Okay so she couldn't really say that this had been some kind of life long dream. After all, Kye had no idea that they would reevaluate the value of the sport while she was still there! Having been onset more by Skylar's natural recruiting at the feast than anything, the hunger to make it on the team was growing like a blowfish!

Kye made her way to the Quidditch pitch, eyes analyzing the field. Was anyone else here yet? Would she make the team? Had she overdone the confidence level? Merlin's beard she hoped not. She had no idea how she compared with her classmates... and now she felt those pesky little nerves.

In through the nose, out through the mouth.

She continued this, as she arrived on the pitch. She looked from one set of goal posts to the other, mentally measuring and memorizing. She decided to sit in the grass and stretch. Couldn't hurt!

Despite the fact that Cameron was VERY - some might say overly - prepared for these tryouts he was still...nervous. A little. He was trying to tell himself that it wasn‘t such a big deal but he couldn‘t quite convince himself of that. It WAS a big deal. This was important to him. He had been looking forward to this ever since he‘d heard that Quidditch would be back at Hogwarts again. Really, this was a HUGE deal.

But that kind of thinking did absolutely nothing to calm his nerves.

As he stepped out onto the pitch, Cameron‘s eyes immediately flicked over to the stands, hoping to find Liam there. He‘d promised him he‘d come and watch after all. Lightly rubbing his thumb over his broom handle, the then took another look around to see who else had showed up so far. An older girl from his house, who looked vaguely familiar but whose name he couldn‘t quite recall right now. He gave her a polite smile nonetheless.

Maybe she was a future team mate after all.

Skylar was out at the quidditch pitch earlier that morning at the crack of dawn setting up to make sure she had the obstacle courses and everything ready to go. She'd been strategizing since she received the badge over the summer on how to go about the first Slytherin tryouts in ELEVEN years and was low-key panicking. Not because she felt like she lacked skills; no, the sixth year had played beater for England's Under Seventeen for the last two summers and attended quidditch camp before that. Quidditch practically ran in the Diggory bloodline. But she was panicking because there were expectations. She was expected to be good, because she had been flying since she her single-digit years. She couldn't speak for Kirk, but Isa at least was new to the quidditch game so she could be mediocre and it would still be acceptable. Even Zoryn, because the girl was only a fourth year. But she, Skylar Diggory, was a sixth year. She HAD to be good. She had the experience to back it up. Didn't she?

And then there was the Slytherin Playbook from West Odessa which she'd been going over the last three nights, which only added to her stress level. There was legacies before her who seemed to think she was capable and that just made her more nervous. What if she failed them? What if she didn't live up to being Slytherin Quidditch Captain?

So having set up in the morning for her tryouts before classes, Skylar had gone about her day, stressing and hoping that at least the people she talked to at the feast would show up, if not more. Making her way out the pitch that afternoon at quarter to four, with her Bluebottle C in hand, the five foot eight and a half Quidditch Captain beamed at sight of not one but TWO snakes already here. Early!

"Cameron! Kye! Welcome! Feel free to do some light stretches while we wait for more people." Because surely more Slytherins would want to play for the Quidditch Cup than just TWO, right??

ooc: HIII!!! So we're super duper excited about tryouts and quidditch!! More info to come in my next post, but please post your characters arriving / chitchatting / etc. I'll start in probably 24 hours once more people have the chance to post. Note, we have two weeks OOC to work through this, so it'll be relaxed hopefully =) Don't forget to fill out your surveys in the meantime!! Also, for IC reference, the tryouts are taking place September 5th 4pm

Zarina finally made her way to the quidditch pitch. She was psyched for the try outs and putting her skills to the test. She felt the butterflies in her stomach from the nerves but that was normal. As her cousins and brother puts it, "You got this one in the bag." I mean she did, all she needed was confidence. As she walked down more towards the center of the field, she noticed that Cameron was here along with a slytherin possibly a sixth year she wasn't TOO familiar with but her face was familiar. She nodded towards both of them. Good thing she wore her track gear in order to stretch properly.

She stood besides Cameron and muttered, "Hey.." and then she began to jog in place because stretching your muscles while they are not warmed up is horrible for them. Once she was warmed up, she began to stretch her legs and arms. Zae saw the quidditch captain and she beamed and waved at her. "Hey Skylar!" The captain was probably wayyy more nervous than her.

