Because he had friends in both hufflepuff and ravenclaw, Daichi was torn inbetween choosing one team to cheer on. Therefore, he entered the stands in his Slytherin uniform so no one got left out~ he was a genius!

There was one thing yellow though and that was the duck plushy he was holding in his hands. He never seen a match without Mr.Duckles so it was kind of a tradition. Walking up so he could see the game better, Daichi entered a row of seats when he noticed the Ancient Runes professor. "Hey Professor" he said in a louder voice than normal. He was an old ANCIENT man right?! "Who are you supporting?!"

The blond girl skipped up to the stadium as she took the stairs two steps at a time. Oh there was a former Ravenclaw standing there - wasn't that Professor James' kid? She shrugged and looked around.

She was just excited that she could possibly see Blue being all amazing...and Ella, and Kaiden, and Alec, and Mo and everyone. Ravenclaw versus Hufflepuff was going to be the best game ever. Looking at the field she couldn't help but smile. She was really really excited and wanted to have this match start!

"C'mon lets get this show on the road!" she squealed excitedly. "HEY Professor Botros" she waved and smiled over to the excited looking Professor.

Looking around she just shrugged and wondered if anyone was collecting bets. Seriously that would be quite lucrative - and she would go and pay with candy. Candy bets would be awesome...and super edible.

Hadley was thrilled when she woke up that day because it was the day of the final quidditch match of the year. But it wasn't just ANY Quidditch match - it was her Hufflepuffs versus Ravenclaw - two teams she always enjoyed watching on the pitch.

Careful to avoid muddying her new yellow pumps, she made her way up to the stands, surveying those already present. Not a lot of current students had arrived, but had she flipped a time turner several times too many? Because there was Ellie and Treyen and Maximus and Finlay and .... was that Lexi Kennedy whatever-her-surname-was-these-days?! With a CHILD?!? Man she felt old. Giving a half-hearted wave and smile to her former students, she looked for a fellow professor to sit near instead. Sitting near Ellie just didn't seem right anymore.

Oh. Botros. Nice polite wizard, he was. Smiling, she made her way toward him and stood a moment near him. "May I?" she asked, indicating to the empty seat next to him.

Kurumi couldn't deny that it was nice to be out of the apartment for a reason that wasn't because of her part time job or university. Of course Lewis would take her out places, but she hardly did anything for herself these days. Didn't feel that she deserved that luxury. Lexi thought differently though, which is why she was here now with her hand being held by Dora.

The now nineteen year old ran her fingers through her hair and tugged the loose sleeve of her shirt back up on to her shoulder instead of leaving it exposed before taking a seat beside Lexi and offering for Dora to sit next to her. Or on her. Whatever she wanted really.

"I can't share your want to be on the pitch," Kurumi said with a somewhat forced laugh. "But I do like coming back to visit."

Speaking of which...was Selina around? Kurumi hoped to see her while she was here. So Kurumi glanced around the stands for her favorite red head and instead found a different red head. What was it that Lexi has said about all this? Reminding herself, she turned her attention back to the pitch and then smiled over at Dora...who totally just said something that made no sense to her. "Are you excited for your first Quidditch match?" she asked while rummaging through her bag to try and find her signature box of cookies inside.

A Ravenclaw Quidditch Championship game. Corin hasn’t seen something like this in a long time—since his days at Hogwarts all those years ago. And now that he’s lucky enough to still be around the area he wasn’t going to pass up the chance to attend the game, regardless if he has only one working eye right now.

Vickers was watching his Uncle like a hawk. He should be more upbeat given that he’s back in his Alma Mater after missing it quite a bit, not to mention that his old house is back in the Championships, but recent events have put quite a bit of a damper in his mood. For an event so festive, Vickers has never been more grim. Truthfully he wasn’t so keen in having his Uncle be exposed to the public so soon after the events in Knockturn Alley, but the silver-haired one insisted and the younger finally gave in, figuring at the very least it could be a bit of a morale boost after such a traumatic event.
“Uncle... lets sit here.” Vickers said as he guided the half-blind father figure onto seats where the exits were easier to get to.

It wasn't like Vivi was late, but apparently Max was already tired of waiting on her. She eyed the stands, approximately where they were supposed to meet, and found that Max had moved a few rows away to sit with someone else.

"Merlin, you're impatient," she poked him between the shoulder blades as she passed through the row behind him, climbed over the bench, and found a seat. Oh, still a pretty good view of the pitch from here... Max was forgiven for moving on her.

