Gryffindor v Ravenclaw 1st Game Finished

At the release of the quaffle, a look met the two chasers. At least it wasn't raining this time. A sense of euphoria and relief ran across Emma as she watched not only Neculai dodge the bludgers, but also Jorah. Like the last game, however, ten points were nothing. Just mere bragging rights in the effort to keep the score moving. From her broom, she yelled, "Good job, Lavinia!"

She had nothing against the captain, what reason did he give besides being a phenomenal player? That, however, was a pretty good reason... A weight was released off of her shoulders, and she went on the lookout for another bludger, a small smirk tugging at the corners of her lips. No hard feelings? At least not on her behalf. With each new word being spoken, the brunette's head flickered in their direction. Sometimes, groaning, but mostly cheering along with the team. "Go, guys, go!"

Next best player? Maybe, maybe not, but they had a plan, not just herself. Emma, however, would be sticking to what's she's best at and with the crack of her bat, she sent another bludger flying in the direction of the obnoxious red and gold jerseys. Okay, so maybe she was thinking it, but that didn't mean she would announce it to them.

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Following their first plan, Griseldis, Raine, and Millie went into the Hawkshead Attack Formation and the three of them going for the Quaffle. Her hand almost touched the Quaffle but to her surprise, a Ravenclaw Chaser (Lavinia Cloven) seemed to be more experienced and skillfully grabbed the red ball right in front of her face and flew off towards the Gryffindor goal in high speed, like a hawk was about to hunt down their prey.

"No!!", Griseldis tried to chase after the Ravenclaw Chaser who got the Quaffle as fast as she could be she was too late. She watched helplessly as the Ravenclaw Chaser shoot the Quaffle that went right past at their Keeper's (Hugh Lowe) shoulder and through the huge loop behind him. The Ravenclaw managed to have a score, but the game has only just begun! Their fierce captain (Kyle DeRook) teamed up with another Beater (Arlis Penrose) and both chased after the Ravenclaw Seeker (Neculai Lazar). However, the Ravenclaw Seeker was somehow lucky and barely escaped from the bludgers. then all of them spotted quickly that a Ravenclaw Beater (Jorah Moussa) was after Raine. She was relieved that Raine was able to get away. Although Kyle seemed to be quite angry and decided to go "rampage" on the Ravenclaw Beater with his buldger but also failed. She completely understands how frustrating it must be that both Gryffindor Beaters didn't succeed to knock down any Ravenclaws yet.

Suddenly, the Ravenclaw captain (Emma Hill) who happened to be a Beater as well, flew right towards their Captain. "Captain! Watch out!", Griseldis shouted in a panicking voice and tried to alert Kyle but unfortunately, their Captain had been knocked down from the broom by the Ravenclaw captain without any mercy. She watched in shock as Kyle fell onto the ground and laid there unconscious.

Things were not looking good for the Gryffindor team at this point, but she didn't want to give up hope yet. She remembered the story her father told her countless times, Harry Potter, the boy who lived also went through this kind of sticky situation before. How Slytherin won a few scores and a few teammates got knocked down by them, but that never discouraged Harry to win the game. Griseldis shook her head and tried to focus on the present. As long as the game was not over yet, there would always be hope.

And that hope truely just happened when their Seeker (Eris Fawley) caught a tiny glimpse of shining gold. Griseldis knew what she must do at this crucial moment. Gripping on to her Shooting Star tightly, she took a deep breath. Her pastel grey eyes full of determination.

As the game started and the players took off into the air, even the cheers of her friend from the stands were of no importance to Eris. There was nothing that interested her at the moment. Nothing besides her frantic hunt for the snitch. Her nerves were twisting and twining, her determination to at least see the snitch making Eris almost puke. She felt nausea in her stomach, prominent enough that Eris glowered down at her own broom. She had to find it, had to win, had to do something. The tiny seeker weaved throughout the other players until she was soaring above the field to have a higher vantage point of the game, all in the hopes of finding the snitch.

Where was it? Atop her broom, the roar of the game echoing in her ears, Eris intently looked in all four corners of the playing field. Until she spotted it! The faint glint of gold was the most glorious sight that Eris had ever seen. Shooting forward, this time she was able to actually pay attention to the screams of Max. Not wanting to draw attention towards herself, Eris didn't mention anything about seeing the snitch.

Her team was smart enough to know what was going on, and hopefully help out. Still unable to notice that Kyle was gone, Eris's attention was solely focused on winning the game.

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Cecily leaned over her broom as she shot towards the quaffle, hand brushing the leather, so close, before she felt it whisked away. Her heart fell, but as the mass of chasers dissipated, she saw that her fellow Chaser Lavinia had managed to get her hands securely around the ball. The team's spirits soared as, moments later, the ball sailed through the Gryffindor's hoop, just out of reach of the Lions' keeper. Not even a minute in, and Ravenclaw was already up one goal. Damn, Lavinia was good!

And the Chaser wasn't the only one with a victory. Bludgers were already flying, and as both teams dodged left and right, one metal ball flew true from the Raven's captain's bat towards an imposing Gryffindor beater, who Cecily knew to be the captain of the red team. The projectile, with all the force of Emma's swing behind it, collided perfectly with the lion to knock him right off of his broom. He hit the ground with an audible thud. That had to have hurt.

"Nice shot, Emma!" she called to her teammate, grinning. She had heard of the Gryff's beater, how obnoxiously strong he was, and was a little more than relieved to have him out of the way-- although she did hope he wasn't hurt too badly. Eh, it was nothing a night in the hospital wing couldn't fix.

Although they were already up ten points, and had already taken down one of the Lions' players, Cecily refused to let it get to her head. She knew that the game could turn at any moment. Gripping her broomshaft, the blonde Chaser narrowed her eyes and prepared for her next move, confidence emitting off of her every movement. She just hoped that they could keep up this strong start throughout the rest of the match.

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Professor Bercegeay was commentating. As much as she loved her class and looked up to her for her former career playing Quidditch professionally on her favorite team, it took quite a lot to understand her. The names were the difficult bit really. However, it was easy to see that DeRook was out of the game. It was a hard fall and a shame that it had to end that way for him - but that was Quidditch afterall.

She circled her designated area around the front of the goal posts, keeping an eye out for any balls heading her way. It would be a shame to be hit by a bludger before she had a chance to defend. There were many players to keep track of too but she stayed focused on her task, listening out for the Professors commentary. Lavinia had scored - SUCCESS!

ACTION: Defend the goals.

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The game was not starting out right. The quaffle was ripped right from the Chasers hands, Kyle was knocked out of the game immediately, and Professor Bercegeay was commentating. Not that the Professor commentating was something Millie would outright say she hated, but the nicknames were progressively getting worst.

She took in a deep breath, her nerves turning moreover to anger rather than fear. Ignoring the urge to show the Ravenclaw Captain a disgusting sign, Millie turned back to her teammates, trying to think of any good possibility that could come from this. Maybe the remaining Beater could somehow destroy the entire Ravenclaw team with one bludger, and while the Ravenclaw team was distracted trying not to die, the Chasers could score a billion points. And the snitch could be found.

If they were to get to that point, somehow, it would be a miracle and a half. But miracles were always on the verge of happening.

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