Hair plaited tightly to her head, broom freshly serviced and in hand, Junia Botros joined her housemates on the pitch. She didn't feel nervous, not really. Deciding not to get her hopes up despite her Quidditch experience was a big part of that. If you did't have high expectations, your hopes couldn't be dashed, which meant worrying was unnecessary. She'd play how she always did, show her skill set, and leave the fretting to the others for now.

"Hey," The sixth year came to a stop beside Cameron and gave a nod of acknowledgement to Kye and Zarina. She knew that the younger boy was a full fledged Quidditch enthusiast outside of Hogwarts, so he was one she'd be watching out for on the pitch today. He knew what he was doing. Kye, on the other hand, Junia was unsure about. Zarina, too. She wouldn't be underestimating them until they gave her reason to.

"Captain." She looked very official standing there at full height with her broom. Junia had to admit that the scene suited her dormmate, though saying so out loud was impossible at the moment. Instead, Skylar received a smile. She'd mentioned stretching, right? The brunette had already done some of that, but it couldn't hurt to do a few more before they got underway.

Moving a few paces to the left to give herself some room, Junia set down her broom and began to stretch her arms as her gaze shifted to the stands. Astrea would be up there cheering her on and there was some comfort in that. The Slytherin raised a hand and waved, then lowered it just as quickly. It felt good to know A was there.

Vivian had been waiting for tryouts for so long. She had literally bounced off almost all surfaces at home when she heard of the news that Quidditch was back. She'd grown up watching matches and following various teams, plus the game pretty much meant a lot to her. And to think it was back after ten years? Gosh, Hogwarts was clearly missing out a lot in that time frame. But the prefect had asked for some tips and tricks from her auntie during the summer, and even got a pretty nice broom too. Having a pro for an aunt definitely had its perks.

Taking her broom along with her, Vivian made her way through the pitch and somehow expected more hopefuls to be there. Which... was odd, because there were literally only two others except for Sky in attendance. Were the others running late? Or was she just simply early. "Morning, captain," the prefect greeted Skylar with a wink. Yup, she totally saw her leaving their dorm super early for today. "Hey, guys." Kye, Cameron, Zarina, and Junia got polite nods and smiles from the blond. It was competitive, sure, but that meant they could be future teammates if ever she got in the team.

Was she nervous? Maybe.

Flynn had debated about whether or not to tryout for Quidditch since he hasn’t played the sport in years. Like we’re talking about pre-Hogwarts years.... Was he nervous about his tryout though? NOPE! Ever since his audition for the play last year, he wasn’t nervous about tryouts because it was sort of the same as auditions, right? You have to prove yourself worthy of the role? As if he wasn’t worthy. He excelled in everything he did....

This was his year.

He was back and much stronger than he had been last term.

He gripped his borrowed broom from the shed as he made his way towards where all his housemates were gathering. His dark eyes fell on his friend, Skylar, and he gave her a little welcoming smile. ”Sup, Captain?” He looked around at his competition, analayzing everyone’s movements, and he waited for tryouts to begin.

As he waited, he glanced up at the stands and saw Felicity and Julie. He gave them both a little wave (and his girlfriend got a half-smile sent in her direction.) At least someone was here to cheer him on, or he’d like to think she was here for him. Because in reality, she was probably only here to get a break from the stuffy castle.

Teddy's footsteps fell heavy on the grass, every crunch of the dirt beneath the weeds echoing in her ears. She hadn't been part of anything socially in so long, her heart was thumping harshly within her chest.

But, she wanted this.

She wanted to feel a thrill again.

Her grip tightened around the broom handle.

She wanted to be a champion again.

She can do this.

Alyce keep repeating that words in her head over and over again as she made her way towards the Quidditch pitch for tryouts. When she arrived at the pitch, she saw some of her housemates already there along with Captain Skylar. Was she late? No. She's pretty sure she's on time.

"Hey guys." The red hair greeted her housemates/competitions. "Hello, Captain Diggory. I'm not late, am I?"

Patrick walked onto the pitch, it felt nice but weird to be down here for tryouts and not for class. He noticed both prefects were down on the pitch and some of the other older students. He had to be the youngest student out here so far. He wasn’t sure what to expect yet other than flying and playing. His palms were only slightly damp which was good.

He noticed Skylar too, he wondered how she was feeling since this was the first year in a long time that Quidditch was back. He figured she’d want a winning season considering it was the first year back and we had won the house cup last year. “Hey Skylar, hey guys.” he said trying to take note off who was arriving and his chances of making the team.

Skip, skip, skip.

