To the Quidditch Pitch PV Aemadall Zarcovich

Interacting with @Aemadall Zarcovich

"I knew you'd be a natural," she smiled, glad he was enjoying himself. "Something about you, I just felt it," and she went down to the ground and tossed him up a bat now that he was getting the hang of flying a little more. "Let's try your hand at being a beater."

She then took a buldger and came back up on her broom, still not going as high as he had. She then tossed the ball up over in his direction and it soared toward him. "Okay, so...the beaters try and protect their side from bludgers and try to knock them toward the other team." The bludger rocketed around, wizzing by the both of them. It was a black iron ball, ten inches in diameter.

"You'd really make a perfect beater. They're supposed to be well built and have considerable physical strength," she added. "And they have to have good balance," which he seemed to have as well. She watched as the bludger headed toward him and really hoped he could either catch it or bat it away. It would be a tragedy if their little quidditch practice ended with something going wrong when so far with him, everything was going right.

Interacting with @Alina Rosier

I seemed to be impressing Alina, which was good cuz I might never ever have this chance ever again. The idea of being a beater started to appeal to me. I was tough, well-built and had good balance. It seemed like my destiny. The beater's job was to protect their team from bludgers and knock them over to the enemy. I grabbed the bat that Alina had given me.
I looked around and saw the rolling hills and the beauty of the Scottish castle at full scale. I felt on top of the world... free. I was taking it all in, but then I heard something coming towards me at fast pace. I reacted as fast as I could.
I don't know how the heck I managed to do this, but I did. The budget was in my hand. I started to smile at the bludger. I don't know how I did this. I could even dodge spitwads that were hurled at me at my old school. What amazed me more was that it had even hurt my palm.
With the bludger still in my hand, I flew over to Alina. I tucked the bludger under my arm and said

"I guess I won't be going to the hospital wing now will I"

Quidditch was amazing but Alina made it a whole lot better. There was no one that I'd rather do this with than her.

"Great catch," she smiled, glad that he was such a natural at the sport. "Now go on, try and smack it with the bat, sending it my way. The goal is to knock me off my broom," and she paused. What was she saying? Surely that couldn't happen but at the same time she just watched him, not lowering herself closer to the ground or anything. Did she WANT to be hit?

This was crazy and confused her for a moment and even scared her a little. She was thinking foolish thoughts. No, he could send it her way and she'd block it or move out of the way. If he wanted a proper introduction to being a beater, hitting the bludger was part of that.


It was the first moment since meeting Logan that she let recent events creep in and wasn't distracted for the moment and she was reminded at how sad she was, but she stopped such thoughts. She put them quickly to a halt and went back to focusing on helping her new friend. No one liked someone who moped around or was negative. Of course...not many people liked someone overly optimistic either. She used to be this way and it annoyed the heck out of some people.

"You know, you'd look cute in a quidditch sweater," she said to him, knowing that it would be a sort of crimson and gold if he were to play for his house team.

Interacting with @Alina Rosier

I was happy that I caught the bludger but I wasn't ready to leave this place just yet. Something told me that this place was just right for me and I was ready to do anything to be the best beater I could be..... or at least just hang out with Alina as much as possible.
I started to twirl the bat in my hand. I was gonna hit the bludger at... Alina?! I wouldn't want anything to hurt her especially if whatever it was came from me. I was worried. No, scared is the right word. I could tell she was ready but my gut told me to not do it. She also commented on how I'd look in the standard gryffindor quidditch uniform. A crimson and gold sweater.

"Yeah. I would look good in that. "

I understood that she liked calmer sports like swimming and I like rugged sports like rugby, soccer or quidditch. She knew all about the wizarding world and I knew all about the muggle world. I guess we were opposites. Just us meeting was proof that opposites attract.

"I don't wanna hurt you. I hope you ready for this"

I took a deep breath and tossed the bludger up with little force. Then I used the bat to send it hurling towards her. I crossed my fingers behind my back, hoping she would dodge or I would miss.

