[Q. Pitch] Ravenclaw Practice

[Loren Hayes]

Loren smiled darkly as she watched Andie over her shoulder, the small girl gliding here and there effortlessly without much opposition or resistance. The bludgers sat neatly in their trunk, not required in the absence of beaters. They trembled in their shackles, watching the Ravenclaws with vexing desire. Loren could not help but wonder if the snitch was going a little easy on it's seeker, and that Andie could use a challenge to wear her out - she was a little hyper after all.

There was not much time left before Russell would surly catch the quaffle and keep her on her toes once more, but Loren could risk it.

Dipping into her Quidditch robes she pulled out her wand and without warning did a silent releasing charm, sending the bludgers flying from their bondage, immediately tracking Andie's flight pattern with merciless accuracy.

[rileybabe]

Andie noticed that someone had released the bludgers and they seemed to be following her flight pattern with disturbing accuracy. Okay, they wanna have fun? Bring it on! she smirked as her flight pattern, complete with twists,loop-de-loops, and sharp abrupt turns bacame even more complicated. She smiled as she flew past the others, riding her broom surfer style. Stopping in front of Helia, she stopped in mid-air swinging from side to side on her broom. "Having a bad air day?" she teased before zooming off once more.

[shoebox]

Kam raised a slender eyebrow as he neared the pitch before stopping suddenly next to Helia. Brushing some nuisance hair from his eyes, he sent a small smirk in the captain's direction.

"Am I wrong to assume that with moves like that you'll no longer be needing a beater?" His broom was held tightly gripped by his long fingers and he tilted his chin up to watch the players in flight once more, his steady gaze drifting to study the bludgers.

(( I think I wanted to be chaser previously, but it looks like beaters are more in demand? ))

[Helia Ollivander]

Halo nearly fainted when she saw what the ttwo other girls on her team were going about doing. 'Is Loren trying to kill Andie?' she thought horrified. As andie began to dip and swerve even faster on her broom it looked to Helia like she might be losing control and then... 'What a show-off.' she thought , rolling her eyes. "Yeah, yeah, cute Andie."

'Yay! Another player!' she thought happily as Kam arrived on the field. At his question she replied, with a shrug, "Well, seeing as none of our beaters have shown up yet, doesn't look like we have much choice, hm?" she chuckled.

[Aye, I believe that's how it's looking now]

[Prof Brianna O'Donnell]

Bree had been in her small office when she had heard calling and laughing outside her window. She had looked out and was pleasantly surprised to see a team practicing. She did very much appreciate their enthusiasm. She carried on with what she had been doing however was once again pulled away from her work by the sheer excitement that surged through her like an electric shock.

She had left the very important things she was doing and went outside. She walked briskly but not too fast to miss the action. She smiled and walked into the stands. This was a view she was not used to, Brianna was usually playing, a hefty bat in her hand, but today it was the students turn. She had been watching them for close to a quarter of an hour before she realised she was watching her own house, the Ravenclaw's practice. Her smile broadened.

[Loren Hayes]

On the other side of the pitch in the stands Loren had glimpsed a figure watching them, although she had been concentrating far too much to have a chance to spy on them properly. At first she had been worried it might be a peeking Tom from another house trying to leech off their moves, but as she curved round she realised it was an adult.

Abandoning her and Russell's relay, Loren glided over to where the woman was. She grinned appreciatively as she saw that it was Professor O'Donnell, their head of house. 'Hello, miss! Its nice of you to come watch us play, especially when its so cold.' She smiled, dismounting her broom in front of the flying teacher.

[Russell Parkhurst]

Russell watched as Loren veered off course and abandoned their strategy. He watched her for a few seconds before turning his attention to Helia. She seemed distracted enough. Russell quickly flew towards the left hoop and when he was in range, he took all his strength and flung the quaffle towards the hoop.

He watched it attentively but was distracted by the sound of Loren's voice. Rus turned and saw Loren was at the other side of the pitch talking to an adult. He looked thoughtfully at the lady Loren was talking with and flew to Helia. "Hey Halo?" he said slowly, "who's the lady Loren is talking to?" He asked looking from Helia to the other two.