Ecstatic, Aaron frolicked his way over to the Quidditch pitch for his first ever team tryouts! And after all the adventures that he had just been on, it only added to his already extremely high levels of enthusiasm!!! No nerves shook through the boys body however. Because in all honesty, Aaron wasn't expecting to make the team his first year here at the school. But he would be absolutely astonished if he did make it. Quidditch was one of his past times back at his house. He began flying when he was only about six years old. Aaron's father taught him how. Good times.

Seeing everyone already there he gave everyone a huge smile and said "Hullo everyone!!! I hope everyone's ready for tryouts, and good luck to you all!" After that, he sat down placing his bag to the side, and started stretching.

This was going to be interesting.

And there was their captain.

„Hello.“ Cameron greeted Skylar with a smile before doing the same to Junia and Zarina who had come to stand next to him. Offering polite nods to the other Slytherins who were joining them one after the other, he tried to figure out just HOW big a competition they would all be. For that, however, he would have to first see which position they wanted to play. He was bound to find that out soon enough, though. Presumably.

As for the stretches...had they all come unprepared? Really? Because Cameron HADN‘T. He had come here all ready to go. The problem now was, however, that he didn‘t want Skylar to think that he a) was ignoring her suggestion and b) didn‘t care for a proper warm up. So he too started doing some more stretches, taking his time. Would they be warming up together? Was that the plan? Why was he not aware of said plan?

Glancing around at those who turned up, she took a mental tally of those present and was rather content with the tryouts numbers. Now she just hoped they had the talent to back up their willingness to be here, but that was what practices were for. Main goal here was seeing that they COULD fly and knew the rules of the game.

"Okay, let's get started. I'm fairly sure I've spoken to all of you before, but just in case you forgot, I'm Skylar Diggory and I'll be the Slytherin Quidditch Captain for this term. I'm really excited that you're all here today!" You know, in case, it wasn't obvious. Which it was, at least she assumed so? "For a brief quidditch background, I've been playing quidditch since before Hogwarts, attended Summer Quidditch Camp up until I was fourteen. And the last two summers, I played beater for England's Under Seventeen." Now onto some important business. "It doesn't have to be now and you're welcome to think about it as you go through the obstacle course and get a feel for the different positions, but I'll need you to let me know what position you're interested in, as well as any quidditch experience you have, if any. And it's OKAY if you don't have any. The team positions I'm looking to fill are one keeper, one beater, three chasers, one seeker and three reserve players." Just to be upfront, because she knew like half of them had expressed interest in beater or chaser, it seemed, and there was only one beater spot open.

"Okay, so here's the rundown. I'm going to observe you flying and be taking notes. I may hit or bludger or two as well, just to see your reflexes and how well you can swerve out of the way. First impressions count - make sure you stand out in a positive way, but I do also want to see how cohesive you can be, so if you're interested in chaser, show me your passing skills and your shooting skills. If you're interested in keeper, I want to see how well you can block shots. Beater? Take a bat and there's some floating targets over there, let me see you hit the target. Do not aim the bludger at other players, unless I give you express permission to do so." She needed to see their aim and flying skills first, so only she could aim at her fellow snakes, because she was confident in her abilities to aim, without maiming. "Seeker? There's at least two snitches flying around ... catch them." Because how else was she meant to judge their seeking abilities. "If you're all warmed up, mount your brooms. And let me see you fly!"

And because she could, Skylar mounted her own broom, and hovered slightly in the air, quill and clipboard ready to jot down notes.


ooc: okay, so feel free to interact with one another. Be realistic in your flying abilities ... We'll be hitting the bludger once you're all in the air You do have until January 18th to get some posts in ... I'd say overall 4-5 posts would be a good amount - No rush! You got time! feel free to switch it up if you want to be considered for multiple positions... If you haven't done so yet, remember you're required to fill this questionnaire out before January 18th. If you haven't posted yet, but still wish to try out, you're WELCOME TO DO SO - pretend like your character has been here along! If your character knows what position they want, they can tell Skylar before mounting their broom. OR after flying a bit. We're not picky! Questions, please PM/VM me!

As the afternoon pressed on, more and more people started trickling down. As she had expected... everyone! After all these years, who wouldn't want to be a part of this turn in history?! It was so exciting! Kye nodded and smiled to each of the newcomers, some she was familiar with and some... not at all.

This was it. Seriously. This was more the beginning of the year than the feast was at this point. By the time Sky was there making the announcements that they were getting started, Kye felt completely warmed up. Joint rotations galore.

