Flying Lions

[Brittany Garland]

Brittany walked out of the castle and down to the quidditch pitch. The sun was shining and it wasn't as windy as it had been lately, so she decided it would be a perfect day to have quidditch practice. Her hair was tied up in a high lopsided pony tail that made her long brown hair fall down on the side of her head. Broom in hand, she smiled almost skipping as she soaked in the sun. She had sent out a message to her team earlier and figured that they would be here soon enough.

Leaning her broom against the sides of one of the stands, she walked over to the crate of balls that Mr. Hailey had gotten out for her. Excitedly she ran her hand along the corner of it and had the urge to release them into the air and get up there her self. But she refrained and looked to the entrance where someone was just walking in.

[Keagan Gerislynn]

And that someone was the second chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Having purchased a new broom of her own following the gain of a permanent position on the team, Keagan carried the broom haphazardly over her shoulder as she sauntered gleefully through the entrance, a bright smile crossing her features in the brilliant sunlight of the beautiful day.

Keagan set her broom beside Brittany's, leaning against the side of the stands, and mimicked the position with her own body, right shoulder against the metal of the structure. "Heya, Britt. Ready for the season to start for real?" she called across the short distance to where Brittany bent by the ball crate.

[Brittany Garland]

Brittany straightened up as she saw that Keagan had now joined her. Smiling at the mention of the start of the season. She also took notice to the new broom that the girl had carried in.

"Yeah, I'm so happy to finally be out here again. And to think I'm captain, wow. New broom?" Brittany didn't want to go on about her title as captain though she was so much more excited than what showed.

[Benita Hendrix-London]

Beni looked at the quidditch pitch from a distance. Just a glance at the hoops high above, and she was well near fainting.

As her eyes remained plastered at the pitch, she greeted the girls without actually looking at them. " 'Day, gals. I'm glad to see none of you are fazed by this big pitch like me, or else we'd be in a bit of trouble."

[Brittany Garland]

Brittany smiled and rolled her eyes, "Are you kidding me? The sight, the thought, the smell of it all gives me a rush every time! I can't wait to get up in the air again, it's amazing."

She liked to fly, if you couldn't already tell. The girl was a bit jumpy with the energy that was filling her and was trying to shake it off by shaking her hands a little. Looking over to the entrance once more she wished that everyone would get their butts down there cause she was anxious to get going. However, she did have a new feeling of some nervousness which probably came from now being the one that everyone looked to for advice and direction. Though she was definetely masking this well with her show of excitement.

[Anna Becket]

Anna was a short distance away. She had her broom over her sholder and spinting to the quiddtich pitch. She used to play quidditch in her old school so she was pretty familiar on how it was played. Then she saw a few people up ahead of her and recognized them to be her fellow Gryffindor quidditch team, or at least some of them. "Hey guys! Wait for me!"

[Corey Faulkland]

After signing up on the roster there were also arrangements to be made on the Keeper's end. The Nimbus '01's were now far obsolete to the '05s, but an '03 was average, and would do for circling three hoops as a guard. Keeper, it was an odd name, but certainly better than Goalie.

Never the less, Nimbus 2003 in hand he approached from the 'enemy' side of the field, mainly because it was closest given his prior location. The lake.

"So...Shall we make a couple passes early, or do I not get to break this in till the game?" He questioned with a small gesture of the broom. It wasn't important, as he wasn't a quidditch buff, he just enjoyed to play. Besides, he's still be on a Cleansweep 8 if his father hadn't come through.

Leave it to family...

[Brittany Garland]

Brittany was glad when two more people showed up. She hadn't exactly planned what she was going to say but already knew what they were going to do. However, she couldn't do anything really until the full team was here. That was because she wanted to get them altogether and talk first. Though she wouldn't wait too long cause she didn't want to make this a forever affair.

