A/N: I'm so sorry this is so late, it was finals for college and then I had to get fricken sick for vacation. Ick.
Because I've been asked this a lot, no, I am not Australian. I'm actually American, but I already have one story of an American at Hogwarts, A British Year, so I decided to switch it up some. I'm glad you all like the character and I'm thrilled to know I've been writing them convincingly thus far. I hope that I can keep it up, thanks for all the reviews and I'd love for more! They really do help.
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The next few days trickled along easily. By now everyone knew who the two new students were so the constant stream of introductions had ended. Classes went along nicely with everyone slowly getting to know each other.
Albus was pretty laid back and had a good since of humor. His green eyes always seemed to twinkle with excitement and he laughed so hard he would through his entire body into it. He was excellent at potions and DADA, but he couldn't stay awake during History of Magic. He was the Chaser on the house team and the Captain, trying to prepare everything for tryouts coming up quickly.
Scorpius was almost as tall as Albus but just as built. He was also a chaser in the team, but not as intense about quidditch. He had an easy laugh and a quick wit, though some if his jokes were inappropriate for younger ears. He was also great at potions, and honestly he was good at all the other classes.
Rose was just as brilliant, maybe even more so. Even though history of magic bored her she was still able to get a perfect score on the pop quiz they had gotten on a Friday of all days. She wasn't much of joker, but she enjoyed jokes made by others.
Alice was the big prankster of the bunch, something that was a hard title to carry considering everyone, including Sam and Rose, would play the occasional prank. She was great at charms and transfiguration, however she mostly used her powers for evil. She had an amazing poker face too, so unless she admitted to something it was hard to tell if the prank really was her's, even if they knew it couldn't have been anyone else.
Sam was rather quiet compared to the rest. He enjoyed listening to others, though he will contribute to conversation. His wit was dry and sarcastic, and it took a few moments for the others to realize it was a joke. While he didn't say much, the things he did say made everyone laugh the hardest.
Kendrick fit into the group just fine. He made the absolute worse puns from anything, however his easy smile and laugh made everyone chuckle despite themselves. He seemed to enjoy company and the group.
Liz was rather quiet after the first few days. She had originally come off very harsh, however she seemed to settle towards just listening. She had a rather fascinating laugh, one that cause her whole body to lean back and shake with joy, but it was pretty rare to see. She typically didn't joke, but she did make clever little remarks every now and then and made the others snicker in delight.
"Good morning Liz, you're up early." Rose yawned.
"Yeah, it's tryouts." She nodded as she pulled on her jumper. "Decided to go on a short jog to wake up."
"It's seven in the bloody morning!" Candy shouted. "Shut the hell up!"
"Well we know who's not a morning person." Alice mumbled. "For the past six years."
"I'll see you guys in a half hour." Liz simply rolled her eyes and skipped down the stairs, munching on an apple she had snuck from the great hall at dinner the day before. She threw the apple core in the garbage and stretched when she saw someone else coming down the stairs.
"Oh, hey." Albus said when he saw her. "You're up early."
"Yeah, I felt like a jog." She shrugged. "How about you."
"Jogging." He smiled. He got along well with her brother and liked her well enough. "I try to go every morning. Want to run with me? I always prefer company."
"Sure." She smiled. The two stretched and headed out the castle. "So where do you run?" She asked as she followed him down a path.
"I typically go for a run around the castle." He said, breathing easy.
"Sounds good." She said, also no obvious heavy breathing. Albus noticed she seemed to be keeping up pretty well and decided to see how fast she could run. He slowly started to pick up his pace and they were about half way around the castle when she realized what he was doing. She laughed out loud and sped up herself before they they were both in a full out race back to the beginning.
"You're fast." He panted.
"You too." She laughed as she took a sip from her water bottle.
"I don't want to run that fast every time, but you're more than welcome to run with me in the mornings."
"Why not?" She shrugged. They walked back to the castle and up to the Gryffindor dorms in a comfortable silence as they rehydrated. They separated to go get ready for quidditch.
"Have a nice run?" Alice smiled when Liz walked into the dorms.
