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Wasn't that, yeah...another one!! So many past students were back for this game and with luck it was another one that she actually liked. Her brows crinkled when she saw how quiet she was being. Didn't she want to talk to everyone else that seemed to be happily catching up? More importantly, wasn't she going to talk to Vivi too??? It was a scientific fact that talking to Vivi made anyone's day. She should give it a try!

"HAI EM!!!! You came to the match toooooo!!!" GRIN. "Can I sit with you??" Because she was sitting so close to Vivi anyway and more than likely the older students would find a way to exclude her so they could have her Mama Vivi all to themselves. Rude. Just very rude. Without waiting for an answer she plopped down in the seat next to her. [b]"Have you started liking flying any more?

See? Someone else who could see the bigger picture to this whole match thing. The party with the cake and the candy and all that stuff. "Mhm! You bet! I'm actually hoping Hufflepuff wins but I like the Claws...some of them so I'll cheer for them too!"

THIS, this was how you took care of a Baby Lion! You wrapped them in hugs and noticed things about them!!! Merlin was it really all that difficult???? "You think that might be it? I mean I've started incorporating more food into my candy diet so it's basically balanced now. You'll be happy to know I ate an actual breakfast this morning consisting and it only had two chocolate frogs in it." Nod nod nod. Major improvement.

"And I can think of a few but are you only taking Hufflepuff suggestions?" That was actually a rather serious question.

Jory grinned. Truth be told, his parents had raised him to be modest. And being modest suited him quite fine. "Well, I suppose I can take the credit.'' Yes, it had been hard work what with all classes and homework. Any plans for the summer? "No, I don't really have any,'' he added. "If you count moping around because it's gonna be the last summer before my final year.'' That was going to be bittersweet, wouldn't it? "What about you? Going anywhere?'' Other than home, he meant.

Jory frowned a little more. He was not sure Minerva was okay. But OWLs really could be the stress trigger. He nodded. "I remember last year. Studying became my life,'' he joked. "But don't worry, you'll do wonderfully.'' The studying will very much pay off. "Whatever's bothering you, it's gonna pass,'' the Puffer said with a nod. "Just be focused for OWLs.''

And just then, the winning House was announced for the match. "We did it!'' Jory shouted enthusiastically and clapping hard. All they needed to secure now was the House Cup!

Sitting next to Treyen as she was, Ellie heard a small 'hi' behind them. She turned and gave the other redhead a small smile, "Hi, Em." She opened her mouth to say more, but...

Vashti caught her eye! Of course, she waited until the closet mum was seated before swiveling all the way around in her seat to hug Vashti properly, unlike the one-armed-whatever thing Max attempted.

Treyen already asked how she was, sorta, so Ellie just waited eagerly for her answer.

Ellie's grin faltered....quite drastically. "...I'm sorry." She was just teasing, Max. He didn't have to go and first-name her. She sucked her bottom lip in. ...She was sorry, really. She didn't mean to do anything wrong. Or offend him. Or upset him.

Sorry.

...And then he was complimenting her? "Erm...yeah. Hopefully. I'd like to see him win." But...erm...yeah...

"Yeah," she smiled, "But not too bad." She'd seen him sooner than others here. Like Dallin. Or the closet mum.

Blink.

Former Captains were everywhere? ...Where? Among those nearest them...she was the only one, right? But, really, she'd just meant, of course she was cheering for Ravenclaw, because she was very much a part of their Quidditch family.

Uh oh. Ellie's eyes darted to Max. What, exactly, has he told Vivi about her?

...Oh. His usual rubbish? Heh. "I'm afraid he's set himself up as such." Because she really wasn't all that fantastic. Some people were just bonkers and thought her so.

Hint, those people were currently flanking her on both sides.

"Hi!" Ellie waved back to the little 'Claw.

"SPIIIIKE!" Once again, Ellie rose to her feet to give a former teammate a tight hug. She...er...she wasn't going to speak for the group of them, but surely he knew she was doing great, right? "How are you?"

It wasn't until a few minutes after she pulled away that she remembered this Ravenclaw tended to carry a spider in his hair. She quickly sat back down, far away from the boy's head.