Kye stood as Skylar made her announcements. Man, what should she pick? Should she go all in for one position over another? No. No, she would be happy being chosen for any position. Ugh, but she didn't want to appear to not care! She imagined that being dedicated to one position could look exceedingly better. Merlin!! She was so excited, she could barely think!

She took another deep breath and gripped her broom. (Well, borrowed. If she made the team, she was getting that Bluebottle she had seen in Diagon Alley!)

She approached Skylar and rose herself to her full height. She was still a couple inches shorter than Sky, but it would do.

"Being part of this team would obviously be satisfactory, but I'm particularly interested in being a Beater or Chaser," Kye proclaimed.

She picked up a Beater bat and twirled it in her hand. It was differently weighted than her tennis racket, but she got used to the feel of it. Confidence Level: +10.

Kye mounted her broom and headed up toward the obstacle course above. She went up to the floating targets, and didn't even slow down. She aimed at the nearest one and WHACK. Square on! Sigh of relief. She was going to be fine. This was nothing! She went after a couple other targets at different speeds, attempting different angles. Kye wondered how she'd do as a Chaser... Best not to use all of her energy at once.

When Skylar introduced herself, Cameron stood up straight again, looking at her. He knew most of what she was saying, not only because he knew her from around the Common Room but also because he did some research on her. Regarding her Quidditch career and interests only of course. Nothing more. He honestly wasn‘t interested in anything beyond that for now. So naturally, he also knew that SHE was playing Beater which made it even harder to get that last Beater spot on the team.

He could do it though. Yes.

What he was most curious about NOW was who would be his direct competition of course. Who else was trying out for Beater. So he took his time picking up his broom and getting his (own) Beater‘s bat to hear what the other Slytherins were saying. One of them was trying out for Beater too. Along with Chaser. So far so good but there was some competition right there.

Figuring he couldn‘t get away with waiting TOO long, Cameron made his way over to Skylar after the older girl. „I‘m trying out for Beater too.“ He gave her nod. The ‚too‘ was regarding the Captain‘s own position, not what the other Slytherin girl had said a moment ago. So after that he moved to the side to mount his broom and take off, bat in hand. This was it then. This was going to be his big moment.

Junia straightened up as Skylar called the group together and explained what the process would be for today. She liked that she'd get to focus on her area of expertise in particular, knowing full well that her flying and quaffle handling were up to par. For the first time in ages, she felt confident, and it was nice.

"I'll be trying out for chaser today," The sixth year offered as she mounted her broom and pushed off lightly from the ground. As for her history, she knew the captain was already familiar with most of it. Still, she'd catch her at the end of the session to make her aware of all her accolades. It certainly couldn't hurt to refresh her memory.

Deciding to demonstrate speed and agility first, Junia flew upwards and sought out a path for herself to move through, one with some traffic (other players demontrating their skills, floating targets). Then she leaned forward and she was off, moving with impressive speed towards the opposite end of the pitch. Each time an obstacle got in her way, she'd adjust her course to allow safe passage. She was aware of those around her, but she was focusing on her game for the moment. Soon she'd need to see if she could get someone to pass the quaffle with her. That would be the next step.

Zarina heard the whole speech and was considering either beater or chaser. Hmm well she loved scoring and the rush of knowing there is a goal on the other side. She straightened up and said, "I am trying out for chaser.." Then she mounted her broom and felt at home. She always felt confident on a broom than in the classroom. This slytherin kicked off from the ground and felt herself zoom smoothly towards the end of the pitch. Zae's eye widened and saw an obstacle and moved just in the nick of time. Whew that was a close one. Her nerves were getting in the way that's why.

Shake off the nerves Carraro. Shake them off.

As she waited near the end of the pitch, she forgot she was supposed to use a quaffle to pass and shoot. Oooh merlin. She was off to a great start. She flew back down and dodged some obstacles on the way down and got off her broom and got a quaffle. Then she flew back and positioned to score but she might wait for a keeper to be there. Only fair right?

She's not late. That's good.

Alyce listened carefully as Captain Skylar told them what they need to do today. First impression count. Yes, okay. She definitely need to do well today. The red hair grabbed her broom tightly hoping that she won't embarrassed herself today.

So most of her housemate are trying for Chaser. That's good to know that mean less competition for her. "I'm trying for Keeper." She said with utmost confidence. She mounted her broom and took off towards the goal posts. She saw Zarina was positioning herself to score a goal. Okay, she's ready.

Kye kept at the targets for a bit. She made sure she was aware of her surroundings, as she didn't want to hit anyone right now. Especially the other guy here trying out for Beater. She hoped he didn't get in her way much closer.