Vivi leaned around and waved at the girl sitting beside Max. "Hey. I'm Vivi. Max has been hiding me in the closet because I'm not really socially acceptable. Are you a Ravenclaw fan or a Hufflepuff fan? Be careful... there is a right answer."

Minerva headed to the stands for the match. She wasn't feeling like being at a match today, she really wasn't feeling like being anywhere but hidden away from all the drama and annoyance that was going around lately. She hoped there would be enough people around that she wouldn't run into certain people. Now that she had lost of few close friends she wasn't even sure who she would sit with. Walking up the stands her eyes looked around, there were so many alumni there. Minerva's smile grew, this made things so much better. She walked to find a seat, but stopped to say hi as she did. The first two she came to were Max and Vivi. A little nervous to say hi to Vivi after last term Minerva gave a small smile. "Hi Max.. Hi Vivi.. Good to see you both again, how is life outside of Hogwarts." Minerva hoped they would tell her great things so she had something to look forward to.

As she finished talking to Vivi and Max she started looking for another place, but came to Professor Hadley, to this she felt a little guilty. Minerva had on her Hufflepuff bracelet, ring, and a yellow shirt, because of course she would cheer for her house and fellow housemates, but she did have Ethan's Ravenclaw Jacket on that she had borrowed awhile back. She figured wearing it would cheer him on as well. "Hello Professor Hadley, nice to see you out cheer on the team. How are you today?" She never knew why, but she always felt the need for approval more so from Professor Hadley then the other professors.

As Minerva turned to finally find a seat her eyes set on an older gentlemen, but it wasn't the older man that made her hurry over with a bigger smile on her face. Not wanted to scare or harm the older man, Minerva was careful as she wrapped her arms around Vickers and put him in a hug. "VICKERS!! Oh my gosh.. I'm so happy you came back for a match. How are you?" Letting go she glanced at the older man and then back at Vickers, "I didn't mean to interrupt, but I had to say hi when I saw you. I miss you guys around school."

After Minerva finished talking to Vickers she finally found an empty seat and sat down. It felt weird not being here to announce. She missed doing that this term, she missed playing as well. She hoped maybe next term she could do either again. Looking around she realized she was pretty early and hoped the time would go quickly.

It had taken the Astronomy professor especially long getting ready today for the match. Yellow suits were especially difficult to coordinate for and especially so when he had attempted to include some blue in his ensemble. He had, obviously, decided to forgo any blue and was wearing an all yellow suit.

No Hufflepuffs had asked him about flatulences or used lint rollers in their hair - among other odd things that Ravenclaws tended to do in his lessons.

Strutting his way through the stands and over towards the professors' seating, he adjusted the cuffs of his suit before sitting down riiiiiiiiiight in front so he could see the action best. "Professors," he said with a wide grin before turning his attention toward today's student announcer...who just so happened to be a Ravenclaw. Heh, completely unbiased, right? Heh.

Lexi nodded and smiled slightly as Ace got her attention by tugging her hair gently. He was always so EXCITED about everything and liked to lean over WAY too hard and try to KILL his mother. GEEZ! Heheeh. Kissing his sweet little face she tucked him into her lap and turned her attention to Kurumi.

"I nearly had to pull a Lainey and breathe in and out of a paper bag last time I was here for the Prophet. Overwhelming and whatnot. Now it's not so bad. I forgot how much I missed it."

Looking out over the stands her eyes paused on Finn. Ugh. Well... not really. He was a bit of an annoyance to her most of the time, though.

...

Waving half heartedly her eyes then fell on HER. The awful redheaded HAG that had caused her so much trouble. HMPH. Ellie STONE was like a punch to the gut. BUT Lexi was an adult now... and as much as she would LOVE to send a hex to the back of her head she merely narrowed her eyes and turned up her nose.

Only to notice Professor Hadley. Double UGH. Lexi had never been quite fond of that lady. NEVER. She had NEARLY been Lexi Kennedy- Salander's ONLY points loss at Hogwarts. That still chapped her hide. BUT. Again with the adult stuff. Sighs. Smiling tightly she waved at the Professor of the most useless subject known to man. How old was she now anyway? Had to be pushing 70, right? Snortle.

"Merlin's pants. They will let anyone in here now, won't they?" Although she did idly wonder if Tom was anywhere nearby. She loved her angsty little Gryffindor pal.

Wait a minute. Was that? Could it be? That kid that Stradivarius was related to? They were cousins... although they seemed to forget how their family tree worked and the fact that once someone was married to a COUSIN that person was in fact, by marriage alone, related to them as well. However distance and however many times removed. SNORT. Not that Lexi had ever understood Stradivarius' family and their dynamic. Or lack thereof. She did, however, wonder if they would want to meet their little Astor heirs. HEHE.


