Keeper, captain, quiddtich obsessed loon, Oliver Wood
Okay, well, I know that I have so many different stories going on right now. But, I mean, today I got a great idea to do it with Oliver! And, well, I mean, I am basically obsessed with the guy. It's only natural that I have a story about him. But, I promise to all of the fans of my other stories, I won't loose track of those.
Chapter one: tryouts are such a drag.
I starred back at the group of seeker tryees in front of me. It was a sad looking bunch. I doubted if any of them could fly well. I looked back at my team behind me.
It consisted of three of the best chasers, Alicia Spinnet, sweet, loveable, nice, sometimes short tempered. Angelina Johnson, nice over all, but could get mad easily, let's just say don't get on her bad side. Then again don't get on any of their bad sides. These girls were ruthless. And then there was of course Katie Bell, the biggest pain in the arse, evily sneaky at times, but yet my best friend in the whole world. Those three stuck like glue. And then my two beaters, Fred and George Weasley. They were twins. The biggest pranksters you will ever meet, a large sense of humor, but yet the best beaters you will ever meet! I am keeper of course. All we was missing was a seeker.
Which brings us to why I was here. Charlie Weasley, Fred and George's older brother, and old seeker, and captain. But he left, leaving his captain title to me. So, I was trying to find someone as good to replace Charlie. And let me tell you, this was not an easy task.
"Well." Katie said. "Go on."
"Right." I turned around to face the eager looking bunch. "In the air everyone! You're going to do 4 laps around the pitch, Katie will be leading it." Katie stepped forward.
They rose in the air, and started to fly around the pitch. Katie was in the lead, obviously. But sadly, the rest were about half a pitch behind. I sighed.
When Katie got down, and a little bit after the rest got down, all of them were red in the face. I explained the next activivtey. "We're going to dodge some bludger's now." I said. "You're going to hover, and Fred and George are going to shoot some at you, very lightly, and you're going to dodge them. These aren't real bludgers, their not nearly as hard. If you get hit, you won't feel a thing." I said. "Angelina will help us demonstrate." I said.
Angelina rose in the air, and Fred and George got out their bats and the fake bludgers, rising in the air too. They started hitting them at her, she dodged everyone.
"See, not that hard." I said. One little second year looked a little pale. But they all went in the air anyway. Hit, hit, hit. Oh one kid dodged one, oh, but he fell off his broom trying. I sighed again. Watching these was making me depressed. I decided not to even bother with the next activitey.
"Okay everyone. That was really good!" A total lie. "And, I'll discuss it with the team, and then, we'll. Well, yeah." I said. I didn't want to lie even more by telling one of them they were getting on the team. So I just left it at that. Some looked rather please with themselves. I have no idea why.
"Well, that was…" Alicia started when the rest were gone.
"Dreadful?" Katie asked.
"Horrible." George suggested.
"A complete disaster." I said.
"Oh come on guys. It wasn't all that bad." Alicia said.
"Why do you always have to be the optimist?" George said.
"Well, it's better than being a pessimist." She said.
"Alicia, you know there wasn't even anyone close to being good in that group. And we didn't even get to the seeker activity." Angelina said. She was right, but how was I going to find a seeker.
At that moment McGonagall came running onto the pitch. "Mr. Wood, good, I thought I might find you still here. How did they go?" She asked.
"Well, uh. Not so good." She sighed.
"I told you Mr. Wood, you need to find a seeker. The season starts in a couple of days! Now, pick one of those people."
"No, professor, you don't understand. Not one of them could dodge a bludger to save their life. And when Katie was leading their laps, she wasn't even going as fast as she normally would, and they couldn't keep up at all. They were about half a pitch behind her." I said.
"Really? They were that bad?" She asked.
"Yes." Everyone said at the same time.
"Well. We'll just have to keep looking then." She said. She walked off the pitch, leaving us by ourselves.
"Okay, well. What now?" Fred asked.
"Now, I'm taking a shower." Katie said, walking off the pitch, followed by the rest of us.
I got into the shower, and let the warm water wash away the stress from the day. But thinking about trying to find a seeker just brought it all back.
I couldn't afford to not find a seeker. This was my first year as captain, my first chance to prove myself. And you know what they say about first impressions.
Haha, there. It's finally done. Sorry I haven't updated anything else. REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!
