She'd brought her ice cream, packed her gummy worms, and paid.

Ella was ready for some Quidditch.

The blonde hurried over towards the middle of the stands, wanting to get a good spot. This was going to be a good match and she wasn't cheering for anyone in particular, just watching and maybe doing a little note taking on the competition. Keefer would be proud, yeah? BEAM!

Oh! A Kurumi! Ella spotted the older girl and wavedddddd! "Hello Kurumi!" Bounce! It was nice to see her, okay? Even if things had been a bit weird for a while cause Sir reasons and stuff. That was all over now though, yeah? She was with the former head girl and the sixteen year old gave her a timid smile and wave as well. "Hello Miss Selina!" Cause people who could swing bats like Selina could got the 'Miss'...always.

Kurumi had her eye on Mortimer and would continue to do so throughout the match. Not that she was concerned that Selina would attempt to whack here with him or anything on purpose, but she did have the tendency to get a bit violent and excited during matches. She also was pretty sure her best friend still held the secret desire to break Kurumi's nose. Kurumi had only done that, what, three times during their time at Hogwarts? Then there had been the pillow fight from a few months ago....

So yes. Eye was on Mortimer.

"Whoever gets in Alice's way?" she said pensively while tapping her chin with her index finger. "Or if anyone tries to knock Melanie off her broom. I bet Alice would hone in on them and bite their ears off." Alice and Melanie reminded her a lot of herself and Selina. Opposites in their own right that complimented each other in personality. Melanie had her noddles and Kurumi had her cookies. Meanwhile both Alice and Selina had their bats and hot temperaments.

Kurumi spotted Dora and Ella as they entered the stands and threw them both an enthusiastic wave. And kind of sort of choked on her own laughter when Ella called Selina MISS.

Could they START the match please? She didn't care if she were here early and it was unusual to start the match THIS early, but she was here now and it was time to get moving on that. You wanna know why? Because this was Quidditch and Quidditch waited for NO man. Ever. Besides, she had called in, um, sick today for Harpies practice, so she was ten times more excited then she would have been usually. Hooky was bloody brilliant.

The redhead continued to swing her bat back and forth for the fun of it as her best friend spoke to her. A huge, smug grin crept up on her face when she mentioned her Biter and her violent tendencies. Selina was so proud of that. After all, violence was always sort of kind of the answer. Right? "That's true," she agreed, "Though, I'm pretty sure if anyone even flew at Shark Bait Biter would lose her head." Bat and all because her ickle Biter was a beater through and through. Made Selina smile to think that SOME form of a Selina that would be on the Pitch today.

Catching Kurumi's eye, she saw it turn to other people. Oh hello other people. She waved Mortimer at Dora and also at Ella without really noticing how she was handling him. It wasn't flailing so much as reckless abuse of a bat. "Hello, Ella." And yes, she WAS ignoring the Miss part because, panic, she wasn't old. WAS SHE?!

Tobias was SUPER SUPER EXCITED for this game. The notice board had said it was a classic line up, so he was expecting it to live up to his expectations. Added to that, the points standings put the two teams nearly level so far so YES YES YES IT WOULD BE VERY EXCITING.

Having paid those bothersome turnstiles, Tobias entered the stands and walked purposefully towards the commentator’s section. With the widest grin on his face, the Hufflepuff peered out over the pitch and stands. This was easily the best view. He supposed it had to be. And now for the best part.

The microphone.

How exactly were you supposed to turn it on? Was there some kind of switch? Tobias looked it it, muttering to himself as he tried to figure it out. He wanted to look like he knew what he was doing before his commentator arrived. ‘Cause he was totally mature enough for this responsibility and being able to work the microphone seemed like PROOF.

“Right then, how exactly...” Tobias murmured, picking it up giving it a shake. Maybe he did need help. “What if... maybe” SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL “some kind of complicated pulley system. OH. IT’S WORKING.” Everyone could stop panicking now. “These microphones are kinda confusing... anyway... HEY EVERYONE. It's me, Toby! ARE YOU GUYS ALL SUPER EXCITED TOO?!”

Was that the Astronomy professor?

“Haiiii Professor Starman!” WAVE WAVE. “I’m commentating today!”

