Ravenclaw Practice

[Aridan]

It had been a while sense the last team practice. It had been a while sense he had been to the common room, the wound in his shoulder had only just fully healed. He had yet to see the light of the full moon, so he had yet to be taken by the curse that now ran in his blood.

He sat in the blechers waiting for the team to show up. He had sent a owl to each of them so that they could come to practice. No matter if he was a lycan or no the would be the caption and do what he needed to do.

[Xarian Heart]

She walked over with her broom, her hair pinned back against her head with one long pony-tail as always. Her practice clothes were too big, and cut for a boy, old with holes and rips all over the place. Not to mention the grass stains that even magic couldn't eradicate. She sat next to him and smiled.

"It's a good thing I saw you coming out here. I didn't get the owl."

[~Persephone~]

Persephone pulled her long silvery hair back into a tight ponytail. It was still long, but rarely did it interfere with her sight or flying. She wore old robes that had seen many games of Quidditch where rules had been more like guidelines and almost never followed. They were ripped and patched and stains added a bit of color to them.

Once she had made her way down from the common room with the Crimson Firebolt in her hands, she headed towards the bleachers. She could already see Xarian and Aridan up there. Sephe decided to go sit with them and wait for the rest of the team to show.

"Hey guys. What's up?"

[Aridan]

Aridan smirked at seph and Xarian showed up. He waved to them then smiled when they joined him "I was thinking it had been to long sense we all got together for a good practice." he said with a smile "And we have all changed." he stopped for a moment his face flushing slightly. "I heard you met the new prefect persephone." he said with a smile meaning only to ask what he was like not anything else.

[~Persephone~]

"Yep, he's pretty nice too. Oh, and he wanted to come down to see us practice..." She had forgotten to tell Genesis they had practice. Which meant that they would ghost tonight, if Genesis had time too.

"It'll be great to start practicing while the other teams are still picking people though!"

She smiled at Aridan, a little confused at why he was blushing...

[Aridan]

Aridan smiled "thats the idea behind me practicing now." he said with a wicked smirk. He looked out on to the pitch "so the new guy wants to see us huh." he looked at pershepone "why not go fetch him from the common room or wherever whilst we wait for the others." he said with a smirk "They shouldn't be to long."

[Xarian Heart]

She wasn't sure what about the small conversation between them, but it bothered her a little. She simply smile and picked a stray bit of straw out of her broom. "I hope we kick ass this time.

[~Persephone~]

Persephone was slightly taken aback at Aridan. Did he want to show off? or had he plain old snapped?

"Well, ok I guess I'll go up and get him...but since I don't keep a tracker on him...I have no idea where he is..."

Her voice trailed off knowing that Genesis could be anywhere in the castle, and wondering why Aridan wanted him down there so badly. She just shrugged it off though.

"I guess I'll go find him then!"

She got up slowly and gracefully. Her green eyes showed her puzzlement. She walked away wondering when the rest of the team would show and about Aridan.

Sometimes people are just to confusing to figure out...

[Xarian Heart]

"Do you think it's a good idea to have someone watch us practice?"

[Aridan]

Aridan nodded "It is not like the person watching is a outsider, he is our new prefect." he said with a smile "Whya re you so worried?" he ask her sounding a littlr worried "Your not getting stage fright on us now are you?"

[Haycee Marie Mandrake]

Haycee walked out onto the Quidditch pitch. She was glad to see members of her own house there. It looked like they were getting ready for a Quidditch practice.

Haycee cleared her throat. "Excuse me? I know I'm not a member of the Quidditch team, but I'm still a Ravenclaw and I was wondering if I could possibly watch you practice? I promise that I won't get in the way; I just want to watch you because I've recently started flying lessons with a friend of mine and I um...well, I think it will be good for me to watch you because I could get some tips and well...hopefully help me get over my fear of flying." Haycee's voice trailed off at her last words; she was embarassed to have to admit something like that. Another thought entered her head and she though it best to voice that as well, so her last words wouldn't be her shameful confession. "Oh and also I've never seen a Quidditch game before - I'm still pretty new here at Magical Horizons and before that all I knew was the muggle world, being a muggle-born witch...um, yeah, so please?"

Haycee's face was now pretty red. Way to make a fool out of yourself, Haycee - you sounded like a total dork! Haycee had said more than she wanted to, but maybe it would be worth it if they let her stay.

Plus, wasn't Persephone on the team? Where was she? Persephone was the one who was helping Haycee learn to fly and she hoped that she would understand and maybe come to her defense. But she was no where to be found right now.

Xarian was there and Haycee knew her, but didn't feel as close to Xarian as Persephone. The only other person there was a boy Haycee didn't know.

[Xarian Heart]

"Oh...no...not stage fright. Anyone can watch me fly, you know I play better that way."

She turned to Haycee. "Come to watch us practice?"

[Haycee Marie Mandrake]

"Sure, if it's OK with everyone...is it?"

[~Persephone~]

Persephone made her way back to practice. She knew Genesis was somewhere behind her making his way down there too. When she saw Haycee she waved over to her friend, a little curious as to why she was here.

When she was close enough she called out to her.

"Hey! What's up Haycee?"

She was smiling and happy as ever, but she remembered the look on Haycee's face after their flying lesson. She wondered if everything was ok now, and thought that it would take awhile to regain all the trust that she had lost.

[Haycee Marie Mandrake]

(OOC: Persephone, I originally posted in here before that flying thread was finished, but since you mentioned it, should I know post as if this is after that thread? I will for now, but I crossed out things in my original post that would contradict it. Sorry for the confusion.)

Haycee turned to see Persephone enter. She was torn between greeting her with a cheerful 'hi' or nothing at all, retaining her anger. It was actually more hurt than anger, and she was far more angry/hurt because of Keelin than Persephone. Persephone had just stood there and watched when Keelin had pulled her little stunt, however; she had hoped that Persephone would have at least told Keelin that it wasn't a good idea, or come to her defense in any way at all. Sadness was still in Haycee's eyes when she managed a small smile and a "Hi Persephone".

That was all she could manage for now. Besides, Persephone was going to be busy practicing with the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, so there was now time to talk about things now. She felt comforted by the fact that she was not alone with Persephone; she didn't feel like she could handle that right now. She smiled at the other Quidditch team members, awaiting their permission to watch their practice. She had returned to the Quidditch pitch to gather her thoughts about flying, to be in the actual atmosphere it took place, and to imagine what it was like. Her broom was still with Keelin, and she didn't care if she ever got it back.

"Um, no one has actually given me an anwer yet on if it's OK if I watch or not. If it's not, I can just go back to the Common Room." She again looked at the three Quidditch players, waiting for a response. Watching people fly was Haycee's original plan during her flying lesson with Persephone and Keelin, but that plan had gone awry when Keelin took over. She highly doubted that anyone would force her onto a broom this time!