Dora nodded her little head like crazy as she toddled up beside Miss Whatever her name was and climbed into her lap without hesitation. "I see dem FWY." DUH! She was SUPER ESSITED about watching people fly. DUH. Tugging on her sleeve to mimic Miss Whatsit she smiled out at the crowd and waved her little hand some more. Those peoples was waving at HER, right?!

Jory had dragged himself away from the common room. He didn't usually make it to Quidditch matches for reasons but today he really wanted to. It was the final match after all.

As he made his way, looking for a seat, he spotted Professor Hadley. "Hello, Professor,'' he called to his Head of House and gave her a wave.

And there was also Professor Botros. "Hallo, Professor Botros!''


As Jory walked on, he noticed a few old students. He knew them by sight but the didn't know him so he didn't bother to stop and greet them. And then he saw someone familiar. And there was an empty seat next to her. The Puffer made his way over and quickly sat down. Minerva didn't seem not notice. "Maybe she's daydreaming,'' he thought with a grin. He decided to see how long it would take her to realise he was there. To pass the time he began to do one of his favourite pastimes, people watching.

Christmas made her way up to the stands to watch the final qudditch game of the season and she hoped it would be a good game and she was dressed half in blue and silver and the other half yellow and black as she had friends on both teams and she wanted to support them all

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Ellie was BEAMING with excitement. ONE, she could finally go to a match. TWO, not only could she finally go to a match, but it was the most epic of the year, what with Ravenclaw playing Hufflepuff. THREE, lots of her friends were coming, she heard. FOUR, she got to go with TREYEN.

She'd been squeezing his hand a little harder since they passed through the front gates. Because it was Hogwarts, and she still had ill feelings toward the place. Although, those feelings were strongest due to her entire year of torture there without him, and he was here, so you'd think she'd be okay. They were here TOGETHER. For the first time in nearly three years.

Once they got out of the stairwell, Ellie tugged him to the middle of the very front row of the stands. "I didn't tell Aidan I was coming." Fact.

It felt forever ago, truth be told. Yet here and now at the same time. Especially his hand, which Ellie was currently abusing of. They wouldn't be going to the Library, you know? Just the Quidditch Pitch. And that was nothing to be scared of. Well, not now that Vindictus wasn't around, unless the man still came to matches. Come to think of it, he failed to see him (if he came) the last time Treyen was here to support Miss Ella....er, Hufflepuff. Right, Hufflepuff.

The 21 year old kissed his girlfriend's cheek for reassurance. They were leaving eventually, yes? It's not like she was going to stay here without him again.

Hogwarts.

Both Treyen and Ellie had opposite feelings in regards to this place. This is were he met her, how could he not love it. The school, not the Stands...the only person he's met at the Stands was...

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DORA WAS ESSITED! CLINGING TO MISS KUR...WHATEVER... SHE GIGGLED WITH GLEE. Peeking all around them she waved her little hand at anyone and everyone around them. HEHEHE. "They FWY!"

...actually here.

Great. Lexi had come. All Gryffindor-like. And the one holding Dora was...Kurumi. He was the one ought to take Dora to her first Quidditch game. Because this was their first, right? Right.

He smiled at the baby girl, who seemed to be looking everywhere, and waved a bit before being brought back to their seats. Okay, this is where he'll be sitting, then.

"I did tell Miss Ella," he announced to his girlfriend, with the widest smile ever, "I'm sure he'll be surprised after the game," and Treyen was simply glad things were okay between him and Aidan now.

He was hoping Hufflepuff would win, though.

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He continued his look around, before a grin appeared on his face. "If it isn't Ellie..." He smirked, wandering towards the girl. And Treyen too? Very awesome.

No, wait, the smile did widen. "Well, if it isn't my favorite roommate of all times," he said, turning towards Finn. And this was true, because Ellie didn't count as roommate.

Did Hogwarts roommates count? If so...well, Aaron had been excellent (the little time he spent here), and Chandler and Damien. But it wasn't the same, he didn't choose them, you see. Nor were they a Perfect Prefects Combo, like him and Finn.

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Hands in his pockets and head up, Dallin made his way to the stands. He was alone; Ellie was at home because she didn't think that the twins should be exposed to the likes of teenage Quidditch fans just yet. It was weird for him to be alone, too. He was so used to being around Ellie, Nat, and Liam that he didn't know what to do with himself.

Thankfully, a familiar head of red hair caught his eye after just a moment. He grinned, walking over to Ellie and Treyen in the front row. "Hey, guys. Mind if I join you?"