WASN’T THAT AWESOME?!

"So....pretty much the entire Slytherin team you think?" she laughed softly. She could totally see Alice make her way through the snake line up, biting and mildly incapacitating each player as she went. She was pretty sure that the new Flying professor would not approve of this and probably throw Alice out of the match, but it was still an amusing thought. "Maybe I should look into getting Alice a mouthguard fashioned from dragon fangs. Seraphia lost some of her baby fangs the other day. I could make her one." You know, in case Alice bit something that she wasn't supposed to and chipped a tooth. A dragon fang mouthguard would certainly prevent that.

Kurumi reached into her bag and pulled out a small container of, yes, cookies and offered the box to Selina. "You want one?" Although she assumed the answer was yes, but it was habit to ask. "Also, Lewis has Alchemy study group tonight at our place, so do you mind if we move all celebratory things to your's?"

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He had taken a bit longer to get here because he had had the urge to stop by the kitchen for some ice cream before heading to the stands, but he was here now and that is what mattered. Sporting some VERY snazzy shoes, if he did say so himself, he had litterally JUST entered the stands when he heard one of his many nicknames shouted over the loudspeaker.

"OH! MR. TEMPUS! I AM SURE YOU WILL DO A STELLAR JOB MY YOUNG PADAWAN!" he shouted back at the Hufflepuff with some excited arm flailing. Just not with the hand that was holding ice cream. He would not repeat that mistake again.

Finding a spot near Mr. Tempus, Airey removed Pebbles from his pocket and folded both legs underneath him in Indian style and watched both teams warming up on the pitch. "Now Pebbles, this is your first quidditch match and I expect you to cheer nice and loudly for Gryffindor."

He then glanced around somewhat nervously. Was Medea here with her paint again?

Did it feel that she's been coming here like a lot? Yes, it did but she didn't mind it. It was fun and all. Minus the paying part. She so far had paid such a lot of money just for quidditch. It always was irritating. Anyway, she was not going to think about how many shoes she could have bought, or shirts or skirts or any other useful stuff. Nope, she wasn't. Absolutely not. Wearing her green jacket, the snake started climbing up looking around. Not much people have arrived yet just a few. She always came early, just to matches though. In classes she'd be among the last to sneak in. That didn't mean anything. Just a random fact about a repeated coincidence.

Anyway, time to choose a spot to settle in. She probably needed to be closer to the pitch to get a better loo--- OH OH Dora! Enough looking, the blond made her way towards her friend and plopped down next to her, "What's up?!" She said with a grin seeing the flags the Ravenclaw had. Of course she was cheering for both her boyfriend's team and bestfriend's. "Going to be an exciting game," She predicted rubbing her hands together. It was chilly.

What was that sound, Cassia smiled hearing the hufflepuff firstie was going to be commentating. She also tried not to wince at the loud amplified voice. IT also was going to be fun apparently.

A bat was being waved at her. She should probably be concerned, but Dora never was one to be made anxious by such acts, plus it was just Selina and she liked her, right? She wouldn't hit Dora if Gryffindor lost or anything, but it WAS a good thing she was sitting out of arms reach of them.

Sipping her drink, she didn't pay the squirming in her coat pocket much mind until one of her friends made it up to the stands, taking up the seat beside her. "Not the players yet." Which was sad cause Dora wanted to do a lot of staring. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the juvenile jarvey, depositing him in Cassia's lap and ignoring whatever was coming out of his mouth. Instead her shaded eyes flickered over to the firstie commenting today. "Are you cheering for just the snakes?" Or did she have some hidden support for the lions too?

"Here's to hoping," Selina said lifting her bat to agree. If Alice only bit one of them, though, she would be keen on being proud of her. In fact, if she didn't bite ANYONE and just continued to be herself she'd be proud. That kid was so wonderful and Selina loved to squish her face. Even though Alice usually groaned and gave her a glare.

Blink. Selina stopped swinging Mortimer just to stare at her friend. What in Merlin's name was Kurumi even going on about? She did realize that this sounded like lunacy, yes? "Kurumi, just no. Stop right now." Mouth guards sounded so stupid and had NO place on a Pitch. Look at Selina, she was the Professional here.