THERE SHE WAS! Her old captain!!! And first Captain! And favorite Captain!

...Who got a nose wrinkle for calling Finlay 'gorgeous'. Seriously? In public? UGH. And Finlay...was not gorgeous. And a BOY. So... Meh.

However, Ellie was plenty used to their relationship by now. Unlike when she first heard, and thought it a horrible idea. She was very much on board now.

"Good to see you, too, Nia!" Good to see everyone, really. It was amazing, the alumni turnout to this match. Nothing to complain about, of course. Just AMAZING.



Ellie giggled. "Better, but irrelevant." It was HUFFLEPUFF vs RAVENCLAW. No Appleby. No Portree. Just Hogwarts houses. Though, honestly, she knew very well who her boyfriend was supporting.

She was busy paying attention to something else when she felt Treyen's hand. So, she didn't know exactly why he took hers, but of course, wasn't resisting. Instead, she gave it a squeeze and pulled it into her lap.

Was he saying Ravenclaws weren't dangerous, then? "Can you be so sure, Lockhart?" she asked. For one, his cheering won't be heard over all the Ravenclaws' combined. And she couldn't say he wouldn't be terribly mocked when they won.

But if he were attacked...by Ravenclaws...she'd definitely defend him. No worries there, boyfriend.

Ace was twisting around looking at everything and everyone. People! So many peeeeople! And as young as he was he recognized a Quidditch pitch when he saw one, Daddy took him to see games everywhere. But as distracting as everything was Mummy was here and the little toddler took comfort in that, touching her hair because he rarely has moments like these, its blond and pretty and doesn’t hit him on the face when it moves, unlike annoying Dora. He pointed at the sky and warbled “Mummy Mummy I go voooom!” fly with no brooms, he seriously think he can do it. And he would look AWESOME too. Conquering the air in dazzling red and gold just as he is now.

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Lotsa people, exciting game—everything that makes him worry about his Uncle’s welfare. But this was Hogwarts and he still knew a lot of students that still go here. So he cant help waving back to people looking and waving hello to him, the ex-wife of that knucklehead with her young ones, Professor Elwood, Dance Instructor Cela and all those lovely alumni sitting over there, and huggers, what is Hogwarts without the hugging “Hello Min!” he greeted the Hufflepuff gal “I’m ok... yeah great to be back for the match.” Yes he can almost see his Uncle smirking under his nose, granted that it was his insistence to come here. And another hug “Lily hello! Its good to see you again.” Old friends, he missed them more than he realized... And then there were the Screamers. Ah yes Hogwarts has plenty of these too. The former Ravenclaw grinned at the young lioness, with a certain twinkle in his eye. “Oh but I haven’t forgotten to write to you Lex...” and she will understand what that means fully, when that day comes “... but hey I’m here and we’re talking and its all good yeah?” Here. In School. And saying that next to Uncle who had a lengthy discussion about promising little kids adventures before their time.

Then there was a tapping of his head and then a peck on his cheek. Vivi! She got the happiest of grins, although his eye flicked quickly to the alumni she sat with, some of which may not be too thrilled to be in his company “Oh yeah we’re good here.” he nodded. Staying put they were, and scramming as soon as the game was done if he had his way.


Corin’s sight may be partially compromised right now, but he can still see perfectly well. The way other people regard his nephew didn’t escape his notice. It was good from a certain perspective, given how painfully shy the boy was before and his problems as a guardian was to get him to interact more with people, but now it looks like the problems as gone the other way. His face still pleasantly detached, he will not say anything about the lengthy discussion he’s had with the boy and the members of the opposite gender. But he is watching CLOSELY.

Ah yes Cassandra’s daughter. “And its good to finally meet you Vivi.” he grinned cordially. If Vickers had a slight dig at him with the younguns from earlier, this was payback. It takes a game and a crowd and the girl coming forward for a Vanderbilt family member to meet the new girl. A behavior he couldn’t quite understand about his nephew “Ah yes this little thing...” he added, touching his eye patch gently “... you and me both actually...” he chuckled softly. No seriously he would’ve really wanted to see what became of the other people who attacked him, they were just getting started after all. "And I hope you mother is doing well." he added.