He knew that voice! Only he'd known it a bit more panicky (as of late). "Dallin!" he looked around for...right, Ellie wouldn't come, the twins were too little still to be brought to a Quidditch game, and she probably stayed home, yes? "I need to visit you, by the way," he did write to Ellie, didn't he? Only they didn't set a date.

Soooo...., "How are the twins?" he asked, smile in place. This is probably the nicest he's ever been to Dallin. Ever.

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For now, his heart gave a quick jump upon spying a head of red, but he smiled; it was a different shade of red from Em's and it belonged to his best friend(and Quidditch enemy as of late), Ellie Stone. She was with Treyen, naturally, which might have discouraged Max from approaching once upon a time - but it no longer bothered him. Since Vivi hadn't arrived yet - or was incredibly incognito - Max wandered over, promptly sat next to Ellie, and acted casual. He didn't say a thing. No big deal. He was just hanging out.

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Vivi leaned around and waved at the girl sitting beside Max. "Hey. I'm Vivi. Max has been hiding me in the closet because I'm not really socially acceptable. Are you a Ravenclaw fan or a Hufflepuff fan? Be careful... there is a right answer."

This was the moment where Treyen realized that the House he was more acquainted with was...Ravenclaw. And Hufflepuff, but that was his House. He still waited for Ellie to notice her best friend sitting next to her.

Seriously, the amount of Ravenclaws he knew was...well, he definitely knew a lot of them. Though, Max was an Ellie addition. But Jim, Neptune, Louisa...hey, Vickers was around. But his attention shifted from Max to the newcomer...Vivi. And he chuckled before nodding towards her. "Vivi, I'm Treyen," WAAAAAIT...the name...Louisa mentioned a Vivi, didn't she? "The right answer is Appleby Arrows," right, Max?

Actually, the right answer was Hufflepuff. To him.

Lainey?

Kurumi blinked at Lexi a few times while trying to recall just why that name sounded to familiar and it took her Mama Lion mentioning the Daily Prophet to do so. "I think I meet her on the train to Hogwarts my seventh year," she replied while rubbing the back of her neck softly. Didn't share too many words with the woman though. It HAD been an odd sort of train ride. Next subject. "I read your column when it is published. Reminds me of when we used to work together on....things," she said while giving Lexi a subtle elbow to the side.

Kurumi was momentarily distracted by Dora climbing on to her lap and situating herself that she didn't quite catch what Lexi said the first time, but following her gaze helped put some of the pieces together. Oh! There was Vivi, her neighbor. Literally. She began to wiggle her fingers in the girl's direction when she realized who ELSE was there and then her excited finger wiggling became much less so.

Maybe the two of them could catch a bite to eat later or something. Kurumi still had to teacher her how to make proper pancakes.

And then her attention was back on Dora who....was speaking some sort of foreign language to her. What was Lexi teaching her kids!?

"That's great," she smiled, patting Dora on the head softly and then turning her violet gaze to Lexi. "What did she just say?"

And then her heart literally broke again when she saw who else was there. Biting down on her lip, she returned her attention to the pitch. She had promised herself, and her father, that she wouldn't waste more tears on the matter. Especially when those tears didn't seem to matter at all to the person they were about.

Anastasia was dressed very House-neutral today, from her perch way up in the corner of the stands. She was also sitting out of sight and hopefully out of snitch range, for obvious reasons. Most of which involved her hair and her hair's history of being snitchable.

The redhead smoothed out her fun, galaxy print skirt and adjusted her tight white blazer as well. Well. She was ready for this match to start. She knew which house she was rooting for at heart, but since she was the Headmistress of the school.... and it since it was political season... she had decided to pretend to be neutral today.

Also, maybe the snitches would leave her alone for once today, if they didn't see her cheering? One could only hope.

Minerva had been looking out at the pitch, not really paying attention to anyone around her. She figured for as many people as she seemed to have not liking her at the moment it would be easier to keep to herself. She couldn't help but laugh a bit with this thought, because she figured if any term people would hate her it would have been the announcing, but she wasn't even doing that this term..

Having her hands on her lap, Min went to rest them on the bench when she bumped something. Looking she smiled, "Jory.. You haven't been sitting there to long, have you?" She would have felt so bad if he had been and she was to roped up in her own self pity not to notice. "Are you ready for a good match, it's going to be fun." As much as she wasn't feeling fun, Minerva would never show it to the friends she still did have.

Yeah, that reassuring kiss was VERY appreciated, Lockhart. Ellie loosened her grip on her boyfriend's hand considerably after that.

