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Amelia walked out onto the grounds carrying her old Nimbus 2008. It was a great day for flying. The sun was shining, the sky was clear, the ground was hard enough that there could be a strong kick off, and it wasn't too cold. Looking up at the sky, Amelia noticed a boy already flying around the grounds. Amelia recognized the boy to be one of her fellow Ravenclaws but yet she was never formally introduced to him. 'He isn't going to get that much practice done if he is by himself.' Amelia thought to herself. 'Also if he plans on trying out for the Quidditch team he won't get a spot by practicing as a chaser since the only available spot left is a keeper. Might as well give him a hand since I'm here.' "Hey!" Amelia said calling up to the boy. "You need an extra flyer?"

Amelia mounted her broom and kicked off the ground to join Jason around his make-shift Quidditch hoops. "I'm Amelia by the way, it's nice to meet you." Listening to his voice Amelia realized that his accent sounded familar. "I'm guessing you're from Texas right? I used to live in the states myself except I was up in Wisconsin, too hot down there even though Wisconsin is way too cold. Should've told my dad to live in one of the middle states but what are you going to do?" Amelia realized that she was rambling but it was so rare to meet someone that came from the U.S that when she discovered them she would immediately become American once again instead of behaving like a naitive born brit. Turning her attention back to Jason she said, "Well, in order to be a keeper you obviously need help from a chaser so toss me the quaffle and let's see what you got." .....

Catching the quaffle, Amelia flew a good couple of feet away from the goal posts. "Well don't be so surprised that there is another American here. Our house also has two students from France and for the record I was born here, I was just raised in the states." Amelia knew that this was going to be hard since she was playing on her own and it would be easy for Jason to keep an eye on her and see which way she was shooting. 'This kid needs to have killer reflexes in order to be a keeper. I need to put on a burst of speed and do some feints in order to get past him. Well here we go.' Amelia flew at top speed towards the goal posts performing as many spin maneuvers as she possibly could as she pretended to dodge invisible bludgers. Amelia flew up and then dove at top speed while swerving to the left. As the top of the goal post came into her view, she threw the quaffle towards the left hoop. 'Here's to hoping' Amelia thought as she continued her dive until she was an inch from the ground and then she leveled out. ......

"Bloody hell..." Muttered Xurdion as he strode onto the grounds where they were supposed to have a mock practice. "I can't believe the arrogance of some people, thinking they can call a practice whenever they pleased. Damn it, I'm so tired..." He thought as he saw two of his fellow Ravenclaws were already there and at it. "Hey, couldn't wait for me before the party started, eh?" He called up, he took out his Firebolt 2, it was the most recent model in the Firebolt line. He got on and flew up towards the two who were practicing. "Good to see you, Amelia." He said with a slight smirk. He then examined the other boy who intended to be a keeper. He saw the cheap shot that was taken at Amelia and flew towards it and caught it swiftly. "Ah, so we are going to have a fresh keeper, eh? And your name is?" He asked, although he didn't intend for the boy to respond. "Well, whatever it is I hope you're competent enough to take us both. Amelia, what do you say we teach this keeper a lesson about decent playing? How about our Devil's playground tactic?" It was one of their more recent tactics which he doubted the other Ravenclaw knew what it was. It was the one where he and Amelia would weave down the field, passing the quaffle. While he went around back Amelia would take a fake shot but it would land in his hands, then they would pass back and forth between the posts and get many points, it was a cruel tactic but it would be good to show this Ravenclaw what they knew.

Sauntering across the ground with her broom slung over her shoulder, Vlaityn walked over to a small group consisting of Xurdion, Amelia, and some boy who's name had never stuck with her. But it seemed he had a desire to show he could ride a broom, and Vlaityn always loved an excuse to fly. Nothing was like it, being so untouchable and fast. And slight grin sprawled across her face at the thought. With a quick graceful movement, Vlaityn seamlessly made the transition from walking with her broom across her shoulder to reposing on it, hovering a bit away from the others.

"Xurdion. Amelia." After her polite greeting, Vlaiytn turned slightly and mouthed 'So what's the deal?' to Xurdion. He usually knew what was going on.

"Hey Vlaityn" Amelia called to her friend and also her fellow teammate on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team. As Vlaityn got close to where Amelia and Xurdion were she whispered to Vlaityn, "Seriously I wish you had your bat and a bludger right not so you could knock this kid's teeth out. He caught me off guard and all I ever did was be nice to him." Amelia couldn't understand how this guy could be so arrogant especially when surrounded by Quidditch players that were older than him. Turning back to Xurdion she said, "Raven Strike? That sounds good, you up for it Vlaityn?" ....

"Nice moves Lori, but I think you have a spot of blood under your chin." Amelia said with a laugh. "Thankfully you didn't miss much except that douche kid over there trying to knock me off my broom with the quaffle. So help me God if I end up in the hospital wing with a head injury in my last year playing Quidditch, I'll come back to make this kid's next three years here a living hell." Amelia said while growling that last bit and once again glaring at the kid. "What time is it anyway? You're the second person to come out here claiming that they were tired." ......