[Flying] T2: Lesson 1: The Basics of Flying

[Mandrake Black]

Mandrake Black walked out on to the Pitch on the chilly morning. He sighed, and with a wave of his wand 20 old Shooting Stars appeared. "Accio broom!" he said and he got his own Sleekspeed 2000. He smiled and mounted it, and kicked off into the cool air. He zoomed around the pitch the wind rustling his hair and he smiled again when he saw a student approaching.

[Prof Grace Marks]

Grace stood apart from the rest of the students on the pitch. She had been afraid to talk to anyone in case they ... don't think of it! She had her Nimbus 2001 in her hand and she was watching the professor zoom around the pitch.

[Mandrake Black]

Mandrake zoomed around the pitch when he noticed Grace. He landed beside her gracefully and smiled. "Ready to get the lesson started?"

[Prof Grace Marks]

Grace nodded slowly, "anything but think-" she realized she was thinking aloud. "I mean yes," she corrected.

[Mandrake Black]

"Well I know you know the basics of flying, so I will skip to something harder. Its called a Gookin speed boost invented by Thomas Gookin. you gently tilt your handle downward and you go twice as fast as your top speed. Veyr handy for chasers but Im sure keepers could use it. Remeber though dont tilt your handle to far or you will go into a nose dive. Go ahead and try it." Mort said Incouragingly.

[Prof Grace Marks]

Grace nodded, glad to get flying. She mounted her broom and shot into the air. After getting as high as she wanted to, which was rather high, she tilted her handle, just as the professor had said. She began to race faster and faster down towards the students on the pitch. She pulled up just before hitting them and swooshed passed them. She came up next to the professor again, panting slightly, and dismounted. "Like that?" she asked.

[Mandrake Black]

"That was great! Ten points to Hufflepuff. Now try it one more time and then I will teach you the next move." Mandrake said smiling at Grace.

[Prof Grace Marks]

Grace nodded again and remounted her broom. She rose into the air, flew around the professor then shot up up up. Once again she tilted her broom down and 'fell' towards the other students. She pulled up before she got to them and rose high again. She dropped again and flew down down down and landed gently next to Prof Black.

[Mandrake Black]

"Great job! Lets wait for more students to come before we continue. How was the summer holidays?" mandrake asked Grace looking at his feet.

[Prof Grace Marks]

Grace glared at the professor. "I don't want to talk about it," she said, feverishly angry. You didn't, I did! Foolish girl, he's not worth all your tears. She knew she was right, but that didn't detract from the fact that she had ...

"And yourself, professor?" she asked as cheerfully as she could muster.

[Jac Shaw]

Jac walked onto the pitch, her hand-me-down Firebolt on her shoulder, and breathed in the fresh pitch air. She smiled around and saw Grace, talking to the professor. She waved at Grace with her free hand and decided not to interrupt their conversation. She walked to the middle of the pitch, set her broom down and sat cross-legged on the cool grass.

[dave]

Derek walk on the pitch with his Nimbus in his hand and sat next to Jac. He asked, "What's your name?".

[Jac Shaw]

Jac smiled at the hufflepuff and said, "Jac!" Her hair flashed a ginger red and she asked, "you?"

[Mandrake Black]

"My holidays were inventful." Mandrake said leaving out the part where he had to read a group of hags a bedtime story to escape their clutches. He noticed two more students. "Hey you two come over here and join in the lesson!"

[dreamboat]

Alicia walked out to the pitch, with her old Nimbus 2000. She saw the lesson had begun, and there were 3 student there. She noticed to of them had only just arrived so she hurried to catch up with them.

"hello," she said, then noticed the girl had a firebolt, "nice broom."