When Kurumi offered her a cookie, the eighteen year old shook her head and waved Mortimer as if to say no. This wasn't anything new. She wasn't very hungry and, besides, she was focusing on the match. "Sure. It sounds like a plan, Stan." Get it? It rhymed.

...

Yeah, she was here. AGAIN. Yay!

Astrid wouldn't be here if she didn't know that Mama Hulk was playing. But since she did, why let that pass without doing anything, right? Hulk was important to her and she treated her like a student!Mama so she had every right to support her today. Also because she wanted to see the bat crackin' as well.

She even prepared a SUPER UBER PRETTY cardboard in support for Alice. See? Astrid drew that lion too, by the way, and it took five hours. YES. Could you imagine her efforts and her sleepless night just to finish that? But... bleh whatever. There was no game yet, or at least it didn't start. Maybe in a bit? Because she was just so ready to raise her banner... and Astrid also wanted to know who Hulk's next victim was. Gotta love her pearly whites.

This was actually her first term going to see a match, believe it or not.

So it was veeery important. Not only just to her. This was the deciding match, really. The fourth year made her way up through the stands, hopping over the benches and grabbing onto people's head to help herself make her way over to her friends. She had the scarf she'd borrowed off Cassia tied around her head like a hairband and RAWR written in gold and red across her cheek. She only used her muggle gel pens when it was a special occasion.

"Hi guys." Blue hefted up the end of her robe so she could climb over the bench and flop into the seat next to Dora and Cassia. "'Sup?"

Yeah, Forrest kept not understanding A THING from Quiddituch but he was there nevertheless, at stands. It wasn't even Hufflepuff's game. It should be unimportant to him. But somehow, he was pulled to the stands and wanted to see it with his own eyes that bludgers didn't really hurt, that they weren't meant to people, that it was as safe as football to play Quidditch.

He hugged himself tightly around his coat and sat somewhere where he believed was neutral and surveyed the pitch gravely. This was for pure observation. He wasn't really going to cheer.

Would someone mind him not cheering?

GAMMMMEEEEEEEEE TIIIIIIIMMMMMEEEEEE and ariana wasn't playing... naturally because she hadn't been at practice because she had other stuff going on and she couldn't. But her teammmm was playing as to say she was a bit excited to watch them wipe the floor with Gryffindor was a bit of an understatement. So after paying that crazy fee at the turnstiles she made her way up and sat in the normal Slytherin viewing area where she had the perfect view of all things happening. Where was her boyfriend? Was he coming? He should. Cause watching matches alone sucked and she wasn't going to watch with Min. If she showed up.

So his mum let him come she really did! Mainly because it was and his mum pulled him out for the weekend then he mentioned the game and his mum said he could GO.and she let him floor here all alone and Jeremiah was feeling very very grown up. When was this thing starting... he wanted to see Lex play and stuff. Maybe he could come to Hogwarts next term... has his mum worked that out yet.. he should ask her.

Nigel payed the money to enter the stands. This was probably the most money he has pent at anything at Hogwarts. Quidditch was pretty fun to watch. Thank Merlin you did not have to pay to play it. Nigel looked around for to see who was here. Ah. Nigel spots Blue, Dora, and Cassia.

Nigel walks on over to them and sits by them. "Hey" He did not really have a team he was rooting for. Though he would like to see West and Theo score some goals.

It was going to fun hearing the first year hufflepuff do the commentating. Wonder who was going to join with by the microphone?

Kurumi frowned. So...that was a no to the mouthguard then. Unfortunate really. Kurumi hated to see Seraphia's teeth go to waste. She supposed she could always give them to Lewis for his potions and alchemy studies. Hmmm. She would ask when she got home later tonight.

She furrowed her brow a bit more when Selina refused her cookies. Again. She wouldn't comment on it now, however. The red head always just brushed such things off recently anyway. "Suit yourself," she said as she took one of the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies from the box out and had a small bite.

"Hey, Selina. Do you get to do any recruiting?" she asked while taking her violet gaze away from the pitch and towards Selina. "I mean, do you get to scout players for the Harpies?" And why could Kurumi sort of picture Selina trying to convince her captain to recruit most of the Gryffindor team?

