Embracing Flight

[Xavier]

It had been a while since Xavier had visited his trunk in the Slytherin common room. But when he had, he'd discovered something. His Firebolt had been stowed in the bottom, carefully wrapped. After taking it out he had put on his cloak and his goves and begun walking down to the Pitch with his broom. The sight of the playing field caused him to get lost for a minute. Then, snapping back to reality, Xavier wandered out into the middle of the arena.

Carefully placing himself on the broom, Xavier pointed up into the sky slightly and kicked off the ground. His Firebolt streaked through the air, speeding higher and higher, passing through only a few thin clouds overhead. After a minute or so, Xavier stopped above the clouds and gazed at the beauty before him. Suddenly he heard something. As he turned around, a Muggle airliner flew direcly above him, whooshing by and causing Xavier to spin.

"BLOODY HELL!!!"

Xavier began falling, clutching his broom. Soon he regained control and shook off the momentary distraction. He wondered if the magic guarding the school applied as far above as he had been.

Xavier sped back down toward the ground and headed for the center of the Quiddich Pitch, stopping at the midfield line, floating a meter or two above the ground. So THIS was what he had been missing out on. Continuing on, Xavier rocketed off again, this time heading towards the three hoops at one end of the field. He sped directly towards the center one, ducking as he passed through it. Looping around in a tight turn, Xavier aimed for another hoop, passing through in a similar fashion. Finally, Xavier sped out a little further than before and lined up with the hoop. When he was properly aligned, Xavier rocketed forward, heading towards the last hoop. As he got closer, Xavier stood up on his broomstick and stuck out his arms to balance himself.

"COWABUNGA!!!"

As he approached the hoop, Xavier springed off of the broom, letting it pass through the hoop. Then he began falling, but grabbed the broomstick and swung himself back onto it through sheer force. Xavier circled back to the center of the field and landed gently.

"Wow...talk about some serious exercise."

He wiped the sweat from his brow and unzipped a bag containing some water and a small towel. Xavier removed his cloak and squeezed some water out of the bottle and onto his head. Then he shook his hair and dried it quickly with the towel, wiping his face. Xavier sat down on the edge of the playing field, his broom lying next to him.

[Nnhy]

For as long as she had remembered, Nnhy had wanted to fly away from her problems, fly until she could go no further. Perhaps that was why she took so naturally to the broom. It became a part of her while she was flying. It seemed as natural as breathing or maiming stupid people.

Nnhy had just arrived back from Diagon Alley, where she had spent just about all of her money on a firebolt. She carried it lovingly in her hands while walking down to the Quidditch field. She stopped to pull off her regular gloves and pull on a pair of black quidditch gloves.

She was walking onto the field when she noticed another person sitting at the edge. She walked over to the person and sat down beside him.

"Hello there! I don't believe I've met you before. I'm Jhennhy C. but you can call me 'Nnhy' if you want to. This is Pastulio," she said indicating the disgruntled raven who hopped down from her shoulder to the ground and began a search for worms.

"I'm in Slytherin. Who might you be?" asked Nnhy smiling.

[Xavier]

Xavier turned slightly to face the newcomer. She didn't know that he was a Lycan yet. This was going to be fun.

"Hello. The name's Xavier. Xavier Valoron. You can call me 'X' if you want. Actually...I'm...erm...not IN any house...per se. I kinda just sneak in and out as I please," he said with a grin.

Xavier stood up and suddenly silver fur began sprouting up out of his skin. A few seconds later Xavier had changed into his Lycan form. He sent a message to Nnhy's brain.

Does THIS answer your question? Oh and don't worry. You're safe. I just ate my meal for the day. No other Lycan usually ventures out here anyway.

Xavier then walked behind one of the towers surrounding the Quidditch Pitch. As he did so he began changing back into his human form. He yelled out from behind it.

"Toss me that gym bag, would you please?"

[Nnhy]

Nnhy smiled, "Cool! Oh? Gym bag sure..." said Nnhy as she grabbed the bag and tossed it over.
"Here you go. Nice to meet you X. That's a nice broom. I just got one myself. I love flying, it's such a natural feeling, like breathing and killing people who call me 'whacky'.... I love it. How about you?"

[Xavier]

Thanks, he said silently as the gym bag flopped down on the ground next to him.