As she continued, she could see more people joining them in the sky. To be honest, Kye was unfamiliar with most of them, but she at least knew some of their faces! She tried not to think of anyone as competition... the optimistic side would be that these were her future teammates, right?

Okay yea that was super optimistic and maybe a little ahead of herself.. C'mon just focus!

After a few more runs, Kye was sure she had done enough. She had shown what she wanted to shown, and now she felt like a hog. She nodded at Cameron. "Cheers!" she said with a smile, and headed back to the ground.

Kye landed on the ground, twirled the bat in the air, and caught it again. She laid it nicely on the ground, ready for the next person to use. Looking up in the air, she noticed two others that were trying for Chaser and hey, there were three Chasers at a time right? Since that was her second choice, Kye went back to Skylar to say, "I would still like to try my hand at Chaser, if that's alright!"

Kye didn't grab a quaffle, but she figured there was already one up here and she could get her rhythm in for a second. Even though it hadn't been very long, it now felt a little weird to fly without the bat! She did a lap to focus herself, and made her way over to where Zarina was. She had a quaffle. Ooh okay, it looked as though Zarina was going to go for gold here, aand yes! A girl... Alyce? Maybe? She was pretty sure that was it, had come over to try her hand as Keeper.

Kye decided to do a small pace, while she watched Zarina and Alyce's handywork. Then she would see if Zarina would pass the quaffle. Oh this was so fun!

It was quite lucky that Skylar felt confident on a broom, because had she not, she probably would have had trouble balancing on the broom whilst simultaneously taking notes. As it was, she found it mostly effortless. Except for the fact that she kind of wanted to use her bat just to add some intimidating factors and challenges; not to harm, because breaking bones would be reserved for the Gryffindor team, not her own.

Beaming when Kye spoke up first, she nodded; she had to admit she LOVED how open the roommate was to just being a part of the team. Not that that would be the case for everyone trying out, but for someone with less experience, being open to any position was a good thing. Huh, fair beater indeed, she observed of the girl, as she was quite fast too. The speed would actually serve her well as a chaser or seeker.

It was hearing another housemate, Cameron speak up about trying out for beater too, that Skylar directed her attention away from the sky. Honestly, she wasn't surprised to find this out. Apparently, if the feast was anything to go by, Slytherins liked being in a position of power; which is to say, to hold a bat and smack bludgers? Yes, definite Slytherin trait. She nodded at the younger snake though, eager to see what he had in store.

Yes, Junia was trying out for a chaser and honestly, Skylar had high hopes for the roommate, given her own under seventeen status. No bias toward the roommates though, but she still was confident in her and was eager to see her in action.

When Zarina too addressed about trying out for chaser, she beamed at the younger girl. "Carraro, pass to Botros!" she called out on her, figuring seeing their passing skills might be helpful too during the whole tryouts thing.

So honestly, Skylar was getting slightly nervous, because where were her seekers and keepers? She'd played seeker a couple years ago in quidditch camp and wasn't half bad, but her skills the past two years had honed her for being an unstoppable beater. Thank you Genny Tate for being amazing to work with. But actually, the seeker bit made her more nervous because seeker was kind of the star of the team. They needed to be fast - maybe she could talk to Professor B about continuing tryouts for a specific seeker; one of these trying out for chaser could probably do it. Her thoughts about seeker were disrupted by Alyce informing her she was trying out for Keeper. Excellent. Smiling at the redhead as she kicked off into the air and readied herself at the goalpost, she watched curiously to see how she'd fair. At least she was doing her own balancing on a broom, rather than like in the pool over the summer with relying on someone else.

And Kye was switching stations? Well, she had mentioned beater or chaser, so it seemed fair to show off of her chasing skills too. "Of course, Kye." More players to pass with would definitely be better, which was when Skylar flew low enough to grab her bat and zoom up to the beater station just as a bludger was headed toward her. Yes, she said no hitting toward other players, but she did hit it right in the middle of her chaser formation as a distraction, the bludger spiraling through the left goal hoop. Yea, don't try to catch that one, Alyce



ooc: okay, so feel free to interact with one another. Be realistic in your flying abilities ... Also, we had said before 4-5 posts, but we lied ... No posting requirement! Just have fun with each other!! Feel free to switch up the stations if you want to be considered for multiple positions... If you haven't done so yet, remember you're required to fill this questionnaire out before January 18th. If you haven't posted yet, but still wish to try out, you're WELCOME TO DO SO - pretend like your character has been here along! If your character knows what position they want, they can tell Skylar before mounting their broom. OR after flying a bit. We're not picky! Questions, please PM/VM me!