The bludger flew her way and she knew she wasn't going to try and catch it so she watched it carefully. She didn't want to move too soon or she knew it might change her course so she waited. Another moment...one more...and then she darted quickly to the left and the ball continued along its path, not colliding into her and her small frame up upon that broom.

"See? Pure talent," she said and laughed before lowering herself back down onto the ground. The bludger, now not having a target, slowed itself and descended to the ground where she picked it up and placed it back into the trunk.

"You know, if you're interested in quidditch, maybe we could get parental permission to leave school sometime and attend one of my father's team's games. Professional quidditch games are quite exciting." Her father's teams as he was the owner, not a player. He had only played in his Hogwarts days for the Slytherin house.

"You can still practice more if you'd like. I just...wanted to come back down," she said, not wanting to admit that being on a broom made her uneasy. Maybe it was because of her blood disorder. She had that disorder where if she got a small cut it truly could be life threatening because her blood didn't clot and she risked bleeding out.

"He has a trophy in the Trophy Room here at the castle for Sportsmanship," she added and then looked over toward the castle, thinking of the time her and a friend replaced some of the trophies temporarily with ones of goats and other randomness and added wiggly eyes to others. It was a fun prank.

Interacting with @Alina Rosier

I hit the ball and it continued to descend. When it got close to Alina, she darted to the left and it hit the ground. She picked it up and put it back in the trunk. All the breath that I've been holding was released.
I was totally relieved that the bludger didn't hurt Alina because if it did I'd never be able to forgive myself. I flew down on my broom and went over to Alina. She wanted to leave school and attend a Puddlemere match. I really didn't have a problem with that. My parents trust me a little too much. They let me go to a concert with Leo without any adult supervision.

"Got no problem with that. Just say when"

I could tell that she had been doing all this for me and wanted to stop, so I just let her.

"Let's end it here. It think you've had enough quidditch for one day"

I said, smirking. I turned to the sun and said,

"It's hard to believe that all this stuff just happen in one day"

I turned back to look at her. I walked out to her and put my hand on her shoulder. Any girl I would have done that to would have given me a black eye but, I figured this one was different.

"Catch you later?"

I said as I slipped my hand off her shoulder and winked at her. This was one of the best days of my life.

He was correct; she didn't hit him. Instead she offered him up a smile. "Okay, so what are we going to do tomorrow?" she asked as she began to pack up the quidditch stuff. She got the brooms and he took the heavy trunk once more and they went to store it back away.

"I don't mind doing more quidditch, or we could go to the Lake. We could explore some of the castle you haven't seen yet. Some people haven't been to the rehearsal room or ballroom or library." Alina was the type of girl that was always up for anything because one could make an adventure out of anything if they looked hard enough.

"And don't go saying you don't care. I won't have that. You're the newbie here and I want to show you what YOU want to see. I'll like it because it gets me some time to spend with you."

Logan had taken her mind off her troubles for that entire afternoon and she was grateful for it. It was a feat that really hadn't been accomplished since she arrived back at school but it didn't do well to dwell on what wasn't possible and the let-downs of life. One had to keep moving forward.

Interacting with @Alina Rosier

She seemed uneasy for sometime. She was getting happier the longer she stayed with me, but I realized that if she was gonna tell me about whatever funk she was in, she had to come out on her own. I was about to leave but then I realized that she was talking again. I smiled at the last comment she made and said,

"I can't remember the last time a girl ever said that to me. I was right about you"

Lake, rehearsal room, ballroom and library. I don't wanna read, I don't wanna dance and I'm sure as hell not gonna sing in front of Alina. THE LAKE IT IS!

"Hmm, let's go to the lake"

I hadn't been to the lake yet or pretty much anywhere I had no business going to or Alina hadn't taken me.

"I went over the Great Lake in my way here since I'm a first year"

I remembered when all first year kids piled into the boats as we caught our first glimpse of Hogwarts. I remembered the giant squid which frightened others. I, on the other hand, wasn't afraid of some discount octopus.

"I feel like exploring there one last time. And so the epic ballad of Logan continues. That alright with you?"

Tagging: @Aemadall Zarcovich

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