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Edith gripped the handle of her broomstick as if she was already falling to her death. She gripped the old broom so hard that her hands turned white. A month ago, if you had asked her if she'll ever ride a broomstick, she would've laughed. The ground seemed to be an eternity away from her. If she made one mistake, one slip-up, it would all be over. Along with a few days in the hospital wing, she would become the laughingstock of the school.  She couldn't let that happen. All the other kids were hovering in the air like it was nothing. So she took her first step off the ledge.

Something was horribly wrong. She didn't even hover for a second before the world started to become a blur. Everything became frozen in time. She was falling with her face towards the sky, and she realized she wouldn't even know when she would hit the ground. Her new life had just begun and she was already going to become a fool. That idiot muggle who can't even ride a broomstick. Her hair around her face felt slow compared to the speed her mind was moving. She squeezed her eyes shut just before she felt someone grab her hand.
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Edith Woods wrote: 15 Mar 2018, 19:04
Edith gripped the handle of her broomstick as if she was already falling to her death. She gripped the old broom so hard that her hands turned white. A month ago, if you had asked her if she'll ever ride a broomstick, she would've laughed. The ground seemed to be an eternity away from her. If she made one mistake, one slip-up, it would all be over. Along with a few days in the hospital wing, she would become the laughingstock of the school.  She couldn't let that happen. All the other kids were hovering in the air like it was nothing. So she took her first step off the ledge.

Something was horribly wrong. She didn't even hover for a second before the world started to become a blur. Everything became frozen in time. She was falling with her face towards the sky, and she realized she wouldn't even know when she would hit the ground. Her new life had just begun and she was already going to become a fool. That idiot muggle who can't even ride a broomstick. Her hair around her face felt slow compared to the speed her mind was moving. She squeezed her eyes shut just before she felt someone grab her hand.
Reij sat smugly on her broom. She'd been taught to fly at a young age, and was just enjoying the show of people slowly figuring things out. It was smooth white birch wood with gold embellishes, freshly bought. Waxed and polished, this broom was the sum of four months savings. Smiling at its wood, she heard something falling above her. Her head snapped up to see some muggle fool about crack the beautiful twig splendor at the end of her broom!

In a single fluid movement she whipped around on the broom and grabbed the girl. "What the bloody hell are you doing?!" she snarled.
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Eliza snapped back into reality. "S-sorry! I uh... fell..." She looked up at her savior and noticed their broom. It was beautiful, she wished she had the money to spend on things like that, but she barely had any of this weird, magical currency. The girl looked like a professional on that broom, and even with her having to hold onto me, her broom was completely balanced. "So I'm not sure if this is the proper time to ask this but, could you maybe... teach me how to fly like that?"
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Reij looked at the falling girl with astonishment. This person had just fallen out of the sky, almost hit her precious broom, been saved, and now wanted lessons??... Well. Actually. Every Malfoy has their Crabbe and Goyle. Reij knew she was intelligent and strong and wealthy but there is only so much you can do with your own self. For example win a quidditch competition.

"Deal. BUT. You have to tag along with me. You can buy lots with money, but people..." She raised an eyebrow. "Can perhaps be bought with flying lessons?"
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Her eyes widened with excitement. She hadn't made many friends this year so far, and this is definitely potential. She wondered what she meant by buying me, but it didn't really matter to her. The girl seemed a bit prickly, but she was offering her flying lessons. She was a talentless muggle afraid of heights, but if that girl was teaching her, I'll sure learn quick. Maybe she could even get on the Quidditch team! "So... when do we start?"
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"Now." Reij let go of the girl's hand. Reij paused for a second, watching the stranger fall through the air towards the ground at a hundred miles an hour. She flicked her wand. "Arresto Momentum!" The air was suddenly thicker, heavier, and instead of plummeting to her death, the girl fell very, very slowly.
"Now hold your broom tight. Get a good grasp. Feel it under your weight."
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Zoe Reij Wheatcraft wrote: "Now." Reij let go of the girl's hand. Reij paused for a second, watching the stranger fall through the air towards the ground at a hundred miles an hour. She flicked her wand. "Arresto Momentum!"  The air was suddenly thicker, heavier, and instead of plummeting to her death, the girl fell very, very slowly.
"Now hold your broom tight. Get a good grasp. Feel it under your weight."
Cameron flies toward the two girls and notices one of them learning how to hold onto her broomstick.

"You got it!" Cameron smiled at both of them as he looked around the Flying training grounds, there was no one else in sight. "It takes a couple of tries to find your balance." He encouraged her as he watched them both. Remembering his first flying lesson not to long ago and how he was anxious for his next lesson to begin. Wondering if in the future years he would try out for the Quidditch team, he hoped his mum and dad would show up one match to watch him play. Madam Hooch has been teaching at Hogwarts for so many years he wondered when she was going to retire. 

Flying was something that Cameron always enjoyed. He remembered reading in the Library about Flying: A History and learned about all of the previous famous flyers. He looked forward to future flying and wanted to become famous once he had left Hogwarts. 

Cameron continued flying around the pitch on his broom taking it slow. He turned left and right making sure that he flew in the right direction. Other students got on their brooms and continued to talk or practice flying. One of the students had a Nimbus 2001 Cameron was jealous for he only had a Comet 260. 
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Reij turned, her blond hair whipping around and covering her face for a second, before she saw the boy. She immediately disliked him, in a vehement and dark and underlying way. With her head slightly tilted up, she glared at him. "And who are you?? No one asked for your input. What do you want." She didn't tuck her wand back into her cloak, instead still holding it in front of her as she glared.
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"Hey, I um... appreciate a friendly rivalry, but I think we should maybe put the wands away and have a friendly argument" She knew she sounded like a kindergarten teacher, but she really wanted to avoid any fights. Those never really went well. Her knees shook as she walked over to stand in between them. 
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"Fine." Her tone was flat, but her eyes were still tinged with anger. She snapped back to the stranger girl. "Grab your broom and tell me your name." She ordered. "I'll fly you into the sky and cast a fall stopping spell. It'll stop you from going down but not up, which'll let you get comfortable in the sky, being able to look around without any support or holding onto anything. Try and get comfortable with your height then, alright? You won't fall. Once you feel okay try and ride your broom. Get comfy with it. Then say the lift off spell." She swung her leg over her own broom and held her hand out. "Make sure you stop flying once you start going up higher though. Because you can't fall if you get to the point where the atmosphere is thin and you can't breathe, you're stuck. I might not even be able to get you down because if I can't breath, I can't cast the release spell. You might just have to try and fly really hard downwards to get down. I mean, my spells are strong, but if you try really hard you might be able to break it." She gestured at Edith and reached her hand at. "Come on then. If you want weird boy may come as well, but he doesn't get a spell. He falls, he falls."
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