QUIDDITCH DAY!

This was probably one of the most exciting days in the year. Quidditch days. And while he would normally be super nervous if he was out there playing, he certainly wasn't going to say no to coming out here to watch the two teams play. Especially since it meant he could eat ice cream whilst watching too!

Having paid at the turnstiles, Alec started walking up the stairs to the stands. He clutched on to his bowl of ice cream as he moved up the stairs. He let go of the bowl with one hand to wave over at Dora, Cassia, Bluetiful and... Ravenclaw!Funny Dude as he passed them. He needed to find out what that Dude's name was but... Ravenclaw!Funny Dude still seemed to fit. Sort of.

Now... where... to... sit...



BLONDE HAIR!

Nice blonde hair too.

GRINNING WIDELY, the sixteen year old headed over towards her, his hands still clutched tightly onto his bowl of ice cream. Holding onto the bowl of ice cream was actually making his fingers cold and numb, especially since the Kitchens was quite far away from the stands. Sort of. Especially with the turnstiles.

Reaching the girl, Alec sat down right next to her and... BLINKED. "You're not planning on studying here, are you?" ... That... was not the right way to greet someone. "I mean... HEY!" GRIN.



O_O

That was... LOUD.

Startled, Alec turned round to looked up at the commentators box, his grey-blue eyes widening just a bit. His eyes landed on a very familiar face and he grinned before waving enthusiastically at the young Keeper. So... Tobias was commentating? How AWESOME was that? ... Who was he commentating with? Alec... secretly hoped it was Forrest or someone. Weren't they close? Or just roommates? Or did they have a friendship that was more like Alec and Messy's? If so... could they all have a joint pillow fight in the boy's dorm?

And speaking of Forrest, THERE he was! A big GRIN and an enthusiastic wave was sent his way along with thoughts about whether or not Alec could join him too. Could he? Yeah? ... But... this meant that he wasn't commentating. And it meant that PEOPLE were here, decked out in house pride or supporting colours. And someone in particular stood out a lot in his red suit. "AWESOME suit Astro- ... Professor!" GRIN.

"I like your banner, Astrid!" Because... that was the next thing he noticed. Astrid and her banner. Also... Astrid was coming to a lot of matches this term. Was this going to be a regular thing? Could it? Could she stay here instead? GRIN.

Okay... when was the game starting? And who was the second mystery commentator?

The redhead saw the frown, but she just continued to swing Mortimer back and forth unbothered. There was no place for a mouth guard on the Quidditch Pitch because it was a violent game. If worst came to worst people could always go to the hospital wing. That was what it was there for anyway. AND injuries were the best because in Quidditch you could cause them.

And she was ignoring that look. They weren't going to do this here.

"No," she mumbled looking a little irritated, "I'm not allowed to recruit. Captain's job." After all, that was the way it should be. Do you know why? Because Charlie would go mad with recruiting every girl who had a violent bone in her body. BEAMY FACE. The way it SHOULD be. After all, they weren't the only female team in the league just because. They kept up with everyone else because their girls were brutal. N'aww she loved her team.

Gryffindor vs Slytherin. Of course the Prefect was going to cheer for his own house. With ice cream in one hand and a green flag in the other, Daichi climbed up the stands to find a seat.

He was also going to cheer for Dylan today. Yes you read right, he was going to cheer for the guy he didn't like. Cheer that he would hopefully get hit by a bludger or something, now THAT would be entertaining wouldn't it? An evil grin spread across his face and he looked around. Game hadn't started yet. Good, that meant he was going to enjoy the full match. Of course, he hoped Slytherin would win. But if the Captain got injured it would only be a plus to the game.

HE WAS SO NICE WASN'T HE? MUWAHAHAHAHA

So yes, he was cheering for Slytherin, just not the Captain.

ooooh! and look! there was Kurumi~ Biting on his ice cream, the Prefect waved his hand at the ex-gryffindor. "Hey kurumi~" :3

Cassia chuckled lightly at Dora's comment, trust the Ravenclaw to be literal and logic. "I think they won't be up before like fifteen minutes or so," But that was just her estimating. Seeing the lil creature sneaking out of Dora's pocket, the blond let out a faint squeal as Dora put him on her lap. She tried not to take it personal when the Jarvey called her a yellowish person, " That is slightly less offensive than last time, I think he's warming up to me," She said jokingly. She brought her hand carefully to its head and gave him a pat before withdrawing it right away. She didn't want to be bitten you know.