[Helia Ollivander]

Halo snapped out of her Seeker watching just in time to see Rus shooting at the goals. She leaned sideways as far as she possibly could and with the tips of her fingers managed to bounce the ball straight back up in the air, giving her time to catch it again.

At Rus' question Helia turned to look at the stands. There was Loren, dismounted and sitting by a very familiar looking woman. She laughed, "Surely you jest?" she continued laughing a bit, "That's our Head of House and our Flying teacher, silly." She shook her head, then began flying towards Loren and Professor O'Donnell, tossing the quaffle at Rus as she passed.

She pulled up alongside the stands and smiled at the pair of Ravenclaws sitting in the bleachers, just catching Lorens comment as she dismounted beside them, "Indeed! It's very nice of you to stop by so early in the morning. I had planned on not showing up myself, but people generally don't smile on that if you scheduled practice," she shrugged.

[rileybabe]

Andie zoomed up beside Russell and Helia. "Who's that woman Loren is talking to?" she asked gesturing towards the other Ravenclaw, and the woman she was talking to. She craned her neck for a coloser look. "It loks like it might be... Professor O'Donnell?" she looked to the others for confirmation.

[The Sorting Hat]

(( Sorry to interrupt..

It looks like Ravenclaw's team is nearly ready =)

Keeper: Helia
Chasers: Russell, Freya?, Loren
Beaters: Kam?
Seeker: Andrea

Feel free to correct me if I've done postions wrong!

You have the main positions filled, so I'll check how Gryffindor's team is getting along - and then perhaps a match can be started soon! ))

[Helia Ollivander]

[Ahh, whee! Well, Kam hasn't said particularly what position he wants to play, Freya hasn't been on in a while, but here she is now, still want to be a chaser?
The rest of it looks exactly right though.]

[Emily Leets]

Emily had talked to the team captain, Helia, earlier about joining the team as a Beater. The Ravenclaw knew she was late for practice, and was nervously holding her Cleansweep 11 tightly because of it. She had seen them flying off in the distance, but now, as she neared, they seemed to have started to gather around in the stands. She decided to head over that way.

When she reached there, she stayed a bit behind everyone, before she spotted Helia. "Hey, Captain. I'm reporting...for...the other Beater duty. A little late though," Emily said, turning to her.

[Helia Ollivander]

The captain turned as the newest member of their team arrive, "Hey Emily! Don't worry about it, I knwo I picked a horrid hour to practice; I was, in fact, surprised anyone showed up at all... including myself." She rolled her eyes and snickered.

"Time for introductions!" she announced. "Emily, that's Andrea Riley--our seeker--over there by Russell Parkhurst--one of our chasers; Right here we have Loren Hayes--one of our other Chasers--and Professor O'Donnell, our Head of House and Flying Teacher. I, of course, play keeper," she said proudly. "Everyone! This is Emily Leets, our new Beater."

[Loren Hayes]

Loren smiled brightly, giving a small wave to the new comer. 'Nice to meet you, Emily. I think we met in Muggle Studdies the other day?' she said, half-posing it as a question. The chaser hitched herself back into her broom and pulled up away from the stand where the professor sat.

The quaffle lay on the ground a few metres away, seemingly staring at the team longingly. 'It's a good job you're here, Emily. To be honest we're not having much of a work out without a few bludgers having a go at us!' She smiled, gesturing the a lone bludger shooting aimlessly about at the one end of the pitch - certainly not doing its job.

[Emily Leets]

Emily grinned. Everyone was so friendly! She waved at the rest of the team. "Yeah, we met there. Boy is Fagin a nice guy or what?" she added sarcastically.

She glanced over at the bludger at the end of the pitch. "You want me to hit it at you?" she asked, before realizing that may have been a rather dumb-sounding question. She mounted her broom anyways, and picked up one of the clubs. She sat, hovering a few feet off the ground, club in hand, waiting for an answer.