Ooooooh. See. Kurumi didn't know that about this Lainey person. Well, she both did and didn't, but Lexi mentioning History of Magic reminded her that she did know because of looking through old yearbooks. So the older Gryffindor received a nod in confirmation.

OOOOOOOOH. Flying. Got it. See, Kurumi could understand almost all English speech now - save for a few expressions here and there that may not be familiar to her ears - but little kid English was an entirely new language of its own. One that she was going to need to learn quickly it seemed. Why was it that whenever she was with Lexi she seemed to get a crash course in something?

And lots of flying Dora got to see. Kurumi bounced the girl on her lap every now and again, leaning forward with her arms wrapped around Dora's waist during key points of the match so she could see over the railing a bit easier. "WELL DONE ALEC!" Kurumi cheered, giving Dora a few more excited bounces.

But then Dora was calling for............him. Kurumi bit down hard on her bottom lip and looked at Lexi and Ace. "You think you should...." Let her go see him? Despite how hurt she felt at the audacity he had for blaming all that had now happened on her, she felt bad for Dora getting caught up in the middle. Like her father too. Only her father was able to decide how to handle this on his own. Dora on the other hand...

Squirming uncomfortably in her seat, Kurumi glanced around and saw Vashti giving her a small wave. VASHTI!!! Kurumi really REALLY wanted to go over and talk to the former Head Girl, but she just couldn't. Not with that crowd. So instead she just smiled at the girl and was about to return to watching the players celebrate when........

HOLY HARPIES! SELINA HAPPENED!

Kurumi gave her best friend a genuine smile and simply pointed to the little girl on her lap. "I'll go over there later," Kurumi laughed. See, another illustration of how different her and Vivi were. Going to be hilarious having all three of them living right next to each other. Poor Lewis. She really hoped he was ready for all this.

Giving Vivi another few finger wiggles, she smiled over at Max and....Huh? Why was Em sitting so far away? They had been practically attached at the hip while at Hogwarts. Looking around a bit more, she spotted a few of her former professors and felt like sinking down into her seat to hide. Hopefully none of them had heard about her academic probation.

Squirm. Fidget. Squirm.

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Oh look, here was Professor Messy. "Calista," he said with a small bow of the head. He would offer to clean off the bench with a handkerchief - or simply lay it down for her to sit on - but she seemed to like the whole earthy look.

Woah...WOAH! Had she honestly just asked that question? SEER couldn't SEE what team he was supporting? She needed to use her Inner Eye a bit more. Obviously.

Containing an eye roll, only not really, the astronomer's attention was drawn towards the Arithmancy professor and a small smirk appeared on his lips. Seemed like SHE could SEE better than others. Cue a small elbow jab to Calista's side. "Was it that obvious?" he chuckled while pulling on his sleeves. "Congratulations, you must be very proud." Especially since it was looking like the badgers would be taking home two Cups this year.

Oh look! Two of his favorite little lions. "Miss Greenwell, Miss Cambridge," he grinned in greeting, giving both girls a quick two finger salute. What? She didn't like his suit? "Perhaps I should supply the student body with goggles?" he asked, obviously being sarcastic. "Oh, but I AM wearing some blue," he said with a smirk while pulling up one of his yellow suit pant legs. "My socks are blue." Right where no one could see it.

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There was a almost audible greeting coming from behind, the voice took form as he turned to see who it was. Hey! It was Em! She made it. And he smiled, "It's nice to see someone else from Hufflepuff here," because, quite frankly, he was pretty much surrounded by Ravenclaws.

"At least I hope you're supporting Hufflepuff," and Miss Ella. Though, Emmaleigh's attire gave her away. Maybe, he'll change seats throughout the game to discuss Miss Ella with Emmaleigh, who probably didn't care about her, but Treyen did.