"Actually, I am cheering for Lex," She turned to Dora answering her. She'd always cheer for her lioness bestie. Kinda like Dora here was. Except that Cassia was cheering for her house and not her boyfriend's team. hehe.


BLUE!

Cassia's face lit up even more seeing the other half of CLUE. "Hey yourself," She responded. Her eyes recognized her scarf that she had lent Blue. Also the marks on the eaglette's face. "I like the marks, how'd you draw them?" She asked curiously. Wincing, the snake glanced down at the creature on her lap and agave it a long look. Did it understand looks? Probably not. But she still was gonna keep him on her lap.

Then she turned her gaze back to Blue, "Rooting for both I see?" Cue the scarf and the marks. "And finally you were able to come attend a match. Stupid fee, no?" She sighed knowing what Blue was going through since Cassia went through it too just before Christmas.

Cassia looked up from the Jarvey on her lap, which still was trying to bite her hand but she was careful, and smiled at the fellow fourth year. His name was Nigel if her memory reserved. "Hello," She greeted back. Taking a look at the eagle she didn't see him decked in any color or holding any flags, "I see you're on the neutral ground," She commented. That made sense right. She wasn't really a professional when it came to sports and its idioms.


The snake let her eyes trail off and search the stands. Just to see who was there and who wasn't. Something she always does in matches and not. How else did she know most people's names' and faces. As her eyes settled on a familiar face, she paused. Wasn't that Mike's bestie. In Durmstrang. What.Was.He.Doing.Here? And was her brother here too? Naaah. he'd never come to attend a game he didn't know who were playing in. Though he did know Lex but that actually was a reason to NOT come. Cassia waved over at Jeremiah. "Hey Jere!" She squealed called over to the younger boy. "What brought you here?"She asked curiously but with a smile. Then she remembered ,"Coming out of love to the game? Or rooting for someone?" Lex. Duh. Though no need to embarrass the kid.

And waves to fellow snakes, Daichi and Logan.

So...Miss Selina was waving her bat at Ella and the blonde shifted uncomfortably in her seat and smiled weakly. She knew that was scary, yeah? Anyway...ice cream. Ella was gonna concentrate on that.

BLINK.

The sixteen year old was startled by the squeaky mic and she nearly fell out of her seat. Nearly. She was jumpy today for some reason, apparently. But awwww! Tobias was commentating? That was brilliant and the blonde badger BEAMED at the little guy, waving to him. He was going to be a great commentator, obviously. She was sure of it.

And there was Airey with his snazzy suit and his ice cream. ICE CREAM! Ella held up her bowl and BEAMED at the man, waving her spoon in the air. "Hiiiii Professor!" She was excited to see him, okay? Also, would Professor Romanos and Professor Elwood be coming to this match? The blonde could maybe do some casual romance observing while she was here. Wouldn't hurt. Plus she was way behind on her doodling and they'd be the perfect models. Just saying.



Studying? "You don't study at matches, silly." The blonde informed with a grin. "I'm just taking notes on the competition, is all." Being prepared and all that jazz. Oh and greetings...right. "Hey there!" Boyfriend got a nudge and another BEAM for good measure. "Want some gummy worms for your ice cream?" Cause she had those, y'know.

Oh...Astrid was here? The blonde followed Alec's gaze and smiled at the younger brunette. "Hey Astrid!" Waveeeee!

And Forrest! Ella spotted the little guy sitting not too far from where she was and she smiled to herself. He was cute, Forrest was. He shouldn't be sitting alone though, yeah? "Hey Forrest, want to join us?" Hmm? They had gummy worms over here so it was really a no-brainer.