As Zarina was positioning herself to score, she saw another chaser flown by. She saw Kye ready to be tossed the quaffle to. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the keeper in position. The keeper would know she would be scoring so naturally this slytherin wanted to take her by surprise. Zarina was hoping Kye was ready because she tossed her the quaffle and hopefully the keeper's eyes were on Kye.

Zarina flown over a little closer to the goal posts and she was in position to score. It was all up to Kye now.

Alyce tried to keep her broom steady, but it's not a very easy task when she's using a school broom. At least this broom easier to control than Nathan. Hopefully she didn't just jinx it. If she make it into the team, she's going to beg her parents to buy herself a broom. A better one. But now she had a job to do.

She kept her eyes on Zarina as she got closer to the goal posts but then she saw the younger Slytherin passed the quaffle to Kye. She turned her attention to Kye and kept Zarina on her radar.

Kye had her eye on the other Chaser, but more as an audience member. Mistake. She definitely wasn't trying to pressure Zarina to give her the quaffle! Had she been crowding? Well, the perception didn't matter at this moment, because there was a quaffle flying at her. It was definitely a surprise, but Kye used the moment it took Zarina to wind up as her prep time. She didn't have as much time as she would have liked to analyze her position to the goal posts, but of course, that was the Chaser's job! Newsflash.

Don't drop it.Don't drop it.Don't don't don't don't don't...

Kye managed to catch the quaffle... awkwardly. Not being used to this position, she fumbled a second and almost dropped it. Once it was stable again, she joked, "Don't mind me guys, still getting my bearings I guess!"

Wow.. she probably looked quite goofy just then. Hm. Yay first impressions.
Okay, well now it was time to show them what she was really about! She flew to an angle, trying to lure Alyce from one side to the other. Kye squared up and threw the quaffle, full strength, at the hoop to her right. It felt like she was throwing her tennis racket... What a weird sensation. The speed seemed okay, but she definitely needed to work on the strength of her throw next time. The 'weird sensation' had kind of thrown her off. Hey, it was her first time playing Chaser, she couldn't expect to be perfect.

She watched the quaffle as it headed toward the posts, anxious to see if Alyce would block it or not.

c'mon c'mon c'mon

OHUMOKAY.

Was it really starting? Vivian nodded and sort of twitched a small smile when Skylar began introducing herself. And Vivian, being Skylar's stage mum friend and dorm mates, knew the captain well enough in terms of her quidditch experience. In fact, she had known literally everything that Skylar had just said. The blond made a mental note at how brief she made her introduction and list of achievements, but she knew there was more to that. Skylar Diggory was... well, Skylar Diggory. Did she ever run out of achievements and things to say? But out of courtesy, the prefect listened. As of this moment, that wasn't her best friend okay, sort of talking.

And they were supposed to share what positions they were going for? That was... the tricky part. Vivian didn't know which one she really wanted. It was hard narrowing down to just one. "Preferably beater," the Slytherin shared. Skylar knew that. "But maybe I'll give some other position a try too. We'll see." Maybe seeker... or keeper, but then Skylar knew that too. It was Sky who had suggested she go for seeker, anyway. Where else could she make use of her lack of height to her advantage? Vivian pretty much tattled almost everything to her best friend. No surprise there, for sure.

Warm ups too. A little bit of stretching here and there, especially with her arms and knuckles. Once finished, Vivian took her beater's bat, mounted her broom, and kicked off, swinging her bat a bit. It felt natural since she had been taught this particular position since the moment she popped out of her mum's womb, thanks Auntie Elise. She eyed her surroundings for a stray bludger and focused on one of those dummies over there. They weren't allowed to aim at people, and she honestly didn't want to at this point yet, so she was more comfortable with just having to deal with lifeless targets. She settled for the one in the middle, and eyed its chest region. If there was anything she knew about herself when it came to Quidditch, it's that she may be small and not as strong in terms of muscle, but her hits were scary accurate. Yeah, she was definitely working on her muscles, but that would need time.

And with that bludger just flying around, Vivian ducked at one zooming towards her before she flew over there and smacked her bat on another one of those iron balls. Gripping hard on her broom's handle with her free hand to stabilise herself after her bat and the bludger connected, she eyed the bludger as it hit hard on the dummy's chest. See? She got her target right.

Cue the innocent smile. Sorry, dummy.