And he told Ella. Of course he would. She was adorable and got all excited over him. If someone fawned over her like that, she'd constantly make excuses for it to happen. "I hope so. Hopefully, he'll be in a good mood, too." As in, hopefully he'd have just WON. She...didn't really want to have to console him.

Ellie scratched her nose with her free hand and turned to the figure that was moving out of the corner of her eye. "FINLAY!!" Treyen's hand was dropped as she jumped up and hugged the old Head Boy. Not that it was really a long time since she'd seen him. But their encounters were few and far enough apart that it got her excited to see him. Especially when she was taken by total surprise. She definitely didn't expect him to come to a Hogwarts match. Especially the only one she happened to be able to attend, as well.

And then right beside Finn appeared Dallin! DADDY Dallin! Someone she was equally surprised to see at this particular - or any - Quidditch match. Ellie released Finlay and hugged the new father. "Hey there." ...Treyen, of course, asked about the babies. Ellie simply added, "How are you?" Her boyfriend's priorities were eyeroll worthy. "And please join us!" Dallin she saw even less than Finlay, so she was excited to soak up time with him at this match. Baby-less time, too.

As she turned to take her seat again, someone else had joined them. Silently. Normally, Ellie would bash him over this completely, but as Max was going through a rough time, she toned her teasing down. "And hello to you, too, Maximus." She nudged his shoulder.

So...who ELSE was here? Seeing all these people she didn't expect to initiated a scanning of the stands. Where, yes, she saw Lexi and Kurumi. Oh well, she couldn't talk to them anyway. And Treyen will probably deal with it well, at least until they got home, if then, even.

But she did see HADLEY! "Hey, look! Hadley's here!" she announced, mostly for Treyen's benefit. She didn't know anyone else's relationship with the Arithmancy professor and Head of Hufflepuff house. The redhead grandly waved at the woman and wondered if she would move closer once she'd caught her attention. Hadley WAS her Quidditch Stands Buddy, after all.

When her attention came back to those around her, a blonde girl joined them. A blonde girl that knew Max. That made a point to talk directly to HER, ELLIE. She grinned the grin that was plastered on her face from all the excitement and wiggled her fingers back. VIVI! Without a mustache! She knew this girl! ...Through Max's talk of her, of course. "Good to meet you, Vivi. Ellie." That was her. And it WAS good to meet this friend of Max's. As for what house she was a fan of, Ellie plucked her t-shirt straight so Vivi could better read it. "Former captain," she proudly stated.

And, yes, Treyen. "My boyfriend." ...Now, Ellie truly rolled her eyes at him. The Arrows? Really? Nevertheless, she giggled. "Looks like you're vastly outnumbered, Hufflepuff." Yes, she called him out on it. And yes, she knew Vivi was a Ravenclaw. Max mentioned her quite a few times, you know.

Emmaleigh bit her lip, and pushed the huge glasses up further on her nose as she stared up at the stands. What was she doing here? She shouldn't be here, she was still a complete wreck, and anyone could see that. Her clothes and hair both looked rather shabby because she just couldn't bother, though they did happen to be the lovely yellow and black combination. And she was hoping to hide the dark circles and bloodshot eyes behind the hideous glasses. The nerves and bubbling in her stomach would only worsen during the match, she knew that. She always got super nervous, watching her friends and loved ones nearly get hit with bludgers or people.

Starting up the stands, she knew there would be no turning back now. No, she wanted to watch her Baby Badger, and Alec, and well the whole Hufflepuff team play, even if it would leave her in a ball. It... wasn't their fault that this was originally supposed to be a date and such. She would... just try to avoid. It had worked great with Michael, and it would work now. She nodded, trying to convince herself. As she climbed, her eyes searched for Treyen and Ellie, the two people who had said she would be welcome.

When she found them, all she wanted to do was bolt, but she stopped. She should have expected this. They were best friends, of course Max would be sitting with Ellie. And, the frown deepened, as she noticed Vivi too... she still wasn't convinced. Tightly gripping the strap of her bag, she kept her head down, and sat down behind her former prefect, friend, and only other Hufflepuff. "Hi" she said meekly leaning up to talk to the boy.

Vashti had heard that the last match of the Quidditch season at Hogwarts was between Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, and finding a sudden longing to experience a Quidditch match again, the former Ravenclaw decided to go. She had come alone because she wasn't sure Regina and Naia were yet ready to watch a Quidditch match - at what age would they be ready, come to think of it? Was there a particular age that was best? She would have to look that up sometime - but Anakin had also decided to spend the day with his girls. He was a good daddy, mhm.

