughed as the players took to the air, he made sure he had his excitement in check, as he didnt want to scare the little LionessCub!


As the quaffle was released, the Prefect couldn't help but laugh at Evelyn's very forward question!

"For you information, Miss Flores-Shepard" he laughed using her full name, "I am an Eagle Pirate, and Eagle for the Claws obviously, but a pirate for Jacob, cause....he is one!"

As the game continued Patroclus proceeded to hug Evelyn at every score, or use her as a catapult to launch himself into the air in protest.

But then.......it was all over!


"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Wooooooooooooo! Come On!"