Xavier quickly slid on the necessary garments and walked out from behind the tower in long, loose, black jeans, a black t-shirt, and a silver cape with black lining. There was a long pocket chain dangling from his jeans, and it clinked as he walked.

"Flying is hard to describe for me. It's like a natural feeling. If I can't fly, I can't live. Then again, once I turned to a Lycan, flying just didn't appeal to me as much. Then I felt like digging through my trunk and I found my broom, neatly stored inside. So I decided to go flying."

[Nnhy]

"Good idea," said Nnhy as she grabbed her broom, and pulling her sunglasses on, she mounted her broom and pushed off into the sky. She did some warm-up tricks while motioning for X to join her.

[Xavier]

Xavier laughed and picked up his broom from the ground. He straddled it, then kicked off the ground once more. He flew straight at Nnhy, and at the last second stopped, the tip of his broom an inch away from her face.

"Well...I'm up here with you. Now what?" he asked laughing.

[Nnhy]

Nnhy grinned, "How about a race? You up for it?" she asked before fainting at X, circling him a few times and zooming off in the direction of the forbidden forest.

[Xavier]

Xavier grinned as Nnhy sped off towards the forest.

Don't wander in there too deep, Nnhy. There ARE creatures that can fly in there.

Xavier's mind thought of his demoness friend, Kalista. Immediately Xavier keeled over so that he was hanging from the broom and he sped down, following Nnhy. He put himself flush against the broom, increasing speed until he passed Nnhy. As he did so, he waved politely, a big smirk on his face. When he looked back at where he was going, he realized that he was too close to the canopy of the forest. He went zooming into the trees, ducking left and right to avoid branches. Something hit him across the face and stuck there, some sort of screeching creature. Xavier cursed and tore it off of his face, flinging it into a tree trunk. He found a spot big enough for him to fit through and zoomed back out of the trees, a half mile away from Nnhy.

[Nnhy]

Nnhy looked concerned and quickly sped over, "Are you allright there? That looked like a nasty collision."

Nnhy spun on her broon so she was hanging upside down and let go of her feet so she was hanging by her hands and let go. She fell to the ground outside the forbidden forest a good forty feet below them and landed nimbly on the ground.

"Accio firebolt," she called and her broom flew down to her side.

[Xavier]

Xavier brushed a few fingers across a couple of cuts and bruises on his face.

"Ow...yes I'll be fine. It was the screeching animal that hurt me more than anything. I'm pretty good about dodging stuff. That thing kinda just showed up out of nowhere."

Xavier watched Nnhy gracefully land on the ground and decided to play a prank.

"Accio Nnhy's Firebolt."

Nnhy's Firebolt flew back up into his right hand. Xavier stuck out his tongue.

"Nyah nyah."

[Nnhy]

Nnhy grinned, "Accio firebolts," she said firmly and grinned as both firebolts sped toward her, with or without Xavier in tow.

Nnhy grabbed hers and Xavier's and grinned.

[Xavier]

OOC: You got my name wrong, Nnhy. Zander is someone different. It's XAVIER.

BIC:

XAVIER suddenly dropped like a rock as his Firebolt flew out from under him. He began tumbling towards the ground, picking up speed. He found a slight decline below him and quickly changed into his Lycan form. He hit the ground rolling, and finally stopped at the bottom of the hill. He growled playfully.

Nice trick.

Xavier then changed back, wearing the same outfit as before, and smiled.

"ACCIO NNHY!"

Suddenly Nnhy's feet flew out from under her as she hung a few feet off the ground, dangling by her ankles in front of Xavier. Xavier grinned.

"Gotcha."

[Nnhy]

ooc: sorry Xavier, I had another page open at the time, but please try not to play god so much.

bic: Nnhy grinned, "Not bad, not bad at all. A worthy opponent to be sure. But two can play at that game. Accio Xavier," she cried, and grinned when Xavier joined her, hanging from his ankles. She pulled out her wand and tapped her ankles, falling to the ground in a controlled tumble. She got up, brushed herself off and grinned once again.

[Xavier]

OOC: Sorry, Nnhy. Just messing around a bit.

BIC:

Xavier laughed as he hung in midair, caught by his own trick. Struggling to right himself, Xavier muscled his way up so that he was 'standing' in midair, his ankles still restrained by the magic. Xavier reached down and tapped a foot with each hand, letting himself fall and land in a crouch.