"We're actually going to wait til the full team is here. Or at least about ten more minutes so that I don't have to repeat myself over and over again. Then, we're going to get up in the air and work from there after our little discussion." Brittany announced. She wanted to figure out where everyone stood on the performance level and see what areas might need to be worked on more.

[Anna Becket]

Anna just stood there for the time being. She couldn't wait to get back up in the sky again. It had been a while since she had flown. She was wondering how her parents would take it that she joined the quidditch team at her new school. "They would probobly have a heart attack." she thought to herself. "Hey Britt, Is it almost time to start?

[Cameron Chambers]

Cameron made her way down from the castle. Skipping slightly, she got down to the Quidditch Pitch with her broom over one shoulder. Seeing all of her Gryffindor mates, she entered the pitch. Cam walked over to her friends. "Hi everyone!"Cameron said happily. "How are my gryffies doing?"Cameron smiled. She didn't know why she was so happy.

[Benita Hendrix-London]

"Let's stretch while we wait for the rest of our felines," Beni suggested to Miss Captain Garland. Already doing a few arm twists, and holding her foot while keeping balance. "W don't wanna break the hammies, now wouldn't we?" She grinned, even though (as far as she knew), hamstrings weren't essentially used in qudditch.

[Brittany Garland]

"Alright let's see. We are missing Dan and Cali but that's about it." Brittany announced more to herself than the group. Stretching out the muscles in her arms, she watched the entrance carefully.

After about five more minutes she was tired of waiting and knew that the team would be fed up of waiting soon too. Once she was done stretching all the she wanted to stretch, she called the group to silence so that she could go through what they would be doing today.

"Today we'll be trying to workout everyone and I'll be trying to watch how we're all doing so that I can get an idea of what we'll need to be working on. So Keagan, Cameron, and I will have the quaffle and we'll be going over some basic stuff. Since you were both here last year you saw what went on during the games and I think that you'll be able to pick up quickly. Corey, you'll be down at this end of the field guarding these posts. Once us chasers get situated we'll by taking turns trying to get the quaffle past you. My beaters, I'm going to set up targets for you and you can have some target practice. To start they won't be moving just hovering but once you get used to it, I'll curse them so that they are flying so you can get a feel of what it will be like. And I'll be gradually increasing their speed of course. So....now that that's all explained take two warm up laps while I get everything up and then get to your postions please." Brittany explained, hoping that it sounded alright. She hadn't wanted to come off too bossy or anything but she wanted to sound good and serious.

With that she turned on her heel and walked back a couple feet. As the players took off, she aimed her wand towards the opposite end of the field, out of the way of where the chasers and keeper would be practicing, and muttered a conjuring spell. Ten people size targets appeared, hovering over the pitch on what looked like broomsticks, wearing green, yellow, and blue colours. Grabbing her broom, she pushed off and soared to the place that she wanted the two other chasers to meet after they got done with their laps.

((Okay, I have to ask. How does that sound? Is it alright? Cause I don't want to make Britt look like an idiot but I really had no idea what else to do.))

[Anna Becket]

((It sounds great!))

Anna mounted her broom and pushed hard off the ground. She loved flying so to her it felt really good to get back up in the air. She circled the pitch once with her team when she saw Britt getting things ready for them. "I hope I do good durning practice." she thought and contined to do her final lap around the pitch.

[dan]

" Hello! " Dan yelled out to his team mates from the far edge of the stadium by the entrance. He quickened his pace when he saw that almost everyone was allready there and about to take off. Dan then shouldered his broom and said, " Oh, Captain! " To Brittany with a laugh as he came up beside her. " Sorry I'm late. " He looked at her apologetically.

[Cameron Chambers]

Cameron mounted her broom and flew up. The joy of flying was back, but brought back memories of last year. Cameron needed to focus on something else. Quidditch...Cameron thought. Seeing Keagan, Cameron flew kind of next to her, but far away(ish). "Ready then?"Cameron asked Keagan. Cameron's hair flew behind her as she circled around for a bit.