Em tugged on her sleeves, making sure to hold on to them. It wasn’t hard, since they covered nearly the entirety of her hands anyways. Giving a small smile and a nod, she said “Hey Treyen. Yeah. Hufflepuff.” Pushing the glasses further up her nose, even as she wrinkled it, she asked ”Ravenclaw? Why would I pull of them? Because that was a dumb question Treyen, even if she had pulled for the eagles all of last term. Hufflepuffs are best. and the though of them didn’t make her tummy churn. Thanks for saving me a seat.

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Emmaleigh nodded to her fellow redhead, and added another quiet greeting. “Hello Ellie.” And… she didn’t say more because Ellie’s attention was grabbed by someone who sat down on the second row next to her. She looked familiar, but the forlorn girl couldn’t place her.

And there sure were a lot of people around, ones Em didn’t exactly know. Or you know the ones she did know, who just so happened to be avoiding her. You know like Max, and Vivi… Not that she really wanted to talk to or even be noticed by either of them.

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Wasn't that, yeah...another one!! So many past students were back for this game and with luck it was another one that she actually liked. Her brows crinkled when she saw how quiet she was being. Didn't she want to talk to everyone else that seemed to be happily catching up? More importantly, wasn't she going to talk to Vivi too??? It was a scientific fact that talking to Vivi made anyone's day. She should give it a try!

"HAI EM!!!! You came to the match toooooo!!!" GRIN. "Can I sit with you??" Because she was sitting so close to Vivi anyway and more than likely the older students would find a way to exclude her so they could have her Mama Vivi all to themselves. Rude. Just very rude. Without waiting for an answer she plopped down in the seat next to her. [b]"Have you started liking flying any more?

Sitting there quietly, wanting to leave already, Emmaleigh nearly jumped out of her seat when she heard someone yelling her name. Quickly pressing her finger to her lips, she tried quieting the girl a little. She didn’t want the whole pitch to know she was here, and she didn’t want any attention to be drawn to herself. Nope. With a small smile, she quietly replied. “Hey, Lexa, yeah I did. And um… sure you can sit here.” Or you know, go squeeze in between Max you’re hero Vivi over there. ”There’s plenty of room. And did she just ask about flying? “um, no, no I haven’t. I… I don’t think I’m going to ever get back on a broom. Nope. She had to not only believe in herself for that, but have someone else to believe in her too… and that was never going to happen. Pushing her glasses further up her face once more, she leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees, and using that to support her face. This was going to be a long day, and she shouldn’t have come. She just knew it.

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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?

Rapunzel hadn't been back to Hogwarts in YEARS either. It had really been like a decade, at the LEAST since she'd been in these very stands. MERLIN! It felt great to be back though.

The blonde was seated in the Hufflepuff section, obviously, since she had to cheer on HER team. The BEST team. Duh. She did spot Ryan looking all around the stands for her though and gave him a goofy grin and wave.

YAYAYAYAYAY GO PUFFS. Looked like they were still as awesome as ever! And were winning!

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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.

AWWWW LOOK, WAS THAT CHARLOTTE KETTLEBURN?! Annie took her eyes off the pitch for only a moment --- dangerous activity, that was --- and positively BEAMED at the mini!Cela darting around the stands. She waved back just as enthusiastically and then quickly turned her face back to the skies. She would absolutely HAVE to see Cela and her babies later. How many was she up to, now? Three? Four? Hopefully they'd all be at the celebration tent later...

And ooohooh, the game was starting. Anastasia watched the quaffle soar back and forth across the pitch, entranced by the blurs of navy and gold zooming everywhere. The game started with Ravenclaw in the lead, but Hufflepuff quickly showed what they were made of, and made a comeback by blocking shots and catching snitches.

Thank MERLIN the snitches decided to go after the Keepers today and NOT the spectators. Annie gave a silent 'thank Merlin' signal to the sky for that one. Hufflepuff won not much later, and Annie let out a tiny, soft, "Yay!" once it was all over and her old House had won. Good good, she could go celebrate now. She made her way down from the stands carefully to go congratulate Erin and the teams in the tent.