"Yeah, I ended up running with Al." She shrugged as she grabbed her Quidditch padding and beater's bat. "Are you two coming to watch?"
"Might as well." Rose shrugged. "Nothing better to do." And with that they all headed down.
"Hey sis." Kendrick smiled when he saw the girls. "Al said he went running with you. How was it?"
"It was fine." She scowled as he used her head as an arm rest. He was a foot taller than her and was always doing that.
"Are you sure you're not too tired for quidditch?" He teased. She simply smiled and sat down very quickly in place, causing her brother to fall since he had placed most of his weight on her.
"Smooth Travers." Sam snickered as the rest of the guys came down.
"Hey, Liz is ruthless." He pouted playfully. "She beats me up and picks on me and all you all do is laugh."
"Thats because she's the least terrifying person I've ever met." Sam retorted with a snort.
"I'm a prefect little angel." She smiled cheekily.
"Achoo!" Rose sneezed. "Sorry, I'm allergic to bullshit." The whole group burst into laughter and headed down to the quidditch pitch in a good mood.
"Alright you lot!" Albus shouted once all the people trying out were present and those who were watching had settled in the stands. "Tryouts are simple; no position is safe. If you're the best, you get the spot on the team. If you're still pretty good I'll keep you in reserve. Everyone who tries out, even if you don't make it, if you are interested in getting some experience you are welcome to practice with us. A lot of us are graduating so we want to make sure Gryffindor has good future players!"
"That's ... interesting." Kendrick muttered.
"Very unique." Liz mused.
"Alright, first I want to get a since of your basic flying skill." Albus continued. He split the large group up into groups of five and had them fly around the pitch, weaving in and out of the grand stands as they did. The first and second years were all horrible, but Albus have them encouraging words. There was one or two third and fourth years who did rather well, and almost all of the upper level students were excellent.
"Good. Now onto the positions." Albus nodded. He did Chasers first, most of them actually rather decent. "Alright, now beaters."
Only a few fifth and sixth years tried out, none of them really bad but none very good either. The beaters that had been on the team last year had graduated so Kendrick and Liz felt good about their chances. Most of the crowd gave Liz a doubtful glance; she was very tiny and many thought she was trying out for seeker. They both had been fast flyers, but now they had bludgers to deal with.
The siblings nodded at each other before jumping forcefully in the air. The bludgers were released at the same time, and they flew straight at them. Liz reached hers first before it could get anywhere near the practice dummy and hit it with amazing force as it went flying to another dummy with perfect accuracy. Kendrick had just reached his bludger and instead of aiming it at another dummy, he aimed it at the bludger Liz had jut hit, that was zooming back towards her, and hit it clear off its path. The crowd cheered in surprise; to hit a bludger with another bludger was something that required a lot of skill and could only be seen in professional matches.
A sort of game started between the two as they started trying to knock each other off their brooms. The crowd watched in awe as Liz also hit a bludger with another one. They were both doing aerial stunts that even professional flyers had trouble with. Liz managed to hit both bludgers at Kendrick at the same time, and he amazingly hit both at the same time back to her. She simply grinned and dropped from her broom, catching it with her hands, and kicked out. She hit both bludgers as well as flipping herself back onto her broom.
"I think we've seen enough." Albus finally stopped them with a large grin. "Now results won't be posted until tonight, but I think I have an idea about beaters at the moment. Alright, seekers on the field."
"Damn." Sam said as he high-fived Kendrick. "That was the craziest flying I've ever seen."
"How are you two not dead?" Rose asked.
"Been doing that since..." Liz started.
"Forever and a day." Kendrick finished.
"Where did you learn how do to that?" Alice asked.
"Hard work." Liz replied with an odd tone. "Well I'm disgusting and sweaty plus I had that run this morning. I'm going to hit the showers."
"Same." Kendrick said, the same strange look on his face. The two walked off slowly, Kendrick pulling Liz into a hug as they walked. Rose, Alice, and Sam all shared a surprised look as they walked away.
"Is Liz ok?" Scorpius asked as he walked up behind the group. "I wanted to ask them a few questions about their training."
"I hope so." Alice frowned. "They were amazing."
"That they were." Sam nodded thoughtfully.