It was incredibly surreal to be back at Hogwarts though. She hardly recognized any of the students in the crowd, but the castle and the pitch themselves hadn't changed much. She saw it so differently now. It was still the school that she had spent seven years at and called a second home, but it was even more than that now. It was now, surely, also the school and second home her children would attend one day. Strange thought.

Fortunately her little moment of nostalgia and whatever else lasted only a few seconds as she continued her scanning of the stands and spotted a professor she definitely recognized - Professor Hadley. Vashti beamed and waved to her former Arithmancy teacher. "Hey Professor!"

Then she also spotted another familiar face who had also graduated from Hogwarts not too long ago - Kurumi. She got a smile and a wave from Vashti too.

And then she spotted a whole group of familiar faces, though all were also graduates: Treyen, Ellie, Dallin, Max, Finn...lots of people. Vashti headed for them but took the row right behind them in order to surprise them. She took a seat and then leeeeaned forward and said, "Hey guys!"

Max managed a smirk, looking out over the pitch as Ellie acknowledged him. "Eliana," he spoke formally - no one listening in or glancing at them would have even known they were the best of friends, what with how nonchalantly Max was acting about being reunited with her - but, to be fair, he was having a tough time channeling emotions in the first place. "Lovely day for Quidditch, isn't it? Should be a good game. Hopefully your brother shines as brightly as you." That was a bit more Max.

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It wasn't like Vivi was late, but apparently Max was already tired of waiting on her. She eyed the stands, approximately where they were supposed to meet, and found that Max had moved a few rows away to sit with someone else.

"Merlin, you're impatient," she poked him between the shoulder blades as she passed through the row behind him, climbed over the bench, and found a seat. Oh, still a pretty good view of the pitch from here... Max was forgiven for moving on her.

Vivi leaned around and waved at the girl sitting beside Max. "Hey. I'm Vivi. Max has been hiding me in the closet because I'm not really socially acceptable. Are you a Ravenclaw fan or a Hufflepuff fan? Be careful... there is a right answer."

When a thin finger jabbed at Max's back, he leaped to his feet instinctively and whirled around, knowing only one person would ever demand his attention in such a way. "Sorry I didn't mean to I was just saying hi I didn't know where you were," he said all too quickly and nervously, but a smile began to form as his gaze properly fell upon Vivi's soft features. She sounded upset, but she didn't really look it. As Vivi sat down, Max did, too, obediently - and positively beamed when his Ravenclaw yearmate took the initiative to introduce herself to his best friend, even though he didn't quite understand what Vivi was saying. Socially acceptable? What was she rambling on about?

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When her attention came back to those around her, a blonde girl joined them. A blonde girl that knew Max. That made a point to talk directly to HER, ELLIE. She grinned the grin that was plastered on her face from all the excitement and wiggled her fingers back. VIVI! Without a mustache! She knew this girl! ...Through Max's talk of her, of course. "Good to meet you, Vivi. Ellie." That was her. And it WAS good to meet this friend of Max's. As for what house she was a fan of, Ellie plucked her t-shirt straight so Vivi could better read it. "Former captain," she proudly stated.

And, yes, Treyen. "My boyfriend." ...Now, Ellie truly rolled her eyes at him. The Arrows? Really? Nevertheless, she giggled. "Looks like you're vastly outnumbered, Hufflepuff." Yes, she called him out on it. And yes, she knew Vivi was a Ravenclaw. Max mentioned her quite a few times, you know.

Max was also glad that Ellie seemed equally as pleased to meet Vivi. Good on you, Ellie, even with your shameless reminder of your former Captainhood.

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This was the moment where Treyen realized that the House he was more acquainted with was...Ravenclaw. And Hufflepuff, but that was his House. He still waited for Ellie to notice her best friend sitting next to her.

Seriously, the amount of Ravenclaws he knew was...well, he definitely knew a lot of them. Though, Max was an Ellie addition. But Jim, Neptune, Louisa...hey, Vickers was around. But his attention shifted from Max to the newcomer...Vivi. And he chuckled before nodding towards her. "Vivi, I'm Treyen," WAAAAAIT...the name...Louisa mentioned a Vivi, didn't she? "The right answer is Appleby Arrows," right, Max?

Actually, the right answer was Hufflepuff. To him.