Mariel had been caught up in the match to really do much chatting. Sure, she was plenty excited to see old classmates, and gave an excited wave to Nia when she saw her, but once the players flew out to the pitch, her attention went from nostalgic conversation to the game at hand. It was Quidditch - and Ravenclaw at that - for goodness sake. Not to mention she wanted to see what her training did for her nephew.

Ravenclaw wasn't playing half bad.. at least to begin with. She cringed when she saw Ethan get hit with that bludger, but he seemed to take it in stride. Or at least as much as one can when getting hit with one and she smiled to herself at his professionalism.. But he seemed to not fully recover his game after the hit and getting roughed around some more. She really was on the edge of her seat, still proud of his stamina, and noting a few moves that she taught him. But as Hufflepuff caught the third snitch and ended the game, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Still a great game though and she was happy to have come to it.

Mariel turned her eyes to the pitch. She knew Ethan was hurt and probably feeling discouraged. The brunette was about to walk over to the railing to assess his condition when a voice at her side diverted her attention. She tried to give Minerva a reassuring smile as she could see the panic in the girl's eyes. "I know he is," she said, green eyes flickering to the pitch as the landed on the injured boy. He was conscious and walking.. that was a good sign. Not that she was totally dismissing bludger injuries.. she knew they hurt and could be quite damaging, but it was Quidditch after all, par for the course. "Try not to worry Minerva," she said looking back at her, trying to keep her voice kind and even as not to concern her further. She did find it very endearing that she was so concerned with his well-being, just a sweet and caring girl.. a great choice for her nephew, she thought. "As rough as it is, it's a part of the game. He's a tough kid, I think he'll be okay. " She glanced back to the pitch. Not that she wasn't concerned.. she was.. but this kind of thing was common and easily remedied. "Maybe you can get him to the Healer.. and he'll be fine in no time." Speaking of, where was the Healer? In her day, there was a Healer present at the games to tend to such injuries immediately. Just what was going on at this school?

Minerva laughed a bit, "Jory don't just take the credit, you earn the credit. I don't know another puff that works as hard as you." She then frowned when he talked about summer. That was the down fall to ending another school year, another group of students graduate and leave. This year she was losing Damon and Belle to very close friends, next year Jory and Ethan. She couldn't stand the thought of losing Ethan already. It would be so weird here, her seventh year without him. Pushing it out of her mind Min smiled, "Well I bet you will find some great plans, plus you should be excited for your last year. The big dog at school.." She tried to joke, but understood. She didn't want to think about how she would feel in two terms.

Minerva found herself looking up at Jory when he talked, that was a very nice thing to say. "Thanks, I hope I can do well, but I'm nervous. I have some subjects that I do struggle in, so that worries me." Giving him a soft smile Minerva thought about what he said, it will pass, he was right, but it still was rough at the moment. "I know it will Jory, but thanks, you know your a great friend." He really was a great friend and it was nice to know she still had some of them. "Hey Jory, think you will be going to the Quidditch Celebration after the match?"



Minerva looked from Mariel to the pitch, she was so clam. Yes Minerva needed to calm down as well. Minerva looked toward the pitch again, she knew she was being a bit of a pain and she knew how it felt to be hit and hurt during a game, but this was Ethan.. ETHAN!! She did not want to ever see him hurt or in pain, so this was just horrible. "I know it's part of the game, I play beater when I'm on the team, it's just hard to see him in pain. I've never watched a game with someone I love in it and getting hit not once but three different times by different things." She realized what she said after she said it and gave a quick glance at Mariel before turning her head to the pitch and pulling the jacket sleeves down in an anxious habit.

As she continued to look away kind of embarrassed for saying love to Ethan's aunt she heard her say about the healer, this made Min shiver a bit. She had been afraid of the Healer since the day the woman started. She didn't really know why, but she just didn't want to go anywhere near the woman, but looking back at Mariel she nodded, "Yes, I will make sure he goes if his injuries are bad enough. Looking once more to the ground she noticed players leaving the pitch, "Mariel I'm going to go and wait for him near the locker rooms. It was great seeing you again, and I hope to see you soon." Giving her a quick hug goodbye she made her way out of the stands.