(Q)Trying out the Sleekspeed

[Mandrake Black]

Mandrake walked out onto the pitch with Helia behind him. He waited for Helia to kick off and test the broom.

[Helia Ollivander]

She walked onto the pitch and mounted the broom. Once she had a good grip on the handle she kicked of and hovered for a moment, trying to get a feel for the broom 'Very smooth...' she thought, then tilted the broom up to get to a better flying altitude. Once she was high in the air she leaned forward and began flying laps around the field. "Woo-hoo!" she began going faster around the pitch, this had to be one of the sleekest brooms she had ever riden on... that wasn't really saying much since her broom was ancient and the only one she had ever iden other than that one was a Comet 360, but she could tell that this broom was extremly different from them.

[Mandrake Black]

Mandrake watched Helia in awe as she sped around the pitch. He felt as is he had done something good for once. He conjured up a speedometer and seen how fast she was going. 150 mph slower than the speed of sound, he thought. After about 15 minutes he signaled Helia to come down for a moment.

[Helia Ollivander]

She slowed down and began to desend, eventually landing beside the Professor and handing back the broom, "That was... amazing!" she shook her head in disbelief.

[Mandrake Black]

"I am glad you like it. Its yours." said Mandrake

[Helia Ollivander]

"Whoa, what?" she asked surprised. "As in, to keep, mine? Are you sure you don't want to keep it for plans or practice or something?" she wanted to make sure she wasn't taking something that he would need to make other Sleekspeeds.

[Carrie McEwan]

Carrie had come onto the quidditch pitch for a quick flight around to clear her head. She looked up in surprise as she saw that another student had beaten her to it. No one is normally out this time. She thought to herself with a sigh. Ah well, may as well make the most of it.
The Gryffindor sat herself in the stands as the other student dashed around the sky at great speed. Shes good. She commented. And so is that broom. Carrie squinted, trying to determine what the broom was. I've never seen one of those before. She thought slightly frustrated, as she often read up on the latest types to keep up on her passion of quidditch. She watched as the ravenclaw landed on the ground, still concentrating on the broom she held. Thats when Carrie noticed the flying professor. Oh! I had heard he made his own brooms. She thought in great interest and excitement at the prospect.

[Helia Ollivander]

(hope you don't mind my mini-god-mod here)

When the professor nodded and told her to keep the broom she held it carefully and walked off, a wide grin spread across her face. A little ways away she saw Carrie McEwan and smiled, she didn't really know Carrie all that well, besides their little meeting in the infirmary, but she seemed like a cool person, "Hey Carrie!" she said with a wave, "How are you?"

[Carrie McEwan]

'Oh, Hey Helia!' Carrie said grinning. 'Yeah I'm great thanks, and yourself?' She asked with a smile. She often saw the Ravenclaw in and around Hogwarts, but they had never got round to having a proper chat. 'That was some awesome flying out there.' She commented with a grin. 'What model is your broom?' She asked curiously, giving a slight nod at the broomstick she held.

[Helia Ollivander]

"It's a Sleekspeed, Professor Black made it." she said excitedly. "It's amazing!" she smiled, "So what brings you out here?"

[Carrie McEwan]

'Sleekspeed huh?' She looked at it enviously. 'You're lucky to get a broom like that! It goes like a rocket in the air!' She said nodding. 'As for me, I just came for a bit of a fly around.' Carrie replied with a grin. 'Helps clear my head.' She added, thinking of the noisy common room she had just left.

[Helia Ollivander]

"I know what you mean." she said nodding, "Life's always better with a bird's eye view." she gave a content sigh. "Hm..." she tried to think of something else to say, but nothing really came to mind. She hated it when this happened... "So how are the Gryffindor quidditch practices going?" it was something, if not much

[Carrie McEwan]

'Erm, not too bad.' Carrie said, which pretty much summed up the Gryffindor practices at the moment.. because as she said.. they were not too bad, but they weren't too good either. 'The teams not committed as the captain wants.' She said knowlingly. 'I must admit myself, its not particularly my first priority.' Nor second for that matter..

'Lifes just a bit too busy sometimes, have a lot going on.' She admitted with a grin. 'How about with you?' Carrie asked, eager to know any interesting or exciting things going on in Helias life. For afterall, though the Gryffindor had a lot going on, it wasn't particularly fun stuff.

[Ron Weasley]

Ron walked to the Quidditch Pitch cheerfully, carrying his Cleansweep 11 in his hand with a grin on his face, when he noticed a few people out in near the middle of the large field.

When he finally got close enough, he squinted his eyes and took in the sights of their brooms. His eyes widened and he dropped his cleansweep to the floor and ran toward the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor eagerly.

"That's a Wicked looking broom," he said to the Ravenclaw, staring at the gold print neatly painted on. "Sleekspead?" He said curiously, still in awe of the fine broom. "Never heard of that model," he said to himself more than anything and looked back at his own broom somewhat sulkily.

"Makes mine look like absolute rubbish." He said, reaching a hand out as if the sleekspead were a pet he wanted to stroke.

[Helia Ollivander]

"My life? My life... what is that again?" she asked with a non-rememberant expression on her face. "Mostly I've been trying to keep up in classes and not try to get into any trouble. It's been working so far, but recently I've been getting this itch to-" she looked over at the ginger top, "Wanna take it out for a spin?" she asked, offering the broom.