"Nice to see you, Treyen," Max mused in greeting, rather casually glancing between Ellie and Treyen. They were quite the pair, weren't they? The former Ravenclaw Keeper gave a short, abrupt burst of laughter when Treyen very unexpectedly acknowledged the Arrows. "What?" he chuckled, turning to catch Vivi's response to Treyen's answer. Well. He HAD... sort of... answered the question. With a good answer, after all. Better than admitting that he was cheering for Hufflepuff while surrounded by former Ravenclaw Quidditch players.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva headed to the stands for the match. She wasn't feeling like being at a match today, she really wasn't feeling like being anywhere but hidden away from all the drama and annoyance that was going around lately. She hoped there would be enough people around that she wouldn't run into certain people. Now that she had lost of few close friends she wasn't even sure who she would sit with. Walking up the stands her eyes looked around, there were so many alumni there. Minerva's smile grew, this made things so much better. She walked to find a seat, but stopped to say hi as she did. The first two she came to were Max and Vivi. A little nervous to say hi to Vivi after last term Minerva gave a small smile. "Hi Max.. Hi Vivi.. Good to see you both again, how is life outside of Hogwarts." Minerva hoped they would tell her great things so she had something to look forward to.

Ah - a long lost face. "Minerva," Max managed a smile and a slightly half-hearted wave of his hand, mostly because he felt uneasy and awkward. Small talk was so stressful for him. "Nice to see you as well - life is a dream," he replied smoothly, the sarcasm subtle in his final statement. It was a dream for the most part, minus his recent break-up. But... that kind of thing was a part of life, wasn't it? He couldn't complain otherwise.

Tilting his head away from his cozy group of good people, Max dared to peer around the stands and steal a glance at those behind and around him - Vickers was over yonder with an older man, which was good in the sense that he made it to the match, too, but Max felt bad for borrowing his girlfriend for the time being. Would Vickers come over and sit with them at some point and make Max feel a little less bad? And... aha! Vashti was coming! There was no surprise for Max, but he saw her intentions and kept his mouth shut, all the way up until Vashti's greeting - then he proceeded to extend an arm, wanting to pull her in for an awkward, twisting hug. "Vashti," he beckoned with a gentle smile, a bit less enthusiastically than he wanted to sound. He didn't even notice the new redheaded arrival nearby. "How've you been?" And, almost instantly after asking, without even thinking, he added with a gesture to his side, "Oh, Vash, this is Vivi Branxton. She's super cool - a really good Quidditch player, she transferred from Beauxbatons for our seventh year. Ravenclaw, naturally, and wicked clever. Vivi, this is Vashti Greenwell - erm, Amstern now, but y'know Penelope Greenwell? - her sister. A dynamite Ravenclaw Chaser. Head Girl. Cool stuff like that."

No, Vivi. He was not going forget about you in the midst of old friends and leave you out.

Jory was looking at the Headmistress as she made her way to a corner of the Stands when he heard Minerva speak. He turned to her with a grin. "Nope, I haven't,'' he replied. "But you seemed to be off in your own world so I didn't want to distract you.''

The boy looked around at the Pitch. "I'm all set. I sure hope we win. What about you?'' Hufflepuff did have an awesome team, so he didn't worry about winning too much. "So, how have you been?'' It had been a while since he had spoken to her.

"...an' then, the FASTEST one catches the snitch, an' then Wavencwaw wins because that's what Wavencwaws do: they fyyyy an' they win an' I'm going to be a Wavencwaw just like mummy and daddy an' catch snitches an' win things all the time." Charlotte, aged a precocious four, was earnestly informing her new baby sister how Quidditch WORKED. Important stuff to know. About Ravenclaws being winners. One day she would be one JUST like her daddy and her mummy. And maybe Callum could be one maybe. And Chloe because Chloe was her FAVOURITE right now because she didn't talk back and let Charlotte say a LOT about a LOT of important things, unlike Callum who had recently taken to telling Charlotte to SHUSH.

Charlotte Kettleburn, aged four and a half, did NOT like to be told to SHUSH by her little brother who wasn't even THREE yet so he wasn't even as big as her anyways! But she loved him a LOT and lots. So maybe Callum could be a snake one instead. Those were okay and--oh LOOK A BUTTERFLY! She let out a happy little squeal and let go of her mum's hand and darted between the rows to chase it, jumping over pesky adult and student legs and feet which were in the way. Couldn't they SEE she was chasing a butterfly here?

OH LOOK IT WAS DAVIE'S MUMMY! Hiiiii DAVIE'S MUMMY! Charlotte smiled ingeniously and waaaved at Headmistress Truebridge and then continued the sudden butterfly hunt, complete with chatter at the people she maneuvered around.

"Hello! 'scuse me. Your feet are TOO big and I need to get past okay? Okay! Hi! I'm Charwit! 'scuse me pease!"