Kurumi sat and thought for a moment. Selina was obviously agitated by this idea, but Kurumi also understood the politics involved with the selection process of, well, everything. "Not even suggest? I mean, there are an awful lot of quidditch players out that and it would be hard for just one person to see them all. You have a good eye for talent and potential," Kurumi mused while running her fingers through her hair a bit an adjusted her bangs so they were out of her face. "Just seems like it would be more productive that way."

If not then, well, oh well.

Kurumi looked over her other shoulder when she heard her name being called and spotted Daichi. "Daichi! Hey!" she grinned at the seventh year while offering him a wave.

Ice cream? But it was...kind of freezing out, no?

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Drumming on the bench on either side of him, Airey began to change the lyrics of a song in his head while he waited for things to kick off. All the proper preparations had been done on Pebbles for her quidditch debut and he could not wait to show her off.

Everyone would be SO surprised.

"Helloooooooooooo Miss Ella!" he waved to the Hufflepuff quidditch captain as she entered.

"Yeah, I'm counting down." In her head she was, while she was also observing people sipping her butterbeer. She heard the insult, and frowned a bit. Not because he was warming up to Cassia, she wanted that for babysitting reasons, but because that was a sad excuse for an insult for her pet. "I told you he would. And you don't have to be worried about him biting you I think, not too hard at least. He would have done that already if he wanted." Jarvey was definitely growing to like Cassia.

Her attention broke away from the snake for a moment to notice that Blue was coming up to join them, bringing a small smile to her lips. It was about TIME her dorm-mate had come to one of these. "I'm cheering for Alexa too, and a bit for Penelope. But all of this is for Alice." She motioned to the lion beanie and all the other gold lion accessories. "Hey, Blue." She waved with her free hand and leeeeaned to see the girl properly. "I like your scarf." Truth.

Oh, look, Nigel was here too. This was looking to be a fun match. "Hey, Nigel. Who are you rooting for?"

It was great to be out and watching a match, even if it was for the Snakes and the Lions. When made to choose, Jayden chose to go with the snakes, especially seeing as everyone else in her family had been sorted into Slytherin, except her.

"Whoooo! Come on guys! You can do it!" She bellowed, the green ribbons in her hair bouncing playfully in the wind. Hoping to see some familiar faces, she began to make a quick scan of the scans... no one.... yet.

"Thank you sir! I sure do hope so!" Tobias responded through the mic, despite the fact that Professor Starman was like... really close. "Snazzy suit!"

Well he was meant to be saying all the important stuff through the mic SO YA KNOW.

Leaving the mic alone for a few minutes, Tobias reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a huge totally not THAT big bag of gummy worms. He knew he had to not get the mic sticky, but commentating was going to be EXCITING and Tobias had to keep his sugar and energy levels UP.

OH LOOK. PEOPLE.

Tobias WAAAAAAAAAAAVED enthusiastically at those who acknowledged him. YES HELLO. He threw a gummy worm in his mouth and chewed it AWAY from the mic because nobody wanted to hear him eating.

Doop doop doooooooooop.

Once that was done, Tobias grasped the mic again, bouncing slightly on his seat. Ah yis.

"Quiiiiiiiiiiiiidiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch."

That may or may not be his fifth bag of gummy worms.

so, here he was just minding his own business and not paying attention to any of these weeeird Hogwarts folk. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out some sniffles and nommed them sniffles were his thing you know. He mailed skittles. Anyway, Minding his business as he watched the stands fill and he was getting excited when he heard his name... "huh?"turning he saw the last person he thought he'd see. His best mates sister...... "ughhhhh. Hi Cass." yeah, you call him Jere in public he's calling you Cass. ... For someone...... PANIC MODE ON! She knew! She totally knew and Jeremiah's palms were getting all sweaty and he wanted to leave.... "the game duh."... real cool jere, real cool.

Mo was supposed to be sitting with a Cat, but he didn't see her anywhere. He turned briefly in a circle to take in the people already seated, but since the game was about to start... He would just save a spot next to him for Cat and hope she made it.

"Three of the prettiest girls I know, and a Nigel for good measure," Mo nodded at Dora, Blue, and Cassia as he dropped onto the bench near them. Not even an insincere line either, since they were all quite nice and clever and interesting, and that made girls loads prettier. He tugged at the maroonish jacket he'd managed to scrounge before turning his attention to the pitch.