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Blink.

One second her four year old daughter was swinging her hand and the next... where did she GO? With 3 month old Chloe safely bundled and dozing against her chest in a baby sling, Cela drew her wand and out of practicality and desperation, "Accio Charlotte Kettleburn!"

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Ohhh! SHE WAS FLYING LIKE A BUTTERFLY! Over the heads of the big people and so Charlotte flapped her butterfly wings (read: arms) and-- oh mummy! "Hiiii mummy! Did you see the buttify?"

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Had she seen the... sigh. Celandine Kettleburn lowered Charlotte to her feet and caught her hand up again, firmly.

"No, Char-bear I didn't. What did I tell you about running off? What would daddy say? Hmm? Lets find somewhere to sit now, and you be a good girl, okay?"

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"Oh mummy I'm awwwways a good girl!" Silly mummy! She tugged on her mum's hand and started marching forward to find a seat. That was HER job, seat finding. But wheeeeere would they sit?

here she was last match of them term and she was here to be a good sport and support other Quidditch players and such ahem.. but you know.. whatever... She walked up to the stands and "Holy hippogriffs" who WERE all these people.. and why were there so many people there.. was something going on and she just wasn't informed.. maybe she should of checked the noticeboard before she left.. but she checked it yesterday and there was nothing.. hmmm she was confused..

She saw Min sitting there.. Mehhh and she was the only person she knew, but she was mad at Min right now so her gaze simply went right over her head.. yeah Ariana knew NO ONE there what gave really. oh well there was Kurumi.. but she didn't really *know Kurumi she really only know OF her sooo yeah.. merlin this was odd..... uhmm yeah she was just going to sit over here... away from alll the strange people and Minerva.

He hadn't been back here in YEARS. And boy, did it feel good to be back.The former Ravenclaw made his way into the stands and sat down in the Ravenclaw section. OBVIOUSLY. He looked down upon the quidditch pitch with a nostalgic gleam in his eyes. Memories of his quidditch days rushed back to him. His first game ever as seeker against her. Scoring a goal against a professor. Blocking shot after shot from opposing teams. Hoisting the quidditch cup into the air during his final year. A warm feeling filled his stomach as he shook the nostalgia from his mind and looked around for Rapunzel. Where had she gone off to, anyway?

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Not far behind, a tall Asian man dressed in a suit entered the stands. He stood stiffly, searching for an acceptable place to sit. Since his former house wasn't playing today (he'd unfortunately missed those games), he didn't particularly favor one team over another. And he would MUCH rather keep a nundu with a dental problem for a pet than sit with a bunch of rambunctious children. Was there no section for a crowd of respectable adults?

At last Stuart spotted a seat near the middle of the pitch and far away from where any children were sitting. He took a deep breath, sighed, and put on his publicity face. Confidence oozed from his pores and he was ready to schmooze with the best of them. After all, it was what he was good at.

There certainly was a lot of people here today, Theo observed. Not many people that he knew either, but that was okay, because he was already with the person that he wanted to be with. Hand in hand, Theo guided Dora up the steps and to a back seat, like a real gent.

"Did you see, I'm routing for Ravenclaw today?" Theo said proudly, gesturing at his blue shirt. People did that, right? Wore the colour of the team that they were supporting? Theo didn't really attend matches that didn't involve Slytherin. He was very unexcited to watch his competition playing each other. Snore fest.

But he DID actually want Ravenclaw to win today. Not just because Dora was one, of course.

Once he was settled down into a seat, he let go of Dora's hand, but kinda wanted to keep hold of it. Since they were in the back seat, did that give them an excuse to kiss? They had to get their kissing in before Alice-Big-Teeth-Face arrived, but he'd let Dora make any first moves. The third year just pulled out his pack of beans instead, "Want one?" He said, mouth full.

Old people.

There were a lot of old people here. Older than her at least. And then Botros who really WAS old, but also really really cool and the only one in the stands Dora was actually happy to see. She waved at him with her free hand. Was there something special about this match that she was just forgetting? Dora didn't think that was possible, but she couldn't help but wonder as her eyes floated about the stands and counted out more older people that current Hogwarts kids.

"You look really good in blue too." She noted with a smile. They matched his eyes, did he notice? So it was double blue, and totally matching her own blue Ravenclaw shirt and tights. Not to mention the strip of blue hair she had in support of her house.

She didn't know why they were sitting so high up either, but didn't mind so long as Alice could find them. It'd be hard not to, right? Dora scooted right beside Theo when he sat and held out her hand for the proffered beans. "I wonder why so many old students are here."